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Not just his age: he was inside it, so he had waited in line, paid for it, and was seeing the ruined stone structure up close. No way could he not know it was really, really old.

Soy vanilla latte is a three bean salad

You say “not US”, can you elaborate? In the US, expiration dates mean absolutely nothing regarding food safety. I’m not sure if that applies elsewhere, though.

Transactions are often not equitable, and most wealth bubbles up to the people on the top tiers.

Humans cannot live without a healthy ecosystem.

A cognitive exam would be a good idea regardless of any age. They need to be fit to serve.

People who live in Gaza do not have freedom of movement. They can’t just leave, they need permission from Israel to do so.

That is just not true, I encourage you to read about it on Wikipedia. The Egyptian border has also been blockaded since 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip

Older art and other artifacts could be sold or gifted to American citizens or organizations?

the only thing in the universe that requires linear time in one direction is consciousness. So we only experience time like that. Everything else really doesn’t give a shit about time

Is that really true? I feel like a lot of things thay are not consciousness still have causal relationships.

A simple example is combustion. It needs fuel and an ignition. It produces light and heat that transfer energy to its environment. This couldn’t work in reverse or independent of time.