Real World Disagreements Settled Here
 

Sometimes in life you have a disagreement with someone that you just wish you could put to a vote with the person on the street. Well here's a place for you to do exactly that!

The idea is that this thread would work a little like the album wars thread. We'll tackle one disagreement at a time, collect votes during a certain window of time, pick a winner, then move on to the next disagreement. If you have a disagreement suggestion please PM it to me so we can keep the thread from getting confusing. Also, let's try to keep this somewhat light-hearted. No serious moral dilemmas please.

I'll kick this off with the one that inspired me to start the thread: Generally speaking, on a sunny day, are people across the street able to see through the upper level windows into your house if all your lights are off? I say no. The person I had this disagreement says yes. What do you think?

Yes, people can see in: 0
No, people can't see in: 0

I'm pretty sure no, I never can.

Yes, people can see in: 0
No, people can't see in: 1

NO. At night they can.

Yes, people can see in: 0
No, people can't see in: 2

Generally speaking, no. If not much light is coming through and out of the window from inside the room (lights are off), then the light coming from that window is mostly light reflected from the outside surroundings. In other words, on a sunny day looking at the window to a room with the lights off, you'll see a reflection and not in.

At night if the lights are on, most of the light coming from the window will be coming from inside the room and then people can see in.

Yes, people can see in: 0
No, people can't see in: 3

why do I have a feeling that this thread is directed at me.

No idea. It isn't "directed" at anyone.

It's NOT directed at you. Somebody is way too sensitive to be using the Internet.

Anyways, no people cannot generally see inside your windows during the day. Especially if the sun is reflecting off the window in question.

Yes, people can see in: 0
No, people can't see in: 4

ok. thanks for the info. i'm sorry for being judgemental.
i just thought after all the drama in this site involving me, this was directed to me. again, my apologies.


anyway, going back to the question, i voted yes, pleople can see in so thats 1 point for me. why? well if it's a sunny day, then it's what's outside your house that is with light. and if inside your house has lights off, technically light from the outside will pass thru inside the window.

by the way, for everyone's info, lights can pass thru windows. unless you cover it with a curtain or you have a wooden window but nontheless, light can pass thru a window.

Yes, people can see in: 0
No, people can't see in: 5

...How?

Yes, people can see in: 2
No, people can't see in: 5

It depends on the position of the sun and the type of windows that you have but I will go with yes.

Depends on how close to the window the person inside is, if there is a person inside. Glass is reflective, sure, but so is a pasty white naked body of an old man pressing his genitals against the window at passing young ladies.

You see something like that, and anything is possible.
Yes, people can see in: 3
No, people can't see in: 5

The question, though, was generally speaking what's the answer. A pasty naked man up against the window isn't the general scenario.

I suppose that makes sense, and invalidates my theory, as I'm sure it happens often enough for it to be a general scenario, but apparently people can't see it. Changing my answer to no.

Yes, people can see in: 2
No, people can't see in: 6

Phew.

Me too.

Hell to the no.

Yes: 2

No: 7

Definitely no.

Yes, people can see in: 2
No, people can't see in: 8

I was making faces at my dog (pretty stupid), thinking he could see me. He wasn't reacting, so then I walked outside and THEN he got all happy. That's when I noticed that you couldn't see anything but the reflection of trees. It does all depend though, because if it's an intensely cloudy day without a lot of light I think you might be able to. BUT generally, no.

Generally no.

Yes, people can see in: 2
No, people can't see in: 9

windows here often have patterned, refractive glass so:-

no people cannot see in - 10
yes people can see in - 2

Yes - 2
No - 11

Generally speaking no, though there are many situations where the answer would be yes (to include pasty, old men).

you guys must all have some very nice reflective windows because people tell me all the time that they can see into my apartment.

They can see my ceiling fan from across the street and I live in the second floor.

Maybe you just have an unbelievably bright interior of your apartment.

That's a weird comment for people to be making all the time. Actually, even once. "Hey, I can see into your apartment!"

I get it from the odd person, but my house is on the ground floor and has massive picture windows, with the highway parallel. At night, these windows serve basically as a theatre screen for drivers to look into my house. Thank christ for blinds and drapes.

that's why all of youse ought to get refractive/patterned glass like we do

It wasn't available in the 60s, and the drapes do fine otherwise.

I'm cheap.

That's a situation I could understand.

Sometimes I catch people staring into my house from the stop light adjacent to the highway. I wave at them, and they become extremely embarrassed. Good stuff.

That's crazy. I'm not used to stuff like that at all. We only have apartments in some of the bigger towns, which are all around 17-20 miles away from here.

Yeah, there is a light at the end of my street, so when the cars build up at a red light, I always catch the people looking into my front yard. I get great joy out of waving back to them and making them realize they're creeping! :laughing:

Across the street from me is a Rehab center and it's also the place where parole is located and people have to meet their parole officers there. They like to come out in the morning and have a smoke and that's why I get that comment. Sometimes from someone I know, sometimes from strangers.

I figured I'd resurrect this old thread to help resolve another vitally import issue. This time it's about towels. Below is a picture of a towel set featuring three different size towels. What are the purposes (and names) of each of the three different sized towels?

http://bed-bath-and-more.com/wordpre...own-towels.jpg

Big one = Bath towel - for drying body
Middle one = Hand towel - for drying hands
Little one = Face washer - for washing face/body (unless there's another towel I don't know about)

Face towels I don't know if it has any other specific name but used to after you wash your face.

Hand towels in the middle(they just hang on the towel rack. Sometimes can be used after washing your hands but they are generally off-limits for some strange reason.)

Bath towels at the bottom (this one is for full body useage in hotels I always toss one of the floor before stepping into the shower and use the other one to dry off with.)

Well there you go, there was another towel I didn't know about. Seems a little redundant but I guess it would be better than drying your face on a shared hand towel.

Not totally sure you're keeping to the spirit of the thread here Jansz my man! What's the disagreement about towels (and whose life is so empty they have to argue about towels ... what, you want to argue about towels? I'm in!) ;)

I though this was to solve disagreements, no? Anyway, I agree with everyone else: face towel/hand towel/body towel. Though of course you could shake yourself like a dog after you get out of the shower like me... :laughing:

Can I add one? Who says you have to love cats but not dogs, or vice versa? I think you can love both, but many people say to me "Oh I don't like cats, I'm a dog person." Actually, come to think of it, few if any people say the reverse....

You can like cats AND dogs (or dislike both I guess)
You have to not like the other if you like one, ie you can like cats but not also dogs and vice versa.

Just call me the phantom thread 'jacker! :cool:

Hey now, this thread does have rules! And I would say this question in very much in the spirit of the first question this thread tackled. From the OP:

Damn she was right the whole time. I've been drying my balls with the small towel for years, jesus man. :shycouch: