Recent content by pinball1970

I don't have one. I need to rectify that.

I didn't even notice that! It's PF?

Up there with Marburg and Ebola? Rare but lethal.

The singing lags behind!

what the hell!? These are no where the same time! Madness.

This made me smile https://phys.org/news/2026-02-astronauts-international-space-station-nasa.html

You missed one.

Facetious is a joke out of place.

They are subtly different things in English. Sarcasm is words regarding a situation that have opposite meaning, usually within a humorous context. Irony applies to a situation but not necessarily humorous. Example (this shows my definition has not satisfied me!) A man is a kidnapped by...

Those words were part of the IQ classification last century in the UK and also appeared on marriage certificates, "any history of.."

What about “Irony?” Not the easiest word to define in English, so I would be interested in your versions. Also, German “schadenfreude” we do not have an English equivalent, so we use it as is.

There is this also. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/546/2/stag089/8426287?login=false Analysis of 31 galaxies with average redshift 7.3 From phys.org "As a result, we found that they are on average ~600 Myr old, according to the comparison with theoretical models based on previous...

Breathing is involuntary which is why we can breathe when we are asleep. The suffocation arises because we are paralysed and cannot take control of our breathing. It is a horrible feeling, I suffered from being a small boy. Historically demons sat on your chest was one explanation, not nice...

Up voting the first part but not this. Sleep paralysis is when your brain wakes but your body does not. It is very distressing because you cannot move or breathe properly. Bipolar, schizophrenia, depression, not connected.

I had never heard of it till my friend told me to watch it. Great film.