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Current Events   »   They got Hollywood Jeff
Michael_Booth
04/25/2024
04:16 PM
#15
Kaldrenthebold posted...

Don't mention that word, it's now forbidden upon this site.

Current Events   »   Mesoamerican societies didn't have cheese.
Michael_Booth
04/25/2024
04:01 PM
#17
FL81 posted...
interesting that Vichy France has higher lactose intolerance than the rest of Europe

I'm unsure why that is... But if you really want interesting, you want Mongolia is 95% lactose intolerant, and yet their main diet relies on dairy:
https://www.popsci.com/story/science/lactose-intolerance-microbiome/

Also, kinda sad that despite being more cosmopolitan, we as a species are eating food that is becoming more and more similar over time, and that 500 years ago, going to another town would have had you eating food that micorbially was significantly more different than eating in New York, then Tokyo today.
Current Events   »   Mesoamerican societies didn't have cheese.
Michael_Booth
04/25/2024
03:08 PM
#13
They probably couldn't have eaten it, anyway.
They had no diary products, so were even more lactose intolerant than they are today (unfortunately only got some of Mesoamerica, but it's still pretty high):

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/89db1eee.jpg
Current Events   »   Which of these fantasy worlds would you rather live in?i
Michael_Booth
04/25/2024
02:52 PM
#12
There's an additional problem with some if not all of these worlds, are we to go them as normal humans?
Some of them would be fine, like Westeros (even though the world itself is craptastic... although the feats they have with swordsmanship mean some of their characters are bermensch), but some of the D&D worlds you'd be killed pretty quickly as a squishy normal human.
Current Events   »   It sad that peepo have to resort to this act because they're so hungry
Michael_Booth
04/25/2024
12:06 PM
#12
This is older than a year old:
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/10zqshz/american_capitalism/

Here's the picture:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ed676bd1.jpg

Current Events   »   Why do several people here act as though they have no flaws?
Michael_Booth
04/25/2024
11:57 AM
#11
It's because to admit to the flaws, would make them merely "good" rather than perfect, and in their socio-political sphere, good is the enemy of perfect.
Current Events   »   I can't wrap my head around people who can't swim.
Michael_Booth
04/25/2024
11:23 AM
#22
specialkid8 posted...
Apparently it's not a natural instinct. Humans are not designed for swimming and have never had a major interest in it until very recently. The majority of the world can't actually swim. It's just so ubiquitous in the first world that we don't think about a lot of people not having access to places where they could even learn.

Okay, a question:
How long is "very recently"?
Because the The Bajau people, often referred to as Sea Nomads, have lived an entirely marine-dependent existence, traveling the Southeast Asian seas on houseboats for over 1,000 years.

Also, the Bajau have genetic differences leading to diving-related phenotypes, specifically an enlarged spleen caused by a mutation on the PDE10A gene.
Current Events   »   what is your strangest hobby?
Michael_Booth
04/25/2024
07:36 AM
#54
My strangest hobby is probably collecting toilet paper, it all started during Covid, but I'm up to almost one room full, just in-case. I never want to go without Toilet Paper, again.
Current Events   »   Almost all of my colleagues here in Japan are female >_>
Michael_Booth
04/16/2024
08:05 AM
#5
SpiritSephiroth posted...
Yup, first year to get my foot in the door over here. Then I'll use my other qualifications to get a good job.

What job are you looking to do? Don't become Bruce.
Current Events   »   PSA for CE: If she isn't a Who from Whoville, I'm not giving her my phone number
Michael_Booth
04/12/2024
04:21 AM
#8
electricbugs2 posted...
Mikaila Delgado, lead singer for Yours Truly.

Thanks.

Reverse image search wasn't working, but it's definitely been "tweaked" to be crap now. Used to be a lot better.
Current Events   »   PSA for CE: If she isn't a Who from Whoville, I'm not giving her my phone number
Michael_Booth
04/12/2024
03:30 AM
#6
electricbugs2 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/04444a97.jpg


Who's this?

Current Events   »   'Trumpism is emptying churches' - Bloomberg Op-Ed
Michael_Booth
04/08/2024
08:05 AM
#3
Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.
Garrison Keillor
Current Events   »   Racist mfs side with the racist X-Men villain cuz of course they do
Michael_Booth
03/23/2024
07:38 PM
#242
There needs to be safeguards, a list perhaps of the dangerous individuals who can destroy the planet in 10 seconds after having a bad day.
Not all mutants -- I don't care about "Kat Fluffins the 3rd" who can turn into a giant fucking bunny rabbit, and loves raw carrots. Let them do Children's parties for all I care.

I do care about the one who can destroy a country in 5 seconds, I want a damn list...
Or do you believe that humans should be able to buy Nuclear warheads totally anonymously? Because some mutants can make Nukes look like firecrackers.
Current Events   »   Post things you remember from back in the day.
Michael_Booth
03/23/2024
03:33 PM
#52
Games not having aggressive monetary practices.
Current Events   »   Less People Have Been Using Twitter and TikTok
Michael_Booth
03/23/2024
03:14 PM
#23
Twitter and TikTok are too crowded, no one uses them anymore.
Current Events   »   Great games that should have gotten a sequel but didn't
Michael_Booth
03/22/2024
04:36 PM
#87
Phantasy Star 4...

PSO was great, but it was no Phantasy Star 4 sequel.
Current Events   »   Trump says ''What da hell do you have to lose?''
Michael_Booth
03/19/2024
12:16 AM
#39
Isn't this basically a re-treat of Putin's campaign which was "<< , ?>>", "If not Putin, then who?" -- which has been Putin's campaign motto since at least 2015....

Which was pretty successful, but that might be because as the US says the Russia vote is neither free nor fair.
(Although to me, any country with a two-party system shouldn't really comment about the "Freeness" of other countries elections...)
Current Events   »   Patreon bans incest unless it's Game of Thrones.
Michael_Booth
03/16/2024
09:39 AM
#15
uwnim posted...
If you have a work of fiction and it happens to have incest, that is fine.
Creating a work where incest is the point is not.

Ancient Egypt doesn't deserve to be fictionalized, anyway.
Current Events   »   Walking Corpse Syndrome
Michael_Booth
03/16/2024
06:29 AM
#12
If you think that's wild, there's certain Mental Health illnesses that ONLY occur in certain cultures (No, not like certain physical illnesses that are rare in certain populations).
Which suggests... that Mental Health is perhaps quite... more constructed, than more traditional medicine.
Current Events   »   We played out first session of my second Vampire The Masquerade TPRPG. AMA
Michael_Booth
03/02/2024
10:37 PM
#8
Did you drink any Pig's Blood?
I've got some great recipes for Pig's Blood that tastes delicious -- and are very in-keeping with the Vampire aesthetic.
Current Events   »   what are peoples opinion on moistcr1tikal
Michael_Booth
03/02/2024
10:22 PM
#20
A man that is so on the fence on most issues, I think he doesn't even remember what side he's actually on.
Current Events   »   Is there like a supreme kai version of a sausage egg breakfast sandwich?
Michael_Booth
03/02/2024
10:18 PM
#5
A Croque Madame:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9327fb5b.jpg
Current Events   »   My son just got back from school, and I found out they taught him Arabic numbers
Michael_Booth
03/02/2024
10:15 AM
#5
I'm afraid your joke doesn't really work, as Western numerals are actually called "Hindu-Arabic numerals", as the symbols were actually invented by Indian mathematicians (and the country at the time was called Hindustan by other regions) in the 3rd-4th century, they were only later "adopted" by Arabic mathematicians in the 9th century.

They differentiate from Eastern Arabic numerals, which are commonly used today in the Middle East:
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Current Events   »   The economy is great, actually!
Michael_Booth
03/01/2024
10:52 PM
#18
My father could support a family of four comfortably, on his unskilled labor job, with two vacations a year.
If the economy is so great, why can't I?

Neither party seems to want a return to those times.
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