wikipedia napkin math. with 1.15 million and at least two million reserve personnel.

~3.15 million personelle. ukraine hasnt killed that many; probably around 300k. their probably talking about the number of troops in ukraine. which is probably around 700k for the duration of the war. if you count just the 1.15mil is probably close to it now.

age limits; term limits have some actual negatives like getting rid of good representatives and increasing corruption.

its hard to get a person who living is based on a lie to see the truth.

its amusing how you can’t realize you’re demonstrating the same behavior as the coworker.

you’re missing the forest due to the single example being given; kind of like their coworker missing the point about rounding. the lack of the fundamental understanding of mathematics is leading to this person making a mistake repeatedly and their insistence that they followed the rules (which they don’t actually understand don’t apply here) leads to confidently incorrect answers. these types of behaviors will show up repeatedly in many contexts.

why spend more on something than you need to? plenty of others besides kids who could use the services the additional money will pay for.

I’d ask if you understood how cost of living works; but clearly you don’t.

An Unjust Law Is No Law At All: Excerpts from “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

laws have chilling effects on behaviors this is patently obvious otherwise we wouldn’t have a need for legal codes.