Oh no! I don’t have experience fighting in a life or death situation. I just imagine adrenaline would give you the extra fuel to go on passed your regular ability.

Is there any other way?! I mean aside from the soap?

I think the longest continuous sparring I’ve ever done is maybe 15-20 minutes, so I can’t say for sure. But I’d bet a trained indivisible with the adrenaline of a life or death fight could for sure do it.

It’s funny because I’m making what was my dream salary when I went to school. Thinking through numbers, I believe 10-20k will definitely be motivating for a long time. I’m not sure I will ever get to a salary of 200k+ (where 10k falls below 5%, which is the kind of raise that tells me I’m doing a good job).

Which is especially foolish when you consider that studies show women (typically) have better muscular endurance.
And, a woman (or a man) who hasn’t put in the regular/consistent hours of training probably can’t waive a sword around for half hour. But someone (male or female) who has trained can certainly support that weight whether it’s 3 or 15.

I would love to have enough income/capital to not find an additional 10-20k annually motivating.

I grew up with the little mermaid too. And they did the right thing selecting an actress for her talent and ability and the way she works with the other talent. It will make the production better.
And if you’ve ever worked with a director to select talent for a production you know that sometimes the best talent to fit into your production isn’t necessarily the best talent in the room. There’s an important synergy to consider. And it’s incredibly hard to make those choices.
So maybe there’s a white girl out there that was amazing, but just didn’t fit the casting or wasn’t as good at the moves or the songs or was flat in the role. But in this story, race is not really an issue for the mermaid. There’s none of history that the land dwellers have regarding race (for her upbringing) and it may add interesting plot as they address that issue on surface.
I liked the differences in the Aladdin remake and I look forward to seeing the new little mermaid.

It is an important aspect, as is gender, and will affect the way the character is portrayed, but it doesn’t mean that the difference is destabilizing to the character.
I’m not an advocate for just changing a character just to meet a quota, but I think if it’s done thoughtfully it makes the presentation better. If the character is so static and nothing should change then Why bother with a reboot. Do something different or don’t do it.

I see. Understandable.

I don’t know. I feel like it’s one of those things we get caught up on. I think sometimes the race/gender/hair color is important to the character and is sacred. But sometimes it’s just a feature. And if it’s a feature, why does it matter?
The Black Panther needs to be black. That’s an important aspect of the character. The race of the little mermaid is at no point an aspect of her character or the story, but her gender is. The little mermaid is decidedly female. 007 is decidedly male; does his race matter? I don’t really know.
I think we sometimes encounter characters that are portrayed in a way that is different from what we saw in our mind and that’s jarring, but it’s not always wrong. Sometimes it’s valuable to see a character we love portrayed in a way we found hard to imagine.

Yes but no. (But mostly yes)

Manipulating statistics and reporting a twist on findings isn’t the same as doing responsible science.
And that’s a big part of why people think sciences don’t believe what they are saying because the will look at the material and when you say, “so you’re telling me, based on this study I should eat a pine cone every day?” And the scientist might say something like, “that’s on interpretation, but this study just confirms that the vitamins and minerals are complete. This study didn’t review the prescience of phytotoxins or the bioavailability of those nutrients.“
And then Everyone says, see science is flawed. It didn’t tell me not to eat the pine cone.

But how is that number when compared to celebrities? I’m guessing the comparison isn’t equivalent to the amount of work/expertise/difficulty.
Even an entry level employee costs thousands of dollars to replace. So a laborer with experience and training is expensive.
He makes a good point and I don’t like it.

What did the pickles do to you?