This guy BBC Earths

I’ve never heard of that idea before, but it’s really interesting! I wonder how they’d be able to prove something like that?

It seems to me that you’re attempting to equate an internal monologue with intelligence, and I don’t think that’s a fair assumption. An internal monologue is just a brains way of formatting its thoughts and feelings about the information that flows in. There are many ways to do this, and one way isn’t necessarily “superior” to another. That’s just how brains work. And while many intelligent people do have this internal monologue, it’s absolutely not necessary for intelligence.

Side note, one of the most brilliant people I’ve ever met is aphasiac, and doesn’t have an internal monologue.

Usually that doesn’t hurt, but that doesn’t mean that it never hurts. Really it depends on how sensitive they are, or if there are underlying issues (like cysts deep inside the tissue, maybe) that would make pressure on them very uncomfortable, or downright painful.

No, in the same way that it’s not sexist to criticize a person for something unrelated to their gender, and it’s not racist to criticize someone for something unrelated to their “race” or ethnicity.

I think the person in your example is being an asshole, and they clearly don’t understand the definitions of antisemitism or misogyny. Assholes are everywhere, in every country, culture, and religion. Nowhere is exempt. Which is a shame, because people everywhere are deserving of dignity and respect.

Except for assholes.

Absolutely this. They don’t like being bested by anyone, especially if you’re younger or smarter or a different gender than they are.

Faith could be your faith in humanity or your faith in yourself or someone else

I mean, they still exist and can absolutely still be used 😁

First off, therapists can be accessed without institutions. Second, a therapist will help you to learn to recognize your own patterns, strengths, and weaknesses, and will help you to learn from, process, and grow though experienced trauma. They can also help with recognizing emotions, toxic behavior (either your own or someone else’s), and give you tools to adjust.

I was wondering, thanks for the flavor drop!

I use an app called Paprika. It’s not free, but well worth it, imo. It removes everything but the recipe, sorts that out into a readable format, has several timer functions that can all run simultaneously, and you can tag and filter recipes however you want.

I’m Canadian, so I didn’t learn about Andrew Jackson at all, and only was aware of his existence because he’s on some money or something. But WOW what an ASSHOLE!!! Imagine how fucking full of yourself you’d have to be to wipe out a whole village, find one tiny sole survivor, and then give him to your child to be a fucking pet.

Unbelievable!!! And then to act like you’re some kind of benevolent savior when you were the cause of the goddamn genocide to begin with. I can’t even.

I’m sorry this happened to your ancestors. I’m sorry all of it happened. People are horrible.

Edit: wait, this was the guy responsible for the Trail of Tears as well?! Wasn’t he the inspiration for Hitler?!? Holy fuck.

What the fuck, America!!!

What about gravity and friction though? Because as it stands now, if the string was in a frictionless environment and was unaffected by gravity, then yes, you’d be able to ring the bell. However, the friction between the string and the earth over that kind of distance would require more pull strength than the string itself would be able to handle without breaking, unless it was made of some crazy strong material like some kind of nanocarbon alloy or something like that.

I think a lot of people don’t know about the settlements. I’ve never been myself, but I’d love to go someday. I want to go walk around it, and see what they saw.

It’s more than allegedly. They founded settlements here.

Once, I was dreaming that someone was violently chasing me, but right before he reached me, I realized I was dreaming (and therefore in control of what happened here), he spontaneously caught fire and started screaming. I woke up right after. Fun times.

I think this largely depends on what region you live in. In many parts, it’s still very common, while others it’s more limited to filling out forms.

Damn. You’ve broken that down in a way that’s made me realize exactly why I don’t like being asked my pronouns (without me previously having actually thought through this exercise). Thank you for that! I’ll get over my discomfort with the idea, check my privilege, and answer the question next time.

MDMA can have that affect. So can psylocybin. Science Vs. did an excellent podcast on both these drugs that explains the whys and how’s of it.

You can say “Godzilla” if you want to