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I would buy more locally if I didn't have to waste the better part of a day driving around to 20 different shops, struggling to find a parking spot at each location...and maybe not even be allowed in depending on the day of the week due to the pass system, to maybe find what I was looking for. Usually what I'm looking for is "out of stock" or if available it is overpriced Chinese garbage. Until local business owners step up their game I have little interest in supporting them and their sub-par products when I can just go online and get exactly what I am looking for. I don't even see the items that have higher prices as actually being more expensive; my vehicle wear and tear, fuel, time and sanity is worth far more than any price difference I have found online.

 

Modern phones have a digital wellbeing app and parental control option in the settings (can be controlled remotely from the guardian's phone). You can limit the time each app gets used throughout the day, with anything over the time limit requiring a password/parental control to unlock.








(Note: my clock app turns the screen on when my phone is charging. JEFIT is a workout app that leaves the screen on while I'm working out. Everything else is under 1 hour usage.)

If that isn't an option most modern modems can block website/app access.

If a child is a digital/social media junkie it is the fault of the parent (and, in turn, whoever raised that parent...yeah, if your kids are f*cked up it is very likely sometime f*cked up raising you. Don't blame kids for being screw ups when you are the one who screwed them up.). Don't let a cell phone be your babysitter. Giving a child unlimited and unmonitored access to the internet is sh*tty parenting at best and child abuse at worse. You wouldn't hand your kid a gram of cocaine to keep them entertained, don't hand them a device with social media enabled (just as addictive as cocaine).

 

You can easily go over your maintenance calories with extremely cheap food, especially children that don't do much in the way of physical activities these days. Rice is 200 calories per cup. Most cooking oils are 120 calories per tablespoon. Fat is 9 calories per gram (the locals tend to not trim the fat off their pork). Sugar, 4 calories per gram, gets loaded into most meals that locals prepare (and most soft drinks have over 30 grams of it per serving). You can get very fat very quickly on a very small budget here. Eating a healthy and balanced diet is a much more expensive endeavor in most of the world, including here.

 

So he doesn't have to support her family.

Curious if this member would be willing to take regular drug tests/breathalyzers (alcohol is a drug) and an STD checks upon the request of a female (since there is a very high chance that anyone over 50 already has an STD. HPV or one of the Herpes simplex viruses.....especially if you are over 50 years of age)? Maybe she could request other medical tests to make sure the user here is physically fit and won't be falling over from a heart attack soon? Perhaps an IQ test to make sure that she doesn't pop out any retarded babies in case she gets knocked up?

I'd tell anyone who asked me those questions (or the questions in the OP) that there is probably a very good reason why they are single and that they could go **** themselves. The term "beggars can't be choosers" comes to mind.