Regarding item 7, Batman Returns had Christopher Walken’s character illegally dumping toxic waste, so yeah, there’s at least one known case.

Yes, there are men named Carol, or alternative spellings thereof.

Carroll Shelby is the biggest name that comes to mind.

“Carol” as a male name seems to largely be a Romanian thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_(given_name)#Male

Can’t speak for OP, but I took a maybe ten-year hiatus from Minecraft and came back to find the were so baby more block types that it clogged my inventory and I felt overwhelmed and just stopped playing again.

Ooof

For anyone unaware of the reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core