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Originally Posted by knkwzrd

To take this a step further, I've always wondered if different people see colors differently. What I see as yellow might be what someone else sees as blue, for example. We all call them the same thing, but how do we know we see the same thing?

Most likely we all see the same thing.
Our retinas work in the same way. They respond to specific wavelengths in the same manner as everyone else. Except for color-blind people, who have damaged cones on their retinas.
Generally, those people who are partially colorblind either see nothing of that specific color, or, if it is a mixture of various colors, then they see the wavelengths minus the ones they cannot see.
For those people who are fully colorblind, they pretty much see everything in shades of grey. :-\ It sucks to be them.

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

My question is as follows -

With so much spring water being bottled and consumed all the time, do you think that someday we will run out of spring water?

And yes, I realize that small dinosaur is jumping a giraffe. :P

Jam it back in, in the dark.

String theory is basically the theory that the most elemental subatomic particles are nothing but "strings" of one-dimensional space that have a certain "frequency" that gives each of them their unique properties as quarks, leptons, etc. They curl up on themselves as well, giving them integer frequencies.
So in other words, all things are nothing but different combinations of different spaces that have unique properties.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

Is it possible to crossbred cats and dogs?

I ask only because Sarah told me tonight that her vet told her that her cat which she took in after being a stray was screwed by a small dog, and that the "kittens" she was impregnated with were actually dog/cat crossbreeds. He said he could either save the mother, or save the kittens. The cat could not pass the large "puppins," so he had to save one or the other. She chose the mother. I am trying to google it here, and I can not come up with anything.

Seemed scientifically impossible, since they're not the same species.

You are right, that is impossible by every law of existing genetics that we know of.

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Originally Posted by Schadenfreude

What do bald people use on their heads? Shampoo? Soap?

I know, I could probably go and ask some bald guy, but I don't know any. At all.

No offense.

If it is a fully bald man, who has no remnant of hair on his head, then I think they usually use just soap. (that's what I am going to do when I get to that stage). For men who are partially bald, as in they have one of those terrible rings at the sides and back of their head, then they usually use shampoo for what remains, and soap for the empty portions.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

OK... I have a serious question. My boss keeps a book of matches in the building's restroom at work and he insists that lighting one after you drop your load completely removes the smell from the latrine... Am I the only one who thinks he's batshit insane?

I will actually have to say that your boss is not batshit.
This is actually standard procedure here at my house. Someone drops a load, so they do a favor and light a match.
Although you ARE burning just a small amount of methane, the additional factor of the smell of a burning match helps to mask the stench as well.

*sniff sniff*
Which reminds me... someone forgot to light a match. ;_;

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Originally Posted by Legato

Male humans are born with nipples, apparently because up until a certain point in growth they are essentialy women.

Interestingly enough, there have been many cases of natural male lactation.

I just thought I would toss that out for those who think they are useless. :-P

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Fatt

If the bible was written by people who thought the world was flat, why are there people take it's meaning so literally?

First, we do not know that they thought the earth was flat. The bible is relatively mute on the physical world, except history. However, in the book of Job (I think)(it is also the oldest book in the bible), there is mention about the "sphere of the earth" when God is basically telling Job "Dont question me, I know what I am doing and talking about."
Secondly, you are an idiot.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yes, there are many flaws in the idea that the purpose in life is "balance." You are not full of shit.
And don't stop thinking critically about your ideas. The moment you stop, well... why WOULD you want to stop? :-P (see signature quotes)

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?