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cancer risk?

lol. the enemy adopting the same foreign technology that you're using is just another sign that your war is unwinnable.

why not just hold it, frozen, until Putin dies/gets assassinated and someone not batshit crazy takes his place?

good, now do India!

good for them I guess? the middle class has been dying/shrinking for decades. it's not that big of a brag

i enjoy competition but not "organized" competition - unless you count war/wargaming. that's super neat.

not sure what you're referring to in terms of health impacts to society regarding corporate farming - food is significantly more readily accessible and cheaper (and partially unhealthier) than at any point in history. a lot of the responsibility for that comes down to factory farming.

morality wise? free roaming/uncaged/whatever animals are still going to be killed in great numbers so that we can eat. people have been killing and eating other animals since before humanity evolved from Homo Erectus. the "quality of life" question is rather meaningless, animals that exist in the food supply chain were literally born so they could be turned into food. it's criminally inefficient and not economically viable to raise 10 cows (or pigs or whatever) in the same space where you can raise 40. vertical integration will be the next big milestone, and it'll be a big win for everyone involved.

why? our tech level is almost to the point where we really wont need fast food or retail workers - not in the numbers that exist now, anyway. at best, you might have such a program for maybe 10 years - and it'd be seen as violating intrinsic rights. mandatory military service in 1st world nations is largely unneeded anyway, they have a lot of volunteers - mostly from the same lower economic bracket that retail workers come from, curiously enough.

for the fast food chains it'll be AI running the drive through and maybe one person loading various pre-cooked/flash-frozen items into the machines that will do the cooking/re-heating - and perhaps a manager but they'll be more of a district manager overseeing many stores in their area, and honestly even that sort of thing is easily replaceable by software.

clothing stores are already on their way out, have you been to a mall recently? online shopping is far easier to maintain and to participate in, only higher-end clothiers and bespoke tailoring establishments will still have in-person retail workers, but only because old money folks are slower to adopt changes (they can afford to wait, you see).

depends on the type of dog really, and nothing is preventing you from involving more agencies than the apartment manager - other than general laziness and/or the desire to be a victim.

why should they be? shouldnt religious people be more accepting and less close minded?

other than the hardware needed to get to the hangout spot/restaurant/etc, the added cost of getting there/buying whatever to participate in the hanging out

seems more like an article funded by a restaurant association or something

I bet you'd feel differently if you were in an ambulance trapped behind that mess of traffic or had a loved one in that situation. or maybe you're a sociopath, I dunno.

eh, I disagree. a personal vehicle can (generally doesnt because traffic is a thing) provide a sense of freedom. there's a certain romantic appeal to having your own vehicle and there's certainly freedom in an open road - if you ignore the fact you're roped into buying fuel and general maintenance for said vehicle. the only way I can see fear being a factor would be the "can I afford the next major expense".

mass transit is more efficient, cant really argue against that, but it's in no way individualized or even customizable in any way at a personal level. you also have to base your entire schedule around the bus/train and then when it doesnt show up on time (or show up at all) you're basically fucked. a personal vehicle has none of those failings. as a matter of fact, in many places in America you're required to own your own vehicle because the cities are few and far between... existing without owning a vehicle is akin to being stranded on a deserted island - you're cut off from the rest of the world. most folks dont like being physically cut off from society - preventing it isnt selfishness, it's being prepared

never really got the draw to organized sports - feels like a waste of time to watch.

random man evades police, crashes car, breaks into someone's house & threatens them. police then solved the problem.

in regards to that definition then: yeah, I'd say people are, on the whole, more enlightened than they were a century ago. the scientific method is more thoroughly accepted/baked in at a societal level, and the mass adoption of digital communication facilitates a greater sense of community.... though the resulting communities are often at odds with each other.

it's not really difficult to recycle plastics (depolymerisation) - but it's not cheap to do it at scale and there really isnt any way to profit from it, so it's just not done.

30% vinegar is pretty amazing stuff, I use it on my toilet every 6 months or so. really eats away those organic stains. used it for cleaning metal a few times too, it's a really solid purchase.

no idea about the evaporation.

is the definition of hardship static or is it scaling?

why would you hang out in person when you can hang out virtually/in a game from the comfort of your own home? you dont even need to get dressed up (or dressed at all)