CULTURAL QA03-2024-25 Allthe below QA are from QUORA DIGEST tome on 25-03-2024.
SelectedQuora answers by scholars generally interesting are included. Still they need not be 100%correct answers.Two jokes are included. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on 25-3-2024 Q1 Whatare some useful Life Lessons? A1 TayyabMalik,10h SOME LIFE LESSONS 1. Don’t lend money to your family. Give it. 2. Never shake a hand while sitting down. My note- Agedand wheel chair people might be exceptions 3. Stop telling people more than theyneed to know. 4. Never eat the last piece of something you didn'tbuy. 5. Don't throw your friend under the bus to impresssomeone. 6. Never insult the cooking when you are the guest. 7. Don't use the urinal next to an occupied one. 8. Don't take out your phone during a conversation. My note- Again , if there is some thing forgotten andsuddenly remembered there is no harm in taking phone. 9.Never take credit for work you didn't do. Mynote- Some members simply post others article without mentioning as forward. 10. Listen, nod, and most of all make eye contact. 11. Don't make fun of your friend in frontof his kids. 12. Neverlet emotions overpower you. 13. Never beg for a relationship. 14. Dress well no matter what the occasion. 15. Neverkick a man when he is already down. Q2 Arethere any facts that are extremely scary to know? A2 LindsayElizabeth, Cynical idealist. Updated 5y Aristotle thought we were the center of the universe,every star, every planet was spinning around us. Sometimes,as humans, we tend to overestimate our own importance, forever caught up in howvast even our own planet seems. The diameter of the sun is more than 100 times thatof Earth. Even in our own solar system, Earth makes up only0.0003% of the total mass. The total weight is equivalent to about 333,345.997Earth masses. Somewherebetween 99.8 and 99.9 percent of the mass in our solar system is our sun. This is our sun compared to VY Canis Majoris, thesecond largest star, UY Scuti being the largest known star. The sun is aroundone-2,000th smaller: an 860,000-mile diameter compared to 1.8 billion miles. Astronomers estimate that in the Milky Way alone,there are between 100 and 300 billion stars. Our solar system is moving at 514,000 mph. We do notfeel a thing. At this speed, we have made 15 laps around the Milky Way sincelife on Earth started. Two galaxies were detected recently, with the help ofinfrared radiation. In our own area, our own group, there could be entiregalaxies that go unnoticed by us, invisible. Some of the larger clusters can contain hundreds ofgalaxies.The Virgo Supercluster is one of these. Spanning 110 million light years, it holds about ahundred galaxy clusters, like our own local group. Then there’s the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex,comprised of about 60 superclusters of galaxies. About 1.37 billion light years across, it holdsaround a tenth of the observable universe. 93 billion light years across, and housing anestimated 10-billion superclusters, this is the observable universe. We are not even ants in the scheme of things.We aresmall, microscopic, infinitesimal. Analogies fail here; it is difficult to even attemptto wrap our heads around how tiny our planet is. We areimpossibly small, impossibly trivial.Isn’t it scary? Q3 Whatare some old people jokes that may not make sense but are still funny? A3 Charli1920,Livesin The United Kingdom (2023–present)10h Here are a few classic "old people" jokes that play onstereotypes about aging: 1. Why did the old man fall in the well? Because he couldn't see that well! 2. Why do old people never get lost? Because they've been there before! 3. Why did the old man put his money in the blender? Because he wanted to make liquid assets! 4. Why did the old lady put wheels on her rockingchair? Because she wanted to rock and roll! 5. Why did the old man only wear one sock to bed? Because he heard you should always put your best footforward! Remember, these jokes are meant to be light-heartedand not to offend anyone. Q4 InHindu Mythology, we come across a belief that "Earth is resting onSheshnaag". Why has this been said in our Vedic texts? A4 AbhishekSingh,6h I have a different view about it, there are thousandsof volcanoes on earth, and it's obvious that their ducts(from there lava comes out frominterior of earth) are all connected to a central reservoir of Lava. Doesn't it remind you ofdescription of Anant shesh. Anant shesh has thousand hoods(like thousandsvolcanoes on earth) his hoods has ornaments on its head( thats howvolcanoes look from top view. Anant shesh has the power to burn whole Earthwith his Heat. So does all the volcanoes of all of them erupt at same time. So what I say is that All these Volcanoes areactually connected together below the earth surface and that is Anant Shesh naag.And btw when a Volcanoerupt it's smoke looks exactly similar to Hood of a snake Q5 canyou tell a good blond joke? A5 RebeccaC.10h A blonde was cruising down the highway at breakneckspeed when a cop pulled her over. A blonde was cruising down the highway at breakneckspeed when a cop pulled her over. “May I seeyour license and registration, please?” asked the cop. Miffed, the blonde said, “I wish you guys would get your act together. Justyesterday you took away my license. Now today you want me to show it to you!” Q6 Why is studying so important in life? A6 HectorQuintanilla, Founder at BeBusinessSmart.com (2019–present)Updated 4y About 4,000 years ago, someone accidentally first combined tin with copper,producing bronze for the first time. Bronze was the most revolutionary invention of thetime. It quickly became the key advantage in warfare. With bronze, the Egyptian Pharaoh was unbeatable. Let’s go back in history to answer your question: Why is studyingso important in life? The only way to stop the Egyptian Army was withanother Bronze equipped army. As other armies armed themselves with bronze weapons,the high demand of tin and copper brought scarcity of the elements. With the desperate need to defend themselves fromothers, innovationeventually brought the Iron Age. Forging iron became the most important skill of theera, but it wasn't easy. To raise the metal to extreme temperatures, heat wasonly accomplished by pushing air into charcoal. This was a manufacturing secret! For decades,iron was the key competitive advantage. Even the most powerful Bronze Age armies stood no chanceto win when confronted to soldiers equipped with lighter and much stronger ironweapons. These were the first disruptive technologies.Disruption brings massive shifts in power. As a result empires rose and others fell. Knowledge became the most valuable asset back in theIron Age. New and more powerful technologies were the key differentiators. The more our worldadvances, the more critical knowledge becomes. Today we are in the Digital Age. There are majorshifts of power happening in every industry around the world. So, why isstudying so important in life? This is how critical it is: In the Agrarian Age, wealth originated from nature. In the Industrial Age, wealth originated frommachines. In the Digital Age, wealth originates frominformation and knowledge. I believeignorance will be the #1 source for poverty in the decades to come. Q7 Whatis the funniest military-based joke you know? A7 Rob Dee,45years in Science18h The soldiers are out on parade when the Captain getsa message that Private Jones’father has died. He tells the Sergeant Major to sensitively informJones. The Sergeant Major takes the parade then at the endshouts out “Oh, nearly forgot,Jones your Dad's dead” Poor Jones is in pieces and the Captain is horrified.“I thought I told you to be sensitive Sergeant Major?!” “Sorry Sir, I didn't think” The next day they get a message thatJones’ mother has died. “Now, SergeantMajor, can you show some sensitivity this time and break it to Jones gently?” “Yes Sir, willdo” says the Sergeant Major. He walks out and takes the parade. At the end heshouts up: “All thosesoldiers who have at least one parent still alive take one step forward…. Jones! Where the hell do youthink you're going?!” -- 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/1518800001.649767.1711347422707%40mail.yahoo.com.
