Things everybody should know but for some reason, most don't.

[Crenelate]

Damnit, I just watched sooo much QI. Now I can't even decide what I want to mention here!

Maybe you can give me directions to or describe this "QI" in which you speek of.

I would say take a look on iplayer, but if you don't know what QI is I'm guessing you're not from the UK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX-rfSPT7Fw

Here's an episode, there are tons on youtube, clips as well. This ones an xmas ep but it's got a good bunch of guests.

Enjoy!

 

[Proverbial Jon]

to topic:

You should *NOT* give cats anything containing milk.
Such as cream, butter, joghurt or... erm... MILK!

Ffs, so many people are seriously risking their cat's health.

I've been giving my cat milk her whole life and she's now 17 (in cat years) i'm pretty sure she will outlive me!!

It's true. Some animals, I'm not sure if it's ALL animals, cannot digest lactose as we can. Cats included. Giving cats milk is one of those curious stereotypes that seems to persist for no real reason. Rather like the mouse/cheese thing. You can buy special milk for cats that doesn't actually contain the lactose but that seems a little bit backwards, doesn't it? I'm not sure HOW fatal it is to give a cat milk, it's possibly only a real issue when giving excessive amounts, even so, I wouldn't want to be eating anything my body has a hard time digesting... that's why I don't go to McDonalds any more.

I work at an animal rescue centre (or "shelter" for my American friends) and I hear countless people ask if they should give their cat milk, as if somehow it is a biological imperative for a cat to consume milk. No need, normal water is just fine, I say with a tired expression.

Also, Chocolate is fatal to dogs, even in small doses. Cocoa contains the chemical theobromine which is poisonous to dogs because they cannot remove it from their bodies naturally. So yes, dark chocolate is even worse than regular chocolate, another popular misconception. So many people I come across give their dog chocolate as a "treat" it's unbelieveable. I always say, "well, if I gave you chocolate coated cyanide I'm sure it would be a nice treat to begin with, until a few seconds later when you would be dead." It only takes a couple of small squares, if that, to kill a small dog and it's not a pleasant end.

Another thing... you can feed dogs on cat food but not cats on dog food. Cats require Taurine, a substance which is found in cat food but NOT in dog food. Lack of Taurine in a cat's diet can lead to heart problems and blindness.

ALSO, moving on from animals, these are a few of my pet peeves regarding words that people should know by now...

He's so eager he is chomping at the bit! (CHAMPING at the bit, for goodness' sake!)

That dead body made me reach! (Reach is what you do with your arms, RETCH is when you want to be sick)

I was talking pacifically about you! (SPECIFIC! It's a completely different word!)

I was just kicked in the crutch! (A crutch is a device for giving support. I think you mean CROTCH)

/rant

 

[II Scarecrow II]

User Agreements will usually have something that fucks you over. iTunes, according to Cracked since I can't be bothered checking myself, records your internet history.

It does what now? *Clears browser history*

It's too late isn't it?

 

[Crenelate]

to topic:

You should *NOT* give cats anything containing milk.
Such as cream, butter, joghurt or... erm... MILK!

Ffs, so many people are seriously risking their cat's health.

I've been giving my cat milk her whole life and she's now 17 (in cat years) i'm pretty sure she will outlive me!!

It's true. Some animals, I'm not sure if it's ALL animals, cannot digest lactose as we can. Cats included. Giving cats milk is one of those curious stereotypes that seems to persist for no real reason. Rather like the mouse/cheese thing. You can buy special milk for cats that doesn't actually contain the lactose but that seems a little bit backwards, doesn't it? I'm not sure HOW fatal it is to give a cat milk, it's possibly only a real issue when giving excessive amounts, even so, I wouldn't want to be eating anything my body has a hard time digesting... that's why I don't go to McDonalds any more.

...

Also, Chocolate is fatal to dogs, even in small doses. Cocoa contains the chemical theobromine which is poisonous to dogs because they cannot remove it from their bodies naturally. So yes, dark chocolate is even worse than regular chocolate, another popular misconception. So many people I come across give their dog chocolate as a "treat" it's unbelieveable. I always say, "well, if I gave you chocolate coated cyanide I'm sure it would be a nice treat to begin with, until a few seconds later when you would be dead." It only takes a couple of small squares, if that, to kill a small dog and it's not a pleasant end.


/rant

All animals are intolerant to lactose, lactase persistence is unnatural and developed out of dairy farming and Northern European genetic quirk as a way to gain more vitamin D in low light environments.
Intolerance doesn't kill humans so I doubt if it would kill animals (in reasonable amounts), just make them bloated, nauseous etc. Small amounts probably don't have a noticeable effect. (I am neither doctor/vet/pet owner so other probably know better than I do).

Chocolate is also poisonous to most animals, including cats and most probably birds, though there hasn't been a lot of investigation into this.

 

[ToMegaTherion]

We Swedes are very insulted when foreigners think of us as "Scandinavians". We're very different, we Scandinavian countries. (Please don't point out that we treat Baltic countries the exact same way.)

Oh and we do not live in Switzerland, we don't have beautiful blondes everywhere and polar bears doesn't walk our streets

 

[Brandon237]

Pi is 22 divided by 7, just in case you have a calculator without a Pi button and urgently have to calculate the circumference of a circle.

Ahem...
[HEADING=3]WRONG![/HEADING]
Pi is not a rational number, it never terminates and does not repeat. All rational numbers can be shown in the form x = a/b, Pi, not being rational, cannot be accurately represented by 22/7 as this totally goes against what Pi is, an irrational number.

You can say that Pi is approximately 22/7, although it is as easy to remember 3,14.

Sorry. That may have been a little harsh

OT: Everyone should know that Chernobyl was not a good example of normal nuclear-fission power-generation and that "theory" in English does NOT mean the same, or even a similar thing, to what theory means in science.

Damn, Someone beat me to it. I've personally memorized 3.141592654(rounding up to 4).

Spoiler: I feel like a Ninja!

I'm not sure if you think he was being serious or just listing something that the post was referring to.

There wasn't exactly strong sarcasm coming through in what he said, now was there? It is a small mistake and in his course makes no real difference, but as a general fact it is wrong.

And in listing something the post was referring to... I don't really see what argument you can make from that about me doing some correcting. Unless you seriously misread the title and the OP, your comment makes no sense. Esplamanation please.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Proper grammar.

I don't want to be a grammar nazi, but seriously this is more directed towards the Facebook users who "tiep liek th1zzzz. liek omgz thiz booiiii askd me out!!11!1!!". Seriously. It frustrates people.

theres a good solution to that.... pick better friends

Not just my friends...pretty much anyone on Facebook.

 

[omicron1]

The US budget cannot afford entitlements. Almost all entitlements present are founded on borrowed money; without them we'd have a balanced budget.

The US budget can't afford to sustain it's Imperialist occupation of foreign soil!

Military costs are ~15% of the budget. Entitlements are ~55%. The amount of the budget per year borrowed is ~40%. Any questions?

 

[Sperium 3000]

Videogames nowadays are not exclusively a product for children and are, in no way, TOYS. There are movies for children, but you don't say those are toys, and you don't think less of the people who watch movies for adults just because there are also movies for children, so let's just stop being ignorant and prejudicial.

Sorry, got a little ranty.

 

[sshakespeare]

I hope not getting flamed by saying this but United States is not America. America is a continent which includes Canada, Mexico, Brasil, Chile, Argentina among other countries. Oh, yes and United States OF America. Stop calling a country like the continent already.

Um what about the whole North America and South America thing, not the same continent

North America and South America ARE the same continent! That's just a imaginary separation due to the fact that they're divided by Equator, but they're both parts of the one and only America.

There was me thinking it was due to North and South America being on different tectonic plates, gee I guess the last few years of studying geography have been a waste of time

 

[Crenelate]

I hope not getting flamed by saying this but United States is not America. America is a continent which includes Canada, Mexico, Brasil, Chile, Argentina among other countries. Oh, yes and United States OF America. Stop calling a country like the continent already.

Um what about the whole North America and South America thing, not the same continent

North America and South America ARE the same continent! That's just a imaginary separation due to the fact that they're divided by Equator, but they're both parts of the one and only America.

There was me thinking it was due to North and South America being on different tectonic plates, gee I guess the last few years of studying geography have been a waste of time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34

This might help a bit

 

[Roggen Bread]

to topic:

You should *NOT* give cats anything containing milk.
Such as cream, butter, joghurt or... erm... MILK!

Ffs, so many people are seriously risking their cat's health.

I've been giving my cat milk her whole life and she's now 17 (in cat years) i'm pretty sure she will outlive me!!

It's true. Some animals, I'm not sure if it's ALL animals, cannot digest lactose as we can. Cats included. Giving cats milk is one of those curious stereotypes that seems to persist for no real reason. Rather like the mouse/cheese thing. You can buy special milk for cats that doesn't actually contain the lactose but that seems a little bit backwards, doesn't it? I'm not sure HOW fatal it is to give a cat milk, it's possibly only a real issue when giving excessive amounts, even so, I wouldn't want to be eating anything my body has a hard time digesting... that's why I don't go to McDonalds any more.

[snip]

Thank you, this was insightful. Especially the part with the dog and the cat food. I will file this under useless knowledge, for I am a biomedical engineer and not a vet, but I LOVE useless knowledge

I did not claim, that milk will kill your cat in 12 seconds, but it is just not healthy.
Yes, there is milk for cats, but water is still better.

And anyhow, not even every human (in fact, it's a minority!) has no trouble digesting lactose.

And too much sugar (remember, lactose is a kind of sugar) might lead to diabetes and overweight (and all the nice and funny stuff caused by this!). Also in cats.
I think, you will second this. In our modern world, there are more and more cats who suffer from "civilized" diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis and so on. My own cat has problems with her kidney and her liver, she is just not designed to live that long. (as we humans are)

 

[Tipsy Giant]

The US budget cannot afford entitlements. Almost all entitlements present are founded on borrowed money; without them we'd have a balanced budget.

The US budget can't afford to sustain it's Imperialist occupation of foreign soil!

Military costs are ~15% of the budget. Entitlements are ~55%. The amount of the budget per year borrowed is ~40%. Any questions?

what's the other 30%?

 

[TehCookie]

Speaking of not giving milk to cats, almost all humans are lactose intolerant. It's just to different degrees, if you think I'm wrong try chugging a gallon of milk. Cheese is also bad for rats/mice since it's high in fat and carrots are bad for rabbits for a reason I can't remember.

I still give milk to my cats as a treat though. I just make sure it's a tiny amount so it won't upset them (seriously they only get a few laps out of my glass, I think I'm in more danger from their bacteria).

 

[Wingmna]

Internet explorer browser suck's, using really anything else.

Chiropractor's are doctors and won't break your neck.

Christmas isn't Jesus Christ's Birthday.

to the first: that's your opinion. While there may be many great facts supporting that opinion.

to the second: That's your HOPE. Yes, they are doctors. But you also gotta figure in the fact that ALL DOCTORS ARE KILLERS, without exception. During their career, every single doctor will kill somebody, whether through negligence, malpractice or just plain malice.

to the third: It doesn't matter. Stating facts to a death cult is a waste of time. You could also point out that their holy day is supposed to be saturday, but that doesn't matter either. The cult leaders have a firm reign on the sheep. They tell them that murdering non-believers is okay, then murder happens. Murderous rich guy with a band of thugs wants your crop for taxes? He must be appointed by god to be your king because the cult leader is backing him. Don't have a good reason to keep the figurehead born on a certain day? Winter solstice is a great time in pagan tradition, let's switch it up!

People who use 'you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar' should have feces thrown at them. If they really want to catch flies, nothing will get the flies buzzing towards you faster than a hot, steaming turd. Also, why are they trying to get flies? I'm always trying to keep them out of the house.

'People who don't know history are doomed to repeat it' is very valid, but more valid is, 'People who know history are doomed to point out forever that everyone else is repeating history'

Stalin was an evil man who was going to divide up the world with Hitler. If Hitler hadn't been so greedy and wanted to keep it all for himself, WWII would have been alot darker...

Pro-Life doesn't mean that you value human life, only that you wish for the government to take away freedoms from those who need it. It's funny how many pro-life people are supporters of the death penalty.

LOL you call out 'death cults' (I'm guessing you are talking about general Christianity and its ilk) yet obviously support abortion, oh the irony!

Also, Christianity has a very good reason for celebrating the Sabbath on a Sunday, but alas you fall into the very ignorance you are trying to call people out on. And the Sabbath isn't even on a Saturday, the old Jewish calender was different, if anything the Sabbath would have changed week to a new day if it transitioned to the calender we have now. And even if you did try to transition it, it would probably end up falling on the Friday anyway.

Also, obviously you do not understand the simple logic behind abortion and the death penalty.
1. Kills unborn human beings that have not been given a chance, is directly discriminatory since it is encourage in some communities and cultures more then others. Basic genocide that controls certain populations more then others.
2. Punishes human beings that had been given a chance and are a direct threat to the rest of the population, it is far cheaper, and more effective then keeping them alive, and it removes all risk of a reoccurring crime. It is also used as an example to others who might think to do likewise.
And no, I couldn't really care less if a country had the death penalty or not; but as you can see the two have completely opposite reasoning and logic that are perfectly justified.

 

[nathan-dts]

Internet explorer browser suck's, using really anything else.

Chiropractor's are doctors and won't break your neck.

Christmas isn't Jesus Christ's Birthday.

to the first: that's your opinion. While there may be many great facts supporting that opinion.

to the second: That's your HOPE. Yes, they are doctors. But you also gotta figure in the fact that ALL DOCTORS ARE KILLERS, without exception. During their career, every single doctor will kill somebody, whether through negligence, malpractice or just plain malice.

to the third: It doesn't matter. Stating facts to a death cult is a waste of time. You could also point out that their holy day is supposed to be saturday, but that doesn't matter either. The cult leaders have a firm reign on the sheep. They tell them that murdering non-believers is okay, then murder happens. Murderous rich guy with a band of thugs wants your crop for taxes? He must be appointed by god to be your king because the cult leader is backing him. Don't have a good reason to keep the figurehead born on a certain day? Winter solstice is a great time in pagan tradition, let's switch it up!

People who use 'you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar' should have feces thrown at them. If they really want to catch flies, nothing will get the flies buzzing towards you faster than a hot, steaming turd. Also, why are they trying to get flies? I'm always trying to keep them out of the house.

'People who don't know history are doomed to repeat it' is very valid, but more valid is, 'People who know history are doomed to point out forever that everyone else is repeating history'

Stalin was an evil man who was going to divide up the world with Hitler. If Hitler hadn't been so greedy and wanted to keep it all for himself, WWII would have been alot darker...

Pro-Life doesn't mean that you value human life, only that you wish for the government to take away freedoms from those who need it. It's funny how many pro-life people are supporters of the death penalty.

Don't be throwing around the cult word in the face of Christianity, it is disrespectful. Yes most christian's are ignorant to the truth's such as Saturday being the true day and the 3 wise men where actually going to do something a lot different but don't be disrespectful in relating any of it to a cult.

Wiktionary entry.
"A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members."

It certainly qualifies as a cult using this definition.

You should probably realize that you are using wiktionary for your definition before you go any further. Regardless, this definition specifically includes that a cult exists on the margins of society, which in no way describes Christianity.

The definition says "often", meaning that it is not always the case. Also, it is followed by "or exploitative towards its members" which is very much the case.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

Don't feed the trolls.

It seems painfully obvious, but just search Lozza Peacock on Facebook.