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A girl who never had chickenpox before, who was in her mid twenties at the time, broke out with chickenpox because she was with me when I had shingles.

I had it about 10 years ago, well before the age of 60. In fact, I experienced it 3–4 times over a span of about 1.5 years. According to my doctor, all of those episodes were likely part of the same outbreak, even though they appeared in different areas of the body. The first time was the only instance with any visible skin symptoms; every recurrence after that involved only nerve pain. I've haven't had it again since then, luckily. My doctor advised against getting the vaccine at this point, as he believes I’ve developed natural immunity. He also mentioned that the vaccine’s efficacy is only around 50%, which is relatively low compared to many other vaccines.

So you're still a knob, but now your dog has died?

Matters nothing to Trump. He doesn't comply with their rulings anyway. He has zero fear of that.

Yep, same owners as Fox (Fake) News

Sad Emoji, plus one-star on the topic. Can't have one without the other or you haven't lived.

AirAsia is a dump. Worse than taking the bus.

Perfect. I'm here for it.

I found myself sandwiched between two ladyboys and a pile of durian and never looked back.

I do wonder where that will lead.

He can multitask. Drive, type, and crash.

Walking 'round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd Turned stick-up kid, but look what you done did Got sent up for a eight-year bid Now your manhood is took and you're a maytag Spend the next two years as a undercover fag Being used and abused to serve like hell 'Til one day you was found hung dead in the cell It was plain to see that your life was lost You was cold and your body swung back and forth But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song Of how you lived so fast and died so young,

You’re babbling nonsensically again, veering off-topic and falling back into tired whataboutism. Sorry, but this is where I end my attempt to educate you on basic economics. I’m getting absolutely nothing out of this, and it’s been entirely for your benefit, assuming you’re even capable of comprehending the concepts I’ve been trying to explain.

You are only trying to kill the messenger. Read the message. Fat Americans don't want to go back to working as factory laborers. Only Trump wants that, but they don't. Did you miss that?

The investment cost of robots to manufacture goods in America, together with the additional cost of parts and maintenance, plus all the electricity needed to run them, is simply not justifiable for the majority of consumer products that Americans buy from China on a daily basis. Imagine your MAGA hat or your Trump Bible being manufactured by a robot in an American factory. You wouldn't be able to afford the price of it once it's all said and done. Cheap Chinese labor still wins.

Here is your CCP source of those images: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14595043/China-unveils-vicious-new-AI-roasting-fat-lazy-Americans-tariffs-chaos-continues.html

Why not just stick with drinking? It's clearly your strong point.

Your level of delusion is proficiently unmatched. America is an economy that is now more than 80 percent services based, and the income margins on services are exponentially higher than those in manufacturing. Turning America back into a manufacturing country would be a step backwards that devalues its current level of GDP, profitability and its entire workforce. Who exactly do you think is going to invest billions to build factories in America to produce goods that can be bought from China at a fraction of the cost? After spending those billions on factory construction, you’d then have to spend millions more training people to run them, and even then it takes years to build proper supply chains for components and raw materials. And for the foreseeable future, those supply chains would still rely on China, unless by some miracle the US starts manufacturing every single component domestically, which will never happen. By the time all that’s done, even with 150 percent tariffs on Chinese imports, it would still be cheaper to buy from China than to make it in the US. As one example, analysts estimate that if iPhones were made in the US, they’d cost around $3,500 each. So even with heavy tariffs, it still makes more sense to import them rather than waste billions trying to replicate what China already does more efficiently. And that’s assuming Americans even want to go back to working in factories, which they don’t. Most would prefer sitting in air-conditioned offices rather than standing on production lines. You’ve got this entirely wrong, top to bottom. I get that you like to blurt out whatever fantasy-based narrative fits your mood at the time, but that’s not how economics works. In the real world, people have to deal with facts and constraints, not daydreams typed from a dark little room in Chiang Mai without ever facing reality. Look, I understand that economics isn’t your strong point, and you probably shouldn’t be held too harshly accountable for your lack of understanding. But really, save yourself the embarrassment. Every time you open your mouth on this subject, you whole heartedly shove both feet in it.

But I'm pro mental retardation in the Oval Office. And so far it's working.

That's not the advice I am needing or asked for. Try and keep up.

You are holed up in a drunk-tank rehab in Kobe right now and you're worried about people in Thailand, throwing a little bit of water on each other? Really?

Another clueless righty comment about economics, exactly what the world doesn't need. The following tweet was posted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and has been viewed 13 million times already. It's a historical video of Mao saying that he will not yield to the US. That means they are prepared to fight. Trump was not expecting a fight and was expecting them to buckle. But they won't. That means Trump's plan to bully them isn't working and now he's stuffed. Trump has no Plan B except to blink and pause the tarrifs

You really don't understand or have a clue about the dynamics or the economics at play here. The trade war hurts the US far more than it hurts China. China can do without selling to the US because it only accounts for less than 15% of their total exports. Meanwhile, Americans can’t survive without cheap product imports from China. So it doesn’t matter if Trump imposes a 145% tariff or a 1145% tariff. In the end, it’s the American consumer who suffers. Trump will have to blink first. China can endure the pain far better than American politics or the American consumer can. Americans aren’t as used to this kind of trade hardship, but the Chinese are. Watch and see.