Good judgement comes from experience.

Experience comes from poor judgement.

Thats because Gordon Ramsay always has a sous chef to do the hard work for him

I believe the correct term is hogs of war

I wish you the best with them!

This whole article feels AI generated

I mean, I don't have any problem with women who don't trim their hedges. I just don't want to sleep with them

WWII - not the Germans' favorite topic

I know this probably resonates with some sexually non-normative people here. But to me, this sounds like the acid trip that never ended, lol

tbf, im pretty sure ooop is a shitpost. But Poes Law is in effect

Slimegirl enthusiast over here

My experience being hot is that I will catch another hot person checking me out. And since they are hot, of course, I want to fuck them. But then I get nervous about approaching them because what if they actually weren't checking me out, or if they were but it actually isnt socially appropriate to approach them at this particular moment, or if they're going to start talking to me about astrology and I'll have to pretend to be interested for a minute and a half before politely excusing myself.

Hey now - bikinis arent sexual. Only the male gaze makes them so

I wasnt sure, so I checked. He has had American citizenship since 2002. He is (unfortunately) an American

I want to be clear that I don't think this is a bad thing.

But I also want to be clear that this would essentially be a non-issue if the highway were a train instead

A real hot person!

As others mentioned, the main value most people get from amazon prime is free 2 day shipping - not Prime Video. So its competitors are other online retailers like AliExpress, Ebay, various niche websites, and physical stores.

Also as others mentioned, prices are set as high as consumers are willing to pay. They are forced lower by competitive pressure. If consumers decide that the service is non-essential or that other competitors offer a better service for a better price for a price lower than what the company can offer the service for, then the service will need a constant influx of cash to keep running, and will eventually be ended if it cant turn a profit.

I've never been to India or Japan. But my guess -

Japan is an extremely dense and walkable country. A japanese person living in the city can easily find the vast majority of their product needs within a short walk of their home. And then, with space being at such a premium, their homes tend to be small, which produces a chilling effect on their desire to buy space-consuming knick-knacks. Finally, they are close to China, so AliExpress might be a larger competitor for niche products.

India is also a dense and walkable country in some places. But it is also very poor and chaotic. The average Indian will consider a prime membership for free 2 day shipping a luxury they cannot afford. Also, the chaotic nature of... well... India, might make Amazon's 2 day shipping promise significantly less tenable, further reducing the benefit for potential customers and driving down the price.

Edit: Also, iirc, the US price for Netflix is about $15, so it is comparable to other streaming platforms.

And also also, watching tv is a non-essential service. You don't need to watch TV any more than Jeff Bezos needs another yacht. I'm not saying that you should suck Amazons dick or anything, but you could easily reframe this as an opportunity to re-engage with reading and socializing as forms of relaxation and entertainment.

I think this depends more on who you are, where you are, and what you're in for.

If you are a dumbass who got put away for stabbing someone who looked at you weird at a bus stop, then you can probably make your plans in plain english. No one cares. You don't have plans. This is obvious, because you knifed a guy for looking at you weird. You got put away in the podunk prison for dumbasses. Sure, they can listen to your calls, and might even do it if they are bored. But mostly the prison is trying to make sure everyone is fed well enough that they don't start a riot.

If you are the head bookkeeper for an organized crime syndicate, on the other hand, you can be sure that the FBI will be recording you every time you take a shit, and will have a team of translators ready to translate anything you say, along with slang, jargon, cultural cues, and unusual emphasis.

It sounds like your stabilizers are fatiguing faster than your big muscles, which is normal. I vote you switch to reverse pyramids, rather than flat sets.

Zeroeth set 2 reps at 80% of your first working set (more or less - no need to break out the microplates)
First set 3-5 reps - the powerlifting rep range. This is your heavy set, and will train neuromuscular adaptation more than hypertrophy. Keep one or two reps left in the tank, which will allow you to focus on form and not blow your load early in the workout.
Second set 6-8 reps. Focus on form, and again, keep one or two reps left in the tank.
Third set 8-12 reps - the bodybuilding rep range. This is your volume set, and will push you close to muscular failure. Go a little al muerte here. If your form breaks down a little here, I think that is fine, as that means you are effectively targeting and taxing your stabilizer muscles, and they will get stronger over time.

As for form/elbow flare... I think AI got caught up thinking of normal bench, where a 45° elbow flare is pretty standard. Close grip, to my knowledge, should keep the elbows tucked to your sides. So on one hand, I would say to keep your elbows tucked, as that is the exercise you are doing. But on the other hand, I don't want to recommend being a form weenie - just get the weight up, and as long as you don't look like a boa constrictor getting murdered, it's fine. But giving recommendations here is kind of an art, since close grip bench is an exercise that, itself, splits the difference between bodybuilding and powerlifting. You are neither trying to lift maximum weight (like bench), nor trying to isolate a muscle (like a tricep extension)... My rec is that a little elbow flare is fine as you get a bit fatigued, but in general try to avoid

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Misleading headline

Basically, at some point some researchers claimed that maybe consciousness could only arise in biological systems similar to ours. This article is about some researchers saying "nuh-ah, maybe it could be different than that"

Like, maybe consciousness can exist in a self aware ai, or a life form based on silicon rather than carbon. Something literally different than "flesh and blood".

Scientists are NOT proposing that we have ghostly, astral spirits which exist outside the body, which is stupid woo-woo nonsense