I bet you didnt know that

dxhound2005 · 28-04-2018 06:03PM

60% of the human body is water. The skin can weigh up to 10% of a person's weight.

There is a debate recently about whether the skin or the interstitium is the largest organ.

https://www.dogonews.com/2018/4/22/the-human-bodys-largest-organ-may-have-just-been-discovered

MagicIRL · 30-04-2018 03:48PM

The word 'Literally' is to take something in a literal sense/to be exact.

An example: "The driver literally drove through the red light." This implies the driver actually did drive his vehicle through the red light.

The opposite to this is the word "Figuratively", which is more metaphorical.

An example: "The driver figuratively drove through the red light." This implies the driver did not actually drive his vehicle through the red light.

However, because people started to use the word "literally" when they really should've been using the word "figuratively", it has now been re-defined to also mean figuratively.

So the word literally now literally means both literally and figuratively.

I literally did something now means that I may or may not have actually done the thing. :pac:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/literally

Franz Von Peppercorn · 30-04-2018 04:16PM

MagicIRL wrote: »

The word 'Literally' is to take something in a literal sense/to be exact.

An example: "The driver literally drove through the red light." This implies the driver actually did drive his vehicle through the red light.

The opposite to this is the word "Figuratively", which is more metaphorical.

An example: "The driver figuratively drove through the red light." This implies the driver did not actually drive his vehicle through the red light.

However, because people started to use the word "literally" when they really should've been using the word "figuratively", it has now been re-defined to also mean figuratively.

So the word literally now literally means both literally and figuratively.

I literally did something now means that I may or may not have actually done the thing. :pac:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/literally

I would dispute that. Plenty of words can mean their opposite like the verb to dust ( which means dust added by forensic teams, removed by cleaners) but the word literally, when used figuratively, is nearly always used in hyperbole. A sentence is known to be hyperbole by extreme exaggeration, and thus the term literally or any other word used in that sentence can be seen as figurative.

For instance:

I was definitely rooted to the spot with fear

Doesn’t mean that definitely now means definitely not because that sentence is impossible. After all humans can’t grow roots.

Literally isnt a substitute for figuratively except in hyperbole but that would be true of any word used to amplify the verb.

"The driver figuratively drove through the red light." This implies the driver did not actually drive his vehicle through the red light.

you wouldn’t use figuratively in that sentence. A sentence is figurative or it isn’t ( and that isn't), you shouldn’t have to declare it so. Theres nothing figurative about driving through a red light.

Wordsworth didn’t wander lovely as a figurative cloud in the poem.

Cordell · 30-04-2018 04:35PM

Wouldn't that be actually a metaphor?

That is

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language

30-04-2018 04:43PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

And even more than that you wouldn’t use figuratively in that sentence anyway. A sentence is figurative or it isn’t you shouldn’t have to declare it so. Wordsworth didn’t wander lovely as a figurative cloud in the poem.

Damn right he didn't, he wandered lonely as a cloud!

30-04-2018 05:07PM

A dentist was telling me about a very American crisis in the poverty stricken Appalachian region of the US.

Mountain Dew soft drink is exceptionally popular in the area because it's extremely cheap, and it's laden with sugar and high levels of caffeine which makes it somewhat addictive. The result is it's the most popular beverage in the region, drunk instead of milk or water by many of the very poorest.

To top the lot carbonated drinks leech calcium from your teeth and acidic, sugary drinks erode enamel - and children are especially vulnerable. As a result about seventy percent of children and adolescents in West Virginia suffer from serious tooth decay. Because MD is cheaper than milk, it's commonplace to see babies drink it from the bottle.

The issue is so widespread and serious that the resulting mouthful of rotting teeth has been christened Mountain Dew Mouth by dental professionals, and the poorer you are the more likely you are to have it and to be unable to afford either healthier options or dental care.

PepsiCo, who produce Mountain Dew, have been funding mobile dental clinics in the region for the last decade to help combat MD Mouth, but the figures haven't changed much, and are unlikely to until cheap alternatives to tooth-rotting sodas are found.

Or until people cop on and start drinking water.

NIMAN · 30-04-2018 05:10PM

Could PepsiCo not increase the price of MD so that its more expensive than milk?

Sometimes the human race is just too thick for its own good.

30-04-2018 05:17PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Could PepsiCo not increase the price of MD so that its more expensive than milk?

Sometimes the human race is just too thick for its own good.

I know, it seems so obvious. Or put things that are so very bad for you on a list of goods you can't pay for with food stamps at least?

I don't want to get too judgy as the worst affected are in the most isolated and uneducated areas of the US, but you'd imagine instead of dealing with the results they'd at least try to educate people about the issue before their kids teeth are ruined forever. Crazy stuff altogether.

Tell me how · 30-04-2018 05:24PM

From the Moncrieff show today.

Any title with the name forensic in it implies an expert in the eyes of the court. It originated in Roman times as both prosecuting and the defendant gave evidence before the forum. The winner was essentially the side that made the best argument.

A forensic pathologist is concerned with how somebody died, a forensic anthropologist is concerned with who they were. A forensic anthropologist, Sue Black, was speaking about her career and a book she has written and was very interesting. They can be involved in investigations of a deceased who passed away literally minutes ago to some who passed away hundreds of years previously.
She gave details who they can tell from isotopes present in hair and finger nails whether someone might have spent several months in a particular location. A technique which has been used to identify terrorists who have spent time in training camps in parts of the middle east.

One queezy fact which a certain poster here might enjoy is that in Sierra Leone, a corpse can go from a body to a skeleton in just 7 days due to the extreme heat and insects in the region.

She sounded very competent and interested in her job but understandably also pointed out that many of those in the profession end up needing professional help for dealing with the sights they have seen.

Wibbs · 30-04-2018 05:54PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Could PepsiCo not increase the price of MD so that its more expensive than milk?

They're not going to take a hit to their bottom line N. The dental trucks must cost less, likely far less than the profits they make on selling the sugar drinks. Like that time in the US car industry, Ford I think it was. Where they found a potentially fatal flaw in one of their cars. Did they fix the flaw? Nope, their lawyers told them the cost of any potential cases would be a much smaller cost than the costs of rectifying the mistake in the cars. People died and lawsuits were filed and fines paid out, but still cheaper than fixing the faults. Corporate "morals" at work. Always follow the money.

Kat1170 · 30-04-2018 07:04PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Could PepsiCo not increase the price of MD so that its more expensive than milk?

Sometimes the human race is just too thick for its own good.

Probably seen as a case of .... Increase in price = BAD !!!!! Dental help = YAY GOOD !!!! by the local populace.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

New Home · 30-04-2018 07:54PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Like that time in the US car industry, Ford I think it was. Where they found a potentially fatal flaw in one of their cars. Did they fix the flaw? Nope, their lawyers told them the cost of any potential cases would be a much smaller cost than the costs of rectifying the mistake in the cars. People died and lawsuits were filed and fines paid out, but still cheaper than fixing the faults. Corporate "morals" at work. Always follow the money.

I seem to remember they made a film out of that many many years ago - it was something like, if the car had the left indicator on and was hit frontally by another car, it would definitely catch fire. If was repulsively unethical.

SeamusG97 · 30-04-2018 07:58PM

New Home wrote: »

I seem to remember they made a film out of that many many years ago - it was something like, if the car had the left indicator on and was hit frontally by another car, it would definitely catch fire. If was repulsively unethical.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a6700/top-automotive-engineering-failures-ford-pinto-fuel-tanks/

wexie · 30-04-2018 08:02PM

Wibbs wrote: »

They're not going to take a hit to their bottom line N. The dental trucks must cost less, likely far less than the profits they make on selling the sugar drinks. Like that time in the US car industry, Ford I think it was. Where they found a potentially fatal flaw in one of their cars. Did they fix the flaw? Nope, their lawyers told them the cost of any potential cases would be a much smaller cost than the costs of rectifying the mistake in the cars. People died and lawsuits were filed and fines paid out, but still cheaper than fixing the faults. Corporate "morals" at work. Always follow the money.

I think you're probably referring to 'switchgate' and it was GM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch_recalls

I'm sure though there are other examples, this is the biggest I can recall, 124 deaths and they paid over 900 million, on top of settlements and recalls

New Home · 30-04-2018 08:05PM

The story I remembered was definitely the one SeamusG97 made reference to.

wexie · 30-04-2018 08:10PM

New Home wrote: »

The story I remembered was definitely the one SeamusG97 made reference to.

Ah I forgot about the infamous Pinto...like I said there are a few, no doubt more on the way still.

Life is cheap for big corporate entities. Until people actually start going to prison for significant amounts of time because they decided it's cheaper to deal with a few lawsuits than deal with the fallout of admitting a mistake these things will keep happening

Fourier · 30-04-2018 08:26PM

Ancient Greek had tones like Chinese (though not as many).

Dan man · 30-04-2018 08:55PM

The sweet fruit, dates, are used as an ingredient in HP Brown Sauce.

el_gaucho · 30-04-2018 09:27PM

MagicIRL wrote: »

The word 'Literally' is to take something in a literal sense/to be exact.

An example: "The driver literally drove through the red light." This implies the driver actually did drive his vehicle through the red light.

The opposite to this is the word "Figuratively", which is more metaphorical.

An example: "The driver figuratively drove through the red light." This implies the driver did not actually drive his vehicle through the red light.

However, because people started to use the word "literally" when they really should've been using the word "figuratively", it has now been re-defined to also mean figuratively.

So the word literally now literally means both literally and figuratively.

I literally did something now means that I may or may not have actually done the thing. :pac:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/literally

A word which can also mean the opposite of itself is called a contronym.

mzungu · 30-04-2018 09:34PM

If drivers stick to the 45 mph speed limit on a stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico, the road's rumble strips will play a rendition of "America the Beautiful."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgizA_vDlzs

el_gaucho · 30-04-2018 09:34PM

Dan man wrote: »

The sweet fruit, dates, are used as an ingredient in HP Brown Sauce.

It’s called HP because the creator named it after the Houses of Parliament.

Cordell · 30-04-2018 10:16PM

wexie wrote: »

Ah I forgot about the infamous Pinto...like I said there are a few, no doubt more on the way still.

Life is cheap for big corporate entities. Until people actually start going to prison for significant amounts of time because they decided it's cheaper to deal with a few lawsuits than deal with the fallout of admitting a mistake these things will keep happening

They still do that and have been doing it forever, just not that blatant.
Think about optional safety, like automatic collision detection today or optional airbags 10-20 years ago, they can save lives but at a cost, so lower trim level don't have them as they can sell to a larger customer base. Money vs. lives again.

Froshtbit · 30-04-2018 11:34PM

Candie wrote: »

I know, it seems so obvious. Or put things that are so very bad for you on a list of goods you can't pay for with food stamps at least?

I don't want to get too judgy as the worst affected are in the most isolated and uneducated areas of the US, but you'd imagine instead of dealing with the results they'd at least try to educate people about the issue before their kids teeth are ruined forever. Crazy stuff altogether.

You're tlkaing about the poorest, least educated people in America. A country with rampant poverty and and zero ****s given about it. If the price were rasied, do you think they'd be able to afford adeqate amounts of milk or would the children simply end up more malnourished than they likely are now?

New Home · 30-04-2018 11:53PM

Froshtbit wrote: »

You're tlkaing about the poorest, least educated people in America. A country with rampant poverty and and zero ****s given about it. If the price were rasied, do you think they'd be able to afford adeqate amounts of milk or would the children simply end up more malnourished than they likely are now?

"More malnourished" doesn't seem possible to me, if a large part of their diet is based on huge amounts of sugared water with artificial additives of various kind. As for being able to afford the milk, if you don't spend your money on cigarettes you can probably afford more bread (not you-you, this is just a "for instance").

Chancer3001 · 01-05-2018 04:20PM

It's 2018...and Leeches and maggots are still used in Irish hospitals.

Leeches are making somewhat of a comeback. For example to increase blood flow after certain treatments. It's a relatively common occurrence to use them to increase blood flow on the tongue after surgery.

Can you imagine going into a private hospital in Dublin and the doctor telling you they were going to use leeches!?

Or use maggots to clean away dead tissue whilst leaving live tissue alone.

It blew my mind when I found it out

01-05-2018 04:26PM

Had my uncle tell me that the other day about someone else who was on his ward, I thought he was bull****ting. :P

Wibbs · 01-05-2018 05:52PM

mzungu wrote: »

If drivers stick to the 45 mph speed limit on a stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico, the road's rumble strips will play a rendition of "America the Beautiful."

The way I tend to drive I'd hear the speed metal version of it.

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Or use maggots to clean away dead tissue whilst leaving live tissue alone.

Maggots are fantastic little surgeons and work at a size impossible by any other means. This ability was well known many centuries ago and also among traditional tribal medicine types*. It came to light again in western medicine on the battlefields of World War One. Doctors noticed that wounded men who had been left out for longer in No Man's Land often had higher survival rates than men who had received more immediate medical attention for wounds. Turned out the men in No Man's Land's wounds were usually infested with maggots and they had cleaned the wounds before too much infection had taken hold from the necrotic tissue.

*my late dad actually observed this for himself when he lived in Africa many years ago. The brother of a tribal lad he knew got some hideous infection on his leg, so the local medicine shaman lass grabbed some grubs(the Da thought they were either local ant or termite grubs) and a particular clay and packed that onto the wound and wrapped the lot in some local leaves. She was insistent on the latter, even though they had cloth from local missionary types. A few days later and yer man's wound was as clean as a whistle and his fever had dropped. Then she applied different leaves and honey IIRC and within the next week it had scabbed over and was well on the way to healing. The Da remembered and was amazed by how little scarring resulted.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 01-05-2018 06:05PM

el_gaucho wrote: »

A word which can also mean the opposite of itself is called a contronym.

The verb rent is an example. We can rent to or from somebody else.

MikeyTaylor · 01-05-2018 06:43PM

John Fashanu paid his brother Justin Fashanu (RIP) a lot of money NOT to come out as gay. I'd say it was probably for the sake of his career but still I wouldn't do it.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/18/justin-fashanu-brother-john-monster-came-out-football/

Pronto63 · 01-05-2018 08:12PM

Wibbs wrote: »

They're not going to take a hit to their bottom line N. The dental trucks must cost less, likely far less than the profits they make on selling the sugar drinks. Like that time in the US car industry, Ford I think it was. Where they found a potentially fatal flaw in one of their cars. Did they fix the flaw? Nope, their lawyers told them the cost of any potential cases would be a much smaller cost than the costs of rectifying the mistake in the cars. People died and lawsuits were filed and fines paid out, but still cheaper than fixing the faults. Corporate "morals" at work. Always follow the money.

I think it was the Ford Pinto. Flaw in design/location of the fuel tank caused it to burst into flames when the car was rear-ended!

I bet you didnt know that

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