The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread 36

[Cutlass]

Been binging on Batman recently. And a question comes to me, a lot of the Batman story line is subject to change without notice. But a few things remain constant. One of them being that Alfred is always there, always loyal, and never just gives up and goes away. Although how he got there and why he stays and why Batman's parents trusted him to be Bruce's guardian is less clear.

So my question is this: To what extent does or did the loyal-to-the-death inter-generational family retainer like Alfred ever exist in the real world?

 

[Takhisis]

It's definitely a real thing.
I could point out that Tokugawa Ieyasu followed his master Toyotomi Hideyoshi who followed their master Oda Nobunaga, or that Salah-ed-Din being the true follower of Nur-ed-Din Zengi rather than his actual sons, but I suspect you're not looking for that kind of answer.

It has happened and still does, occasionally. Of course, institutionalised treachery (e.g. the Turkish ‘atabegs’ i.e. guardians outliving their underaged charges) is also a thing.

But, haven't you ever seen anybody at our social level helping somebody else because they owe a debt or promise to somebody else who is now dead?
Godparents, compadres, and the like?

 

[Cutlass]

It's definitely a real thing.
I could point out that Tokugawa Ieyasu followed his master Toyotomi Hideyoshi who followed their master Oda Nobunaga, or that Salah-ed-Din being the true follower of Nur-ed-Din Zengi rather than his actual sons, but I suspect you're not looking for that kind of answer.

It has happened and still does, occasionally. Of course, institutionalised treachery (e.g. the Turkish ‘atabegs’ i.e. guardians outliving their underaged charges) is also a thing.

But, haven't you ever seen anybody at our social level helping somebody else because they owe a debt or promise to somebody else who is now dead?
Godparents, compadres, and the like?

But in the British or European tradition?

 

[Zkribbler]

Anyone want to buy Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's honeymoon estate?

https://www.mansionglobal.com/artic...5&utm_term=CNN+Edition+(Turner+International)

 

[rah]

I was looking for a little cottage in the country to retire to

 

[Arakhor]

By the standards of Hampton Court Palace, that is a little cottage in the country.

 

[rah]

I was actually surprised at how affordable it was. I'm sure the upkeep would make it not as much. So country cottage for me. *sigh*

 

[civvver]

Any of you guys on low carb or no carb diets like keto? I didn't want to restrict my food quantity intake so I just cut carbs instead. I think starting wednesday morning I've only eaten like 60g of carbs, and only 12 or so yesterday when I had some roasted carrots with dinner. Today some guys wanted to go to a sushi buffet and it was all rolls so a lot of rice. An hour later I feel super sluggish. I think it's the carbs. I was already eating plenty, I had probably an 8 ounce salmon filet for dinner with a tablespoon of herb butter, and a cup of roasted carrots and a cup of roasted asparagus with olive oil, I eat four eggs with butter in the morning, so I am not lacking for calories. But without the carbs my body feels a lot more even, no super highs like after eating candy but no tired feeling after meals.

 

[Takhisis]

I eat four eggs with butter in the morning

you what

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Anyone want to buy Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's honeymoon estate?

Considering how that marriage turned out, no.

 

[Birdjaguar]

By the standards of Hampton Court Palace, that is a little cottage in the country.

From the listing, it is the gatehouse of the old estate that has collapsed into ruin.

 

[Kyriakos]

When will the final season of got begin?

 

[MaryKB]

When will the final season of got begin?

I heard April 7th

 

[civvver]

you what

What is your question? I put a tablespoon of butter in a pan to coat it but not melt all the way, add four eggs and either fry or scramble them in the butter. Add salt and pepper. Delicious.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Here's a random question: What would happen if someone with an autoimmune disorder developed AIDS? Would the autoimmune disorder lessen in severity?

 

[civvver]

You mean if someone with like chrones got aids would it lessen their flareups? That is a weird thought. Probably not.

 

[Kyriakos]

What is your question? I put a tablespoon of butter in a pan to coat it but not melt all the way, add four eggs and either fry or scramble them in the butter. Add salt and pepper. Delicious.

Hopefully the soda is diet coke, not regular

 

[Cutlass]

Here's a random question: What would happen if someone with an autoimmune disorder developed AIDS? Would the autoimmune disorder lessen in severity?

Probably the opposite. That person would probably be in extremely serious medical distress.

 

[The_J]

Here's a random question: What would happen if someone with an autoimmune disorder developed AIDS? Would the autoimmune disorder lessen in severity?

Probably as Cutlass says. Because mechanism are different.
With AIDS, communication within the immune system breaks down. Therefore invading bacteria/viruses cannot be fought and be removed from the system.
If your auto immune disease (I do not know too much about them) “just“ consists out of normal defense cells going mad, targeting the own body, then the damage they cause will be independent of the communication between them.
I guess there could be an auto immune disease affected by that, I still would think that in most cases the situation would be as described, and would get considerably worse.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

That makes sense. I wasn't sure how the immunodeficiency part actually worked.