OK. Tried step 1 for Season 2. It's not available in the United States.

What now?

"The idea was that the F-35 would take its place. "

That was not the idea. That idea does not make any sense.

I read it to mean that it would be against the rules to contact your son's friends via your personal account.

Definitely stop paying for K-12 education. Those kids won't be entering the job market for, like, a decade! Who needs 'em?

What you describe is called a "race to the bottom", and it's generally Bad for the citizenry.

Simple. It's not punishment.

I'm not wealthy enough to spend $50k on the joys of an abstract education. I need a job to pay for my loans.

Some people are rich, and don't have to care about that. That's great. The rest of us just gotta do what we gotta do.

Yes. Science and engineering are often advanced by never doing anything you are not absolutely certain will work perfectly.

Many of the cultures in Asia are not particularly germane to the American body phobia being discussed.

But hey, feed your rage beast!

Seems like all the people who are saying "yeah, that's creepy" is the community expressing that the prevailing attitude is "stop being creepy. You might not THINK it's creepy, but we all think it's creepy, so you might want to consider not doing that."

And if they shut the door in your face, the community around you would let you know that continuing to pursue that person is Not Cool, and they would tell you in various ways.