Ask and answer stupid questions here! - Page 524

On October 25 2016 04:41 Thieving Magpie wrote:


This sounds like an argument in favor of just saying "fuck it" and installing the urinal.

On October 25 2016 04:45 ZigguratOfUr wrote:


Maybe you don't have classified military funds to embezzle to pay for your washroom.

On October 27 2016 05:44 JimmiC wrote:
Does anyone else like to get naked when they [do literally anything]? I find it so comfortable and freeing. That being said I do only do it at my home right now but something I should consider for [doing literally anything].

On October 28 2016 08:21 GreenHorizons wrote:
What is proper format for replying to PM's. Should the conversation read from bottom to top or top to bottom?

Top to bottom makes more sense to me, but bottom to top seems to be the standard.

On October 28 2016 10:01 Cascade wrote:

Agreed.

The reason it is different, is that when you hit reply to a PM, you get 3-4 empty lines at the top, above the quote. The cursor isn't placed anywhere (you need to click to start writing), but you are shown the top of the quote (it's not scrolled down), and there is an inviting space to start writing in.

If you hit quote for a forum post, you also have to click to start typing, and you are also scrolled up to the top of the text, but there are no empty lines that invite you to start typing above the quote.

So that's why they are different. It's just the most inviting thing to do when you don't know what's standard.

And I think we both agree that trying to change the standard will just end up in PMs with alternating replies up and down, which is much worse that all-up or all-down. So let's just stick to the most intuitive way. Unless, of course, you convince r1ch to remove the empty lines at the top of a PM reply, but I get the impression that they were put there on purpose.

On October 29 2016 04:51 mantequilla wrote:
if I learned braille could I read two things at once?

On October 28 2016 12:27 GreenHorizons wrote:

Nailed it. My curiosity may eventually lead me to the ask TL thread if no one with an official answer on the space happens by this.

On October 29 2016 05:39 Chairman Ray wrote:
Anyone familiar with human anatomy here?

Why is it that when I'm peeing, I can't hold in a fart, but when I'm farting, I can hold in pee just fine?

On October 29 2016 05:47 Thieving Magpie wrote:


Practice.

When peeing, you've trained your body to relax so your body lets go of the fart.

When holding your pee, you've trained your body to obey direct control, hence you can control your fart.

On October 29 2016 06:09 OtherWorld wrote:

Holding your pee (as in, not being actively peeing) is not the result of direct control but is the normal state of things. Else we'd all wet the floor everytime we have to think about something else than not peeing.

On October 29 2016 06:23 Thieving Magpie wrote:


Work with babies for a bit. Lets say, for a week, maybe even just a weekend. Then come back here and say that.

On October 29 2016 07:56 OtherWorld wrote:

The internal urethral sphincter is a smooth muscle, and thus is under involuntary control. That's a fact.

Voluntary control
The mechanism by which voluntary urination is initiated remains unsettled.[13] One possibility is that the voluntary relaxation of the muscles of the pelvic floor causes a sufficient downward tug on the detrusor muscle to initiate its contraction.[14] Another possibility is the excitation or disinhibition of neurons in the pontine micturition center, which causes concurrent contraction of the bladder and relaxation of the sphincter.[6]

There is an inhibitory area for micturition in the midbrain. After transection of the brain stem just above the pons, the threshold is lowered and less bladder filling is required to trigger it, whereas after transection at the top of the midbrain, the threshold for the reflex is essentially normal. There is another facilitatory area in the posterior hypothalamus. In humans with lesions in the superior frontal gyrus, the desire to urinate is reduced and there is also difficulty in stopping micturition once it has commenced. However, stimulation experiments in animals indicate that other cortical areas also affect the process.

The bladder can be made to contract by voluntary facilitation of the spinal voiding reflex when it contains only a few milliliters of urine. Voluntary contraction of the abdominal muscles aids the expulsion of urine by increasing the pressure applied to the urinary bladder wall, but voiding can be initiated without straining even when the bladder is nearly empty.

Voiding can also be consciously interrupted once it has begun, through a contraction of the perineal muscles. The external sphincter can be contracted voluntarily, which will prevent urine from passing down the urethra.

On October 29 2016 10:51 Chairman Ray wrote:
Thanks for the peeing info

My next question. The word boob is not onomatopoeia, but it sorta is in a way because it's a sound you might associate with the object. Is there another technical term for it?