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OPTION A 1. put in chocolate milk powder 2. put in milk 3. stir PRO: delicious chocolate sludge at the bottom allows you to finish the glass with a flourish CON: The rest of the glass (above the bottom) will be less chocolatey for a given quantity of powder used. OPTION B 1. put in...

1. What are your thoughts on sno-cones? 2. What are your favorite flavors of sno-cones? 3. What are some flavors of sno-cones that you had and didn't like very much? 4. What are some flavors of sno-cones that you've seen around and always meant to try but then every time you go to the...

I'm gonna have to read from a computer screen a lot, which I traditionally dislike because it is tough on my eyes. If I buy a new laptop, would screen resolution be the stat to look for for determining what sort of computer would be easiest on the eyes? I'm looking for a windows laptop.

In two cases: A) When raised humanely B) When raised how they are raised in nearly all meat production processes (i.e. involving lots of pain to the animal) ASSUME I'M TALKING ABOUT KILLING ANIMALS FOR MEAT FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD BECOME VEGETARIANS EASILY (with respect to availability etc., not...

Some folks think that the following aptly characterizes the incentive structure for people who make and manage investments in finance and banking: Based on how their pay structure, they are incentivized to make a bunch of small gains while accumulating systemic risk, downplaying its...

What are some foods that are "gross" by some common criteria of grossness that you enjoy? I'm thinking more along the lines of like "trash" food, rather than "fine" food that might seem kinda gross to some people, like foie gras. Like me, for example, I like those sausages that are...

HERE'S A HYPOTHETICAL Suppose that there was some drug that you were physically addicted to. Suppose it makes you 15% smarter or more productive or some other similar positive thing. Nothing earth-shattering, just a modest but significant positive effect on your life. Would you take it...

Post your judgments of who constituted the apotheosis of the epoch of classical music that they were in: Pre-Baroque: Monteverdi Baroque: Bach Classical: Beethoven Romantic: Wagner Modern: Can't say, since we're still in that one (sadly, because its such a bad epoch) Incidentally, 3/4 of these...

Its an indisputable fact (though of course some people will predictably dispute it!) that American public universities are the best public universities in the world, taken as a whole. Why?

I'm going to discuss this in terms of classical music, but you're free to make your favorite vs greatest list for any other art, musical or otherwise. Does your top 5 favorite list with respect to some art differ from your judgment of the top 5 greatest list with respect to that art? It does...

here snippet: Liberal conspiracy? True facts? Standard economic forecasting, thus having the same epistemic status as a magic 8 ball?

Everyone knows Bach is, by a pretty hefty margin, the greatest composer ever. But the battle for #2 and #3 between Mozart and Beethoven is pretty close, IMO. Who do you pick and why?

What if you could have only one type of cuisine (e.g. Italian, French, etc.) forever? Which would you choose? I feel like this thread MIGHT have been done before, but its long enough ago that I'm sure this one is fine. The top 5 for me: #5 Indian: A much more wide variety than most people...

There are some famous cases (perhaps legendary in most cases) in American history of blues guys getting pardoned from execution because they are such great musicians. Leadbelly is perhaps a famous purported case. Well, Lil Boosie is getting charged with 1st degree murder, and some drug...

Is there a correct name for the sport Fifa calls "association football", regardless of linguistic context? Or is it like nearly every other word on the planet, in the sense that the correct word for it depends on the langage and context of the speaker (so the correct word in American English...

The undisputed greatest composer ever (by those in the know), Bach, is a German. The two next greatest composers, Mozart and Beethoven, are both German. Filling in the rest of the top 20 or so, you'd be filling out far more German names than any other, even if different people will put...

So, the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform killed 11 people and injured 19 others. It also caused this ginormous and growing environmental disaster with the oil spill. Here are two hypotheticals, answer them! Be sure to read up and make sure you have a clue how to answer...

So I know this guy, lets call him Sixty Q Sixtyson. He lives in a hot humid swamp, and he's turning into a complete lunatic about bugs. He not only wages war on them perpetually, but he's starting to feel phantom bugs on his skin that aren't really there. Last night, he thought he saw a bug...

Probably the most heroic defense of free speech in the history of art & literature. Certainly one of the only good political songs in history, most are just whiny and annoying: nEH_ms8d1ws Make sure you listen to that whole song, there is a Lincoln-esque monologue at the end worthy of close...

Choice 1: Oil & Geographical Location. A lot of people think these are the main reason for wars in the middle east, former colonial presence and current client states, etc. Choice 2: Religion. Lots of crazy religions are pretty important there, most obviously Judaism, various Muslim...