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No. 683887

Share your knowledge about anything here and discuss interesting topics that don't fit in other threads. This thread was made in order to not derail the conversation in other threads, inspired by this interesting posts >>683252 >>683282 that didn't fit inside the thread they were posted in.

Share anything you might know about and find interesting, even posting random facts or silly didyouknow things is ok. Please do not vent and do not infight.

No. 683895

Some people think that when cats meow at you, they're just "babytalking" because they don't meow at other cats, only kittens.
It's actually not true. The meows produced by cats to kittens are different from the ones that cats use with us. When a cat is with you, it basically tasks itself with constructing an entirely new verbal language to communicate with you.
All the sounds mean something, and the meaning is based on your relations.

No. 683900

>>683895
Wow my kitty is so smart. I actually noticed he uses completely different verbalizations when communicating with the dog. He says "mew" to me, but "mrrrr" to him.

No. 683906

The reason young children look weird in old art is that they were purposefully painted to look like small adults, a symbolic way of showing that they are good children. Childish behaviour was seen as unvirtuous and unchristian, painting them adult-like was meant to convey they are mature and have self-restraint.

A lot of depictions in art that seem off to us today are the consequence of fact and symbolism being equally important in some cultures in the past, but since the symbols and values have shifted with time, we are unable to intuitively read the meaning and just see the depiction as not realistic or bad.

No. 683915

In some countries like Greece,the word that's used for flip-flops is sayonara.It originated from the movie sayonara back in the 50s starring Marlon Brando,where those types of shoes were shown.Since there were no similar types of open shoes in those countries till then,and the word sayonara became popular because of the movie,the people who imported flip-flops in these countries used the word sayonara as people were familiar with it

No. 683921

A lot of younger people avoid credit cards because they don't want debt, but it's very easy to stay debt-free while using a credit card. Find a starter credit card like Discover that has no annual fee and make a few small purchases each month (or put a subscription like Netflix on it). Pay it off and you will slowly build credit while remaining debt-free.

You need to have a good credit score for things like renting an apartment, getting a loan, etc., it's really helpful to build your score early. Credit card purchases are also safer than using a debit card because you can always dispute the charges if someone steals your number.

No. 683925

>>683921
Agreed, plus points are a nice bonus. My country doesn't really use credit scores at all though, ironically I got my first cc along with my home loan so I started 'building credit' just as I took on massive debt.

No. 683952

>>683921
>You need to have a good credit score for things like renting an apartment, getting a loan
in america, yes

No. 683995

>>683921
Thank god we don't have that system here.

No. 684245

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fruit of the loom never had a cornucopia

No. 684254

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>>684245
yes it did!

No. 684275

If you truly want to learn a language faster than usual, pick any language that has a similar linguistic base as your mother tongue, it will help you understand words faster because of the similarities there are between your already known language and the new language you want to learn.
Watching movies and series that are from the country/ies of the language you want to learn will always be of help.
Avoid translations because it will be distracting and might not be as accurate as when it’s originally in the language you’re interested in.
Translations are mostly good for when you already have some knowledge of the language you’re learning about since it mostly helps you understand more the whole thoughts’ process there might while someone is creating things.
Only water your plants when the sun is down, watering your plants on midday might wither them because the water will act like some sort of magnifying glass.

No. 684290

The air in chip bags is actually useful. It's nitrogen gas that prevents them from going stale.

No. 684298

Coconut water is good for hangovers.

No. 684318

>>684298
Also, coconut water is great for when you got diarrhea or when you’ve been vomiting too much.

No. 684353

>>684318
Ok, I'm maybe the odd one out but learning if you have a reaction similar to mine when you're already feeling rough is not something I want any soul to suffer. Spoilering the details: I love coconut water and have found the hard way that there's something about it that makes me VIOLENTLY ill. Not coconut flakes, coconut cream, coconut oil or coconut milk, just coconut water. Terrible, painful gas that makes me nauseated to the point of needing to vom, and then a liquidation sale for my digestive system
Please be careful anons.

No. 684473

Semen actually disturbs your vagina's ph, leading to increased chance of utis. Also sperm is just feel good + bonding compound soup, maybe conservitards were onto something when they kept yelling about how women are bonded to men while having sex.

No. 684476

>>684245
i hate mandela effect shit so much

No. 684477

>>683895
my cats absolutely try to mimic my noises. i often talk high-pitched to them, and their pitches rise too, but when communicating with each other it's more normal meowing.

No. 684749

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When you are bloated but can’t quite get it all out try taking a warm bath. The warmth will relax your intestines and the water pressure will make the gas move. Works wonders for me!

You can also try this yoga position. Sit cross legged and move your upper body in circular motions. Clockwise and anti-clockwise. Makes it all move!

No. 685196

I love the monologue from Gone Girl, both the book and the film. I think it is a good knowledge to pass around.

Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl.

Men actually think this girl exists. Maybe they’re fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl. For a long time Cool Girl offended me. I used to see men – friends, coworkers, strangers – giddy over these awful pretender women, and I’d want to sit these men down and calmly say: You are not dating a woman, you are dating a woman who has watched too many movies written by socially awkward men who’d like to believe that this kind of woman exists and might kiss them. I’d want to grab the poor guy by his lapels or messenger bag and say: The bitch doesn’t really love chili dogs that much – no one loves chili dogs that much! And the Cool Girls are even more pathetic: They’re not even pretending to be the woman they want to be, they’re pretending to be the woman a man wants them to be. Oh, and if you’re not a Cool Girl, I beg you not to believe that your man doesn’t want the Cool Girl. It may be a slightly different version – maybe he’s a vegetarian, so Cool Girl loves seitan and is great with dogs; or maybe he’s a hipster artist, so Cool Girl is a tattooed, bespectacled nerd who loves comics. There are variations to the window dressing, but believe me, he wants Cool Girl, who is basically the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain. (How do you know you’re not Cool Girl? Because he says things like: “I like strong women.” If he says that to you, he will at some point fuck someone else. Because “I like strong women” is code for “I hate strong women.”)

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>>683906

Y'know this is pretty interesting. I've always thought about the strange human proportions and anatomy you see in old art because it's not like technological limitations would've impacted how well they draw. I always thought the babies ended up looking like adults because of lack of access to models for life drawing. Then again, I've seen that argument shot down when people speculate about why Michaelangelo drew women with male proportions.

No. 685354

>>685342
so why do his women look so horrific?

No. 685373

>>685354
they were modeled by men

No. 685401

>>685373
That’s what I thought but anon said
> Then again, I've seen that argument shot down when people speculate about why Michaelangelo drew women with male proportions.
So what is the reason?

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>>685196
I've never seen this movie and it's been spoiled to hell/hyped up so I'm kind of scared to, but
>How do you know you’re not Cool Girl? Because he says things like: “I like strong women.” If he says that to you, he will at some point fuck someone else. Because “I like strong women” is code for “I hate strong women.”
God damn.

No. 685439

In knitting, if you're doing a german shortrow heel with a turn, it should always be exactly half of your total amount of stitches. With that knowledge you can make any sock regardless of gauge or yarn. Besides this knowledge I also possess the power of BEDMAS

No. 686337

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>>685401

Lacking female nude models is the most rational explanation I suppose bc lots of famous female depictions were based on male models just by virtue of having lots of male arists around in whatever studio they worked in. Obviously modesty was viewed differently back then but that was more of a concern of middle and upper class women and prostitutes were still prevalant. I think the past is usually made out to be more modest than it actually was because we almost always see it from the lens of the upper and middle classes of the time.

People speculate whether Michaelangelo was gay, and tbh I'm pretty convinced when I see some of the hundreds of love letters and sonnets he exchanged with several men, including an italian nobleman 30 years younger than him.

>I swear to return your love. Never have I loved a man more than I love you, never have I wished for a friendship more than I wish for yours.


But sexuality and language and how people express affection was different back then so who really knows for sure. He was also described as being a bit of a shut-in and a celibate, so maybe he was just a virgin who didn't know what women looked like. A biographer also said this about him

>he often slept in his clothes and in the boots which he has always worn for reason of cramp, from which he has continually suffered, as much as for anything else. And sometimes he has been so long in taking them off that subsequently along with his boots, he sloughed off his skin, like a snake’s.


so a bit of a wild card all around I'd say.

No. 686358

>>686337
I always thought Michaelangelo was gay. I think a lot of men depicted home eroticism and with deferent types of symobilism we get these statues. It's hard to analyse cultures from back then and the true meaning of some of their artistic endeavours. Even in current times people would give different assumptions for the advent of emo/scene kids and trannys.

No. 686799

>>684275
How do you know what's being said if you don't look at translations?

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I just found out about this…

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>>709632
History…

No. 709635

>>685196
The character who said that was a nut though

No. 709644

strawberries are not true berries. They are aggregate accessory fruits.

>>684749
Does bloated mean you have gas

No. 710191

Harry Hay, founder of the gay pride movement was also apart of NAMbLA. The gays and pedos go way back since their inception to this day.

That is why the stereotype, gay = pedophile exists.

No. 710192

>>710191
More like men are pedos in general and they know it, they recognize it in each other. And they realize for gay men it will be directed at other men rather than women, so they freak out instead of happily accepting and encouraging it.

No. 710195

>>710192
I wish that didn't ring true because it's so depressing

No. 1953563

I just now learned that anorexics across the board usually score about 6-8% higher on IQ tests. Shocking isn't it kek? Especially because everyone loves to pretend like suffering with an eating disorder somehow makes you stupid or thins your brain out(rattle bait)

No. 1953893

>>1953563
IQ tests don't measure intelligence.

No. 1953909

>>1953893
>The intelligence quotient doesn't measure intelligence
Come on nonna kek

No. 1953917

>>1953909
nta but it's mostly about math and measures just one kind of intelligence, the most useless people I know are mensa members kek

No. 1953922

>>1953917
What constitutes uselessness? Are they physically incapable of moving, talking, caring for themselves, completing their own work, etc?

No. 1953934

>>710192
This makes so much sense

No. 1953946

>>710191
Men are pedophiles and they know it. Eradicating gay men ensures the safety of all other males. Only the raping of girl children is socially acceptable, so the heteros fly under the radar.

No. 1953955

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>>1953922
settle down there little mathlete, they're just autistic moids who do numbers well

No. 1953960

>>1953955
ohh so they're the types who need to wear headphones everywhere because sound disturbs them. we're not talking about dysfunctional men we're talking about anorexic women, and women in general are always smarter than men

No. 1953970

>>1953960
Yeah, I was talking about the people I know, like I said before. I have no horse in this rattling game, but absolutely, women are always smarter than moids, ana or not.

No. 1953978

>>1953970
well actually anorexic women are smarter than the average woman kek, thats the point of my post nonnie

No. 1953983

>>1953563
No they don't.
Cope.

No. 1954021

I remember when this thread was made years ago and some very retarded and dedicated anon thought it was a psyop. Back then we had too many schizoposters.

No. 1954048

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>>1953563
This is a rude ass redtext considering that it's factually true https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016382/

No. 1954067

>>1954048
it's because anorexia is correlated with neuroticism and neuroticism is correlated with IQ.

No. 1954072

>>1954067
Damn my brain must be obese then.

No. 1954168

>>1953909
It measures a person's test-taking ability and nothing else.



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