One of those things is MUCH more helpful than the other…
Well, yes, but I study conspiracy theories and odd cults as a hobby so …
They are fascinating. It’s interesting to see their evolution; from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, through the wacky survivalists, to the New Age stuff that started in the 70s/80s and exploded with the internet. I’ve tried to point out to believers that a lot of it has roots in the (I dunno, folk myths?) of cultures that they would profess to be utterly at odds with, but to no avail. They can be fucking nasty things though, memetic infections. Like malware for the human mind. I believe reading lots of fiction to be an excellent prophylaxis for 'em.
I’d never thought of that angle (fiction), but you may have a point.
By actively engaging with fantasy, you have a better chance of recognizing it in the wild… Something’s gonna occupy that space, so it might as well be intentional.
Exactly.
Wow. Or go vegetarian and you won’t need an entire physical regime :-0
But they tend to answer in a squeaky faux-baby voice “My name is Jordan”. I don’t care what gender a baby might be. If I know the parents well enough, I guess I’ll find out soon enough. The way to wing it is to play the parents’ game and continue to talk to the baby instead of to them.
I can get white noise on my Samsung plasma TV by changing the input selection to TV, which has nothing plugged into it. Comes up briefly with a channel number and a whole lot of static. Some TVs seem to just give blue screen so YMMV.
It is not real analog signal randomness, but faked screensaver style “white noise” though. Kind of like how digital cameras make that analog click shutter sound when taking pictures for no reason at all.
I don’t do it often. But it happens at least once a year. Of course, my tip to figure it out is “run hand through hair and see if it still feels greasy”. Done!
The reason I recall reading as to why coke can be used for various weird things like this (and rust removal!), is because it contains carbonic acid. As does every carbonated drink.
Oh, and in regards to the “Why do you need to know if a baby is a boy or girl?” - you don’t, of course. But there’s not too much you can learn about a baby, because they don’t do much aside from eat, sleep, and poop in the early days. If you’re interested in learning more about said baby, gender is one of the few things to learn about the baby aside from its name, and its temperament. And also, the reason mentioned above where some parents get irrationally offended if you guess wrong. Which is dumb, and I never understood as a parent, but we do all kinds of dumb things to keep from offending other people.
Yeah, every new television I’ve seen does the blue screen thing. I’m actually glad that it’s still possible to get static on some - it’d be sad if that went away entirely.
Well, they never said it was fool proof. But you must meet some really, really annoying parents. ::shudder::
Not really. I was bemused by, and kind of responding to, the notion put forward that parents would “freak out” if you got it wrong (rather than recounting a personal experience). Parents I might want to hang out with wouldn’t “freak out” in any meaningful way. Thankfully, I don’t meet that many new babies these days anyway.
if that’s true, then why does my year-old-ish LG show the snow but also generate the white noise at a deafening volume? anyway, fake or no, it should get rid of any screen burn-in, but I recommend hitting the mute button.
Oh, it happens all right. You’d be surprised (or not, maybe) how many otherwise-totally-rational people go completely bonkers when they have children. Their rationality in regards to anything to do with said children goes right out the door.
Babies are awesome. You should try to meet as many as you can. 
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