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Offtopic, but that's a really awesome idea for our veterans. Thanks for working on it!

We use Rancher with Cattle and do CI/CD via our self-hosted GitLab CI. Pretty easy to setup & maintain. Would definitely recommend taking a look at Rancher if you haven't yet.

Because you don't want it to be or because you have proof? If you have proof, show it.

> The crux is we are all social creatures and need to feel accepted by the opposite sex.

Yeah, no.

> If we fall short, we will spin ad infinitum worrying about it.

Nope.

> Its a deep rooted need within us and cannot be rationalized away, similar to rationalizing you are full when you haven't eaten for a long time.

Lol. No.

> Lose weight, eat right, get fit, etc etc etc

I lost 120 lb's and got down to 10% body fat when I was in my early 20's (300 to 180) having been extremely fat my whole life up to that point. I was still a nervous wreck with severe self confidence issues. I did it for women like OP says to above. Please don't make the same mistake I did. Do it for yourself. Do it for your own health. If you do it for such shallow reasons like the OP is saying, you won't keep it off. It takes work and it takes time. Also, you don't need to be fit with a 6 pack to talk to/pick up/ask out women. All you need is self confidence, and thats not something you can get by lifting weights. Anybody who tells you different is naive and a fool (and probably more insecure than you). The best piece of advice I ever got when it comes to confidence: Know yourself, appreciate yourself, love yourself - if you can't do any of those things how do you expect someone else to.

While I see what you are saying, the OP to your post has it correct. You can say a republic is a bastardized form of democracy, but the reverse is not true. You can look at one of the few true democracies that has ever existed as an example - ancient Greece. Every citizen[1] could vote and put forward changes to laws or even create new laws (obviously with a majority vote).

[1] A citizen was considered to be any person born of Greece, white and male.

You don't have to invest in Amazon if it doesn't meet your expectations.

Relevant quote:

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"

- Epicurus

While I could some what see the reasoning behind accredited investor rules, I personally don't agree with them. If I can't spend the money I've earned how I want to it limits mobility and freedom on my part. If I want to invest in a startup, or invest in something like PeerStreet, it should be my right to lose (or gain) my money. I don't make 300k, nor do I have a million in assets, but as an engineer I make a decent pay check and have no dependents so why can't I throw my extra $ around how I want?

Walmart must be considered a small corporation then. Good to know.

As someone who's been to LIV a few times, I can say that entrance alone on most weekend nights (fri/sat) is $100. "Premium" drinks like Patron (how is that premium?) are $25 a glass. Those skyboxes on the second floor (that look down on the dance floor) start at $10,000 minimum. Fortunately, I never had to pay because I had a mutual friend with the owner. LIV is definitely on the top end of South Beach nightlife, but there are other clubs that have similar prices.