I watched the first generation that got personal unrestricted mobile phones for themselves. Somehow I thought it was a good idea at the time. It fucked them up mentally, and then Covid-19 came and doubled the effect.

Now I think that a parent who gets their under 12 year old kid a smart phone should be treated roughly in the same way as if the parent gave the kid cocaine.

Ooh, ok. That makes quite a lot of sense. Especially if one uses the miles/km number to show battery state, people are gonna get screwed by the cold. I changed that thing to percentages pretty soon after I got the car.

I honestly don’t understand why people are buying EVs if they don’t have the option of home charging.

Yeah, that doesn't make much sense.

I was initially confused but after remembering how Americans cannot science and 0F =~ -18C this made a bit more sense.

My Tesla worked fine through several days of -35C though, but the battery efficiency was a bit shit. I think I spent something like 6-8% just to get the cabin warm, but starting the car or driving generally speaking was never a problem.

Personally, I want war more than I want to be subjugated by Russia. This is currently a very realistic threat for me, probably surpassing almost every other non-medical threat.

but would be amazing if it did

Why exactly?

Perhaps jail... or I mean if we're brainstorming... perhaps capture him and remove all his nails with pliers.

Idk if you understand this but the richest companies in America having record profits doesn’t mean the economy is doing well.

It's sad that people upvote you so much because I believe it can lead you to thinking you're on to something.

I'm the opposite of a Trump supporter, but

1. economic decisions have long latencies
2. the improving curve of US economics started during Trump years and merely continued during Biden years
3. economic decisions are largely made outside of the Executive Branch

No, just morbidly funny.

IDF is fighting against an entity who denies the existence of Israel. Hamas could take the first step towards peace and accept Israel.

What do you think Israel should do to Gaza in the current situation where the ruling party of Gaza does not recognize the legitimacy of Israel's existence? I mean Israel has been doing what it has been doing in Gaza for a pretty damned good reason, and if Hamas (the ruling party of Gaza) would unlodge their heads from their behinds, things could actually improve.

If I order your whole block to evacuate their homes because I want to blow up a meth lab 3 doors down from you, I am engaging in collective punishment. It’s literally what words mean.

What you describe is an active attempt to protect innocent lives from a violent operation. It's the opposite of punishment.

I don't claim to know, but clearly it has worked a couple of times in recent history. WW2 ended with Germany, Italy and Japan being totally defeated and conquered by Allied forces. And they mostly left in just a few years. I'm guessing what it takes is that the population needs to understand they lost.

They want to control everything

Probably, or at least security.

and kick out all the Palestinians.

That remains to be seen, I guess.

obvious

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

Additionally no Israel leader has explained what happens after they destroy Hamas.

Not quite true (but this is a pretty fresh statement, so your view is understandable):

https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/4798646-netanyahu-israel-has-destroyed-two-thirds-hamas-regiments

“In any future arrangement ... Israel needs security control all territory west of the Jordan,” Netanyahu said. “This collides with the idea of sovereignty. What can you do?”

If Netanyahu gets to keep his head (politically), it looks like Gaza strip will be controlled by Israel and Palestine will not exist. It's not at all necessary that he will, though -- he's currently very unpopular in Israel. Then again, if he gets to claim victory, that might change.

I wish it was possible for Hamas to be unpopular in Palestine. How great would that be.

By having literally any awareness of reality?

You wouldn't believe the sort of things I've heard being justified by starting a claim with "if you don't see this you must be an idiot". But it's still not proof or even evidence of any kind.

Ok, so ... Biden's economic policies are worse than Trump's were?

Or perhaps a tiny thing called war in Europe and worst pandemic in a century is having some teeny tiny effects in world economy. But when you detect a fire inside your house, it's often smarter to use a fire extinguisher to douse it, not gasoline.