Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Ayahuasca said:
Is it right to leave 'uncontacted' tribes in their remote stone-age isolation, where they are not protected by modern healthcare, laws or morality, or should they be brought into the modern world?
Some of them want to remain isolated and will protect that at all costs, violently so.The process of introducing them to civilisation also has a ridiculously high mortality rate which in some cases can decimate their population to the point of being unsustainable.
P-Jay said:
I can be the lessor of two evils. Being suddenly exposed to 'the modern world' kills more people than it helps - Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians almost wiped at times.
Even with modern sensibilities, without being exposed to even minor (to us) diseases means they can be devastating to them.
To be fair a lot of them were killed on purpose. Nowhere near as many Maori were killed by disease and war as Native Americans and Australians, as they were not treated anywhere near as badly.Even with modern sensibilities, without being exposed to even minor (to us) diseases means they can be devastating to them.
Which two evils are they, and what monthly rent are you seeking? FlyingMeeces said:
Nezquick said:
Here's a question for you:
If someone is born blind, do they dream? And if they do, what do they dream of and how?
I've had, and can remember, dreams which were only sound and sensation with no visuals - imagine that the tiny number of people who are born with absolutely no sight/light perception at all (pretty rare!) would have dreams with the same range of sensory input as they live their lives with. If someone is born blind, do they dream? And if they do, what do they dream of and how?
https://m.youtube.com/user/TommyEdisonXP
Silent1 said:
Ayahuasca said:
Is it right to leave 'uncontacted' tribes in their remote stone-age isolation, where they are not protected by modern healthcare, laws or morality, or should they be brought into the modern world?
Some of them want to remain isolated and will protect that at all costs, violently so.The process of introducing them to civilisation also has a ridiculously high mortality rate which in some cases can decimate their population to the point of being unsustainable.
Ayahuasca said:
Some decimate themselves with no outside help. Google a tribe called the Huaorani. Their main cause of death - until recently and maybe even today - is being speared by other tribespeople.
That was always the way. Ancient people's lifespans sound short but their main cause of death was manslaughter! Left alone they lived long healthy lives.e.g. google the Chatham Islands genocide (peaceful Maori tribe, slaughtered by invading Maori): "We took possession ... in accordance with our custom, and we caught all the people. Not one escaped. Some ran away from us, these we killed; and others also we killed — but what of that? It was in accordance with our custom."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Islands#M.C4...
Having come into work to find a crane having been installed at the building site next door, I am wondering how much the operators get paid?
Google says £11.96 per hour, but is that really it for this type of crane? As I write there is a bloke halfway up the crane's arm, about fourteen stories up. They're better people than me!
Google says £11.96 per hour, but is that really it for this type of crane? As I write there is a bloke halfway up the crane's arm, about fourteen stories up. They're better people than me!
glenrobbo said:
How on Earth did shampoo get its name?
And why would anybody think that rubbing fake s
t into your hair would be beneficial? Unless they are a dog who loves rolling in fox excrement.
Tanks in anticipation,
Tim O'Tay
There's only 2 or 3 active, important ingredients in shampoo, and they are very very cheap. All the rest of it is meaningless perceived-value-add nonsense.And why would anybody think that rubbing fake s
t into your hair would be beneficial? Unless they are a dog who loves rolling in fox excrement. Tanks in anticipation,
Tim O'Tay
You're welcome,
Paddy O'Dors
SpeckledJim said:
There's only 2 or 3 active, important ingredients in shampoo, and they are very very cheap. All the rest of it is meaningless perceived-value-add nonsense.
You're welcome,
Paddy O'Dors
Tanks Paddy, but how did shampoo get its name? You're welcome,
Paddy O'Dors
I shall offer a virtual £1.10 to anybody who can tell us.
Because it's worth it.
glenrobbo said:
Tanks Paddy, but how did shampoo get its name?
I shall offer a virtual £1.10 to anybody who can tell us.
Because it's worth it.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShampooI shall offer a virtual £1.10 to anybody who can tell us.
Because it's worth it.
"The word shampoo entered the English language from India during the colonial era.[1] It dates to 1762, and is derived from Hindi chāmpo (चाँपो [tʃãːpoː]),[2][3] itself derived from the Sanskrit root capayati (चपयति, which means to press, knead, soothe).[4][5] Sake Dean Mahomed is identified as an early promoter of the practice in Britain."
Why do hotels (predominantly the more upscale ones) have telephones in the bathroom next to the toilet ?
Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
fizz47 said:
Why do hotels (predominantly the more upscale ones) have telephones in the bathroom next to the toilet ?
Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
i'll wait for someone else to roll out the tired cliche of americans having poor diets and spending hours having a sNever paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
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