Applesauce and white bread. Potato chips and ketchup.

A lot less civil litigation.

But if you believe that other people believe something has value, then you also believe it has value. You wouldn’t accept money for something if you believed it had no value.

You can have conversations IRL that nobody will monitor or have any record of. I swear, people these days have forgotten how to exist in the real world.

I wouldn’t call moderated internet communities a panopticon. You can opt out at any time, which is pretty antithetical to the definition of a panopticon.

What’s the better way?

No, dogs have no concept of gender identity.

Nope

Because humans are social animals, and these sorts of customs are signals to each other that we’re all willing to abide by the social rules our societies follow.

If you found salmon bland, then “fishy” tasting fish probably won’t be a problem for you. Cod is a very mild and delicious fish and it’s what I would have recommended.

If fishiness isn’t going to bother you then you can probably cook it any way you want. Oven roasted or pan seared would be good bets. If you wanted something to make it delicious and not mask the taste too much, fried fish in a simple batter can’t be beat imo.

Air conditioner

Whether it’s through professionals IRL or strangers on the Internet, it’ll require effort on your part. You’re going to have to want to be an active participant and willing to work on yourself. It will be a process, not a single event.

I like semi-obscure Star Wars references and clever wordplay.

Depends heavily on where you are in the USA and who you’re reincarnated as.

9/11. It was the only time in my life I saw newspapers publish extra editions.

For those too young, extra edition as in “extra, extra, read all about it,” when a news story is so big that the newspapers publish a whole nother edition later in the day.

That’s still selling your labor though.

Star Trek economy.

An idealized form of capitalism where there is no wealth inequality, no exploitation of labor, and everyone’s basic needs are provided for.

Who decides what’s on the test?

What’s the alternative then?

Start homesteading. When you provide everything for yourself, you won’t have to sell your labor to anyone.