The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Houston blasts so many hours of news Jeopardy now plays at 11:30.
"Are you sure this is really important science to spend time studying?"
"Dude..I haven't gotten laid in 3 years. This is bound to work!"
"You son of a bitch...I'm in."
"Dude..I haven't gotten laid in 3 years. This is bound to work!"
"You son of a bitch...I'm in."
figmentPez
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I'm guessing the study was also out to figure out "Why?" or at least set up for a later study to figure that out.
figmentPez
Staff member
I'm guessing that it's more complicated than that. Otherwise a good scare would be even more effective than an orgasm.
There's erectile tissue in the nasal passages that expands at various points during the day (I think this is move mucous about, but I'm not sure). I'm guessing that some of the chemicals involved in regulating blood flow to this tissue are the same, or similar, to those involved in sexual organs, and that orgasm sends out a lot the chemicals that stop those tissues from retaining blood.
Not me.
Interestingly, Viagra has the opposite effect.
Nasal obstruction as a common side-effect of sildenafil citrate - PubMed
Sildenafil citrate is an effective oral drug for erectile dysfunction. The main action of sildenafil is the enhancement of the effect of nitric oxide (NO) by inhibiting the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5), an enzyme responsible for degradation of cGMP...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Good news: Combined a sweet Best Buy offer (gift card that got me a free phone case and screen protector) with a cell provider offer (credit for several months to make new phone free for a while).
Silly news: my new phone came with free headphones. I thought that meant standard Apple wired ear buds. I offered them to our son. They kept asking if I was sure. Our son has a really nice new set of noise canceling Beats lol.
Silly news: my new phone came with free headphones. I thought that meant standard Apple wired ear buds. I offered them to our son. They kept asking if I was sure. Our son has a really nice new set of noise canceling Beats lol.
I still don't think water is wet.
But water sticks to water very well.
I think my argument is along the lines of: liquid in general can't be wet, wetness is a quality of a solid having liquid. A table can be wet, a towel can be wet. Water, oil, etc can't be wet whether or not it sticks to water or other liquids. I might even argue that a gas can be wet, like humid air, but I'd have to think about it.
Just playing devil's advocate.
Wetness is a property that can be transferred. So, for example, if I touched a table that had water on it, and then someone asked me why I had water on my hand, I could say, "I touched something wet."
If I touched water itself, the same thing would happen. I would have water on my hand. If someone asked me now why I had water on my hand, could I still say, "I touched something wet"?
Nope, just a crazily twisted pork rind lol. I was surprised too. I havent eaten it, i was thinking i should put it on ebay like that jesus potato chip
If you reword it to, "I touched something that wet my hand" then yes. Although at that point you could conceivably be talking about a frog.
--Patrick
This is a tamer post than I have come to expect from you.
I saw that shape and my first thoughts were 'Fra-Gi-Lay' and 'major prize'.
Not much jalapenos around in this household, it seems.
I'm sure it's true for some people. Being alone in your car and happily driving home stress-free exists as a concept.
For those of us for who it was "set in traffic jams screaming murder at all those idiots around you" or "run jump levitate and push old ladies down the stairs in order to only just barely miss your connecting train" commutes didn't always quite work like that :-D
For those of us for who it was "set in traffic jams screaming murder at all those idiots around you" or "run jump levitate and push old ladies down the stairs in order to only just barely miss your connecting train" commutes didn't always quite work like that :-D
No, you touched something wet, which put water on your hand, so your hand is wet. When you touch water, you get wet because you touched water. Sure there was an intermediary in the first case, but what makes you wet is the water, not whether or not the thing you touched is wet.
I 100% used the train ride home to wind down. It was an hour where I could stand, or if I'm really lucky sit, read and listen to music and didn't have to do or think about anything. Now, because I don't have that solid disconnect of time, it's much harder to delineate what feels like work time and playtime. Especially since much of my playtime, I'm sitting now in the same desk, at the same spot, I just worked at all day.
I also had a super easy commute though of just 1 train if I waited for it to come so no switching needed though.
I also had a super easy commute though of just 1 train if I waited for it to come so no switching needed though.
I liked the commute into work. Wake up, feel the morning air. But after work, man, I was ready to be home immediately. Get dinner on, open some wine.
Overall though, I do miss being somewhere else. Never being 'not at work' sucks.
Overall though, I do miss being somewhere else. Never being 'not at work' sucks.
The above is literally the only downside I have to working at home. I will never not again if I'm at all able.
I somehow feel both of these at once.
Dave
Staff member
I feel this one in my bones. I never want to leave home, but when you work in an office environment on a small collaborative team, everyone working remotely removes a vital component. Plus, I'm a very social guy and love being around people. This pandemic has been hard on intelligent extroverts. Stupid extroverts are fine since they've just gone about their business anyway and infected the fucking world.