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Why do the vast majority of romantic comedies depict people who are wealthy?
  • It is escapism. Romance usually has very few things that's real. I mean that most romance stories are more alike to a fairytale than reality.

    Most movies and books are 98% predictable with the well-known cliches. And that makes them work. Beig wealthy is just an other thing that makes it going.

    Most girls were raised on the price charming idea, and a rich, wealthy and emotionally available person fits the bill.

    Reality of barely making rent and having no money to fix your car or even just daily struggle to find childcare for a date would break the dream.

    When you are watching romance you want the fuzzy feels, the safe environment that everything going to be alright and happy ending is guaranteed. Love, money, heath and safe environment - with tons of loving friends and family - now that's what people want to dream of.

  • Do you use both a personal desktop and laptop?
  • I have a beefcake laptop, that could fold into a tablet. But I still usually use it as a desktop computer: connected to all the periferials, speakers and a monitor, folded up to be a secondary monitor on the side.
    While I had some cooling issues with it (had to cough up couple hundreds for repairs) I am still happy with the setup.
    The phone is for during the day, some mobile only games and for reading books - tho I do like to listen to TTS when my eyes are busy.

  • People who are attracted to male bodies: Do you think necklaces/chains on men are sexy?
  • If you want to wear a necklace or - anything - you should just do it.
    I know it's hard to believe when you are still young, but when you are wearing somersetting YOU like, it will make you happy. And a happy person is attractive.
    It's just a plus that any chosen accessory will attract people who have the same taste :)

  • Are there any EV cars without any "technology"?
  • Those "cheap" Asian EV's look like bare bone vehicles. But you get what you are paying for.
    For once I wouldn't suggest to buy an old first gen EV. They are unpredictable, and have a lot of different issues.

  • Massive issues with sleep and desperate for a solution.
  • To add to the 'canned answers' here is one more:
    As non medication, Magnesium has a muscle relaxation effect. With a big cup of water before going to sleep it could help falling asleep. (Tho make sure you are using the right kind of magnesium pill that actually gets absorbed into the body)

  • New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
  • Okay this made me turn off copilot. Here is the registry stuff to disable it:

    Step 1: Open Run and type regedit to enter Registry Editor.
    Step 2: Please go to this path from the left panel.
    Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
    Step 3: Right-click on the Windows folder to choose New > Key and rename this new key to WindowsCopilot.
    create a WindowsCopilot key
    Step 4: Select this WindowsCopilot key and right-click on the space from the right panel to choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
    Step 5: Then rename this newly-added value to TurnOffWindowsCopilot and double-click on it to change its Value data to 1.

    Then you can click OK to save it, close the window, and reboot your PC to check if you have uninstalled Copilot from Windows 11.

  • What is the nature of a "Trigger Warning" when discussing works by Disney?
  • I don't know what kind of trigger warning would be needed for Disney discussions so I'm not commenting on that part.
    The warning label for Disney could be that some of them are old and full of historical bias. And historical bias is the political correct way of saying that some works are full of racism and sexism.

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