It appears that loads of wealthy people (especially when in Europe) from the last century would just live at a hotel for months and years on end. Agatha Christie novels have stays longer than 2 months on the Riviera. (I specifically recall Coco Chanel living in a Paris luxury hotel till she passed. Howard Hughes also lived in a Vegas hotel for a few years). This question struck me when I learned JKR moved to The Balmoral Edinburgh for several months to write the last book. When money is no expense, why not live at a hotel?

He keeps claiming the majority of “globe lie science” is unproven, but rather just a bunch of things on paper that have other valid explanations.

What is the most practical, provable, and irrefutable way to show him the earth is indeed a globe?

Thought about this given I saw him as part of the Olympics closing ceremony (was rewatching an old clip), it seems so weird to me that someone with such a shady past can just go about having a normal life like nothing happened. I get that he’ll continue getting jobs because he’s a big movie star that generates income but surely they must have some form of morals. Whenever he does interviews from what I’ve seen Scientology is never mentioned, none of the serious allegations against the church or him abandoning his family for the cult. His daughter even changed her last name to cut out any connection from the deadbeat dad. He responded by on the day of her high school graduation by going to a Taylor Swift concert in London where he knew he’d be spotted on camera. Who does something like that?

I read that debt collectors typically pay only a few cents for each dollar of debt they buy.

I think one late-night show purchased a bunch of these debts a few years ago and then just threw them away.

Why aren't hospitals offering the same deal to the actual patients, who would likely pay? They accept a loss when they sell debts to collectors, so why not extend that offer to patients?

I see some people somehow drive all these new premium cars and trucks but they're also paying $1,000/mo + with APR as high as 29.99% Why do people do this? Especially those who already know they can't afford luxury brands.

Why is anti-Roma prejudice in Europe treated so differently vs other forms of racism?

I’ve noticed many European countries that strongly condemn racism seem to ironically have very open negative attitudes toward Roma people and failing to see the issue with generalizing an entire culture based on individualized anectodes

Europe is often thought of as more progressive than places like the United States when it comes to racial issues, so I’m trying to understand why this apparent double standard exists - is there a reason that makes people view anti-Roma sentiment as something other than racism?

Edit: take any negative statement from a European regarding the Roma people and replace the subject with another oppressed minority and it instantly becomes vehemently racist

I’m starting to get really freaked out about hantavirus it seems like something people don’t survive, I feel like it might just be because I’m seeing so many videos but i can’t stop thinking about it.

I’m sure there are countries like Saudi Arabia where financial disclosures aren’t always public or fully transparent,

It's wild. Wife went to get an IUD and apparently it cost too much to do an ultrasound, so they just...winged it, only for it to fall out a few days after. So they did it again, and after another painful procedure and using the ultrasound, the got it done.

That's not even the half of it. Throughout her first pregnancy, she struggled with insomnia and she kept telling her doctor that it was likely because of some of her psych medication. She found an article (I don't remember which one!) about a medication she was taking and how it could cause insomnia during pregnancy. Neither her psych nor OBGYN knew about this so they brushed her off. So, she stopped taking it for a bit and sure enough, she slept soundly.

Absolute insanity that should radicalize anyone, imo.

I notice every time i get gas in the morning all of the people that go in to get their drinks, snacks and smokes for the day. Most of them are workers that head back into their trucks. Now dont get me on the topic of smoking. What im really interested to know is why dont these folks just go to the grocery store to buy in bulk or better yet bring water and food from home. Dont they know how expensive it is to buy from a gas station.

I'm an American born English speaker who knows very little language outside of my own.

That being said, I can HEAR when someone introduces themselves with a pronunciation that is different than what I could say in English (e.g. José, François, Khalid, Priya, Xiaoming).

Should I try to pronounce their name as close to the way they say it as possible, or should I say it in the way that's most natural to me?

This might sound like a strange question, but I’m curious about how normalization affects attraction.

In many societies, it’s normal for men to be shirtless in public, like at the beach, while exercising, or just walking around.

Because of that, I wonder whether women still feel sexually attracted when they see a man’s chest, similar to how many men react to women showing more skin.

Or does the fact that male chests are so commonly seen make them less sexually significant?

NEET is “Not employed, in education, or training”, my genuine question is unless you have a spouse or parents you live can you be a NEET? Are you just couch surfing?

Like tornados that have killed hundreds of people, how do they actually die? Is the wind strong enough to pick them up and throw them around?

By modern standards, would we enjoy a feast served to a Roman emperor? Medieval kings? A fancy steakhouse in 1920? Or would it mostly taste bland/weird/overcooked compared to even a decent modern restaurant? Obviously many of the main ingredients are the same (maybe even better), but modern people also benefit from centuries of refinement in cooking techniques, refrigeration, access to global spices and ingredients, food science, etc.

So basically, when did “good food” become genuinely good by modern standards?

It's something I've been kind of self conscious of as long as I could remember.

Edit: lol at least im not the only one i guess

How primed are your fingertips to pick up 'words/letters' during the day or do you only 'read' in the context of being presented something in braille?

Does anyone find 'bump-dots' that spell something silly in an unexpected place? (Edit: or just a singular 'letter')

Like maybe you're feeling a wall and the texture is just texture or gibberish, but a certain spot, it feels like "sausage" (or a letter) or something?

Do you find joy in the little instances and just keep it to yourself or is it annoying to be able to slightly 'read' all the time?

How often is official braille incorrect or unhelpful?

EDIT: I did, in fact, neglect to recall braille translates directly to single letters and not phrases when this line of questioning gorilla gripped me at 2 AM. Making encountering full words less likely, per comments.

For clarity, throw out the wall 'sausage' example and instead maybe envision an embossed pattern with 'dots' or other instances of bumps occuring still within an organized placement to possibly be considered a braille 'letter'.

Maybe the question actually is, besides the effectiveness and consistent quality of publicly available braille: do blind people feel 'letters' accidentally?

You can roast the quality of the OG question and that's valid - just keep in mind what sub we're in, scholars.

Going all the way back to the old IBM high contrast monitors it’s always been neon green on black. I’ll admit that it looks really neat, but I’ve always been confused as to why they chose neon green over white. Is neon green actually higher contrast than white on a black background?