Please don't adopt a pet.

Have you ever gone for 24 hours without food or water?

A dog barking isn't animal abuse...

I really don't think that most lawyers stay out of work for very long. They'll be fine. Law enforcement officers can be retasked remarkably easily too.

I take it there's a big difference between rural and urban areas?

I thought the caste system in India was largely ignored these days, is that not true? (I know next to nothing about the country currently but i have a smattering of knowledge about Indian history.)

True, but the vast majority of it is used for fuel. Fuel is what keeps the price of oil where it is, not any of the other uses.

You're right, Sisyphus is a motivational story.

Man... Last month I went out to line up a drill and did a dumb thing, leading to the drill being off several degrees, and we missed our target. Cost the company like $100,000. I'm still employed. I think you're going to be alright.

I think studies have indicated that people tend not to change their mind about strongly held beliefs, even when presented with facts and logic proving they're wrong.

The hell are you guys drinking olive oil for?

Lots of things prevent that, namely, the inane restrictions on making constitutional amendments combined with the wildly contentious climate of the political parties. Besides, you just said that we should make the basis of every law a constitutional amendment and then now you're saying that it's not supposed to do that.

The supreme court is responsible for interpreting the constitution. Including the part of the constitution that talks about the unlisted freedoms that are guaranteed to citizens. Which is the basis for things like obergefell, loving, and roe.

Of course, but a supreme court ruling that the constitution protects lgbt people too is much stronger than a law passed by Congress. Same with Roe v Wade. That ruling was much stronger than any simple bill passed by Congress.

>Both rulings are much stronger than Roe, but not as strong as an actual law passed by Congress.

That's not really accurate. Look at how much work Republicans put into overturning Roe (and threatening Loving and Obergefell). It wasn't just a matter of having control of the house and Senate. They had to control the Senate long enough to force their justice picks through. If Roe v Wade were just a law passed by Congress, it could also be overturned by Congress much easier than disrupting a supreme court ruling.

I think the limiting factor here would be places to put the water. As we have learned with fracking, water injections can be quite dangerous, leading to earthquakes from faults slipping if it's not done properly.

Edit: why the downvotes?