I thought they die because they can no longer support their weight either because they can’t digest enough or hunt enough food to sustain their size?

Thank you, I think she believes she is not protected. I’ll look into this.

My sister in law is blind in one eye, but because she has one working eye she has no disability protection as far as I know. She still can’t drive because she has no depth perception and it’s very dangerous. It’s made navigating going to work difficult over the years, often working the same place my brother did so he could drive her. Luckily her current employer works with her and lets her work from home. But a decade ago no one would have dreamed of letting her work from home.

The problem is that it’s easy for the interested parties to equate it to antisemitism when intermixed with legitimate protest of Israel’s horrendous actions are actual antisemites coopting the conversation for their own purposes. Antisemitism is at it’s highest point in my entire lifetime. Things to note: Muslim Israelis (about 20% of their population) support Israel’s wartime actions at about the same rate as Jewish Israelis. Also, the language used in opposition to, or in support of, Israel in this conflict is different than in comparable one sided wars.

To be clear I want to reiterate that i think what Israel is doing is undeniably awful, but I think antisemitism, and anti Muslim sentiments, color how people interpret and talk about what is happening irrespective of government officials agendas. It’s absolutely part of the conversation whether we like it or not, and we have to navigate that as part of the larger conversation. This isn’t to say I don’t agree with you, it is bullshit to just paint everything as antisemitism.

I was merely pointing out the contradiction in what you said.

seems like the criminal decides that when they make the decision to risk their life to steal a given dollar amount.

You were responding to a comment about the dollar value placed on life, I was pointing out that if the victim is prepared to protect that value then they are also placing that dollar value on their own life. The aggressors had already fled, I agree with you that I don’t much care if the aggressors live or die.

I believe that anyone that shows others they are prepared to kill, are therefor prepared to die themselves. If you wield that type of power you are accepting that risk. It’s not a moral judgment, it is a reality judgment, it is simply true that you are increasing you own risk of death. But by recognizing that truth you also must recognize that when that danger passes and you chose to follow someone to retaliate, you are also accepting that risk, even if you believe you are in the “right”. The universe does not care about right or wrong, moral judgments be damned, if you put yourself into danger, then you are accepting the consequences of your actions. For those reasons, it’s just silly to follow someone after danger has passed. Once they do that they have become someone who has potentially forfeited their life.

So does the victim by choosing to retaliate over that dollar amount. Had he been shot, he also placed that same value on his own life.

I think this is more complicated than just what the law needs to say. Or even whether human life has value. Personally I think it is good to prevent vigilante justice and that the death penalty is too extreme a punishment for crimes.

But from a more non-legal, purely visceral standpoint… I think that anyone, good or evil, for the wrong reasons or right, forfeits their right to safety when they willfully endanger others. The second that guy pointed a gun at someone he no longer had a right to life for at least the short term future, nor did the person aiding and abetting that action. They took on that risk willingly and knowingly and they suffered the worst possible outcome for their choice. But so did the guy that ran them over, by chasing them he also forfeited his life, and had be been shot, it wouldn’t have been a tragedy either. You chose to chase someone with a gun, you accepted the risk to your life and proceeded anyway. So the real question is, is property really worth the risk to your life? Everyone in this situation is a moron, property is not worth it, imo.

Also remove the restrictions on multi use zoning. Housing scarcity is entirely artificial in most locations. If the pressure valve was released prices would stabilize.

I’ve known people, myself included, that have had negative health impacts from coffee, so that could be biasing my perspective. My father nearly died from heart complications after coffee, I bleed at the exit 100% of the time I drink coffee. I love coffee, but I can’t drink it. There’s probably something genetic that makes my line intolerant. I know people that end up in a migraine caffeine withdrawal cycle on a regular basis. Obviously these are person specific, so you really just need to know your body and act accordingly.

I was going to link the same wiki to argue the opposite. Twice as much as tiny is still small. What that wiki article shows to me is that tobacco use is way way down, the 12th country on that list only has double the tobacco use of the US. Considering 60 years ago about half of adults smoked in the westernized world it’s way down and it’s been on a constant decline. Several European countries are only marginally higher than the US and ~4 are lower.

Though I must admit, looking at more data, it’s still higher than I would have guessed, about 12% in the USA when I would have guessed 5%. I live in a city.

I mean lets not pretend it’s risk free, it raises blood pressure, causes headaches, can trigger arrhythmia in those at risk, etc. As far as drugs go it is probably the least risky, but it’s not like it comes with zero health impacts.

I think people want to do things they are not allowed to. They will go through the effort to find a way. In a lot of states that legalized Marijuana, its use went down after legalization. Once it was normalized, some people lost interest. I think the opposite happens when you make it illegal, you’re basically making it cool again. This isn’t just drug use, it’s with a lot of things, if you forbid it, people will suddenly want that thing more than they did before. Religion comes to mind. Authoritarian countries that want to stamp out a religion or all religion often cause a religious resurgence. There’s nothing quite like being told you can’t do something to make you want to do it or visa versa. People are naturally oppositional.

I keep hearing this and yet when I’m in Europe the amount of people smoking seems to go from tiny to slightly less tiny. Sure there are more smokers, but it’s not a significant portion of the population anymore in most places. I just traveled all over France, which I thought was famous for being a smoking country and I noticed how seldom I was even around a smoker. Outside of Belarus  I don’t think smoking is even that significant anymore in Europe.

While I agree, there are other reasons to hate on them even if they improved in one place… Deceptive marketing, melting cards, poor vender management, etc