If you have good character good reputation follows without any additional effort: people will see who you actually are, not the crafted version of what you want them to see.
Indeed. It takes work and a bunch of tradeoffs, but it creates something more than the sum of its parts. Joining lives with the wife was the best decision I ever made.
I think that is a pretty limited view. Did Plato, Newton, or Tesla live meaningless lives? Children are not the only path to contributing to the human endeavor.
Yes. Absolutely. Once you turn it on you can never turn it off, such a waste for occasional use. The only good reason I've seen to have them is older people with arthritis that use them daily.
Of course, if you can heat the water with bitcoin miners, the equation changes.
Fair enough. For what it's worth, the way you post is effective in getting your point of view across. I think there are better conversations when the pot is stirred.