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Question - if I'm going to University next year, should I buy a kindle?

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It still factors in. For some, it's the lack of time/laziness, or the perceived 'value' of unhealthy foods. For others, it's the lack of a better alternative (cooking for oneself is a non-option if they don't know how, obviously).

I didn't want to over-elaborate, so you could have simply requested it without the unnecessary remark. Cooking is a necessary life skill - it's unhealthy to rely on processed foods and such. It's true - nobody starves to death because they can't cook pizza, but if they're eating frozen ready-meals prepared in the microwave everyday, they're certainly not living a healthy lifestyle - and that's killing people every year (obesity, diabetes, bowel cancers, etc.). I can't see why anyone shouldn't learn cooking in the classroom.

I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again - I don't think it matters whether there is a god, but I wouldn't believe in one.

It's precisely that - the average person just doesn't know how to cook well enough to live independently. It's exactly why we need to incorporate more vocational material into our curriculum - or perhaps, better vocational material (since food technology is mandatory in the UK). It doesn't matter whether we could cook a pasty/fairy-cake well - it should matter whether we could learn cutting/cooking techniques effectively, and apply them to a general scenario. It's infinitely frustrating for me to see how people couldn't even boil water.

... have you ever tried making a hot breakfast whilst topless? It can, and does burn.

I find it particularly striking that anyone could be scared of cooking. Is there anything particularly threatening about it? - is it the complexity of the skill, or the associated risk of poor cooking, or the perceived threat of hot surfaces, knives, and such? I see the lack of motivation for improving one's ability as wasteful - you could have so much untapped potential here. Bah.

I actually didn't mean my lack of cooking ability, but rather - of young persons in general. It irks me that supposedly responsible adults can come out of education without the ability to boil pasta or the ability to brown meat.

... cactus? Hedgehog?

It's puzzling as to why there's legislation against dog/cat consumption then - surely it's based on the ethical stance that dog/cat consumption is 'wrong'?

As an ethnically Chinese individual, I'm often asked with slight prejudice about the Chinese consumption of dogs/cats. It raises an important question - what's wrong with eating dogs/cats? On a purely ethical level, it would seem rather illogical to give dogs/cats any special or otherwise exclusive treatment in regards to their consumption or lack thereof. Just to reiterate: what's wrong with eating dogs/cats?

The lack of ability to cook.

But what's to suggest that it is present?

I don't favour polyamory, by any means. Maybe when I'm a little more carefree at University.

Banned for a hyperbole and a half.

How so? Sex is only a desire of the primitive man - love is more complex, and often more rewarding.

Question - is sex with someone you don't actually love considered 'good sex' at all?

It's actually supposed to do that if the file is bigger than 1MB - it converts .png's to .jpg's

I prefer the multi-verse theories where the universe is in a state of flux. I can't quite remember the names...

I do pretty much the same, but I dwell on the butterfly effect of how it impacts the world. It's fascinating.

'you' and 'red' is a pretty big leap, unless he had a browser auto-complete on or something... I guess if he'd typed something like youj instead of yout I'd see where he'd go wrong.

I think it would be classed under apatheism, or pragmatic atheism - if I'm interpreting you correctly.

It's not even close to a religion in and of itself, but its organizational aspects might be similar if you're talking about new-atheistic groups. Somehow, your ideal burger sounds like a terrible mess. Hmm :/