GermaneRiposte101
GermaneRiposte101 t1_ja9zipk wrote
Reply to comment by Ansuz07 in Eli5: How did people know how long a year was in olden times? by Slokkkk
And, for reasons to do with farming (planting crops/harvesting/etc) there was a very real need to learn this.
People were not stupid in olden times: they just had less knowledge.
GermaneRiposte101 t1_j6c2u21 wrote
Reply to comment by kdieick in ELI5: When you have no cellphone service, how can you still make calls to emergency services (eg. 911)? by 2Girls1Pet
Fair point
GermaneRiposte101 t1_j6c1l4f wrote
Reply to comment by kdieick in ELI5: When you have no cellphone service, how can you still make calls to emergency services (eg. 911)? by 2Girls1Pet
Or 112 (Europe and parts of Asia), or 000 (Australia), or 999 (many countries) or a plethora of other numbers world wide.
112 is the number that makes the most sense. The easiest to dial on older rotary phones taking into account that 111 could be accidentally dialed.
GermaneRiposte101 t1_j5irdsc wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: How come some commercials will mention the competition by name but others use generic terms like “leading brand”? by OmarBarksdale
A short advertisment
GermaneRiposte101 t1_j5achpv wrote
Reply to comment by me_not_at_work in TIL people who appreciate taboo jokes and other forms of black humor show higher levels of intelligence by deadliestcurses
Are you sure. I have told you this before
GermaneRiposte101 t1_j5ac5uo wrote
Reply to comment by DxFrz in TIL people who appreciate taboo jokes and other forms of black humor show higher levels of intelligence by deadliestcurses
Forgot there were Americans on Reddit. Apologies for forgetting the /s
(Bit of darkish humour there)
GermaneRiposte101 t1_j59uvml wrote
Reply to comment by Larein in TIL people who appreciate taboo jokes and other forms of black humor show higher levels of intelligence by deadliestcurses
Yes it does
GermaneRiposte101 t1_j59urit wrote
Reply to TIL people who appreciate taboo jokes and other forms of black humor show higher levels of intelligence by deadliestcurses
Thank you, I love black humour. Does that mean I am smarter than everyone who down votes me?
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Edit: Does that mean I am dumber than all who up vote me?
GermaneRiposte101 t1_iyckflz wrote
Reply to comment by rezamazino in Being Alive (2018) - An ageing philosopher returns to the essential question: What is the point of it all? [00:18:12] by quellerand
>i think that i will just die at 60.
Nah, don't do that.
You just start to get your shit together at 60 (well at least I did).
GermaneRiposte101 t1_iyckc9m wrote
Reply to Being Alive (2018) - An ageing philosopher returns to the essential question: What is the point of it all? [00:18:12] by quellerand
There is no point.
Be born. Enjoy*. Die.
That's it folks.
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* And try and do more good than bad but that is only my own personal preference.
You do you.
GermaneRiposte101 t1_je84ib3 wrote
Reply to comment by Spinaccio in ELI5: What is Universal Healthcare by Thegreatcornholio459
A major advantage of Universal Health is that the they can use their size to reduce the cost of medicine, sometimes by several orders of magnitude