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

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Does adblock plus slow down your browser on Firefox or Chrome? I got it on IE but it's still in testing phase and it really slows everything down and causes pages to fail or glitch out when they load. Just wondering if those are general adblock problems or an adblock for IE problem.
 
Just saw this one:

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Is this shopped or is that friggin' monstrosity real? What the hell, Australia?!
 
Why didn't the rest of the Allies declare war on Russia when it invaded Poland in '39?
Partly because they bought the USSR's propaganda about only entering Poland to keep the Germans from occupying te wole territory, mostly because they had enough trouble fighting Germany. Why pick a fight wot the Soviets as well, when they already had one powerful enemy? Tis is the same reason the Allies did their best not to provoke Japan within reason.

Did the USSR have any plans to invade or otherwise subjugate Eastern Europe before WWII?
There was a loose plan to invade Europe in the event of either a communist uprising or a general conflagration. There was nothing really concret though. Or do you mean after WWII started but before Barbarossa? Because there was definitely a plan to invade German-occupied Europe, though again, there doesn't seem to have been much concrete planning behind it.

Is it likely there still would've been an Eastern Bloc of some sort if WWII hadn't happened?
No, it is very unlikely. The Soviets had already blown attempts at spreading socialism in Europe in Hungary and Spain. Short of the fascist and Nazi dictatorships imploding and communist successor-states springing up in their place - most likely in Italy, Albania and Yugoslavia, I believe - there wasn't really the possibility of an Eastern bloc forming. Stalin might have had a crack at the Baltics and Finland, but it was probably unlikely.
 
Is this shopped or is that friggin' monstrosity real? What the hell, Australia?!
Yes. I don't know if the curtain rod is legit though. That spider's actually on the smaller side for a house spider in Australia. It's friendly and keeps bugs away.
 
Yes. I don't know if the curtain rod is legit though. That spider's actually on the smaller side for a house spider in Australia. It's friendly and keeps bugs away.

ok, the smaller house spiders keep bugs away...what do the larger house spiders do? keep crocs away?
 
ok, the smaller house spiders keep bugs away...what do the larger house spiders do? keep crocs away?
Crocs won't come in your house unless you're dumb enough to leave the door open at night. They can't climb well, so windows are fine. Australia has really big mosquitoes, so we need really big spiders to kill them.
 
Crocs won't come in your house unless you're dumb enough to leave the door open at night.

Is that one of the standard Australian scare-tactics for gullible foreigners?
 
Every time someone mentions drop bears, I keep thinking drop singularity shock troops, from SMAC.

Or koalas that drop from trees to attack people. One of those two.
 
Dude, I'm serious!! They're killer bears that branched off from koalas millenia ago.

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/drop-bears-prefer-travellers-says-study.htm

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“Drop bears do not specifically target human beings, but there have been several cases where bushwalkers have fallen victim to drop bear attacks, resulting in serious lacerations and even death.”

Volker suggests several methods bushwalkers can adopt to defend against potential drop bear attacks. These include wearing forks in the hair, spreading Vegemite behind the ears or under the armpits, and even urinating on oneself, to deter the species.

Further study may raise awareness for the species, which is believed to be in decline.
 
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