Translation: U.S. playing kingmaker in the Middle East
It's good. And the decision to have (or not have) kids is one of the few forms of power that the general population has over those in charge. If people are being squeezed out financially or have no hope for the future (e.g. environmental collapse), they may choose to opt out of reproduction.
No lives matter to these ghouls
Yeah, this is the sort of thing I'd expect to see in some 3rd world backwater.
The terrorist state of Israel. Anyone who supports the state of Israel's actions at this stage of things is a terrorist sympathizer.
They seem to go out of their way to do that.
And when I talk about Israel being a direct threat to Americans citizens, this is part of what I'm talking about.
Yes, I know this happened in the UK and not the US, but the principle still applies.
Getting really old and also going to backfire spectacularly. Israel has pretty much completely lost support of younger Americans (can't speak for UK). Once those younger generations age into politically power, we're going to see a major shift.
The amount of bias, propaganda, and straight-up misinformation from western media regarding this "conflict" (more like massacre) is truly outrageous.
I don't have any inherent support either side, and there's too much history along with bias, propaganda, and outright misinformation to make a determination of who the "good guys" are, if anyone.
However, in such cases I will support the underdog on the principle that you don't really want one side to have too much power over the other. That's how we end up with things like ethnic cleansing and genocide. If Palestine (and Lebanon) had powerful militaries, you wouldn't be seeing the mass devastation and huge loss of civilian lives. I'd prefer to see the sides more balanced so that they can keep each other in check.
Another angle to consider is that I consider the state of Israel to be actively harmful to Americans on the basis of:
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using our tax dollars to commit mass murder against civilians, including a staggering death toll for children
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infiltrating our government, interfering with our elections, and having an undue level of influence on American policy
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corollary to the preceding point: they support getting Trump back into the White House
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training American law enforcement, who then use their oppressive tactics on Americans
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similarly, technology they develop for surveillance and other means of control being used on Americans
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directly attacking our First Amendment rights
Bottom line is I'd say everyone sucks, but in different ways. But I am anti-Israel on the basis of them being way out of control (and without anyone to keep them in check) and due to the threat they pose to the American public.
Housing price increases are actively harmful to those who want to upgrade, since it increases the incremental cost of upgrading.
Yes this thinking really underestimates the cost of driving and devalues your time.
And as you mentioned, long commutes are uniquely unhealthy.
It's more along the lines of "buying is generally better than renting, but there are about 100 different factors to consider."
You go too far!
No, I had it right the first time.
The "3 dots" menu is sometimes referred to as a "kebab menu" if the dots are vertical and a "meatballs menu" if the dots are horizontal. I think it's weird, but I have heard it used in instructional videos before.
Yes, this is probably my single biggest one. Particularly:
opt out of those you’re done with (say your post/comment got popular and you’ve had your fill from the replies).
Of course they are. No lives matter when there is money to be made. The pursuit of profit overrides all other principles.
Maybe they could make .io into a 3-character gTLD by adding a character to it. Moving all of the websites (except those actually relevant to the territory) over to a new gTLD in unison seems like it would reduce confusion for the people who use those sites. Knowing that acme.io is now acme.iox (or w/e) would make it easier on everyone.