Shit. I just bought one few months ago.
Most statements I don't have qualms with, but from my understanding, "liberals embrace ID politics" seems way off. I could see an argument that there's some kind of split across people who'd identify as or match a typical understanding of a liberal, along the ID politics line, given that it's so divisive. Id say liberal as a concept existed way before ID politics, do when that became prominent, a lot of people got split along that line. I.e. Far right probably split 90:10, Conservatives probably split 75:25, Liberals probably split closer to 50:50, while social left split 25:75, far left split 10:90 and libertarians split 1:99.
This describes stealing better than capitalism. And stealing is as old as nature.
You don't sound like an asshole at all. I realize people have different cultural norms, but in my family, grandparents can't impose their will on how our kids are raised by us and that's a strict matter of principle. They're free to opine, they're free to disagree, but the buck stops there. Ego power trips are frowned upon :)
I'd say your FIL is making a big mistake with such an ultimatum and should be encouraged to reconsider.
If it's just about the jewelry issue, it might seem like avoiding confrontation might be worth it depending on the family situation, but if it's about the expectation of control, as it seems it might be, then it's worth setting the boundaries right then and there.
If FIL's concern is for the well-being and safety of his grandchild, then ask him to explain how cutting off ties with the family isn't detrimental to the child. Either he'll come to his senses or might make it more clear that it's less about the child and more about control and seniority between him and your family, at which point you can discuss that directly.
Exactly. Spreading and replicating like viruses across host bodies. And just like certain viruses, some can stay dormant for years, never fully going away - e.g. "The Game" (sorry not sorry). :p
You can! And we do! In fact, then you can skip the whole fusion step, since the sun laser is already powered by fusion, and just collect the energy. I think that tech is called soul... Soul-Harp-N-L.
That would be an atypical rocket, but it checks out.
Best 5 seconds of excitement happened at end of Q2 when Max placed 10th and there were still 2 drivers putting their final time in. For a brief moment, I thought Gasly might knock out Max. Good times.
Proof of work "toll" for each request or session seems like a good option.
That's way off topic, though.