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Cartoons, games and stuff like these are mainly directed for kids and not for adults. Why is that? For me, sometimes they are interesting. They are interesting piece of art. Few cartoons have clever humour. Games also have nice references and ingenious plots. But still I here people saying - "You are grown up now! Stop with cartoons and games". Mind you, these are not said to me. I'm still young. But I was wondering why adults don't enjoy such things. Does the humour become too childish? If yes, then what exactly is childish humour? I'm looking for an elaborate answer. Thank You!

Why do people go nuts when they see a snake? And why is the snake always deadly? This snake is being touted on facebook as a pygmy rattlesnake... I say more likely a neonate black racer but definitely not a rattle snake...

So I'm only aware of one other regular female on the site. Are we the only two? Is science (and this site) that male dominated? Forgive me if I'm being nosy

My 2nd thread I start in 10 years, I believe. Not sure if it's a worthwhile topic, but beating the last one should be easy. And I found it suitable for getting random input by people I've never met: In your opinion, should the boss of a small group of employees visit the employees to ask them what they are doing and how it is working out (and help solve a problem at hand if required, of course). If so, how often would you see fit? If not, what kind of interaction/feedback do you envision? In either case, what is your good or bad experiences on communication with direct superiors or, in case you are the boss, with your staff? More generally: How would a group go about …

I'm in the U.S.A.. Well, I had been up over 24 hours, but I did it. I'm trying to get back into my competitive groove and do things. It also gives a little bit of cash. It's somewhat painful, but it's not agonizing, bloody murder painful. It's more like some prick (asshole/jerk) with a short fingernail keeps pressing his finger and fingernail into the underneath of your arm for a good hour or two, as that pain transforms into a numbing pain that is annoying but tolerable. It took about 4 to 4.5 hours. Not bad for some extra cash. It's too bad these plasma centers are not more abundant in U.S. cities. What interested me, however, was that the plasma was going t…

I have noticed that some people take a lot of pride in being aware of pop culture, movies, songs etc. Why is this? If you have not seen some famous movie, there is sense of ridicule. I don't really understand this. Any explanation?

The city of Barcelona has built a humongous penis shaped skyscraper around the famous Sacred Family Cathedral. Shocking pictures here: http://third-secret.pro-forum.co.uk/h57-giant-penis-built-around-the-sacred-family-cathedral-in-barcelona

...surely this action is within my own best interests. I have had the most ridiculous enforcement of ''mod rules'' so I assume it might be best for me to lie low. The real reason why I have posted this, is that if anyone wishes to conduct a game of chess with me, I will find your message here. In the meanwhile, keep well and I will see you all in a couple of weeks. Keep well!

Why do they even exist? Do you not think it is a bit unfair that posters can be biased in their opinions of posters here and so they find themselves negging these people, just because they don't like what they have said? Surely negging posts only paints a picture in someone's profile whether they can be trusted. I think out of all the posters, I make good contributions but I never get positive reps. So what is the deal with system?

I know some of you like chess, so here is one of my best games ever, it also includes my favourite game by Susan Polgar http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/the-power-of-calculating-ahead

I happened to recently watch the movie Contact which starred Jodie Foster. I noticed what I thought was an irritating gaffe in the plot. At the end of the story the possibility is presented that the First Contact purportedly established with an alien society was a hoax perpetrated by a wealthy individual to serve his own greedy corporate purposes. The First Contact was supposedly a signal received from a source located 26 light years away in the constellation Vega. If the purported First Contact was indeed a hoax, then the implication was that the scientific community was fooled into believing that the signal establishing First Contact (which therefore was actually of lo…

My wife and i just spent two days experiencing some really weird health problems. We cannot figure out what happened, here are the symptoms... Heart palpitations extreme shakiness/weakness/agitation/inability to think clearly Waking night mares/total inability to sleep Ringing in our ears Tremors/dizziness Elevated blood pressure Extreme sweating/hot and cold flashes We were both too weak and disorientated to drive Intestinal problems The nightmares were as real as hallucinations can be and long lasting, some of them lasted an hour or more it lasted two days, the only thing we shared besides living together was eating a pizza…

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/my-first-game-on-chesslive This game, I used the kings indian, orthodox version. Here is a game in which I played the Gundaram Defence. Here is a game in which I play the Goring Gambit http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/goring-gambit-game Here is another kings indian, this was like the exchange variation http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/a-clean-juggle-to-a-forced-mate You'll find two miniatures of mine on this page http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/post-your-best-miniatures-here?page=164 On this page, you can find a Mar Del Plata variation of kings gambit miniatur…

I want to apologize to everyone here for my behavior in the past, and especially lab rat who had the misfortune of being the recipient of my most recent digressions. I am truly sorry to everyone who may have been impacted. Last Friday my beautiful wife of 27 years, Georgette, underwent her fourth surgery since last December for thyroid cancer. The first was to remove the thyroid and the following two for the lymph nodes on either side. We were encouraged that this is the most curable cancer and her prognosis was estimated at 90%. She had the one prescribed radiation treatment in the early spring, and still encouraged, we hoped for the best. She went for he…

A woman with a 1 yo child in a car seat was killed today in Washington, she was obviously deranged and her behavior was threatening but was her death really necessary? I've watched the tapes released so far and while i understand that a car can be a weapon her actions looked more like a panic stricken person trying to get away than a person trying to use her car as a weapon... thoughts discuss?

Just saw this ad in speculation section. http://www.animals-in-space.com/ The link takes you to this At the bottom of the page it says; This is a training exercise. No animals will be launched into space. What the ?

I appreciate that, on the whole, a universal cure for cancer would not actually extend the average lifespan by very much - precisely because age is a risk factor for the development of cancer. Acquiring the suite of mutations and number of cell doublings implicated in cancer - not to mention the development of anti-apoptotic, invasive and metastatic phenotypes in cancer cells - takes decades usually. But to claim that, 'in the aggregate, it's not as big an advance as you might think.' Really? Is this guy in his right mind? I can only assume that he has never witnessed the protracted death of a loved one to this disease; has never witnessed their intense physical discomfor…

Simple game we can play. Just post something to do with science or mathematics that can be seen as an innuendo. You should give some link just to prove it is real, so no cheating. The winner gets the satisfaction of having the dirtest mind. I'll enter this (lol) Cox Ring. Now your turn...

Myself: 39 y/o male. 11 yr Military Veteran Education: BS Space Studies - APUS Current Study: MS Space Studies - Aerospace - APUS Location: Vicinity Washington, DC Technology Startup: Electromagnetic Propulsion Engine Uniqueness: Electro magnetism is one of the fundamental forces in the universe. The ability to use this force for propulsion has the potential to yield high thrust for a long duration. A provisional patent has already been submitted to the USPTO. A full utility patent will be submitted. The patent utilizes a unique configuration and application of electromagnets that provide a force onto a reusable magnetically reactive projectile. Th…

Is it possible? I can read a research paper but I have no way of validating it (or often even making sense of it). (Incidentally since papers are peer reviewed, where do those peer reviews reside?) Is there a thick black line drawn somewhere within the super-set of hypotheses and research results to give a neat subset of "mainstream" and "accepted". Or is the line fuzzy and blurred? Is it something that only an expert can really know, and only within a narrow field? And is that ultimately only an opinion anyway? What should a lay person trust? Pop science books? Science journalism? How do YOU recognise something as mainstream? Does it just come with experi…

Do we have any chess addicts here, that either play for fun in their spare time or even play professionally? I quite enjoy the chess myself but I am probably considered a serious player, I study all the openings, traps. My rating is roughly 1900-2000. So who enjoys chess here, have any games you'd like to show me, or even interested in seeing a few of mine? Maybe even challenge me to an online game perhaps?

These films, there are quite a few, fascinate me, I doubt very highly that these are time travelers but they certainly look inexplicable on the surface. I'll post only one such video to see if anyone is interested in debunking this or at least speculating on what it really is.

In case anyone was reading news and made a navy + washington + swansont association. The observatory is miles away from the navy yard.

This is totally awesome: You saw it first on SFN!