Consumers are far more cost conscious than they say. A lot of consumers will go for a cheaper product rather than pay more for certain options.

It is the reason why most planes aren’t first class only. The majority of flyers would rather have a cheaper ticket than leg room.

There are two ways to look at it.

1. You’re in shock and you haven’t started processing it yet. It is common for people to have delayed reactions to traumatic news.

2. Not all intimate relationships need to be monogamous and it sounds like you may be ok with that. It isn’t the typical reaction to infidelity, but it isn’t unheard of.

I wouldn’t interpret it as thought police since, outside of knowing if a murder is preplanned or not, they can’t identify the thoughts of the murderer.

Going no contact for periods of time.

I found out a project I worked on won national project of the year by a trade group. A lot of work I did on that project was brought up as reasons for the win.

Some of the greatest daily gains in the stock market are during overall crashes.

Increased volatility is generally a bad sign for an economy’s health.

Magical acrobatics.

Spells that use deception to get enemies to disengage in combat.

Protection against area of effect attacks.

Also, apparently some people can’t consciously control the focus distance of their eyes.

It’s a sailboat!

I want another good space based sci fi TV show, preferably with lots of alien species.

Yeah, there is Star Trek and Star Wars, but I want more.

Yeah, it is interesting to see how the Predator franchise did it.

I completely agree. However, homeowners typically vote more in local elections.

Hell, I had an argument with someone who didn’t support a fucking hospital expansion in town because they were worried about the impact of the expansion on their housing price.

The political will within those states isn’t there. The two states have very large socially liberal rich populations which are a large part of Democrat support in the states. A lot of poor districts in those states are Republican, which will fight a state based Medicaid for all program tooth and nail.

I found the people in Jordan were incredibly friendly.

Yeah. The invocation of Article 5 for Afghanistan showed a mixed response from the various NATO nations in what support they would provide.

Same reason I don’t do my own car maintenance, I’d rather spend my time and energy doing something else.

I don’t think it would.

First, you’d have to power the device, which is likely going to take a lot of energy.

Second, the device is additive only, so it can’t address issues with built in scarcity like land.

Third, there is going to be an interesting middle ground where you still need some forms of manufacturing to run the economy.

There will be drastic changes to the economy, but I doubt that communism would fully take over.

The USA under Trump wants to make being an empire worth it financially while getting some territorial gains.

Greenland could be a second Alaska for the USA as Greenland has untapped mineral reserves and a strategic location in the Arctic Circle. Annexing Canada would be on par with the Louisiana Purchase or gains from the Mexican-American War. Panama is a major strategic asset.

Trump wants to leave Europe because he doesn’t see anything for him by staying.

Russia is looking to reestablish its Soviet borders, with a focus on Europe. Belarus is a Russian puppet, but Ukraine can go either way and Ukrainian territory is strategically important to Russia. Beyond that, Russia would probably want to bring in the Baltic nations as well, which is probably what intelligence agencies refer to as Russia wanting to attack Europe.

Beyond reforming the old empire, Russia wants to establish a greater sphere of influence in Europe and weaken potential rivals. A united EU is a threat in that can provide a unified response to Russian expansion.

The closest I’ve ever gotten to intentionally flirting and it succeeding was playing “Questions Only.” with someone who didn’t know I was playing this. My friend, who dared me to play, had to tell the target my name since I couldn’t say my name since I had to respond to everything with a question.

So, um, learn to listen?

Only one or two until you hit the credit card limit.