What made you go WTF today?

[Wraith]

There's a rumor that there're aborted fetuses in pepsi as well as in other drinks and foods.

That explains why I think Pepsi tastes better than Coke!

[GGT]

There's a rumor that there're aborted fetuses in pepsi as well as in other drinks and foods. In reality the controversy is about the use of a decades-old cell-line (derived from an aborted fetus) for the development/testing of flavor-enhancers and the like. The movement to boycott "aborted fetus products" should probably include just about every single medicine that's been developed in the past couple of decades.

That's just silly urban myth stuff. Kinda like the 80's rumor that Proctor & Gamble was part of an Evil Axis, based on their logo.

btw, Coke tastes better than Pepsi, as far as colas go. Anyone who ever had to take a pepsin product for indigestion knows the difference.

[Wraith]

btw, Coke tastes better than Pepsi, as far as colas go.

Aborted fetus might be an acquired taste.

[CitizenCain]

Aborted fetus might be an acquired taste.

So is beer.

Better to drink something that causes aborted fetuses than is made from them, I think.

[Steely Glint]

You never tried Aborted Fetus Coke?

[Ominous Gamer]

is that the nickname for New Coke or Coke Zero?

[Echovirus]

Coke Zero, I believe.

[GGT]

Coke Zero tastes more like Pepsi but less like Diet Pepsi. Bad comparison. All soda pops should be judged against the original Coca-Cola.

[Catgrrl]

Coca-cola when it's from the tap, Pepsi when it's bottled!

Of course Cherry Dr. Pepper is the best soda on this planet.

[Echovirus]

I like the soda fountains at Firehouse Subs for the explicit reason I get to mix Cherry Vanilla Coke with Cherry Dr. Pepper. A great combination.

[Catgrrl]

I like the soda fountains at Firehouse Subs for the explicit reason I get to mix Cherry Vanilla Coke with Cherry Dr. Pepper. A great combination.

That sounds awesome. Next time I go to the mall I'll be trying this!

[Ominous Gamer]

That sounds awesome. Next time I go to the mall I'll be trying this!

PDQ has these machines too. Lime flavored EVERYTHING!

[Echovirus]

That sounds awesome. Next time I go to the mall I'll be trying this!

A little bit of Cherry Mello Yello is a nice addition to that combo too.

[Illusions]

So who remembers Coca Cola Blak?

[Aimless]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission...ch_of_Kopimism

[Loki]

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2012/03/w...VYNq0.facebook

[Veldan Rath]

Yay government.

Now remember, the geniuses that create these policies will have counterparts in government healthcare...

[Khendraja'aro]

So, I was helping my dad lug around about one and a half ton of stones - and when we arrived at the factory where they were selling said stones, he looked up and said: "I'd hate to work here."

"All those electric high voltage wires directly over our heads! Think of the electro smog!"

Gah.

So I told him the story of my ex-girlfriend who was a passionate citizens band radio user. She wanted to have a better reception so she bought and installed a ten meter antenna in their garden. Cue the neighbours with stories like "I have a headache!", "Our TV is jammed by the signals from your antenna!" or "I can't sleep anymore!"
Each and every one of the neighbours she lead to said antenna and asked them: Do you see a cable somewhere?

She hadn't connected the antenna to the radio yet.

[Flixy]

Heh, that reminds me of a news report, first they interviewed a lady who lived under a GSM antenna (they are often placed on top of tall buildings here). After that, they revealed that this particular antenna was also not connected Actually, if you use a mobile phone, you probably get a lot less​ EM waves through your head if you live near a cell tower.

[Khendraja'aro]

Just tried to have a discussion in another forum with a user who tried to tell us that the Sun causes a space-time curvature "of a millionth".

When asked "a millionth of what?" he tried to explain to us that

a) you neither need a zero-point nor another reference point for this to work,
b) in Physics, when dealing with curvatures of space-time, you never use any unit denominators,
c) he knows that this is so because he once talked to a friend of his who is a physicist and
d) you don't need any units anyway because the curvature of space-time is a very abstract concept which you neither can see nor visualize.

Granted, I myself may not be the most knowledgable in this area but the I know that curvatures are usually denominated as "degrees per unit of length" - and given that, from what I know, the curvature has a range from zero to singularity, I dare say that "a millionth" won't cut it.
Not to mention that concepts like "entropy" or "energy" are equally hard to grasp.

[Illusions]

Granted, I myself may not be the most knowledgable in this area but the I know that curvatures are usually denominated as "degrees per unit of length" - and given that, from what I know, the curvature has a range from zero to singularity, I dare say that "a millionth" won't cut it.
Not to mention that concepts like "entropy" or "energy" are equally hard to grasp.

Not to mention that you can sort of see it via gravitational lensing.

[Aimless]

Odd, I thought the curvature of spacetime can be denoted by arbitrary units or no real units at all. What is the actual unit?

[CitizenCain]

Odd, I thought the curvature of spacetime can be denoted by arbitrary units or no real units at all. What is the actual unit?

1/Area, usually. So meters (or furloughs or cubic acres or whatever ).

http://rafimoor.com/english/GRE3.htm

[Khendraja'aro]

I actually don't know. That's why I asked in the first place - to get a gleaning what this number was supposed to mean.

[Nessus]

They went on forever – They - When I w- We lived in Arizona, and the skies always had little fluffy clouds in 'em, and, uh... they were long... and clear and... there were lots of stars at night. And, uh, when it would rain, it would all turn - it- They were beautiful, the most beautiful skies as a matter of fact. Um, the sunsets were purple and red and yellow and on fire, and the clouds would catch the colours everywhere. That's uh, neat 'cause I used to look at them all the time, when I was little. You don't see that. You might still see them in the desert.

[earthJoker]

Love that song.

[Aimless]

http://www.businessinsider.com/hitle...r-goods-2012-3

[Aimless]

Being a victim of domestic violence is a pre-existing condition and possible grounds for being denied coverage? hoping/guessing that's changed

[GGT]

Being a victim of domestic violence is a pre-existing condition and possible grounds for being denied coverage? hoping/guessing that's changed

It was part of the ACA reforms, so who knows what will happen now.

In the US, some think being female is a 'pre-existing condition', and they don't want "their" group insurance plans to cover things like BCP or hormones. They don't want tax dollars to fund agencies like Planned Parenthood, either. Not pro-life enough, huh.

[CitizenCain]

Being a victim of domestic violence is a pre-existing condition and possible grounds for being denied coverage?

Insurance is supposed to be protection against unexpected or unpredictable events. Having a family member who beats you badly enough to put you in the ER makes a recurrence both expected and predictable, so no, it shouldn't be covered.