1. Me too. 2. Did you have a problem with it when it was at Trump's expense? (genuine question).

Obviously, this is my experience/perspective and not a data-driven argument. But since someone who, from the sounds of it, didn't even grow up in purity or Christian culture decided to say that billions of people are being negatively affected by it and stating their random opinion as fact, I thought at least there should be an opposing side.
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For a site that is supposed to be fun and includes many users who claim to be openminded and say we should just love people the way they are or let people have their differences, there has been so much bashing on Christianity, conservative political values (I'm not grouping those two things together), Americans and pretty much anything that isn't cool to support right now. I'm getting so sick of it.

(Part 2) Hate to break it to you: People can learn, grow, and figure out how to be good partners before they have sex. That process isn't "on hold" until sex starts. I'm not sure why you have to be alone in a bedroom together to be able to handle finances together.
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Of my family and friends, this is what I can say: The Christian marriages seem to be the happiest and have the least amount of issues. As for the non-Christians: they are almost all a mess, dealing with pregnancies/kids they didn't expect with people they don't want to be with and now they are unhappy and many of the kids are suffering in broken families that are a total mess right now. So yeah, they made mistakes and may have learned, but it hasn't improved their lives or relationships.

I mean if this is what we are doing now, then I (who grew up in "purity culture") am declaring that:
I've never heard any 22 year-old Christians say anything like the original post.
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I can't think of any of my (many) Christian family members or friends who married the first person they dated or who (to my knowledge) rushed into marriage at a young age just to have sex. Nothing about purity culture says you have to get married young and I don't know anyone I know specifically advocates for that.
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I don't even know what "atomized" and "sterile dating" means. And what exactly is a "very late age" for dating. In my experience, parents who "made their kids wait" only did so until 16-18 years old. Is that seriously a "very late age?" Sorry, not sorry, that 12 year old Christians aren't out there dating.

Lucy! I grew up seeing her during our summer beach trips.

^ Y'all should fact check all of this before you believe it. This is just what I remember from my fav college professor who was obsessed with it. Also, you can go there and actually walk up (a lot of) stairs and then walk around the bottom of the dome.

If I am remembering correctly: They needed a dome for the cathedral, but no one was sure how to build one that large without scaffolding or a pillar support. They held a competition to see who could come up with the best idea and get the contract. Brunelleschi not only won the competition, he beat his rival AND he essentially did it by saying "I know how to do it, but I'm not telling you how. You just have to hire me and see." And then he actually did what no one else could do at the time and left no plans behind, so people are still trying to figure out all of the logistics of how it worked.

It didn't seem aggressive to me :). I didn't realize you were in India. In the US, instant coffee is not very popular. I think it's viewed as making a less-than-stellar cup of coffee. On the flip side, most people who drink tea here use teabags. Loose leaf tea isn't very popular (but I love it!).
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Also, I'm not sure what you picture when I say tea-maker, but I wouldn't consider it an appliance (like a coffee machine or dishwasher). Mine is essentially just a container with a strainer, so after the tea steeps, you can pour it into a mug.

Get a tea maker? Also, either way you are using loose leaf tea or coffee grounds, so I don't see much of a difference.

The slider wasn't there last night. It is now, but it doesn't work.

"Are you sure that water's sanitary? Looks questionable to me."

Some grocery stores in this area hire people with special needs to bag groceries and bring the carts back inside. They are employees though, so they are paid - they don't typically get tips.

My hubby taught me this rule, and I think it is great.