The youngest age of consent in the US is currently 16, unrestricted, but 14 if you’re within a few years of the 14-year-old.

I didn’t know the majority of the US age of consent was 16, I thought that was a European thing.

but only 12 states have the age of consent at 18.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_in_the_United_States

from 15, apparently

that’s basically what’s going to happen again.

US companies will use less consulting because it’s more expensive.

this is my favorite explanation, by Leslie mann, of the role of St. Peter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqwgEk_zPZI&t=07

I hear the word expat all over the world, I don’t think it’s regional.

“immigrant” gives the impression that you are traveling to get to someplace, while expat implies that you are traveling to get away from someplace, as I’ve heard it used.

you sound so weak because your straw men are based on demonstrably false assumptions.

again, if you support genocide, that is your own problem, don’t project your violent and strange prejudices. onto others.

blaming other people for your own anxieties is an ineffective coping mechanism.

Your implied confirmation that an uninformed mob as moral arbiter could not be more timely.

enjoy that bandwagon; people downvoting uncomfortable truths doesn’t make them any less true.

ha, truth. they sound nuts

you’ll probably notice that every person arguing against “centrists” as if they aren’t centrist is very proud of their refusal to provide evidence for their arguments or read any articles refuting their mistakes.

“Netanyahu is committing genocide and we are wrong to sell him weapons.”

I’ve already responded to that in the first comments, which part are you confused about?

“I didn’t say you can’t read”

cool, nobody said you did.

“you might have to admit that genocide is wrong.”

If you don’t think genocide is wrong, that is your issue, don’t blame it on some vague “other” that you don’t understand or agree with.

you making mistakes and avoiding corrective information doesn’t mean other people can’t read.

you are wrong.

“Just because you like it, that doesn’t mean it’s not support.”

who told you that liking things means you don’t support those things?

your runarounds are bonkers and inaccurate.

slow down and organize your thoughts, they don’t make no sense.

“Centrists will never admit this…”

centrists, and most people now, agree with both of those things, what are you talking about?

you have a non-argument.

you’re trying to rile up anger by safely condemning the imaginary offenses of a vague minority that you likely belong to.

“If any centrist wants to admit that supporting genocide”

centrists don’t support genocide, and if you think otherwise then you clearly don’t know anything about what’s happening in Palestine or in your own country.

“For the first time.”

you got to read some books. articles, watch an interview or two.

If you are unaware of what’s happening and what people are saying, that is your fault, not some vague political minority that you’re ascribing your insecurities and ignorance to.

no crows will land on you, straw man.

congratulations, that’s good news.

get a rice cooker.

One button. super safe. easy to clean.

there are recipe books about how to use a rice cooker to cook all sorts of stuff (rice, curries, hot pot, soups, pasta, steamed anything)

with that same one button.

after you get comfortable heating up food so that you can eat it, you can try a pan or a Crock-Pot, whatever strikes your fancy.

“…over your head”

Don’t get too worked up, folks can’t help but understand you.

the salient characteristic of your comments is their simple-mindedness.

200 million examples of free speech, according to the Supreme Court.

I don’t hang out with a lot of 13-year-olds.

I guess it’s good you’re learning something from them.

is your relationship with them appropriate?