My mom drank around a half to 3/4 a bottle of wine a day for 35 years at least. Succes...

My mom drank around a half to 3/4 a bottle of wine a day for 35 years at least. Successful professional. PhD. Didn't start drinking till 5 or 6 pm. She never had DTs or anything like that. She…

Top stories for Long   Ben • Posted Jan 3, 2024 My mom drank around a half to 3/4 a bottle of wine a day for 35 years at least. Successful professional. PhD. Didn't start drinking till 5 or 6 pm. She never had DTs or anything like that. She wasn... Read more » When will alcohol kill the alcoholic? When will alcohol kill the alcoholic? That depends. And it's not the alcohol that normally kills a drunk. It's what the alcohol does to his body. My ex died of hepatorenal fai... 979 173   Which is healthier, cooked broccoli or raw? Gilbert Harding, former Doctor Who Helps People • Answered August 24 Today, let's discuss the green superfood - broccoli! First, we need to discuss the "mustinoside" found in broccoli. This substance is somewhat proficient in lowering the ris... Read more » 272 25   Why does smoking weed exacerbate my anxiety? Kestrel M, Process/Scale-up Chemist/Oligonucleotide Analyst (2014-present) • Updated October 10 Brain chemistry differs. Cannabis gives my wife straight up panic attacks. Me, on the other hand, I get sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... Read more » 200 25   Jennifer Lopez is getting divorced again. What's her problem? Ty Doyle, A lawyer with an opinion on everything • Answered September 2, 2024 This reminds me of a joke my former law partner told about a friend who was getting divorced for the fourth or fifth time. "You know," he told the friend, "eventually one o... Read more » 1.9K 176   Diaz Gabriela, Reseracher at Academic Research (2004-present) • Posted Dec 29, 2024 A 96-year-old woman wrote this letter to her bank, and it became so funny that the bank manager decided to share it in the New York Times. To whom it may concern, I'm writing to thank you for bouncin... Read more » 9.6K 444   Can you fail a Ph.D. thesis defense? Chris Mitchell, Retired, MB, BS, PhD • Answered June 23 Most definitely! I once had the (dis)pleasure of being the internal examiner for a PhD defence submitted to the University of London. As soon as I started reading the thesis... Read more » 1.1K 57   We sold our truck six years ago. We just found out that the buyer never registered it in his name. He's now been arrested for hit and run and possibly DUI. Are we responsible in any way? Kellie S., Single Mother at Self-Employment (1999-present) • Updated August 12, 2023 I sold a car to a family member. Had my tags off of it. Almost 2 yrs later the state highway patrol shows up banging on my door at 2am. They found the car -I said "I sold i... Read more » 3.8K 570   What is the creepiest thing that society accepts as a cultural norm? Benjamin Earnhart, MA Sociology, U of Iowa (2000) • Updated October 27 I grew up in Anchorage, AK. I have a high school friend who is married to an Alaskan native woman (Yupik). We were visiting her sister at her home (in Anchorage) doing a BBQ... Read more » 3.4K 394   Syed Fahad Bukhari, knows English • Posted Aug 8 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Spain and Switzerland CANCEL their F-35 fighter jet orders! UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION 🔥🔥 Trump calls it "very unfair." Swiss leader Balthasar Glättli says: "Those who hurl rocks at u... Read more » 6.3K 1.7K   If you lost a six figure salary job and were having difficulty finding another job in your field, would you take a minimum wage job in the meantime? Why or why not? Emjay • Answered August 3 Not six figures but kinda close. Was making 85K in an anaylst role. Company decided to "restructure". Lost my job and took another one 4 weeks later with a grocery store ve... Read more » 883 83   Why has Linda Hamilton aged so poorly? Why didn't her acting fully take off after Terminator 2? Sierra Rose, Mom to 2 Boys, One Golden Retriever, Too Many Cats (1986-present) • Answered July 6, 2023 She has aged poorly. She is currently 66 and looks like this… Contrast that to another 66 year old actress… (Kim Cattrall) Why has she aged badly? Linda has always been a smo... Read more » 4.8K 673   If cancer needs carbs (glucose) to grow, why don't doctors change people's diets when the cancer is first diagnosed? Pawel Landigi, Medical Doctor • Answered October 7 I discovered I was thoroughly entangled in this exact same question a few years ago when my aunt was receiving breast cancer treatment and a family member was insistently d... Read more » 2.3K 192 Read more in your feed

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