The questions-not-worth-their-own-question-thread III

[silver 2039]

What exactly are fraternities? Excuses for guys to get together and drink right?

 

[salty mud]

As far as I can see, a fraternity is an excuse for a group of guys to behave in an extremely homosexual manner and not appear 'odd.'

Ok... when dealing with a... 'potential interest,' and it feels 'right' but at the same time sort of doesn't, does it mean it is right or not?

I can ask these questions here but I know for a reason I'm not happy to divulge in public that I don't have a chance. If you are genuinly interested, I will discuss further via PMs.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

What exactly are fraternities? Excuses for guys to get together and drink right?

Pretty much yeah. Except they do it under the guise of an organization for public service, promoting brotherhood, and all that crapola. Something tells me you wouldn't enjoy being a frat brother though silver.

 

[Cutlass]

Could this be in any way connected with the awful level of fatalities on US roads? A far tougher test in the UK and far lower levels of fatalities, including per mile driven. The Fins seem to have a completely insane test.

In the US they've only begun to actually require someone learn to drive before getting a license in the past few years. And they still are not particularly serious about it. For us, learning to drive is primarily done OJT. That's largely why young people in the US have so many accidents. But it's not the whole story.






What year did DVDs finish off VHS in terms of sales and rentals? I don't mean when they started to sell, I mean when VHS stopped selling and renting.

 

[holy king]

What exactly are fraternities? Excuses for guys to get together and drink right?

i dont know about the usa, but here they also are kind of a cartel. the members will give each other jobs and political positions.
also they are right wing and in some cases outright fascist (fraternities like "germania"). hence the political positions in the conservative or far right party.

the second characteristicum definitely does not apply to the usa though.

 

[MobBoss]

As far as I can see, a fraternity is an excuse for a group of guys to behave in an extremely homosexual manner and not appear 'odd.'

Huh? I was a member of a frat for awhile, and have partied with a bunch...I never say any behavior that I would quantify as 'extremely homosexual'. Quite the opposite in fact...

 

[Loki130]

at what exact point does a plant go from living to dead?

 

[Bigfoot3814]

at what exact point does a plant go from living to dead?

Are you worried about the plant's right to life or something?

 

[Mirc]

I thought we didn't even have a really exact point for a human either... I'm not sure we know an answer to that question yet.

 

[Loki130]

well i'm wondering from a biological point of view; does it die all at once, or gradually in individual cells or groups?
and dont worry, my plants are fine

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

well i'm wondering from a biological point of view; does it die all at once, or gradually in individual cells or groups?
and dont worry, my plants are fine

Well, yeah. Even in humans cells don't die all at once during death. Some cells keep ticking long after most of the body's dead.

 

[Loki130]

yes, but theres a definite point, such as the heart or the brain stopping, where the body is pretty much gone. Is there anything similar in plants?

to put it another way, at what point does the organism stop functioning as an overall organism?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

yes, but theres a definite point, such as the heart or the brain stopping, where the body is pretty much gone. Is there anything similar in plants?

to put it another way, at what point does the organism stop functioning as an overall organism?

I'd suppose the complete and irreversible failure of one or more bodily systems counts.

 

[Globex]

What would be the effect of remaining in close contact with a extremely powerful magnet for an extended period of time?

 

[lndm]

Yeah, I finished my driving test in about 15 minutes. I backed into a garbage can while parallel parking, but I still passed! I dont know how many "points" off that is.

Lucky! Where I'm from, any collision automatically terminates the test.

at what exact point does a plant go from living to dead?

I guess you could draw a line where the tree has partially died to the point that it is no longer able to support itself, and total death is inevitable. I would also say this where it has dehydrated to that point where enough leaves and branches are useless to that same point.

 

[Annex]

Well it was garbage day, and we were parking next to a bunch of garbage cans. Maybe the overwhelmingly rotten stench clouded his judgment!

 

[jeps]

anyways, why do people continue to use the terms "left" and "right" for politics?

everyone knows the correct terms are "wrong" and "right"

but seriously, people argue left and right, as nouns, yet they are merely adjectives. (more right than me = right, more left than me = left)

 

[Globex]

Why does my computer keep freezing up whenever I try to watch annotated videos on youtube?

 

[Japanrocks12]

What the hell is Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus even about? And I don't want the quiz bowl definition (language and reality linkages, limitations of science, all that jazz), I mean: what is he actually saying?

whereof one cannot speak, one must pass over in silence

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Is it better to take ibuprofen on an empty or full stomach? (I've never took it before, although doctor said it was safe for really bad headaches which I have right now.)