I’ve been done with education for longer than I’ve been in education.

I hope kids nowdays get a well rounded education that is not just the bare necessities of read/write/count but if I had to make a choice I’d prioritize STEM over humanities.

I’d rather live in a boring world with too little music, literature and art where my car works and I’ve got water in the tap than the opposite.

What’s the melting point of the regular filament? You’re supposed to touch the oven knobs it so it’s probably not much higher than 50 degrees.

Does it mean anything in itself to be in a simulation?

I don’t really see how that would change anything in my day to day life.

Was there not a passage about how he washed feet or something?

Fill in the paperwork for a darwin award first.

Best case you’ll rear end your intended target.

It’s against my morals to use another persons mental anguish for my own amusement, but if she annoys me for years even after I’ve brought it up with Susan from HR I would eventually do that.

Hannah, because in a few months she won’t be just engaged so she will turn less annoying.

Also Wallace. I generally don’t mind old people. Maybe I’m getting old myself but stay off my lawn!

In what way are you mean to yourself?

Do something today that your future self will appreciate. What would you do to a friend to be kind? Do that for yourself in the future.

If 1 in 20 conspiracy theories are correct then you’ll be 95% correct if you disbelieve all of them.

If you pick one to believe in you’ll be about 90% correct on average.

If you pick 10 you’ll be about 50% correct.

Negotiating the price of my car I did not have the luxury of walking away because my old one broke down.

I got a reasonable deal by agreeing to the price but requesting they do the big service that was coming up next year anyway. It’s relatively cheap for them to do compared to what I’d have to pay.

It’s only chaotic evil if you use it as such.

Could work as a televangelist for constipated people.

I use Linux because it gets out of my way and lets me get things done.

To you Linux seems to be the thing that needs to get done…?

Most fun definitely orcs.

I just become “good” compared to someone who never tried and then lose interest and try something else.

While it’s good that you’d want to improve the system you’ll have to look deeper as to why.

First results from my search:

Health insurance has about 3.3% net profit margin. United had 3.6% last data I found. (The rest of US industry average is 8.54%.)

The profit margins of insurance alone can’t explain why your healthcare costs 40% more than any other country.

“Better hurry up or he will go without me!”

He is very keen on not being left behind even if I’m just running to the shop.

It’s a heap of metal and plastic.

A few are naturally corrupt and will always do anything they think they can get away with. A few are naturally honest and will never be corrupted.

Most people just act like the people they are surrounded by.

Raised Scandinavian protestant which basically means you don’t go to church unless someone died or got married.

Left the Church to avoid the membership fee.

Answering this question is about 1/3rd of my effort I’ve put into religion 2024.

It’s an interesting idea but I’d like to see it tried somewhere else on a large scale first.

You could cut down or outright remove various government assistance programs so there would not necessarily be more money for the poor, just not a bureaucracy to figure out if you qualify for this and that assistance.

Yes, it could coexist. Not sure why you’d think it would not. I still want more than a cubicle apartment and cheapest food.