Today I learned

The Sandbox General
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Lol

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Well, I can’t speak for the NA.

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I never liked Heinenken, but the zero is drinkable though far from my favorite. It is one that is often the only NA choice in restaurants as was the case the other night.

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…what poison ivy rash looks/feels like. :sob:

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Best temporary relief: ice packs on affected areas

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Today I learned that “husband calling” is a competitive sport.

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I wonder, though, if the contest requires the call to be effective.

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Since the winner’s husband is deceased, I assume not.

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We do think alike: I was envisioning her husband’s return, which, of course, would leave NO doubt that she’d win.

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They also have a segment called parent calling in which kids try to get Mom & Dads attention

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Is part of the contest seeing how long the parent can ignore the brat?
And special awards for hitting the kid with a slipper while on the phone?

Asking for a friend.

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https://youtu.be/HddBzie7L4U
I don’t how to embed videos all fancy but here is the contest.

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Today I learned something about the solar system. The question: which planet is closest to earth?

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We were all taught Venus, but it depends on how you measure as it’s a vague question. That is the answer if the question is what planet has the closest approach to Earth. What if you decide the answer should be which planet is closest to Earth on average?

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Venus? Nope. Mars? Nope.

This planet is closest to all the planets based on average distance. This answer had folks in their feelings, and Physics Today had to shut down comments as a result.

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Maybe you figured it out by now, but the answer is Mercury!
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/Online/30593/Venus-is-not-Earth-s-closest-neighbor

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Yeah I’d heard that before… pretty obvious if the question is worded in a non-vague way what the answer must be.

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Is the answer the same for every planet (except the answer itself?

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Yes

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So, you know that old line that “there is no such thing as a stupid question”?

This, “which planet is closest to earth?” is the counterexample.

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I recently read Dante’s Inferno, and learned that he had a special circle of hell just for people who ask under defined questions then get overly smug when someone “wrongly” answers with a different interpretation of the question.

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