Why didn't they make it like a vertical mouse? Having your arm bones twisted the entire time is not good and one of the leading causes of carpel tunnel.

Yep

If another country can ship corn to US and sell for slightly cheaper than US produced corn. US corn farmers suffer.

"Free Market" says that US consumers benefit from the inexpensive corn.

But what is good for the consumer isn't necessarily the best for the corn farmers.

What's sad is Trump wasn't talking about corn. He was talking about John Queer tractor equipment. If farmers could get inexpensive electric farming equipment from another country, US farming equipment manufacturers lose money. Who's against right to repair? What company has spoken up the most against it?

Electric farming equipment. You mean like on a farm where they could drive for miles and miles harvesting and still end up fairly close to your starting point? Probably could do charging station check points and rotate multiple machines.

Absolutely crazy

Noise reduction in buildings have come a long way. Anyone living in an old apartment is going to find it more noisy.

but it's hard to then build the services that this many people need

The idea is that there are the same amount of people on the island.

Island 1 might need 2 small schools to serve the top and bottom of island.

Island 2 could put one large school in walking distance of living building.

One large school is much cheaper than multiple smaller ones.

Same with things like fire stations. You only need one around the living building on island 2. One station on island 1 might not be in range of all the homes.

You are not thinking about the large picture.

Renting a tiller and throwing down some clover seeds is cheap compared to a lifetime of lawn people.

Just like with your first comment. Yes things break and are expensive, but you're not throwing ~1500 a month out the window renting.

You can donate blood in 20 minutes. It takes an hour plus to donate plasma

Am I going to sit in a chair for an hour plus without any compensation? Maybe once or twice here and there. But you can donate plasma at least twice a week.

It requires two donations for a single unit. If you donate once and don't donate the second, then your first donation is unusable. You have to get them to donate twice.

When I was donating plasma, it paid about $75 for each donation. 50 first, 100 for second. The money is pretty good. $300 a month is a lot for a lot of people.

If you didn't compensate people for plasma donations, a lot wouldn't do it. They currently need more people to donate.

Plasma "donation" is a good thing.

I knew a Richard Odar. Pronounced odor

Fear of losing basic income is a great crime deterrent.

Are you going to steal from that gas station if you could lose your basic monthly check for 20+ years?

You think kids would drive drunk if you told them that if they were caught, they would lose their basic income for life? Most think it's a slap on the wrist, maybe some community service, IF they get caught.

Ticketmaster fees and charges are one thing.

But if someone is willing to pay 400+ dollars for a seat at a concert, Shouldn't they be able to do that over someone that just wants a cheap seat?

I had to look up what the summoner's tale was. I can say this from memory.

"Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,

The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,

And bathed every veyne in swich licóur

Of which vertú engendred is the flour;

Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth

Inspired hath in every holt and heeth

The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne

Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne,

And smale foweles maken melodye,

That slepen al the nyght with open ye,

So priketh hem Natúre in hir corages,

Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,

And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,

To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;

And specially, from every shires ende

Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,

The hooly blisful martir for to seke,

That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke."

You can say good morning with an infection that makes it asking. Like if I looked over at you on the bus and go "good morning?". You'd know to reply that you were indeed having a good one. Same as if I said "rough morning?"

I would reply "Just saying"

It's totally conditioned to say it. I come from where the response to "How you doing?" Is "Good, you?", "Good"

If someone just said "Morning" to you, you've been conditioned to think something is wrong or they are having a bad day more than likely.

First impressions matter, and the first word out of your mouth better be good

You didn't have to memorize the Canterbury Tales?