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Is it "an RTS" or "a RTS" ? ( kbin.social )

R is a consonant (indicating "a") but also if you say the word R it starts with a vowel (indicating "an")...

What to do when your work/school requires a doctor's note but you're not even well enough to go to the doctor to get a note??

Fucked up my knee really bad yesterday, while doing a required task at school. Have been bedridden since noon yesterday, was planning on getting a doctor's note today because both my work and my school are extremely physically demanding and if my knee doesn't work, I am down for the count. But I can't even fucking walk now and I...

When I urinate, why is it sometimes frothy and but usually not? ( kbin.social )

It doesn't seem to have any correlation with the concentration of the urine, as even really dark stuff is usually froth-free.

Which is better for the environment, TV stations or streaming platforms? ( kbin.social )

I’m just thinking if the energy use that data centres and streaming platforms require, and the climate crisis. Would one be significantly better than the other in terms of energy use?

What shows do you remember where the hero got the power item at the end? ( kbin.social )

The obvious is Endgame when Iron Man had the stones....

why are my cat and dog more attracted to each others food than their own?

shouldnt reailt pet foods be tailored to those species tastes? or is it just gettin some strange?

if you want to ruin electronic equipment, what common household item is best? ( kbin.social )

this is not actually something I'm planning on doing, I'm just curious....

What’s the deal with the Barbie movie and Oppenheimer? ( kbin.social )

I know they came out the same day but it’s hard to see a reference to one without the other.

Is there a solar powered light (for the yard) that attracts bugs, but is not a bug zapper? ( kbin.social )

Wanting to relocate some wild frogs/toads, they seem to like a certain flower bed because the "night light" on the house brings the bugs. My thought is if I make another area enticing, they will go there.

What's the deal with the digital zoom thing everyone seems to use in video essays? ( kbin.social )

I see this technique everywhere, but I guess I haven't found the right terms to search for what it's called or why it's so ubiquitous in certain types of video....

What is with all of the tankie talk on the Fediverse? ( kbin.social )

I do know what a tankie is, and why one would be against them, but I have never encountered so many people using the word. It's all over the place here. Why?

Isn't there a risk of accidental water inhalation when swimming instructors throw babies into the water to teach them how to swim? ( kbin.social )

Occasionally, I will see a video posted of an instructor throwing a baby into water and watching them flounder about until they right themselves and float. The comments are a mix of "that's terrible, what is the instructor doing?" and "you guys are clueless, this is how they train the babies."...

Is places like Mastodon, Twitter, and this Threads thing just places for people to just write some blurb? ( kbin.social )

I have never understood the concept of Twitter and such, is it basically like Live Journal with a text limit ? How do the interactions even work ? Just people saying something unprompted and then people just talk?

If art is subjective, why did schools enforce the idea that there's "right" and "wrong" ways to interpret literature? ( kbin.social )

I'm not talking about objective things like grammar, vocabulary, or structuring. I'm mostly talking about more subjective things like theme and mood. I get for younger students, since they need to learn to analyze and interpret literature. But for higher level students this might become more or a problem, especially when reading...

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