Isn't that why it was called the gilded age? The point was that it looked superficially great but hid a ton of inequality and problems underneath. It was taken from a Mark Twain quote iirc
I wrote a script (well, modified one of my old bots) to copy and archive all of my comments before editing them. I left a note in the comments for how to find me in case they wanted the original comment. I felt like that was a fair compromise
People crave routine, and experiencing a lifestyle change can be really difficult for a lot of people. It's the same reason why domestic abuse victims don't leave their abusers, or why people stay in loveless marriages - in their minds, it's easier to bear with the abuse than to adapt to an unknown lifestyle.
But human emotion is short-sighted. It can only see imminent uncertainty and change. It's the role of your conscious mind to think further ahead and determine if you stand to benefit from the change. If you've got a job lined up that you think will suit you better, then trust your judgement
Divisive topic and comment section, but IMO that feels like a fair change. No stance on this topic will ever not be divisive, but I think this is probably the most impartial stance that could be taken
That's actually a misunderstanding. Sure, regular bacteria can't thrive at boiling temperatures, but some of then can at least survive boiling temperatures for brief periods of time. In the same way that tardigrades can survive the vacuum of space - they're not really doing anything in space, but they can enter a state of hibernation that'll allow them to survive
No, but it may as well be considered sterile for normal purposes. Boiling doesn't actually kill everything - endospores and also fungal spores are ridiculously hardy, and you'd need to autoclave (steam at high pressure) in order to really kill everything. And microbes are everywhere, so the tea is going to get colonized again really quickly unless you pay special attention to making sure that that doesn't happen. Don't attempt to can or store the tea, if that's what you're trying to do. Also, if you're attempting to use unsanitary water to make tea, be aware that some bacteria and fungi make toxins that can't be destroyed by boiling, so even if you manage to kill off the microbes, you can still get sick.
Plastic food containers. I mean, we already know it's pretty bad, but I would not be surprised if it ends up being way worse than we think. That, and most aerosols. Febreze, hairspray, spray tans, things of that nature
Yes - I think it is fair that all murders be prosecuted. As for the gray area of morality, sentencing is variable and somewhat lax for this exact reason. I don't believe that a judge will be lax with sentencing, but this would be a case in which I would like the shooter to receive a slap on the wrist punishment.
That's fine. 4 hours isn't enough to really get into the meat of the game yet. If you feel like you're kinda stumbling around a bit without quite knowing what the goal of the game is, that's normal. The game is specifically designed to not give you any objectives, and a big part of making the game enjoyable is to not try to judge the game by regular game design conventions. There are no win conditions, no lose conditions, no objectives, and the game becomes much more enjoyable if you just play the game in the way that you think makes the most sense. You'll just need to have a bit of faith that there is actually an end, you just never get told how to get to the end.
If you're struggling with not crashing, then that's a different issue altogether, and honestly my advice is to just use autopilot. Make sure to disable autopilot if you start to see that autopilot is going to crash you into the sun.
Outer Wilds. Any explanation that I give would be massive spoilers, but it captures a genre, aesthetic, and theme that, in my experience, has been virtually unused by any other game before and still remains extremely underutilized
Here's a fun game: describe your research/interest in a similar way that Fox/Republicans use to describe research. The more misleading it is from the actual research, the better.
I'll start: watch how tired mice get when they get sick
(determine the mechanism of how microbial contact affects host circadian rhythms)
Contramuffin
AP Biology
Mrs. Setters
1 December 2024
How cells respond to different doses of drugs
Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to see whether cells respond differently when exposed to different doses of the same drug.
Hypothesis: The drugs will work the best at the highest dosage, but it won't work at the lowest dosage.
Alternate hypothesis: All of the dosages work equally well.
Materials:
* Cells
* 48-well plate
* Cell media
* Recording device
* Micropipettes
* Micropipette tips (a lot)
* Serological pipers (a lot)
* Serological piper pump
* Cell culture hood
* Drug (5 mg)
* DMSO (5 mL)
* PBS (5 ml)
* Stimulus (500 uL)
* PCR strip (2)
Procedure:
1. Using the cell culture hood, put cells and cell media into a 48-well plate
2. Put the plate into a recording device and start recording
3. Dilute drugs to the correct concentrations with DMSO
4. Put the drugs and the stimulant and the PBS into PCR strips for easier usage later
5. Stop the recording and put drugs into the plate
6. Wait 30 minutes
7. Put stimulant or PBS into the plate
8. Resume recording
9. After several days, stop the recording
Results: The cells died :'(
Conclusions: Science is hard
Herbal medicines are fine for minor things, but I wouldn't use that for serious issues. Dosage is a big part of a medicine's effectiveness, and a lot of the time, natural products have compounds that are too low in concentration to be reasonably effective. You'd need to extract and purify the compound, and at that point you're right back to conventional medicine.
And that's assuming that the herbs do contain the compound that you're looking for, because unfortunately, people lie on the internet and I generally would not trust what random internet people say about what's in herbal medicines
The fact that most of the weight localizes to the belly convinces me that there's some sort of physiological reason behind this. Maybe your body is somehow reacting to the hormones from your wife, like a sort of pheromone? I get the want for privacy, but it seems like your case might be greatly beneficial for medical science.
Have you considered living elsewhere for a week or two to see what happens? Might be a simple (albeit potentially expensive) experiment
Isn't that why it was called the gilded age? The point was that it looked superficially great but hid a ton of inequality and problems underneath. It was taken from a Mark Twain quote iirc