Doesn't matter if you get hit in the face by a fallen brick.

Often not getting into a situation in the first place is far better than being in the right.

I've got bins of copper and brass left over from work. Should probably take it to the scrapyard some day.

I was 18 at the time and received a PM on a online forum from her because my username indicated we were born the same year.

The second one I found from a platform similar to Omegle.

Third I PM'd on Instagram.

That's almost two decades of my life. Now I'm single again. If there is to be a fourth one, I expect them to be discovered from an equally odd place - likely somewhere online.

Difficult to describe. Remotely similar to Red Bull but less bitter, maybe more bubbly. A sweet sparkling wine/cider-like. Sophisticated. Something a kid would drink if served but would likely never pick themselves.

That is always the case when comparing one's complex internal life to the perceived external lives of others. It's never an apples to apples comparison. However social media was just one example. This applies to other forms of signaling as well: designer clothes, latest tech, following trends.. Basically almost anything people do that they wouldn't do if there were no one to see it.

Sure, but the starting point is that I already don't know something and need to look it up one way or another. Yes, the AI answer might be wrong but the guy on the YouTube video or online forum could equally be wrong. That is not something unique to AI.

I'm also obviously not just blindly trusting what it says. When it recommends me a product for example I don't just go buy it without a question. The AI is just pointing me to the hopefully right direction for me to figure it out but the ultimate decision still remains mine.

A good recent example:
"I need to paint plywood that gets wet regularly, should I use paint A or paint B?"
"Neither, you should use paint C"
*Looks up paint C*
"Yes, I definitely should use paint C"

7. You lost by a whisker.

It's a very quick number game called "By a Whisker"

Happy to show how it's played to anyone whose interested. Just pick any number.

Indeed. Some even blanket-dismiss an entire group of tens of millions of people solely based on the brand of car they drive.

I've taken the slow route and have been doing mindfulness meditation for a decade which probably plays a role in all this.

I can somewhat relate with that. Eating meat is one of the few behaviours that I still do despite being unable to morally defend it. It's not even that I'm trying not to think about it or have to somehow deceive myself believing that it's good. I know exactly what I'm doing. The convenience of it simply outweighs the moral guilt.

What I think would possibly make me feel different about it is someone handing me a gun and telling me to shoot a cow. If it turns out that I can't do it, then that really puts into question the outsourcing of the messy part of it in the first place.

Pommac comes pretty close as well but it's not exactly cheap and it's probably hard to find outside of the nordic countries. It's like "adult soda" - in graduation parties, weddings and such it's often served as the non-alcohol substitute for sparkling wine.