It’s incredibly hard to search this information, probably due to the English queries.

The point about women and children being definitively civilians in an active war zone doesn’t detract from the civilian men, nor is it worth this discussion.

Israel in particular has mandatory military service for men, for 36 months.

https://www.barrons.com/news/israel-government-votes-to-extend-mandatory-military-service-4725f330

People always call me hypocritical if I say “x” type of people shouldn’t be allowed to “y”. But I’m serious, will gladly give up “y” if I’m part of a problem.

What happens if he dies peacefully of old age before the inauguration? Do we still get Vance?

He’s right, though.

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Did you buy it used?

I think the cashier was under the assumption that you wanted the discount, and asked at the end instead of immediately after you said you weren’t already a member. It doesn’t feel rude or invasive, from my perspective, maybe just phrased as an underpaid employee.

What I do recommend is a VOIP phone number and attached separate email for all marketing purposes. They can track and sell that as much as they’d like without impacting your personal details or necessary accounts.

neat, thanks!

Absolutely! It’s called the Pollyanna Principle. In fact, there’s a counterpart to all of these biases that are immensely helpful in certain types of therapy.

Being condescending actually doesn’t help a conversation.

The corporate office I work at panicked because they were going to get reclassified as a “remote hub” for tax purposes, which would have reduced everyone’s pay. But I’d personally prefer to take the cut instead…

Only because you don’t like the color, or maybe the texture of dirt? We wash off dirt because it’s dirty, and dirty things aren’t good for us (because of bacteria…).

Sure, but I’m assuming the “mom” in OP’s story was just trying to help their child get enough sleep.

Out… of the 20s… legitimately seems unfathomable.

You need enough sleep.

Seems more akin to letting them milk themselves and collecting it from the fridge.

People can look however they would like, whether that’s plastic or dust bowl struggle chic. What’s wrong here is that an unrelated party has decided to change someone’s appearance based on their own preferences.

The amount of ecologically horrifying acts that our species has already done, I’d be willing to add “got rid of mosquitos” to the pile.

There have been extensive studies done on the topic already, the planet does not need mosquitos.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-mosquitoes-went-extinct.htm

https://www.nicd.ac.za/what-would-happen-if-all-the-mosquitoes-in-the-world-disappeared/