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This is entirely incorrect

I mean, you see the same kind of thing with scripted television where there's no kayfabe at all. We recently got the season finale of Daredevil Born Again, and there were all kinds of posts/comments/etc talking about how satisfying/bad ass it was to see Daredevil and Punisher beat down a bunch of cops. We all know it's scripted fiction, but it's still fun to watch.

Because both Houses of Congress are controlled by Republicans who are 100% in support of everything the regime is doing.

Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?

They don't. At least not the politicians who tend to do well. Reaching people who had never voted in any previous election was the central strategy to both Obama's and Trump's campaigns, and those were the two most successful electoral politicians in national American politics of the past 2 decades.

Because polygamy has historically been heavily associated with oppression and subjugation of women. Can it be done ethically and responsibly? Maybe in theory, but, on a broad scale, as an institution, that's never really happened.

I think you've been vacationing wrong.

The only types of vacations you can imagine are visiting historic urban cores, going on a cruise, or going to a resort?

What about a camping trip? Or a beach trip? Or visiting family that lives far away?

I mean, I guess that depends on what you're defining as a "vacation". If you're talking about some big grand trip where you spend a ton of money and show off to everyone when you get back, sure.

But that's not my experience with vacations, nor most people I know. A vacation is a break. It's a chance to change your daily routine, change your scenery, and just disconnect from the normal stresses of daily life for a bit. It doesn't need to be somewhere expensive or even far away. Hell, a weekend camping trip can cost virtually nothing and is a great vacation.

And for kids, vacations can be a great bonding and learning experience with parents and siblings. It takes them out of their comfort zone and forces them to experience and try things they might not have otherwise, simply because their environment has changed. Again, it doesn't need to be something grand or expensive. Just something different.

Vacations aren't just "consumer" behavior. They're pretty important in a lot of ways.

Could you imagine what language would look like 10-15 years from now if this actually took off.

Like, think of how ubiquitous stuff like 'unalive' or 'seggs' has become after just a few years trying to avoid algorithmic censors. Now imagine that for 5 years most people all over the internet were just inserting random phrases into their sentences. I have no idea where that would go, but it would make our colloquial language absolutely wild.

You're probably right, but also, is it that big of a deal? I don't buy just a screen protector, but the phone cases always come with one. I work construction, so I like to have a pretty durable phone case. I usually buy an Otterbox or similar. They always come with a screen protector, and I've never had a problem putting them on correctly.

I guess I just don't see why NOT to use a screen protector if you already have one.

This exact thing has happened many many times in history. Not someone transported through time, but someone travelling to a place where nobody (or virtually nobody) speaks the same language, or even one related to yours.

I mean, for the extremely obvious examples, before the Columbian exchange, nobody in the Old World (Eurasia/Africa) had ever encountered any New World (Americas) language and vice versa. They managed to learn how to communicate within a fairly short time period.

But this was just the most obvious example. Until relatively recently (like past half millennia, or so), it was common enough.

You'd learn through immersion. You hear the language every day all day. You try to communicate by pointing and gesturing. Pretty soon you start picking up individual words (point at a piece of bread and say 'bread' over and over. Someone is going to respond with their word for bread. Do that a few times and you'll learn the word for bread, etc, etc). That builds into common phrases. Before too long, you're able to hold very rudimentary conversations, and it just builds from there.

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