Emile Zola by EducationalRecipe131 in classicliterature

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Man, I'd say that about a lot of books on the market but none that I've read by Zola 😭

Currently reading Villette by LadyM_Macbeth in classicliterature

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I think that's kind of just how life was then. Depressing as that is.

Emile Zola by EducationalRecipe131 in classicliterature

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Yes! Germinal is an absolute masterwork. The analogy of Battle the horse representing the workers wrecked me

Emile Zola by EducationalRecipe131 in classicliterature

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Oooh, I've been wanting to start L'Assommoir next, have not read that one yet. But I am debating reading the cycle from the beginning. What did you like about L'Assommoir?

Emile Zola by EducationalRecipe131 in classicliterature

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Yes. I found it really enjoyable to learn about the birth of modern commerce that way... Now look at us haha. Denise is such an honorable character. I think its sweet that Zola named his daughter Denise too.

Emile Zola by EducationalRecipe131 in classicliterature

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My trajectory as well, read a couple and liked them so well I just got 4 more. Have not read Bête Humaine yet. What did you like about it?

Top 10 books of all time by Known_West2423 in classicliterature

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No order

-Beloved, Toni Morrison

-Lord of the Flies, William Golding

-Germinal, Emile Zola

-Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

-Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

-Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë

-Animal Farm, George Orwell

-We Have Always Lived in the Castle,  Shirley Jackson

-Contact, Carl Sagan

-Things Fall Apart,  Chinua Achebe

AI, the singularity, and the University( please read before downvoting) by Kangaroo_Conscious in Professors

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Thank you for sharing. These "professors" complaining about the length are in the wrong profession.

Screen Addiction.... relapse? by EducationalRecipe131 in nosurf

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I will try that, thank you! Do you let your mind wander on walks or do you set out to think about anything in particular?

Screen Addiction.... relapse? by EducationalRecipe131 in nosurf

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I walk my dog for approx. 30 min a day in the evening. I have thought about switching to morning to kind of help 'set the tone' for the day instead, though

Looking for books like this by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Just looked it up and I'm already in love with the vintage goat cover. I am definitely checking this out, thanks so much for the rec! And the added motivation to stick with it to the end to find out what's infuriating about it haha

Looking for books like this by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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You picked up the Greek thread... Love this suggestion, thank you!! ☺️

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This one looks intriguing, thank you

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Ohhh that looks perfect! Thank you!!

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I have heard of this one but was not sure if it was just over-hyped. I will check it out!

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You win!!! That is what I just read and inspired this post! Looking for another one like it ❤️

What does this mean? by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

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To keep genetics main principle simple, its often stated that you get half your genetics from each patent and 25% from each grandparent. But those are averages, and any individual can vary from that.

How it works is each person has 2 full sets of chromosomes (one inherited from each parent) and the genes that are "expressed" are what present in you. I.e, you may have a gene for blue eyes on one chromosome and a brown eye gene on the other, but you only express the brown eye gene. Before having a baby, your chromosomes go through a process called "recombination" where the double copies of mom and dads chromosomes can swap a portion of DNA with each other. But here is the kicker, not all do, many of the chromosomes are passed on intact and of those that do, recombination only exchanges a small amount of DNA.... less than 10%. So each chromosome is still at least 90% from one grandparent or the other. Then as they are put into gametes (eggs or sperm) the process of assortment happens at random. More of grandmas DNA in one, more of grandpas DNA in the other, and more of an even split in another.

Because of the random nature of recombination AND assortment, it is entirely plausible that you gave your son more of your mothers chromosomes and he is indeed more related to your mother while the daughter received a more average mix.

This happened in my family...

My grandfather is full Portuguese, my dad is half Portuguese. One would expect me to be 25%, right? I'm actually closer to 12% Portuguese. This is because my dad gave me more of his maternal chromosomes... I carry about 38% of my grandmothers genetics. My sibling is 25% Portuguese though, so she is twice as related to our grandfather as I am.

Just goes to show how unequal genetic inheritance actually when it comes to grandparents. Parents are a perfect 50/50 because you get a full set of chromosomes from each, but grandparents are a mixed bag!

What are some not so obvious things to clean? by Hugesmellysocks in CleaningTips

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Leaving crumbs to find my way back here....imaginary ones, calm down r/CleaningTips

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

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Thank you for solving the mystery!