Definitely not a scientist here , I’d say our immune system can be very forgetful because it’s a waste of energy to memorize all the different kinds of bacteria that change/evolve over time.

Similar to today’s cops, white cells don’t care who or what they attack, but they will beat the shit out of it and deport it to El Salvador when told to. Hence auto-immune diseases.

Yes. Companies seem to spend more money on marketing than they do on development.

Personal opinion here, I think the world is inherently unfair. Fairness is something we give to ourselves and each other, but the world itself only has its natural laws to follow.

If you can find some childhood happiness even as you grow older, you should enjoy it. It is a right we all have or are entitled to demand.

I’d say the typical childhood is a fantasy, not everyone is the same. There’s plenty of suffering and neglect to go around and I’m sure you’ll find plenty of friends here who have gone through similar things.

It’s good to ramble and relieve the pent-up stress once in a while, but also to seek a way of resolving the issues to stop them from reoccurring.

Have you visited hobby communities? They can be quite pleasant.

Doesn’t everyone?

Fair point. It might be an emergency PR fail, but it does feel quite embarrassing to close the topic blaming the users.

It’s for screens in the back to keep the kids occupied while the driver plays candy crush saga.

It might still be. The article does mention that the numbers might be caused by its popularity and that the issue isn’t exclusive to it.

April’s fools is a line break. It reminds people that things don’t have to be as they are, that they’re not on an inescapable path and they can choose to be different.

For one day a year you are made to look for deviations so you know that you can deviate if you want to. You have that option in spite of however many shackles may keep you bound to your route.

It’s not a holiday for the mean to be meaner, it’s a liberation day for the mind.