Yes. My parents would have given me the support and love I needed instead of worrying about the least common denominator. I love my siblings but my life would have been so much better without them.

well you’ll still be worse off than they will be

They think they won’t be affected personally and therefore don’t care. Most will take advantage and prosper.

Mutation isn’t a good way to look at it. Better a difference in development.

I was watching a sex ed show put on by some UK organization. They said that it’s 20%.

First, see if they have the wining numbers for Powerballs that were never won. Something in the tens to hundreds of millions. Then use the entries on the stock market to invest in things that will take off, allowing you to sell before they tank.

Then take all that money and put it in to left wing think tanks that will make this mess go away entirely.

My poor (literally) friend suffered this on accident. Not only did she get a huge fine, they actually towed her vehicle.

Dude San Francisco has double fine zones where tickets will go up to like $500.

If you live in NYC and you have a car, that is your biggest life problem.

I can’t stand having things in my pocket for the most part so I have a small shoulder bag that hold my wallet and keys. My phone goes in my pocket if I am walking around but on my desk or table if I’m sitting. The only thing that remains inside and that’s because it goes into the tiny pocket are my airpods because I can’t really notice them.

Not a common joke but pretty much every building I have lived in has people using random joke names for their wifi setup.

I would think that loss of a child. As a teenager, I had a neighbor whose friend had lost both a child and a spouse and who said that the spouse was more difficult. Of course this is subjective and will depend on each person.

And you stopped arguing and started making personal attacks so this conversation serves no further purpose.

Yes. Also yes. I clip the breather to my backpack. It just hangs there and I don’t notice it.

No, that’s when the tanks come in. Have you forgotten that the police have used airplanes and bombs to subdue people? They have even destroyed entire neighborhoods. In what world do you live where you think you can win here? You will be squashed just like millions before you and the world will keep turning.

It is very cavalier to say that unless you are willing to be one of the first sacrifices.

it’s as if Americans just don’t care…

They’ve been propagandized over generations into not trying. They have been lead to believe that what is here now is good and don’t see that it could be better.

Because people who are legal concealed carry permit holders regularly get shot in the back by police. People who act like you can stand up to a major world military are idiots.

It honestly sounds like you’ve only briefly entered cities in traffic but stayed in one. All that stuff you mentioned really isn’t a thing. My condo is very quiet and I have lovely trees filled with birds just outside my window. And I live right in one of the densest parts of the city.

I’m a strong introvert. People stop being people once their number goes past 10 or so. Then you are just looking at an amorphous fluid that you pass through just like air or water. Honestly you don’t notice the people, you notice the buildings, subways, etc.