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@Wormwood @DEERBLOOD Looks like a place that is visually appealing. But I have to ask, how do they get enough food in an area like that? They must be doing a lot of importing, since I doubt they can grow much for crops or raise enough animals in such an area.

Greenland is only livable in some areas due to modern technology. There is a reason this land has historically been devoid of people.

How would you rate the one known as Gorlock on a scale from 1-10?

The problem with this question is that the scale is limited. 1 is not low enough, as 0 would be bare minimum. But I would consider this to be a negative 10, since I would rather be permanently single than have any sort of relationship with "her."

Because you don't even get a biological woman. You get an obese man LARPing as one. I would think less of a man who would choose her just so he would no longer be single.

"Violence is never the answer" is an understandable idea when you consider the fact that violence often begets more violence. Those who make that statement want violence to be avoided, as it often does bring more harm than it does benefit. But it is naive to think that it is "never the answer." Sometimes you encounter someone or a group that can only be stopped with an even greater amount of violence.

It is not pleasant, but life is often not either.

"Violence is never the answer" is a phrase I have often heard by those who will unironically brand Hitler as the most evil man to ever live and consider Abraham Lincoln the greatest President ever to live.

We can debate the merits (or lack thereof) of these assertions, but I don't think these same people see any issue with US going full out against the Axis countries or think Abraham Lincoln was anything but a saint.

Violence was the answer during these times. It was just a matter of who won.

@Aether I recall one woman in high school who said "you can't get HIV from sex!" I cannot blame this on a lack of sex education, as I was in the same school and their was plenty of coverage on that topic.

I blame the extensive coverage of "You can't get HIV from hugging someone" and every other way that they covered. Which conditions people not to think about the ways HIV is actually transmitted.

@deprecated_ii South Korea has some of the worst feminism in the world, which is also a huge factor tanking birth rates. All the harpies in the US who were claiming to go all "4B" got that idea from feminists in South Korea. When you have their level of extreme male hatred, there is going to be a major slump in all the requirements to have a good birth rate.

@sj_zero one problem with the current dating market is that there is far too much uncertainty when it comes to who wants to be approached in what places. Men do not know where a given woman will consider "good" places to be approached. Some women like the idea of a guy approaching her at a book store, while others will say it is completely inappropriate.

And many women will not admit that it only matters who approaches them, not where, leading to more confused men.

@Mr_Mister it is funny how they think they can decide who can and cannot be in business when they themselves are most often the very people who have never tried to run their own business. They just know better than people who have actually started actual businesses, apparently.

@Aether If she was 2 decades younger, she would be able to pick the kind of guy she would want to date. So her being 43 is a critical part of her issue, as she now cannot find the type of boyfriend she wants.

This is why women need to be told to not waste their 20s on anything that is not conducive to getting the relationship they want for the rest of their lives. Because even if she lowers her standards, she will be resentful and unhappy.

@RegalBeagle I theorize that much of the suburban expansion was motivated by Cold War fears of nuclear war, with spread out cities being done in effort to reduce death per location bombed.

Regardless of whether that theory has merit, you are correct that we are not going to be able to change city designs to be less car centric with our low trust society. Many shills for "walkable cities" simply ignore the critical component of high trust (and most often homogeneous) population first.

This is not to say that no one is legitimately struggling and are indeed doing all they can while but still coming up short. Regardless of the external economic conditions out of your control such as the job market and inflation, you can still affect your personal financial status by evaluating your spending and making changes in your spending. When economic conditions are bad, this becomes more necessary.

I have mentioned before that I want to be a fly on the wall when I see or hear anyone mention how they cannot afford to live because I often suspect that they have spending they could reduce on things they do not need. I found what I was looking for with Caleb Hammer in his Financial Audit videos. Far too many people spending money on eating out, 7 dollar coffee, trips and vacations they could do without, and other frivolous crap.