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[TD1]

Fractious.

[scriver]

I was thinking something like "They're an X people"

X being whatever would describe them as fracturing frequently.

"Easily fracturing", "commonly fract.", "frequently fract."

[Egan_BW]

Fragile.

[Yoink]

Do cockroaches carry STDs?

[Rolan7]

I think - I HOPE you missed the Terrible Jokes thread

[Baffler]

Do cockroaches carry STDs?

They actually do, assuming you mean transmitting STDs between themselves, although they tend to be parasites rather than bacterial or viral infections as in humans.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30813002/Knell_and_Webberley_2004.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1519149838&Signature=6G7y30fP1%2BeNXN5G8FOPf5bnfkk%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DSexually_transmitted_diseases_of_insects.pdf

[TD1]

*Studiously does not click link*

[Tawa]

I can't read

[redwallzyl]

Is someone able to describe how pushing something "down" for a moment while it's in geostationary orbit won't cause it to slowly plummet towards the planet until it impacts?

I know the way it works (ie that you'd either need to push it down far enough that it'd intersect atmosphere or the object it's orbiting and that burning retrograde is far more efficient), but there's someone I'm having trouble actually explaining the mechanics of it to.

Try doing it in KSP. That's a very visual way to do it.

[Rolan7]

Pushing a satellite down is a lot like pushing a pendulum.  It does move closer to Earth, but then it returns to the same position it started from.  Repeatedly.

[wierd]

Also, pushing it "down" increases the vehicle's velocity, which makes it more likely to "Miss" the planet as it swings around. It is actually a pretty good way to gain a HIGHER orbit, as the apogee on the other side of the ellipse will be higher. Essentially, thrusting DOWN increases the eccentricity and narrowness of the orbit.  Combined with a controlled burn to widen and then correct the orbit, it can be used to reach a higher orbit.

[Egan_BW]

Shortest possible answer: "It's already falling"

[redwallzyl]

Quick question for anyone who might know. I have been trying to wrap my head around a concept I recently encountered. Its to do with getting at the core beliefs behind conservatism vs liberalism in the US. So here it is, the concept is that one of the core bits of American conservatism is a specific type of interpretation of the social contract. That is that people and governments have certain rights and responsibilities. This seems to tie in with conservative ideals of self sufficiency and interpretations of welfare as well as what a citizen is. what is confusing me is what the contrast is with the liberal interpretation of the social contract and what exactly the tenets of each if written out would be. I'm really having a problem drawing it up in my mind, perhaps due to a general lack of thinking about the concept in this way before as these kinds of things a usually not articulated in this way.

[deathpunch578]

Quick question for anyone who might know. I have been trying to wrap my head around a concept I recently encountered. Its to do with getting at the core beliefs behind conservatism vs liberalism in the US. So here it is, the concept is that one of the core bits of American conservatism is a specific type of interpretation of the social contract. That is that people and governments have certain rights and responsibilities. This seems to tie in with conservative ideals of self sufficiency and interpretations of welfare as well as what a citizen is. what is confusing me is what the contrast is with the liberal interpretation of the social contract and what exactly the tenets of each if written out would be. I'm really having a problem drawing it up in my mind, perhaps due to a general lack of thinking about the concept in this way before as these kinds of things a usually not articulated in this way.

basically conservatives and liberals have different ideas on what the government should do and what people's rights should and shouldn't be.

conservatives want the government to stay out of people's lives and for there to be no limitations on their rights (think gun control)
liberals on the other hand want the government to be involved with people's lives (more government funded services) and think that there should be some limitations on what you can and can't do with your rights (again gun control)

[Frumple]

Not terribly accurate portrayal of american conservatives, unfortunately. Conservatives of the GOP direction are perfectly happy interfering with people's lives (see most anything lgbt related, as an example) and shitting all over their rights (see massive swaths of law enforcement and national security related issues).

Re: the question itself, I honestly can't list something out off the top of my head, largely because the conservative stance on the concept of social contract is inconsistent as everloving fuck and hypocritical bloody often to boot. Liberal side of things is much better on that front, but still has its jittery bits.

I'd probably be leery about trying to actually hammer down some kind of list of either side, basically, especially if it's based on more on professed beliefs than actions.