Most people don't know the historical definition of decimate, so using here it would be confusing or redundant.

No, they're children's dinner plates. That's about as far from fancy as you can get. Made from sturdy plastic instead of ceramic or what have you so they don't break when an unruly child throws it on the floor to spite their broccoli.

Most people don't buy something everyday, but billions of dollars worth of stuff is bought everyday.

I think the issue on this instance is that the original is bringing up America's racism as a way to dismiss their own.

What's the point of living if I can't be petty?

If you were working tech support of course you're going to interact with more "tech illiterate" people. That doesn't mean the "most people" are tech illiterate, you were just dealing with a high volume of them, giving that impression.

You don't see anything wrong with your language, but shockingly, the world doesn't revolve around you. Just because you think something is fine doesn't make it true.

Resources like gold would be more accessible, y'know because it already been mined and made into things. If society collapses what few survivors there are could recycle shit like metals. The actual issue is fossil fuels. Getting to a point where you can use renewable power would be difficult with using fossil fuels for power first.

These "silly teen things" could have very well ended with themselves or someone else dead.

You would trust random idiots on the internet to give you medical advice? How fucking stupid. People have died because of bad advice given on the internet, and you want to encourage this?

For every "miracle tip" there's at least 10 fuckwits giving potentially dangerous advice.

Someone obviously doesn't speak to many women.

For someone who calls Christians hate-mongering, you're pretty hateful yourself.