So, like, I'm this guy. And like, I do stuff...
Chemist, musician, artist, programmer, coach, husband, dad, uncle, etc.
So yeah.
Advice-wise? There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
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Ok, well lately, many of my friends have been smoking weed. I tell them that it's stupid and that it can harm your health, and stuff such as that, but they keep telling me that weed doesn't harm your body in any way what-so-ever. If anyone knows, can you please tell me what side-effects you may get from smoking weed? (I'm a 14/f, if that's important, which I don't think it is.) (link)
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Honestly, it is no where near as bad for you as cigarettes...
Marijuana really is probalby the least dangerous of drugs out there. Yeah, it'll make you trippy. And, in weak-willed people, eventually weed won't get them high enough and they will move on to harder drugs. And pot fucking reeks like something awful.
So...
Do I think it unwise for them to be smoking it - hell yeah, it's still absolutely stupid. But as far as using a health warning - you don't have much data. Some studies have linked it to brain cell loss... and others have debunked that. Some have stated other risks, but the data is always inconclusive. Yet, you compare pot to other substances, and it really is safer for the body... but it'll still make people act like dumbasses and do stupid fucking things.
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Is Codeine bad for you if you take it when you don't need it, like if you take it just to get high or whatever? If it is bad, what does it do specifically that is harmful? (link)
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Codeine is a narcotic. It is related to morphine and heroin. It is addicting. Codeine can cause nausea, and severe constipation. Codeine will cause you to be very sleepy. Like all drugs, Codeine will slowly damage your liver - constant abuse of it will speed that process up.
Yes, taking codeine for shits-n-grins is just a dumb idea. Addiction of it can be very hard to break, and overdosing can cause delusional behaviour including paranoia.
Many of the narcotics can cause you to lose appetite, which is why so many heroin addicts are sickly and thin.
Other drugs related to codeine that are also shitty for you include: oxycontin (oxycodone), morphine, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, diacetyl morphine (heroin), and about a billion others.
Why anyone would think being constipated, nauseous, and sleepy is a great high, I will never understand.
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my best guy friend and i tried to start a bf and gf relationship but we feel uncomfortable being that. we just wanna be really close friends. i was wondering should i ask him to the prom and just say we can go as friends?! and when should i ask him?! (link)
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By all means, ask him. I mean, you're close friends, you likely care about each other, and as such there's no reason you can't attend prom together. Going to prom as friends or as boyfriend and girlfriend should be irrelevant, really.
Besides, the best romantic relationships start off with strong friendship... who knows what might happen given time.
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I want to be carefree, go to another country like japan, have a decent job, get a girlfriend, do whatever i want and never think of tomorrow or yesterday (while im still young). However, I want to be able support my parents so they can enjoy their life w/o breaking their back at work, because they went through so many and suffered so much to brought the family to US and had worked for the past 30yrs plus. So all there is in my head is "find some way or job that pay ALOT, so my parents doesn't have to work," but deep down in my heart, i felt that im being held back by my own self, from what i really want to do. I dont want to abandon my parent, but i also want to enjoy my youth (im 20 btw). Unfortunately, i decided to sacrafice my youth and try to find some way to get rich so i can support my parents..... I don't really have a question for u advisors, because i know what i have to do. I just want to hear ur advice in general,maybe there's miracle way to solve my problems......... (link)
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So, you want to do whatever you want and have no worries...
don't we all.
But you know what? It doesn't happen. You'll always have some sort of worries, going to Japan won't fix anything, hell, my sister is over in Chine... she's now burned out form living in Taiwan, and thinks going to mainland China is the answer - yeah, she's a slow learner in that regard. She doesn't know what to do in life because she wants someone else to tell her what to do... yet she's 25 with two older brothers... she's an adult, she has to live her own life, and no matter what she does, she has to live with her choices, because the choices are hers alone.
So, you have to choose trying to chase a "dream" that isn't even a concrete goal (I mean, aspiring to be an actor, or becoming a doctor... that's something concrete, that's attainable - you've listed no such thing) or you can choose to start making real choices - choices where you have to balance career and family, choices where you have to set goals for yourself and work to accomplish them.
So yeah, go find a job that pays "a lot"... and hope that the job doesn't get cut, or that your department isn't out-sourced or off-shored... hope that the company doesn't go belly-up... etc etc etc.
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ok so this is the problem. Ive been going out with this kid for 4 months now, and i broke up with him a lil whie back for like 2 days bc i had feelings for this othre kid. In the summer the other kid and I almost hooked up and we screwed around and i really liked him. but that same night the other kid ( lets call him John) John broke up with this other girl, and so i forgot about The other guy and went out with John. BUt latly i've been haveing mixed emotions like i still like the other kid and when im not with john i feel like i dont want to b with him ne more and stuff but then i hang out with him and its like it all goes away. I really need some help. I rate 5's/ (link)
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Honestly, it sounds like you should go out with no one for a while... maybe date guys casually, but don't bother trying to tag any one of them as "your boyfriend" because it sounds like you're not able to do that at this time. Really, there's nothing wrong with that, and if people gave it some thought, that is what most should do- relationships are more than just fun... they are a lot of work... and if your heart is still flitting about, then you cannot really claim to settle on any one guy for now. So, the best option is to NOT settle on someone. Don't have a boyfriend. Have friends, go on dates, hang out with people. Since you're feeling torn, that should be telling you something.
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I wanted to know if there was a certain career I can go to for these things. I've been getting really interested with the mind and what makes us do the things we do. I've been getting interested in things like, eating disorders, mental illness, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD, OCD, SAD, why people lie and a lot of other things like health, vegetarianism, raw foodists, etc. I want to learn more about this stuff, but not just through the internet. What are some courses that teach you about this kind of stuff and how can I apply what I know through a career? If you know some careers, do they pay well?
I believe I'm suffering from ADD, OCD and SAD. As I'm researching these, I come across other disorers and I get overwhelmed and I want to learn about them all... (link)
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many have already mentioned psychology... so I thought I'd throw out:
psychiatry (the doctor is in)
neurology (brains rule)
behavioral science (branched off of psych)
education (no, really... having a degree in education doesn't mean you have to be a teacher, you can be an academic of pedegogy, and study not only how better to teach, but understand how others learn)
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Is there really a "best guitar", I mean, who is the best brand? I play the bass but I also can play regular also. (link)
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No, there isn't.
The reason is that it all depends on the style you're plaing, and sometimes even the exact song. Every make of guitar has a slightly different sound to it. The Fender Stratocaster has a great, nearly ubiquitous sound. I love the way Paul Reed Smith's sound. The Les Paul from Gibson is highly versatile. You've got solid bodies, archtops, single-coil, humbuckers, different wood types, different kinds of tremolo systems, etc etc etc.
Personally, I have a Fender Stratocaster and a PRS 24-fret model. I love the PRS for a more mellow sound, or for really obnoxiously loud distortion. The strat I love for bright, bitey soloing. I could not use the Strat for jazz - it would sound awful (to my ear, anyway), and some rhythm things I play just sound like crap on the Strat, too. Likewise, if I want a really clean sounding solo, I won't use the PRS.
I mean, would you say that there's a "best bass"? I sure wouldn't. I've got 3 of those... ;)
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what exactly do they do when you get a pap smear? (link)
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pap+smear&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/pap.htm
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/HealthInfo/std_pelvic.htm
http://familydoctor.org/138.xml
http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/pap/
http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/papsmears/a/abnormalpaps.htm
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/CYTOPATH/CYTOPATH.html
http://www.wdxcyber.com/mcervix.htm
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I have been really sick since thursday and iam terrified of doctors. the probelm is that i get really high fevers and they dont come down . is there any medication that i could take that would not only bring my tempurature down along with getting better? (i have the flu) (link)
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Well, first off, suck it up and see a doctor anyway.
Nextly, I am not a doctor. I am not a pharmacist. Therefore, the following is not a prescription, it is not official medical advice...
Alternate taking Tylenol and Ibuprofen. Take a regular adult dose of Tylenol (generally 2 tablets/caplets), then 4 hours later, take a regular adult dose of that (again, 2 tablets/caplets). 4 hours later, tylenol again, so on and so forth. By alternating, you are able to take the medicines seemingly more frequently, and use 2 different drugs to combat the high fever. Both Tylenol (Acetominophen / Paracetemol for you UKians) and Ibruprofen (aka Advil) both are antipyrretics (fever reducers). Both are also pain relievers (analgesics).
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whats the difference between being christian and catholic? (link)
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All Catholics are Christian.
Not all Christiand are Catholic. Much of what people refer to as "christians" are the various protestant sects that split from the Catholic Chrurch many, many years ago. Some such groups share more similarities to Catholicism than others, such as Lutheran and Anglican/Episcopalean.
Also to say "Catholic" refers to the religion.
To say "catholic" is a word that means "universal".
Yeah, a pedantic difference based on a capital letter, but it is a differnce.
EDIT: I've seen some people post some very bizarre interpretations of Catholicism in here, including things that are just very, very wrong - even coming from people who claimed to have been Catholic. Interesting. Catholics do not worship Mary, nor the Saints. People seem to misunderstand the meaning of certain prayers and the differnce between reverence and respect with that of worship.
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How do you get your husband away from the t.v. and spend time with the children? (link)
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Unplug the TV, or have the kids attack him... really. It works.
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Is the candy warheads still made? those are the real small circle looking candy thats really sour right.. anyways do they make them still? do you think you could get them at sams club? or where else? cuz its my friends birthday and he loves those things.. and he said he hasnt seen some for a long time (link)
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http://www.candywarehouse.com/sour.html
http://www.ecandy.com/Content.aspx?ContentID=5333
a quick search shows that the Warhead candy is still made and available on the open market.
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Hi. I have been a columnist for a little while. I have been rated 24 times and until 3 days ago my ratings were shown on my column. My rating has changed a little since I have been a columnist for over a month, with the oldest ones not being counted anymore. I know all of that. My question is, why would my rating disappear completely? I cannot see my ratings on my column but if I click View Feedback I can see all of my ratings. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much and have a wonderful day! (link)
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The ratings are a running average - thus, as you already stated, after a time, older ratings no longer count towards your current rating. The numerical ratings you've received only show up when you view a question directly, or when you click on the View Feedback form looking at your column.
Could it be that the layout your using for your column doesn't display the rating?
Also, I've suggested several times that we completely hide everyone's current rating - for some, ratings just became a big game and hiding the number was a way to discourage that.
p.s. - XxXiTaLiAn4LiFeXxX needs to learn that the admin is a woman. ;)
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OK. I'm allergic to fake earings and it really sucks. I can't get those earings with fake silver that only cost a dollar anymore. Is there any way I can were fake earrings(not clip-ons) with getting a rash on my ear?
thanx (link)
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Remember, there are many materials used for earring posts. You probably need surgial steel posts. Sterling silver may also work, but will cost more. There's nothing wrong with the surgical steel - in fact, they tend to be the most inert and do not tarnish (as it is high-grade stainless steel). The cheapy-crap usually contians a crapload of lead and other cheap metals (which also makes them softer).
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is sex at a young age(like 13) a bad idea? (link)
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The simple answer - yes, it is a horrible idea.
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My sterio CD thing wont open. I have a Cd stuck in there and it won't open. i'm worried. Anyone know how i can get it to open? answer QUICKLY! (link)
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I assume that it is a tray-loading CD player. Based on that assumption, there should be a tiny hole, usually near the eject button, right underneath the tray. Push a straightened paperclip into that hole. That will hit a release mechanism that will allow the tray to open. All tray-loading CD and DVD devices have this feature (though some manufacturers hide the hole under a sticker).
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ok so i am going to babysit my neighbors dog and 2 cats....with the money i recive i would like to buy a guitar. Not the electric kind jusy the regular. I was wondering what r some good kinds but at cheep prices? Or if u have any good websites that would be good to! I will rate if not stupid! thanx!
helpinghandgrl (link)
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look at the likes of www.samash.com www.musiciansfriend.com and www.harmony-central.com
Some Fender and Yamaha acoustics might suit your needs. I know Sam Ash really pushed these "Carlos Robelli" guitars, which look cool but are really cheap - I've not ever played one nor seen one up-close... you can probably do a little research on people giving feedback on such guitars (harmony central has user reviews) - for all I know, they could be wonderful - or they could really, really suck ass.
Don't buy too cheap an acoustic guitar, or you'll regret it, because really shitty guitars just really suck to play.
Likewise, don't rule out buying a used guitar - many people take very good care of their instruments and get "upgrades" so they like to sell off their older guitars - very often to people who are just learning. We guitarists like to give our old instruments new and useful homes ;)
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I have a math test tomorrow and I really don't understand some of the stuff! We're doing subtraction of postive and negative integers. Some examples are:
3 - (-6)
40 - (-14)
17 - 15
Can anyone please give me the answers to these problems and tell me how you got that answer? PLEASE HELP ME!!! I'll rate 5's!!!
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9
54
2
subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive... the signs cancel each other out.
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im REALLY tiny, only 5'1 and 120 lbs. i have HUGE boobs, and they keep getting bigger. im a size 34 DD, and i cant even buy a shaped cup bra cause they dont even fit. my bra rides up my back from my boobs pulling down on it. theyre so big that i have to wear two bras just to keep them up. i dont even know where i can find a bra that will work for me, because the cups kinda cut thru my boobs and give me "bubble boob." im a size 5, and i had to buy a size 12 formal dress just to fit my boobs, and it was WAY too big. my boobs pop open the buttons on button up shirts. SERIOUSLY i know this is a dumb question but what the hell can i do? (link)
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You might want to talk to a doctor about having a breast reduction done. Very large breasts like that, especially on a frame as small as yours, could lead to horrible back problems later on.
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Hiya,
I've had my rabbits (I have three) for a couple of months now and I am doing great with regards to handling them. They love being stroked and stuff but they aren't so keen on being picked up. I'm pretty sure that all I can do is persevere (but tell me if you think different!). Any tips to get them used to it faster? (link)
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You probably can't really make it go any faster. Rabbits are by nature timid creatures - thus the long ears and twitchy reflexes. Your best bet is probably to try to keep them good and calm while you attempt to pick them up. Try little steps, like just getting them to your lap and continue to pet them.
If she doesn't happen to see this question, ask selectopaque - I'll guess she'll have some excellent advice on this for you.
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