Medicine (i.e. research into cures for illnesses we can’t cure yet) seems like just about the only thing that’s worthwhile. Most of our modern issues aren’t really about not having the right technologies, but about billionaires being greedy.
Joanne Rowling. I used to love the Harry Potter books, but the author turned out to be such a hateful bigot. Haven’t consumed anything Harry Potter-related after the movies except Coldmirror’s outstanding analysis of the first movie (and I’m pretty sure JKR didn’t earn a cent from that).
Like speaking with hot potatoes in your mouth, which is ironic since it’s usually our natives who are called “potatoes” (by immigrants, not americans).
It’s pretty easy to understand if you consider that black americans were brought into the country as slaves, wealth is generally inherited (even if just through socialization, connections etc. and not actual inheritance), and americans and the american state continue to be both racist and classist. Even if black people were treated as equals nowadays (which they are not), they would stay disadvantaged due to the US’s lack of social mobility.
What about products from companies that are owned by US companies, though? e.g. Kraft, Mondelez. They own a lot of regional brands, such as Germany’s Milka.
“cootie catcher programming” … ?
Hydration is probably still a good start. Helps your organs (including kidneys) do their jobs.
I enjoy collecting achievements, but I almost never get 100% of them - a lot of the games I play have achievements for finishing the game on several difficulty levels, and I’m definitely not ‘autistic enough’ for that. TBH I’m usually content with 50% achievements.
I can see the appeal for games where collecting achievements isn’t extremely time-intensive, though.
Speak for yourself, I want a hug bot.