Is having children worth it?

The simple answer is: it is no longer worth it. Today, the reasons for having children seem to boil down to three things: * Reproduction. Some people believe their genes are worthy of being c…

Top stories for Long   Is having children worth it? LAWRENCE, Owner at Argonauts Ltd (2021-present) • Updated February 7 The simple answer is: it is no longer worth it. Today, the reasons for having children seem to boil down to three things: Reproduction. Some people believe their genes are wo... Read more » 785 275   Why do so many Navy SEAL officers leave the Navy at the O-3 level, and what makes it so hard to advance beyond that rank? Raymond St Steven, former Commander at United States Navy (1988-2010) • Answered January 9 I was a Naval Aviator, not a SEAL, but my next door neighbor was a SEAL who opted to stay in for his whole career. When he made O-4, he said his days of “running through th... Read more » 1.7K 70   Why do hotels in Europe take your passport when you check in, or do they still do that? Keith, Resident of 4 countries, citizen of 1. • Updated August 1, 2023 Yeah, they still try to do it at small hotels in many countries. Germany, Italy, etc. Whenever confronted with it, just refuse. After a bit of attempting to convince you, th... Read more » 5K 383   Is there a reason why British people prefer the "chop and eat as you go" method, and how does it compare to American dining habits? Charles Kent, Visual Communications Expert • Updated April 29 Let me tell you a story. In the 1970’s the Monty Python team were staying in a hotel in Torquay, England. They were having a meal in the restaurant and the American member ... Read more » 2.9K 870   Can we run to the airplane toilets while taking off or landing when we have a diarrhea urge while even the air hostesses have their seat belt on and nobody is supposed to move from their seats? Mike Abbott, Worldly Wise and Well Traveled. at Visiting and Travel (1975-present) • Answered March 27 Many years ago. A friend (or at least acquaintance) of mine had this very situation. He went to go, just as the plane was taking off. He was absolutely desperate. When he... Read more » 2K 366   How did Queen Elizabeth change the rules of precedence to give Prince Philip a higher standing in the royal family? SepiaGlyphs • Answered March 18 When Elizabeth II became Queen in 1952, her husband faced a bizarre constitutional reality: he was officially outranked by his own three-year-old son. Because Philip was no... Read more » 1K 68   Lawyers always say to refuse field sobriety tests, but what's the point of refusing if you’ll almost certainly get arrested for refusing the field test and taken back to the station to get your BAC measured regardless of what you do? Mark Mynhier, former Forensic Photographer at Los Angeles Police Department (1998-2018) • Answered April 7 You are missing one VERY key part of that. ALWAYS refuse a field sobriety check. Basically it is “do I think you are drunk or not?” That’s it. It is all subjective. Persona... Read more » 339 57   Could the Japanese have successfully invaded Hawaii in 1941 after the Pearl Harbor surprise attack? Ssppeerroo ., former Newspaper Managing Editor • Answered April 10 Short answer, yes. The Japanese could have invaded. They could have physically put troops ashore immediately following the Pearl Harbor attack. That's actually what America... Read more » 1.3K 80   Why is nitrogen asphyxiation not used in capital punishment? Glenn Stewart, former Western Regional Manager at Air Products & Chemicals (1976-1998) • Answered August 22, 2016 Having worked for over 20 plus years in the industrial gas and chemicals industry, I can assure you that “it” (execution using nitrogen displacement of air) would be safe, ... Read more » 448 74   What do gyms not want you to know? KS, Simple health tips • Answered January 31 While i was sitting at a coffee shop, i had a guy sitting near me who was conducting interview for GYM lady staff. I was quite near to him and i could hear the interview go... Read more » 2.3K 21   Why did no one else buy SAAB? Jim Mowreader, Printing Expert (1994-present) • Answered August 25, 2025 Saab Cars was intended to lose money from the start. Here’s the deal: Saab is the Swedish abbreviation for Swedish Aircraft Limited. (AB is short for Aktiebolag, the Swedish... Read more » 419 61   Donald Trump has a degree from Wharton. If he is a bad POTUS, why does he have such a prestigious degree? John Rekenthaler • Answered March 5 I am highly qualified to answer this, as I am a Penn graduate myself, a few years after Trump. 1) When most people say “Wharton,” they mean the MBA program. Trump did not at... Read more » 9.8K 1.2K Read more in your feed

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ConstItutionally, Trump can’t serve a 3rd term, but could run. What do you think woul...?

You are absolutely correct, and you have just found the chink in the constitutional armor. You cannot be ELECTED as president for more than two terms, but the Constitution says nothing about RU…

Top stories for Long   ConstItutionally, Trump can’t serve a 3rd term, but could run. What do you think would happen if Trump runs for a third term and technically wins? Would he immediately be disqualified or would the Constitution be challenged by Trump supporters? Steven Haddock, B.A. in Political Science • Answered April 14 You are absolutely correct, and you have just found the chink in the constitutional armor. You cannot be ELECTED as president for more than two terms, but the Constitution s... Read more » 1.4K 783   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   Why didn't the imperial European powers conquer Japan, as they did other nations in the Pacific and Indo-China, between the 17th to 19th century? Iceman GG • Answered April 14 In 1543, when a Portuguese shipwreck washed ashore on Tanegashima, Japan purchased two guns from Portuguese merchants, worth the equivalent of $1 million in today's value. ... Read more » 2.5K 124   Do physicists know that Einstein’s E=mc2 is invalid but are playing around since they cannot admit they are all wrong? Emil, Londoner • Answered October 11, 2024 In a word, yes. I received my degree in physics from the university of Cambridge and my PhD in analytical relativity from the Institut d'astrophysique de Paris. Throughout ... Read more » 15.5K 1.2K   Lawyers always say to refuse field sobriety tests, but what's the point of refusing if you’ll almost certainly get arrested for refusing the field test and taken back to the station to get your BAC measured regardless of what you do? Mark Mynhier, former Forensic Photographer at Los Angeles Police Department (1998-2018) • Answered April 7 You are missing one VERY key part of that. ALWAYS refuse a field sobriety check. Basically it is “do I think you are drunk or not?” That’s it. It is all subjective. Persona... Read more » 305 53   Why did Judas betray Jesus since everyone knew him? Halo St Etienne, Theologian of over 35 years' standing; Christian minister. • Updated April 27 He did not. We are looking at two thousand years of bias, and an egregious mistranslation. The Gospels were written in a pidgin dialect of Greek called ‘koine’, which was th... Read more » 1.6K 300   Why is Prince George the future king when he is a child of a morganatic marriage? His father Prince William married a commoner Kate Middleton. Shouldn't the children of this marriage be barred from the succession? Timothy Nesbitt-Foster • Answered September 4, 2023 You misunderstand what a morganatic marriage is. The marriage of TRH the Prince and Princess of Wales is not a morganatic one. A morganatic marriage (also known as a left h... Read more » 4.1K 303   Will a smoker’s lungs clean themselves if they quit smoking and how long does it take? Gordon Nightingale, former Civil Engineer • Answered March 28 I was a mild smoker, a social smoker from late teenage up to the age of 33 when I quit completely. I began exercising and running and by the time I reached age 35 I could r... Read more » 150 17   If Jews don't believe in an afterlife, why are there so many strict rules? Michael Alan Cavalier, studied History at University of Maryland Global Campus (2009) • Updated April 21 I’m answering as a non-Jew who appreciates Judaism…and I hope I’m getting this correct…I will let my Jewish friends correct me if I get something wrong. It’s not that the Je... Read more » 1.2K 330   Why aren’t Americans concerned about where Iran’s 19-30 submarines are? Do they not know these could be arriving off the US coast in just over a week? The USA has not destroyed one. Klaus Schadenfreude, lives in The United States of America • Answered March 11 Well, I'm concerned, Not Brain Dead MJB!! They have about 26 submarines, most of which are the deadly Ghadir-class subs, known to U.S. military experts as the “Terror of the... Read more » 4.2K 600   Is turning off your car's A/C before the engine really just an old myth, or does it actually help anything nowadays? OpenBlueprint • Answered April 18 Opening your car door to the smell of a damp gym locker isn't just gross—it's the direct result of exactly when you pushed the A/C button. Historically, drivers were taught... Read more » 417 39   Donald Trump has a degree from Wharton. If he is a bad POTUS, why does he have such a prestigious degree? John Rekenthaler • Answered March 5 I am highly qualified to answer this, as I am a Penn graduate myself, a few years after Trump. 1) When most people say “Wharton,” they mean the MBA program. Trump did not at... Read more » 9.8K 1.2K   What was a loophole that you found and exploited the hell out of? Catherine Wu • Updated November 16, 2017 It’s a trick that works 100% of the time, and at any ice cream location. I didn’t want to share this with the world, since I didn’t want too many people exploiting it. So f... Read more » 8.5K 311 Read more in your feed

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