There are that many GOP voters.

He and the millions of Russians, Americans, and Europeans that support him are irredeemably evil.

That's crazy. We never did anything at all like that.

I was a valet for about five years through college and grad school. It's typically done for a few reasons. One being if it's a fancy dress event and the parking situation sucks. You can't have women in super fancy dresses and heels walking three blocks downtown in the rain to go to a wedding, or parking in the dirt lot and getting their nice clothes filthy, so you have them pull up right to the door then park for them.

The other reason is if the parking situation will require more cars than you have room for. I did a big event where we had like a lot with 30 spaces or something and we stuffed 80 cars in there. Took careful maneuvering to shove them all in there and then get them back out. The only way it would ever have been viable is if one person or persons were in control of ALL the cars.

As for the keys, typically we would have a person standing with the keys, plus the stand is locked. Most thieves aren't going to pick the thing up. It's heavy as shit.

My family could. Once. It was a super special vacation. But it was WAY more affordable back then. Looking at prices now, I don't see how anybody does it.

If you want to visit Disney World for two weeks and see EVERYTHING there, it'll cost you about what the "cast members" make in a year. So... Yeah. Fuck the mouse. They can afford to pay these people.

CRISPR and the emergence of mRNA vaccine technology are relatively recent developments and they're doing a lot of heavy lifting. It's a VERY exciting time in medical research. The disease that's going to kill my grandfather in the next 3-6 months will likely be no big deal in the next 30-40 years.

Oh sure. But when we're talking about even just our galaxy, there are so many planets that we just can't say anything for certain. We have life evolved to live and even thrive at hydrothermal vents in the deep ocean. And our planet is pretty young. 1 in a billion odds mean very little when you get over 100 billion chances. We'll never be able to prove or disprove. That's what's so exciting about the universe. Anything is possible.

Not really. The universe is just too vast. We don't even know for certain that life HAS to be carbon based. We might see an exoplanet, decide it's not habitable, move on, and all the while a thriving sulfur based life form forms civilizations, learns, grows, puts things in orbit, travels to their moon, then nukes themselves into oblivion for no good reason.

I'm an MSW working primarily with Dementia patients in Hospice and it isn't uncommon for somebody to be live discharged from hospice due to no longer being terminally ill, just as a result of having a social worker or chaplain come and see them once a week. Chaplain is a huge DnD nerd and tells them stories from his games. I'm a huge space nerd and I talk about the stuff going on in that field. Or show them pictures from my hikes, talk about what obnoxious thing my cat did the other day, etc. Nurse sees them twice a week and has casual chats while they're there as well. Human beings thrive when they feel connected to the world around them.