lol I didn’t go down that rabbit hole but I can see someone going there

These are probably the non-science edgy types, in retrospect.

Hilariously maybe 17 years ago I asked in the reddit ask science channel how dangerous space junk was to satellites and basically got “hurr durr space is big idiot” in reply.

Nicotine itself is safe in appropriate quantities. It’s the delivery mechanism that is really dangerous.

It’s very clear that you have no experience with statistics or science.

That’s not putting words in people’s mouths. It’s a rhetorical technique called “reductio ad absurdio” which means to takes an argument to its extreme until it become ridiculous, thereby exposing its flaws.

Because this one caused the genocide of roughly 100,000,000 people who died or were taken.

What you are mentioning is something that happened before there was a Ghana. It was, however, done by countries that existed back then and still exist, and benefited from the system.

got it. a little bit of a thing happened to a whole variety of people so we can safely ignore the huge injustice that was forced upon an entire continent because these things are somehow equal.

UAE exports oil. Dubai is part of UAE.

Basically the tides are turning against Orban in Hungary so now he’s becoming desperate.

The US has southern states, I guess the EU has Hungary.

Dubai is a country that produces nothing but petroleum. The only reason the royal family is rich is because of cars. There is nothing else made there. There is no other trade. The world is moving towards renewables, which means that you should expect it to slowly disintegrate.

I do think that this is the case. It also means that that the Texas oil barons will have to move into something new. This will be better for humans and the planet.

I had considered using that word “centurie” but was worried that someone would call it hyperbole.

This is the distinction and basically why the Arab states are so hateful towards Iran over decades.

Anyone who genuinely thought that Dubai was a solid long-term investment deserves to lose out. It was always going to collapse, we just didn’t know that action in Iran would be the cause.

Adding you to my block list. Keep your petulant pedantry to yourself.

I’ll admit that I had not noticed it before but it makes sense in light of other threads I have seen. There are a lot of people who act just like the meme angry vegan, the meme angry incel, or the meme angry tankie around here. It is disappointing, but humans are going to be human no matter where they are.

I missed nothing. That is not important to the story. When you go into the wilderness with someone, you have formed an inherent defense pact and have a duty of care to each other. Hooking up mid mountain and leaving the other person, regardless of their relationship, is immoral. If harm comes to them, then it was likely illegal.