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What is the closest relative to the dodo bird, and would it be possible to use selective breeding to recreate the dodo?
felixthecat:
True about the NIcobar, but I have read that it would be possible to breed that pigeon to eventually look like a dodo.
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1 year ago
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What was the first multi-celled organism to appear on Earth?
felixthecat:
How very sad to be you.
Anyway, please explain, sanely, how evolution is a religion.
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1 year ago
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Did you know that global warming is happening not only on Earth but all of the planets in our solar system simultaneously?
felixthecat:
It is not at all clear. What is clear that he was unaware that geographical poles exist, but at the same time he is unsure what geo-magnetic poles really are.
Have the Earth's geographic poles ever reversed position? The evidence overwhelmingly says no. Have they ever shifted? Perhaps, but ...
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1 year ago
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What is the most powerful acid?
felixthecat:
But what about all the leftovers?
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1 year ago
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What is the most powerful acid?
felixthecat:
So you would recommend this acid if I need to dissolve some corpses?
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1 year ago
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What are your thoughts concerning digital piracy?
felixthecat:
"Ex"cept as an academic title, "fellow" is used as a descriptive for males. Synonyms: man, guy, old man, boy, lad and so on.
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1 year ago
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Do you think space exploration is worth the resources?
felixthecat:
Yes, but even things like the Hubble are part of exploration, a step to the ultimate quest. They say that by 2020, we may have the telescopic ability to have a pretty good actual view of Earth-like planets. What if these views show us planets that are green and blue or even clearly harbor intelligen...
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1 year ago
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If you could extend your life 1000 years with science and technology, would you do it?
felixthecat:
Sad, yet true. WE were all born too early. WE will die, and others will explore the stars and live like gods for millions of years.
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1 year ago
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What colors can an ant see?
felixthecat:
Thank you. I had no idea.
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1 year ago
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How far could a steam engine pulling a train of, say, ten cars in the 1880s travel before needing to refill its water tank?
felixthecat:
Wow, thanks for the information. I thought that they could maybe go a hundred miles between waterings, but 12? That must've made for a long trip to anywhere.
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1 year ago
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What's wrong with this game?!?
felixthecat:
So many people ask themselves that very question, Parasyte. There is no good answer.
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1 year ago
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what is the difference between finger printing and dna finger printing?
felixthecat:
Sadly, and not popularly known or supposed to be known, DNA fingerprinting is far less accurate than finger printing.
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1 year ago
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Out of all the species of animals on earth, which is the most populated?
felixthecat:
Insects are animals.
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1 year ago
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Why does skin peel after getting a sunburn?
felixthecat:
Looks healthy, but is probably full of baby cancer cells.
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1 year ago
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What's wrong with my earphones?
felixthecat:
Just the mere act of putting them on and taking them off weakens the connections. They could be made better, but then you wouldn't need to buy new ones.
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2 years ago
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Did you know that global warming is happening not only on Earth but all of the planets in our solar system simultaneously?
felixthecat:
There are the geographic poles, based on the Earth's axis, and there are the magnetic poles. The magnetic or geo-magnetic poles on Earth last flipped 780,000 years ago and and may not flip again until another million years or so have passed. The geographic poles on the Earth have never flipped. The ...
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2 years ago
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Did you know that global warming is happening not only on Earth but all of the planets in our solar system simultaneously?
felixthecat:
Please- if you wouldn't mind -explain to us why you often answer your own questions. Wouldn't a comment suffice?
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2 years ago
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Is it true that if you look slightly above an image of a possessed person, you will see the demon possessing them?
felixthecat:
We'll have to find more pictures of the possessed then, for a more accurate test.
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2 years ago
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Did you know that global warming is happening not only on Earth but all of the planets in our solar system simultaneously?
felixthecat:
Temperatures are not the direct cause of pole reversal, or even an indirect cause. In fact, pole reversal is so rare in our solar system, it is known to have occurred only twice in the past four billion years, and not to Earth at all. If it was, and we did indeed regularly pass through a dense galac...
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2 years ago
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Did you know that global warming is happening not only on Earth but all of the planets in our solar system simultaneously?
felixthecat:
The warming is not occurring on all planets simultaneously, and even on those planets where warming is occurring, their is no pattern of temperature increase that would lead to the conclusion that all warming is due to one source of effect.
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2 years ago
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Who is the smartest person on Questional?
felixthecat:
More clues: Pompous, douchebag, whiny.
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2 years ago
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Who is the smartest person on Questional?
felixthecat:
I will provide some clues: condescending, bloated ego, and a brain filled with fairy dust.
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2 years ago
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Should we be sad when a poacher is killed by an animal, or pleased that the animal fought back and won?
felixthecat:
I was thinking more along the endangered species line, or of the wanton killer.
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2 years ago
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How many gallons of water are on the Earth?
felixthecat:
True enough. I wonder if the vapor were to be condensed, though, how much water in terms of gallons there would be?
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2 years ago
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How many gallons of water are on the Earth?
felixthecat:
Okay. That is a lot. How many gallons of water are in the atmosphere?
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2 years ago
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“James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher”?
felixthecat:
Yes, that is correct.
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2 years ago
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Why do people seem to fear the Theory of Evolution?
felixthecat:
That always is a major point with that sort: "It is only a theory".
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2 years ago
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Why do people seem to fear the Theory of Evolution?
felixthecat:
Yes. Is evolution is true, their world crumbles. Yet, they are willing to accept that the sun does not circle a flat squarish Earth.
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2 years ago
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Do you think Questional will ever come back up in popularity?
felixthecat:
MY, you sure do have a high opinion of yourself. However, whereas others might say that you're fantasy world is tiresome and shows a marked ability for critical thinking, and that your endless New Age nonsense is boring and pathetic, I think you are great! And right! You are absolutely right!
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2 years ago
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Do you think Questional will ever come back up in popularity?
felixthecat:
How do your insults, fantasies, and pretensions help the site? I ask this in all sincerity.
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2 years ago
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Do you think Questional will ever come back up in popularity?
felixthecat:
I never surrender.
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2 years ago
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How long will it be before an administrator sees this question?
felixthecat:
Not a problem! :)
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2 years ago
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Do internet data entry jobs actually work?
felixthecat:
They are two different matters- no legitimate corporation ever says to a prospective employee "Pay us money to get this job, and then we'll pay you money". And no, a franchise is not the same thing because you are actually buying a business right. The distinctions you raise are rea...
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2 years ago
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How many of you want old Questional back?
felixthecat:
The old picture display, search bar, and the unanswered questions feature. Some of these may be returning soon.
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2 years ago
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When is the Questional search function returning?
felixthecat:
Don't forget that the way the pictures used to work was a pretty nice feature that may be worth revisiting..
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2 years ago
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Why is Questional no longer being kept up to date?
felixthecat:
Cool!
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2 years ago
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Do you buy games for the computer or for consoles?
felixthecat:
I agree- there are worse games, and $5 a month is less than many other pay by month games. I disliked certain aspects, like the Santa hat fiasco, and dumbing down certain aspects of the game to make it more under-13 friendly.
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2 years ago
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Do you buy games for the computer or for consoles?
felixthecat:
I play EVE. When one of the kids played Runescape, I played too and was made a mod. The game was fun, but there was a lot to dislike about it too.
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2 years ago
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Do you think the 200-300 volts of "life electricity" constantly present in our bodies could be the soul?
felixthecat:
It does not matter if the Japanese conducted a similar experiment and concluded that electricity or a soul has escaped the body. All the electricity in the human body would never add up to 21 grams- the electricity may disappear, but that is weightless. The electrons would not vanish, but are es...
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2 years ago
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What will exactly happen if the poles indeed change?
felixthecat:
Right. People get all worked up about these things. Same with the natural phenomenon of Global Warming. It has happened before, and it will happen again.
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2 years ago
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Which Came first? The chicken or the egg?
felixthecat:
Here is another alternative:
An all-powerful, omniscient supernatural being who cannot be known, who had no beginning or end and is sexually a male, decided to create from nothing an entire universe. He then created a planet and made a creature from dust that was supposed to worship the superna...
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2 years ago
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Do you think the 200-300 volts of "life electricity" constantly present in our bodies could be the soul?
felixthecat:
This notion is based upon a severely flawed experiment conducted in 1911. The weight loss has been demonstrated, repeatedly and over the years, as being due to evaporative water loss and expelled air. The mass of the electrons in the human body involved with electricity is so small that it would be ...
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2 years ago
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Which of the three variations do you like the best?
felixthecat:
Well, you have yet to make any of your trademarked condescending remarks, so I guess that this was a legitimate question.
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2 years ago
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What are your thoughts on The People of Walmart website?
felixthecat:
I hope to someday actually see people like these for real. EVeryone in the stores around here are generally ordinary.
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2 years ago
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What are your thoughts on The People of Walmart website?
felixthecat:
I agree. My wife hates it, but I find it enjoyable.
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2 years ago
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How much does Earth weigh?
felixthecat:
Kilograms? What is its mass in pounds?
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2 years ago
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Out of all the species of animals on earth, which is the most populated?
felixthecat:
That is true, LS. At current rates of fertility, we may be looking at 100 billion people in the next century, and an impossible 134 trillion by 2250. Though most other animals will be extinct if that is the case, we will be outnumbered still by things like rats, tapeworms, houseflies, and tubifex.
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2 years ago
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In binary code what value does this represent: 101101011110101010?
felixthecat:
That is a bit harsh, Gex. In his reality, the divisor is not eight, but 6 and 9. And who among us, therefore, has the hubris to say that he is wrong?
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2 years ago
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Do seances really work?
felixthecat:
In the Bible I believe that a seance was held. NT somewhere. I forget who they called up from Hell.
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2 years ago
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Can anyone understand why I would say that electricity is one of the most concentrated forms of negativity known to man???
felixthecat:
I wouldn't take it as a compliment. I'll add this as a compliment though: you have some interesting notions.
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2 years ago
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What are the silver bars in front of Septa buses for?
felixthecat:
They could be people catchers though. The bus drivers around here drive as if they drank a quart of ex-lax. I'm surprised we don't hear of more deaths and accidents.
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2 years ago
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Should extinct animals be resurrected, recreated?
felixthecat:
That may be true. The poor mammoth may be without a home if global warming is truly occurring. I'd like to see the glyptodont and the dodo resurrected.
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2 years ago
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What was the first multi-celled organism to appear on Earth?
felixthecat:
According to the people at "Environmental Graffiti":
Multicelled organisms appeared. The first real multicelled organism is thought to be red algae, which appeared sometime during the Ectacian period. The creature has been found in fossils as old as 1.2 billion years. These first multicel...
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2 years ago
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What is your favorite free-to-play PC game?
felixthecat:
As a Runescape mod, I found that the owner's repeatedly going back on their word, giving in to just about every noob's whining demand, and players recruiting bondage partners without fear of sanction, to be rather annoying.
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2 years ago
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What was the first multi-celled organism to appear on Earth?
felixthecat:
CHARNIA!!! "Sometimes Charnia is cited as a “metazoan of cnidarian-grade complexity.” It is named after the Charnwood Forest of England, where it was first discovered. Charnia is both the most iconic megafossil of the Ediacaran period and the long-living – fossils of it have been ...
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2 years ago
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What was the first multi-celled organism to appear on Earth?
felixthecat:
I wish. When I read an article about them, I was fascinated by the thought that this "animal(?)" that lived all around the Earth was the highest form of life for tens of millions of years,
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2 years ago
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Do you think we should have a character limit for giving points to answers?
felixthecat:
While I agree with you Fermat, I believe that the concern stems from a flood of such answers at the end of each month. It doesn't bother me, but others find it distressing. As I noted above, perhaps we should be limited to one answer per minute.
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2 years ago
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Do you think we should have a character limit for giving points to answers?
felixthecat:
I accrue points over the course of a month, and till Kenbo told me I won in August I just did not know.
However, one way to control an end of the month rush would be to limit answers to just one per minute.
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2 years ago
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Which type of heatsink would have better heat conductivity: Aluminum or Copper?
felixthecat:
True, but for purposes of electricity and conductivity, copper is superior.
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2 years ago
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Does anyone play Pokemon?
felixthecat:
I really liked it. I kind of miss it, but I have never been able to get back into it.
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2 years ago
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On average, how deep is the ocean (that is, all of them combined)?
felixthecat:
Thanks!
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2 years ago
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Does anyone know about Anti Viruses?
felixthecat:
Dagnabit! I did it again.
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2 years ago
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How much does someone have to drink in order to get alcohol poisoning?
felixthecat:
You are absolutely right. The question, of course, was "How much does someone have to drink in order to get alcohol poisoning?" and the medical science answer is "any amount varying by person" and the AA answer would be that for an alcoholic, even one drop, but you are right. I e...
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2 years ago
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How much does someone have to drink in order to get alcohol poisoning?
felixthecat:
Hangovers are multi-causal. Ethyl alcohol has a dehydrating effect, which causes headaches, dry mouth, and lethargy. This can be mitigated by drinking plenty of water between and after the alcoholic consumptions. Alcohol is also a metabolic poison, and its impact on the stomach lining probably acc...
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2 years ago
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How much does someone have to drink in order to get alcohol poisoning?
felixthecat:
The withdrawal is the body recovering from the poisoning and dehydration to some extent. And, though all alcohol is a metabolic poison, it may still have some salubrious effects. Digitalin is a poison, but small doses are good for some.
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2 years ago
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What is the cheapest cell phone that I can get that I don't have to pay monthly for?
felixthecat:
Thank you.
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2 years ago
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What State has the most Mountains?
felixthecat:
As far as I can tell, the answer is Nevada. I think of Nevada as a flattish desert, but apparently not.
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2 years ago
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Do bees come out at night?
felixthecat:
The light excites them. Beekeepers use red lights at night when working with bees because the red light does not awaken them. Still, there are so many bees, maybe some are night bees.
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2 years ago
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Do you rate your own Questional questions? Why?
felixthecat:
Yes, I can see that. Makes sense. Good point.
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2 years ago
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What's your favorite web comic?
felixthecat:
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2 years ago
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What's your favorite search engine?
felixthecat:
Bing is good? I never even looked at it because it is from Microsoft. Ill check it out.
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2 years ago
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How much longer is the exclusivity contract between Apple iPhone and AT&T?
felixthecat:
Unfair trade.
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2 years ago
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What causes bad breathe?
felixthecat:
And there is always the concern that there are worse things waiting.
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2 years ago
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Is it bad to be on the internet while burning a DVD?
felixthecat:
Ask the thugs at the RIAA that one, Moonrise.
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2 years ago
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What causes bad breathe?
felixthecat:
That brings back an unpleasant memory. This girl I started making out with in college once tasted so bad that I wanted to puke. But how could I stop without hurting her feelings? "Excuse me while I puke into this bucket"? After awhile I got loose, but i can still taste her bad breath.
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2 years ago
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Can fire be weighed?
felixthecat:
This is Felix's mother-in-law: about nine hours ago Felix set himself ablaze and is now dead. I tried weighing him as he burned but he wouldn't hold still. Sorry.
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2 years ago
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How to get a 65 by 65 pixal picture for my profile?
felixthecat:
Doesn't seem to work for animated gifs though.
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2 years ago
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Why do you keep coming back to Questional?
felixthecat:
Define "hatred", and provide examples of in what way this hatred occurs here.
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2 years ago
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What is your theory on the Big Bang that supposedly created the universe?
felixthecat:
God is an unnecessary complication to these theories. They stand well enough on the evidence. Faith adds nothing.
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2 years ago
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Can fire be weighed?
felixthecat:
Maybe something can be weighed, and then the fire is set, and quickly weighed again?
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2 years ago
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Can you solve a Rubik's Cube?
felixthecat:
I solved a 12x12x13, and my head exploded with pride.
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2 years ago
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Is it possible to freeze a living human being?
felixthecat:
People of the future will not want to revive any of these people. Why bother, unless they need a slave, a meal, or a history lesson. And in the last case, most people are too stupid or ignorant to be of much use.
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2 years ago
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What would a silicone based life-form look like?
felixthecat:
Yes, it is a great question to think about and discuss.
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2 years ago
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What should you do if a neighbor parks his car in front of your house for an extended period of time?
felixthecat:
The last option may be the best in this type of situation.
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2 years ago
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Is there a time of the year were children grow faster?
felixthecat:
Sounds true.
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2 years ago
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Is it true everyone's tongue print is different?
felixthecat:
Murders-by-chewing in old age homes are very difficult to solve. It is just too easy to borrow dentures, commit the crime, and toss the murder weapon back into someone's glass.
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2 years ago
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How large does a crocodile/alligator have to be before it is large enough to be considered a dinosaur?
felixthecat:
Crocodiles are not dinosaurs. They share a common ancestor, the archosaurs. Go back a bit farther, and humans and dinosaurs share a common ancestor with fish. Does that make us all fish?
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2 years ago
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Is there any way to 'de-scratch' beaten-up CDs?
felixthecat:
I've tried the toothpaste method, and it indeed does work.
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2 years ago
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Why do people have such a short life expectancy?
felixthecat:
Here's something exciting:
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2 years ago
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Why is Twitter so damn addicting?
felixthecat:
I view each twitter as a discrete event, not as a continuum of tripe.
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2 years ago
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