What should a visitor not do in Yellowstone National Park, WY?
Don’t get too close to any wild animal. People seem to forget or are unaware what Wild Animal means - A Grizzly Bear is a monster that will eat you. A Black Bear, though usually timid, reacts with fight or flight, and the fight part will tear you up. A bison weighs a 1000 lbs and can stomp you or gore you. A Moose also weighs 1000 lbs and they are mean as fuck. Just keep your distance from them. Have fun photographing them, from your car or with a long lens.Stay on marked paths in heavily traveled tourist areas, especially around anything HOT, like geysers or hot springs. The ground around these places is fragile, you can fall through and get scalded. Also, it’s a pretty fragile environment, too many people destroys the environment, which is why they have marked paths. If you want to get off the beaten path, there’s plenty of wilderness in Yellowstone to do that in, and you will not see many people, either - most people don’t get into the wilderness of Yellowstone, which is glorious, so, go for that.Don’t bring your drugs there - any offense in a national park is not a local offense, as it may be in a city or a state location, any offense is a felony, even ones that would be considered a misdemeanor in other places, because it’s Federal Land, which entails Federal Charges. It’s not a place to fool around with things that are minor crimes in a different location.
What are the pros and cons of being a dental hygienist?
I am a senior in high school and I was thinking about becoming a dental hygienist, but what are the pros and cons? Also what is the difference if you get your associates instead of your bachelors? How is the pay? What is the typical work environment? What do dental hygienists actually do? Anything will be helpful!
Is a redneck the same as blue collar and what is the difference and...?
"Redneck" originally referred to poor white farmers is the South because the backs of their necks were red either from sunburn or the red clay common in the region. Now it has taken on the added meaning of someone who is racially bigoted, a laborer and not necessarily from the South. "Blue collar" workers may or may not actually wear shirts with blue collars, but they are manual laborers as opposed to "white collar" professionals. Someone could be a blue collar redneck--colorful person, don't you think?--but being blue collar does not automatically mean one is a redneck. In fact, I've know white collar professionals who are rednecks and blue collar workers who are open-minded, progressive thinkers. The job shouldn't limit the person in that way. My retired friends and I might reminisce our careers, but they don't define us or consign us to categories as they once might have. I'm sure that in some social circles such stereotyping exists, just not very much in mine. We're too busy bragging about grandchildren and discussing world affairs to relegate each other to boxes. EDIT: Sorry, but the retired English teacher in me forces me to add more about the etymology (history) of "redneck." The term was probably first used in Scotland in the mid-1600s. It referred to someone's religious preference, not job. (http://askville.amazon.com/redneck-expla... "Redneck" migrated to the US with some of the Scottish Presbyterians and surfaced in North Carolina in the 1800s where it came to have the meaning of poor, white farmer. "Redneck" took on the meaning of someone in a union or a striker in about 1910 through the 1930s. Too much information, right?
What is daily life like for the average American citizen?
Some mediums for information exchange (like the internet or movies) seem to amplify the differences people think exist between themselves and other people. Even though —logically— the people I know all around the world say they know that this happens, the subtle programming that goes on means that even when we resist, we buy into the meme that XYZ people are just so different. Now, cultures do vary greatly, but as Ian Morris (“Why the West Rules—For Now”) points out, that once you get a large body of people, it smooths out the variances such that we all mostly do the same thing in the same quantities in our daily lives. Grumpy, happy, creative, driven, artistic and every other trait all seem to be dispersed about the same everywhere you go.Americans have some structural advantages over the rest of the world (the rise to greatness of the USA is its own story, but let’s just agree on the fact that the 20th Century was the American century on account of it being the most powerful economy and the most powerful nation for most of it). These structural differences are self-perpetuating and hard to emulate. The intersection of American individualism + massive amounts of land + a large population + really good universities + good transparency and national laws means that people who gravitate towards entrepreneurialism, individualism and personal income will have a higher likelihood of coming here and adding to the melange that is the USA. Nevertheless, we do about the same shit as other people.I wake up every morning during the week at 0500. I play on my phone as the caffeine kicks in. I get on my bike and pedal to the gym (which is located 500 feet from work). I work out for 60–90 minutes. I go to work for about 8 hours. I take a lunch at noon. I eat. I work until 1600. I bike home. I play with my kitties and watch TV†. I play on Quora. I call my dad and talk to him. I make myself some dinner. I play on Facebook. I review and pay bills. I do laundry. I clean the house.So, all in all, the same shit everybody else does but with an American accent.†The Great British Bake Off, The Final Table, home repair shows, Doctor Who, The Good Place, various cartoons like Rick & Morty, Bob’s Burgers or Bojack Horseman, I may also watch a documentary or two.
What's your advice to achieve the longest and healthiest life possible?
“What's your advice to achieve the longest and healthiest life possible?”My family are Seventh-Day Adventist and have practiced the SDA lifestyle for three generations, I am the third.Seventh-Day Adventists have been featured in “The Secrets of Long Life & Why SDAs Live Longer (National Geographic Report).”I was raised to eat a plant-based diet, get regular exercise, and to stay away from alcohol and tobacco. The SDA religion promotes stress-free living where the Sabbath each week is dedicated to meditation and relaxation.I have no family history of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, or food and drug allergies. People in my family typically live to be octogenarians.However, mental illness runs rampant throughout both my parents’ families.Both my parents died in their early 80s from physical illnesses brought on by brain diseases: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. My parents both lived with untreated mental disorders and had very unhappy lives.My parents’ physical health statuses could have kept them alive well into their 90s. It was their poor mental health and dysfunctional interpersonal skills that shortened their lives.According to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), adults living with untreated serious mental illness are likely to die 25 years earlier than their natural lifespan.NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness | Mental Health By the NumbersMy advice for living the longest, healthiest, as well as happiest:Speak up: If you are emotionally or physically hurt, say something.Develop a thick skin: Do not let what people say about you influence how you perceive yourself and dictate your behavior.Find a purpose: It can be a vocation, a hobby, or a pastime. Just find something that gives you the will to get up in the morning.Care for your mind as well as you care for your body: Think of meditation, prayer, and therapy as preventative methods. If you think you may have a mental illness or disorder, get a diagnosis and start treatment.Always have a confidant: Have someone around you can talk to and who listens to you. Four-legged companions are especially good at keeping confidences.Have a positive belief system: Believe in something that reminds you that you are not alone in the universe and you are loved.