Kethal
The water analogy is perfectly fine for many situations, but the reason these don't draw a lot of power when nothing is plugged in isn't because a "valve is off". There's a transformer, so this is like two separate water lines. If the charger is plugged in, there's always a closed circuit on the mains side of the transformer, even if there's an open circuit on the DC side. See the first diagram here: https://circuitdigest.com/electronic-circuits/ac-to-dc-converter-circuit-diagram.
The reason new chargers don't use as much power with no device attached is because of better design. If you checked an old charger or some crappy power supply, they'll use a fair bit of power even with nothing on the DC side. It's not enough that one would matter, but it is enough that there was an industry wide initiative to reduce phantom load resulting in new chargers that use almost nothing when nothing is on the DC.
Everyone understands the argument. This is the exactly the sort of pointless who-gives-a-shitism that the post is making fun of.
I'm sorry. I see you're point. She should be saying "secede because the federal government won't enforce slavery." Very different, and the picture above is totally wrong.
None of this makes the picture above wrong.
The fact that the confederates originally wanted a federal right to own slaves is little different from them wanting states' rights to own slaves. The fact that they changed from one argument to an incompatible one, and both were about the right to own slaves is just further proof that the arguments are simply disingenuous pretext. The civil war was about the right to own slaves.
I buy sheets of paper and cut them to size. I use Strathmore drawing paper a lot. It's not excellent at holding most inks, but it's Ok and it's fairly stiff, which is good for cards. Clairefontaine Triomphe paper gives great crisp edges on the ink, so sometimes I'll draw on that and attach it to stiffer paper (https://www.jetpens.com/Clairefontaine-Triomphe-Notepad-A4-Blank-50-Sheets/pd/10365).
There are tons of kinds of papers and nibs and quite a few inks. Mostly I'd say there's nothing bad, just different things have different uses. Art stores have racks of fancy paper to use for trim or other decorations. You'll want some standard nibs. Leonardt and Speedball sells sets. Some really fun nibs are the Brause 361 and Zebra G. For writing the Windsor and Newton calligraphy ink is really nice. For drawing I try out different brands or whatever color or texture seems nice for what I'm doing.
Just to get started, I'd get a set of Leonardt nibs (they come in a carrying tin) and a straight handle, black Windsor and Newton calligraphy ink, and any drawing paper stiff enough for a card. Then think of a card design and buy the colored inks you need of whatever brand.
The only thing in this hobby that has ever seemed crappy are the plastic nib holders with patterns printed on them. They dry out and split. I can't find a picture online, but every art store with nibs always has these holders too. The Speedball plastic ones are fine.
I hand draw cards using dip pens, ink, brushes, or whatever media is interesting. It's a nice way to spend time, and art shops have a fascinating array of niche products. There's a bit of consumerism there, since you've got to buy the supplies. But a few supplies goes a long way, and there's not really the sort of expansion lock in that other products have. You'll always want a new ink color or a different nib for some purpose, but you can get any brand you want. They don't look great, but, uh, it's the thought that counts?
An expensive coffee costs $5. For a person that makes $100,000 that's 0.005% of annual income.
Musk's annual cost would be $33,120 for all three kids. I don't know his annual income and because a lot of his worth is in stocks it's probably hard to figure out and highly variable. I'll do some pretty stupid math and say he's worth 185 billion and he's 52, so he's made 3.5 billion a year.
Musk is fighting to pay an annual cost for all three of his three kids of 0.0009% of his annual income, a amount proportionally less than what many spend one day on coffee.
It's $2,760 for all three kids. Still considerable extra income but kids are expensive.
Super glue may be too brittle. Epoxy or JB Weld may work better, but be sure not to get any on the shelf.
He was saying he would unite with someone evil if he could accomplish good, and he would not unite with someone good to accomplish evil. That's exactly the thing everyone else is saying. You have found a quote that perfectly contradicts your argument and supports everyone else, and you don't even realize it.