Even if people are engaging in good faith: reading comprehension, and intellectual rigor are at all time lows.

Indeed.

Had to scroll way too far for this. This is exactly what op is describing, and if it works for him, and people like him, it’s a viable choice. For most people, it’s a poor choice however.

I am 6 feet tall male and while I don’t feel particularly tall, I am still slightly taller than the statistical average American male, making it rather inconvenient. Clothes are too short, cars and power equipment is too short, bed is too short, tables, chairs and countertops are too short, ceilings are too short…

Look up the definition of professional in the dictionary. If you get paid for a job, your are a professional. Level of experience or skill is not part of the definition.

That’s sort of impossible by definition.

One of the ways we have defined a species is that it can’t breed with another species, be it due to bio mechanics (the sex organs don’t match), or genetics (mismatched chromosomes etc). Humans have tried to create hybrids of closely related species like horses and donkeys, but the resulting mule is sterile. See also tiger lion hybrids etc.

I believe that communal bathrooms are cheaper to build and maintain, hence we still have them, not because anyone enjoys using them.

Shhh, you are not supposed to know that…

Yeah, if you want hunting gear, pretty sure camo is your only color choice. Kind like HenryFord with his any color as long as it’s black. I am not a hunter so what do I know.

but the other day I was looking for a long sleeve summer shirt to wear on walks/jogging this summer (I hate sunscreen), and ended up with a shirt for fishing. Every lightweight loose fitting long sleeve synthetic shirt was advertised as fishing gear. I guess I am a wannabe fisherman now.

Someone correct me, but I believe the gear pattern in a manual transmission does not change between right hand and left hand cars.

How heavy is your mouse? I switched to a super light corded gaming mouse (wireless mice weight a ton) and has considerably reduced hand fatigue. I also used to use the mouse in my non dominant hand as well.

I think that’s normal if you have an inner voice. I do that too to an extent. However, not everyone has an inner voice. I can’t imagine how life works for these people, but it’s not that rare not to have an inner voice.

Yeah, monkeys open it from the non stem end, and they eat a lot of bananas, so I think they are correct, and the humans are wrong. Also rip reap bananas are almost impossible to open by breaking the stem - I grab a knife to make a cut at the base of the stem if the banana has reached that point.

Thank you for pointing out the flaws. Americans glorify universal care, and non Americans don’t understand what they are missing.

As an immigrant to America from a country with universal care, as well as suffering from an auto immune disorder, I am doing considerably better under the USA system than I was in the country I came from.

Besides the difficulty seeing specialists and getting advanced medication and procedures you have mentioned, proponents of universal care often forget to mention the proliferation of private medical services in every country offering universal care. How come there is a market for private hospitals and clinics if the public system is as great as they claim?

That being said, I still think the USA system needs major improvement, and in my 20 years of living in the USA, has noticeably gotten worse.

An American is trying to explain to a Russian what freedom of speech is.

American: I can go out to the street and shout for everyone to hear that my president is an idiot.

Russian: I can also go out to the street and shout for everyone to hear that your president is an idiot.