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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:48:50 GMT -5
If you have a random thought or two, post it here, share it with us.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:49:47 GMT -5
Did you ever notice that the most ungrateful people, seem to be those who have the most to be grateful for?
I may be alone, but I have a roof over my head and a place to sleep, warm clothes and food everyday. I have a job that pays the bills. And I have this place to come to where I am welcome.
You can brood about what you don't have or you can be grateful for what you have. Any day you are not cold, hungry and naked, is a good day.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 19, 2024 2:23:46 GMT -5
Mine is not profound, but we were supposed to get less than an inch of snow the past Friday night and we got 4 inches. Usually they forecast 4 inches and we get a half inch. Only time this winter that we have gotten more than a half inch. It has been a pretty unsnowy winter, same as the last several years. Nice to have a little snow for a change, but it will be gone by Tuesday evening.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Feb 19, 2024 11:50:07 GMT -5
Does a test tube baby have a belly button?
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Feb 19, 2024 11:51:36 GMT -5
On a serious note, the expression "youth is wasted on the young" makes more sense than it ever did.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 23, 2024 10:59:28 GMT -5
I go weeks without speaking aloud to another human being, on the other hand I never get into arguments.
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Post by JMiskimen on Feb 23, 2024 14:19:27 GMT -5
When you really think about it; considering the Navaho people probably make up less than 1% of the US population, Skinwalkers are amazingly over represented on TikTok/YouTube videos ...
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Post by arjen on Feb 23, 2024 17:26:58 GMT -5
Does a test tube baby have a belly button? The umbilical cord, that connects the baby to the placenta in the womb, is formed from the fetus so the baby and the cord have the same DNA. The placenta, to which the umbilical cord connects to, is a collaboration of the womb's (mother's) cells and the fetus' (baby's) cells. Test tube babies, until now, have always grown inside a womb. The umbilical cord and the baby grow from the same source: the embryo. So yes; all test tube babies have belly buttons because the belly button is the product of a break between 2 parts arising from the same source; the embryo. Even if a method was designed to develop embryos into babies without the need of a person it would most likely use the 'programmed' in method of developing an umbilical cord from the fetus and deal with the formation of the placenta (from donated or cloned womb-DNA cells) from there. Given that the general consensus with changing processes is that you don't mess with the part that work within their own sub-process it is likely that that part of the process won't be messed with. So yes, test-tube babies have belly buttons; and even is we are able to develop artificial wombs it is most likely that belly-buttons will remain as both ends, in the creation of a belly button, are the result of the embryos programmed DNA.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 23, 2024 22:12:03 GMT -5
Does a test tube baby have a belly button? The umbilical cord, that connects the baby to the placenta in the womb, is formed from the fetus so the baby and the cord have the same DNA. The placenta, to which the umbilical cord connects to, is a collaboration of the womb's (mother's) cells and the fetus' (baby's) cells. Test tube babies, until now, have always grown inside a womb. The umbilical cord and the baby grow from the same source: the embryo. So yes; all test tube babies have belly buttons because the belly button is the product of a break between 2 parts arising from the same source; the embryo. Even if a method was designed to develop embryos into babies without the need of a person it would most likely use the 'programmed' in method of developing an umbilical cord from the fetus and deal with the formation of the placenta (from donated or cloned womb-DNA cells) from there. Given that the general consensus with changing processes is that you don't mess with the part that work within their own sub-process it is likely that that part of the process won't be messed with. So yes, test-tube babies have belly buttons; and even is we are able to develop artificial wombs it is most likely that belly-buttons will remain as both ends, in the creation of a belly button, are the result of the embryos programmed DNA. Not something I have given thought to, but that does make a lot of sense.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 23, 2024 22:13:21 GMT -5
I go weeks without speaking aloud to another human being, on the other hand I never get into arguments. I talk to people about once or twice a week, but that is about all. During the lockdowns I went quite a while. It can be that way living alone. Feel for you man.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 23, 2024 22:14:02 GMT -5
When you really think about it; considering the Navaho people probably make up less than 1% of the US population, Skinwalkers are amazingly over represented on TikTok/YouTube videos ... I am guessing those TikTok/YouTube videos get a lot of views too.
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Post by arjen on Feb 23, 2024 23:11:54 GMT -5
When you really think about it; considering the Navaho people probably make up less than 1% of the US population, Skinwalkers are amazingly over represented on TikTok/YouTube videos ... I am guessing those TikTok/YouTube videos get a lot of views too. If you want to hear a weird revelation, regarding indigenous Americans, from a Dutch person moving to the US: For a long time I thought Spanish speaking Mexican or South American people were basically the equivalent of English speaking people from the USA, meaning basically mostly people from European descent speaking English or Spanish (or Portugese). It turned out, for me, that the vast majority of "latinos", are not of a Spanish/Portuguese/Italian/French lineage but are indigenous Aztecs, Maya etc. . It blew my mind when I realized. Did you know that "latino" has no meaning outside of North America?
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 24, 2024 0:38:59 GMT -5
I am guessing those TikTok/YouTube videos get a lot of views too. If you want to hear a weird revelation, regarding indigenous Americans, from a Dutch person moving to the US: For a long time I thought Spanish speaking Mexican or South American people were basically the equivalent of English speaking people from the USA, meaning basically mostly people from European descent speaking English or Spanish (or Portugese). It turned out, for me, that the vast majority of "latinos", are not of a Spanish/Portuguese/Italian/French lineage but are indigenous Aztecs, Maya etc. . It blew my mind when I realized. Did you know that "latino" has no meaning outside of North America? No, I did not know that "latino" has no meaning outside of North America and of course the Central & South Americans are very familiar with it, although use their own country names among themselves. Politicians often make the mistakes of thinking Latinos are a monolithic group, but which country they come from makes a big difference in customs and everything else. Fascinating to read up on each Central & South American country. My impression from my own experiences is that Latinos are very rarely "pure" anything except the more rural the more indigenous, but in cities and urban areas very mixed with some areas being high in sub-Saharan African background. Very few Latinos are largely of European ancestry, except in specific places in South America where there was massive immigration from Europe from the 1930s on. Of course, even those of us from a northern European background are very rarely "pure" anything either, my family branches all go back to the 1600s & 1700s in the US.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Feb 24, 2024 11:51:24 GMT -5
Does a test tube baby have a belly button? The umbilical cord, that connects the baby to the placenta in the womb, is formed from the fetus so the baby and the cord have the same DNA. The placenta, to which the umbilical cord connects to, is a collaboration of the womb's (mother's) cells and the fetus' (baby's) cells. Test tube babies, until now, have always grown inside a womb. The umbilical cord and the baby grow from the same source: the embryo. So yes; all test tube babies have belly buttons because the belly button is the product of a break between 2 parts arising from the same source; the embryo. Even if a method was designed to develop embryos into babies without the need of a person it would most likely use the 'programmed' in method of developing an umbilical cord from the fetus and deal with the formation of the placenta (from donated or cloned womb-DNA cells) from there. Given that the general consensus with changing processes is that you don't mess with the part that work within their own sub-process it is likely that that part of the process won't be messed with. So yes, test-tube babies have belly buttons; and even is we are able to develop artificial wombs it is most likely that belly-buttons will remain as both ends, in the creation of a belly button, are the result of the embryos programmed DNA. arjen have an Exalt for such a well reasoned and thought out reply for a question that was purely asked in jest. That is very much appreciated.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 28, 2024 17:13:20 GMT -5
We accumulate a lot of missed opportunities over the years. You don't know, what you don't know, until you know.
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Post by mao on Feb 28, 2024 19:34:30 GMT -5
Chinese curse + May you live in interesting times
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Post by muddywater on Mar 28, 2024 16:43:34 GMT -5
If you have a random thought or two, post it here, share it with us. Have an exalt for starting this thread.
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Post by muddywater on Mar 28, 2024 16:46:08 GMT -5
This year we get to find out if the majority of voting Americans are either insane or love their children and grandchildren. If they vote for the guy who is responsible for taxing of Social Security and our Massive Prison population, we will know they are insane.
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Post by Morose on Apr 1, 2024 18:11:49 GMT -5
It takes two to make a quarrel
I quarrel with myself quite often and sometimes I lose
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Post by Morose on Apr 2, 2024 17:58:25 GMT -5
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
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Post by Jakob Grimm on Apr 2, 2024 19:33:10 GMT -5
Kahlil Gibran
Every man is the descendant of every king and every slave that ever lived.
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Post by Jakob Grimm on Apr 3, 2024 13:21:08 GMT -5
"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize. Tom Lehrer
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Post by Jakob Grimm on Apr 3, 2024 13:46:18 GMT -5
I need someone really bad. Are you really bad?
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Post by mao on Apr 3, 2024 15:02:27 GMT -5
I need someone really bad. Are you really bad? dirty deals done dirt cheap
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Post by mao on Apr 3, 2024 18:08:04 GMT -5
I kill, You kill ,We all kill for Gold!
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Apr 3, 2024 18:45:57 GMT -5
Of course I talk to myself. I need to run ideas by an expert first!
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Post by simrion on Apr 5, 2024 6:38:22 GMT -5
You all really need a "hobby..."
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 5, 2024 12:40:55 GMT -5
You all really need a "hobby..." Wait, what?!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 5, 2024 13:06:48 GMT -5
If you laid all of man's opinions end to end, there would be no end.
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Post by mao on Apr 5, 2024 14:17:12 GMT -5
No mater where you go, there you are-Bukaroo Bonzi
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