StealthBeast

For almost as long as I can remember I've had an intense fear of cracking eggs open (I'd say since I was a teenager). Is there a phobia named for this?

The feeling is tied deeply into the fear of the unknown. I'm afraid of what I'll find, whether it's benign, or impossibly grotesque. Some eggs have two yolks. Some have a hint of blood in them (harmless, but still ruins my life for a second when I witness it). None have, say, deformed birds popping out of them, but my extremely, borderline hallucinative imagination seems to want to push it in that direction, and I can't get the image out of my head.

I don't have a problem with eating eggs either. I love eggs. And I CAN crack eggs, but it takes so much effort and it's just so ridiculously uncomfortable, I'd rather avoid it at all costs. Watching others crack eggs, especially if they're lingering or toying with me with it, induces a similar but generally less intense effect.

Severity ties to my sanity as well. If I haven't been sleeping well, my paranoia grows. But I don't have other paranoia-fueled phobias (As far as I know, I have no other phobias whatsoever. Swam with dolphins, waverun on the gulf of mexico, been parasailing, skydiving, and I love sushi, including those served with caviar) and this is just ridiculous. Eggs are accidentally broken every day and I can't crack an egg? I'm in the medical field for christ's sake, I know darn well that I'm not gonna crack this egg open and have my life ruined as some deformed, writhing, squealing thing drops, sizzling in a pan of boiling oil... XD

The thought of doing that to something, even accidentally, and witnessing it, is nerve-wracking. Perhaps this is why I seek to heal people in career, but it's clearly a potential negative symptom of that desire.

Thoughts? Insight? Is there a name for this? I don't anticipate any innovative advice to a method of overcoming it, so please, unless you have some extraordinary insight, avoid that. I'd just like to know more about this phobia. Do you have a similar phobia?

[I also asked this under Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered]

"Miscegenation" (e.g. whites mixing with blacks) was once a crime. With it, there certainly must have been lots of insults. I'm looking for a listed variety of slurs that would have been used at the time.

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Now, you don't NEED to be this specific if you don't have this much info, just provide what you can. I'm just setting up an optional benchmark for people to use if they happen to have a lot of rich knowledge.

If possible to explain the connotation involved (e.g. including a subjective scale from 1 to 10 in severity), that would be great,

for example:

-A word for an african-american person may be a "black" person (Negativity: 0/10, but context could make it 3/10 - 7/10): But it's rarely used in a negative connotation and is often used respectfully in place of the lengthy phrase, "african-american"

-A word for an african-american person is a "******" (Negativity: 8/10 - 10/10): This is an exclusively intensely negatively connotative slur (though some modern cultures have sort of "taken back" the word, usually in the form of, "*****", meaning something like, "brother" or, "fellow", though potentially to the dismay with those who don't sympathize with the culture.)

Any known tiny nuances would be great to explain too,

for example:

-A word for a homosexual person may be a "gay" person (Negativity: 0/10, but context could make it 3/10 - 7/10): But it's rarely used in a negative connotation and is often used respectfully in place of the lengthy word, "homosexual"- HOWEVER... while referring to a person as a, "gay person" ("It's common knowledge that gay people tend to X") is usually neutral, referring to them as "a gay" ("It's common knowledge that the gays tend to X"), holds a soft but potentially passive-aggressive, negative, potentially tone, possibly (with or without intent) to a dehumanizing effect. (Thus- Negativity: 3/10 - 8/10), kind of like a "black person" ("Why do black people tend to X?") vs "a black" ("Why do blacks tend to X?").

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-and if it's based on freehand knowledge, let me know where you heard it/why you know it (e.g. Having lived during the era, what year range are you recalling it from and how old were you at the time? If you heard it from a relative, how old were they? etc)

While I'm asking in the context of USA's history, all feedback from across the world is welcomed and I'd love to know what country the slur is from.

Thank you in advance, Yahoo community!

It occurred to me when I couldn't think of a singular word for it, but phrases are welcome as well. So far I've got, "shooting", "downing", doing", and "knocking back" a shot.

As a man attracted to men, I'm masculine. I don't enjoy regularly making my sexuality a focal point, but sometimes I toy with the idea of wearing a pride bracelet in certain situations, but i don't for the simple fact that i dont want some bright, faggoty rainbow hanging off my wrist (no offense to those who actually like rainbows).

I've failed to find anything m/m attraction pride that is easily enough recognized for what it is. Ive found some bracelets and collars (im not wearing a damned collar) with darkened rainbows encased in leather with stainless steel studs and spikes, but they're so very heavy-handedly obviously pointing to bondage and fetishism.

Ideally, an actually nice looking, streamlined, masculine wristlet or watch, necklace or chain, etc, would exist in a few variations for a reasonable price. At this rate, i may have to bust out my mad gunsmithing, forge, metalwork, and other shop skills and build something, but the fact is, im freakin lazy lol

Any ideas?

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Dispensed of the fluid, completely let it dry. Didn't work.

Replaced the flint. Didn't work. (Tested the flint in a working Zippo to see if it was a problem with the flint. Worked fine)

Cleaned the wheel. Didn't work.

Took it apart, cleaned and degreased the hell out of it then let it dry. Didn't work.

Inspected the wheel, it seems fine, seems to be have an aggressive patter on it.. I see no reason on this planet to why this Zippo isn't sparking... Anyone got any inciteful thoughts on this?

BTW, this is Zippo's pipe-lighter. http://www.zippocasemuseum.com/index.aspx?tabindex...

I really don't feel like sending this thing in....

Ordinarily, "destructive devices" (anything over .50 caliber) is completely prohibited for civilian consumption... The exception being shotguns!

So that beckons the question... What are some examples of extra-ordinarily powerful (NEEDLESSLY powerful) shotgun slugs (or shot, or otherwise) that is legal for the general US public?

We've got a food for every creature. Dog food, cat food, fish food, iguana food.

The closest things I could find to a "human food" (A food that you could live off of indefinitely) were mainstay rations and the like, but not accounting for fiber and other misc needs, they're not intended to be lived off of indefinitely.

Is there such things as a "human food"? That is, 1 single food that you could healthily live off of for the entirety of your life?

I mean, think about it...

First you need 2 of them, of opposite sex, to be in the same place, for the environment/season to be suitable for mating, for both of them to have the time to mate, for both of them to have flawless reproduction systems, and then they have to do whatever ridiculously complicated mating rituals that the species has, perform the physical act successfully, and EVEN THEN the female might not get pregnant... Then you still gotta get through the relatively long, delicate process of pregnancy and birth... And once you get this baby creature, it can't mate with its brothers and sisters or it's offspring could be defective. Not to mention, sometimes species display homosexual or inter-species interests to the point that they choose not to reproduce.

So why in the world are male-female split species so much more successful than hermaphrodites in larger animals?

Or really, out of Polycarbonate (AKA, Lexan... AKA Plexiglass on steroids).

I'm trying to figure out how to make an accurate mold of my abdomen (possibly limbs in the future), with a sheet of thin Lexan. The obvious problem is that sheet Lexan it cannot be molded without heat, and that when it is that hot, it cannot be pressed against the body.

I've tried to think of ways to come up with a print of my abdomen to press the Lexan against.... Clay (too slow to dry), MODELING clay (too expensive for such a large amount), ballistics gel (Must be "frozen" in a fridge for hours on end), plaster (I have no idea how it works, where to get it, or if it can withstand the heat of molten Lexan). I'm running out of things to Google.

It's an experiment in body armor if you're wondering.

A spill from an oil tanker is a problem. A flaming spill from an oil tanker is catastrophic.

What would happen if the Gulf of Mexico's Oil caught on fire? Would it boil the gulf of mexico? Would it release enough CO2 to turn us into venus? Would it block out the sun and drive us into an iceage?

Or maybe it will redeem the sea life.

I've just recently begun studying silver investment... Just google searching really. It's interesting.

I was watching TV and saw a commercial for "http://www.getsilvercoin.com/%22 advertising 1965-1970 silver kennedy half dollars at their face value ($0.50 of course).

Feels like a catch to me... Paying the face value for a Kennedy half dollar? 1965-1970 kennedy half dollars have a silver value of about $2.79 (going by today's silver spot price), and go for $60-$80 at APMEX...

Obviously, it's tempting to call them up and order a couple hundred dollars worth of em.. But it just seems too good to be true.

Is it a clever scam? Is this a genuine bailout for the layman? Or is my inexperience in silver playing me for a fool?

How does a company sell 1965 Kennedy silver dollars at face value and make a profit?

I'm a curious little EMT student.

First, I'd like to put the intent of this knowledge into context: In an emergency situation, not even a day to day emergency, I'm talkin' "post-apocalyptic, volcanos exploding, government's dead, zombies everywhere, and of all the people who got stung a bee that day, it had to be you" sort of anaphylactic emergency... Basically, a story plot!

The common over the counter inhaler, primatene, is just epinephrine (adrenaline)... which is exactly what's in epi-pens. With this in mind, logic would tell me that primatene (which, again, is just epinephrine) could be used in the absence of an epi-pen during anaphylaxis (assuming of course user was physically capable of inhaling it).

Is that true? If I wrote a story where someone treated anaphylaxis with primatene would that be perfectly plausible or would I be way outta' line? If not... Then why not? What's the difference between absorption administering adrenaline by inhaler and by Intramuscular injection...?

If so... Could an epipen thereby be used for an asthma attack (I'm guessing no =P).

I'll say it right now: I don't intend on applying any of this information. Some hollowpoint fills are legal, some of them not. I'd prefer this not turn into a giant crapshoot of people arguing over legalities. In fact, I'd prefer you not even mention legalities. This simply for the sake of interesting information.

So what are some hollowpoint fills you heard of and any stories that co-incide with them? Here's some I heard of:

1: Drilling the hollowpoint a little deeper, filling it with mercury, and sealing it with candlewax. Apparently, mercury has a similar weight as lead, except that it's liquid, so apparently the main power behind it is hollowpoint expansion, not the poisonous nature of mercury. Famous from Jaws.

2: Gluing a primer inside the hollowpoint. Upon striking an object, it blows. It sure looks cool, but I have no idea whether or not it's effective.

3: Mounting a 1/8'' steel rod straight into the tip of the hollowpoint, theoretically giving it armor-piercing like qualities. As the round hits the target, the hollowpoint may be stopped, but the thin rod continues its moment, flying out of the hollowpoint, through the armor.

4: Incendiary ammo. Phosphorus filled hollowpoint, possibly combined with a primer. *pop-sizzle*. I've never seen it done.

5: Plastic insert, popularized by Pow'rballs. A simple filling of the hollowpoint to give it the reliability in feeding like ball ammo, with the expanding capabilities of the hollowpoint.

What are some other hollowpoint fills you've heard of/seen/done?

People tend to always get fixated on a single scenerio: You VS a single, unarmored person at 3-10 yards. Sure, this IS the most common situation, but by no means is it the ONLY situation... and in some situations, hollowpoints AREN'T the way to go.

What are some handgun calibers good for:

1: Going through kevlar or other light armor (that isn't restricted from civilian use).

2: Shooting through a thick cover (like steel, 2 ends of a car, a dumpster, a wall, etc) to connect with a target.

3: Engaging fire at a target at a very far distance away (Like 100 yd, or even more)

4: An optimized round for larger magazine capacity (For example, in 22.mag, the Keltec PMR-30 has a whomping 30 round magazine capacity standard).

And other situations where where penetration, range, or capacity might be more important than just raw anti-personnel power.

I'm a big fan of the Cold Steel Rajah knife, if just for its size!

Got me thinking... how big can folders get?! What's the biggest folding knife(/sword) you know of?

Biggest I've seen was a balisong sword... maybe 2.5-3 feet in length when open. But it was kind of frail looking.

When we think of the pirate stereotype, we picture a peg leg, a hook for a hand, a parrot, an eyepatch, cutlass, and obnoxious earrings... Why?

I understand medicine has not always been as it is now, hence peglegs and whatnot, but then why aren't revolutionary war soldiers pictured with peglegs and eyepatches? Why only the pirate?

Been looking at 1911s alot lately... I love 1911s. Dare I say, they may be my favorite semi-auto. I love them for their ergos, their caliber, their track record, and their history... Being a fan of the WW2 era 1911, I figured it would be nice if my first 1911 was as original to that as possible.

What's the closest thing to an 100% true to the design remake of the 1911 that a soldier had in WW2? Stock. That is, STOCK. Not even simple improvements like flared ejection port, beveled mag wells, extended dovetails, NOTHIN... A true blue 1911 with the ugly *** sights and all lol.

Though I'm looking for an "original" 1911 make, feel free to throw in other more modern 1911 feedback if you'd like too.

We've all experienced it. A firearm that was finicky in the beginning until it was "broken in" with between 100-300 rounds. In fact, this process has become a normal part of the process to many gun owners, and is even included in many firearm's manuals.

So what exactly is even happening during a firearm's "break in" period? What happens that makes it more reliable?