The youngest boomers are 64 still. We may be done working with them in 10 years or so but they’re stubborn. The ones still working then are the ones who never could win financially or are the ones who took advantage of everyone and never learned to stop.

That’s why I advocate for elliptical machines if someone really wants to “run.” Running isn’t bad for you if you’re wear proper shoes, have good form / posture, and run on soft ground. But many people don’t do those and end up increasing their life expectancy but with terrible joints. Elliptical machines solve the issue by forcing your body to actually run properly but they eliminate the shocks that come with each step. And you’re right - swimming is by far the best cardio anyone can do. Plus everyone needs to learn how to swim.

Sadly I can’t do either for now, but hoping to by next Spring.

I used to run 3mi each day until I had to stop due to hip issues that I’m still trying to fix. I never thought I’d miss it this much. One of the biggest things I’ve been wanting to do for the past few years is to just run for the hell of it. You never realize how fortunate you are to do something until it’s taken from you.

I don’t think it used to be that way, but it has always struggled with class disparity to different degrees. When the financial security and physical health of people are compromised, they’re less likely to be progressive.

The fact is that non-voters either have more important things to do than vote or don’t feel they’d make an impact if they did vote.

When countries, states, and localities encourage education, promote mental and physical well-being, provide ample opportunities and fallbacks for financial security, and make it convenient to vote, then people more likely to at least vote, and at most vote progressively.

Scarcity promotes apathy, which promotes conservatism.

Doctors that are likely to flee to Canada are very likely Doctors who care more about helping people than making money. This isn’t the issue you should worry about in this context.

Thank God I’m not the only one who absolutely hates this. Over a decade ago, I used an iPhone for a month before returning it for an Android because I hated it so much.

This somehow makes me feel older than the hip pain does

I’d like to see two things.

1. The demographics of people who live within a few miles of golf courses. Are they wealthier with better Healthcare, allowing them to live long enough to develop Alzheimer’s?
2. Were pesticides used heavily in the golf courses surveyed?

As with all statistics, more data = context.

Op, this is it. The franchise has been around for decades and covers many historical eras. Recently they got into fantasy and did well with it, though personally I prefer the historical titles with the dynamic dueling.

Like Dr_Nik said, battles are either RTS style that you can choose to control, let ai take over and observe the battle instead, or you can autoresolve and skip a battle entirely. The overall gameplay is similar across each game, but the mechanics and ai behavior vary wildly across titles. If you don’t like one game, pick up another and you’ll probably love it

No, 57% of registered Gen-Z voters who were men voted for Trump. Keep on mind over half of Gen Z didn’t even vote. So the overall percentage of Gen Z who voted for Trump is much, much smaller.

If you think being altruistic has to be worth something to do it, then you’re not an altruistic type of person. Being altruistic means doing what one believes is right and helping others regardless of any reward or value gained or lost.

While the American Left has been shifting right for the past few decades, were you even around during W. Bush’s presidency? Progressives today want exactly what W. Bush campaigned against - proper climate policies and social / welfare safety nets.

They’re not justifying racism, they’re explaing how the US has gotten to where it is today and why people act as they do. The culture here regarding it is different compared to most parts of Europe, and people generally are trying very much to combat these issues. But as this is a deeply cultural and historical undertaking in the US, a lot of change - cultural, political, or otherwise - will happen very slowly and will not always appear progressive. Despite recent events, the US has generally - though not always - been making small steps in the right direction here. Seit du Deutsch bist, weißt du, Fortschritt ist kompliziert.

I tried to rewatch the show for the first time last month since the show ended. I told myself that it couldn’t have been so bad after it began to increasingly deviate from the books, that I was just upset about it at the time.

Nope. I barely made it through S5 and while S6 had its moments, I realized I was only watching for a couple great moments instead of for the sake of watching it. I just wasn’t enjoying it, so I stopped. In earlier seasons, epic moments like these were everywhere. It’s no wonder the show alone built such a large fanbase early on

Americans are quick to forget our neighbors are scary as hell when they’re upset. Canadians just haven’t had a good reason to be too upset since the World Wars

Isn’t that one of the classifications of genocide?

There is none, but kids are picky and want expensive name brands because pretty images

Here’s an Ent that only appears for a total of 30 pages, let me write his entire family’s history for an additional 50

Edit: fucking love me some LOTR, though

Do you live to argue? Did you even read what I wrote, or do you only cherry pick? You’re resorting to whataboutism. And for the record no, because Russia is a full-blown oligarchy that holds farce “presidential” elections. The fact Trump, the leader at the time, lost shows we’re doing better than Russia is.

We both support progressive candidates and ideologies. I hate Biden, but I live in a state where I’ll have to vote for him. But since you don’t want to have an actual conversation, we’re done here. Talk like this is why Republicans are doing so well despite over half of the US hating their guts.