So I've come down with Tonsillitis for the first (and hopefully) last time and have been trying to find out if it is contagious so I don't visit this pain on anyone else. I've been somewhat confused by the information online which largely states that 'Tonsillitis itself isn’t contagious, but the infections that cause it are.' which I cannot quite understand the meaning of.

My best guess is that the virus or bacteria that can lead to tonsillitis is contagious but whether a person develops tonsillitis depends much more on their tonsils than it does on the pathogen? That still doesn't make all that much sense if the pathogen is a necessary cause and (at least in the bacteria case) is only caused by a specific family (streptococcus pyogenes, I believe). Or is there a nuance to the definition of contagious I'm missing?

Can anyone help clear up my confusion please.

Spotted this video this morning in which a guy goes to Costco and buys 5 chickens but insists they scan a barcode on his shirt and not the chickens themselves. Is there some particular conspiracy theory that involves LED light I don’t know about yet?

https://youtube.com/shorts/o6VQpe_LJc0?si=aDz_NJvEF3fTkVn6

I am unable to comment or post on subreddits due to low karma. How can I build it up? Why is it so important?

People non-stop say all lives can’t matter until black lives matter, and that saying ALM is racist. How is it racist??? Saying all lives matter means every single life and person shows importance to the word and that each life matters, including black lives, Mexican lives, white lives, whatever life. This is implying we are all equal. So explain to me why people are getting beat up and getting called racist for saying ALM and that everyone is important and equal in this world.bruh why

Will anyone even comment?

This question has been stuck with me for years bro istg

Seems like a helicopter could tow it where we want rather than shoot down and recover. Was it too heavy? Too dangerous to drag?

The Curious George Movie’s song “Upside Down” went into my head and for the last few days I sometimes hummed it at work or played it on YouTube at home. It’s a banger of a song!

Anyways, I just got off work. I work at Woolworth in Australia. Out of no where the song starts playing out loud from the store! It’s not like I told anyone that I was humming the song the last couple of days or that anyone could hear me hum it as I’m usually by myself during work.

Out of all the songs in the known Universe, the song that had recently came to my head and back into my heart gets played out of no where while I’m at work.

I’m not entirely sure how it works, but I’m pretty sure shops like Woolworth or Coles or Big W need to pay the rights to play the songs in their store. No way they randomly brought the rights to play “upside down”, a movie pacifically made for the Curious George Movie! LIKE WTF!!! Reality isn’t real anymore?!!! Am I in a simulation!!! Am I even real?!

(Also I thought I might add that I only heard the end of the song as I was talking to someone while it must have been playing and only just noticed before it ended. I even asked him if he hears the song, he knew it what song it was and that it was from Curious George!)

I have seen multiple women who have an issue with their boyfriends or husbands watching porn. I do not see an issue with having a partner watch pornography if I am not available or interested in sexual activities. The only issue with watching porn, in my eyes, is if your partner is disregarding your sexual pleasures and watching porn instead.

Am I missing something???

I find that unless I’m really comfortable with a guy (either like he’s my bestie, my dad, or we’re hooking up) I struggle to look men in the eye or even at their face generally. I don’t have the same problem with ladies, I find it easy to look gals straight in the face. It’s just something weird I’ve noticed and unless I focus real hard on concentrating on their face I just feels weird.

For context, I’m 19f, I’m not sure when this started or if it’s always been around. I do have ADD. I don’t have any super serious trauma related to guys. And I’m bisexual, if any of this helps understand me.

I’m not super concerned more weirded out by this and want to stop it.

Tl;dr I can’t look at guys directly and idk why

The price of silver jumped overnight for no apparent reason. The media is saying Wall Street Bets is manipulating the market. Others say that Wall Street Bets has nothing to do with it and is being framed. What’s going on?

For context I (27F) work a 4/10 at Amazon where my (23M) has never worked Full-time and had only been a caregiver for his family not down playing what he does but he works so few hours has no rate etc no qoute to make... ATM I have a unfavorable shift ( sat sun mon tue) and he always wants me to do stuff after work.. and anyone who knows amazon is aware you just wanna rot when you get home.. I'd love to spend more time with him when he's out with family.. but fk man my bodies done for the day I feel like I'm be distant and unapproachable but like what should I do?

I see so many posts online about younger siblings talking about how they're traumatized by their lack of a relationship with their older sibling. I can sometimes understand, when it comes to the older sibling being genuinely abusive to the younger sibling, especially if the older sibling was much older. But siblings don't have any inherent responsibilities for their younger siblings. Everything that people think is the older siblings responsibility (protection, guidance, companionship, etc) is actually the parents responsibility. Like, don't get me wrong, I do see importance in older siblings being there for their younger siblings. But I don't see it as their responsibility, it's just nice to do. But honestly, younger siblings saying that they feel traumatized because their older siblings always pushed them away, or never wanted to talk to them, or didn't like them, or whatever, it always felt so weird to me. Cuz that's your sibling, not your parent, if they don't wanna be your friend, why does it matter so much to you?

I have an older brother. I don't talk to him, and we never got along growing up. When I was little I looked up to him, and I would always be annoying cuz I just wanted his attention, but he genuinely just didn't like me. On top of our distant relationship, he also did some really messed up stuff. I don't hate my brother, but things are complicated, and for the most part, we don't talk. But I don't feel at all affected by this. That's my brother, not my father. Tf I need him to guide/protect me for??? And so what if he didn't like me? I have friends, very good friends that make me happy. My brother didn't choose to be my brother and I didn't choose to be his sister. We were basically just roommates, but this never bothered me. I genuinely don't know why so many younger siblings online are so deeply affected by this sort of thing. Again, IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN ACTUAL ABUSE IS INVOLVED! If your sibling is always gettin you in trouble on purpose, or always hitting you, or sabatoging your stuff, or bullying tf outta you, that's different! That's not what I'm talking about! I'm literally JUST talking about older siblings that just dony care about their younger siblings, don't hang out with them, don't talk to them, etc. Like, yeah it's a bit disheartening prolly in your younger years but you can literally just make friends and never think about your sibling again, they have no real impact on your life.

It also makes me feel weird to think about cuz I have younger sisters. And my bond with them is fine, I take care of them, feed them, talk to them sometimes, and I babysit a lot cuz my parents work. But those are not my kids. I'm super close to the older one cuz she's cool, but I don't really have a bond with the littler one. I take care of her and whatever, but I don't wanna go out my way to include her in my plans, or play with her, or talk with her if my parents are home to deal with her, or hug/kiss her (id rather die),or whatever else. And it's like, I see so many people online saying that this sorta behavior traumatized them. But no one explains WHYYY! Why tf did it so deeply scar you that it affects your everyday life and your ability to function, that your sibling just didn't like you that much? That's not your parent. Sure it would be NICE if you were closer, but if they don't wanna be then why is it such a big deal?

My friend and I were discussing gold and they said that we can't make more gold but we can make more oxygen. And they genuinely meant the element oxygen, not breathable O2. I keep trying to explain to him that there is a finite amount of oxygen and we're told there's less oxygen now because it's in CO2 for global warming and other stuff but the amount of the element O (Oxygen) does not change.