CULTURAL QA 09-2023-19 All the below QA are from Quora DIGESTto me on 19-09-2023.
Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers. Compiled andposted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 79, on 19-09-2023. Q1 What is the most clever life hackyou've learned? A1 Tahshin Rose, student at North SouthUniversity (2021–present)Sep 10 Putyour phone in a glass jug when you want to amplify the sound and don’t havespeakers. Mushroomswill survive longer if they are kept in the refrigerator in a paper bag. Becautious not to wash them first. Ifyou frequently need to take your pet along on trips, make sure they getacclimated to their carrier and feel at home so they won't get anxious. Itgoes without saying that you shouldn't share your toothbrush, but you also shouldn't shareyour water bottle, lipstick, or razor. Wrapa banana peel around a splinter in your skin, then tape it in place. In a fewhours, you'll be able to quickly remove the splinter. Use a rubber band to keep a door fromlatching. Putold newspaper at the bottom of your trash can to absorb food juices. Whentaking a picture, squint your eyes to make your smile look more genuine. Usebinder clips to fix broken keyboard feet. Use nail paint to identify different keys. Mynote- I use nail polish red to identify toilet light switches so that guests donot feel difficulty. Q2 Why was Europe more advanced than mostof other civilizations during history? A2 Mary Louis, Updated Sun Well,for starters, Europeanswere hunter gatherers (the most basic and underdeveloped way of living) upuntil 5,000 years ago. Meanwhile the people of Iran,Mesopotamia, and Anatolia had already discovered farming (only one level belowindustrialized way of living) since 12,000 years ago and had built designatedcities and states. Europe does not have as many ancientsites as Asia. In WestAsia, you can find 12,000 and 8,000 year old villages and complex artifacts. WhenEuropeans had just started to leave their hunting gathering lifestyle, Iranianshad already developed the first form of writing in the Jiroft Civilization. Andonly 500 years after the Europeans had left their hunting and gatheringlifestyle in the caves, Iranians in Kerman established the first flag in all ofhistory, Derafsh Shahdad. All Europeans were originally from WestAsia in the first place. Thefact that they migrated to Europe did not make them any more advanced thantheir West Asian counterparts. Infact, 40,000 years ago, Iranians had already built settlements in Hawraman.This was around the same time that humans had just started to settle in Europe. 12,000years after this development, Europeans were still living in caves. The oldestcave in Europe is only 32,000 years old. 12,000 years younger than the advancedsettlements of Hawraman. Europe only started to become advancedduring the 1600s and after the time of industrialization during the 18th and19th centuries. WhileAsia and the Middle East were caught up in the politics of Islam, Arabic,Turkic, and Mongolian wars, Europe could take advantage of thedestabilization of the regions and start advancing to a larger extent.Much of this advancement was due to colonization and expansion of resources.They could live off of the labor of slaves and blue collar workers whilebuilding up their wealth and developing the lands. Search up the GreatDivergence. Today, in order to keep their power,they fund terrorist organizations such as Taliban, the IRGC, and ISIS in order to keep Islam flowing inthe region, which is the main cause of the underdevelopment of the MiddleEast/Asia in these past hundreds of years. The Iraq war was a result of Bushand the US government creating a show for 9/11 by funding a group of terroriststo attack the Twin towers. They could use this as an excuse to bomb Iraq anddeprive it of its resources, stealing millions of tons of gold and oil. Thestory for Afghanistan is about the same. When places like Iran and Afghanistanwere diverging away from Islam, they decided to remove their rulers from powerand start coup d’états in their countries. They put the rulers that they chosethemselves into place and are continuing to fund them to fulfill their ownpurposes. Theyhave been doing this excessively for these past hundred of years. They control the Middle East and many Asian countries in order tosnag their resources and deprive the people of their own wealth. One example is Britain taking a majorportion of thenatural oil produced by Iran for free, preventing the oil of Iran from becomingnational and removing nationalist Iranians from power as they chose, forcingthem into exile, and killing them. They started from the last Shah’s father,mainly because he was anti-Islamic and wanted to maintain neutrality duringWorld War 2, and then Prime Minister Mossadegh and the Shah when they did notsatisfy their desires and wanted to create progression in the country byraising oil prices for the west and/or make the oil national. Priorto that, Iranians had to suffer the consequences of World War I, the war thatthe west started. They used Iran as a bridge to victory and while there,deprived Iranians of their own food. Most of the wheat produced to make breadentered the stomachs of the European/American soldiers. There were signs on restaurants and facilitiesthat read: “Entrance of dogs and Iranians prohibited”. Iranians couldnot even live peacefully in their own country. The presence of the westernsoldiers brought artificial famine as well as numerous illnesses such ascholera, plague, typhus, influenza, and many other illnesses. A whopping 10–20 millionIranians died between the years of 1917–1918 due to this catastrophe that thewesterners brought. Half the population of Iran was gone. And thewestern “Allies” became victorious from World War I from taking advantage ofIran and its resources, and killing its people through mass starvation andillness. WhileIran owns 1/10 of the world’s wealth, its people are forced under the line ofpoverty because of the political tactics that the west uses to prevent thedevelopment and prosperity of the region, such as funding the IRGC and takingmany benefits such as free oil from the same terrorists that they fund as areturn for the means they provide the terrorists to remain in power. Becausethese terrorists in reality have nothing to be able to cling onto to remain.The only ones funding them, allowing them to stay and loot the region are thecountries of the west. Youmay also see this use of authoritative power over countries like India, wheremuch of the economy and government was controlled by Britain. And countries like China, where mostmulti-billion dollar company owners from the US and Europe placed theirfactories so that they can give very small wages to the impoverished workerswhile taking all of the benefits themselves and making millions and billionsoff of them. These countries are also the same countries that they forced intodecline through wars and attacks by the US/Europe, which put their people intopoverty. Now they must work as blue collar workers for the western countries. Today, they are still controlling andtaking advantage of many countries of Asia, especially the Middle East, andpreventing their development through the funding of terrorists/dictatorships tokeep and enforce the politics of Islam .They steal and seize the natural resources of the Asian (and African) countriesto remain prosperous and have habitable countries. There are countless and countlesscountries in Asia that they have ruined which forced its people into povertyand created uninhabitable conditions with little to no opportunity, so that the hardworking “brains” of theregions are forced to move to the west, where they will work for thegovernments of the US/Europe and contribute to the development of those regionsinstead of their own countries. This is why there are large influxes ofimmigrants to the west, and they are the ones contributing to most of thedevelopment of the region. Even before that, they took slaves toAmerica from Africa so that they could do laborfor them on the grounds that they stole from the Native Americans, and makethem develop their stolen regions while they would do little to no workthemselves. These are the tactics used by theUS/Europe today tokeep their power and prevent the development of the countries of Asia. Mynote- The QA is posted for historical details and not for any discussions please. Q3 What is the most important inventionthat nobody talks about? A3 Silk Road, AI Expert Sep 11 THE FLAT-BOTTOMEDPAPER BAG Ifyou're like me, you probably don't give much thought to the humble paper bagwhen you go grocery shopping. Youjust grab one, fill it with your stuff, and carry it home without breaking asweat. But did you know that the paper bagyou're holding is actually one of the most important inventions of all time? Yes,you heard me right. The flat-bottomed paper bag is a marvel of engineering,design, and innovation that changed the world forever. Before the flat-bottomed paper bag wasinvented, people had to use clumsy and inefficient containers to carry theirgoods, such as wooden boxes, barrels, baskets, or cloth sacks. Thesecontainers were heavy, bulky, and hard to store. They also wasted a lot ofmaterial and space, and were not very sanitary or eco-friendly. EnterMargaret E. Knight, a brilliant and fearless inventor who revolutionized thepaper bag industry in the late 19th century. Knightwas born in Maine in 1838, and showed a remarkable talent for mechanics from anearly age. Sheinvented a safety device for textile looms when she was only 12 years old, andlater worked in various fields such as photography, engraving, and upholstery.In1867, Knight moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, and got a job at the ColumbiaPaper Bag Company. Patent for her bag machine There,she noticed that the machine-made paper bags they produced were weak andnarrow, and could not stand on their bases. Shethought that there must be a better way to make paper bags that were stronger,wider, and more convenient. So she set out to invent a machine thatcould automatically cut, fold, and glue paper to form flat-bottomed bags thatcould hold more items and stand upright on their own. Sheworked tirelessly for two years, making sketches, models, and prototypes of hermachine. She finally succeeded in creating a working model in 1870, and appliedfor a patent. However,her troubles were not over yet. A man named Charles Annan saw her machine and tried to steal her ideaby filing his own patent for it. Heclaimed that he had invented it first, and that Knight was just a woman whocould not possibly understand the complex mechanics involved. Knightwas outraged by this blatant act of plagiarism and sexism, and sued him forpatent infringement. Shefought a long and hard legal battle against Annan, who hired expensive lawyersto discredit her. She had to prove that she was theoriginal inventor of the machine bypresenting her sketches, models, witnesses, and testimonials. Shealso had to face the prejudice and skepticism of the male-dominated courtsystem, who doubted that a woman could be capable of such an invention. ButKnight was not intimidated by any of these obstacles. Shestood up for her rights and defended her invention with confidence andintelligence. She finally won her case in 1871, andreceived her patent for the "Machine for Making Paper Bags". Shebecame one of the first women to obtain a US patent, and was hailed as"the female Edison" by the press. Knight'sinvention was a huge success. It enabled the mass production of flat-bottomedpaper bags that were cheaper, stronger, more convenient, and more veratile thanany previous container. The paper bag became an essential itemfor commerce, industry, and everyday life. It also paved the way for other innovations such asself-opening bags (patented by Charles Stilwell in 1883) and square-bottomedbags with handles (patented by Walter Deubener in 1912). Theflat-bottomed paper bag is still widely used today, more than 150 years afterits invention. Itis one of the oldest and most enduring designs in history, and has beenrecognized as such by museums such as MoMA in New York. Itis also one of the most eco-friendly options for packaging, as it is made ofrenewable and recyclable material. Sonext time you go shopping with a paper bag in your hand, remember to thankMargaret E. Knight for her genius and courage. She gave us one of the mostimportant inventions of all time: the flat-bottomed paper bag. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/292920423.2208652.1695100596037%40mail.yahoo.com.
