Thin-Rip-3686
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_jeh4fkk wrote
Reply to comment by Forward_Ad_8956 in What’s the best way to make money at a young age? by [deleted]
Become a pilot. Huge looming shortage. Six figures in a few short years. Only goes up from there.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_jegjed3 wrote
A dog will never be able to gain half your stuff.
A dog will never bear false witness against you.
A dog will be thrilled with the cheapest thing on the menu, at the cheapest place you can think of.
A dog will guard you when burglars break in and risk his or her life to protect yours.
A dog doesn’t care who you sleep with, so long as they can watch.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_jdr6ejt wrote
Reply to comment by Tyrrox in TIL that the ratio of male births to female births is 51/49%, and it's thought the ratio of X and Y chromosomes in the man's sperm is most likely the cause. by iKickdaBass
You forget the importance of percentage of overall mass. It’s probably more like the race performance difference of two identical cars, one with 3% more fuel in the tank, versus one with 3% more overall weight.
Little effects like this can produce outsized results or no change in results, but the “sized” result is way less than 2%.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_jdqup8u wrote
Reply to comment by mikerbyrne73 in TIL that the ratio of male births to female births is 51/49%, and it's thought the ratio of X and Y chromosomes in the man's sperm is most likely the cause. by iKickdaBass
There’s only about a 3% difference in payload mass between the two.
Although it’s also been theorized that the lion’s share of the difference is because female embryos spontaneously die at a higher rate, there’s also the theory that eggs and sperm communicate with chemical messengers and eggs may prefer one sperm to another.
This set of preferences as well as the distribution of X vs. Y sperm also correlates to both parents’ stress and methylation levels- an easy life so far means creating males is better because if successful they’ll make more babies of their own, whereas a hard life so far means creating females is better because their success is a safer bet, even if they can’t make as many babies.
That logic may be backwards, or even reversed between sperm and egg.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_ja39qlw wrote
Reply to comment by PARANOIAH in TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead. by A_Bruised_Reed
Before both it was a standup Arcade game.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_j9a83n5 wrote
Reply to comment by Lirdon in TIL: While in office, President Jimmy Carter had to physically defend himself from a rabbit. by Forever_Overthinking
1, 2, 5!
3, sir!
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_j9a80vc wrote
Reply to comment by mykeuk in TIL: While in office, President Jimmy Carter had to physically defend himself from a rabbit. by Forever_Overthinking
I’m warning you!
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_j64eco1 wrote
Reply to comment by TekJansen69 in What aspect of engineering would be highly in demand for the future? by ImplementExtension58
Too late! The nanobots got to them already!
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_j39q8yh wrote
Reply to TIL Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, meaning it has 697 sides. by Dearfield
Sure, but it’s an irregular one. All those poor constipated Coloradans.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_j28r3ae wrote
Reply to comment by InVodkaVeritas in TIL John Matuszak, best known for playing Sloth in The Goonies, was a state champion in the shot put, was the #1 overall draft pick in the NFL, was served a restraining order during a game, had a head coach perform life-saving CPR, won 2 Super Bowls, and acted with Ringo Starr before ODing at 38 by PasghettiSquash
You might say his life was a.. Rocky.. Road?
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_j23sz0h wrote
I love that. Issued by the US House.
“Hey Bruh, is that the new iPhone?”
“Nah, it’s just a 12. Issued by Apple.”
“I useda have a droid, issued by Samsung.”
“What do you have now?”
“It broke so now I have this cheap POS by some Chinese-owned off brand”. “US House”.
“Bruh, that sucks! I hear you can’t even get TikTok on those!”
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iy7ldp1 wrote
Reply to TIL that the most common papal name is John, with 20 popes taking this name. There have also been 45 papal names that have only been used once. by Blackraven2007
Saint Victor I was pope 199-461 A.D., according to the inscription.
I rather enjoy the thought of a Pope Cletus II.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwwa3i6 wrote
Reply to comment by VLenin2291 in TIL, there's a condition called, "Encopresis" wherein the sufferer loses control of their bowels after holding in their stool as long as they can first. by SweetPrism
Not around a whole lot of kids, are you? Some of us are saddled with picky eaters, and it’s not like juvenile picky eaters refuse to eat anything but kale and uncooked turnip greens. Whole wheat pasta in his Mac and cheese is a bridge too far with this kid, and I know he’s nowhere near as bad as some.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlwozk wrote
Reply to comment by backstage13 in TIL, there's a condition called, "Encopresis" wherein the sufferer loses control of their bowels after holding in their stool as long as they can first. by SweetPrism
Comes with being a primary caregiver. Joke’s on him though. In 30 years we’ll switch up who has to use the suppository.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlwfbu wrote
Reply to comment by devlear in TIL, there's a condition called, "Encopresis" wherein the sufferer loses control of their bowels after holding in their stool as long as they can first. by SweetPrism
Doctor does not work that way. Go buy miralax and go use that, she said. In the end it took three or four different classes of laxatives, including the suppository, which I’ve never used on myself before, let alone a child.
The suppository went in, and no more than 3 seconds later the toilet was too full to flush.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlkjuh wrote
Reply to comment by Gemmabeta in TIL, there's a condition called, "Encopresis" wherein the sufferer loses control of their bowels after holding in their stool as long as they can first. by SweetPrism
It wasn’t a bowel obstruction. It was more extremely annoying than anything.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlhjpo wrote
Reply to TIL, there's a condition called, "Encopresis" wherein the sufferer loses control of their bowels after holding in their stool as long as they can first. by SweetPrism
My little boy had this. His refusal to eat anything with fiber was key to this problem.
And it’s not “loses control” as in everything comes out without warning, it’s a steady drip drip while he walks around carrying a rock hard tennis ball sized turd jammed up there.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_jeh4sjl wrote
Reply to comment by rip1980 in Now that arresting presidents of the US is precedent, which crimes do you think Joe Biden will be arraigned on by right leaning district attorneys? by [deleted]
Reagan proved that it’s also a defense.