Hegar

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Hegar,

If there's a bad pleistocene joke, I haven't heard it.

Hegar,

No idea. It's the style she appreciates. Ironically, she finds it very innocent.

Hegar,

says “Fake News” to anything I don’t like,

Sorry if that seemed to be my intention. As I mentioned, all bodies are different and if you say that happens to you I'm perfectly willing to believe it.

However, there is also a common misunderstanding about this which seems relevant to mention.

the initial science seems to be there.

It is not.

"I've heard that you shouldn't drink milk when you have a cold because it increases phlegm. Is this true?
Answer From Julie Baughn, M.D.
No. Drinking milk does not cause the body to make phlegm." - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/expert-answers/phlegm/faq-20058015

The no doubt reputable "livelovefruit.com" claims "Milk and Mucus: Why Dairy is The Major Cause of Your Phlegm, Mucus and Congestion Issues" and then spends several paragraphs railing against diary industry science before citing some tangential studies.

"Milk and dairy product intake was not associated with an increase in upper or lower respiratory tract symptoms of congestion or nasal secretion weight." - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2154152/

"Excessive milk consumption has a long association with increased respiratory tract mucus production and asthma. Such an association cannot be explained using a conventional allergic paradigm and there is limited medical evidence showing causality. " - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19932941/

Hegar,

I would never claim to know what your body does but FYI there is a popular misconception that diary promotes snot. The idea is based on the magical principle that like attracts like, there's no evidence for it.

Hegar,

Omfg EV was so good, I'd forgotten all about those games!

I downloaded some freeware 3d rendering software to make ships for mods, learned what sprites were, and spent so much time using resedit.

Damn that was a great series of games.

Hegar,

The IDF has already killed many many times more civilians, using many more missiles over many weeks, than Hamas has in a single major attack.

Despite that, this the cartoon depicts 3 panels of 3 missiles each from Hamas compared 1 panel of 1 missile from the IDF.

Given that overwhelming and disproportionate response has been Israeli policy for as long as I've been alive, it's fair to say that this comic deliberately misrepresents reality

Hegar, (edited )

Omfg I hate trackballs so much. They make my thumb periodically spasm.

I used to play Unreal Tournament with my housemate and hear him laugh as I suddenly started spinning wildly and he got a free kill.

Hegar,

I didn't, I stopped using one after it started making my thumb spasm.

Hegar,

Multuple lecturers had it on the outside of their door at my uni.

Hegar,

Then you might be excited to hear that there is at least one skeleton inside your body for your whole life.

I don't get to try another? 😮‍💨

Hegar,

I appreciated this comment and the interrobang, thank you.

Hegar,

Meh, ghosts aren't real and meat is gross. Skeletons are pretty cool though.

Hegar, (edited )

What happened to the First temple?

The neo-babylonians sacked Jerusalem, among many other cities and temples. Temples are where much of the wealth and power was kept, sacking the first temple had little to do with the potency of their specific religion. At that time the religion was just the normal Canaanite pantheon.

Judaism as we think of it, with the covenant between the special people and a single all powerful god - that only begins after the first temple is destroyed and Judah is largely depopulated, around the 500-200BCE time period.

What happened to the 2nd (actually 3rd) temple

The Romans destroyed it 70CE. ~600 years between major sacks of your city shows it's not that important.

Don’t forget, Crusades anyone?

Yes, during the medieval period Jerusalem finally starts to become an important goal of religious conflict - 2-2.5 thousand years later than the building of the temple of Solomon

Hegar,

So glad someone beat me to this comment.

"It's just a centuries old intractible conflict", says imperialist culture which drew the borders on purpose to destabilize the region.

Hegar, (edited )

That area, because of so many religions centered on it and/or the power it holds, has been fought over since Solomon’s Temple.

Nope! Solomon's temple was built 1000-600 BCE. From then till christianity took over it's mostly been a backwater, or buffer zone.

It only seems important because we have writing from people who lived there (the Torah, etc.) saying how important it was (to them), then that writing got the official stamp of truth when the Roman empire took over Christianity.

To the extent it was fought over, it was mostly because it was between much more important areas - the Egyptians and other powers like the Hittites, Babylonians or Assyrians.

Even then the neo-babylonians for example seem to have left the region largely depopulated - it's not like they actually wanted it for any reason

Hegar,

Idaho and Montana I understand - no one one from the Midwest or PNW will claim either, but culturally Midwest is closer.

Hegar,

isn’t all Indian food overspiced

Nope. So much nope that I'm curious if maybe you understand over spiced to mean something different.

Hegar,

That's great! I overheard a Scottish couple talking about how Japanese "my sore toe" sounds. With their accents it was a lot like masato, which does seem to be a japanese name.

Hegar,

Yeah, it's not bad. The bit where Tucker is pretending to be Chinese isn't nearly as awkward as I'd remembered and the fight scene with all the throwing vases and arguing about which dynasty each one is from is pretty funny.

Hegar,

/r/cryptocurrency became noticeably gamed by actors attempting to maximize their financial gains.

I can't tell if that's life imitating art or vice versa but it made me giggle!

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