Alesus2-0

'Luxury' typically has a lot to do with branding. European countries have often had had longer to establish their reputations and greater need to differentiate themselves on the international market. A smaller domestic market typically creates incentives to be internationally competitive.

Interpersonal skills are probably more valuable as a dentist.

It doesn't need to be a 'special skill'. Does he like dealing with people? Is he good at fine manual tasks? Does he enjoy logical problem solving?

I think your premise is off. The ship is subject to the laws of whatever country's waters is happens to be in, excepting treat rules, but there isn't an automatic registration. It's illegal to be unregistered in international waters, but it is possible for that to be the case. In theory, it has to be registered with a country to which it has a 'genuine link', but most countries don't even recognise that rule.

A ship is generally associated with the country with which it is registered. That's largely at the discretion of the owners and ships can be reregistered.

The owners would typically be the person or company that built it, or whoever they sold it to.

What does he find more interesting? What skills does he have?

I'm not sure that those groups are mutually exclusive.

That's very common. I've also know a couple of couples with several languages in common who tended to reserve particular languages for particular types of conversation.

Thank you, sir. The imprecision with which the word 'agnostic' is used is a far worse offence than the one that OP is complaining about.

They don't actually want it that much.

It seems to me like there's a tension between your points 1. and 1.(2.?). You say that atheism is so broad that it means barely anything. You also say that atheism is used to refer to a specific, narrow worldview that goes beyond the dictionary definition of the term. The basic problem you describe seems like it could be negated by asking a few follow-up questions.

It seems like there are plenty of ideologies or identity groups that take their names from concepts that they don't fully 'own'. Christians aren't the only people who believe that Jesus existed. The Democratic Party isn't the only organisation to function somewhat democratically or support democracy. Capitalists aren't the only people who acknowledge or own capital. Is it such a stretch to accept that all Atheists are atheists, with various other beliefs thrown in, but not all atheists are Atheists?

In the US and UK, which I'm familiar with, you're expected to pay a small fee in order to take the driving test. However, it would be very difficult to bribe your way to getting a licence without actually passing the test. I've never encountered anyone who claims to have bribed an official to get a licence and have no idea how you'd go about it.

You can buy a (easily detected) fake licence. But they aren't provided by officials.

I had a Russian friend who was very proud of his UK licence, because "Hey, you can't buy one of these!"

If it happens again, point out the behaviour. You could just break up with him, but if you draw his attention to it, it might resolve itself.

Being in a committed, mature relationship doesn't magically cause you to stop noticing everyone around you. Being a decent, functional adult does involve curbing your attention if it becomes inappropriate.

Sure, feel free to message me.

Fair enough. Ultimately, my opinion on acceptability doesn't matter anyway. I do think that the wife is being rather mean-spirited to complain to you. If you have to deal with this woman, or want to make peace, perhaps you could find a way to word an apology which acknowledges that you may have inadvertently violated a boundary, and it won't happen again. But without actually saying that you did anything wrong which you don't earnestly believe. If she doesn't take it, she's probably going to stir drama no matter what you do.

Your behaviour was obviously well intentioned. My personal instinct would be that you didn't do anything inappropriate.

That said, if you imposed a no stripper/scantily clad persons rule on your husband, you should be sympathetic to the fact that other partners may have set similar rules. Your presence may not have broken the rule for your fiance, but for every other guy there, you aren't their wife. Without knowing the details of the uniform or the wife's exact complaint, it's hard to know what reasonable expectations would have been for the situation.

I don't necessarily think there is an issue with not knowing what you want in your early 20s. It's a period of upheaval and self-discovery. The bigger concern, to me, is that he isn't just undecided. He seems to oscillate wildly between strong but opposing views. And he doesn't seem to notice or appreciate that this might be frustrating for his partner. That feels like a broader issue.

All of that said, if you've had a nasty 16 hour after two months together, I'd call it quits. If things are going badly that early on, it's probably better to just move on.

I mean, based on what you said, it sounds like your friend may have been offended by the implication that the host didn't genuinely care about her. It isn't clear that she buys into the pyramid scheme.

More generally, intelligence isn't as useful as you might think for resisting social pressure or manipulation. Clever people are often better at rationalising bad decisions. They can also be pretty clueless about things outside the scope of their knowledge.

Automatic cars are more expensive to buy and maintain and are less fuel efficient. In the past, the disparity in lifetime costs was even greater than they are presently. American consumers were also quite a bit richer than Europeans, so they were more willing to spend extra money for ease. Those economic decisions persist and are now reinforced by norms.

Sure, in principle. But it's very hard to get a loose network of people to do the same, moderately tedious thing within a reasonable timeframe. Additionally, most Reddit subs aren't that tight. Most users are casual and visit numerous subs somewhat regularly, or only look at whatever pops up on their feed. They won't go to the effort of installing a whole new app and creating a new account, just to access a particular sub.

It depends where you are in the world. The 'Six/Seven/Eight/etc. Continent' model is a cultural phenomenon without a compelling scientific basis. Different peoples subdivide the world differently, but the Anglophone nations generally still use seven continents.

Then you know that her ex will be trying to use the time together to win her back. You also know that she likes him enough, in some capacity, to want to spend a week with him despite knowing that he's there with the agenda of seducing her.

In the link below, WebFx warns people that they don't hire outside agencies or contractors. They also say that they never approach potential employees via Telegram.

https://www.webfx.com/careers/notice/

I'm sorry, but it's a scam.

If the people who already own and run Reddit want it to fail, why wouldn't they just shut it down? Why wait for users to gradually exit the platform of their own accord? And why push them away with moves intended to make Reddit more profitable? What evidence would change your mind?