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This is inspired by the whole Kim K bar exam debacle. I noticed one guy on social media commented that it was absurd for her to try to pass the California Bar Exam, which is considered particularly difficult.

Is that true? If so, are there easier Bar Exams? Or are they not necessarily easier or harder, just different from State to State? E.g., I hear that Louisiana's Bar Exam is very different because it's the only state that still uses the civil law system and not common law.

Civilizations like the Maya and Aztec built massive pyramids, cities with sophisticated urban planning, even developed deep knowledge of astronomy.

If they did all that, why did they never develop the means of forging iron and steel?

Before the fielder catches the ball, the runners must tag up. In the case of a sac-fly, if the ball is hit far enough, the runner on third can advance to home.

But what if the runner is on 2nd base, and he thinks he's fast enough, and that the ball was hit far enough, and that the outfielder has a weak arm?

Is he allowed to advance all the way to home plate if he dares? Is the batter still credited with a sac-fly in that case?

For graduate school, I include professional degrees like Law School, Medical School, Business School, etc.

Obviously, the best thing is to get degrees from both! But if you were given a choice, is it better for your career and your life in the long run to have an undergraduate degree from one of these universities, or a Master's, PhD, JD, MD, etc., from these schools?

I think back pain is a common reason people go to the chiropractor. But since chiropractors are dubious at best, where should people actually go when they have these problems, like back pain?

And are the woks all the same size, or do they vary? Also, is every Chinese home kitchen equipped with a large and specialized burner? Because one problem with using woks in western home kitchens is that western burners tend to be smaller and designed for flat skillets.

For graduate school, I include professional degrees like Law School, Medical School, Business School, etc.

Obviously, the best thing is to get degrees from both! But if you were given a choice, is it better for your career and your life in the long run to have an undergraduate degree from one of these universities, or a Master's, PhD, JD, MD, etc., from these schools?

I sometimes hear women complaining about guys "leading them on," especially romantically. What does that mean exactly? Have you ever personally been "led on?" How did you react?

During the Astros-Dodgers game, an Astros players hit the ball that broke his bat and send a large piece flying towards their shortstop, Kim. He dodged the flying bat to get the live ball and make the play.

But what would have happened if Kim had to completely dodge the bat fragment, maybe because it was too sharp and coming right at him? If he couldn't make the play in that case, would the play still continue, and would he have been charged with an error?

Is there any rule that says an Umpire can stop play at once if he believes the broken bat poses real dangers to the players?

Oh, sheesh, y'all, 'twas a dream!

Out of boredom, I watched some of them again. For what they were, I still find them to be pretty good!

In Western countries where Christianity is the dominant religion, and people grow up steeped in the culture of that religion, they often ask that question.

I know that there are other more popular religions in China other than Christianity. But as I understand it, for Buddhists, the Buddha is not a god, and Taoism has many gods like the Jade Emperor.

So how would you understand that question, and what's your answer?

I know this isn't alternate history hub, but I finished binge-watching season 1 of HBO Rome again, and I've always wondered about that. I think the sources agree that Caesar was sad when Pompey was killed, not because he couldn't exploit him but because he genuinely cared about Pompey.

So if Caesar did catch up with Pompey and Egypt and brought him back to Rome, do you think anything would change?

I ate the most!

I just finished watching both, and I'm curious to know about how the films are received by Chinese people.

Personally I like the Departed better, but I like Andy Lau and Tony Leung more than Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio.

So the bartender asked him, "How's it going, buddy?"

The man replied, "I got fired."

"Wow, I'm sorry," the bartender responded, "Wanna talk about it?"

"Sure, why not?" the man replied, "I was working in advertising, and I was pitching my idea for an ad for a new brand of soft drinks for the Arabic market to our clients from the UAE. My presentation was that in the first panel, a man was dying of thirst in the desert, in the second panel, he drinks the soft drink, and in the third panel, he's completely refreshed. And I was fired almost on the spot."

"What? How come?" the bartender asked.

"I didn't know Arabic read from right to left," was the response.

Their friends advised them to undergo a trial separation. They went on separate vacations, but they realized that it didn't help.

So, they decided to divorce. But without a prenup, they argued bitterly.

"I want sixty percent of the estate," the wife demanded.

"Nonsense!" the husband retorted.

The wife grew furious and yelled, "You'd better listen to me, because I could kill you right now. If I weren't such a nice person, I would do it!"

The husband laughed and replied, "And how are you going to kill me?"

"Remember when we went on our trips?" the wife responded. "Well, I learned black magic very well. In fact, I became an expert. I could kill you right now if I wanted to!"

The husband roared with laughter, "You know what? Do it! I dare you!"

"Fine!" the wife replied, "Give me some of your fingernails or a lock of your hair."

The husband nodded. He looked at his hands, "Too short! I'll go cut off my hair in the bathroom and bring it back."

When he returned, he found her surrounded by lit black candles, holding a wooden effigy in one hand and an obsidian dagger in the other. He handed her the lock of hair, and she wrapped it around the effigy and raised the dagger.

"Don't say I didn't warn you!" the wife yelled and stabbed the effigy.

And the husband thought to himself, "I've always hated how she leaves clumps of her hair on the shower walls."

I'm not saying that slavery is innate to humans. But it really seems like throughout history, the vast majority of human culture has had some notion of slavery and of owning slaves. It's almost as if slavery and owning another person are the default thinking for people, and the idea that slavery is unacceptable and should be abolished is something that people have to learn or even invent after lots of thinking.

Is there a reason why the idea of owning another human being, i.e., slavery, is so ingrained in human thinking and culture?