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Hey, thanks for taking the time to explain so in depth. I definitely get what you’re saying, and I don’t know that I’ve thought about it like this before (to be fair, I’ve only ever been with my wife, so it isn’t a situation that would ever be relevant, and probably that’s why I haven’t).

Best of luck!

I think you might be right! I never thought of it like that.

I think you’re right. What about general propensity to obesity (as in genetically, or whatever) being more prevalent? I know people that eat far worse than me, and do far less than me, but are still far skinnier than me.

Hopefully it doesn’t! Would you like to point out how I imply that trans people are deceptive?

Sure, but my preference for being solely with brunettes is not as strong as my preference for being solely with straight people, so the deception is not equal in its merited response. Perhaps this is bigoted, but I’m sincerely interested in your conviction.

Do we not owe disclosure of certain things as part of our social contract? I would expect a partner to disclose certain things that are non-obvious, but potentially relevant to a relationship/hookup. But maybe I’m wrong, or painfully backwards. I would like to know, though, if you believe we owe no disclosure at all, prior to an engagement?

So, is the answer in our diet? Our types of jobs? This is an interesting phenomenon, and I wonder the cause.

Interesting! Do I lose the ability to chose based on other things, then? Like, I prefer brunettes, would that be permitted, or should I be hair-color blind and just take what I’m given? I know you’re not an advocate for it, just interesting that some people hold this conviction!

Yup, and when you create a token they advise to give it an expiration date, just in case it ends up somewhere down the road.

Yes!! We put it in our motorhome that we renovated. It is so great!

Haven’t had anything except display issue on 2009 MB and 2019 MBP. It’s interesting to see this repair history!

Also, cargo holds on typical sized passenger airplanes are pressurized too.

“fuck’s sake.” --fuck’s sake. Just write “for fuck’s sake” properly. This isn’t Reddit.

I don’t know much of the field of rationality, yet I can’t help but think that you confirm my idea that rationality is subjective. You determine rationality based on probability, so essentially when you’re saying something is irrational, you mean it is improbable (or in your words realistic).

Taken further, is it not then irrational to think that the earth arose out of absolute nothingness, to become the perfectly aligned world we know? Is this realistic? Is this probable? (Not saying the alternative is necessarily more probable, just asking)

As to your default sentence you might want to look into the discipline of Harmatiology (the doctrine of sin), for you do not understand the commonly held view of Christians on this point.

What is rational? Is not rationality subjective? What you might deem irrational others might deem perfectly rational, and vice-versa, what you might deem rational others might deem quite obviously irrational.

Are we to see experiences as rational explanation of a phenomena? Sure, I see and feel a rock, and I verify its existence rationally. I smell food and verify its existence rationally. What about people experiencing a divine being communicating to them, then?

No, we must disregard this as hallucination or a psychological problem. Only what we (and by we I mean the "educated western world") in our pre-determined frame of rationality deem rational can ever be rational, and all that falls outside must naturally be considered irrational irrespective of its potential rationality in relation to other experiences we might call rational.

Really (I think), something being rational is a state of mind, a common understanding with our peers. In a church most would agree that their belief is rational, not out of ignorance (though here you might disagree), but out of shared acceptance of a different frame of rationality, essentially accepting other experiences as being able to feed to rationality than those you might accept.

I guess the point I'm trying to make (and I might be way off) is that when you say that religiosity espouses irrationalist beliefs, they're irrational to you, within your frame of rationalism. To someone else you're the ignorant one who's fighting tooth and nail.

Edit: To those down voting I would love to engage further in conversation about this!

It is really a Western culture thing to put great exactness on numbers. There is also the possibility that timekeeping was off compared to today, and so with those two factors in mind, it might not be unreasonable to assume that many people (at least knew someone who) lived to their 80's-90's, which in turn would make it 120 years with some great give-and-take. I think this is the argument of Dr John Oakes (disclaimer: doctor in chemistry, not theology).

A personal hypothesis is that according to the Bible, Moses lived to be 120 years, and as he was a salvific figure (not divinely) to the Jews him living to the maximum age is a pretty cool point.

Anyway, it kind of begs the question: how Jacob came to be 130 (Genesis 47:9), when max age was 120? Perhaps Genesis 6:3 was talking about something else, then? Theories include how much time was left in the life of Adam (the word used for man is in the singular number with the definite article, which could be translated as "the man Adam", instead of mankind). So it might be saying that Adam had 120 years left to live in. Another interpretation is that God gives mankind 120 years of repentance, and then the flood waters would come.

Either way, it's a good question. 120 seems to have some significance in the Bible. 2 Chronicles 5:12-13 mentions Solomon's temple, where there were 120 priests singing in unity. In Acts 1:15 there were 120 people that Peter talked to. The book of revelation mentions that 12 000 from each tribe will be saved, for a total of 144 000 people (12 x 12000).

Thanks for the prompt, even though I have no answer.

Disclaimer: I am a Christian and in pursuit of my BTh, so I am probably biased.

Not at all! But I don’t think I should get to decide it for them, except through the regular democratic process and then being dragged to court.

1) How come you get to decide how Google chooses to make money?

2) Shouldn’t matter. Their platform, their choice (and if you disagree because they’re a monopoly, you can’t just not pay them without consequences, the court has to handle those things). You could also say that all the money they’ve spent to make Android a de facto world standard that can benefit you as a developer is what you’re paying for.

In Denmark right now, everything down. Was on the phone with someone (in the US) through Messenger without issues. Hung up and tried to send them a message and nothing. Instagram non-functional as well.

Don’t think so. Just make sure to put it all on your tax return.

Woah, that's a rough collision too.

Use it monthly. Have salary from foreign country, and simply keep a bank account there, then transfer it to US with (Transfer)Wise. Rebrand won't matter, as I guess I would always Google "Transfer Wise" either way, if nothing comes up for the query "Wise".

Someone should write a simple web app to use Docverter on iOS. Or just run a cURL tool or something. https://www.docverter.com

I think the reason it's not considered cured is because if you go off of your meds it'll (might?) return and potentially gain resistance to the medication. So it's more like keeping it in check through active medication, not curing it away: https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/staying-in-hiv-care/hiv-treat....

Not just you, gives me the same error :(

I don't think this is meant to be used by anyone, except as a fun proof-of-concept project, or maybe for a personal collection of URLs.

Sure! I was thinking in terms of public opinion.

I feel like billionaires can't win, whatever they do.

Might’ve been, but I think I recall it took them a couple of months.

Anyway, another factor in the decision could be that aside from Tidal, Apple Music pays the most to the actual artists per stream. Almost twice what Spotify pays, I believe.

It works on Android with an app and Windows in the browser. That being said, the subpar experience part is definitely something I agree with, and come to think of it, if I used Windows I probably wouldn't use Apple Music either.

EDIT: I'm pretty sure iTunes for Windows has Apple Music support actually: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210384

Have you considered Apple Music? If not, how come?

Have found success with pressing hard on stuck keys to unstick them.