Technically, the rock held you.

The "inclement weather" law is, as far as I know, in all states and territories of the US. Meaning you are required by law to turn on your headlights. If your wipers are going your headlights better be on.

Turnip, that's a turnip.

This is the definition of keeping an open mind. Doesn't mean you won't still disagree but you at least make you decision based on more than "No". That is toddler speak and we all know toddlers that say no to everything even if they do actually agree with you.

Good advice as long you also realize toxic people will argue with you and call it expressing their feelings. The trick is figuring out who is what. And sometimes, even without intending too, you're the toxic person. That being said if you find yourself being toxic around a person or persons it's probably best to avoid those people as well. Avoid people who bring out the worst in you.

Conflating respect with kindness or politeness is pretty common misapprehension. Respect is earned simply because you can't respect someone until you known them for a length of time. It's hard to have a deep admiration for someone if you know nothing about them. Whereas you can treat everyone with kindness or politely while you determine whether they are worthy of your respect.
On the flip side respect can also be demanded by those with power over you. Since respect doesn't require you to like the person merely understand they can ruin/end your life and those around you based on their whims.

Correct, with one caveat. Talent, true talent can only be discovered after you've spent quite a bit time doing something. Chances are really good that even if you do have talent you'll still suck at first but that's normal. You may find you don't have a talent for doing something but the only way to tell is to keep doing it.
Also, if anyone tries to tell you to stop because you don't have talent, screw them. If everyone stopped doing something because they weren't immediately great at it nothing would have ever been accomplished.

Hmm that last one. On the surface it looks like it should mean make as many friends as you can but if that stuff really went down you'd want a very very select group of friends.

The problem of being "gifted" is you're generally not learning at the same rate as everyone else. "Duh". Classes for "gifted" need to be correspondingly difficult to train the student in appropriate study techniques. Unfortunately, or obviously, "gifted" students also learn at different speeds. There is no one size fits all and the necessary work to needed to challenged a truly "gifted" person would bury the more regular fast learners and be impossible for normal students. Then there is classroom teaching speeds. A teacher can only teach to the slowest student. Then there is fairness to consider. Is it fair to assign what amounts to more homework to some just because they're faster? How do you grade that? Without private tutoring, you can see how difficult the problem is for teachers and parents.

There was once a game that listed an email address or an mail address, I forget which, that if you sent them an email/letter to that address with your mailing address and full name would send you a check for $1000. This was listed in the Terms & Conditions. Only one person ever sent them something and they sent the check for a $1000.

I almost spit out my drink so thank you.

“Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.” -Tolkien

Now that I could get behind.

So can we artificially create and grow albino plants? Cause that's pretty cool looking. I can see some application in low light, low power areas that still need oxygen. Does an albino plant produce oxygen at the same rate? I'm too lazy to research.

Nice, and we've got The Tuesday this week 02/22/2022 and that one doesn't matter on which format you use..

That is the best fruit soda and my second favorite.

Depends on the culture. If the culture only eats one of the two ^^ this is correct. If they eat both? Welp, just bring the sauce.

You're supposed unhinge your jaw? Dang, I knew something wasn't right.

Nice.