Can certain wavelengths form natural air bubbles in a medium absent pressure change.
How the wind through trees sounds so much like the ocean against sand. If the wind creates similar eddy currents through trees as it does in water during a crashing wave
@PrettyLuv - Your comment about time standing still and we move through it sounds like a good Sci-fi show to me!! That is, if it hasn't already been made.
Perhaps those that wear black desire more of the colors than those wearing the colorful ones whose light bounces off of them. Those wearing black are absorbing as much color as they can get, as much light as they can get for survival. A need. It’s not a black hole, it’s a desire, a need. It’s not sadness or darkness, it’s a need to absorb as much light as humanly possible. To absorb it. To let it in
You have lots of interesting thoughts and ideas @PrettyLuv . I mean that in a good way.
Totally serious here, but it's an odd request. I wonder if someone can explain to me how some braggarts seem to be well-liked. I'm thinking primarily of a few I know IRL. Is this not a big turnoff for most people? I hope someone can answer this. I really want to know.
@achetocuddle I will answer your question. It’s a popularity contest and those that know how to play the game those that know how to say the things that people want to hear that create a fake persona of fame or wealth are going to be the people that are well liked
Thanks for answering @lonelytauros. I'm sure that's part of it. I don't get it tho, why putting up with braggarts and show-offs is worth it. Speaking of this, I just looked at another profile where someone described themselves as sexy (I reported this). This cracks me up. Maybe braggarts know something I don't. Also I'm not hardly savvy enough to reel people in with a fake persona.
@achetocuddle generally speaking people will put up with a lot if it benefits them in someway. The best thing is just be yourself and the people that like you for who you are are going to be a lot better than the ones who pretend to like you.
Convincing fake personas =. Sociopath
Absolutely @lonelytauros. I guess what I'm saying is I can't believe how much bragging and being inauthentic works. Not that that is a reason to do it, of course not. I just find it hard to believe how many people fall for it. But in one-on-one relationships I am usually not diplomatic and if/when I comment on someone's grating bragging they tend to not say anything or maybe they don't notice? I do think a sizable portion of people are suckers for a compliment, which goes along with the much nicer way you put it And I have a few people that tell me they feel bad for braggers cause they think they have low self-esteem. And that's true. Nighty night @lonelytauros
The word toothpaste never made any sense to me. It should be called toothsoap.
The snozberries taste like snozberries.
I just read part of a book about how some diseases and conditions are genetic mutations designed to make you live longer. If that's the case I may live to be over 100, ha ha. I actually want to donate my body to a local medical center because I think researchers /docs could learn so much from it, but I don't want to upset my family. They would want a traditional funeral.
I had someone visit my profile that says they are overweight but they want their woman cuddler to be weight-height proportionate. I guess they got an unpleasant surprise when they visited my profile, lol. I wish uncharitable people would not visit my profile. It's just another reminder that I'm too big and there are many people here that don't have a cuddly heart and are hypocritical? sigh. I've got my profile muted and would deactivate but there are some people I do like to chat with.
@lonelytauros duuuude I wonder about that too!!! 😂
@Shake49 it’s funny I never really thought about it before and then I saw this and I was like wait a second why is that? Lol 😂
Why peg is short for Margaret or Jack for John.
why are birds and flies so attracted to light and why does it throw off their pattern of flight?
ooh that rhymes
I love this topic. You all are my people, lol.
How important are gas bubbles to balance.
When a soda bottle lies flat the gases are equally distributed across the length of the body of the bottle in the up direction. When you suddenly turn the bottle vertical-wise, all gas bubbles rush to the top.
The Bends induces terrible aches & pains due to the sudden change in distribution of nitric oxide gas bubbles rising too quickly to the top extremities of the body.
Is improper gas distribution behind electrolytic disturbance, arthritic symptoms, muscle pain, ear/nose & throat symptoms…?
How important is gas to the joints? Yes you have cartilage for cushioning, but what about the gas distribution?
@PrettyLuv No doubt, there are many contributing factors. Overly-processed food, general lack of physical activity. Civilization reverses Nature's weeding-out process, so physiological variations that occur become magnified over generations, for better or worse. We have become dependent on the crutch of technology.
Our DNA works so hard 24/7, millions & trillions of processes happening every second of their nano lives - hard to even fathom. Going to work everyday - for us. Getting a little bit of rest when we sleep and even then, there’s the night shift.
What do they ask for in return? Nothing. Some food, and a little love. All volunteers…little voluntary soldiers in our stead.
Why do people like flowers so much?
Sure, it seems obvious on the surface — they smell nice and look pretty. But if you keep drilling down the why chain, it starts to seem very strange.
For example, it's obvious why we like fruit smells. We've evolved a preference for them because they give us a reason to nourish ourselves; namely, the pleasure of eating the fruit. But we don't eat flowers. (I've tried. They are disgusting.)
What do we do with flowers? They become a centerpiece for the dining table, but how does that help the survival of either the diners or the plant?
We plant them around our homes. What does that do for us, other than let us see and smell them?
Do other primates show any interest in flowers whatsoever? As far as I know, they don't. In fact, I've never seen any wild animal get excited about sniffing a flower unless it was about to eat it.
Could it be that the sole reason is that flowers attract bees, which then pollinate our crops, which are also nearby? That's all I can think of, even though if I were a bee, I'd be insulted at the implication that I couldn't find an entire field of crops to pollinate without humans' help.
How do we test this? I can think of this question: Did humans think flowers smelled pretty before we invented agriculture? Unfortunately, recorded history doesn't extend back that far. What else might preserve prehistoric flower power? I wish I knew.
If a man offers an opinion that no-one is around to hear, is he still wrong?
Ohhh, Flower Power…I like that.
@Hugginsworth I think it has something to do with sexuality, birth, fertility. A symbolism conjured in the mind’s eye when a flower is seen, it’s petals, it’s design, it’s nectar, in addition to its scent, notwithstanding the winged birds who also pollinate as well. The hummingbird for example.
Only pollination via some form of flight. Something like that.
On further reflection...
Honey! I bet that's what it is.
We must have evolved a preference for the scent of flowers because we love honey — and unlike any other species, we have the ability to do gardening.
Here's how it might have gone down: The first ancestor(s) who received the mutation that changed how they felt about the scent of flowers had what must, at the time, have seemed like a really odd habit of digging them up and planting them around their house. Despite making them the village lunatic, that person's habit suddenly also meant that they had beehives nearby! And that meant a supply of honey, which would have aided survival enormously.
I would be surprised if humans haven't supplemented our diets with honey for pretty much our entire existence. This would imply that we've probably also practiced gardening for most of that existence.
Much respect to all you gardeners out there. You may carry one of our most venerable traditions.
@Hugginsworth
The reason we like flowers I'd imagine is less of evolutionary survival mechanism and more of a cultural mechanism. Although the two can go hand in hand.
Not every human behavior is defined directly to our need to survive. When you think about it human beings are mammalian social creatures. This comes with a herd mentality, or an innate need to mimic the behavior of others to some extent. These behaviors become creatures in their own right, evolving through generations to become the cultures and customs we know and love today.
Scientists have even found that even certain feelings like disgust aren't strictly biological, but cultural. They are learned and adapted from others of our kind over time. Granted, they are tied to our survival to some extent, but only because we learned over time that the things we are disgusted by are somewhat tied to disease and germs.
Somewhere down the line, someone must have decided flowers are beautiful for whatever reason, and this became a commonly learned and accepted feeling and behavior.
As for your question on primates, they have actually been known to develop their own rudimentary cultures and spirituality. Doing things like rain dances, waterfall displays, and even marking trees as significant with displays of rocks. These behaviors serve no practical reason as far as scientists are aware, but instead may be triggered by a sense of awe and appreciation for the natural world around them.
You may find this article very interesting!
https://news.janegoodall.org/2019/12/17/chimpanzees-culture-and-spirituality/
@TxTom you’d have had to hear it to know.
Would also depend on his ignorance or lack thereof of those around him. And if they concur or disagree with your sentiments and his.
But you can't simply decide that flowers smell pretty. Scent preferences are universal, much like facial attractiveness. It's hardwired. Otherwise, there would be a much wider array of perfumes. You'd have some who select floral scents, and others who select excrement scents. And everything in between.