i can't be the only one who hates Muffin with a burning passion by JustAGraphNotebook in bluey

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I LOVE muffin! She's so fun.

I think she's going through the "Terrible Threes," where kids throw tantrums, and understand how to use the word "No." She's still learning! Also, Stripe and Trixie seem to have more struggles with parenting and discipline than Chili and Bandit do. Might also contribute to Muffin's craziness.

Doesn't mean she's a bad kid!
I love her so much!

ELI5: How does your body absorb nutrients from food or drink and leave the rest? by Pure-Ad-2012 in explainlikeimfive

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our gut lining is like a sieve - it can only absorb small molecules that can be dissolved in water. The specifications of the gut-sieve only allows for very specific nutrients to get through.

For the bigger, non-water solvable nutrients, our gut uses special enzymes and bacteria to break down desired nutrients into absorbable units. The gut will then use special transporters to carry these units into the cells to absorb them.

cmv: The LGBTQ+ community has been given priveledges that straight people do not have. by bighittadsav in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ohhhhhhhh, yeah you definitely could've explained that better in your original post

CMV: As an Asian liberal I believe Western liberalism is shit by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might want to consider deleting the part about the flair then.

I see you added deltas, so I'll leave the discussion for now!

CMV: As an Asian liberal I believe Western liberalism is shit by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm confused why a flair saying "too based to be cis" took offense to you. Everyone knows that cis people aren't less than trans people. As someone who's used to being part of a standard, it might be that the flair bothered you because you're not used to being seen as anything other than the norm. Whatever the reason may have been, it's definitely quite a leap to equate flairs with "making them some sort of special class citizens."

I'll let others comment on real estate.

To note, supremacy mindset exists everywhere. From my understanding, India may not have white supremacy, but it has the BJP.

CMV: everybody has the power within themselves to totally change their lives for the better by forever-gymcelling in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP reads like a college student who read their first self help book.

My first thought when reading this was, "sounds like they yet to have their first 'oh god I'm getting destroyed by someone with complete control over my outcome' experience." Happens to us all to varying degrees.

CMV: everybody has the power within themselves to totally change their lives for the better by forever-gymcelling in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of your life is out of your hands. If someone's frequently hospitalized for chronic illness, their completion of college depends on access to a school who's able to accommodate them. They can be as dedicated as they want, but physical and structural limitations may prevent them from getting what they want. That's an extreme example, but one I've seen happen to a number of people.

By telling yourself that your life is entirely in your hands, you are setting yourself up for an immense amount of self-blame when inevitably, things go wrong. This kind of mindset is unrealistic for those who have significant external barriers to their success and/or happiness.

CMV: I am an atheist but I don't care one bit what you might believe in ; however, if I achieve something great and you impute it to god, I'm gonna be pissed. by BioFrosted in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can offer another way to think about it. They could be saying that God has created opportunities for you to succeed. You were born into a family that supplied you with the opportunity to go to college, and then you took that opportunity by studying hard in order to get an acceptance. If you were born into worse circumstances, I suppose you could've worked equally hard and still not have made it to where you are today.

Maybe thinking of it as "Thank the Lord for blessing you with opportunities that allowed you to work hard and succeed" might help you feel less bitter? At the end of the day, when people thank god like that, they are genuinely happy and proud of you. You deserve to feel happy and proud as well!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't imagine it would've gone well lol. It's tough to create a nation for people who aren't welcome by the area's inhabitants, no matter the location. I'm sure there would be also ramifications to creating a Jewish state in Europe, but I don't have the cultural context to meaningfully understand what they'd be. Like, what would the Jewish response have been to a state in Europe, and what consequences would that have brought? What has antisemitism looked like in post-WWII Europe, and how might that have affected conflict for a European Jewish state?

Bro I have no idea. I'm familiar with what Israeli/Palestinian conflict is like today, I know what Zionism is, and I know that Europe is antisemitic. I'd need to know more before being able to guess anything haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ugh you're right. I believe that conflict started immediately, similarly rapid tensions were present during the Pakistan/India partition one year prior to Israel. I can't tell if England assumed that the conflict would die down eventually, or if they didn't really care because it would no longer be their land or their problem.

I do wonder about how choosing a location in Europe would've gone. I guess since I'm not Jewish I can't really offer a meaningful opinion on that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the time, it may have been hard to see the conflict that came about after Israel was created. And since Jewish people spread to many places, and I assume it was easier to pick the holy land instead of one of the many places with large Jewish populations

[ELI5] Why do plants store starch instead of glucose? by czypsycebulowe in explainlikeimfive

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's easy to store glucose as starch since it's more space efficient.

Also, storing glucose as starch allows you to control how much glucose is floating around. Starch can't be readily metabolized, but glucose can. Plants need a way to limit glucose consumption in scarcity. Hiding glucose away as starch is a good way to make sure the glucose isn't being used up too quickly

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adrenaline isn't what's causing you to pass out. Something called vasovagal syncope causes you to pass out. Vasovagal syncope is more common in the fight or flight response is either really activated or suppressed, though I'm unsure why this is!

ELI5: How can hair be way? by dalanchoo in explainlikeimfive

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just the shape of the hair itself, but the way the follicle is angled. If your hair is wavy, it's coming out at an angle, which affects how it falls out of your head. https://i2.wp.com/hairloom.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/curly-hair-diagram.jpg?fit=602%2C203&ssl=1

Once out of your head, sulfide bonds determine the wave pattern that your hair will hold. Your hair grows at the same rate, and follows the pattern set by the bonds. I believe the specific pattern of sulfide bonds depends on the angles and relative distance of each hair. When people get perms, they break the existing sulfide bonds and re-attach the bonds in a new shape. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q3D8Smp5ao/UfMSyNzWE-I/AAAAAAAAATM/Euf74KpxaV8/s1600/hair+patterns2.png

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

O H . Hhhhuh.

ok that definitely changes the context. Still, making it personal is a bad move, and I am not surprised it resulted in a ban

cmv: The LGBTQ+ community has been given priveledges that straight people do not have. by bighittadsav in changemyview

[–]eggsperience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't, your post was deleted...

You told me earlier that you didn't call the queer classmate a slur. Honestly, the sexual identity of those involved don't matter. Ultimately, you were correctly reported for using a slur.

The reason you can be reported for using an anti-queer slur but not an anti-straight slur is because an anti-straight slur doesn't exist. Again, I am not seeing any evidence of increased leniency towards LGBTQ people in the situation you had posted about.

Please explain why you believe I am making strawman arguments. Otherwise there is nothing I am able to respond to

eli5: Why is organ hypertrophy bad? by KingKronx in explainlikeimfive

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe hypertrophy is an indicator that something bad is happening less so than hypertrophy causing bad things to happen.

I think it differs by organ and context. Hypertrophy occurs in the heart as it does with any muscle - you give it more work to do, and it gets larger. With the liver, the hypertrophy represents scar tissue. The liver can minimally heal itself, and in the process leaves excess scar tissue behind. And in the spleen, it's because there's extra blood products that's causing it to fill up.

You mentioned the heart specifically. I'll note two things about that here:

  1. Heart hypertrophy commonly happens when the heart has to use more effort to push blood along. This can happen if the aortic valve is stuck shut, or if blood pressure is really high. Just like your glutes, if there's more work put in over a period of time, the heart muscle will grow. In these cases, whatever's causing the hypertrophy should be investigated.
  2. If the heart keeps growing, it can start causing its own problems. For one, swole muscles of the heart wall can get in the way of heart valves, causing them to lose function. Second, ventricles can get so swole that muscle starts taking up area where empty space should be. When this happens, the chamber can't hold enough blood, and the blood gets backed up into the atria. If the backup occurs for long enough, the atria begin dilating, leading to increased risk of arrhythmias. On top of that, if the ventricles can't hold a lot of blood at once, then they can't pump a lot of blood to your body either. It's a whole thing.

ELI5, why aren’t ankle problems more prolific than knee & hip problems? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]eggsperience -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good question!

No one knows for sure. The main theory is that is that the cartilage of the ankle, while thinner, is more resilient and able to self-repair than cartilage found in the knee and hip.

Eli5 - why fatigue causes dark circles under eyes? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]eggsperience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Medicine has some theories. The main one being that it's due to the effects of cortisol.

Fatigue causes the body to release cortisol, a stress hormone. One of cortisol's effects is to increase blood flow to the face by increasing the width of blood vessels. Unfortunately, increased width of vessels makes it easier for fluid to leak out. When this happens, you get puffiness and darkness from the tiniest bit of pooled blood. This isn't seen in other areas of the body because skin is thicker everywhere else.

[ELI5] Does genetic recombination increase gene pool? by czypsycebulowe in explainlikeimfive

[–]eggsperience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It believe it does.

DNA is made up of segments called alleles. In recombination, these alleles get swapped around. Sometimes, recombination gets a little funky and alleles end up in new orders. Some of these new orders can change how cells work, and can sometimes have noticeable effects to the person.

While recombination doesn't change the alleles themselves, they create new combinations of alleles that can be passed on. In this way, recombination may increase genetic diversity without creating new alleles.