KombatWombat

General blood donations do use that delay, but just plasma replenishes much faster. I don't think either is good at making you lose weight. It's basically dehydrating yourself.

That situation sucks but something that could get you a bit more money is donating plasma. It's a couple hundred bucks a month if you do it twice a week. It can be done in less than an hour if they aren't busy and you can be on your phone while it's happening.

They are liberating creative outlets in the sense that they offer a platform and tools for creative expression (barring some ToS rules) for free. You can post a creative video that may be seen by thousands without needing to sell ownership to some company. They play ads to pay for its associated costs and yes, to turn a profit, while giving a small portion to the creators as an additional incentive. But they are not intended to replace regular income in a meaningful way. I have never heard of anyone suggesting that trying to do so is a good idea, including the big name content creators that by exception do manage to earn a living from it.

If you think it should be a reliable way to make money, I would say you have the unfair expectation for it. I would compare it to complaining that a service that teaches you how to knit is only sufficient for hobbyists and rarely allows one to build a successful company selling clothes. That's just beyond the scope of what it's there for.

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It doesn't fit the community well. It uses the phrase but sarcastically instead of sincerely. It's also somewhat political. And without trying to be insulting to OP it's pretty low effort and not particularly funny or insightful. Some people are going to downvote for those reasons even if they agree with the implied sentiment.

It's why I personally dislike memes that are essentially just a picture of someone's opinion. People will also upvote them just to agree, so it encourages echo chambers instead of good discussion or learning.

The poverty line is for the nation overall. Using some of the highest cost of living areas to set it doesn't make sense. Why would you say a family making considerably more than most of their peers is poor because they would struggle to afford living somewhere else entirely?

I just use auto-pay for all my regular bills. That way I don't need to remember what is due when. That should reduce the need for you to track them, assuming you do have enough money to pay them at the scheduled time. If you still want to log them, fixed amounts like rent/phone/insurance can be done way ahead of time. Variable payments like credit cards or utilities can't be done earlier, but after some time you could start estimating what they will be based on averages.

Well the willing suspension of disbelief is adjusted based on the story being told. If you say there's a made-up kingdom where animals talk in the exposition, that's fine. But if you say it takes place in a world that's basically our own, then one person can randomly shoot lasers from their eyes, you should give some explanation. It doesn't even have to be a particularly good one, but even in-universe people would be asking about that.

If men are wearing them, they are men's clothing.

Well, there's no shortage of politicians calling each other names and accusing each other nowadays. Political figures are pretty safe targets to verbally attack so long as you aren't too specific or threatening. And the president has been immune to civil suits like libel for official actions since Nixon v. Fitzgerald in 1982.

I think trusting the president to investigate government corruption is about as reliable as having the police investigate themselves. External agencies doing investigative reporting make better watchdogs. And if we do want internal checks, it makes more sense to come from the judiciary. They are at least less likely to be motivated by party affiliations and re-elections.

99% of meat comes from factory farms in the US. For Europe, it's around 75%. Unless you know where the meat came from and how it treats its animals, you can safely presume the source animal was tortured for it. Calling factory farming abhorrent doesn't mean much if you still regularly pay for it to continue.

Because the chicken is incapable of acting morally. Humans should hold themselves to a higher standard.