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  • I feel like being a "picky eater" is something that a lot more people want to admit to. So, they get introduced to food they never experienced before, likely with novel tastes or textures that are not like what they eat at home.

    They treat kids for being picky eaters, but that generally requires parents to have the knowledge and finances to get their kid help.

  • When is it "enough" money?
  • It depends on the person.

    I think they, for the majority of people, there is a rough number that could be derived from a standard of living they would want and not have to work. It isn't a common number across people as people want different things.

    That said, there are some people for whom there isn't a number to satisfy them. Wealth becomes a high score to measure against others. For them, there is no good enough.

  • Solving the defense issue with max lulz
  • A few things.

    First, it becomes a question whether it is in Ireland's interest to allow an attack on the EU while maintaining its neutrality. Your proposal focuses solely on the defense of Ireland, but there may be negative impacts in sitting out a conflict involving the EU. Could Ireland sustain a Brexit even if it isn't attacked.

    Second, you're right that small militaries don't really contribute a lot to NATO. NATO had been trying to convert the Baltic states to focus on specialized units over fielding a general army because a general army of the size those nations could produce aren't going to be a big affect on the battlefield.

    Third, you are starting to describe the beginnings to what the National Guard in the USA became. The National Guard came from state militias and is used as an organ of individual states for civil defense and emergency response. Having a guerrilla force is good for self-defense, but it is also useful to have an internal militia able to deploy after natural disasters and other events to rebuild and restore order. A militia organizational structure would be a check on the state should it try to use the militia against the people.

  • Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA
  • So, as a dumb question, what would it take for all rule-making bodies to be under the legislative branch instead of the executive branch? Do you devolve the responsibility to one house only? Do you require elected officials on these committees or can you devolve these tasks to a legislative controlled body?

  • [Serious] What's your hot take?
  • Part of the issue with the value of college isn't that it educated, but that it acted like an ordeal to overcome and filtered out people who didn't have the makings of being a leader. Not all of that is due to educational ability.

  • Lemmings do you feel like you are falling behind in your area of expertise?
  • I'm a structural engineer; I design the structural elements of the bridge. Civil engineers design the geometry of the bridge and the road/sidewalk/track it serves. Geotechnical engineers verify that the soil can withstand the design loads and help with foundation design. If water is involved, hydraulic engineers deal with the openings on water.

    We try to keep architects as far away from the design as possible.

  • If the American embargo of Cuba ended, what do you think would happen to the USA and Cuba?

    This isn't meant to be a discussion on the morality of the embargo, but the affects of the embargo ending for both countries. These affects can be political, economic, or social.

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    nebula.tv Lindsay Ellis — The Ballad of John and Yoko

    The breakup of the Beatles and other things Yoko Ono was not responsible for (and also some things that she was.)

    Lindsay Ellis — The Ballad of John and Yoko
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    What if the Gaza Strip declared independence?

    The Gaza Strip seems very poorly served by the Palestinian Authority, let alone Israel. But, the area has relatively stable borders and it would likely have a stable government in Hamas. So, what if Gaza just declared independence as the government with sole control over the Gaza Strip?

    Would Gaza get recognized by other countries? Could it parlay the recognition into forcing a permanent peace with Israel as becoming a recognized country puts Israeli treatment of it into more known sections of international law?

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