The efforts to stop have been made, yes, but without agreement to simply get along, it’s not worth much obviously. This is why it will never work. It’s impossible for everyone to agree to disagree and let it all go, so all this nonsensical violence will never stop.
But that’s the problem, isn’t it? It’s always the old, “Well, “they” started it first,” argument. Why not be the one to stop it and just get along? Oh, right, that would never work. (Inset facepalm emoji here)
Unless you love the taste of coffee but cannot tolerate the extra caffeine.
I worked in a small rental office where I was in charge of getting the coffee for the coffee maker. I tried an experiment and just kept using the vessel the original coffee was in and filled it with decaf. This went on for two months and no one was the wiser. No one was always on edge or had caffeine crashes midday, and no one showed signs of caffeine withdrawal (most likely because they thought they were drinking regular coffee). No one once commented that they thought the coffee tasted different. Not once did anyone drag into the office bleary eyed and begging for caffeine.
There is not really that much of a difference between the top of the seat and the top of the rim of the bowl, but when one is sitting down blind (in the dark) I am told it feels like you’re falling a long way before making contact with the rim. (I am occasionally reminded of this fact if and when the wife and daughters are together.)
The efforts to stop have been made, yes, but without agreement to simply get along, it’s not worth much obviously. This is why it will never work. It’s impossible for everyone to agree to disagree and let it all go, so all this nonsensical violence will never stop.