Have you heard the term virtue-signaling?

Selfish people want to paint people better than them as bad, so they try to adjust the narrative to suggest that those better people are actually faking it. The term virtue-signaling suggests that these virtuous acts are actually just for appearances, and insincere.

The term woke has a similar implication. It’s like “this person is trying very hard to appear to be virtuous, and in doing so, they’re going too far, and doing more harm than good.”

That’s my intellectual take on it, anyway. Plebs just adopt the term without understanding the implied meaning. “Other team == woke == bad” is all 95% of them think.

A sicker population means more money for the executives that own medical facilities and insurance companies.

There would be many people implicated in such files. Even if a handful of people at the top would be able to sidestep any consequences, dozens more would not.

The only reason the current admin is able to stay in power is because it’s enabled by hundreds of influential sycophants. If a few dozen of those were put behind bars, they’d lose their majority, and stop being able to dismiss any and all legal challenges.

Let me remind you that the 14th amendment states that anyone who gives aid or comfort to an enemy of the United States is defined as a terrorist. If they lost their majority, it would open up every single person who voted against impeachment after the insurrection to getting slapped with terrorism charges.

The hardest parts of gun use are aiming at long range and proper maintenance. Neither of those are a concern for someone planning to shoot at close range and not live another day.

I heard you can safely call someone an asshole

Wonder if creep would likewise be safe

Loss has 4 panels

If you don’t make profit then either you’re losing money or straddling the line between profit and losing money, neither of which is sustainable. Then someone else will come in and try.

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22yo women date 30yo+ men all the time

Maybe not so much the other way around

No, redundancy doesn’t make it funnier.

Lots of guys are held back by looks and/or confidence.

Much of our media depicts men in successful relationships, handsome, with a good circle of friends, decent jobs etc.

Guys see this and think there’s something wrong because their reality isn’t matching that media.

It’s more exciting to think you’re observing a widespread social phenomenon than to admit your expectations were shaped by fiction.

I’ve heard good things about Polysecure. I understand your question doesn’t pertain to non-monogamy, but non-monogamy is an extension of being able to set and respect boundaries yourself rather than simply adopting boundaries that are the default in your community, so maybe it would be helpful?

You’re right, you shouldn’t.

The damage comes from strain, which can be caused by trying to see through the wrong prescription of lenses (or no lenses).

In response to your 2nd paragraph hypothetical, no, because the changes you’re describing are all forms of damage. You’d have to replace or repair the lens in the eye to revert the damage, and simply looking through a different type of external lens isn’t going to achieve that.

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Asking about the relationship status at intervals in real life would be much easier than adding a new mechanic

Is there a “10 heart event” in that?

Solar cells are crystalline and rigid. You wouldn’t be able to fold the umbrella up and put it away. Also, as someone else pointed out, solar cells work best in sunlight… which you won’t want an umbrella for.