Mercival

Don't you mean group A? Group B seems kinda lame.

I just don't pretend 😅 Most people will get it if you're honest and those who won't, aren't very good people to keep around.

It is a fair point, being obese and poor can definitely be a a horrific feedback loop to get out of.

In developed countries anyways, you don't really see it in places where food is scarce, of course.

I don't think it can get any more graphic than eviscerating yourself and covering your oponent with your own guts!

(Some sea cucumbers do this, others produce a sticky substance specifically for this purpose.)

I'm more fascinated by the countertop. Although thin and probably composite rather than natural stone, it's still stone and that can get really expensive. It might honestly get more expensive to do this and fix it later than just do it right from the getgo.

Technically molecules consist of ions, not atoms. Though now that I look it up, they're used more or less interchangeably in English in this context.

Gets pretty deep the more you think about it. There are 0 hydrogen atoms in a molecule of water. Does that mean the sun is a negative star?

What I'm saying is, life has no meaning.

I have a whole fucking family, who lived through the USSR. Not a single one of them misses it. Being spied on every step you take, my grandma has the "you never know who's watching" mentality to this day.

That's not to say they don't hate the current regime, but it's nothing compared to the absolute atrocities of the USSR's secret police.

Well, I'm from a post-USSR country and a substantial part of this was the criminalization of homelessness. Can't have homeless people, if you lock them up (be it in a prison or asylum).

Then again, just about anyone, who did not conform to the party's message got locked up. Getting your place bugged at the slightest hint you might be up to something disagreeable and all that good stuff. The secret police could disappear and or beat you up without any real justification.

I hate late-stage capitalism as much as you, but coming from a country that's been through this, I am extremely reluctant to give the rotten and frankly repugnant USSR regime any credit.

Ketamine is still used in anesthesia on humans in many countries. Also, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is a thing now, I'll be having my second session next month.

That being said, living in a post-soviet country, women still have a considerably harder job becoming accomplished academics.

Though that's at least partially due to globalization and the pressure to publish internationally to be worth a damn as a scientist.