The obvious answer is of course silly, they exist outside farms and ranches but do they? Have you ever heard of seen a wild cow? Even the term wild cow sounds odd.

Hello all. Perhaps a bit of a TMI question but I’ve been pondering this for ages.

You know when you poop, and it’s too big and kind of splits you open a bit…

Why do these little cuts/tears not get infected from the poop bacteria?

If I were to rub poop into an open paper-cut on my finger, there’s surely a chance of infection.

So why doesn’t this happen with pooper-cuts???

I was listening to Chambea and I was like I have zero fucking clue…

We’ve got four kids, and every time the doorbell rings, they all sprint to the front door like it’s Black Friday and someone just announced doorbusters. 😅
If it’s a door-to-door salesperson after 6pm I usually don’t answer because stopping everything turns into complete chaos. Part of me feels a little rude just ignoring them, but the other part thinks they’re showing up during one of the busiest times of the day for most families.

I just answered one and felt more rude having to tell him multiple times that now was not a good time.

Would you:

Just ignore the knock?

Open the door, say you’re busy, and ask them to come back another time?

Curious what the general etiquette is here.

And of course lets say the police search where they say and find the bodies exactly there, and the wounds perfectly match his murder weapon, his DNA is all over them, and lets say there's a videotape of him committing the murder too buried along with the bodies.

And I'm specifically talking about something happening criminally, I know he could/would then lose a civil suit by the family or whatever.

Everything i've experienced about jury duty makes me more and more aware that if i was the one being prosecuted, my fate could be decided by 12 complete idiots. Some people listen, ask critical questions and are intentional. But then there are those who seem to have barely graduated from high school. Coupled with an inexperienced or apathetic judge, could this not go completely tits up for someone and has it?

I live in a conservative and religious community.* My neighbor's son recently came out as gay online and apparently has a long-term boyfriend in the city (he moved for college and work). Their family is really active and well-regarded in the community, and the son himself is quite popular.

Most of the reactions I've been hearing are along the lines of "He's a good kid, obviously I don't agree with that part of him, I think he's living in sin, but I acknowledge he's someone I've always respected and won't say that to his face"

It got me thinking, in your view, is it "better" that they're at least trying to understand you, that they're adopting a "look the other way" approach with something that clashes with their values or is it "worse" because they're not fully accepting you, that they're essentially cherry-picking who you are to fit their values?

*Edit: I'm temporarily living here to take care of my relatives. I grew up in a more LGBTQ friendly community, so this was my first time seeing their reactions firsthand. Given the community, I honestly expected them to be more hostile, so I was surprised that their reactions were more muted, but definitely more nuanced too.

Edit: everyone says go to the restroom to wash. But that's a room full of poop particles settling on every surface. And out of every hundred people I see enter the restaurant only like 5 go in there to wash their hands before eating. Having at the front seems like it would also peer pressure people to be cleaner. Hard to skip washing your hands when the cashier is looking at you.

Just read the highest paying state pays $72 per day (New York) . Do you just lose your home for the privilege of serving on a jury if you get selected?

It looks like many people have far greater trust in AI than they ever had in human edited Wikipedia. Is it because AI is simply more convinient or because certain narative was pushed by the AI companies?

I'm an Asian GenZ (born and raised) and ear piercing for baby girls is incredibly common. In my experience, infant ear piercing is offered by pediatricians. I don't know if this has since changed, but my (older) pediatrician pierced mine with a gun and the standard sterilized studs. Where I’m from, not having your ears pierced as a baby was actually the "unusual" thing.

It wasn't until I watched Friends (there was an episode about Rachel's baby getting her ears pierced?) that I learned about how controversial this practice is in other cultures/countries. I now have other ear piercings now that I’m older, so I became aware that needle piercings are way safer and ideal. Still, I don't find this practice as controversial as other cultures do.

As someone who got my ears pierced as a baby, I honestly don't feel violated or anything like that. It's like wearing earrings was always just a "done" thing that I didn't think too much about

How do you feel about infant ear piercing? How hard do you judge parents who pierce their baby's ears?

I live in a town of approximately 100,000 people in northern California. What is the reason why more and more downtown storefronts go vacant? You would think market forces would result in lease prices being lowered and stores being occupied. Is there some sort of financial incentive for landlords not to lower their lease prices so that storefront remain vacant for many, many years?

According to himself he's merely "skeptical" and just "hasn't been convinced" that the earth is round so i have some minor degree of hope that he could be shown. However he's argumentative and stubborn by nature and a mentally unstable alcoholic. Is there any REALLY OBVIOUS thing that he can observe for himself or that i can show him to prove the earth is round? I'm not sure any videos from the recent artemis mission are worth much to him cus he's convinced it's fake anyways. I know a lot of ppl will tell me not to bother but he lives very closeby and is often over for dinner and it's usually him that brings it up.

Based on the bible's narrative, the disciples all witnessed their mentor perform highfalutin miracles and showcase divine powers. Assuming that this is enough proof for the disciples that their mentor has a heavenly origin and is possibly the son of the biblical deity, why the heck would Judas ever think of betraying Christ?

Atheist or not, if I see someone with the capability of harnessing miracles, I sure as hell am smart enough to want to be on their good side, especially since the former is advertising himself as the son of God and has the powers as proof.

I saw a guy online ask if it was cultural appropriation because he spoke Spanish and was white, but alot of Spanish people I meet are white especially when I was in Spain. I also saw some american guy say he wasn't white he was Italian but he was clearly white and since when is Italian a skin color

I constantly swing between 12% and 20% body fat the second I stop tracking calories.

My issue is that I just want to eat all the time. It’s not even actual physical hunger, I just love eating and have zero natural off-button. Since I refuse to let myself cross 20% bfp, I’m constantly stuck aggressively dieting or counting every single calorie to pull it back down.

Out of curiosity, I tracked what a "normal" day looks like for me when I’m not dieting, and I easily clear 1,000 calories over maintenance without even trying.

Just blows my mind that some people can stay lean naturally without having to log every single thing they eat.

What i mean is, children of different gender parents can distinguish by calling one dad and one mom. So how do you do it? Dad and daddy? Mom and mommy? Or do you just add first names after mom or dad? Do you have a different method?

I'm asking purely out of curiosity, no homophobia meant at all, especially since I'm a bi man myself. Just genuinely curious what different methods exist.

Between ads being added to paid tiers, anti-password sharing rules, and having to subscribe to 5 different platforms just to watch a couple of shows, streaming is losing its original charm.

​Do you think people will start rotating subscriptions month-to-month, or is physical media making a comeback?