Dear Mr Sekar,
Thank you for your response. I don't know the reason, Quora QA is filled with
jokes mostly non vegetarian. I read at least 10 Jokes to get a vegan joke.
Gopalakrishnan
On Wednesday, 31 January, 2024 at 09:34:23 pm IST, 'N Sekar' via iyer123
<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks.
Q 4Answer says it all; we still remember and glorify Abhimanyu because:
Of the way he fought - with absolutely no fear and with great valour
Of the way he died - killed by several Maharathaas - against all
rules of the war.
That he was so young only adds to our sorrow and awe and wonder. A great
Character in the Mahabharat and one of the most unforgettable characters too.
That day's war belonged entirely to him.
Q 7 Ha ha ha
I have heard other versions of this but this is new.
You are becoming a " naughty boy" Sri G K. 😁😁😁
N Sekar
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On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 8:42 PM, 'gopala krishnan' via
KeralaIyers<[email protected]> wrote:
CULTURAL QA 01-2024-31
All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 31-01-2024.
Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers
.Compiled and posted by R. Gopalakrishnan, on 31-01-2024
Q1 Ishuman evolution still ongoing? Can any other species surpass
human evolution?
A1 ClaireJordan,Worked at National Health Service (NHS)15h
Yes, humans arestill evolving, although mainly in ways that aren’t immediately
visible - the gradual loss of a particulartendon in the wrist, the gradual
spread of the ability to digest milk inadulthood etc. You’d need to come back
in about 300,000 yearsto see obviously visible differences.
What does “surpass human evolution” even mean? Humans aren’tsome kind of
supreme achievement or goal: we’re just one twig on a limb on abranch on a
common tree. It makes no more sense than asking if any otherspecies can surpass
the cheetah or the mantis shrimp.
If you’reasking whether any other species can surpass us in intelligence eh,
maybe.
There are a lot ofspecies that are as intelligent as a human child of three or
four, so there’s probably no fundamentalreason why a species couldn’t become
more intelligent than us. But there wouldneed to be a selection pressure for it
to do so, and high intelligence is atwo-edged sword. It takes a *lot* of fuel
to run a fast brain, and in mammals,because our neural tissue isn’t as dense as
that of birds, that brain has to bephysically big, which leads to complications
in childbirth. Just in order for us to give birthat all, women have to have
wide hips which affects how fast we can run. So Ipredict that any *mammal*
which was noticeably more intelligent than us wouldhave to be one with a skull
which was long and narrow, rather than domed likeours.
Any placental mammal, anyway. Monotremes and marsupials don’thave the same
birthing issues, because their young do most of their growingrespectively in an
egg or in an external pouch, so we might yet see ahyper-intelligent kangaroo.
My note- Humans aremore taller comparing to earlier generations. Especially
the height of women,we can see remarkable increase even comparing earlier
generation.
Q2 Whatare some mind blowing life hacks?
A2 BruceWilson,Bachelor in Sociology & Psychology, University of
California System(Graduated 2014)6h
Start every phone call with “My battery is almost dead”. That way you can
hangup on them at any time.
Want to cut into another lane of traffic but nobody will letyou in? Cut in
front of a Tesla, autopilot will force the car to stop.
If you can’t think of a word, say "I forget the English word forit”. That way
people will think you’re bilingual instead of an idiot.
If the person sitting in front of you on a flightreclines their seat all the
way back and leaves you with no room, turn on theair con above you to full
blast and point it at the top of their head.
The best way to charge your phone faster is by switchingit to airplane mode
before plugging it in.(I have not tried)
Wet your nail clippers before using them. Your clippingswon't fly everywhere.
Whenever buying something online, try using the coupon code "military".Many
sites have a military discount and don't require any proof of militaryservice.
Q3 What isyour most loved joke ever? Even if you remember it now,
you can't control yourlaughing.
A3 EmilRegelman, Aug 24
A man goes into a bar, and hears lovely music being played ona piano. Mozart,
Brahms, Chopin! Totally incredible. As he approaches the bartender, he notices
aminiature man playing a tiny piano!
He asks the bartender “This is amazing. Where did you findthis tiny musician?”
The bartender replies: “Mymagic lantern. When you rub it, a genii will emerge,
and give you one wish.”
The man says: “Wow! Can I try it out?”
“Sure!” says thebartender, who then pulls out the lantern from under the bar,
and hands it tothe man.
The man instantly begins rubbing the side of the lantern and,poof, a genii
emerges, looks at him, and exclaims “What is your one wish?”
The man replied: “Giveme a million bucks!”
“Your wish is mycommand.” says the genii, and instantlythe room is filled with
hunderds of flying birds!
“What the heck?” saidthe man. “I said I wanted a million bucks, not a million
DUCKS!”
The bartender replied, “I’m not surprised. Do you really think I asked thegenii
for a 9 inch PIANIST?!”
Q4 In theMahabharata, why didn't Sri Krishna save Abhimanyu when he
knew already that hewas about to be killed?
A4 PrajwálKotnur,B.com from Shri Vishnu (Hindu Deity) (Expected
2025)36m
Krishna being omniscient knew everyone's death long beforethe war. So, lord
Krishna knew Abhimanyu going to die if heparticipate in the Mahabharat. But, he
didn’t tried to stop him. Why?Because, Abhimanyu’s death was written in his
fate and it was his destiny. Hewas a warrior.
A warrior chooses his battle and no one could stop him fromtaking this personal
decision, unless the commander in chief or the kingrepresenting the war put the
restriction on them, giving any reasons. No one put a restriction on
Abhimanyu’s participation unlike Karna who wasrestricted from battle ground by
pitamah Bhisma.
Abhimanyu had entered into chakravyuh, but he didn’t know howto safely return
from it. This half-knowledge took him to a great danger.Abhimanyu couldn't run
away from his enemies as he was a brave warrior. Hefought till his last breath
with his full might and prowess. But, at end, hesuccumbed to his injuries given
to him deceitfully by kauravas.
If Krishna interferred to prevent Abhimanyu’s death, thenwho remembers him as
great warrior who fought bravely?Don’t forget Jayadrathvadh was necessary as he
once tried to kidnap Draupadi and he was in the sideof kauravas. If Abhimanyu
wasn’t killed, Arjuna might not took thevow of killing Jayadrath and a evil
left free without getting punished for hisact.
Q5 Do youknow a joke about feeling younger than you look?
A5 MaryKrupka,18h
Not exactly, but it’s pretty good.
An elderly woman has aminor accident and is knocked momentarily unconscious.
She hears a voice saying “Go back, my child. You still have years to live. I
won’t summon you tillyou’re 95.”
She comes to determined to make the most of her remainingyears. She’d been
getting slack eating badly, being a couch potato. Now sheeats healthy and
exercises. Soonshe’s in great shape but still,her face shows her age. She
visits a plasticsurgeon and gets the works . He does a fine job and this 70-
something womannow only looks about 40. But all her clothes are “grandma
clothes”. Theydon’t suit her new appearance so she goes shopping for something
fashionable. She can hardlybelieve the image in the mirror. She looks terrific.
No one would guess how old she really wasAnd as she’s retired with ample money
she can now travel and do all the thingsshe missed out on in her youth!
She buys a lot of new outfits and dressed to the ninesleaves her house one
morning, adventure bound. A car hits her and kills her.
Arriving at the Pearly Gates the bewildered woman confrontsSt.Peter. “I was
told I’d live to 95! I’m only 74! What happened”
St.Peter looks embarrassedand says “Frankly,we just didn’t recognize you.”
Q6 Whatare some of the greatest examples of presence of mind?
A6 SunilHembram, Former Student at Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research,Kolkata (IISER-K) (2012–2017)Updated 6y
This is a story aboutS. Satyamurti, who was a leading nationalist and a
politician. He was known for his great oratoryand his words carried wisdom, wit
and logic.
Once he went to England topresent India’s case for freedom. He met the leading
politicians in Britain. He pleaded themto restore self-government to India. He
addressed several public meetings. Theywere well attended.
At a meeting, while he was presenting India’s case forfreedom, a heckler asked,
“Do you know that the sun never setson the British Empire?”That was true. For
Britain had colonies all around the globe. And alwaysit was day in some or the
other part of the Empire.
Satyamurti looked in the general direction of the crowd fromwhere the question
had come and smiled. The heckler felt he had nettledSatyamurti. He thought
Satyamurti would not have a convincing reply.
Here he went wrong. For Satyamurti replied, “ Do youknow why? Even the sun
doesn’t trust the British in the dark.”
The laughter of the crowd pitched high. The heckler quicklyran out. He had
learnt one lesson. He had met more than his match. He shouldhave remained
silent. He should not have heckled Satyamurti.
Note: Last year when India celebrated the 70 I-Day, thisunsung hero who fought
for our independence was remembered.
Q7 Do youknow a joke about betting against the boss?
A7 Andras Lu,Sep30
The boss comes to work on Friday and there is a Ferrari nextto his car. He
tells his secretary to find out which of his thousand employeesowns the
Ferrari. Mr. Millerreports to the boss.
Boss: “Howcan you afford a Ferrari on your salary?”
Miller: “Well, I like tobet and I almost always win.”
Boss: “Okay then, let’s make a bet.”
Miller: “OK,I’ll bet you $100 that you’ll only have one testicle left on
Monday.”
The weekend passes and so the boss goes to work on Monday andlet his secretary
call Mr. Miller over.
Boss: “That was probably nothing. I still have all my balls!”
Miller: “But I have to check that. (And grabs the boss bythe balls)”
Boss: “You lost this time, right?”
Miller: “Yes, here are your $100.”
The boss smiles and exits to his office. Miller extends hisarm towards the
secretary. She gets $100 from her purse and hands it to Miller.Miller smiles:
“I’ll have a busy day to collect $100 from about 500co-workers: somehow nobody
believed that I could grab the boss by theballs and he would just smile.”
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