My heard-from-online understanding is that this is a combination of multiple factors:

• planes tend to route over major airports so that there’s always an emergency landing site nearby
• there are restricted airspaces that commercial planes cannot fly through
• the most direct path sometimes isn’t the best path. There are stable wind channels in certain areas of the world and it’s more efficient to ride the wind channel than to fly in a straight line

Change isn’t necessarily impossible, but it’s really difficult and requires a huge amount of self discipline - if someone changes, they will be a standout exception rather then the norm. I urge you to consider that someone who ghosts you likely does not value you enough to be willing or able to put in the effort to change. Ghosting is deeply rude to do to anyone, and especially toward your significant other.

Take my interpretation with a mountain of salt, because I don’t know the full story. But, from what you said, it seems more likely that he reached out to you because you were a convenient backup

Better late than never, I suppose?

Your body is made of proteins. In the broadest sense, there are structural proteins and proteins that make important things. Some of the proteins that make things (called enzymes) require additional special molecules in order to function properly. These special molecules are called vitamins. Our bodies can make several vitamins but can’t make several other ones. The ones we can’t make has to be eaten, otherwise the enzyme won’t be able to function properly, and depending on what the enzyme does, you’ll either get sick or die or both. Vitamin C has to be eaten. Vitamin D, our bodies can produce. But the process to make it requires sunlight in order to function.

TL;DR: our bodies have evolved to force you to touch grass

I don’t personally think Anon knew exactly what he was trying to prove (otherwise he would have published the proof already), but it is definitely true that the problem was posted on a forum that specifically catered to people with the kinds of skillsets that would be capable of solving these problems. Most likely Anon probably just saw this as a simple math challenge without any deeper meaning

He’s a troll. He’s been making posts like these and then calling everyone who responds as autistic.

While some see this as an academic lifeline, others view it as France capitalizing on a U.S. brain drain under anti-science policies

I don’t necessarily see how these are opposing viewpoints. Both are certainly true

Does me having autism increase your chances of finding a significant other?

What?

1. Not really, no. Love and attraction are different things. You don’t need to be attracted to someone you love.

2. Unless you find your partner unattractive, I don’t see how sex could meaningfully change

3. People are good at picking up social cues. That’s probably what you’re referring to. Humans are social creatures, after all. Also, people are trash at picking up social cues, so you’re probably also missing a lot of cues.

4. That sounds like a really bad idea. Your sense of how common those relationships issues occur is warped. People don’t generally go into relationships trying to exploit someone. You’re going to cause issues (moral, logistical, and practical) with your plan, all because of a concern that’s not likely to happen.

5. That’s the vast majority of humans. We are a monogamous species, after all. When you see “alpha males” on the internet, just be aware that they’re grifters that want your money. And the best way to make sure you keep giving them money is to make sure that you stay single and unhappy.

6. Can’t help you there. I can at least tell you that enacting your plan in question 4 is going to lower your chances of finding a wife to 0.

Antimeme, not BHJ. BHJ involves reinterpreting a meme into something that is not relevant to either the intended meme format or the source material. Basically, intentionally missing the point of the meme

For instance, a BHJ here might say something like “I’m sad that I ran out of money right before I finished my Terminator costume”

Domestication of the horse had massive impacts on human civilization