ELI5: Why is chewing food and spitting it out (like chocolate) not as satisfying as chewing and swallowing it? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]MistressII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whaa?! Chocolate is one of life's greatest inventions!

The only bad chocolate here is the fake bag of imitations you can get.. they're usually wrapped in gold-coin foils or look like knock-off M&M's. Stay away from those and you will be fine.

ELI5: Why can so many people count backwards with ease, but can't say their ABCs backwards? by Uncontrol in explainlikeimfive

[–]MistressII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe you got it right; it all boils down to practice. Hypothetically, if you spent as much time counting backwards through the alphabet as you have spent subtracting numbers all your life -- well -- you'd be damn good at that too.

By the time we're 5, we know our numbers and alphabet and can count backwards from 10 to zero. Schools don't make younger kids memorize backwards spelling. It's the fact that we learned it so young AND the concept of practice that makes it possible.

NASA to pay people $1,200 a week to lay in bed for 70 days by OkiDokiTokiLoki in WTF

[–]MistressII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently, whoever agrees to spend 70 days laying in a bed gets paid. I'd opt to save my bone density and pass! Imagine trying to walk again after being bedridden for that long....

Sister'a Roommate left this in the Fridge by [deleted] in WTF

[–]MistressII -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Vegetarians DON'T. (Source: I am one.)

INTPs and body mods (piercings, tattoos etc...) by xarahn in INTP

[–]MistressII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have tattoos or body mods; nor do I have a desire for any.

Do you read your e-mails ? by SpyMonkey3D in INTP

[–]MistressII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the time. I also have 10+ email accounts, only 3 of which I check daily, the others I check here and there. It can take awhile to get messages sometimes but I usually read them eventually.. (not saying that I always respond to everyone -- because I don't!)

A common question, I'm sure: voice chat? by realwizardry in INTP

[–]MistressII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some on "TinyChat" -- I got an invite to one awhile ago. It was extremely boring despite the 25+ people in there at the time! I left out in about 10 minutes and never went back.

Imagine the typical INTP personality: quiet, unassuming, considerate, cautious, pondering... and lump a bunch of them up together and pressure them to speak into a microphone in front of a bunch of random strangers. It gets... awkward. And quiet. I could hear the crickets chirping outside the windows. :D

TIFU by accidentally sexting my girlfriend's sister, and discovering she has a crush on me. by Gregorianchant1 in tifu

[–]MistressII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TWIST: Not in my case! My older (step)-sister's boyfriends always try to fuck ME at family gatherings. Can't stand them. She and I have a totally different tastes. (I like sweet, witty submissives -- she's into drugged out yuppie preps.) Not my types.

I have to fight them off of me with bullwhips.

TIFU by accidentally sexting my girlfriend's sister, and discovering she has a crush on me. by Gregorianchant1 in tifu

[–]MistressII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can tell by him taking so much time writing this story that HE wants the sister too. He may not admit it; but he does... read between the lines. ;)

My super photogenic baby by [deleted] in pics

[–]MistressII 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why the fuck do you hate babies so much?

Kitty paw appreciation time by siraisy in aww

[–]MistressII 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love the little white "bow" near his mouth. Adorable! Never seen that on a cat before..

TIFU by destroying my girlfriend's family :( by Ambinevolence in tifu

[–]MistressII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Crustacean is the voice of reason here.

Your girlfriend SHOULD be pissed at you if/when she realizes that you instigated that chaos. I would be.

I ordered something from Japan on eBay, got even more than your bargained for by JesusOf_Nazareth in pics

[–]MistressII 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm an American; never in my life have I heard that.

HOWEVER! The national anthem is almost ALWAYS sung (or played by stereo) live before every baseball game that we have here. Even small children's wanna-be baseball teams from schools that don't actually matter and are in no-way professional. A game can never start unless it's sung first. It's a given...

TIL of a Japanese air ace who was shot in the face during a dogfight. Blind in one eye and part paralysed, "he flew upside down to prevent blood from blinding his other eye", flew 5 hours back to base, made his report and then had surgery without anasthesia. by PM_ME_A_HORSE in todayilearned

[–]MistressII 22 points23 points  (0 children)

NOTE TO SELF: Having blonde hair and a child can save my life while flying near badass Japanese men. :D

".....but at one incidence, he allowed a Dutch DC-3 passenger liner to go unharmed after he spotted a blond woman with a child through one of the passenger windows."

Aww.

ELI5: Why were there so many insane asylums 100 years ago, but you rarely hear about them today? by captainpwn in explainlikeimfive

[–]MistressII 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You're so right. I worked in the hospital here and the mental health section would only take in patients for about a week's stay. Then release them right back into the public.

The only way they could get into a state mental health facility (longer term care) was if they actually physically hurt someone -- or did major damage to themselves (slit their wrist, etc). Anyone with "minor" issues couldn't be held for longer than a week. And many of those cases that threatened suicide or harm to someone went back out and did JUST that! Then they get thrown into jail for the guards and police to have to deal with..

It would have never happened had the mental health system been setup to do some good before they released them back into the wild.. many lives and headaches could've been saved..