We have never been a democracy , we are a representative republic . <| sep |> nice . Its good to know that some places , people actually mean it when they ask as a culture , not as rare individuals within a culture where it is just a social nicety devolved from how do you do which ALSO did not expect an actual answernot that this bothers me or anything lol . But yeah , wish it was like that here . I don ' t find it weird at all to mean it when you ask , or to actually reply . <| sep |> I guess the lesson is If you ' re going to mix the types you use as keys , you need to understand the type hierarchy . <| sep |> That seems hilarious . Monkey instructing a school of fish . <| sep |> No , my condescension was completely appropriate . You ' re an adult and you know your energy needs to be paid for , whatever your excuses are . You should also know and if you bothered to contact your supplier you would of that you can also pay for your energy monthly via direct debit .