What new thing have you learned today ? - Page 2

Pico and ME · 09-14-2010, 04:45 PM

When a homemade soup is just not getting good...just add sour cream and all is well.

glatt · 09-16-2010, 08:27 AM

Today I learned that astronauts have serious problems with the gloves they wear during space walks, and that they are so bad, a significant portion of them lose their fingernails from wearing the gloves, and most experience pain while wearing the gloves.

Lamplighter · 09-16-2010, 10:04 AM

Read the surprisingly long but interesting article, and learned that too.

Then I looked at the sidebar menu and found a Hubble photo of some of Jinx's snails trapped in a spiral nebula in space.

Yznhymr · 09-16-2010, 05:32 PM

'global climate disruption' replaces global warming

glatt · 01-14-2011, 10:41 AM

Last night I read that guys who have ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers are better negotiators than guys who don't. The ring finger thing is apparently a product of hormone levels while they were growing in the womb, and those men have/had higher testosterone levels. The higher testosterone levels make them more effective negotiators.

From this book.

I guess the lesson here is to be careful buying a car from a man with a long ring finger.

Undertoad · 01-14-2011, 10:48 AM

Also ring finger shorter than index finger = 33% less chance of prostate cancer cite

HungLikeJesus · 01-14-2011, 11:02 AM

What if they're the same?

Shawnee123 · 01-14-2011, 11:03 AM

So, these aren't like Old Husband's Tales, like the one about a woman's second toe being longer than her big toe means she will "henpeck" her husband? Does "henpeck" mean she'll be a total bitch?

Or do these finger length indicators have actual scientific reasoning?

(Sorry, haven't had time to read the article. Will later.)

glatt · 01-14-2011, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Or do these finger length indicators have actual scientific reasoning?

Scientific
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit_ratio

Sundae · 01-14-2011, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Last night I read that guys who have ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers are better negotiators than guys who don't. The ring finger thing is apparently a product of hormone levels while they were growing in the womb, and those men have/had higher testosterone levels. The higher testosterone levels make them more effective negotiators.

There is a suggestion that the opposite applies to gay men. That a woman who has had more than one son carries higher oestrogen levels in order to combat the repeated doses of testosterone felt by carrying sons. So the finger test (ooh-er) is supposed to apply, as it position in the family.

However data gathered seems to suggest this is just a trend, not anything that can be relied on. There are people trying to determine whether people are born gay or decide to be gay, so you can bet if there was any real proof it would be widely disseminated (!)

jimhelm · 01-14-2011, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Last night I read that guys who have ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers are better negotiators than guys who don't. The ring finger thing is apparently a product of hormone levels while they were growing in the womb, and those men have/had higher testosterone levels. The higher testosterone levels make them more effective negotiators.

From this book.

I guess the lesson here is to be careful buying a car from a man with a long ring finger.

just sayin:

jimhelm · 01-14-2011, 12:18 PM

but cereal:

Shawnee123 · 01-14-2011, 12:18 PM

There is no way that is some actual human being's hand! Unless the pinky was formerly chopped off and replaced with a replica nail to make it look more "normal."

edit: ha ha was referring to post 27 and now looking back I see the shoppin'

I was freaked for a second. Damn I'm gullible.

footfootfoot · 01-14-2011, 12:27 PM

Jim are you a lefty?

Sundae · 01-14-2011, 12:56 PM

bloody reds under the beds everywhere these days...

09-16-2010, 10:04 AM	#18
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Read the surprisingly long but interesting article, and learned that too. Then I looked at the sidebar menu and found a Hubble photo of some of Jinx's snails trapped in a spiral nebula in space. Attached Images

09-16-2010, 05:32 PM	#19
Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	'global climate disruption' replaces global warming __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

01-14-2011, 11:02 AM	#22
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	What if they're the same? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-14-2011, 11:03 AM	#23
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	So, these aren't like Old Husband's Tales, like the one about a woman's second toe being longer than her big toe means she will "henpeck" her husband? Does "henpeck" mean she'll be a total bitch? Or do these finger length indicators have actual scientific reasoning? (Sorry, haven't had time to read the article. Will later.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-14-2011, 12:18 PM	#27
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	but cereal: Attached Images __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

09-14-2010, 04:45 PM	#16
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	When a homemade soup is just not getting good...just add sour cream and all is well.

09-16-2010, 08:27 AM	#17
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Today I learned that astronauts have serious problems with the gloves they wear during space walks, and that they are so bad, a significant portion of them lose their fingernails from wearing the gloves, and most experience pain while wearing the gloves.

01-14-2011, 10:41 AM	#20
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Last night I read that guys who have ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers are better negotiators than guys who don't. The ring finger thing is apparently a product of hormone levels while they were growing in the womb, and those men have/had higher testosterone levels. The higher testosterone levels make them more effective negotiators. From this book. I guess the lesson here is to be careful buying a car from a man with a long ring finger.

01-14-2011, 10:48 AM	#21
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Also ring finger shorter than index finger = 33% less chance of prostate cancer cite

01-14-2011, 12:27 PM	#29
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Jim are you a lefty? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-14-2011, 12:56 PM	#30
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	bloody reds under the beds everywhere these days... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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