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- Comment on How come there is so many commercials to make a guy hard but not something for women that will enjoy sex more? No pun intended in this but why are women getting royally fucked? 16 hours ago:
Mitchell and Webb did a terrific sketch on this concept.
- Comment on What's the evolutionary advantage of very long hair on human heads? 3 days ago:
There are two different things coming into play here.
First of all, hair length evolved before long hair did.
Modern humans originally evolved tightly curled hair. Basically like we still see in many African populations. It’s thought that this was an adaptation to protect against the heat of the sun. Basically like an insulated sun hat. The longer this curly hair grew, the more protection our natural hat provided.
As homo-sapiens populations moved further North, this protection was no longer needed - in fact there was the opposite problem, it was cold and rainy.
Greasy straight hair offers an advantage over curly hair in this kind of environment. It acts like a waterproof blanket, preventing the skin beneath getting wet, and drying quickly. Heat is lost through wet skin significantly faster than dry skin, and in situations where energy sources might be hard to come by in winter months, this can be a disadvantage.
We already had hair length sorted, so it was simply a matter of reacquiring the straight hair shape.
Europeans got a leg-up in this regard - Neanderthals appear to have had straight hair, and interbreeding definitely occurred. At this point it’s worth remembering that by the time anatomically modern humans evolved in Africa, earlier hominids were already living all over Africa, Europe and Asia. Neanderthals were very similar to modern humans and shared an extremely close common ancestor.
And this is how, and why, some homo sapiens populations have long straight hair.
- Comment on Why is the old testament handed down from GOD (which is my favorite book) but the New Testament was written by a man (King James) ? 4 days ago:
I won’t touch on the points covered by the other replies because they’ve explained it perfectly. I think you’re confused about the divorce thing, though.
King Henry VIII was the one who founded the church of England to allow him to get a divorce. But his version was essentially identical to the Roman Catholic church but with the king instead of the pope.
His great great grandson, King James VI / I actually cared about religion and reforming the church. He supported the idea that everyone should be able to actually understand the scripture, instead of just the elites and clergy. He was also very anti-Catholic and, as a direct result, was the king targeted in the Gunpowder Plot.
- Comment on Is there music I haven't heard because I only speak English? 1 week ago:
I did not know I needed this in my life until you posted it. Thanks so much - I’m going through all the old posts now!
- Comment on Why is it cheaper to find and view 2 Girls 1 Cup than it is to read the news on NY Times? 1 week ago:
I wonder what became of them. I like to think they finally bought a second cup so they didn’t have to share anymore.
- Comment on Has anyone else noticed the strong pro CCP and anti-west vibes here? 1 week ago:
Putting all patriotism aside, I don’t think there’s any reality in which the US uses its potential to make the world a better place.
The big difference nowadays is that it’s become patently clear that the US government isn’t even trying to make the US a better place.
- Comment on Are Independents just embarrassed Republicans like Libertarians Apolitical and Moderates? 2 weeks ago:
The truth is that, by any normal definition, Republicans are far right and Democrats are centre right.
If you actually wanted to run a progressive platform, then running as an Independent might be your only choice.
In the UK at least, most Independent candidates run single-issue platforms. Hartlepool famously elected a guy dressed as a monkey as mayor, he ran on a platform of “free bananas for school children”. He did so well as mayor, they elected him two more times.
Another costumed independent, Count Binface (an intergalactic space warrior who wears a dustbin on his head) beat the far-right Britain First party in the London Mayoral election (although sadly didn’t win the actual mayorship).
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 3 weeks ago:
To be fair, I think we’ve been in the midst of a political crisis for some time.
Although I agree - I think Andy Burnham winning Makerfield would be the flashpoint for the leadership contest that has been looming for the past few months.
Maybe this is the only way things will settle down.
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 3 weeks ago:
Next year? Hard to say. If Starmer gets ousted, which looks more and more likely, then that’ll probably mean a cabinet reshuffle. Honestly can’t say I’ve been too impressed by Rachel Reeves’ efforts, but then again I imagine it’s hard to totally insulate the economy from a mad bloke who’s seemingly trying his level best to destabilise the entire world.
If Burnham or Miliband do get elected, then I imagine we’ll do ok.
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 3 weeks ago:
Ha, it’s, er, complicated. It kind of follows on from Headmasters, but is set in a world where people don’t know about transformers. Optimus Prime seems to have never existed - there’s a robot that looks exactly like Optimus Prime, but isn’t, and nobody even bats an eyelid.
The Deceptions/Destrons are led by two powerful human sorcerers following commands from a weird glowing alien blob with tentacles called Devil Z.
The Cybertronians spend most of their time disguised as humans or monsters, and it’s the humans that become the heads for giant robots.
Masterforce really feels like it’s its own thing. I just think of it as an alternative universe, like TFA. Trying to make it fit in causes too many headaches!
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely! I’m currently working my way through the absolutely bonkers Transformers Super-God Masterforce for the first time right now.
A lot of the stuff from the 80s is pretty hit-and-miss on revisiting, but some of it is still gold. In general, anything produced since 2000 is much higher quality.
I like the scope for world-building and story-telling possible in animation that isn’t really feasible on other mediums.
But I like animation for both kids and adults. I like western stuff and animé. I’ve been collecting animation cels for twenty something years!
- Comment on Guys, I am in need of niche media to larp, any suggestions? 4 weeks ago:
The PS3 hit, Fat Princess.
Cool fantasy setting, much fighting, clear objectives (princess kidnapping) - perfect LARP stuff.
Plus whoever is the princess gets to be fed cake all day.
- Comment on What somebody with cosmetic plastic surgery gets injured, does the plastic "spill out" or get seen? 4 weeks ago:
FWIW, and I’m only mentioning this because of the phrasing of the question, plastic surgery isn’t named after ‘plastic’ (the noun), but for ‘plastic’ (the verb). Plastic surgery was used as a term decades before plastic (the noun) was even invented!
But anyway, to answer your question, people tend not to use silicone in implants so much nowadays, preferring saline instead (as another person said). The main reason is that it is much less problematic if there is a rupture.
Leaking silicone is not immediately dangerous, but does need to be removed - which is difficult as it can squidge about and under other tissues, causing mischief as it goes. Saline, by comparison, will just get absorbed by the body, usually harmlessly.
- Comment on Why Ireland? 4 weeks ago:
You know, this makes total sense.
I was searching online trying to work out what Ireland had done, but a typo explains everything.
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- Comment on Many mythology seem to share a concept of spirits is there a reason for that? 5 weeks ago:
People die.
In cases where someone meets an unfortunate grizzly end, like being eaten, there’s an obvious reason. But more often than not, people just stop being alive.
Imagine you have no knowledge of science, how would you explain this? An hour ago, this body could move, could breathe, could do normal things. Now it can’t.
Something has changed. Something is missing. What was once a person is now a thing, a body.
It stands to reason that the missing bit is the key to what makes people human. It’s clearly not a physical thing - the body looks the same - so it must be something intangible.
Tie this to the fact that people are very good at detecting other people around them. We’re especially good at sensing when we’re being watched (in person, not through cameras, obviously). We also find ourselves in situations where we feel like we’re being watched when no one possibly can be watching.
So we have a fundamental element of human-ness as something intangible, and we also have situations where it feels like someone is there when there’s no-one around.
It doesn’t take a massive connection to associate the two.
- Comment on If a person were paranoid about a potential food shortage in the next two to three years, what should they stock up on now? 1 month ago:
Oh, yeah - I 100% agree. I was just trying to convey how ludicrously easy it is to grow your own. There’s no way you should base an entire survival strategy on potatoes, despite how plausible Matt Damon made it seem.
- Comment on If a person were paranoid about a potential food shortage in the next two to three years, what should they stock up on now? 1 month ago:
Get yourself a patch of soil, even if it’s just a couple of growbags, and grow potatoes. They’re like a magical self-replicating food. When you harvest them, keep some aside to plant later. One potato produces 5-10 potatoes easily, scale up for infinite potato glitch.
If you live in the UK or EU, you can even literally just plant ones you buy in the vegetable section in the supermarket. In the US, they often treat these with a growth inhibitor to extend the shelf-life, they won’t grow as easily.
Seed potatoes are guaranteed to produce healthy plants, but cost slightly more. You can buy them from garden centres or online.
- Comment on Looking for some advice please single father 1 month ago:
Saw this in !autism@lemmy.world but it was removed before I could reply.
What country are you in? What part of the country?
Once we know that, it’ll be much easier to direct you to useful services.
- Comment on Why do a majority of nation's flags use the rectangular shape except Nepal? 1 month ago:
Maybe another thing worth considering is that rectangular flags are just bigger and easier to see than other shapes.
The Romans conquered most of Europe, and they flew rectangular banners from their standards. Following the fall of the empire, the different parts of Europe were at war with each other for one and a half thousand years. I suspect all having had this original template, then the subsequent fighting / conquering / reconquering / reconquering, probably lead to this shape becoming normalised.
- Comment on Why do a majority of nation's flags use the rectangular shape except Nepal? 1 month ago:
Not just mass-manufacturing - because of how they work, the rectangle is the default shape of cloth produced on any loom.
- Comment on snow isn't real 2 months ago:
I see four white rectangles there. If that’s not proof of snow, then I don’t know what to tell you.
- Comment on Not to get into a debate. If God is so omnipotent and above humans why does he or she have emotions? Like smiting or being upset or wrath? 2 months ago:
I mean, the red robes and glowing orb do have a certain appeal.
- Comment on When did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift? 2 months ago:
The world (or at least the Anglosphere) has always called the # symbol the hash sign. I have no idea why Americans called it the pound sign - most places call the £ symbol the pound sign.
The term “hashtag” was not invented by an American. For the rest of us this makes sense - it’s a tag denoted by a hash sign - but I can see how it seemingly came out of nowhere if you used different words.
- Comment on What happens if someone refuses to work in a socialist economy? 2 months ago:
This hits the nail in the head.
I have a friend who grew up in the USSR. From what she’s told me, the social pressure around pulling your weight can’t be overstated.
For example, her school uniform had a scarf, and the punishment for most offences (being late, not doing homework etc) was to have your scarf taken away for a day or two. Instead of being trapped in detention away from everyone after school, you had to spend the day publicly marked out as someone who’s let the side down. You’d spend the day subjected to disapproving looks, and then when you got home have to explain to your parents why you had your scarf taken away.
- Comment on Are there any open source word processors that have AI integration? 2 months ago:
Oooh, you said the 愛 word. A million downvotes for you.
- Comment on How would you rate your country's constitution? 2 months ago:
It’s probably worth mentioning that this doesn’t just stop at legislation. A lot of things in the UK are the way they are, just because that’s the way they’ve always been.
What’s the official flag of the UK? It doesn’t have one. The Union Jack was a naval flag that became our defacto national flag. Before WW1, people could have lived their entire life without seeing a Union Jack.
What’s the official national anthem of the UK? It doesn’t have one. God save the King / Queen is our defacto national anthem. It was a song that gained popularity and people adopted it unofficially.
OK then. What’s the official language of the UK? You probably guessed - it doesn’t have one. English is only the defacto language of the UK. In fact, the only official language anywhere in the UK is Welsh, in Wales (obviously), where the vast majority of people speak English as their first language anyway.
- Comment on Entrainment Entretainment 2 months ago:
AM = morning PM = afternoon/evening/night
Like 7AM or 7PM
AM people are most awake and productive during the morning hours, and get more tired as the day goes on.
PM people are tired in the morning and more alert later in the day/night.
- Comment on Entrainment Entretainment 2 months ago:
It messes with PM people more than AM people.
If you’re tired in the evenings and wide awake in the morning, then going to bed slightly earlier and getting up earlier is easy.
If you’re alert in the evenings and tired in the mornings, going to bed early is counter-productive, you just lie there awake getting less tired. Similarly getting up earlier is even harder than normal.
If you’re an AM person, then you’ve drawn the lucky straw - the world is built for people like you. But there’s lots of PM people who struggle daily, fighting against their body clocks just to show up to school/work on time.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Seeing as you start the question with “In the show”, I can fairly confidently say no, Squidward is never explicitly a communist.