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I really dislike our dependency (my own too) on our phones. I can't help but feel that it makes us a bit weaker, despite potential bumps in productivity and time saving.

I have noticed even as an adult, it feels like my ability to learn and retain info has waned because I can just look it up in an instant.

Gone are the days when the only way to settle an argument would be to go to the Library and look it up, so he/she with the most confidence tends to win.

Lets train our kids not to depend on pda.

Over 7 million people died worldwide

died "with" covid. Remember that.

why what is so bad about sports betting?

Pachinko probably pays out a higher total return

Doubtful -

There are many many casual sports betters. Don't think the same can be said for pachinko

This is a perfectly valid example that proves the point, what evidence do you have the information reported is fabricated

Its not a "push against environmental justice initiatives"

Its a push against wastage and pink elephant projects. To cite that it is a push against "environ .. initiatives", you would need to back that up with something specific.

the "risk" is the same as any betting?

at least its potentially more fruitful than pachinko

Never the same without Terry Wogan's irreverent hosting. With his wry smile and wit, he made it clear it was nowhere near meant to be taken seriously

Travelling light is a sign of wealth.

President Donald Trump's administration against environmental justice initiatives.

lol. Fabricated.

Drive against throwing money away.

A long, long time ago, a friend and I almost got to that stage

What could have been :)

Its hard to tell, as the relationships that were cut short before fruition are always remembered more fondly..... sometimes its for the best..

Good luck to the kid - although surrounded by wealth, it can't be an easy life being surrounded by so many strict rules.

The caveat which the media conveniently ignores ; it penalises those companies that outsource parts of their manufacturing processes outside the US. The solution is then for the companies for look for ways to do more in the US, instead of just pointing the finger at "tariffs".

I was hoping this article was going to be about visiting rights for next of kin and not language issues. 

exactly - I would have thought this to be the most urgent issue.

Why one rule for Hong Kong and another for Cambodia?

Because China

l. The law simply recognizes

The law simply recognises diminished responsibility. Black and white. Doctor shop till you get a diagnosis. So yes, people can avoid responsibility, and also make demands for being treated in a specific way or have allowances made for their "condition".

This does not imply that such conditions do not exist or that they dont merit special treatment before you go off on a troll about that.

The point is, the getoutofjailfree card for various scenarios, is too attractive and too easy to obtain.

Having a mental health condition in no way makes a person able to avoid responsibility for their actions,

Legally, it does actually.

everyone is keen to blame their failures on a condition or something.

Yes there are reasons certain people behave the way they do but modern people are going to great lengths to remove responsibility of their own actions and behavoir

That is the whole point, boys are being educated to be more, better than just homemakers,

why all the disrespect for homemakers?

The divorce rate for international marriages is higher, with more than half ending in divorce.

interesting stat - would be nice to know the specifics of which cultural aspects came in to play

That's a Western notion. 

Id say its a leftish notion - where I come from in the West, homemaker is most certainly not considered "inferior".

Provide then evidence, a source that say women are not able to be capable and efficient in these jobs, just saying what you believe is the opposite of what objective means.

Do the homework for someone who needs "scientific evidence" that men are on average significantly stronger than women ? Na mate not going to waste my time on disingenuous actors.

And most men are more interested in subjecting women to this inferior role

who ever said homemaking was an "inferior role" ?

From a conservative point of view it is the bedrock of the family unit and very valuable for society.

Women can be as capable and efficient as cops, firefighters,

objectively false.

Can be valuable, and competent, on different metrics, but where physical strength comes into the equation you need some fancy mental gymnastic or disingenuous categorisation to claim otherwise. Different doesnt mean less valuable.

Surprised Chef is up there - it is an incredibly masculine work environment

Florist

( I am biased)

one bank hits the news with this kind of thing, so the other banks choose to stick their dirty laundry out at the same time in the hope people don't notice.....

Grammatically, this sounds like the Taliban have taken over Japan

If you live in an anime, maybe. In reality, certainly not.

obviously not without problems, where would be better ?

You think Japan really uphold female right? 

out of all the countries of the world for quality of life for women, Japan would be in top three easily

 Japan addicted and decide to open for cheap labor,

open for cheap labour, from outside japan. So yes, it has to do with multiculturalism.