I am very confused by your post because it seems like you failed your class on how to appropriately use punctuation, and I can't tell where one sentence ends and another starts.
But the answer is: Yes, obviously you should express your feelings, even if you aren't sure they will reciprocate. If two people are interested in eachother, someone has to make the first move. So if they haven't yet, it has to be you!
Of course, they might say yes, no, or I dunno, or anything else. But none of that matters because you can't control any of that - what you can control is what you do. And your odds of getting a "yes" are infinitely better if you make a move rather than doing nothing.
The important thing is what happens after. Can you get shot down and then just say "okay", and move on with your life? If so, great. If not, well, don't do that.
I think this depends more on who you are, where you are, and what you're in for.
If you are a dumbass who got put away for stabbing someone who looked at you weird at a bus stop, then you can probably make your plans in plain english. No one cares. You don't have plans. This is obvious, because you knifed a guy for looking at you weird. You got put away in the podunk prison for dumbasses. Sure, they can listen to your calls, and might even do it if they are bored. But mostly the prison is trying to make sure everyone is fed well enough that they don't start a riot.
If you are the head bookkeeper for an organized crime syndicate, on the other hand, you can be sure that the FBI will be recording you every time you take a shit, and will have a team of translators ready to translate anything you say, along with slang, jargon, cultural cues, and unusual emphasis.
Do you believe there is some high council of global beauty standards, disseminating their message to every bar and tv show and school in the world? That this message is given, unambiguously, from the global beauty standard high council as marching orders, and then that all these institutions follow suit obediently while also remaining quiet about the fact that they were given these instructions?
This is our point of disagreement. The effort isn't coordinated. In fact, it is competitive. If you believe there is some high council of global beauty standards, disseminating their message to every bar and tv show and school in the world, you are a conspiracy nut.
Instead, these entities look at the subcultures they sell to, observe what people consider beautiful in them, and then sell that image.
Hot take: advertising doesnt have that much impact on womens views of their own attractiveness or society's beauty standards, unless those women are completely disconnected from the outside world. If it did, women's beauty standards would be completely homogenenized. Instead, we see significantly different standards for what women strive for between cultures and social strata.
Instead, women are picking up cues from their social circles and the broader cultures they participate in.
My bike used to die if I idled at stop lights for too long before I worked in the carb a bit. So if I felt the engine slowing, I would blip the throttle to keep it running. But this was purely utilitarian, and my bike isn't a loud one
BEHOLD! I have actually somewhat looked into this.
So, for buying stock in publicly traded companies, no, you basically can't make the world a better place that way. Not because "companies must do what is best for shareholders by law" (iirc, this is more of a guideline than anything). But rather because if all the ethical people invest in Solar Panels and Gender Affirming Care For Everyone Inc, then all the ethically neutral money (which is almost all of it) will simply shift more towards Torture Palistinian Orphans Inc. Because everyone is investing based on value relative to price - so rational investors flee the "overinflated" prices of companies with ethically laudable missions. It's like trying to lower the level of the ocean by filling up an 5 gallon bucket and dumping it down your toilet. You aren't making a difference. Other water is just going to fill it up. If you want to invest in stocks, just invest in a broad market, low fee index fund, forget about it for 30 years, and forget about your ethical concerns.
If you want to invest in something that improves the world and makes you money, your best bets are
(1) Small local investments. You'll have to dig here, but there are probably investors in your area who are getting together to give out small business loans. You are basically angel investors, but instead of funding Uber-But-For-Burritos, you are helping that guy in your neighborhood who is good at fixing things start his appliance repair business.
(2) Investing in yourself and your own business. Like, make a restaurant that gives out free burritos, or a clothing company that donated fancy hats to anti-Trump rallies. Its hard for a business to be really unethical when you're the one running it
I was very near sighted, had to wear glasses for everything.
Got lasik.
Now my vision is perfect. Procedure was not too unpleasant and was fast and professional. Cost was reasonable for a surgery on my eyeballs. Recovery was fast and not difficult.
Now I can see without needing to put on glasses. No worrying about losing my glasses. No poking myself a dozen times in the eye to get contacts in.
I am extremely happy with my lasik experience.
Honestly, the person you talked to about the procedure was probably not upselling you. They told you up front and in plain english that you would probably still need glasses. There is no reason for them to damage their firm's reputation by lying to you. lasik centers typically have plenty of business - their job is to inform you as best as they can, and make you feel like you will be taken care of and are in control.
Barbecuing counts as a hobby, as does cooking in general. I think that if you are doing it in a utilitarian fashion - like, in an assembly like exactly the same way each time for the purpose of saving money on beef jeeky - then I think it is just, like, a chore. But if you are doing it for the sake of experimentation or creativity, etc, then it's a hobby.
It’s natural to comment on a graphic when you’re face to face
This might be why I feel like front graphics are more trashy. You are picking a thing and putting it in peoples faces, and it feels like a stand in for actually saying something and expressing ones self. Versus on the back, it functions more as an out of the way vibe that supports the way you want others to see you, but still allows you the lions share of expression
The great thing about living in non-centrally-planned economies is that if something is pissing you off, you can usually find other pissed off people, and then make some money by solving the problem that is pissing them off.
I am very confused by your post because it seems like you failed your class on how to appropriately use punctuation, and I can't tell where one sentence ends and another starts.
But the answer is: Yes, obviously you should express your feelings, even if you aren't sure they will reciprocate. If two people are interested in eachother, someone has to make the first move. So if they haven't yet, it has to be you!
Of course, they might say yes, no, or I dunno, or anything else. But none of that matters because you can't control any of that - what you can control is what you do. And your odds of getting a "yes" are infinitely better if you make a move rather than doing nothing.
The important thing is what happens after. Can you get shot down and then just say "okay", and move on with your life? If so, great. If not, well, don't do that.