ChexMax

Comparing not knowing a niche concept to functional illiteracy and then berating someone for playfully pointing out that the concept is niche isn't the clever gotcha you think it is, it just comes across as snobbish or elitist.

You wanted the conversation to go exactly where you wanted it to go. You didn't write an essay the next guy missed the point of, you made a comment, and they made a comment in an informal online forum space. Just seems like you made a "joke" and then they made a joke focused on the part of the discussion they're interested in, but because it's not the exact response you were looking for (which I'm guessing was simply affirmation), you assume they missed your point.

My grandfather did (does?). There are a whole lot of people who believe the earth is only a few thousand years old. I have no further details cause you couldn't pay me to broach the subject with him.

The difference is a family member driving 12 hours home and 12 hours back during a family vacation for a 6 year old to "compete." They take it very seriously and it is seriously dumb.

Maybe old people just look like that? I went to a rich kid college and they were certainly more attractive on average. Everyone's teeth were white and straight, people's skin and hair were beautifully maintained, clothing (including sweats) were well fitting and flattering. Glasses were flattering. No one was making due with anything, they just had whatever they needed.

I never knew my neighbors by sight or name in the apartments I lived in, but I knew a lot of them by sound and smell! Never learned a name, but i knew family issues, their dog's routine, when they smoked, when they got home late and drunk stumbling on the stairs. I was constantly overstimulated.

Now in a small house my kid plays with my neighbor's kid, and when we're gonna be too loud we text each other an explanation/ apology. I love my neighbors. We all rent for context, so it's not like we're kind because it's gonna be life long relationships or something.

Yeah, the sleep deprivation I experienced last time we lived in an apartment makes me loathe to ever consider it an option again. Now I live near an elementary school, and have kids screaming all day at PE. I don't mind it a bit! People are fine, but when you can hear your neighbor coughing at 3am and it wakes you every night it drives you nuts.

You just have to move to a town with a one street down town. Small town life is a mixed bag

This is nuts. I lived in Orlando for half a year, and have visited dozens of times (grew up in Tampa Bay) and never once stepped on a lizard there. Genuinely don't know what you're talking about. Lizards are all over but they're not suicidal

Studies show dieting doesn't work for most of the population. Studies have shown this for the last 60 years. Sure, it works in a vacuum, but that's not where real people live.

Four weeks is still way better than average if you're in the US

The fourth factor is probably actually how poorly women are treated by doctors/ western medicine. Once all that is exposed and validated, these families are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Easy to convince someone that doctors don't care what's best for them after several doctors mistreat them.

My husband is blue collar. He goes where things need to be fixed. Sometimes his commute is 15 minutes, but it's often 2 hours, when you factor in distance and traffic. A lot of blue collar deals with this, and yeah. We choose that shit over being homeless. His tech field laid him and everyone else off a few years ago.