True. It’s amazing what they could do with a bit of rope and some sticks. Thumbscrews were the most technical thing.

Even torture itself was only employed in trials very late in the middle ages. It was quite a step forward from trial by ordeal or reputation.

For the health of you and everyone around you, you should stop driving.

Funny. Over here no real estate agent would ever put a sign in front of a house for sale. They don’t even tell you the address until you message them so you can’t look at the house on your own.

I regularly talk with a schizophrenic who thinks our company is stalking him. He’s kind of chill about it, but still insists that we stop it. Man, I wish we had as much personell as he claims is spying on him.

In theory, but I think gasoline is probably the least useful product you could make with it. It would just be a wasteful process to keep outdated engines alive.

What you gain throug these “5 minutes” is the illusion of control. You repeat a manual task over and over just to tell yourself that this changes something. You don’t have the choice not to pay. You don’t have more control over what you pay.

I check my account movements every months. It really only takes five minutes. If there was a mistake, I’ll have the bank to check it or call the company myself. You have to do that too, in addition to doing the bills yourself.

Also, never, under any circumstances, allow a company to automatically withdraw funds directly from your bank account.

What? And pay your utilities manually every month? At some point you have to ask yourself what the monetary value of your lifetime is.