In other words, it does exactly the same as any other vaccine...

Oh god, no...

Thrice a day*, but otherwise yeah.

I can't punch you for being part of a protected group, that would be wrong. I can punch you for being a Nazi who just happens to be part of a protected group.

Same logic.

You get none of those things from mandatory enlistment. What you do get is military pigs abusing their power and a bunch of young people being used as slaves until their time is over.

That was never the goal... You might as well say that a bowling ball will never be effectively used to play golf.

Do we just live and suffer and die?

Largely, yes. As far as we know, there's no grand purpose nor reason of being. We're all just floundering about, trying to answer the fundamental questions of existence for ourselves. There may be an objective answer, however, which is why I do what I can to push humankind in the direction I believe is most likely to result in that discovery - even though my significance is only comparable to that of an ant.

Regarding your loss, specifically, I was in a very similar boat ~12 years ago. Honestly considered just riding into the sunset in search of Bob Ross, at the time. Today, I'm extremely glad to have stuck around to raise another cat who loves me beyond anything I ever thought comprehensible. In short, when life as a whole sucks, there's respite in the moment. When the moment sucks, take respite in the whole of life's experiences.

It does have a “Search with Bing” selection in the Edit menu though

What the literal fuck? When was it added?

They shouldn't buy the house to begin with, how are you having trouble following such a simple argument?

Do you want OP's kid to grow up to become a masochist? Because that would do it.

Hello, fellow pirate! I would argue nobody could actually take the violence on Sea of Thieves as being T-rated - it's a bunch of goofy, heavily deformed people fighting with swords that don't draw blood.

You're doing that right now, dear basement troll.