Tribalism didn’t end when civilization started. Anyone not in the tribe is lesser, because the alternative would mean your tribe is lesser.

More specific to an iPhone, if you have one, you can do all the social iPhone things like FaceTime. Don’t have one? You can’t FaceTime, so there is a social friction or impediment to socializing. Then there is the “othering” of the green bubble and blue bubble thing. You can’t share photos or videos the same if you don’t have an iPhone. Since we are in a digital age and less physically present, not being able to digitally socialize the same way also inhibits socialization.

All of this is by design. Apple intentionally creates an ecosystem that will excert social pressure on people to buy their products so they can be part of the group like their friends.

Know your worth and you don’t know what you got.

One person’s trash is another’s treasure, but sometimes fixing and cleaning up an item devalues it to the right person.

A misprint is the most valuable form of currency, but most see it as a fake or worthless.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and ugly is ironically chic when value is irrelevant.

Self depreciation is fair value in your economy.

Putting money in a car for personal aesthetic taste or greater performance doesn’t add value if the engine is blown.

I think I was 10. The bridge made my nose hurt and I think I got headaches for a few days from it or the lenses themselves. Changing frames causes some discomfort for a day or two.

Now I can wear glasses for over 24 hours straight without issue.

My vision wasn’t that bad from what I recall, but now I am at a -5.50 or something. I wear contacts when I leave the house and greatly prefer them, especially the transitions contacts that tint like sunglasses in sunlight. Seriously, the transitions contacts are glorious with my light sensitivity and it makes colors really “pop”.

That site has some awesome shirts.

There is a round version, but it isn’t in production.

There is a fair amount of street parking and a bus stop right there…

I’m guessing you have an issue with your neutral loop and/or maybe a junction box fastener touching a water supply with a bad wiring job.

You can use a meter to get a better idea of what is happening, but I would suggest you seek a licensed electrician because this sort of issue could be indicative of a big dangerous problem.

Is the sink stainless?

Do you have garbage disposal?

Looming the wires along with segmenting the ribbon would do a lot to clean things up.

How hard can you throw?

Amex gift cards. Cashapp uses Block(Square) for their payment processing, which is easier to use because you can transfer funds to that from your bank.

They got together enough people to mass email, that is all it took.

Companies tend to multiply received responses to represent the total number of people who were to lazy to complain, so Visa and MasterCard saw 1,000 emails as 10,000,000 in their risk averse actions.

Now 4chan is pissed and have started their own mass email and phonecall campaign, so we shall see where this goes…

Mozart. Dude heard an exclusive Catholic track and copied it at 14.

So I am sure he had a touch of the 'tism.

Oh yoooou. I fixed it, you silly goose.

We could have a crazy good potluck and needy people meal drive with all the options people are listing.

Ah, yes, the Totino’s Party Pizza. Truly a staple of the saddest party ever. It isn’t a depressed pity party without Totino’s.

I have 3 in the freezer right now.

Unlimited smoked brisket?

An honorable death.

Bathroom stall walls and unhinged irreverent rants in public spaces.

I feel, while it is comforting, that it may hinder a healthy relationship with you and may cause problems in his future relationships and in creating healthy sleep habits.

A child developmental psychologist may be a better person to ask than the internet. You could of course ask an AI for what the general consensus is and go forward as you see fit.

Understand that most people in the west will think it is weird and concerning at his age. In Asia it is common for children to share a parent’s bed through like age 10-12.

Other regions are not where Israel is and/or did not involve Israelites and is not relevant in the discussion.

Genocide of Canaan

Genocide of Amalekites

Genocide of Misianites

Neo-Assyrian Empire campaigns

Jewish-Roman Wars

The Crusades

All of which acts of terror, by modern standards, were committed. Poisoning a well, burning crops, rape, torture, etc. were how war was done.

The Middle East has been settled for 10s of thousands of years and humans have only recently decided that genocide and acts of terror are not cool.