The difference is that instead of two different people buying a total of two drinks, there's only one person buying a total of one drink. Which do you think the business would prefer?

According to the summary, it was the victim that got out of his car and walked back towards the shooter. For some juries, that fact alone would have been enough to find that the shooter acted in self defense, regardless of what else happened during the incident.

The summary says (though not prominently) that it was "a victim impact statement", so by definition it was a speech about the feelings of the victim, relatives, and friends, not any kind of factual testimony.

That's true, but the obsession isn't from the people you think it is.

A con is all about getting the target to believe something. Most people have heard stories about someone getting lucky in the stock market and getting a 1000% return in a year (it can and does happen, just very rarely), and so it's not a psychotic delusion to believe that it could happen to you, too. Believing that you're "starchild" or "spark bearer" or something similar, however, requires at least a small predisposition to delusion.

No.

The inability to edit posts is an intentional design decision, not due to lack of caring or skill. The problems with being able to edit a post after someone has moderated it or replied to it should be obvious to everyone here.

They all known and argue that any increase in costs, whether it's from taxes or from regulations, gets passed on to the consumer. Except tariffs, apparently.

The stock market is only doing great relative to the crash that the tariff threats caused a month ago. Compared to the beginning of the year, it's still down something like 7-8%.

Wasn't it zombie-creating vampire aliens?

It was known pretty soon after 1930 that Pluto isn't massive enough to affect the orbit of Neptune the way that Planet 9 must.

We do have the money for it, because we already spend it on welfare programs. Most people currently getting government assistance would end up getting approximately the same amount of money they get now. Most of everyone else would have their taxes go up by approximately the same amount that they get back from the UBI, so it would be a net zero change for them.

Shipping cost is probably the one thing (other than sales tax if you haven't entered your address yet) that reasonably can't be shown as part of the product price. In addition to your address, different shipping methods and speeds have different costs, and you usually don't choose what you want until you're on the checkout page. If you're buying multiple items, the shipping cost may also be less than the total separate cost for each item (such as a second item that fits in the same size box as the first item).

So Donald Trump leaked from a lab? Yeah, I can buy that.

Why are you so obsessed with kids' genitals?