Totally understand your use cases. They just don’t interest me. I can do all of those without any time/money investment manually. To me it doesn’t seem like a big quality of life improvement for the investment.

Other than just because, I still do not see a use case for smart home devices. I can at least see it from a safety argument with a connected oven or stove, but why would I want to introduce needless complexity so I can control my lights through my phone or voice commands? My light switch works.

Beverly Hills Ninja!

Can’t say as I’ve never gotten past level 5. Group always falls apart. But I’ve only ever played at the library. Don’t have any friends into it or have time to play.

Healthcare. Every person has a right to a healthy life and access to care if they are sick. That this is even controversial to some people is unfathomable.

Don’t know about that. I drink loose tea only. The samples I’ve gotten that are sachets feel like a fabric, though a plastic that fine could feel that way. If it’s a concern stick with loose tea or paper tea bags.

They don’t sell socks, but I highly recommend harney.com. Their Japanese green teas are my favorite, but their Earl Grey Supreme is sublime!