The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXIV

[madviking]

what kennigit said, though i find it odd that they reported two insig figs... shouldn't that mean that the 7 is significant? no?

 

[shadowplay]

What does Julian Assange do all day inside the Ecuadorian embassy? Do they have Xbox?

 

[madviking]

freedom

 

[W|M]

 

[Borachio]

Why? Just why?

Spoiler :

That's my question. And please don't say "Because". I realize my question isn't easy to answer, but there's no need to take the p***.

 

[bhsup]

Why? Just why?

Spoiler :

That's my question. And please don't say "Because". I realize my question isn't easy to answer, but there's no need to take the p***.

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[Joecoolyo]

I was going to make that joke but I couldn't put it subtly enough.

I tip my hat to you

 

[Zelig]

If you work for an american company, and you get to expence things such as a taxi ride or a meal, can you expence the tip?

I work in the UK, and frequently have to go to the US to work. I cannot expence tips, so I either end up out of pocket for things that should be covered or I do not leave a tip when it is quite inappropriate to do so. I am interested how it works over their.

I don't work for an American company, but I can expense the greater of 15% or the mandatory minimum gratuity.

If I'm on a work trip, I'd never tip more than I'm able to expense.

 

[Mouthwash]

Why? Just why?

Why not?

Spoken like a true philosophy major, amirite?

 

[Synobun]

For the past two months, every time I eat meat (or something else with protein) with black pepper in/on it, my tongue turns bright red (I have a geographic tongue so this is rather strange) and my lips + inner mouth begins to feel a burn similar to that of really spicy food.

It only happens when it's black pepper merged with protein (nuts, meat) and has only been since August. Is this a developing allergy or what?

(Yes, I've gone to my doctor, his response was "I don't know" and then offered to send me to an expensive specialist in the city)

Edit: It's also worth noting that it doesn't happen with actual peppers. Just black pepper spice.

 

[Arakhor]

Just avoid eating it. I start sweating etc. when eating anything even remotely spicy, so I avoid all "flavoured" foods.

 

[timtofly]

For the past two months, every time I eat meat (or something else with protein) with black pepper in/on it, my tongue turns bright red (I have a geographic tongue so this is rather strange) and my lips + inner mouth begins to feel a burn similar to that of really spicy food.

It only happens when it's black pepper merged with protein (nuts, meat) and has only been since August. Is this a developing allergy or what?

(Yes, I've gone to my doctor, his response was "I don't know" and then offered to send me to an expensive specialist in the city)

Edit: It's also worth noting that it doesn't happen with actual peppers. Just black pepper spice.

Perhaps pepper has mutated a gene, and no one has noticed.

 

[Borachio]

Why not?

Spoken like a true philosophy major, amirite?

It's certainly not an answer. But sadly it's incorrect. And is in fact a question.

The answer to "Why not?" is "Because it is". (Or "isn't", depending how you look at it.)

 

[Mouthwash]

Fine. Ask Plotinus or something, he'd know.

 

[Loppan Torkel]

For the past two months, every time I eat meat (or something else with protein) with black pepper in/on it, my tongue turns bright red (I have a geographic tongue so this is rather strange) and my lips + inner mouth begins to feel a burn similar to that of really spicy food.

It only happens when it's black pepper merged with protein (nuts, meat) and has only been since August. Is this a developing allergy or what?

(Yes, I've gone to my doctor, his response was "I don't know" and then offered to send me to an expensive specialist in the city)

Edit: It's also worth noting that it doesn't happen with actual peppers. Just black pepper spice.

Try changing toothpaste. It's cheaper than seeing a specialist.

 

[Synobun]

Try changing toothpaste. It's cheaper than seeing a specialist.

Why is toothpaste relevant?

 

[Loppan Torkel]

Some can be quite irritating, some are less so. It's just a cheap advice on an internet forum. I'm not trying to replace a specialists opinion or diagnosis.


The reason I happened to view this thread was to ask if anyone had experienced some sort of temporary reluctance to alcohol. During the last two days I've opened two bottles of wine that have been undrinkable. I assumed at first it was the wine, but after the second I had some doubts. Now the third bottle is better. Still, it seems a bit worse than usual.

 

[timtofly]

Have you changed toothpaste recently?

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Have researchers made any attempts or progress in inserting or injecting stem cells into damaged parts of an existing brain in order to help repair it?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Have researchers made any attempts or progress in inserting or injecting stem cells into damaged parts of an existing brain in order to help repair it?

I don't know. But according to an article I read, all of the research that is going into printing meat cells to make food products with has a lot of crossover with medical research and vice-versa. So I'd say probably yes.