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Really? To you “there is nothing wrong with it" implies no negatives? None at all?

Are you a Sith? Do you deal only in absolutes?

If you were overhearing a conversation and person A tells person B, “sometimes I do 70 in a 65 zone to keep up with traffic”

And person B says, “there’s nothing wrong with it”

you’d have to chime in and let them know “exceeding the speed limit significantly increases the likelihood of a collision and the severity of injuries in an accident” because they just implied there are no negatives to speeding?

Well, I just upvoted your comment above mine, FWIW. :D

Yeah, I'm a weird one in wanting to walk through facts & reality to get to the other side, no matter how bad the news is. Very little harsh news depresses me anymore, maybe because I know what our endgame will be, approximately. We embarked on this path 10-12Kyrs ago when we made the global power grab upon mass-agriculture. But that's a long story, haha.

That said, loads of things these days make me sad, and there's no question that each day's news nowadays is usually a load of heart-break. So I can certainly understand why most folks want to live in more comfortable reality-bubbles than mine.

(not to sound all pretentious or anything XD)

About as much as is left over after the pasteurization and filtration the milk I drink goes through I guess. Is there a safe threshold that all commercial milk rests above?

I've had duck blood soup before. It's pretty good.