@thelegohoover Apparently a ridiculous proportion of men are colourblind for red/green which is scary when you think about traffic lights.
Not really. That's why the colours are always in the same order. Colourblind people don't just see a gaping void where the colour should be! They can tell if the light is on or off, they just can't tell if it's red or green because it looks the same colour to them. My red/green colourblind friend told me that all reds and greens look the same murky in between brown to them. It's how those pictures made up of dots with a hidden number in them work - the colourblind person can still see the dots, they just all look the same colour so the number doesn't jump out the way it does to do. They don't see a blank page!
@pleaserefertomeasbritneyspears Your tummy button is on the outside of your body where you were once attached to the umbilical cord. What's on the inside of your body?
I once turned my baby's belly button inside out. Gave me the fright of my life, but was able to re-invert it easily! Anyway, when it was out it was like a tiny tube about 0.5cm long with three creases in a star shape on the end.
@BusLanelady Also, how is it possible that the 30 year olds in the olden days look so old. My MIL looks exactly the same as she did in her 30's. So basically, she still looks like my same mil in her mid 60's when she was 30 🤔 and I've seen pictures of my aunts and uncles where they were newly married and just look exactly the same now in their late 60's
Social and fashion cues. The further back you go, the more obvious it is. They stand stiff and unsmiling for formal portraits, they "do" their hair, they wear actual suits and foundation garments... They have all the hallmarks of "adult" from that time period, many of which they will have carried with them but which we now associate with a much older generation. So our eyes associate 30s these days with slouching on a barstool in jeans and 60s with a stiff helmet head hairdo. If you travelled back in time and changed their clothes and body language, they'd look "normal" to you.
@Crazytitsliz When to use affect, and when to use effect. I just can't get my head around it and it annoys me.
No one's got it fully right so far!
Affect and effect can both be used as nouns and verbs. To affect something is to alter it. To effect something is to make it happen. Your affect is sort of like your demeanour. An effect is a result, usually of something which has affected it!
The new schedule has affected my sleep = the new schedule has altered my sleep.
The new schedule has effected my sleep = the new schedule has caused me to go to sleep!
When we changed the experiment, it affected the effect
Her affect was rather flat as she was feeling sad
@imtoooldforallthis Can confirm that I need to adjust binoculars differently depending on whether I've got my glasses on or off. I am very short sighted and actually find them quite tricky to use as they're a bit awkward with my glasses but it's hard to find the right focal distance without them. I'm not a regular user, though - I'm sure there's a solution if you are!
@bendmeoverbackwards Eggs - how is it known if eggs contain a chick or not? Is it possible to find a chick inside an egg bought from the supermarket?
You "candle" eggs. Obviously it's done with electric light now, but you can hold them up and see if there are cracks in them or an unusually dark mass in the centre. Mistakes can be made, so in theory you could find a chick in a supermarket egg, but a rooster would also have had to have got into the hen house from somewhere...!