Damn, that’s a horrible diagnosis. Sorry.

But, as others have said, love insurance has a shit ton of escape clauses because they don’t want to pay out. It isn’t enough to be dead necessarily, the manner and/or cause of death can be a factor.

Bank accounts are easier because you can just add people in to have access. Usually some hoops to jump through, but doable. There’s also power of attorney, which helps with more than just bank issues.

My plan in the event of that diagnosis is to find some forest and get lost before I forget how to get lost.

Yeah, I’m a word nerd, but a vocabulary isn’t inherently about intellect. It’s about putting the effort in, because even people with severe learning disorders can still amass l arge vocabularies. Now, using them appropriately rather than just collecting them does take a little more effort and thought, but it’s also not some kind of feat of genius. Anyone with reasonable capacity can use fancy words appropriately.

Don’t get me wrong, I fucking despise people that shit on the sheer joy that language can be. We don’t have to limit ourselves to “double plus” thinking or speech, and shouldn’t. And anyone trying to act like having a varied and sizable vocabulary is some kind of flaw can suck the peanuts out of my shit (or whatever varieties of legumes they prefer from my feces, if they feel so inclined).

But the only thing vocabulary really indicates about a person is that they value their vocabulary.

The old school prosthetics tended to be strapped on in a way that let you use other muscles to operate the grasping part. The typical ones you’d run across were hooks. They had two sides, and you’d essentially flex your upper arm to spread or close them (over simplifying, but that’s the gist).

And that’s in terms of stuff that did move. Some were purely aesthetic, others (like the classic pirate hooks) served to allow a range of tasks, but didn’t move. There’s some examples of really old prostheses that were remarkably dexterous, but they tended to be one-off items.

In terms of the full on mechanical hands, those are relatively new. They’ve been developed for decades, with a handful of methods used to try and bridge the gap needed what the person wants to do and the movements the device makes. Anything from picking up brain signals to electrodes that detect muscle twitches at the site.

Which stunt?

A twelve inch sub, two bags of chips, a bottle of soda for each, and some Reese’s cups.

I did the entire load except the Reeses.

This was back when FUBU was still a viable company. I could fit a full sized handgun in each pocket, so two drink bottles in one and a sandwich in the other were easy. Chips in the back pockets. With pants that loose, and a baggy shirt over the top, it wasn’t even visible lol. Good belt helped though.

With a good coat in winter, I could smuggle anything I damn well wanted almost anywhere. Hell, anywhere at all that didn’t search people, no almost.

Edit: me and my homie went together, it wasn’t all for me

Jerky might = kids, normal food = legal sex

I mean, it could be coded to refer to anything illegal as far as that goes.

I rarely complain about voting, but it annoys the fuck out of me that this question is in the negative. It’s actually a damn good question, if poorly phrased.

But it’s true. Inbreeding takes generations to cause significant troubles if there’s no really nasty genetic diseases present already.

Even siblings aren’t going to crank out two headed monsters if they’re the first in the family to keep it in the family. And, once you’re past first cousins, the risks get even lower. Not non existent, just not anything to worry about in the first generation. Again, that’s unless there’s a known issue.

Well, loperamide definitely helps, particularly with IBSd.

But there’s other ways to minimize troubles. The first is to figure out if you have food triggers (most people with it do) and then eliminate them. Food diary is the fastest way to narrow down exactly what sets you off. You’ll likely figure out quickly that acidic foods are a trigger (because they almost always are for everyone with IBS), so tomato sauces are a great thing to start eliminating.

However, there’s what’s called the FODMAP diet, which actually reduces FODMAPs, so it’s kinda weird that it’s just referred to that way. But elimination of FODMAPs tends to drastically reduce or even eliminate IBS flare ups.

However, diet alone isn’t always the culprit. Stress plays a big role in flares. So does hydration (which isn’t always thought of as part of diet, so I mention it separately). Mobility factors in; being sedentary makes IBS d and c worse, though it’s counter intuitive with IBSd what with walking stimulating bowel motility.

Fiber is often recommended, but I say be very cautious when you try it. Psyllium fiber in particular has a habit of making gas and cramping worse with some IBS sufferers. I tend to favor improving soluble fiber while minimizing insoluble to be more effective than just increasing fiber overall. But there’s a degree of insoluble that’s necessary, so don’t go crazy eliminating it.

Because IBS is kinda individual, it’s always a journey. Something like arthritis, you know what’s going to help it or not; you break a leg, there’s a very small range of options and they are all certain to work. But IBS? It’s not really a single disease as much as having bowels that are reactive to “stuff”, and that stuff just isn’t the same for everyone. So be prepared to deal with a good bit of experimenting until you figure out what works for you.

They do!

But it’s rare for multiple reasons.

First, both the listener and the speaker have to know the word, because otherwise there’s no reason to compliment it

Second, the listener (or reader, but I’m too lazy to type both every damn time) has to care about word usage, and it’s kinda niche.

Third, there’s a significant degree of anti-intellectual belief out in the world, so that segment is going to have the opposite response, and they’re prone to being obnoxious about it.

Fourth, giving compliments is not something everyone is good at, so there’s a segment that might appreciate it, but not know how to express it.

Fifth, a corollary to the fourth, it can feel awkward to give compliments, so it gets shoved avoided, which is partly due to sixth:

Sixth, as a culture, complimenting someone is a complicated social action. There’s all kinds of little unspoken rules around it, and that makes a lot of people just nope out entirely.

But if you hang around people that enjoy word play and vocabulary, you’ll see a lot more compliments :)

This is targeted harassment at me, and I will not accept it

Ahhhh, gotcha.

Yeah, they tend to have less connection because of all the process of going from hatchery to store, and the lack of interaction before they get bought. They’d be fine layers, but less fine friends.

And breed factors in too. The ones usually out for sale in a store will be bred for laying or meat, and that means no attention to more than bare docility. Some breeds though, they’re known for being friendly rather than just calm. We have a marans that prefers human company to other birds most of the time. Since she was also hand raised before we got her, I’m not too surprised she tends to amaze people with how friendly and loving she is.

I think if you get more, find a local breeder and you’ll have way better luck

Popular? For a given value of popular, absolutely.

You’re a high volume poster with a very distinct writing voice. Doesn’t take long to start recognizing the pattern, which will inevitably mean the user name is recognizable as well.

Me? I tend to really enjoy your nostupidquestions posts, even when I have no idea what in the fuck you’re asking. See, a community like this needs members that will essentially post whatever the fuck is on their mind with little or no filter. On reddit, there were subs where one or two folks like that made them worth dividing visiting because it opens the gate.

Even when you ask something that’s off the wall and barely intelligible, it spurs reaction, thought. Even when that thought/reaction is negative, it makes people think about what they wish would be posted.

And, on top of the gate opening, people that ask whatever the hell is in their head tend to ask things nobody else would. You have no idea how many times you’ve asked some off the wall shit that made me really think because I would have never approached the subject in that way. There was a guy on reddit in one of the niche subs that was the same way, and I always took extra time to consider his asks because it often led to me thinking something new, even if I couldn’t give a useful response.

Though, being real, sometimes I have no clue what in the hell you’re getting at lol.

You’re screaming against the wind of hundreds of years of language usage.

Besides, in English, if you’re referring to both continents, you say the americas, and use north or south if specifying one or the other

So, no, Mexico isn’t in America, it’s in North America by conventional English usage. Or it’s in the Americas, if you want to be all inclusive.

Those terms wouldn’t necessarily apply directly in Spanish, French, or Portuguese, and many countries in the Americas use terms in those languages to differentiate between the United States of America and the continents. Los estados unitas, el norte, etc. Depends on exactly where you are as to what gets used afaik, but my exposure is mostly to Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Puerto Ricans, and the occasional Guatemalan, and those two terms are what I’ve heard most.

But in English? America is the default when referring to the us, since it’s cumbersome to use “the united states” in both speech and print. America just takes less time, and it’s so common that anywhere you go in the world, if you say America while in context of a single place, they’ll understand what you mean.

All three of those have songs.

Ducks can do this strange little warble when in their own groups. Geese sing hymns to satan. Swans I haven’t been around enough of to have heard their sweeter sounds, but I’ve been told they exist.

But chickens? They sing. Even roosters, but hens in particular have multiple songs. Trills mostly, and the one you hear most is when they’re sleepy and letting each other know all is well. They can do this little purr when they’re feeling all lovey or wanting treats. They even chirp when surprised.

The bawks aren’t even singular. Depending on what they’re doing and what’s going on, it can be quiet like buks, loud and annoyed baaawks, friendly tuk-tuks when food is around, trouble boks when they’re after something and trying to be all stealth but can’t just not make sounds, outright squawks when complaining about something. They have a rich range of vocalizations. Maybe not as complex as something like a parrot or raven, but I’d say more complex than the budgies I’ve been around.

That’s not even getting into other sounds they make as a side effect of other communication efforts. Beak clicks, clacks, and snaps. Wing beats and feather ruffles.

Roosters gobble! Very similar to the classic turkey sound, though not identical enough that you’d mistake one for the other. They also make loud whistles, hisses (which hens can do, but rarely get scrappy enough to fight, so it’s rare), and screams.

But roosters also sing their version of trills and purrs.

Thing is, unless you really chill with your chickens, you won’t hear most of them. Day to day, they’re out hunting and pecking and buk-bukking, with the occasional bawk bawk when they find something interesting. But if you’re with them for a while, you’ll catch the others.

Yeah! I caught that episode, but didn’t connect it until you brought it up. Dang, that makes me more confident this concoction would be really good

Yeah, he’s got that magic voice and laid back vibe. It’s a very rare critter that can’t enjoy it

My dogs never watched. But both of them enjoyed Bob Ross a good bit, and were chill with music videos.

Yeah, I gotta go w with cranberries.