Hey there, welcome to life noggin! Welcome to another episode of Dear Blocko! This is the show where I answer your questions
about your world and my world - for instance, why is Triangle Bob on fire right now? New Year. Same Bob. Anyways, first question up! Carlin asks: Dear Blocko, can you truly disappear
and get “off the grid"? huh, i hope you're not talking about me specifically! I bet Triangle Bob is thinking the same thing
right now! The answer is sure! Some people even claim to have gone off the
grid, at least to some extent. One option is to build a tiny home off the
grid, without public power, water, natural gas, or telephone lines. By installing solar panels, digging wells
and using septic tanks, you can be almost entirely self-sufficient, although in many
places zoning regulations and building codes can make this quite difficult, if not illegal. To truly disappear and not be found, you’d
have to give up your wifi and geolocation services and go live in the wilderness somewhere. Although if that’s too extreme, you could
simply use an alter ego to hide from the all-seeing eyes of the government and the free market. In the US and many other countries, however,
it’s a felony to use false identification. So some people have created companies as their
second identity, hiding their old one in the process - something you can only do in some
states, like Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico. Under this fresh identity you could have new
bank accounts, phone numbers, mail boxes, home addresses, and credit cards, although
using cash and throw-away phones is probably still the best way to remain fully anonymous. I hope you’ve got some gold stashed somewhere
too, cause staying off the grid sounds awfully expensive. Okay, the next question from Ella J asks:
Dear Blocko, what happens when we hold in a sneeze? Well, it depends how unlucky you are, and
you’d have to be pretty unlucky for something bad to happen. Even still, doctors say the safest option
is to let your sneeze go. Otherwise, you’ll be holding in a projection
of mucous up to 100 miles or 160 kilometers per hour - and news flash: that pressurized
air has to go somewhere! While issues almost never arise from suppressing
a sneeze, there’s a very slim chance of serious damage. In 2018, a young man actually ruptured the
back of his throat by closing off a sneeze, leaving him unable to speak or swallow until
the injury healed. And it could have been much worse! Experts say suppressing a sneeze can lead
to numerous other complications, like trapped air in the chest, a perforated eardrum or
blood vessel, broken ribs, and maybe even a middle ear infection. Sure, any of these outcomes is exceedingly
rare, but unless you’re in a tight spot, like a deadly game of hide-and-seek with a
pack of robotic hyenas, a tissue or an elbow seems like the better option. Just let that sneeze go! And now it’s time for questions about me
and my world! Sundar asks
Dear Blocko - How are you and Circlia doing? Great actually! Circlia has moved in to the Blocko House! So that’s exciting! We even started a rock band. Circlia and the Blockheads. Her voice. My electric tambourine. Triangle Bob on the...whatever that instrument
is. I also have something VERY SPECIAL planned
soon. I’m winking but you can’t tell because
i have no face. Second question. Big Ernie asks
Are you ever gonna go on more adventures to any new places? Well actually we got wind of a new place called
“New Jersey” We going on a cool adventure soon to visit
“the knowledgeable one” I thought that was me, but legend has it, it’s a giant
brain located deep in a cave and contains some answers to life’s biggest questions! I’ll keep ya updated! So do you have any questions about your world
and my world! Let me know if the comment section below and
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