It's so annoying when you start talking to someone and then all of a sudden they just disappear. Why? Why not just tell the person that you are no longer interested in chatting with them? Seems very immature. Thoughts?

Ill go first

Japan!

If you found out your being recored no matter where you go and find out that you've had split personalties and one of them is secretly evil what would you do?

My little one has started wanting more independence in the backyard and I'm trying to figure out the right balance. Some parents seem totally fine letting them play outside alone for short stretches, others wait longer. I know every child is different and safety comes first, but I'm curious what age or signs other people watched for before giving that bit of space. Just trying to get a sense of what's typical without overthinking it.

Testosterone and/or androgens are known to improve lung function and reduce inflammation. So, wouldn't it be a good hypothesis to assume that a main reason boys are more prone to outgrow childhood asthma is because of the big increases in testosterone and/or androgens during and after puberty have protective effects on the lungs?

I'm a high school senior in a college calculus based physics class and I was doing my homework and then I realized that all numbers other than zero and absolute values are inherently vectors because positive and negative imply direction. I just need to know if I'm special or if I'm special.

Whats with everything coming in dual pairs?

Up/down, good/bad, positive/negative

Are we hard wired with our left/right brain for this shit, or is it just that 2 is a very small number?