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GreenHorizons
United States23840 Posts
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On November 07 2014 13:30 GreenHorizons wrote: How many people (%) actually take the time to say a specific prayer for someone when they say "I'll pray for you" or some variant? I can only speak of certain religions, but some have specific prayers where the leader asks for all members to insert a name at a given point, there is a pause while everyone says the names to themselves, and then a continuation of the prayer. So in that case yes, many people do. | ||
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miky_ardiente
Mexico387 Posts
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On November 07 2014 01:30 REDBLUEGREEN wrote: it's hard to find a single culture in which the spear was not the most important melee weapon. Well, if Rome and Israel are among the list, that will contribute to swords getting more of a rep than they otherwise would in Western culture. In the Bible, people are not killed violently, they die "by the sword." Jesus says "those who live by the sword shall die by the sword." The glamour of swords, axes, maces also owes a lot to the way they featured in tournaments, and thereafter in legends, which were inspired thereby, or by memory thereof. Very few great heroes were prominent for using spears, comparative to their actual battlefield use. They also got a bit of a low-class/infantryman reputation due to the whole "better in groups" thing. The sword in particular, by contrast, became a symbol of nobility and wealth. Maces stuck around thanks to ceremonial uses, as symbols of authority and power. Axes have utility even today, and featured pretty prominently in Tolkien. But all in all, yes, it's weird. (Also the moveset is hard to get right). Incidentally, I wonder the same thing about crossbows; even in universes that seem positioned at the crossbow's heyday. Edit: On November 07 2014 13:30 GreenHorizons wrote: How many people (%) actually take the time to say a specific prayer for someone when they say "I'll pray for you" or some variant? Ballpark, I'd say 30% in life, more like 70-80% at a church. Kinda depends on whether it's being used as a cute shorthand or as a real promise. I try to, personally. | ||
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23840 Posts
For instance: When someone gets a pair of shoes or a meal, are they more informed or less about all the steps it took to get from it's raw forms to the product in front of them? | ||
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Meavis
Netherlands1300 Posts
On November 07 2014 17:56 Orcasgt24 wrote: Why does bread go moldy so fast? because fungus tends to grow fast when it's growing on nutrients. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11798 Posts
On November 07 2014 17:58 GreenHorizons wrote: Do you think the average person has a better or worse understanding of how products and services come to their lives. People have more access to information but the systems seem more complicated (to me at least) For instance: When someone gets a pair of shoes or a meal, are they more informed or less about all the steps it took to get from it's raw forms to the product in front of them? Than who? You are asking a question about a relation without mentioning the second object in the comparison. | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
On November 07 2014 18:14 Meavis wrote: because fungus tends to grow fast when it's growing on nutrients. And the bread is a highly refined carbohydrate that is easy to metabolize. | ||
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nepeta
1872 Posts
On November 07 2014 13:10 Najda wrote: Something like 10% of your neurons are firing at any given point, but they have a cooldown and over time you do use 100% of your brain. Not so much 'cooldown', as different parts of the brain do different things. If you compare it with your muscles, if 100% of your muscles would be contracting at the same time you'd feel very funny indeed. Same goes for the brain but different: it has many capabilities, but many are limited to certain combinations or are portal-functions. E.g. 'attention', there are circuits to direct your attention, which influences the way in which input and memory data is processed. It can be divided but not too often: you can't pay attention to a really sexy person, music, chess and conversation in a foreign language simultaneously. So if you pick two of those things, the other parts of the brain dealing with the rest are relaxing. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On November 07 2014 13:10 Najda wrote: Something like 10% of your neurons are firing at any given point, but they have a cooldown and over time you do use 100% of your brain. Also, not all 100% of your brain is for "thinking" in the way we imagine thinking. There's a lot that just does things like remind the heart to beat, or remind the eyes to blink. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On November 07 2014 18:28 Simberto wrote: Than who? You are asking a question about a relation without mentioning the second object in the comparison. The answer to his question is Yes, most people have a FANTASTIC understanding of the products that come to them. The poor have to get it in closer to its base/raw forms => Subsistence farmers in India, tribesmen in Africa, etc... The lower middle class gets it trading base goods with the lower class in a higher form of barter system => Fishermen selling from boats, fresh market vendors, etc... The middle class gets its products from the lower class, so its still in its base/raw forms => 2nd world countries like the Philippines, Turkey, etc... Upper middle class are highly educated and have access to lots of information => This is 90% of America Upper class are usually part of or are in charge of manufacturing the raw materials into the processed products, so they know too as well. For the most part, ignorance about the history of a product is choice, not a misinformation. | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On November 07 2014 17:01 Yoav wrote: Well, if Rome and Israel are among the list, that will contribute to swords getting more of a rep than they otherwise would in Western culture. In the Bible, people are not killed violently, they die "by the sword." Jesus says "those who live by the sword shall die by the sword." The glamour of swords, axes, maces also owes a lot to the way they featured in tournaments, and thereafter in legends, which were inspired thereby, or by memory thereof. Very few great heroes were prominent for using spears, comparative to their actual battlefield use. They also got a bit of a low-class/infantryman reputation due to the whole "better in groups" thing. The sword in particular, by contrast, became a symbol of nobility and wealth. Maces stuck around thanks to ceremonial uses, as symbols of authority and power. Axes have utility even today, and featured pretty prominently in Tolkien. But all in all, yes, it's weird. (Also the moveset is hard to get right). Incidentally, I wonder the same thing about crossbows; even in universes that seem positioned at the crossbow's heyday. Edit: Ballpark, I'd say 30% in life, more like 70-80% at a church. Kinda depends on whether it's being used as a cute shorthand or as a real promise. I try to, personally. While you are somewhat accurate about Israel, you are very wrong about Rome, The entire Roman Legion was designed off the Greek Phalanx which was all about spears. In fact, in the Iliad, Odyssey, and then in Aeneid, all the main characters use spears or there are specific portions where a spear comes from the heavens and kills someone. The entire mediterranean was dominated by this spear based battle style for a long time. Swords being important secondary weapons in all of these places. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On November 09 2014 00:52 docvoc wrote: While you are somewhat accurate about Israel, you are very wrong about Rome, The entire Roman Legion was designed off the Greek Phalanx which was all about spears. In fact, in the Iliad, Odyssey, and then in Aeneid, all the main characters use spears or there are specific portions where a spear comes from the heavens and kills someone. The entire mediterranean was dominated by this spear based battle style for a long time. Swords being important secondary weapons in all of these places. Hand guns are the sexy weapons of out modern era despite rifles being the weapon of choice in war. Usefulness and Sexiness don't necessarily causate. | ||
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Uldridge
Belgium5093 Posts
On November 07 2014 23:26 Thieving Magpie wrote: + Show Spoiler + On November 07 2014 18:28 Simberto wrote: Than who? You are asking a question about a relation without mentioning the second object in the comparison. The answer to his question is Yes, most people have a FANTASTIC understanding of the products that come to them. The poor have to get it in closer to its base/raw forms => Subsistence farmers in India, tribesmen in Africa, etc... The lower middle class gets it trading base goods with the lower class in a higher form of barter system => Fishermen selling from boats, fresh market vendors, etc... The middle class gets its products from the lower class, so its still in its base/raw forms => 2nd world countries like the Philippines, Turkey, etc... Upper middle class are highly educated and have access to lots of information => This is 90% of America Upper class are usually part of or are in charge of manufacturing the raw materials into the processed products, so they know too as well. For the most part, ignorance about the history of a product is choice, not a misinformation. Our Daily Bread, the only documentary you need to see on the subject. Also, I don't believe you, there are lots of things going on that all of the classes you've mentioned 1- don't know about and 2- you overgeneralize about. Who the hell knows how meat is processed/trans-/exported nowadays or the process behind certain vegetables whether it be genetically manipulated or completely "organic" foods (I like how people say GMO's are different than "organic" foods since they're both organisms and the only difference is human technological interference, even though we've been selectively breeding almost everything around us that's biological for thousands of years) Anyway, my stupid question for the day is: why do cats love boxes/bags so damn much? Haven't they learned from their pasts? | ||
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Hryul
Austria2609 Posts
On November 09 2014 02:18 Thieving Magpie wrote: Hand guns are the sexy weapons of out modern era despite rifles being the weapon of choice in war. Usefulness and Sexiness don't necessarily causate. I think this post is on the right track: it's not what was used, but what was perceived as the most important weapon of that age. And I think you are also looking at the wrong time period. We are all heavily influenced by the bourgeoisie of the 18/19th century. They developed a heavy interest in the medievel "dark ages" but had a romanticized view on them. for example the "iron maiden" is a fake from that time period. on the other hand, while axe and hammer got "demoted" to tools and other weapons like pikes were bulky, the sword as a sideweapon survived even the gunpowder era and were seen on officers (who were at that time, mostly, noblemen) and even used for fencing and duels. so it's no surprise that the fencing duels of the "modern day" were simply backported into sword duells of knights. | ||
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On November 09 2014 00:52 docvoc wrote: While you are somewhat accurate about Israel, you are very wrong about Rome, The entire Roman Legion was designed off the Greek Phalanx which was all about spears. In fact, in the Iliad, Odyssey, and then in Aeneid, all the main characters use spears or there are specific portions where a spear comes from the heavens and kills someone. The entire mediterranean was dominated by this spear based battle style for a long time. Swords being important secondary weapons in all of these places. You are quite right about the early time period. Classical as well as Bronze Age Greeks did use spears primarily (though the Homeric kind is mostly about throwing and the Classical version is more a pike than a spear). But later Roman regular armies depended far more heavily on swords than spears, using only throwing javelins. (In the regular forces, usually a very short, heavy version). Even by Republican times, only Triarii (third line soldiers) actually still used thrusting spears as a primary weapon. It is true that the Legion was based off of the Phalanx, but the key part of the phalanx was always the shields; there's a reason why Greek soldiers were called "shield-bearers" (hoplitai, from hopla, shields). The key to phalanx/legion warfare was the line of shields pushing relentlessly and invulnerably against the enemy. And in the end, it turned out the sword was a more reliable weapon for this kind of fighting, due to the close range of the immediate enemy. | ||
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rudimentalfeelthelov
Finland268 Posts
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farvacola
United States18856 Posts
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miky_ardiente
Mexico387 Posts
On November 10 2014 04:35 rudimentalfeelthelov wrote: More male siblings a woman is surrounded with when she's growing up, better tends to be her personality? very vague question bro, better in wich sense ? plus she might still be surrounded by a lot of girls in school where she will learn how to be a bitch, so no | ||
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