Social expectations and cultural norms.

Yea, I get the fragrance and extra bullshit free ones. Just something simple to wipe up a mess.

and 100% straight to the garbage.

Baby wipes are really useful to just have sitting in your car, and next to your bed for those lucky enough to have nocturnal company.

Again, bad example.

In emergency situations, the vast majority of people do absolutely nothing. There’s a reason why during first aid training one of the most significant things they teach you is to call out a specific person, and get them to call 911, and double check that they actually do it.

I’ve quite literally seen a pregnant woman fall on an icy sidewalk outside a building, and a dozen people walked by before I got there to help her.

You see it all the time with car accidents too, someone crashes, and way too many cars try to drive around so they don’t get stuck in the traffic jam when the emergency crews arrive. Maybe one in 10 people will actually stop and try to help.

You vastly overestimate how much people care about strangers.

Bad example. Most people don’t care about the person that serves them coffee at all. You also wouldn’t change your behavior to improve the relationship between Barista and Customer.

People are selfish, and almost everything they do is selfish. However, most people are smart enough to understand that being openly greedy and selfish is not the optimal path to getting the most they can for themselves. It’s the prisoner’s dilemma on a population scale. If everyone agrees to mostly get along, everyone does better individually.

The only exception to this tends to be very close family like a parent, a child, or maybe a sibling. Even those aren’t guaranteed though, lots of people treat even their close family poorly and don’t care about them.

You’re wrong. You do value them, or you wouldn’t bother putting in any effort to create or maintain these relationships.

Caring in order to benefit from the relationship is still caring. The reason for caring doesn’t need to be altruistic for it to matter.

Israel was created as a state by the UN after the other people who lived in that region (Formerly the Ottoman Empire) fought for the Axis and lost in the world wars.

There were other territories that were also carved up and handed to other countries, and you don’t see the same issues there because their neighbors didn’t invade them because they were unhappy with the borders drawn by the UN.

Israel has quite literally been under attack by multiple other countries since it was created.

Iran started that fight the moment they had their Islamic revolution and started funding militias to fight against Israel.

They were allies up until that revolution in Iran.

Why does everyone think Israel started that beef?

And so you’re okay with a genocide against them instead?

Great logic there.

Not really what?

If the US government drops support for Israel, it’s going to get attacked by Iran.

Iran has stated this publically, and it’s not some idle threat, they’ve been attacking Israel even with the support in place.

If you think that the US population is mad about Palestinians dying in gaza, just wait to see how upset they will get when the people dying are white and being killed by an Islamic state invading.

The reason the adults from the 40s supported Israel is because… That’s when it got invaded by multiple Islamic states.

Sure.

The question is, what are the general public going to feel and demand when the countries who hate Israel attack it and start killing large numbers of civilians.

Because the last time that happened, it resulted in the current support for Israel.

It’s like people forget history.

Shakes magic 8-ball

“My sources say no”

History always repeats itself.

Things get bad, then they get REALLY bad, then usually violence solves it and things get good again.

He’s not forcing you into a subscription model, he wants you to either allow ads or go to a subscription model.

You don’t need to pay 8 Euro a month, you just need to allow the ads.

It’s not broken to prevent ad blockers, we all got used to a system that wasn’t sustainable, and now we’re seeing what is actually required for sites and apps to survive.

Is it really a tragedy when you harm yourself or you own family through you own stupidity?

It’s a tragedy for the child, and their friends, but I wouldn’t say it’s a tragedy for the parents.

I would actually say it’s real estate costs that prevent this over here. Those keep business prices up and also make people have to work more.

A local pub.

But cheap enough that people can hang out there for an hour or two most days without going broke.

Theres something to be said for the real world.

A) There’s no way it’s just about the commute if the parents are asking about it. Figure out the real motive(s), could be something simply like money for the family, but could be something more complex like problems at home. Get to the bottom of the request before even considering it.

B) High-school romances are sketchy at the best of times, nobody involved has learned to be responsible yet. The chances of this going poorly are high. There’s a huge difference between sleeping over sometimes and becoming a member of the household where chores and noise and other stressors exist.

Personally, I’d be inclined to say no unless there’s some sort of bad situation going on where she is. If she is going hungry at home due to lack of resources or something, I’d figure out some options. It doesn’t sound like neglect or abuse based on the parents asking you, but maybe?

You could always just work out something a bit more regular in terms of sleepovers for school nights, but making sure she gets some time with her family too.

And make sure condoms are easily available to your son.

It’s not objectively correct.

If you do this between English and Japanese, Japanese people will not understand the way you pronounced the English word.

If you ask a Japanese person if they own a “computer” they will not understand. You have to call it a “con-puuu-ta” or even “pa-so-con” which is personal computer.

McDonald’s… Nope. “ma ku do nal do” or even just “makku” depending on the region.

Don’t forget that scooters are also popular these days, both electric and non-electric. They need less infrastructure and are cheaper than bikes, but please wear a fucking helmet. Roller blades depending on the surface or even Skateboarding can also be used to cut the time/effort.