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  • I already had a rocky relationship with my dad after he made some questionable statements concerning COVID, but there are 2 distinct memories that just keep popping up.

    No 1 was him helping me move into my own apartment while my maternal grandfather was dying in the hospital. We were talking about vaccinations (a requirement to visit patients) and how me and my brother got one, he started tearing up and said something about how kids shouldn’t die before their parents, how egotistical we were for getting vaccinated, and how we’ll die in 2 years.

    No 2 was a few years later, we were standing on the sidewalk after having watched a movie, and someone had hung a pride flag from their balcony across the street. And while I’m not part of the LGBTQ community, I have good friends that are, and am firmly of the opinion that people should be allowed to do who and whatever they want to, as long as everyone involved consents. However, my dad apparently felt important enough to complain about how that’s just “gay propaganda” and how he “isn’t against it but they shouldn’t force it into everyone’s face” and so on.
    My guy, it’s a flag. On a balcony. On the 4th fucking floor!? Chill out.








  • Because small scale breakdowns are irrelevant with today’s power grids. Redundancy is provided via the next city/country nearby. Importing the power might be a few cents more expensive during peak hours, but that’s nothing compared to the costs of having an outdated power plant doing nothing for years.

    However, the real answer why he’s being down voted is because it’s a pretend intellectual argument favoured by people against renewable power generation, without actually contributing anything of worth.



  • Re: Swimming Strong maybe. During the face down portion definitely, but when they turn their head the skin’s still wet, however your brain definitely knows that there’s air to breathe, probably automatically overriding that reflex.

    RE: bobbing Kinda. Especially small children and toddlers are incapable of overriding that reflex, meaning they can and will “drown” when that part is submerged.
    The bobbing motion is just more efficient (for 99% of untrained swimmers).
    You’ll do the same when exhausted while swimming.
    Your body generally isn’t buoyant enough in a normal swimming position. Which means you’ll want to keep your lungs as full as possible, resulting in quick exhale, inhale, and then recouping (and sinking) while being lighter, requiring less force to resurface.

    If you have a strong reflex, you can kinda try it out yourself at home, get a glass of cold water, pretend to drink with a closed mouth and slowly tip the glass back without breathing. When the water is almost touching the “base” of your nose, try inhaling. Most people feel some sort of internal “resistance” and don’t want to inhale, that’s that reflex.

    (Disclaimer: Obviously people are different, and this reflex naturally gets weaker the older you get.)

    Another interesting fact is, it slows your heartbeat significantly. If you have someone there with you, or have a watch that can record your pulse, fill a large bowl with ice-cold water, submerge your face in it, and you’ll immediately lower your pulse.

    (Don’t do this with any sort of heart related issues, and maybe try just cold water first)