if the bird flu started spreading between humans, how long would you need to stay quarantined before it was safe to come out??
Im talking worst case scenario, something like Station 11 or the movie Contagion...
How can the Oregon government make drugs illegal again with no public comment periods or voter input at all?
Their main excuse? Police were never properly trained on how to handle possession and use cases so they now want to offer immunity for a misdemeanor if you take treatment instead. If not, you get a misdemeanor and the draconian shit starts all over again. Source
Would you drink breast milk if it was commercially available?
This question popped into my head after an ADHD moment of deconstructing the concept that humans willingly drink cow milk on an industrial scale. Would you drink milk if it was human women pumping the milk themselves?
Why is only the ? and ! put at the front and upside down of a sentence in Spanish?
Why not periods? Why doesn’t every sentence in Spanish that isn’t a question or exclamation start with a period floating in the sky?
Do birds find it unpleasant to be out in the rain?
It’s cold and rainy in my city...
Do fingers ever stop growing? Do they shrink as you get older?
Title is pretty much all....
Is it normal to forget things from the previous day often?
Due to a situation I find myself in, my daily habits have changed to a more simple daily schedule....
Why is alcohol legal if it's much more harmful than marijuana?
What produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs?
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Does portable bluetooth speaker with USB input exist?
I’d like something like JBL Charge, but with USB port that I can connect to PC and speaker would act like external audio device. I’ve only found ones with USB-A to insert pen-drive, which is not the same....
How fatal and painful is it if my belly gets stabbed/ripped open?
If someone suddenly attacks me with a pocket knife, for example, they’ll most likely immediately go right for my belly, since I am 6’5" tall, and stab or rip it open. Therefore, I’m curious how fatal and painful such a wound is?
Has Google’s search results drastically declined for anyone else?
How does the xz incident impacts the average user ? #xz
My mastodon feed is full of IT security specialist talking about the xz affair where someone let a backdoor in some library....
Why do Google searches not give maps links anymore? (www.google.com)
It used to be very convenient that when searching for something that had a geographic location, Google searches used to show a small map which linked to Google maps when pressed....
Why do we castrate animals instead of giving them vasectomies?
In humans, we don’t usually castrate them because it throws their hormones out of whack, and causes all kinds of issues, but wouldn’t that also be the case for some animals, since their hormones systems are fairly similar?...
How do you keep your homes clean?
I’ve just swept and mopped. Once the floor dries, I could easily go sweep again and turn up more dust and dirt. If I were to mop again, I’m almost certain the water in my bucket would be filthy. It feels like it’s never actually clean....
Which would you rather do, create art or summon rain?
When asked a question, what is your first reaction, to answer the question or to defend yourself?
How does genocide happen?
I can get behind murder. I feel like this, to some extend, is a genuine part of human behaviour. Even the horrific aftermath of such. But genocide truly feels inhuman to me. So I can never fundamentally understand how in history, civilizations went from point A to point B to Point Genocide. Any thoughts on this?
Why do people around me tend to increase their responsibility load (i.e. have children, become a manager, do charity, etc.) while I (30M) try to avoid it as much as I can?
I notice Indians speaking English tend to speak very fast. Are the Indian languages simply spoken faster?
Do they just speak faster? Do the Indian words/pronunciation flow better/faster than English does? And they are simply trying to match the cadence?
how serious is a slightly chipped front tooth?
I bit down wrong on a piece of chicken and smashed my bottom and top teeth together. One of my top front teeth chipped. It hurts at first and I have a mild headache. It mostly just feels weird and gritty against my tongue. It isn’t a big chip. It looks like a tiny slice was taken off the bottom of the tooth aside from the...
Why does this website have a loading screen to process my cookie preferences?
I have never seen this before. Usually once I click my preferences the screen just goes away. What’s the difference between those websites and this one?...
How do I get my suit tailored?
I bought a cheap suit with the intention of making it look good through tailoring, but I don’t know how to actually get that done. The local stores don’t have websites and haven’t picked up when I called, should I just walk in with the suit? Do I need an appointment? Also, how much should I expect to pay? (California)...
How does data sent over the internet know where to go?
I saw a map of undersea internet cables the other day and it’s crazy how many branches there are. It got me wondering - if I’m (based in the UK) playing an online game from someone in Japan for example, how is the route worked out? Does my ISP know that to get to place X, the data has to be routed via cable 1, cable 2 etc....