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Time wouldn't be on their side though. China would need to effectively complete the invasion before the US navy had time to react. Even if it was considered unlikely the US would r…

If the US stops support would the war end? I don't really think so, but maybe. If it did, though, I would guess lives would be saved. That doesn't seem like a delusion.

It's not something I've ever seen, but I certainly believe it given their incredible noses. And of course pigs are often used for truffle hunting. If you are gathering mushrooms to…

You get way more than 2.50/day on food stamps!

Foraging enough mushrooms to provide any real sustenance sounds like a real challenge (except for fall in the northwest).

Rice and beans - been my staple for most of my life - isn't too much more than this. Two cup dried rice + two can beans is around $4 and that is generally enough for me. Although i…

There are better options than airbnb if money is the concern, though - it just seems really dumb. Airbnb is like eating out at restaurants instead of buying from the grocery store …

Isn't that a lot more expensive?

Anectdotally, I've also been getting in a bad habit of staying up 2-3 days and agree there are similarities to being drunk - certainly in terms of cognitive ability and reflexes - …

I mean, it's both right? It's easier to work on fixing policy if you're not a drug addict reading poisoned info.

> you can't say the solution is simply "just don't do drugs, duh" But that is obviously the solution at the individual level, and it is always productive to put the burden of solvi…

I imagine it is more of an exponential decay mixed with poisson since strikes were far more common back in the day. Also, I'd guess an exponential decay in the expected size of imp…

> society would be very well served A society that encourages people to off themselves because they are a burden doesn't sound nice to me. I think anyone should have the choice (le…

> a person who kills somebody else definitely has mental issues that come from their childhood People that kill other people often function well in their society. It doesn't make s…

But if the underlying causal factor is obesity, then it is meaningless to say various races were impacted more heavily - in fact, it is worse than meaningless cause it implies they…

It's variable. I worked at a place where back of the house didn't get any of the tips.

> Because who else but an idiot would buy a used car for more than they can buy it retail? Isn't the wait time to get one pretty significant? I doubt the people buying trucks at th…

> It just seems kind of wrong to expend so much thought inventing new languages for the movie when it had so much context and culture already there to use. It did all work great in…

Apples and oranges. The US had done plenty of atrocities since the CIA branched off after WW2, sabotaging foreign governments, temporary invasions, etc. But, if the US was Russia, …