The difference between owning games on steam and actually owning a game? When steam shuts down, you suddenly don't own any games anymore.
When you own a house, you can do whatever you want with it. If you choose to use it without utilities, you can for no extra cost. And paying taxes doesn't really have anything to do with ownership.if anything taxes are proof of your ownership.
IMO the worst that could happen with hard alcohol is much worse than public intox. Of course it depends on the kid but I'm thinking of hanging with the wrong crowd or street fights and such.
Yes, becoming a parent is a huge deal. But nobody forces you to be one. There are contraceptives for after having sex, there is abortion and there is adoption.
I agree you shouldn't provide the drugs for your child. However, if my 17yo child were to ask me for a drug test kit (eg. to check that there's no weird shit in the weed) I'd happily provide. Same with condoms. I won't encourage them having sex, but providing a space safe to do so is not facilitating. It's keeping your kid safe while they are doing something that you can't stop them from doing.
I don't think anyone was saying it's impossible, just that it needs standardization. I imagine windows is more appealing to companies when it is easier to find admins than if they were to use some specific linux system where only a few people are skilled to manage it.
I really don't think hard alcohol and having sex are a fair comparison at all. The worst that could happen with sex is a pregnancy, and there are several solutions to that even if you don't want to deal with another child.
Elections in the US aren't really all that fair TBH.
Researchers at the Brookings Institution agree that the strategic manipulation of our electoral process is largely to blame for the erosion of US democracy in recent years. Brookings says this manipulation takes various forms: the intentional addition of administrative barriers to voting, unfairly drawing electoral maps, the subversion of the election certification and counting process, and the violent coup attempt on January 6, 2021.
The United States is experiencing two major forms of democratic erosion in its governing institutions:
Strategic manipulation of elections. Distinct from “voter fraud,” which is almost non-existent in the United States, election manipulation has become increasingly common and increasingly extreme. Examples include election procedures that make it harder to vote (like inadequate polling facilities) or that reduce the opposing party’s representation (like gerrymandering).
Executive aggrandizement. Even a legitimately elected leader can undermine democracy if they eliminate governmental “checks and balances” or consolidate power in unaccountable institutions. The United States has seen substantial expansions of executive power and serious efforts to erode the independence of the civil service. In addition, there are serious questions about the impartiality of the judiciary.
Perhaps because you're logged in on YouTube?