If they're anything like my aunt, they weren't given the choice to become nuns, but rather were informed in their very early teens that they were now nuns regardless of whether they wanted to be in the religious life, or not. My grandparents subscribed to the idea that the firstborn son would be a priest and the firstborn daughter would be a nun...all part of what "they owed" to the church. My father (the oldest son) saw what happened to his older sister -- she was ripped from the family and they weren't allowed to see her for the next 2-3 months, and after that they were permitted to see her but only under the strictest supervision -- and he decided that he wasn't going to be sold into religious slavery.

I went to my MD several months ago to see whether my vaccination against measles was still good. I got my shots back in the late 60's/early 70's. They did a blood test and confirmed that my immunity had lapsed, and I needed another shot.

If it's been a while since your vaccination, then do not assume that your immunity is still good. Get tested, and get a follow-up shot if needed.

My uncle's red Barchetta won't have acceleration limits.

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.”
-- Benito Mussolini

More along the lines of Eddie the Computer from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I buy CDs.

"Buy" access to a song on a streaming service that will go out of business and permanently revoke my access? No thanks.

Or, buy and download a song in an electronic format, which will then be lost if I have a disk crash? Again, no thanks.

Physical media is worth the cost, IMHO. I can rip it to .ogg files and listen to them, keeping the CD as a backup.

Nonsense. With the larger company, they'll be better positioned to provide more competitive offerings to their executives. Sure, prices will go up and quality of service will go into the crapper, but the important thing is that they'll be able to pay the staff in the executive suites more. Lear jets don't buy themselves, you know.

They're taking away our ads? Please, please don't tell me that they're going to take away the bot-postings, also!

You absolutely have free speech. That does not mean that others have an obligation to host and propagate homophobic and hateful content.

If you wish to insist that advocating your own supremacy over others based upon their race is nothing but wine and roses, you're welcome to do so but that doesn't mean we have to accept your assertions as The Truth.

That's the problem with some people on various ends of the political spectrum today. Too often they confuse "free speech" with an absolute right to make assertions that are personal opinion and then insist that they not be contradicted in any manner, regardless of facts.

FTA: "That means tens of millions of people are already at risk, and that could grow to hundreds of millions if China's cities continue to both grow in population and subside at their current rate, and seas continue to rise."

Uhhh...China's about to enter a population collapse the likes of which the world has NEVER SEEN. The cities may be sinking, but I don't think that population growth is a problem they need to worry about.

About as much as you paid for your 8-digit slashdot ID.

This is listed as "troll", but it's a valid question. Slashdot's had a lot of silly polls over the years, but this is absolutely moronic.

Sure...I trust the FBI to tell the truth about their own wrongdoings. (Oh wait...maybe not.)

Parent made a blanket statement. I provided an example in which the blanket statement was incorrect.

Blanket statements are also not data.