There are no stupid questions right?
03-25-15, 11:49 AM
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The answer to the "Does this make me look fat?" question is another question: "Do I look suicidal?"
03-25-15, 11:59 AM
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03-25-15, 12:33 PM
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The best answer to the question "does this make me look fat" is always no. It is honest and inoffensive. I mean, if you look fat it isn't the fault of the clothes...
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Why is there air?
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I also don't think any question is stupid. i certainly have asked my share of questions here on BF. The most recent was how can someone possible be able to objectively tell one tire is faster than another with a power meter? I didn't think that was possible with all the possible variables. I immediately got two answers that politely gave me the answer.
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03-28-15, 10:08 AM
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Take it from a planetary scientist (me), that is very far from a stupid question. It is a deep question.
Not all planets have atmospheres and among those that do, ours (80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, or "air"), is extremely unusual and arose from a complex series of processes.
Not all planets have atmospheres and among those that do, ours (80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, or "air"), is extremely unusual and arose from a complex series of processes.
03-28-15, 11:21 AM
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Take it from a planetary scientist (me), that is very far from a stupid question. It is a deep question.
Not all planets have atmospheres and among those that do, ours (80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, or "air"), is extremely unusual and arose from a complex series of processes.
Not all planets have atmospheres and among those that do, ours (80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, or "air"), is extremely unusual and arose from a complex series of processes.
03-28-15, 11:55 AM
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“Not all planets have atmospheres and among those that do, ours (80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, or "air"), is extremely unusual and arose from a complex series of processes”
Ya I’m going to guess plants evolving on earth had a lot to do with it.
As a happily married 50+ man I will take on the easer question
"Does this make me look fat?"
The answer is (your hair looks nice have you lost weight?)
This will work for lots of questions.
Someone being self conscious about their appearance is pretty common and if they are fishing for reassurance that they look ok to ride in that outfit give it to them, if weight is their issue riding more will likely help.
The OPs question “what is a seat stay?” easy to Google the answer but that’s not very social why not ask a forum and start a conversation with humans? or is that a stupid question?
03-28-15, 07:04 PM
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And the nitrogen part is also interesting - The dominant gas in the atmosphere of Venus and Mars is CO2, not N2.
I'm sure few (none?) of you care about any of this, but definitely some of the most obvious (seemingly stupid) questions are very deep.
Or as Pete Townshend wrote, "The simple things you see are all complicated."
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03-29-15, 01:20 AM
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Maybe some ocean plant became very successful and took off in a hurry 600 million years ago and our nitrogen was part of the protoplanetary disk made up of Carl Sagan’s Starstuff, held in place by our gravity(why does mass attract other mass? now there is a question) and Earth’s Magnetic Field. Before I posted that quick answer I Googled it so as to not sound too stupid(hate that word) and I see Earth’s nitrogen is different than what we have found out there. Hmmm so I’m not going to fill my bike tires with Earth’s strange nitrogen at least not until you planetary scientist can tell me Why is there air.
For any none planetary scientists who want to know more I found this site but I will need to look up some of the big words.
https://sciexplorer.blogspot.com/2012/01/earths-atmosphere-part-4-evolution-of.html
thanks’ MinnMan you have made this a fun thread
Tom Waits
Now the only sound left is the morning bird singing
Blue skies over my head
Give me another reason to get out of bed.
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by held in place by Earth’s Magnetic Field i meant but blasted way by the suns solar winds
For any none planetary scientists who want to know more I found this site but I will need to look up some of the big words.
https://sciexplorer.blogspot.com/2012/01/earths-atmosphere-part-4-evolution-of.html
thanks’ MinnMan you have made this a fun thread
Tom Waits
Now the only sound left is the morning bird singing
Blue skies over my head
Give me another reason to get out of bed.
edit>
by held in place by Earth’s Magnetic Field i meant but blasted way by the suns solar winds
03-29-15, 06:32 AM
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Why is there air?
Easy....so humans could breath it and ask questions
Easy....so humans could breath it and ask questions
