Snopes has an article on it, and even they couldn't come up with a solid number.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/china-apartment-building-residents/

Why would you ever use AI to do that? Plugging it into an actual inflation calculator gives $18.12, which took like 5 seconds to do.

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=5&year1=198101&year2=202409

While the halberd's blade offers a lot of options for hooking your opponent, it equally gives them an opportunity to hook your polearm and manipulate it themselves. The simpler spearhead is also lighter than that of a halberd, allowing for more sustain when fighting for long periods.

I would definitely prefer a halberd (or billhook) over a spear given the choice, but it's not as much of a direct upgrade as you might think.

They could've done a little green sliver like they did for 1980.

Unless they've been proven to be arguing in bad faith or dishonestly. Then it's fair game to criticize them.

"Parent" works in formal settings, but it would be weird to have your kid call you that. Maybe just your name?

Having been to Paris myself not too long ago, their rudeness is far overhyped. They were actually quite pleasant to us for the most part, only a handful of interactions that I would consider rude, mostly from street scammers. Maybe I just got lucky or missed some social cues, but I'm not sure where this idea of the openly contemptuous average Parisian comes from.

Not an artist, but this paper goes over the differences between the average male and female face. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/fpsam.2021.0301

The violation of consent itself is another form of harm, as we see in cases of r***. The scenario you proposed would still be causing more harm than the voluntary method.

Taiwan, Serbia, Singapore, Iceland, Barbados, Ethiopia, Georgia, Moldova, Slovakia, Denmark, Greece, Togo, Lithuania, Estonia, Tanzania, Kosovo, Samoa, Honduras, Hungary, France, India, Italy, Peru, Slovenia, Bosnia, Trinidad and Tobago, Sudan, Switzerland, and San Marino. And that's just current heads of state. Also they "rule" (in terms of being cool) everywhere. Hope that helps :)

A mysterious trapdoor opens in the floor next to the table...