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I think we're all just kinda passively expecting it at this point. I'm pretty dispassionate about the whole thing.

Games are art, you have to be willing to take a risk and try something genuinely new every once in a while. Ubisoft isn't.

I don't necessarily have to update my Arch distribution whenever there are new updates available

Clearly, op agrees

Neat. Never gonna do this to my deck, but neat.

increased significantly

Sounds good to me

Who said anything about retirement?

And if you know why people buy treasuries then why did you ask?

You're using hindsight to pretend like there's no reason to buy treasuries while also demonstrating an understanding of why people do. You'll forgive my confusion.

Also, the NYSE had an expected return of 6-8%. That was not at all a guarantee; we didn't know that. My statement holds true.

A year ago we didn't know the market would grow so much, or at all.

Today we don't know if these trends will continue, stop, or even reverse. Past performance doesn't guarantee future returns, yada yada.

The whole point of bonds is that they be more stable and reliable than other securities. They're a useful tool for investors looking for stability.

It is very much state pride as well, and force of habit; most Americans don't travel out of country much (for a few reasons) so we don't often have to tell people where we're from who don't already have a good grasp of American geography.

Also, frankly, people can usually tell we're American before we tell them, for better or worse. Might as well give you a bit more specificity.

You could probably sell Americans on lowering the drinking age in many States, but there's some big legal hurdles and pretty much everyone agrees we've got bigger problems to deal with first.

It's typically both. So little chlorine you won't notice unless you have a particular condition like op or you're doing something weird like growing algae. You can also just leave a glass of water out for a while and the chlorine will evaporate out of it.

Calling yourself Americans, after the entire dual continent

This is one (small) reason why many USAians will tell you their state if you ask where they're from.

Does up=off for British light switches? That's unhinged

Also, never gonna apologize for omitting pointless, silent letters from words. If the English wanted to maintain control of their language, they shouldn't have colonized half the world.

Yeah. No.

As much as science knows anything, it knows that having too much body fat is bad for your health. Even the article you just linked states weight loss as its goal.

BMI is a crappy measure of body fat, fair; bodybuilders and athletes often have very high BMIs while having very little fat, but it's not "arbitrary" either. Doesn't matter much, since we have tools to measure body fat percentage directly. No need to use BMI at all.

Also note that article says to eat less "processed" food, but doesn't explain what that actually means. Is bread processed? How about a salad? How much dressing do I have to add to lettuce before it counts as "processed"? No answers here.

There's something to be said for the caloric availability of any given food, but it's pretty silly to say that you shouldn't consider them at all. People who are trying to lose weight need some measure of how much they're eating so they can be sure they're eating less. Until we have a better one, calories aren't going anywhere.

As for exercise, it is definitely important, but it simply isn't realistic to out-train a bad diet. It's not at all reasonable to say that exercise is more important for weight loss, and anyone who's actually lost a ton of weight will tell you as much.