No, the opposition did win an election a few years ago! They performed horribly, but it is in fact a functional democracy. Just one that prefers to function within one party.

It’s really nobody’s else’s business. They could do that for literally nothing.

yup.

It’s hard to justify centrism in the context of the US, where one party is radically attacking peoples’ rights and re-writing the constitution to support it.

The therapist needs to have some reason to believe that a person is a threat to you or someone else. One purpose of the law is establishing community standards. Even if a single family all prefer to do nothing about the abuse, the community as a whole does not want to tolerate that kind of behavior in it. So really, it’s not supposed to help. It’s supposed to punish, to try to stop the behavior.

It depends on the fabric. A lot of synthetic clothes are now made to do well in the dryer. But if it’s 100% cotton, it can be permanently ruined in the first dry.

Some people respond to correction by lashing out. That’s true for literally everything. Telling them you can’t smoke there, not washing their hands is gross, you need to take off your shoes in my house, etc.

They could literally impeach him tomorrow. This is not a one man show. It is a choice. They’re choosing to make themselves richer and make you poorer, to make themselves more powerful and to make you more vulnerable. Not just Trump.

There isn’t a “science”. There are a ton of individual projects. Some of them are good investments and some of them are bad investments. Ultimately it’s not our money to decide how it’s spent, and if we want something that isn’t currently being studied to be studied, we have to add it on. Really, considering how little % of the economy we need to spend on acquiring what we need to survive, it makes sense to invest our economy into intellectual pursuits.

Personally I’d just comply. They’re thugs, not law enforcement. They’ll hurt you and there will be no recourse available. If they’re there for someone else, I’d probably comfort that person and ask if there’s someone they’d like me to call.

To an extent my brain already does that. The most I’ve done is join a protest that marches a few streets and back. Like, I’m not picking up my life and dedicating to helping those people. I’m just mildly upset and concerned while still trying to accumulate wealth and skills to improve my employment.

usually if I left keys/phone/wallet in my pants pocket on the floor, that’ll work.

but most of the time, it’s somewhere random that I would never think of.

I am low contact, but she is way too mentally ill to have positive relationships with people. I sympathize that she can’t control it, but it’s kind of like asking me to put my hand on a stove to please someone else. I truly gain nothing but unpleasant feelings from being around her. I feel nothing but aversion to the thought of being around her. Even as a child I avoided her.

almost never.

I had a bit of a rough time with my first civ pro reading, but the professor was amazing. Like I had a moment where I reflected in amazement that the horrible reading and awesome lecture covered the same material.

It just doesn’t bug me to eat the same thing all week, and I’d certainly rather cook less than more. Salads and sandwiches might be good for you, because you can change the fillings.

That’s the point. Negligent actions often aren’t intentional. You can be negligent and not intend to harm someone. Not knowing things you should have known is hurtful.

There’s often an element of negligence though.

Wow. There was just zero reason for him to say anything. Nobody is accusing Fortnite of being unsafe for kids. And he chose to say that. For himself.

How’d you feel after? Ours in PGH had a low turnout but I always feel better after going. Less alone.