Quickie Questions

Is it possible to have a worse sense of balance after getting hit in the ear, even after it's been a day?

Yes, considering that your sense of balance is largely dependent on the fluid in your inner ear. A solid smack of the ear can disrupt that for a while.

edited 18th Oct '12 2:33:14 PM by Madrugada

Totes.

That's why you feel rather unstable when you have a cold.

At least,I do.

I think.

Maybe I'm confusing diseases.

Ok. It's not permanent is it? O.o

No, of course not. You'll eventually normalise out.

Unless you got severely mashed in the ear, but you'll be fine in general. Give it a day or two.

/ Dr Hopey.

edited 18th Oct '12 2:48:08 PM by Inhopelessguy

Yay. I was worried there.

Well, your worries are unfounded, fair Alstroemeria.

QI recently taught me that there are way more than 5 senses. Well, I knew that already, but in that episode Fry listed some I hadn't thought of as senses before, such as balance, sense of temperature, sense of pressure, and so on.

So you could say that your sixth sense isn't working properly. Or seventh or eighth, if you like.

How about the sense of social disapproval? Oh wait, that one's not a freebie; you have to grind to unlock that one.

edited 18th Oct '12 5:50:44 PM by GlennMagusHarvey

I'm probably wrong, but those aren't really senses, except maybe temperature, since they don't utilize sensory neurons as far as I'm aware.

Balance actually does utilize sensory neurons, as to temperature and pressure.

I always thought of them as part of the sense of touch.

People normally do. From a biological standpoint though, they are somewhat distinct. Different sensory neurons are giving you the information. I can't really explain a ton though. I didn't get the best grade in neuroscience.

does anybody remember who the Jade handed dude in Jackie Chan Adventures is? because he and his evil J team should be listed underneath both they wasted perfectly good characters and they wasted a perfectly good plot for that shows Your Mileage May Vary page.

Does "semper esperis" mean "always hopeful" in Latin? I'm mashing together two Latin things I've heard ("semper fi" and "Esperacchius", which seems to mean "blade of hope") and hoping they work.

All I can find is the noun for "hope", (a fifth declension feminine noun) "spes", or "spei". I don't know how to make it "hopeful". "Fides" is also a fifth declension noun, meaning "faith", and the adjective "faithful" is "fideles", so the change should be somewhat similar.

I think "e-" can mean "full of". It's been a while since I studied Latin, and I don't think I ever came across the adjectival form of "spes".

I couldn't find any adjectival form ("hopeful" came up blank everywhere, including William Whittaker's Words, which is the single best Latin word list I've ever found.)

The only better Latin dictionary I've found is actually just a GUI that runs on top of WORDS. I just don't have either installed anymore.

What is it called when a girl has romantic feeling for her father?

Patriphilia? Incest?

Is that what the Electra Complex is?

edited 22nd Oct '12 9:20:58 PM by TParadox

An Electra Complex.

Its like the Oedipus Complex but for girls.

Ah, that's it. Thanks

edited 22nd Oct '12 9:22:34 PM by Parable

Maddy ninjaed my edit.

Your post wasn't there when I started typing.