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

[aimeeandbeatles]

The usual advice for hot weather is "drink more because you'll lose it through sweat." Does this still apply when someone isn't sweating due to unrelated medical conditions, or will it just result in them having to pee more?

Google's no help here; all it told me is that dehydration can cause hypohydrosis.

 

[Samson]

The usual advice for hot weather is "drink more because you'll lose it through sweat." Does this still apply when someone isn't sweating due to unrelated medical conditions, or will it just result in them having to pee more?

Google's no help here; all it told me is that dehydration can cause hypohydrosis.

If one is peeing lots you are getting enough water. I would hope if one cannot sweat one would try and optimise water loss other ways, such as in breath. That water will have to be replaced.

 

[Samez]

You will also loose body heat by peeing out the water- as the body stilll has to heat it up .
If you really can't sweat at all high temperatures can be quite dangerous as your body might overheat like in a high fever - check with your doctor how to proceed during heat waves.
If you want to cool down during hot weather one thing you might want to try is to wet your forearms (or any other large body surface) and do not dry it, but let the water evaporate - cooling effect is roughly comparable to sweating. I find this also to be usefull in a business enviroment - better to have slightly wet forearms than a really sweaty shirt.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Are there corners of the globe where people use the word "bloke" unselfconsciously?

When an American says it, it is an affectation. It's not in general currency here.

But are there places where it really is the go-to word for fellow or chap or individual--and nobody bats an eye at its use?

And if so, where? England? Scotland? Australia?

And does it have any class marking? Rural vs urban? Higher economic class vs lower? Or where it's in use everyone can use it equally?

 

[Chukchi Husky]

I know Bill Bailey joked about it.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Yes, the premise to his opening joke is useful, thank you. Plus the whole thing is funny!

 

[Narz]

Are there corners of the globe where people use the word "bloke" unselfconsciously?

When an American says it, it is an affectation. It's not in general currency here.

But are there places where it really is the go-to word for fellow or chap or individual--and nobody bats an eye at its use?

And if so, where? England? Scotland? Australia?

And does it have any class marking? Rural vs urban? Higher economic class vs lower? Or where it's in use everyone can use it equally?

Been in England for a year and a half and never heard it (granted I haven't socialized that much). Perhaps it's a bit old timey these days like chap.

 

[tjs282]

Nobody would look at you funny for saying "Bloke" when I was still living in the UK (>25 years ago!), but it might be more a regional than a social-class marker, more commonly used in the south/SE, close to London(?).

And it was certainly still commonly used in Aus and NZ when I was last there, but that's also 20-odd years back now...

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I saw someone use "bloke" in a FB comment last week. So it's not an obsolete term.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Oh, not by any means obsolete. I'm just trying to get a feel for in what countries it is used unselfconsciously rather than in a meta- fashion. When an American uses it, that person is being affectedly British, since it's not in currency here. Do you know the locale of the FB poster?

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

Are there corners of the globe where people use the word "bloke" unselfconsciously?

Australia. Fast being replaced by the c word though.

 

[Kyriakos]

Let's hope that at least there's no "cor blimey".

Or "mate".

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Oh, not by any means obsolete. I'm just trying to get a feel for in what countries it is used unselfconsciously rather than in a meta- fashion. When an American uses it, that person is being affectedly British, since it's not in currency here. Do you know the locale of the FB poster?

I honestly don't remember. I joined a slew of groups this year, and while some are mostly UK-centric (British history and medieval England), there are others with a more international membership. Besides, not everyone includes their location in their visible profile, and unless I'm suspicious about something, I never investigate beyond what you see by mousing over their name or profile picture.

 

[Samson]

Are there corners of the globe where people use the word "bloke" unselfconsciously?

When an American says it, it is an affectation. It's not in general currency here.

But are there places where it really is the go-to word for fellow or chap or individual--and nobody bats an eye at its use?

And if so, where? England? Scotland? Australia?

And does it have any class marking? Rural vs urban? Higher economic class vs lower? Or where it's in use everyone can use it equally?

I found a quote that probably sums up a certain form of use that is certainly not an affectation. During the '90 - '91 Gulf War the US dropped a Daisy Cutter bomb, which is big. A British SAS commando team on a secret reconnaissance mission near the explosion frantically radioed back to its headquarters: "Sir, the blokes have just nuked Kuwait!"

 

[Comrade Ceasefire]

Dustyesky: They don't speak Russian. Some of them can't really sing.

 

[EnglishEdward]

Been in England for a year and a half and never heard it (granted I haven't socialized that much). Perhaps it's a bit old timey these days like chap.

I have heard it used, and yes mainly by the oldsters.

Used by both men and women to refer to an unknown but ordinary i.e. undistinguished man.

 

[r16]

british special forces are integrated to the American counterparts . There is no way for them not to have heard of FAE bombs regularly used in Vietnam to clear helicopter landing zones by destroying trees . Hence it is war propaganda , made up .

 

[sylvanllewelyn]

Sudden random question about fantasy stories / novels / anime. I am assuming low or medium fantasy, not high fantasy. Medieval technology level, not science fiction.

Why hasn't any characters estimated the circumference of their planet or world?

 

[Kyriakos]

My own answer was

Spoiler :

0157. This was my approach:

If anyone wishes to try, it could be fun to compare methods/outcome. It's not out of the realm of possibility that I was wrong

 

[r16]

christofer Columbus biggest discoverer , he discovered the world was round ; against millenia old dogmas . If you make some random guy to calculate the stuff about his globe , you are making it something ordinary , something everyone could , something everyone should . Like isn't this a gross crime against the Western Civilization ? This post inspired by Tony Soprano and company itching for action against anti-Colomb riff raff of demonstrators on Columbus Day . Like what the hell ı know .