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

[West 36]

Make your way to the Capitol City Brewing Company that's across the street from Union Station, and consume great food and drink. And dream about me and Dachs and Nano being unable to come because of such short notice.

That is, if you can get here at all. Two more snow storms predicted for this week. El Nino is keeping its pimp hand strong.

**** and I would be able to go too if I weren't stuck out in Loudoun County

Dudes we can share the space and moment, just separated by several thousand other moments!

It's basically a minimalist style of facebook.

140 char limit is ... probably about the length of this post and no more. Pretty limiting.

Quite. But it must be great for those with an attention disorder and lazy people, so I can see the appeal.

 

[Brighteye]

My favouritest thing to do ever in Washington is to pop into the Capitol building and watch the house of representatives.
I like the way that I can turn up on the day and do it, but a US citizen has to book ahead of time to watch his own government.

 

[Yared]

Is there scientific evidence that atheists exist? Also if there is can you give me ten different sources to confirm it? Thanks in advance

http://www.atheists.org/
http://www.atheist-community.org/
http://www.4atheists.com/
http://www.atheistactivist.org/

Too lazy to find more

Scientific Evidence? You mean like demographics?

 

[Mad Man]

http://www.atheists.org/
http://www.atheist-community.org/
http://www.4atheists.com/
http://www.atheistactivist.org/

Too lazy to find more

Scientific Evidence? You mean like demographics?

I'm looking for cold hard facts that prove or disprove the existence of atheists. You see if we can't take someones word for it that a god or gods exists why should we take someones word that atheists exist?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Well, in the narrowest sense I cannot be sure that other people exist, let alone atheists.

However, I find I get the best results when I act as though atheists exist rather than as though they don't.

 

[Yared]

Well, does interviewing 10 people and asking them questions that prove they have no religious belief or affiliations count?

 

[Mad Man]

No, because they could be joking or out right lying about there beliefs. I need strong physical evidence they actually exist.

 

[say1988]

I'm looking for cold hard facts that prove or disprove the existence of atheists. You see if we can't take someones word for it that a god or gods exists why should we take someones word that atheists exist?

Is this an attempt to show that people asking for proof of religion are stupid or something?

If it is, your question is wrong.
It isn't do theistic people exist, but are they right.

 

[Yared]

No, because they could be joking or out right lying about there beliefs. I need strong physical evidence they actually exist.

If you're going to go by this logic, we can't be sure anyone is of any religious belief at all. There is no "physical evidence" to be gathered. Technically speaking, a person could be going to church every Sunday, do all his prayers, etc and still not be a Christian since we can't be sure he's actually being hones.

 

[Virote_Considon]

Can you, Mad Man, prove - with 10 actual sources - that theists exist, and aren't just people lying that they believe in God?

 

[Karalysia]

How does one go about finding blood in their stool? What characteristic would this blood have? Would it be bright red? What would cause this?

 

[say1988]

It literally looks like blood in your stool. Same colour as normal blood, though depending on where the bleed is it can look darker. From what I know, it should be pretty obvious

There are many things that can cause it (anything possibly causing a bleed in your GI tract.. The most common would likely be E coli poisoning.

 

[Karalysia]

Is it something that can be walked off or does it need to get checked out?

 

[Yared]

If it's black it's from the upper parts of the digestive system. Apparently it drags iron with it as it goes down, giving it a dark look.

Try taking a big dump and flushing the toilet. If you see the water being reddish or some poop giving off red liquid it's most likely blood.

 

[Karalysia]

what if there are bright reddish portions on the matter itself but not in the water or toilet paper? Could it simply be something like...say red sour worms?

 

[say1988]

I know some foods can change the colour of your excrement, but unless you have a good idea what it is and it doesn't clear up quickly you may want to get it checked.

It would be strange if that was the only symptom, though.

 

[bombshoo]

Blood in your stool can mean a cut in your colon which in turn means that excrement could be leaking into other portions of the body just as blood is leaking into it. For obvious reasons that is not a good thing and should be checked out immediately.

Fortunately, if this has been going on for a little bit and you don't feel like complete crap already (no pun intended) this is probably not the case. If you ate some metal or something sharp for whatever reason however, that does make it even more likely. Regardless of any of this, get it checked out man. You're probably fine but always better to be safe.

 

[Karalysia]

No healthcare beyond limited stuff the college provides. Will walk it off.

 

[holy king]

could be colon cancer.

or nothing at all.

 

[Yared]

If it's black it's from the upper parts of the digestive system. Apparently it drags iron with it as it goes down, giving it a dark look.

Try taking a big dump and flushing the toilet. If you see the water being reddish or some poop giving off red liquid it's most likely blood.