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Since metal is a conductor, why are electrical boxes made of metal? | The box is *supposed to be* tied to ground so that if there is a miswire and something touches the box then it will short to ground and trip the breaker, cutting the power and making everything safe again. The wires in the box should be properly insulated as well, this keeps them from touching things they aren't suppos... |
Why isn't every temperature measured in Kelvin? | Kelvin is highly inconvenient for daily use . It makes sense to use different scales for different things, e.g. in science vs. weather, and it's not hard to keep track which scale you're using.The way it scales would make it impractical/annoying for everyday use. For example, 70 F is 294.261 K and 32 F is 273.15 K. Muc... |
How do Indian citizens relocate to multiple countries with a new job easily? | India's a really big place, and the US likes immigrants with skills. So the top of the top of India are very skilled people, so they don't have much of a hassle when trying to get in the US. The average Indian guy would absolutely have a big problem trying to relocate.Most non-citizen workers require work visas, which ... |
Why in the USA do black people typically vote for the Democratic party when the GOP is the party of emancipation and used to have the so-called "black" vote? When did it change? | The Republican and Democratic positions more or less switched in the time period between the Civil War and World War II. It happened gradually, but was basically the sum of the two Roosevelt Presidencies and their policies, as well as the Great Depression and Reconstruction. After WWII, the modern Republican party was ... |
LI5, a few questions about space and the universe. | I'm sure you're going to get some good answers. If you're interested in these subjects, I think you'd really enjoy some of Stephen Hawking's more popular works. I recommend [Universe in a Nutshell - Illustrated Brief History of Time]. He's a very good science writer for the non-scientist, and that particular version ha... |
Balancing poles for tight rope walkers. | Two reasons, one being the center of gravity, the other being the moment of inertia Think of the way an ice-skater starts spinning, and spins faster the closer they pull their arms and legs inward, then slows down by extending their arms and legs again. The pole is acting like a super long pair of arms, extended making... |
Wouldn't Venus be an easier planet to terraform than Mars? | Honestly, I just want a really smart scientist to tell me they're going to crash Europa into Mars to give it water and a moon. |
Do non-human animals that mate for life actually fall in love, or is it just instinct that they stay together? | We can't ask an animal if they fell in love. Instead if we wanted to ask this question we have to break it down into something we can measure. What we would do is measure chemicals that are associated with the feeling of love. The issue always comes back to is measuring this a good enough representation of love? So we'... |
How do electronic cigarettes help someone quit smoking? | It's a bit early to say if they are completely harmless or not, but they are certainly *much* less harmful than cigarettes. It's about harm reduction - you'll still be a nicotine addict, but your addiction won't cause you a slow, painful and premature death.Can someone explain to me WHY all the toxic stuff are in there... |
why Election day is not a national holiday? | Many states have laws demanding employers allow their employees to vote. Usually it's time off, sometimes paid, to give the employee at least 2 consecutive hours to go vote.It's normally granted as either late start or early dismissal from your job duties. This is at the state level, so some states do not have this. |
Why does the language in old books and poems have so many more complicated words than nowadays? | There was actually a period where this went out of fashion. I believe it was during the modernist era. Modernists instigated an overhaul in English literature that attempted to dump unnecessary form and language in favor of a style that was more direct and to the point. The idea was instead of using overly extravagant ... |
The recent boom of tourists from Mainland China. | 1. Rising incomes in China. The Chinese upper and middle class is much larger than it was 20 years ago. 2. The Chinese government has loosened travel policies. It used to be much harder for Chinese to get approval to leave the country. 3. Other countries have also loosened visa rules for Chinese. 20 years ago, most cou... |
Why do we have the capacity to feel 'moved' by extraordinary art/music/literature? | We have developed *empathy* as a tool to further the survival of the species. If we all have empathy and become affected by the suffering and joy of others, we are more motivated to assist others of our species in need. In other words, if I feel sad because you're in danger of losing your life, I will try to save your ... |
Plastic junction box computer case | As long as you've got some reasonable airflow it should be fine. Most computers are made of steel or aluminium, but honestly that's mostly for structural reasons, or RF emissions There's not much that actually makes heat in direct contact with the casing, in which case the material it's made of is fairly irrelevant. A ... |
Why do internet pages come up sometimes "Didn't load page fast enough, try again" and then you refresh and they come up? | So, a page like reddit is getting hundreds and sometimes thousands of requests per second for the most popular pages, like AMAs or popular AskReddit posts. If the server took too long trying to deliver the page to you, it would fall behind on hundreds of other requests and get too far backlogged to work at all. So it h... |
Why it's alright to eat beef cooked rare but you become sick if you eat chicken cooked the same amount | Raw chicken is less acidic than raw beef. That makes it easier for bacteria to grow on chicken. Plus, the biggest problem with chicken is not necessarily undercooking it. The most common mistake is cross contamination. Let's say you prepare raw chicken on a cutting board. Later, you use the same cutting board to chop u... |
Why is Pripyat abandoned but Hiroshima and Nagasaki populated? | The amount of nuclear material that when into the bombs dropped on Japan were measured in pounds the amount involved in the Chernobyl disaster was tons. In addition, many of the structures in Japan were wooden, and simply burned up. The structures in the Chernobyl region were metal and stone, which can be contaminated ... |
Why do my teeth pop when I push them with my tongue? | I know it happens to me sometimes too and I'm over 10 years old so hopefully it's normal. |
Does being out in the "cold" without a coat actually make you more prone to being sick? | Nope, the common cold is a result of infection with rhinovirus or some other viruses. You could stay in a freezer at -20°C for a while and get out, and the only thing you'll get is hypothermia.you are pretty close its not the temperature that gets you sick its the viruses that are more easily spread in the winter month... |
What stops anyone (terrorists) from cutting the internet wires in the ocean and what would be the consequences? | Nothing really. You could just cut the lines that lie on the ocean floor between continents. One obstacle is that they are hard to get to. Another is that it would take more than just a knife or cable cutter to sever them. As for what would happen, quite possibly nothing. The construction of physical plant is not like ... |
Why do countries like America need so many Nuclear Weapons? | Fear, also called dissuasion or deterrence -- the knowledge that if you use nukes against us, we'll use more nukes against you and we might not survive, but you definitely won't survive. When two superpowers operate in this way against each other, you get a Cold War. |
What my intellectually insecure High School classmate is trying to get across in this Facebook comment | Basically he is saying that if you don't view the world through the scientific lens, you will see things from the flawed human point of view. |
How are Superdelegates justified in a democracy? | Being the candidate chosen by a political party isn't a government office, it's a position chosen by a private group of citizens, so they're allowed to choose them by whatever method they like. Their goal is to use a process that gives them the best chance that their candidate will win whatever election they're running... |
Why is athletic wear made of polyester when people advise never to wear polyester when traveling in hot and humid countries? | Because the people making the athletic wear and the people writing the travel guides are different people, and they may be talking about different types of polyester. And they're talking about different paradigms. The reason certain types of polyester are better for athletic wear is that they have a wicking ability--th... |
The lyrics to Hotel California | Songwriters sometimes use vague or even contradictory phrases because of the emotions the words evoke. If it's well-done, it results it listeners creating their own narrative in their heads to make the lyrics make sense, and having that 'a ha!' moment feels good, so the song stays popular. :)", 'Many people say the lyr... |
If swelling is the body's natural reaction to an injury to help heal it, why do try to stop the process with ice and anti-inflammatory drugs? | swelling is a short term survival improvement. if you are bleeding significantly, broke a limb, etc. swelling can form enough of a support to allow you to, for instance, continue fighting the leopard that's trying to eat you. the world we now live in is one where the thing that caused the initial injury is generally th... |
Why do people hate Comcast? | People who work for Comcast are nasty to customers of Comcast and over-charge them, over-billing for services that didn't even happen. |
Why do critics exist? | How can anyone get better if they're not told how what the faults in their work are? Besides, people enjoy art, and they want to hear from experts about particular art pieces.Critics exist only for a commercial purpose, even if that purpose is for their own profit. You cannot separate the "product review |
How does global warming cause winters to be colder? | Global warming amplifies certain meteorological conditions which can result in colder winters in some places over the short term. On *average*, however, it doesn't cause winters to be colder. |
Why are rubber ducks such a staple in our culture? | 1) Kids love animals.2) Kids need toys in the bath to help them feel like it's a fun play place and not a dunk tank.3) Ducks are a natural toy for the bath.4) We spend our early years in the bath with rubber ducks.5) Nostalgia6) We give our kids the same toys that we barely remember but know made us happy in a simpler ... |
How do martial artists break concrete with their bare hands? | A lot of it comes down to spacers. If you watch a video of a martial artist breaking bricks, you may notice they're not laying flat one on top of the other. If they were, it's unlikely they would be broken. Instead, they're separated, sometimes by chop sticks, which means once the amount of force necessary to break the... |
What is it about Scandinavia that caused it's particular development of social-democracy? | There are a lot of workers in Scandinavia at a big part of the cultural norm is to try to feel *like everybody else, don't stick your head out*. So socialism is great like that for us. The democracy comes from the same thing. No one sticks their head out and says *Me is boss*. We tried it during the Viking days. It was... |
Why do we eat on only one side of our mouth? | i don't know, but i am doing it as i eat a bag of peanuts right now. |
Why is the anti-vaccination movement still a thing? | It's a thing, but in reality it isn't very popular. It gets talked about in the media but I don't personally know anyone who is anti-vax |
How do those 'We'll buy your house with cash today' companies work? | Family friend does it to rent out to college kids. Think he has something like 15 properties in a big college area so there's always demand for his mediocre homes. He makes good money. |
What would eventually happen to oil and gas if we never mined for it? Does it ever naturally explode? Is it probable that it would stay contained until subduction? | I'm not sure about oil and gas, but I know coal deposits can catch fire. I believe there's a coal deposit under the Appalachians that's been burning for some time now. |
Where does all of the food coloring go after I eat it? | I think perhaps the actual color is the thing. Orange is not that different from yellow and brown, so the difference may be less noticeable. Or perhaps there's not actually as much coloring as you think in those particular products. In any case, it does happen sometimes. Eat a whole big bag of flaming hot Cheetos, and ... |
How does Ellen Degeneres make up for all the money she gives away in the 12 Days of Christmas? | She doesn't spend any money on that. The companies who make those products she gives away donate them to her show as a form of advertising. They want people to know about those products. Note that virtually every other show that gives away prizes works the same way. On Wheel of Fortune, for example, when someone wins m... |
Why does the U.S. still maintain an embargo on Cuba? | There is no good reason actually. The embargo hurts the people of Cuba by hurting resources while also hurting the American people by blocking money that could be made through trade and tourism. If there's no good reason, then why maintain it? It's another issue of old guard vs. new guard, and the inability to get anyt... |
What are the first things that scientists look for in a planet to see if it may support life | At this point, really all we can see about planets outside our solar system is mass and orbital radius. Additionally we can see what kind of star the planet orbits. That means all we can really find out is some basic information: is this a giant planet like Jupiter ? Is it a rocky planet ? Is this so close to it's star... |
Broadway shows on tour - what are the logistics behind moving those insane sets? | It's basically a really big, really expensive lego set. Everything is designed to be able to be put up quickly by a crew trained to put it up and then taken down quickly to fit perfectly into the back of a truck, driven to the next venue and done all over again. |
How and why do people create viruses? | I believe they do it because they don't want people to get the full enjoyment of cheap porn sites. |
How to wash my clothes like a normal person. | OMFG, you're making this way too complicated. You're turning 1st grade addition into differential calculus. It is very simple. 1) Put clothes in washer. 2) Add detergent 3) Put water on warm or colder . 4) Run washer Then, if you want to get fancy, you can add fabric softener too. Just buy one of those little plastic b... |
Why you shouldn't fill up your gas tank while the tanker truck is filling up the gasoline storage tanks? | I work in a service station, there are actually a couple of filters that modern fuel pumps have. It's not the same issue it used to be 30 years ago. |
How can Animal Keepers get really close to animals like Tigers or Lions and not be killed? | Most animals basically only ever kill for two reasons: - They're hungry- They feel threatened Some, like cats, will also kill for sport. If you keep a captive animal fed and treat it with respect, understand its mentality, and earn its trust, you will probably never run afoul of any of these conditions. Now, there is a... |
If the anti-net neutrality bill is passed, how will it affect the internet outside of the United States? What effects will be felt worldwide? | Amerika will bottleneck itself in internet innovation, giving the world a chance to catch up, which the US is already doing, by calling ''3Mbit'' high speed broadband, and selling those for high speed broadband prices. meanwhile i bitch because i can't get a glassfiber only connection yet, FYI i pay around €60 for 180M... |
What is common core and is it helping our education system? | What is it-- the common core is a set of educational standards that were meant to be adopted by every state. The idea was to both raise educational standards, and not have school be wildly different if children ever moved across state lines. The standards detail everything from what history should be taught to how and ... |
Why diesel engine cannot run on petrol? | The only thing the other comments didn't mention is the lubricating function of diesel. Gasoline does not smear the engine like diesel does. So if you put gasoline in a diesel engine, you risk jamming it. That's why you should always call a mechanic service when you tank the wrong fuel and don't start your car! |
- Why do clones (usually?) die quickly. | We're not very good at it yet, so we end up causing genetic abnormalities. Most genetic abnormalities hurt the thing we cloned, making it die faster. |
Why do some people's second toe extend further out than their big toe? | I have this noticibly on both feet and I tell people that it's because I'm evolving and that it's due to my body needing more balance as I'm 6f5 I say it as a joke but it'd be nice to hear a real reason for it. |
Why do nostril pimples hurt so much more than regular pimples? | Pimples cause inflammation of the surrounding tissue and it's this swelling that causes the pain. The skin of your face and back is loose and able to stretch so the swelling is tolerated better. The nose and ears are cartilage and there is much less give to the skin there, and also a lot of pain receptors. The pimple p... |
What would it mean to Canada if Quebec seceded? | > There seems to be a lot of people in Quebec who would like the province to secede from the rest of Canada. I'm not sure this is the case anymore. The political party that advocates secession, the [Bloc Québécois], only won 4 seats in the last federal election in 2011. The only part they're beating is the Green Party,... |
What exactly is the reason we cannot look at eclipses directly? | Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: Why can't you look directly at an eclipse? ]1. [ELI5: Why can't we look straight at an eclipse? ]1. [ELI5:Why is it recommended that you don't look directly at a total solar eclipse? ]1. [ELI5 why is directly looking at a solar eclipse bad for your e... |
why can't you just hook up an alternator to the drive shaft or something of an electric car and charge it while you're driving? | You actually can, and some electric cars do exactly this to help with braking. It basically turns the braking system into a mini generator. The problem is that it's inefficient. Some of the energy is absorbed and converted back to electricity, but much of it is lost. It increases the overall efficiency of the vehicle, ... |
Why is a zero quantity of things plural? | because 0 isn't 1. We use to deem quantity, anything above 1 has an to the end of it because it's not singular. Zero is not 1 so use the because it applies to all other numbers but 1. 2 daughters2 dogs0 dogs1 dog etc. |
What are some rare minerals used for cellphones/electronics? Why are these minerals the only usable ones? | mostly because electronics are exploiting the behavior of electricity. once you get small enough, you are relying on the atomic properties of materials rather than macroscopic arrangement of parts. thohl makes an excellent observation with capacitors. it's entirely possible to make a capacitor with the same properties ... |
Why is ♡ considered a heart when a heart doesn't look like that? Also, how does it relate to love? | I read something once that said the heart shape we use is actually 2 hearts put together and that's why it symbolizes love. If you google 2 hearts sewn together you should get a good pic demonstrating this. Sorry I don't know how to link to pics.On the subject of the heart shape, nobody really knows the origin. There a... |
Why is the House GOP suing the president? What are realistic ramifications of this lawsuit? | Republicans will say it's an effort to stop a president who is ruling by decree and corrupting the separation of powers in the government. Democrats will say it's a political stunt to gain votes in November. I agree, the lawsuit is not likely to go anywhere. We'll see what the people think in November. |
What the hell does "child bearing hips" actually mean? | Usually refers to a woman with large hips. Larger hips usually mean a wider gap for the baby to pass through when being born, making childbirth easier. Men are generally attracted to wider hips and slimmer waists, as this is the ideal body type for carrying and birthing children. Edit: I think wider hips are also thoug... |
Pewdiepie. What's the appeal? | Hes one of the first YouTubers to do Let's play videos, he's just been there longer than most. |
Why are injured horses put down instead of looked after and healed? | People and other animals do not have the stresses put on their limbs likes horses do. Average quarter-horses weigh between 1000-1200 pounds, and large draughts weigh about 2,000 pounds. All of that weight sits on the equivalent of you standing on the balls of your feet at all times. If you get injured, you can understa... |
Why aren't guitar frets evenly spaced? | It has to do with the relationship between string length and frequency. The simplest example is the octave: if you start at low E and go up an octave , you get another E. The frequency of the high E is double that of the low E. You'll notice that the 12th fret is halfway along the fretboard. Now go up another 12 frets ... |
why is the Confederate Flag not considered treason? | Simply flying the flag isn't, as that's still considered free speech. You are correct though that it has some less than scrupulous implications for those who do choose to fly it in public.We were once at war with Germany and Japan. Should it be considered treason to fly their flags?Because it is free speech, not treaso... |
Why do old people love bingo so much? | It's low-stakes gambling at a slow pace, very low-impact and requiring little attention, which allows them to be social with other like-minded seniors. |
why do most mammals come with a second pair of eyelids and why is it humans lack them? | We originally had the extra eyelid, the weird pink lump in the corner of your eye is all that remains. The eyelid is used in different animals for different things, in some water mammals they use the eyelid to protect their eye when underwater , in some land mammals they use the eyelid to protect from sand or other irr... |
What is the evolutionary purpose of laughter/humor? | Laughing is a good bonding mechanism, that's why it's usually easier to laugh when with other people. Hence why live audiences tend to laugh more and harder than someone watching the dvd alone at home It's a form of relief for both others and yourself, laughing reduces fear and stress and helps people cope with traumat... |
Why do drinks explode when microwaved too long? | I believe this is due to you superheating the coffee. If undisturbed, it's possible to heat a liquid above it's boiling point without it actually boiling. Then when it's disturbed , it flash boils, causing extremely hot liquid to fly out at a result. |
Would Tesla self driving car keep people from getting dui's? | As laws are currently written, you would still get a ticket or arrested. Even with a fully automated car where the driver had zero input, other than destination is still illegal. Not because we are against it or anything, but because when the law was written, self driving cars were not a thing. Some day I'm sure it wil... |
What flips the switch in a bi-polar person? | For me, it's typically something annoying happening to me. Getting cut off on the way to work, forget coffee, someone chews gum like a cow. Even playing video games, I screw up and the whole world comes crashing down on me. It just vacuums up the joy like it's sucking the color out of everything. |
would the odds of winning the lottery be higher if I played random numbers each week or the same numbers? Or would it make no difference? | It makes no difference. Similarly, if you flip a coin 99 times in a row and get 99 heads, there's still only a 50% chance that the last flip comes up tails. The idea that past random outcomes can affect future random outcomes is the [Gambler's Fallacy]. |
'The Internet of things' And why are google and Microsoft using it as a marketing tool? | Basically, it's a way for companies to gather data on EVERYTHING everyone does, and sell that to marketing companies. It's wifi-enabled appliances that allow you to control them with your iPhone. So, say you're at the store and you don't know whether or not you need milk, your fridge might someday be able to tell you, ... |
why am I such a deep sleeper? | You have to learn how to sleep well. Having a sane sleeping rythm is not something that appear without efforts. If you can't wake up in the morning, find an old alarm clock and put it on an iron plate with coins. This is one of the worst way to wake up and your neighbors will hate you. Another good thing is to put your... |
I have long hair. I find pieces of it everywhere - in the shower, on my clothes, etc. If we lose so much hair randomly, why aren't we bald? | But why don't we have a bunch of short hairs poking out all over the place like a buzz cut under the long hair? Or do we? |
why does a bottled water cost more than a 16 ounce beer if beer contains tap water (which is what most bottled water is) and more ingredients than water. | Because you're only going to buy bottled water when you really need/want it. Therefore they can mark it up without anyone caring |
Why if I were to shut a box made of mirrors in a light room, and then open it again in a dark room will no light come from the box? | Mirrors don't reflect perfectly. It absorbs a tiny amount of the light every time it bounces. You can see this with mirrors facing each other - the reflection will turn slightly green after several bounces. Light travels at the speed of light so it completes about 10 billion bounces before you can even blink your eye. ... |
When my package only has to go < 3 miles, why does FedEx ship it to a completely different state, and then back to my house? | It's cheaper that way. If your package was the only one going from Somerville to Boston that day, they would have to send a car just for you. It's cheaper to load it to existing transports that go 20 miles north, 120 miles south and then back 100 miles north. |
When sick, why can't we take all the antibiotics at once and hammer the sickness instantly, instead of taking 2 per day for a couple of weeks? | There is a solid chance that if you took two weeks worth of antibiotics at one time you'd just puke them up. There are all sorts of different risks related to overdosing on antibiotics, depending of course on the type of medication and the amount.Another consideration is that your body has a lot of necessary "good" bac... |
If the United States was a metric based society would we still used the word mileage when describing our cars or is there a metric word for that? | Here in the UK we're supposed to be a metric society but things are somewhat mixed up.We still use Miles for road signs.We sell petrol by the litre but still measure how many miles per gallon we use.When I order sheet material it's not uncommon to order an 8 feet x 4 feet x 5mm.Pubs still sell pints of beer.All liquids... |
If GM once killed the electric car, wouldn't this happen to Tesla? | One company's decision to market a product doesn't mean another company can't make it profitable. The gm ev1 wasn't even in full production. Only 1000 were made. |
what would happen to a person being turned upside down indefinitely? What is happening inside the body? | There was this guy hunting near my dad's farm that fell getting into his tree stand. Not that big of a deal, except his foot caught a rung on the ladder and suspended him upside down. They found him a few days later after he failed to return from his hunting trip. They said he passed out after a couple hours then died ... |
If electric cars are so much better for the environment and they are cool and powerful, why do so few people own them? | Cause the good ones, like a tesla is expensive and there's no real good spot to charge em :-/. Those high speed chargers are few and far between. |
Explain to me like I'm five what Half Life is about | You are the physicist gordon freeman running an experiment at a secret base. The experiment ends up not working correctly. It causes a lot of damage and brings in aliens from another place. You should just play the game because it's a great game and you play through the story.HL2 is set 15 or so years later, "portal st... |
What would happen if I ate one of those "do not eat" packets found in certain food packages? | Probably nothing much. They're made from various products that are generally recognized as safe. The oxygen absorber packs that come in foods like jerky or prepared meats might be a little rough because they contain powdered iron and salt - or sometimes ascorbate but outside of some digestive issues, you'd probably be ... |
How do movies that turn out extremely terrible get a massive budget, without them realizing it's going to be a bad movie and a huge loss? | Often, it's really hard to tell a movie isn't working until you have written it, hired all the actors, shot the movie and get into the editing process. Movie making is so hard, even the greatest movies ever made can feel terrible during production. Look at star wars. You basically make 3 movies every time you make one,... |
How can guitar players still have the finger dexterity to play well when they are drunk? MIC | Guitar player here. When it comes to being adept at playing, there are no shortcuts. It takes practice. Lots of it. All day everyday. If you aren't playing out or eating, you should be practicing. So much in fact that you no longer think about what you are playing. You just do it. It becomes instinctive or Second natur... |
Why do top posts on Reddit only get 4,000 to 5,000 upvotes when the daily average of unique users is over 1,000,000? | I tracked the karma points and votes of a front-page post for a couple hours and **Reddit reduced the scores twice**. I was told this is typical. [Here's the chart ]", 'Dageekywon makes a good point. I see that you have been a member for about a year. How many posts do you think you would have looked at at that time. H... |
What exactly is data mining and how does it work/how is it done? | There are two definitions of data mining. One definition is the act of analyzing and computing extremely large amounts of data to find patterns that wouldn't otherwise be visible. In this definition, you aren't looking for anything specific - you just use various methods to find patterns. For example, if you analyzed a... |
Why is Stephen hawking so important? | You may find this video interesting -- it's literally called 'Why is Stephen Hawking a big deal'?: _URL_0_ It goes into a little technical depth on his scientific achievements. It's presented by an actual university physicist. |
why do extremely profitable companies still engage in shady practices? | Greedy CEO's would still kill their own mother if it meant a 5% stock increase", 'Because those shady practices are what makes them profit.In the case of being, I strongly suspect that they really want their planes to work correctly, and just don't understand what's wrong.How do you think they became extremely profitab... |
How to not look like a moron when smiling for pictures | Chuckle to yourself. The best way to not get a fake smile is to not fake a smile. Think of a joke or pretend that you're having more fun than you are.Tilt your head down slightly, it makes you more photogenicDo a half smile. Dont strech your lips completely. |
Why do governments bail out their banks instead of just letting them go under? | If the bank goes bankrupt that means your money is gone, if your money is gone you're gonna get pissed, then there will be a big revolution to overthrow the government. That's why they bail out the bank, to stay in power. Use your brain, dumbass.Because the purpose of a government is to get re-elected, not to improve s... |
Why does beer taste better when it's cold? | First of all not all beer does. Some taste better st room temperature some even warmed up. Lager, most popular beer, is brewed in cooler temperature so maybe that is the reason. I hate going to a bar which serves one of the beers that are better warm And they can't give me one that is. Btw bud light, coors, miller are ... |
How come I can easily sink hours into Reddit but 5 minutes at work takes forever? | Get a job where you aren't doing mundane and/or repetitive tasks and your workday will fly by.Work is monotonous while reddit is like having bacon and eating sex at the same timeMan, the content on reddit becomes seriously horrible after so many pages. Why do I like food that tastes good but not like food that tastes b... |
why do electronic's (phones, computers) speed slow after about a year? | Generally because you have been using them for a year, adding more and more apps and pictures and what not. There might even be background processes running that you don't realise are there which further slow down your computer. Do a fresh install of your computer/phone once in a while and that should clear up the prob... |
Why is there such an emphasis for higher education? | Because high school is near useless. The popular answer is to blame it on the colleges selling admission, and sure, they are partially to blame, but a high school diploma guarantees literally nothing in terms of knowledge and performance to an employer. I know of no one in my class of thousands who didn't eventually ge... |
Why were the Russians able to have an agency in the US during the cold war? | If the USA had kicked out the Sovjet embassy the Sovjets would have done the same overseas and the USA would have one source of information less. So it's also a lesser of two evils things. |
Why is such a big deal made about hiring veterans? | Huh. All these answers are different than what I expected. I figure it is a marketing ploy, like saying your company's initiatives are green, or all-American , or local, or you don't use MSG, GMOs or Trans fats. Hiring veterans is a big deal. I mean, these are people who fight for our freedoms. When their service is do... |
why Ron Paul wins most straw polls and online polls, yet he is not considered a serious contender for the GOP. | Ron Paul is loved and supported by a small proportion of the GOP, but the rest of the GOP absolutely loathes him. His band of supporters are very excited and make sure they always vote for him, and none of the other GOP candidates have this advantage. So, while Ron Paul always has the first preference of, say, 20% of G... |
Why has the U.S. Constitution been so successful despite being the shortest of its kind still in force? | In my opinion, it's because it defines the limitations of the government, rather than listing the things citizens are allowed to do. |
Besides being taller, why do women look better in high heels? | High heels require walking on toes, which uses muscles all along the back of one's legs. Flexing these muscles gives them more shape and definition.I was told in conversation once that high heels force your butt into a position similar to a "Looking-for-a-mate" or "I'm-in-heat" position. Basically, as it was explained ... |
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