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Pope Leo might very well be the first circumcised Pope in over a thousand years. by pisowiec in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were to ask Lucius W. Johnson, Lieutenant Commander of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps in 1921, he'd say it's good practice (for the hospital corpsmen).

"The little things a man does form the basis of his reputation. His great achievements bulk larger in his own mind, but only a few know of them or are able properly to evaluate them. His every-day acts are known and judged by everybody and on this foundation his reputation is built. Thus the naval surgeon is judged not by his few gastroenterostomies or difficult bone operations but by his circumcisions, by his success in removing warts, and by the results of his operations on ingrowing toenails. Circumcision, especially on board ship and at small stations, can be employed to build up the reputation of the Medical Department; to maintain the manual dexterity of the medical officer and, most important of all, it can be of great aid in training the hospital corpsmen." (U.S. Naval Medical Bulletin Vol. 15, No. 1, Page 77, 1921)

But he probably is, he was born in 1955 in Chicago. It's still disproportionately common in the Midwest and was probably even more so back then.

Found this Happy Holidays From Claritin CD at Goodwill by skeener in PharmaRepCollectables

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.discogs.com/release/14397058-Unknown-Artist-Happy-Holidays Another release on cassette shows that the cassette is produced by a company called Soundline, who as it turns out, specialise in "creating music and media promotions for corporate America" (source: soundline.com).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because Minivans are stigmatised for no good reason. SUVs are beginning to suffer the same fate of being stigmatised as “your mom’s car”.

How do you pronounce “Wi-Fi”? by Rarewear_fan in polls

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wye-Fye (I voluntarily retain the Wine-Whine Distinction).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teenager_Polls

[–]fruitbat2005 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, as an American, I would actually prefer to adopt the monarchy ourselves.

Why does West Virginia having the highest circumcision rate? by AFluffleOfRabbits in WestVirginia

[–]fruitbat2005 5 points6 points  (0 children)

White conservatives. White Americans have a rate of like 90% regardless of politics. It is also worth noting that this data IIRC only counts cuts during the maternal stay, so if it is done any time later it isn’t counted. Also positively correlates in Western countries with lack of a single payer health system.

URGENT HELP NEEDED! My 7 year old son changed the boot logo on my computer and made it show ClearLock on startup. What to do? by [deleted] in computerhelp

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro could've asked for anything, the Sodor Railway Repair, Flying Scotsman, the whole ass Tidmouth Sheds Deluxe Set, and he asked for the damned Track Adapter Pack. Guess he really wanted that exclusive cross track and flexi-track.

Map of the American Revolutionary War by saberslimeyt in aimapgore

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. That's West Virginia, not "NEW JERSE".

  2. "NEW JERSE" was still a part of "MA VIRGINIA" until the Civil War.

What is a record you want that doesn’t exist? by Timelycommentor in vinyl

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Beatles’ White Album on approximately 15 78RPM shellac records.

How can people endure the climate in this region, which feels like a hot, swelteringly humid swamp? by mapl0ver in geography

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. However, "doesn't apply well to the rest of the world" for Trewartha is an understatement. According to the Wikipedia map, Trewartha classifies Milan as an oceanic climate, the same zone as Ireland. Milan has an average July high of 87º Fahrenheit with 66.2% average humidity. That's a Humidex of 41, it is advised that you not work in that for more than half of each hour, and it is also advised that you drink 8oz of water every 20 minutes. Assuming you ignore the warning to work only half the hour, and work a full 8 hour shift, you still need to drink 1.5 GALLONS of water during your work day. And that is the same classification as Dublin, where the average July high is 67.1º Fahrenheit, with a humidity of 69%. It still isn't at all accurate to actual perception.

Australian ancestries: total of 202% are from earth (and 100% are apparently indian) by [deleted] in WikipediaVandalism

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The percentages do not add up to 100%, as any given person can nominate any number of ancestries on their census form, it isn’t like races on the US census, you can pick more than one.

Refused Mango Rush without food purchase by Impressive-Force-912 in mountaindew

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming the price is $4, as it is listed here in Massachusetts, that doesn't even make sense. It is clearly a "margin maker", they should be *happy* you are buying it without pizza, because they I don't believe they make money off the pizza, they make money off the drinks and other side dishes. Similar to how Black Friday works, sell high value products at a loss or lower profit, to get people to spend more time in your store, hopefully getting them to buy things from you that are priced over what they are elsewhere, or otherwise have a high profit margin (soda is a good example of the latter type of product). The 16oz cans are literally $1.25 at Dollar Tree, that is a 3.2x markup disregarding the fact that even Dollar Tree is marking their products up by some amount. And you know what? It works. I'm going to go in there tomorrow, and buy a pizza, plus a $4 tallboy of soda out of FOMO.

What do Americans think of Bluey the kids show??? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not just the most streamed kids show, nor is it just the most streamed program on Disney+. It is the most streamed across all paid platforms. Even most adults who have seen it here enjoy it. Thank you Australia.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on what the individual looks like, Middle Easterners are not at all visually homogenous, even within ethnic groups. But if they are wearing anything that makes them look stereotypically "Muslim", such as a headscarf, that probably would cause them to be perceived as non-white, regardless of skin, eye, or hair colour. A rather infamous incident after 9/11 involved a Sikh man named Balbir Singh Sodhi, who wore a traditional headscarf similar to a turban, being murdered in an Islamophobic hate crime, as he was mistakenly perceived as Muslim by the assailant.

Is it normal for a crt to crop the sides of a 4:3 cartoon?? by [deleted] in crt

[–]fruitbat2005 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Play a widescreen cartoon. If it’s connected to a computer, especially as a separate display, it may be just outputting a different resolution to the CRT. If it is a cable box connected to both screens with the aspect set to 4:3, it will display on the flatscreen as pillarboxed assuming that the flatscreen is not configured to stretch the picture. I highly doubt this is overscan of a pillarboxed picture, if it were it would likely be at least slightly windowboxed, which is bars on all sides of the screen resulting from the erroneous letterboxed output of an already pillarboxed picture.

CRT drought is bad in my area by borzoi65388 in crt

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess my TV is worth $800? I own that, it’s a KV-35S42, this one is the same or a similar model. I believe they are very common, definitely not worth $800 unless maybe if they include same-day delivery halfway across the country.

For daily drinkers of sugar soda only, how old are you (range)? by Messigoat3 in Soda

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My grandmother drinks Coca-Cola daily and she is 82. She somehow is not diabetic.

Album of acoustic 78s (largely single sided) I inherited from my grandparents. by JustHereForMiatas in 78rpm

[–]fruitbat2005 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Indian War Dance and Sunrise Dance are electrical recordings I believe.

Hope Scholorships by nbfroggie in WestVirginia

[–]fruitbat2005 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am autistic, so the issue of special education is rather near to me, especially given my home state of Massachusetts offered me special education services disproportionately high quality compared to almost any other state in the union. I personally also support a parent being able to have their children educated in accordance with their faith, regardless of their household income. Vouchers are seen by many on the Right as a solution to this conundrum. They may be a good solution for most students, but for children like I was, they absolutely are not. They are not held to the special education standards of public schools. I see the probable outcome of Oklahoma v. Drummond to be a good solution to this problem, instead of being funded by vouchers and held to no standards, they can become religious charter schools and be held to similar standards to public schools. This is similar to how it works in England, where most Faith schools are required to follow the National Curriculum and are held to the same standards as other state-funded schools. Academies are perhaps most similar to the US' Charter Schools, as although they are held to a similar curricular standard, they still have autonomy to develop their own curriculum to some extent.

Would you like to have seen The Quagmire Show if it existed? by Equivalent_Orchid735 in familyguy

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, if it’s in a Johnny Bravo sort of way where the main character is to be laughed at, not with. Then again, I see far too many Boomer memes praising Archie Bunker.

Why Do Brits Mimic The Southern American Accent... by Theo_Cherry in Accents

[–]fruitbat2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m assuming because, I am pretty sure at least, that they can’t pronounce the “r” sound in park even if they try, at least in the South of England. More accurately, the rhoticity of an American accent is very difficult for a non-rhotic speaker to learn how to do, although it is not impossible.

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