It's Come To This

[rick49]

Jun 12, 2019 21:42:31 GMT Repat Van said:

Jun 12, 2019 15:02:45 GMT mids said:

Most but not all. Take Vania for instance, it is her life.

But seriously, why are you so obsessed with me...?

It was a question for everyone. Get over yourself, because you're not the center of the universe
despite you thinking you are.

[rick49]

"But seriously, why are you so obsessed with me...?"

You really need to do something about that super inflated ego of yours. About the only time I ever address you is after you've thrown one of your hysterical bombs at almost anything and everything I post. If anyone is suffering from obsession, it's you. Get help.

[Repat Van]

Jun 13, 2019 22:29:17 GMT rick49 said:

"But seriously, why are you so obsessed with me...?"

You really need to do something about that super inflated ego of yours. About the only time I ever address you is after you've thrown one of your hysterical bombs at almost anything and everything I post. If anyone is suffering from obsession, it's you. Get help.

:D

[rick49]

Younger generations are growing horns in the back of their head

"Younger generations seem to be developing horns in the back of their skulls due to the extended use of technology like smartphones and tablets."

"Two Australian researchers made the bizarre discovery while examining hundreds of X-rays of people aged between 18 and 30, finding almost half had developed bone growths."

"They’re the kind of spurs normally seen in hunched-over elderly people who’ve subjected their bodies to long-term poor posture and significant stress loads on their bones."

"But the presence of the “horn-like” skull growths raise serious concerns about what extended use of phones is doing to young people’s bodies."

www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/younger-generations-are-growing-horns-in-the-back-of-their-head/news-story/246c5dfb45d39c8200c9052b4a841c6e

[voice]

So often the reality is never in the headline

You might have heard recently, from publications like the Washington Post, NBC, and of course, Newsweek, that some people are growing a “horn” or a “spike” out of the back of their skull from using a smartphone too much.

For anyone who was excited about gaining a futuristic protuberance, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but the science isn’t quite solid here.

Studies by Australian researchers David Shahar and Mark Sayers at the University of the Sunshine Coast spread across Australian media, with headlines like “Younger generations are growing horns in the back of their head.” These papers have now been cited by journalists around the world. The researchers studied abnormally large bony projections that seem to grow from the base of some people’s skulls. The resulting news coverage claims that increased screen time has caused more of these growths in younger people.

But these studies don’t actually prove a connection between phone use and the size of these so-called “horns.” One of the frequently cited papers says it in the abstract: “We hypothesize EEOP [enlarged external occipital protuberance] may be linked to sustained aberrant postures associated with the emergence and extensive use of hand-held contemporary technologies, such as smartphones and tablets.” It’s a hypothesis. Not a proven hypothesis. Most people who share the article are probably surprised that we even have such a piece of bone in our head at all, let alone that some people have an enlarged version.

What do the papers actually say? Well, one demonstrates that these projections seem to be larger for certain samples of younger people (like 18- to 30-year-olds). Another studied just four teenagers with such growths, noting that “mechanical influences,” like stress on joints, “are a potential cause for this phenomenon in this sample.” The third compared the size of the “horn” to study participants’ age, sex, and how far forward their head was compared to the spine.

For that third study, the researchers crunched the numbers, and reported that a lot (35 to 40 percent) of the young people that they studied seemed to have enlarged bone growths at the back of their head, and that males tended to have larger bumps, though graphs presented in the study don’t actually seem to support that second conclusion, as University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks points out in a blog. But, perhaps most importantly, they did not perform tests comparing those who used smartphones to a control group that didn’t or who used smartphones less. That means you can’t blame the growths on phones.

gizmodo.com/no-using-a-cellphone-isnt-causing-you-to-grow-a-horn-1835705172

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Spawn of the Devil, that's what they are.

[hammerhead]

The phones or the younger generation?

[voice]

well if its the younger generation, I suppose that makes us the devil.

[hammerhead]

Hmm but since man invented the phone, we're the Devil either way!

[flatandy]

We're complaining about horny teenagers?

[Marshall]

This is entertaining

[voice]

brilliant

[Repat Van]

That clip reminds of me being in Kazakhstan for work. And the finance woman apologised for using the word “inshallah” when she was talking to me - she said “oh sorry! That would be “Jesus” for you!”

I just thought I just thought it would be far too complicated to get into a discussion about how I am not remotely religious so I just smiled and took the folder she offered me.

On a side note - it’s interesting how differently Americans pronounce the word “Sikh”.

[mids]

They can't pronounce "clique" either.

[rick49]

Uh-huh: To save water, LA pays folks to tear out lawns that fight smog, costing billions

"This would be so California-hilarious if it didn’t affect the health of millions of its citizens."

"Statistics show that after some years of improvement, mainly nationally, air in the country’s capital of smog, Los Angeles, is deteriorating again. Los Angeles has chronically been the worst place for childhood asthma too."

"The drought is over. But the Los Angeles County’s Waterworks Districts are still signing up homeowners under their Cash for Grass program. Their website boasts of having paid to tear out and replace more than two million square feet of “inefficient turf.”

"Here’s the problem with that: Every 600 square feet of grass produces enough oxygen to support one human for one day."

hotair.com/archives/latimestot/2019/07/03/calif-smog-worsens/

Kinda like taking the oxygen bottle away from someone with copd. How woke.

[mids]

At least they're woke when it comes to hair.

California becomes first US state to ban discrimination over natural hairstyles

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/03/california-becomes-first-in-us-to-ban-discrimination-over-natural-hairstyles?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

[Repat Van]

Jul 4, 2019 5:35:51 GMT mids said:

At least they're woke when it comes to hair.

California becomes first US state to ban discrimination over natural hairstyles

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/03/california-becomes-first-in-us-to-ban-discrimination-over-natural-hairstyles?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

It is quite amazing to me, simply amazing, that in 2019 a law had to be enacted to protect black people from facing discrimination for the way their hair grows out of their head.


In 2019!

[mids]

The point being, no such law is needed.

[Repat Van]

Jul 4, 2019 8:28:39 GMT mids said:

The point being, no such law is needed.

Well yes, you think that. But that's because you support race based discrimination.

I don't think such a law should be needed but given that in 2019 black people are being discriminated against for the way their hair grows out of their head - a law will have to do.

[mids]

What other discrimination in the workplace laws were in existence that could have been used? It's very often the case that existing laws do the job but hysterical snowflakes (i.e. you) demand their own extra special laws because they're so special.