The thread of learning something new every day

[Bones]

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@booboo but are they real?

What about Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?

I mean being diagnosed for something, with that condition that is the very essence of your fear? ie that is a fear of long words!

Some very interesting ones!

The Phobia List

I bet my one isnt there
I am scared of being in the middle of a dental visit in an earthquake.... just wandering outside to a devatsted city with all that stuff in your mouth and the injection wearing off....

@canefan surely you can arrange this?

[canefan]

@Bones We'll just flag the anaesthetic...

[Tim]

[dogmeat]

Way too optimistic rising to a peak - needs to be a down arrow

[dogmeat]

Alabama has to be a contender

[Tim]

@Tim said in The thread of learning something new every day:

A friend of mine quipped: "Not many municipalities putting out industrial 12"s these days."

[booboo]

I've learned that nobody has learned anything for 311 days ... and then we learn 4 things in one day (5 if you count what I learned)

[NTA]

@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:

I've learned that nobody has learned anything for 311 days ... and then we learn 4 things in one day (5 if you count what I learned)

[Tim]

[NTA]

Here you go fuckers - the profile of different types of batteries: and why lithium ain't lithium!

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_lithium_ion

Its a good explainer for understanding the difference between laptop, car, and domestic energy units.

[Bones]

@nta It lost me at "discharge".

[dogmeat]

It lost me at batteryuniversity.com I mean FFS

Fucken hippies

[NTA]

@dogmeat lithium is going to power your robotic dementia carer one day, so be a little less harsh

[dogmeat]

After a decade and a half on here I figure I'm well prepared for the onset of dementia

My old man died from Parkinsons. I used to ask him when it got him down which he'd rather - spill half his beer or forget where he'd put it.

The Fern is analogous to both those options

[canefan]

https://stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/97659599/are-dr-seuss-books-racist

OMG I can't believe I didn't see that Dr Seuss was a dirty racist

[booboo]

@canefan said in The thread of learning something new every day:

https://stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/97659599/are-dr-seuss-books-racist

OMG I can't believe I didn't see that Dr Seuss was a dirty racist

You obvioisly avoid the politics threads ...

[Kruse]

@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@canefan said in The thread of learning something new every day:

https://stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/97659599/are-dr-seuss-books-racist

OMG I can't believe I didn't see that Dr Seuss was a dirty racist

You obvioisly avoid the politics threads ...

Doesn't everybody?

[Tim]

In 1973, I invented a ‘girly drink’ called Baileys

[dogmeat]

@Tim Enjoyed that thanks

Reminds me of the story of Mateus Rose which at its peak accounted for 40% of Portugal's wine production and is totally a marketing exercise.

Distinctive wine bottle is a copy of a Portuguese soldiers water bottle and the Mateus "estate" on the label, although a real place (I've been there) has never had anything to do with the wine

[Stockcar86]

A 6 part blog series about Leonetto Cappiello (links to other parts on right side of page) - he produced many iconic posters in a style that is instantly recognizable

Leonetto Cappiello - part 1

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