Your list is pretty wild. If you’re serious about #2, please talk to a mental health professional if you haven’t done so yet. And if you seriously put #4 ahead of, like, cancer or infectious diseases, you should definitely consider leaving for another country.

As for me, I live a relatively normal life in a relatively peaceful environment. I’d put my money on cancer.

FYI, lichess.org offers the same functionality (arguably better) for free. It’s a crowd-funded, open-source non-profit, free of any ads or trackers.

My library offers art! Like, original art pieces (paintings and sculptures) by local artists which you can borrow for up to three months.

Sudan, definitely. (And I’ve visited well over 50 countries.)

2 points. I did technically “use” my dad’s old typewriter once or twice, but only to check it out/play with it, not to actually write something. Have never paid by cheque. Have done all the others.

Fun fact, that word is etymologically related to “placenta”.

Very nicely put. This describes my own faith almost to a T.

Friendly reminder that Trump refused to condemn a group of white supremacists chanting “Jews will not replace us”.

He is not on your side. And, if history is any indication, allowing government to control speech and expression by fascist means is much more dangerous to Jews than any group of student protesters could ever be.

Having pets live with you is not (necessarily) the same as treating them like toys, though, is it?

offer nothing in return

Warmth, company, fun…? Also, the experience of being responsible for and caring for another being can be very valuable.

A new colour (visible to humans).

Scientific 👏 journals 👏 are 👏 a 👏 scam 👏 industry 👏

Must be this one, but the downvotes were part of the game in that thread so I guess it doesn’t really count. Other than that I’ve never gotten more than like 3 downvotes on a post.

Schnittke’s Choir Concerto.

Sounds nice enough, but not really like an outsider position among the Founding Fathers. OP seemed to be saying that Paine differed substantially from the others in some way, which I would be interested to learn about (not American either, I only have cursory knowledge of the Founding Fathers).

Why, what did he say?

Lichess.org is the best website to play and study chess on, hands down, and it’s entirely Libre/FOSS, with zero ads or trackers (e. g. read here: https://lichess.org/about).

Original art (paintings and sculptures) by local artists. They csn be checked out for three months at a time. It’s really nice to have some original art in your home even if it it’s not by a big name.

Also, I can easily access most of my country’s important newspapers’ online articles that are normally behind a paywall.

Ah, a fellow Krabbé connoisseur!

Haha, I see. Good on you!