Most of them, I imagine. An experienced runner can go extended distances for many hours. A fairly standard hunting strategy in hunter/gatherer societies is for a group of humans to target a specific animal, hopefully wounding it, then following it's trail through running until it either bleeds out or exhausts itself…

It's theorized that the body hair issue was concurrent with us becoming full-time bipeds, as it meant we became a species of runners, which is actually one of the things that humans excel at compared to the rest of the animal kingdom. Few animals have the ability to run in a sustained manner the way people do. Many…

It doesn't help either that many resources are state-funded which, in today's financially strapped government, is getting slash and burned faster than the rain forest, putting mental health care even more out of reach for the non-rich of us... :-(

Exactly, though I'll add one correction to your statement

Unfortunately, for many people, it's not for a lack of desire to see a therapist, but a financial necessity to go to a GP for these things. Most people's insurance plans will cover a GP visit for even a mental health issue, but won't cover for crap if you decide to see a psychologist/therapist. That I can speak of…

Yeah, that situation is my concern regarding the 'context' response some of the replyers are suggesting. Presentation isn't always indicative of preference, and it's not always obvious whether someone is trans just by looking at them. They could just be genderqueer or cross-dressing, but still identify as…

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say that 'Portal' fantasy (I like that phrase for the genre, BTW) is dead/dying, but it has evolved. I mean, given the examples (Oz, Narnia, Alice), wouldn't something more recent like Terry Pratchetts/Steven Baxter's "The Long Earth" qualify? The major difference being that the…

So how would one propose making sure one does not cross over into 'harassment' when talking to someone you find interesting enough to want to go out with or get to know? Is there a line between acceptable 'hitting on' and unwelcome 'harassment'? It's a question I struggle with a lot when out in public and am never…

It's socially acceptable because, generally, plastic surgery is meant to enhance quality of life. Regardless of the reason, whether to remedy injury or disfigurement, or just to improve your appearance, we don't (and shouldn't) consider it 'sickness'.

And she dated John Mayer... If I can be permitted a moment of snark, I'd say anyone who dates that skeez forfeits all right to that name.

I think much of that comes from the fact that, while Instagram does provide a LOT of filtering options, some large proportion of Instagram photos only use the one 'hipster' filter, which has become so synonymous with the app that most people don't even realize that there ARE other uses and options for Instagram. …

Yeah, having working in a drugstore I can tell you there are very specific things that you're not allowed to resell for obvious reasons, Unopened items are not one of them... One generally assumes that an unopened item is also an unmolested one, so taking one back isn't considered a big deal.

And no one is begrudging your mother the use of a wheelchair, as she clearly needs it. Jerks who take advantages of amenities for the disadvantaged, though, are a special kind of scum that deserve maximum punishment and scorn, since their selfishness deprives people like your mother the use of said accommodations, as…

I don't think in this case that's what they refer to. After all, you likely went to school and were exposed to all kinds of backgrounds, other only children, and people with siblings. You probably went to their houses and played with them, which means you had exposure to those different dynamics. Your parents may…

The problem is that I believe inheritance goes through the male line, and females, upon marriage essentially leave their natural family to join their husband (at least, as I understand Chinese culture). This was fine in feudal societies where families will have both boys and girls, so that the net loss of daughters…

I wasn't sure where the plot was going at first in the story. I had imagined that it was going to turn out that the bridge crew were the villains of the piece, sacrificing the redshirts for some sinister/selfish purpose. I liked the idea, though, that there really was no 'bad guy', per se, other than The Narrative. …

That was what I did as well. I think it was a good decision, overall, I mean, why recontexualize something when we know that the setting was an in-universe ripoff of something we already know

So, is this supposed to be super cheap or something? Because I can't imagine eating unregulated, potentially contaminated meat unless there was some kind of financial motivation to do so... Even so, I'm not sure I'd eat it for free, if I thought it wasn't safe or potentially loaded with parasites.

That's what we like to think, and it does tend to be true more often in 'atheist' families, but I've seen some really small-minded and credulous atheists.

The problem is that you can't simply 'invent' a word just because there's a perceived need. Language doesn't work that way. There are plenty of 'invented' English words to address this, none of which seem to be gaining traction. And since English doesn't have an authoritative body for how the language should be…