It doesn't sound like you hate going out, just being alone. Being out alone can suck, but the loneliness can't be fixed without effort.

But they're not just attacking ships supplying aid to Israel. They are attacking whatever passes by them. If it was to support Gaza, why would they have attacked a clearly marked Chinese ship?

I just googled them and the first thing that pops up is their Amazon page saying they are a clothing company founded in 2016...

I think you're looking at it from a rational view. However, most people don't actually look into things and instead just read headlines and make assumptions from there. They should absolutely look into any type of fraud, waste, and abuse but generally it is done behind closed doors. The only reason this is being broadcast out to the world, despite there being seemingly overwhelming evidence of no wrong doing, is to create headlines and a PERCEPTION of wrong doing. That perception is all they care about because to their constituents perception is reality.

Us Americans really need to learn from the Swedes.

The time period was over two years, not four. Two years ago it was $996/week in Q2 of 2021. That's $4316/mo or a $481/mo increase in that span. Still not $700 a month worse off, but they are worse off.

I think you are reading the "stuck at 2019 levels" and reading that as the starting point of their assertion.

There absolutely is a more efficient way if Putin didn't invade Ukraine, but we can only work with the hand that we're dealt.