| Author |
Message |
Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Vivid Dreams |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 06 May 2024, 2:51 pm
|
|
Replies: 42
Views: 3,737
|
| Very interesting. I heard that somebody did a rather cruel experiment where they cut a nerve in a cat's brain, and when it dreamed, it ran about chasing something - perhaps imaginary mice. But the story could have been a myth. From my perspective it is possible to be in both REM sleep and awake simu... |
|
 |
Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Pool urine dye |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 06 May 2024, 2:24 pm
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 289
|
| I think some chromogen might be found that visualised the urine stream. If it also reacted with sweat, presumably that would just show as a faint aura around the swimmer rather than a strong colour around the offender's nether regions. Though the idea might be just to colour the entire pool when a c... |
|
|
Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The USPS doesn't deliver mail on Sunday. |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 06 May 2024, 1:27 pm
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 447
|
| Royal Mail have never delivered on a Sunday as far as I'm concerned I've seen it happen, back in 1989 or 1990, but only once, in a middle-class area. All the "letters" I get these days are junk mail, pension statements, and the occasional idle threat from the city council. But the parcel ... |
|
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Israel the latest Pale of Settlement? |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 06 May 2024, 12:41 am
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 596
|
MaxE wrote: naturalplastic wrote:
So ...just a pick a side! Lol!
Sorry. My life got better when I learned to not argue with people.
I strongly sympathise with that. I get sick of all the adversarial willy-waving crap that goes on in social media. Suspended judgement is very often the sanest position to have, IMO. |
|
|
Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Did time start at the Big Bang? |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 05 May 2024, 11:16 pm
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 482
|
| I don't know, but I've often thought that without a universe-with-contents, without movement or change, time does seem meaningless. Perhaps, just as motion needs time, time also needs motion? I've also heard a "cosmic switchback" theory that says that some time in the far future when all w... |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did your parents/teachers try to punish you for not being... |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 05 May 2024, 7:13 pm
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 4,393
|
| Well, my teachers would punish me for the results of my not being "normal," when I ended up not doing the work. But they didn't see me as abnormal, they saw me as intentionally lazy and they thought I was simply refusing to pay attention. In those days the pupil was always wrong when there... |
|
|
Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The man vs bear meme |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 05 May 2024, 6:10 pm
|
|
Replies: 186
Views: 3,529
|
| It's not more effective than a meme woman: "im about be raped... society hasnt fixed this problem yet...i dont know how to defend myself...i should try to save myself with this meme" :P Stripping that of its counterproductive harshness, I guess the point is that effective self-defense is ... |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic traits that I experience aren't commonly discussed |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 05 May 2024, 3:28 pm
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 925
|
| I've seen something that says the sensitivity thing isn't linear, and that hyper- and hypo-sensitivity is often present in the same person. The article I read was mostly interested in pain sensitivity. Sorry I can't remember where I saw it. The need for repetitive routine is also probably well-docum... |
|
|
Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Vivid Dreams |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 05 May 2024, 2:48 pm
|
|
Replies: 42
Views: 3,737
|
| ^ I guess it's one more downside of getting old. Luckily, I still have "proper" dreams, and some of them are reasonably vivid, so my REM abilities aren't completely finished yet. I'm still hoping to get another hypnopompic hallucination, though it might never happen. Some scientists think ... |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Homeopathy and Autism |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 05 May 2024, 2:21 pm
|
|
Replies: 40
Views: 1,260
|
| My understanding of the "too dilute to contain even a single molecule of the active ingredient" is that it's a probability thing - at some stage you've diluted it down to the point where there's only a few molecules in the current dilution. Next, you take a small volume of that and add it ... |
|
|
Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Songs, Anthems, and Music for Women |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 05 May 2024, 1:28 pm
|
|
Replies: 307
Views: 7,861
|
TwilightPrincess wrote:
It never occurred to me that one was especially about women, though I suppose it may well be. I always related to it anyway. |
|
|
Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The man vs bear meme |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 05 May 2024, 12:23 am
|
|
Replies: 186
Views: 3,529
|
| Some of your points are very likely correct. I still don't see anything wrong with trying to make sure women know more about how to defend themselves. It doesn't fix the root cause of the problem, but for the individual potential victim I think it's more effective than a meme on social media. What I... |
|
|
Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's Your Moral Alignment? |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 04 May 2024, 10:13 pm
|
|
Replies: 45
Views: 1,066
|
| https://i.imgur.com/eX229y6.png Lawful, huh? I guess in some ways you could say I'm lawful for sure. But I won't say that because something is law that makes it good. There are lots of evil laws and lawmakers and I spit in their face. Like the Christian Nationalists who run my state. I do not accep... |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Songs That Make You Feel UP and Happy |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 04 May 2024, 6:16 pm
|
|
Replies: 60
Views: 5,515
|
|
|
Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The man vs bear meme |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 04 May 2024, 2:12 pm
|
|
Replies: 186
Views: 3,529
|
| As an older man, I too am afraid of aggressive men, but I'd welcome a good pamphlet explaining my self-defense options. I agree society should make the world safe for the vulnerable to walk about in, but it's been a problem for thousands of years, and I don't think it's going to change. In the UK we... |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do any of you react not great to unfair situations? |
| ToughDiamond |
|
Posted: 04 May 2024, 1:49 pm
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 813
|
catpiecakebutter wrote: I thought he went too fast past me. But you're right, I shouldn't assume he can speak.
You're correct that there's a (remote) possibility he couldn't speak, but I would think he could have used a bell to warn you of his approach, or simply slowed down. |
|
|
| Sort by: |
