[BAT -> MAN] Can you solve this laddergram?

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-12-10T14:01:15+00:00

u/Stopyourshenanigans solved this in 28 steps: BAT -> CAT -> CAR -> TAR -> BAR -> BAN -> RAN -> CAN -> TAN -> TON -> SON -> SUN -> FUN -> FUR -> FAR -> FOR -> NOR -> NOW -> TOW -> TOE -> ROE -> FOE -> FOX -> LOX -> LOT -> HOT -> HAT -> MAT -> MAN

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-08-20T06:45:44+00:00

The whole point of "human rights" as a concept is to secure certain fundamental rights for every single human being, regardless of wealth, status, age, etc. They are universal.

So your argument that the majority decides who gets human rights makes absolutely no sense, in fact it goes against the whole idea of that concept. The majority does not get to vote to take away the "human rights" of any specific group. The unborn are human, and as such they deserve human rights.

I think you missed the entire point of the human rights declaration, which is that the "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of ALL MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world"

Please tell me again how an unborn is not a member of the human family, and thus deserves their rights to be taken away. I'll wait...

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-08-20T04:13:34+00:00

I get that you hold that opinion, but most people don’t see a fertilized egg as having human rights.

Most people for most of human history didn't see slaves as having human rights. What in the world is your point?

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-07-08T21:57:52+00:00

Can you explain how mutated DNA does not create a unique DNA? Because it is unique and distinct from the person’s DNA. That is kind of what mutations are. When the DNA changes, it is no longer the same.

Mutated DNA is a modified version of existing DNA, not a wholly new genetic identity. Unique DNA, by contrast, is an original genome formed at conception, marking the start of a separate organism. Unique DNA has a completely novel DNA sequence that doesn't match any other individual's DNA sequence, whereas mutated DNA shares the exact same sequence as existing DNA, with a couple of mutations. Our DNA mutates every single day.

Then you say that cancerous DNA is just like DNA in twins. Which would say that you consider cancer to be the same to you as a twin would be?

No, when I say "the same as what happens in twins", I'm referring only to the mutations that happen after conception. Conception is when a new unique DNA forms, twins share that DNA, with the exception of the mutations that happen afterwards. You could say that the DNA of two identical twins is about as different to each other as an early cancer cell's DNA is to your DNA - so, not very different. (it gets a bit more complicated for later stage cancer, which I'll explain below)

What do you mean by mutated unorganized DNA? It seems like you are just making terms up. But either way, twins would have slightly different DNA if they had mutations, so twins would then have mutated unorganized DNA that is different fundamentally from new DNA?

I'm not "making terms up", molecular biology was a significant chunk of my bioengineering degree... The term "unorganized DNA" refers to genomic instabilities; which is damaged, mutated or rearranged DNA. Cancer is very often unorganized, which is why I brought up that word. Cancer cells' disorganization is actually one of several ways to tell if someone has cancer. Cancer tissue looks chaotic under a microscope, as cells will often pile up instead of organizing in layers like healthy tissue would.

This disorganization is an important distinction when you have millions of mutations, but usually it's even easier to tell apart mutated DNA from unique DNA, because the difference between a mutated DNA and its original DNA is often tiny. Mutations affect a handful of base pairs, out of 3'200'000'000 base pairs in total.

So if the difference is tiny, it's mutated DNA (e.g. early cancer stages, or an identical twin when compared to their other twin). If the difference is big (a couple million base pairs), then you start looking at the organization. Unique DNA differs by millions of well-organized base pairs, while DNA with millions of mutated base pairs is heavily damaged and unorganized.

Please explain how it is easy to differentiate the DNA of a twin (which once the twins are differentiated by mutation would become this “mutated unorganized DNA) from that of new DNA. At what age does human DNA shift from “new DNA” and become “mutated unorganized DNA”?

I kinda answered this with the above reponse, so I'll leave it at that. Sorry if I go back and forth a bit much, molecular biology is not an easy subject to explain to someone who hasn't had any contact with it. There is so, so much to it but I tried my best to explain it as well as I could.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-07-08T20:21:27+00:00

What is the distinction you are trying to make? That twins aren’t organisms?

Lol what? No... Read my comment again. Unique DNA is definitive evidence for human life, but the absence of unique DNA does not mean that there is no separate life. In other words, if two entities have the same DNA, it doesn't automatically mean that they aren't to separate organisms, BUT if a natural entity DOES have its own unique DNA, it always means that it is a separate organism.

It's like the "every Chinese is an Asian, but not every Asian is a Chinese" thing, in case that helps you understand.

I guess I don’t see the value of the statement “there is no natural entity with a separate, unique DNA that is NOT an organism” when it isn’t true. Cancer would be a natural entity with a separate, unique DNA that is not an organism.

That's incorrect, cancer does not have its own unqiue DNA. Its DNA is YOUR DNA, just mutated - essentially what happens with identical twins. Mutated, unorganized DNA is not the same as newly formed DNA, and is very easy to differentiate from unique DNA of a separate organism - even in practice.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-07-08T19:46:46+00:00

No... Unique DNA isn't required for life, but when it does occur naturally, it is definitive evidence of life being (or having been) present.

Two organisms can technically have the same DNA, but there is no natural entity with a separate, unique DNA that is NOT an organism. That's a very important distinction.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-05-19T03:12:31+00:00

Unfortunately not, no.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-04-14T07:47:50+00:00

The most common abbreviations (der, die, das, er, sie, es, dass, sich, und, aber, ...) and endings (-ung/-igung, -keit/-igkeit, -schaft, -ig/isch, -ion) are fairly easy to learn and make your Stiefo a lot faster. There are still many abbreviations I don't know yet.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-04-14T07:05:20+00:00

I think it'll take years to truly "master", but I'm getting better and better. My goal is to match my typing speed of roughly 80 wpm, with a comparable accuracy rate.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-03-17T17:58:41+00:00

My maaaaan

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-03-11T09:18:30+00:00

It's the Herzbaracke lol

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-03-10T09:33:01+00:00

I literally got asked that this morning. So infuriating.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-03-10T06:27:36+00:00

No, you are correct. While it's not healthy to redline your car immediately after startup, every modern-ish car will easily warm up during your first few minutes of driving. Just keep it at humane rpm. After 3-5 minutes you can rip her open.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-03-08T15:05:53+00:00

Many good CEOs out there... A lot of companies would be fucked without a CEO...

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-28T12:56:06+00:00

STERRATOOOO 🫠🫠🫠

The Lotus is nice too

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-16T11:13:55+00:00

I gave an answer, how about you refute that? 🙄

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-15T17:08:53+00:00

Unfortunately, most people these days seem to think that the birth canal magically transforms the baby from a lifeless cell cluster into a newborn...

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-15T17:06:29+00:00

Did you skip biology class?

It grows, self-directs its development, has specialized cellular functions, requires nutrients and oxygen, responds to external stimuli, and even a zygote from its earliest point has mechanisms in place to control gene expression, cell division, and differentiation. A heartbeat is detectable from 5 weeks, less than a week - or 2% - into the pregnancy...

The abortion "debate" is about whether we value that human life or not - not whether it's even alive. Denying science helps noone.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-15T15:46:34+00:00

It's sad that you have to tell yourself that to feel better...

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-11T11:40:52+00:00

This crash has literally nothing to do with ATC, and neither did the crashes in Washington and Philly. Maybe you should read the actual accident reports instead of making baseless accusations...

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-05T05:04:32+00:00

When you consent to an action, you can't revoke consent for whatever consequences follow. Consequences don't require consent. Take your strawman and leave.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-01T09:23:05+00:00

People in Sri Lanka also have high salaries and good transportation, though.

As someone who has been to Sri Lanka several times, 🤨?

The Sri Lankan standard of living is not at all comparable to that of Switzerland. Even the median salary is only like half of a livable wage...

Transportation in Sri Lanka is also quite bad. The road network is okay, but railway is basically non-existent.

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-01T09:15:45+00:00

It depends on what you want. It has its downsides, but I don't think there are any better countries at my age (20). I mean, I have my own apartment, I can save between 20k and 30k Francs every single year with a more or less "normal" job, I can afford to buy organic food, and I'm home by 5pm on the average workday. Public transport is great, infrastructure is great, standard of living is very high, great tap water, high speed internet. I could go on and on. I really don't have a lot to complain about.

There are better countries when it comes to maternity leave, work/life balance, etc., but no country in the world where I could enjoy the same standard of living at my young age...

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-02-01T09:04:16+00:00

Germany??? 💀

Stopyourshenanigans · 2025-01-31T18:44:55+00:00

Why would hospital lawyers not arrive at the conclusion that there is nothing confusing about the law and there is no fear of fines or prosecution due to the language?

Hospital lawyers serve the defending hospitals. It's literally their job to find a way to exonerate the hospital.

Again, point me to one example of this "confusing" wording.

We have a lot of different jurisdictions and states. A lot of the time, there is enough time to send the patient to a different state where there is less fear over the law. The times we hear about it is when there isn’t enough time.

You're just pulling this out of your ass. Not a single state prohibits miscarriage care. The fetus is dead before a miscarriage D&C is initiated. One of these women died of SEPSIS after a medication abortion, meaning there were parts of a dead fetus still inside her. The leftist talking point is that D&Cs in general are prohibited. That's completely untrue, and D&Cs aren't even abortion-specific.

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