What is worse than death or dying?

A coworker of my wife's didn't show up for work. She had never been late. So the business sent my wife to the apartment. She had to get the manager. The manager after knocking opened the door to…

Top stories for Long   What is worse than death or dying? Kelly Kirk • Answered October 18, 2023 A coworker of my wife's didn't show up for work. She had never been late. So the business sent my wife to the apartment. She had to get the manager. The manager after knock... Read more » 5.3K 453   Why didn't the Hyundai EV plant that was recently raided with over 475 arrests in Georgia employ American citizens instead of the mostly "illegal South Korean immigrants"? Paul Johnson, I own an electric car, like it, but am not an EV cultist • Answered September 9 I've been involved in the startup of loads and loads of factories around the world. When I was doing this, people would pay us $5m for an Ion Implanter. The implanter would ... Read more » 2K 145   Why has the US elected a fascist president and government? Have Americans forgotten Hitler, Mussolini, and the Second World War? Susanna Viljanen, knows Finnish • Answered February 26 No. They have elected a Plutocrat as their president. Plutocracy and Fascism are diametrically opposite sets of governance. The main difference is that the Fascists actually... Read more » 1.6K 578   What happens if you lick a petri dish filled with bacteria? Karen Kerr, former Research Assistant Aka Lab Monkey at Iowa State University (2005-2010) • Answered November 12, 2017 In the last lab I worked I often told people not to lick the Petri dishes but if they had to choose it would be in their best interest to choose mine, just please wait unti... Read more » 131 7   Since my doctor won't give me a COVID-19 shot and told me that I am no longer eligible due to the new restrictions, should I skip out on my flu shot because I am going to get sick anyways? Pamela Bruce, Reluctant educator on the political and economic scene. • Answered September 2 Anyone can still get a Covid shot. However, people with no co-morbidities under 65 will need to jump through some extra hoops and very likely have to pay for their shots. T... Read more » 154 10   Oakley13, former Caregiver • Posted Aug 18 Does anyone know what this is? It has been in my parents backyard since my dad built the house in 1960. It was greenish in color, I painted it black. I've asked everyone I know and nobody really kn... Read more » 1.1K 687   If socialism doesn't work, how come there are no (visible) homeless people in Norway and Denmark, whereas every major city in the US seems to have thousands of homeless people? Why is the US government unable to solve the problem? Aaron Brown, Columnist at Wilmott Magazine (1999-present) • Answered July 8, 2024 I am reminded of a classic story: A Scandinavian economist once said to Milton Friedman, 'In Scandinavia, we have no poverty'. Milton Friedman replied, 'That's interesting, ... Read more » 5.2K 1.2K   Why did the new Quantum Leap flop? Francis, Metamodernist for decades before I heard the term • Answered August 20 Because the Quantum Leap writers didn't pay attention to one of the biggest flaws in the Jodie Whittacre Dr Who series. Seriously, the 2005 Doctor Who reboot is Quantum Lea... Read more » 803 145   Why is the end of Windows 10 making more people consider Linux than Windows 11? Is Windows 11 really that bad? Mihhail Gotovtsev, MBA Electronics & Cybernetics, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool/Tallinn University of Tec... • Answered September 4 Yes, it is that bad. Main issue everybody have with windows 11, is that you can not trust your computer anymore. Plain and simple. You can not see all the background task and... Read more » 92 12   Why are the various "magic rules" found throughout mathematics, generally accepted as legitimate and valid, even if they don't make much sense and/or directly contradict other, more legitimate rules (e.g. — 0! = 1 …vs... n(0) = 0)? Alex Eustis, Ph.D. Mathematics, University of California, San Diego (2013) • Answered September 4, 2019 Wow, this question is exhibiting some serious nerd rage. Calm down please. There aren't "magic rules." I don't know where you got the idea that some rules are "magic" and o... Read more » 170 8   How long can you live drinking 12 beers a day? Bruce Fountain, College Program Director and Professor (ret.) at Fortis Institute & IRSC • Answered July 21 My son in law did that. Was a drywall hanger. 3 or 4 beers at lunch at work..every day. Finished off another 8 or so after work until he went to bed. Sometimes without eati... Read more » 2.5K   In World War II, why did the US firebomb Japanese cities with Napalm, especially given the fact that most of their architecture was made from wood and paper, as that just seems unnecessarily cruel? Warren, former NCO at US Army (1992-2019) • Updated August 30 The firebombing of Tokyo was called the LeMay Gamble, after General Curtis LeMay, commander of the B-29 Wings stationed on Saipan, Tinian, and Guam Islands. The B-29 had th... Read more » 417 38 Read more in your feed

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