(I do understand she doesn’t seem to have cultivated any relationship prior to the ask, but unless she specifically said it was for display/art project, it’s wrong.
Of course, if they provided it without asking her if she wanted it first, then they have no right to consent. I mean, clearly in that case ‘consent’ is not an important principle for them.)

If you already attend the gym a lot but just get scared, yeah, that’s reasonable. Take prevention measures as I mention, including picking a gym that acts against weirdos. That way they aren’t there to hang around inside or outside and bother you during workout or as you leave.

Look, it is beyond unacceptable to make someone interact with you when they are stuck somewhere. Exercising is definitely one of those times! So the people around you are invested in having no such behavior.
This is my experience, based on who I know. If you have a gym where it is tolerated, MOVE. I would bet a lot of money that is not the typical in your area.
If it’s a regular gym, with normal gym attitudes, sit a friend down and explain you are afraid to go. You need some help. Get your friend to accompany you. Watch carefully and observe people brushing off unwanted attention. Find people who you feel are safe. If necessary, try different times or even gyms until you are in a space you are comfortable. Pick a gym that has reliable parking close to the door. Maybe pick one that has a person who is required or able to walk you to your car as soon as you ask?
You’re not required to be uncomfortable so you’re “not causing trouble”. It’s your Earth, too. Enjoy it.

There may be some weirdos, but it’s pretty gutsy to go to the gym strictly to harass or even bother females. First, because you’ll probably be thrown out if you do (for several reasons). Second, because you’re more likely to be confronted - up to and included a beatdown.
The type of guy who comes to the gym to workout on the regular is usually patient, kind, and focused. His workout plan is just another thing he committed to. His personal relationships are usually strong, and he takes his responsibilities seriously.
He is not interested in being patient or overlooking selfish or predatory behavior. He is offended as a man that women have to be afraid or polite when they are uncomfortable. He will not be kind to or ignore the moron who is abusing the gym or the good nature of the ladies trying to have a pleasant time and take care of their health.

If it’s a car you like, you might even eventually become able to tell years based on changes in shape and accessories; if you just keep a mild interest up over a long, long time.
And that’s IF you have almost no interest. You might learn the most common 10 to 40 cars within only a few years if you put occasional random short spurts of focus onto it.
(I haven’t, because I don’t have the interest. But I still kinda-sorta know a little bit anyway, because I drive a lot and am old. You probably subconsciously know more than you think.)

Yeah. I hear that. It’s 75 paragraphs just that one sentence.
Im super annoying though, so: Polite means polished to smoothness. A decent working definition of good manners is kindness in all situations. Throwing a sheet over reality doesn’t make it smooth or polished and it’s not kind to anyone.
It’s not even kind to the shielded group. People are people. Teaching history with lies (of commission and omission) and distortion makes people delusional about what narratives are likely, and what they should expect. Teaching people how humans have been and what we’ve done is necessary for us to craft narratives outside our own experience. Otherwise, why bother taking school time to learn history? Except now the view of humans and society is wrong. Garbage teaching of reality in; garbage understanding of reality out.

Thanks!

C’mon, it’s totally self-centered but we don’t mean the EARTH is dying when we say the Earth is dying. We mean it’s become less hospitable for our survival.
The planet will be fine. Millions of species on the planet will be fine, even if we have another event like you describe. Just not *our* species. Whatever the outcome for humans over the next two hundred years, most of us would rather not have the various forms of local and global upheaval that more extreme temperatures would cause.
But you’re right. Those who are only worried about the planet instead of humans can rest easy.

Nooooooo, adding future plot to this picture is the opposite of a good idea....

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