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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On the first night of our marriage, just as my husband and I were getting ready, there...

On the first night of our marriage, just as my husband and I were getting ready, there was a loud knock on the door and my aunt-in-law's voice came, "Child, come out." I quickly got dressed an…

Top stories for Long   Jackie Phipps, Physiotheripist at Physical Therapy (2005-present) • Posted Oct 23, 2024 On the first night of our marriage, just as my husband and I were getting ready, there was a loud knock on the door and my aunt-in-law's voice came, "Child, come out." I quickly got dressed and star... Read more » 3.1K 147   My landlord is asking for rent early (it's due on the 1st, latest the 5th). He's leaving the country for vacation, and asking for next month's rent payment in advance. Can he legally do this? Lindsay Edwards, works at Keandle Enterprises (1996-present) • Answered August 8, 2019 I am a landlord. I rent two of my bedrooms out. Sometimes I travel out of the country so would not be around to collect the rent on the day it is due. So what I have found ac... Read more » 3.4K 724   Pancreatic cancer is said to be the most insidious of all cancers. Is it possible to spot it early? How can one prevent it? Mona, B.sc from University of Delhi (2014) • Answered September 6 My mother was detected with pancreatic cancer last year. And yes it is one of the cancer which is mostly detected at the later stage. As this cancer shows signs at later sta... Read more » 151 11   Why did Harvard reject my school's valedictorian? He had a 4.99 GPA (no grade less than a 99), 1600 SAT, 36.0 ACT, 800's on 6 SAT 2's, 5's on 25 AP exams, national rankings in piano, 3,000+ volunteer hours, and a research internship at a lab. Kevin Peterlinz, Worked as college professor for 2 years • Answered August 12 Just a comment My son was applying to graduate schools in computer science - And was accepted to all (Inc Stanford, Cambridge, MIT, etc) except Oxford - They told him why - ... Read more » 140 35   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 656   I'm almost 18 and I inherited 3.5 million dollars can I live off this for the rest of life by investing it? The Mechanical Guy • Answered July 30 Yes but it'll completely ruin you. You will lose your mind. You're the top 1% now. You need to live humble. You have $3.5M but you're broke because you didn't get the educa... Read more » 639 140   I have a very high IQ of 156, but I don't feel extremely intelligent. Is there any psychological reason for this? Elinor Greenberg, PhD Psychology, New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty (1979) • Answered August 10 Here are a few reasons why you might not feel extremely intelligent despite having received an IQ score of 156. 156 is not your real IQ score. You do not say how you learned ... Read more » 518 76   Can I use Chatgpt to proofread articles for me? Rachel Neumeier, Author of 40 or so fantasy and SF novels • Answered July 28 If you ask ChatGPT to tell you what is wrong with a badly written paragraph that contains both straightforward mistakes and nonsensical sentences, it will generally do a be... Read more » 103 13   Why was Python written in C instead of C++? Jussi Wallinheimo, knows Finnish • Answered July 8 Most of "coders" don't understand what happens under the hood of their code. C is a language that won't follow the rules, C is the language you write the rules in. That is q... Read more » 335 39   Why is peeing in the shower so controversial? Thomas Cayne, Writer, painter, thinker, madman. • Answered January 20 During many years, I peed in the sink of our old internal garage (which we used as a storage room). I did it only on evenings, when my daughter and girlfriend had already g... Read more » 4.6K 651   Who's the most ridiculously good-looking person you've ever met? Lukasz Strzyzewski, BA Political Science and International Relations, University of Warsaw (2017) • Answered March 11, 2017 I took private French classes, I was one of two dudes, there were also a few girls, and both of us dudes thought our teacher is ridiculously good looking. This pic of Emili... Read more » 3.3K 192   Is Trump plotting a coup? Elena Gold, Media analyst • Answered August 3 It definitely sounds like Trump's team is plotting a coup — Trump's ally Michael Flynn (who is very pro-Putin, pro-FSB, and pro-Russia) calls Trump to execute a "Night of L... Read more » 1.8K 491 Read more in your feed

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