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Why do some people say "I wouldn't want a government to dictate what I eat"? This would mean they'd be against food safety regulations, would it not? Context was the idea of a government banning meat

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It's banned in the US because we're sue-crazy. Companies can't rely on the common sense of their customers here. Even if the egg comes with a blinking neon sign that says there's a non edible toy inside, someone would sue (and win!) claiming that it's not enough and the toy shouldn't be there in the first place.

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Spacial awareness is good to have no matter who you are or what your situation is. What's not good is being constantly worried or paranoid.

I look for lots of things. Who's in the area, what's in the area and what are different ways to get out if I need to. But I'm not specifically on the lookout for weirdos, as in, I'm constantly worried they'll be there or anything. If I notice someone sus I keep tabs on them until I don't think it's a threat.

One night I was out walking my dog, who was still under a year old (he was already a big dog though), and a guy is walking in the opposite direction. I see him coming but he's got a hoodie on and pulled up over his head, ducked in a way that I can't see his face. My radar didn't go off, but I made sure to watch him out of the corner of my eye as we passed each other. Then, he turns and heads straight for me.

So, I turned towards him and put my hands up. I couldn't outrun him with my dog, and I figured once I started making a commotion my dog might help out.

It turned out to be my (now-ex) fiance playing a trick on me, seeing what I would do. Once he saw me square up he threw back his hood and gave me a lecture on how I should have ran.Fucking asshole behavior, but I guess now I know what I'd do in that situation.

Anyway, no one's ever done that to me since, but I still keep my wits about me. I also don't think I'm constantly going to be followed by creepers either.

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I don't know how common it is, so I'm not sure how normal it is. I think a lot of people live with parents who don't seem to understand how their words affect their children. My mother has never said this to me, and if she ever did, it would have crushed me. I'm sorry OP. I'm not sure what her reason was for saying that to you, but we're glad you're here and alive. It'll get better.

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Was there ever a time where you were incredibly lucky?

In 2017 my mom and I took a week long trip to Iceland. It was amazing, 10/10, will go again.

However, we went on this hike up into the mountains to find this hot spring river. About halfway there I see this outcropping from the trail that overlooks the gully below. I hand my mom my phone and tell her I'm going to walk out there and to snap a picture of me. So I head out there and its cool. Not narrow or seemingly dangerous in anyway.

As I'm standing out there, a wind kicks up out of nowhere. Picks me up off the trail, feet and all. Like, I was literally weightless. It was just for a few seconds, only a few cm off the ground, but I knew it would carry me over the edge and into the gully below, and I couldn't do anything.

Instead, it set me back on my feet and was gone as soon as it came. I walked back to my mom and thanked her and said nothing about what just happened, I didn't want to scare her. But I stuck to the main trail after that.

I can't really explain how unnerving it is to be weightless like that on earth, where gravity is king. I became immediately helpless. If that wind had lasted longer, I could have easily been flung over the edge without being able to do anything about it.

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I'm a 40 year old woman with very thick dark brown hair with very little gray, pale skin, and a round face with pronounced cheekbones and a dimple chin. My nose is rounded at the end, My eyes are hazel and large, my lips not small or big, I've never had Botox or fillers, but my skin is taken fairly good care of. My lips are downturned, so my smile is straight, I'm taller than average, and I have an hourglass shape.