We don't call it 'inventing' anymore. Now it is 'engineering' and 'design', the realms of professional teams with corporate lawyers.
I bought one of those grabbing sticks after the piece-of-paper incident of 2022.
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I think if we reply, it opens a door of communication. Through that door will come any threats of litigation. We can therefore use it as a weathervane. And also as a door.