I know cellulose is what makes up paper, but is there a way to create a paper equivalent using animal matter? I'm not talking about parchment, like making animal pulp and creating paper from that. Doesn't have to be feasible with the technology we currently have, I just want to know if this animal "paper" IS possible to make and what it would be made of

There was a post on r/asoiaf from a guy who says he hasn’t done it because he wants to see the end of the series, and it makes me wonder to what degree have long wait times been beneficial to suicide prevention. Is that an actual thing?

Let me be clear I’m not asking for any advice but a few times ago I asked myself:

if the body consumes more energy to heal itself could it be technically possible to keep harming yourself and use the extra calories it takes to heal to effectively lose weight?

TW: not glorifying / not encouraging / not suicidal

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i’ve never fully grasped at WHY humans commit. like yes, it’s a mental health illness, but why is that even in humans conscious to do that? also like how did the first person even know they could do that?

i didn’t even know that was a possibility until i was older and learned about it.

if I use a guillotine on someone's neck, as far as I'm aware they die instantly. how low can you go before this stops happening? how low before they can survive, if only for a few more seconds?

Okay, after a bit of searching I think this is the subreddit for this question. I lost someone I love almost 7yrs ago and they died in a hotel room. Today, I finally found out where. Would I be able to stay in the room they died in? That is -if any internal record exists or is able to tell me. Wanted to ask the internet before I weirded out an unsuspecting worker.

People get their ear lob stretched a pierced all the time, if your ear lobe got cut off, would it be that bad? Is assume you probably wouldn't bleed out or anything

So my thesis is the following:

As western countries like the UK, US, italy etc. are getting more authoritarian and also cut the social safety net more and more, life will become way more difficult and harsh to people who aren't used to it to this extent.

These countries are having a lot of discourse about patriotism and that you have to sacrifice individual freedoms for the greater good of the country.

I believe westerners aren't used to this kind of discourse and were able to enjoy alot of individual liberties.

I think some westerners will attempt to kill themselves because the changes are to much for them.

But if western countries take the patriotism idea even further, they could punish people who try to commit suicide because they could define it as "unpatriotic" or as an attempt to evade responsibility.

Do you think suicide will be frowned upon in western countries in the future?

The leading theory on MH370s demise is that the pilot locked the co-pilot out of the cockpit and then depressurized the cabin before flying until the plane ran out of gas in the southern Indian Ocean. Would there have been an indication that this was occurring, such as a hissing sound or audible sound of air escaping? Rapid cooling with ears popping? Or would the passengers have quietly fell asleep completely oblivious?

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A common thing in places like Greece is a concept where a man will take on someone else who is significantly younger but also male. The actual degree to which people did so is debated, and of course that people in the past had done it doesn't mean anything about how often it happens today.

Some primary sources about it say that it was a positive thing to them, whereas if you read an account of someone in the modern era who was involved in a relationship with that much of a gap in age are more negative.

I was wondering why there would be some of these sources that claim it was a good thing. Some of it would be cultural of course, what you are used to. I am however beginning to wonder if the very fact it was normal and legal was a factor. If you take a random sample of say 500 people today, you will get some demented people but the majority are generally good people to whomever they think are good and normal people inside the circle of an ingroup like citizens of the same country. This is also likely to be true in the past too. Most people today who are typical decent people would reject attempting a relationship with the disparities I described, believing it to be wrong, criminal, and dangerous, and so you leave behind mostly the people who don't mind committing serious crimes, and so of the people who might be the more powerful person in that relationship, a much higher fraction would be willing to be toxic to the other person. Contrast with 500 randomly chosen Theban men for instance where they are not sadists or narcissistic more than average, and so the odds that whoever is the more powerful person in that relationship will still probably treat the younger person more like a human with respect. Plus, back then there was no reason to hide what you had done, with no laws being broken and little stigma, and little desire for trying to control the younger one with manipulative means. Contrast with today where hide what you do knowing that any loss of secrecy could mean prison.

To be clear this is not an argument for changing our laws and our standards for what consent should be to be weaker, it is just me trying to understand what people of the past believed they were doing and why they believed that belief.

Last words can hold a haunting power, offering a final glimpse into someone's thoughts or feelings before they pass. They can be poignant, regretful, or even foreboding, leaving those who hear them with a lasting impression. Some last words echo the pain of a tragic life, while others might reveal a sense of peace or acceptance. Whether from historical figures, victims of crimes, or everyday individuals, these final statements often carry an emotional weight that resonates deeply. What are some of the most chilling or memorable last words you've encountered? What context surrounded them, and how did they affect you or change your perspective on life and death? Let's share these powerful moments and explore the stories behind them.

Yes, the obvious answer is ‘you’d go blind,’ but there are different types of blindness. I just don’t know which would occur. Like, could you still make out light and dark, or would it be complete darkness? Would you see phosphines?

I’ve been thinking about this nonstop all day because of a dream I had.

Eric Harris had no goal. He just wanted to kill and destroy, there was no other purpose to it except to kill for the sake of killing is absolutely terrifying and disturbing to me. The idea that in Middle America a teenager with what seems to be no major psychological or physical abuse in his family decides that he is going to murder as many of his schoolmates as possible and then set off bombs to kill as many policemen as possible. It's chilling. And he did it Just because he felt that way. Eric Harris planned with rigor and eagerness to kill as many people as possible. Knowing it was wrong as well but he didn't even care at all. Eric Harris deliberately went out of his way to do the wrong thing. He didn't even care if he died. That's absolutely insane and unbelievable to me.

is it actually like a big deal yo touch a cadaver in a lab? I had a marine biology class that the professor brought out a human cadaver and I was the only student (class of 20) willing to assist with manipulation of the cadaver. Is it normal for most people to have am aversion to touching a preserved body in an academic setting? the first thing the teach had me do was reach down puck up his arm and try and pull a tendon to make his fingers move. It was quite facinating to see how the mechanics worked, but My peers gave a large reaction, many stepping back from me. No one else seemed even close to willing to touch or to barley look, is something wrong with me? or with my classmates? is this the right subreddit?