this makes me wonder how much longer a towel could be used if it were promptly dried after use, rather than put up on a hook where some of it dries sorta and the rest of it clumps.

even when you are clean from showering, you are still covered in delicious skin, refreshing moisture, and things that thrive in the presence of both.

prices will be raised regardless. record profits? raise prices. record growth? raise prices. cost of production goes down? raise prices.

This is really a both-sides situation.

Hamas isn’t Palestine. Israeli gov isn’t Israel.

When you make simple distinctions like this, things get less complicated.

it’s hard to know the extent to which the comment represents the marriage. otoh, if one were to read their comment and leave thinking “sounds like a normal, healthy marriage to me”, that imo would be a premium red flag on the reader.

Why the hell should i do that?

Read any chapter of history, particularly in the last several hundred years, and you’ll find no end of answers to this question.