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why doesn't the US switch to the metric system? | No good reason except for lazyness. We switch between the two randomly. For instance standard sizes of sodas in the US: 12oz can 20oz bottle 1 liter bottle 2 liter bottle Also, small amounts of drugs are weighed in grams, large amounts in ounces. you can jump between meters and yards easily enough and not loose too muc... |
Why does medication predominately gets flavored in cherry or grape? | In the UK it's usually Banana or Strawberry - but strong flavours that kids like is the reason. |
How does Internet data work and where does it come from? | Whoa. There is a question you could read books on. I'll let someone else handle this one.Can you be a little more specific about what you mean by "Internet Data"? |
why does touching both ends of a battery not shock me? | There isn't enough voltage to go through your skin. If you have a 9 or 12 volt battery try this. Keep a hand in warm water for 5 minutes. Shake it off, then touch the battery on your wet skin. Be prepared because you will get a tingle. |
Why is the World Cup not economically a great thing for Brazil? | The costs of the infrastructure improvements/stadiums/etc. are rarely met through ticket sales/sponsorship, etc. in part because the hosting nation doesn't see too much of that money. In addition, after the world cup all this new stuff will need maintenance which adds a bit of a dead weight and is why so many olympic v... |
Why do so many concert venues charge an extra couple of dollars for people who are under 21? | I wasn't aware they did this, but the most obvious answer would be as a way to offset the beer money they won't be making off of you during your visit to their establishment. |
what is story pacing? | Story pacing refers to the speed at which events happen. Some shows benefit from a long buildup to a particularly energetic climax and others have action sequences nearly every episode . The writer/director/showrunner have to manage that pace to keep the audience engaged. If things happen too fast, then the emotional i... |
Dr. Oz's credibility (or lack thereof) | -He advocates homeopathy, which if you don't know is a way to treat diseases by giving a small amount of a drug that would cause the same symptoms as the disease the person already has if administered in larger quantities. Homeopathy has absolutely ZERO biological plausibility and rarely ever works. Steve Jobs had a ve... |
What is reverse psychology and how exactly does it work? | You could look it up yourself on the internet easily, but nah, I don't think you could do it. Never mind. |
How does travelling near light speed cause time dilation? | So the way that it was taught to me was how your frame of reference changes how you perceive other things around you. This isn't eli5 at all but I hope it still helps. For instance, say you are a pitcher throwing a 90mph fast ball, to you , the ball is travelling 90mph away from you and is moving 90mph towards the catc... |
If our bodies are naturally 36C, why does 36C weather feel very uncomfortable? | Our bodies are continuously producing more heat than they need. They want to stay at 36c , but to do that they need to give off the extra heat they are making. Which actually makes sense. In almost every environment, for at least a good chunk of day outside is cooler than 36, so if we weren't otherwise overheating we w... |
Are wind and solar efficient enough to replace oil and gas? | No. If we can get battery technology to greatly improve so that you have centers that hold enough power for a few days of its area's normal usage things would be fine, but wind and solar are only supplemental power sources till then because we currently have no power storage capacity on the grid and they only produce p... |
In American tv shows, why are the FBI normally shown as the good(ish) guys and the CIA as the bad guys? | The CIA has had numerous scandals and screw-ups in the memory of the American TV audience, whereas the FBI's are either more low-key or far enough in the past that they don't really shape the modern perception of the agency.probably something to do with the CIA being the center of dozens of conspiracy theories whereas ... |
Why is a 2.2 GHz i7 processor "better" than my five-year-old 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo? | This is pretty well explained by everyone else, but I'd like to add that an easy way to compare CPUs is a benchmark site such as [this]. For these, individuals run a program which gives the processor a simple rating which is easy to compare to other CPUs.When I was computer shopping recently I used _URL_2_ to compare C... |
Why could getting a head injury and then falling asleep kill you? | It's not really, it's essentially a diagnostic tool. Falling asleep does not cause any harm, but the inability to stay awake after a head injury is a very bad sign. Doctors tell injured people to stay awake to see if they can, not because it will cause harm if they do. |
why ARCO or some gases can be VERY cheap compared to other companies. | Assuming you live on the West coast, you are closer to ARCO's production facilities. But I thought ARC was bought by BP like 20 years ago. |
How did Charles Manson influence his followers to do such drastic acts? | The same way that Donald Trump keeps gaining popularity. Just tell them what they wanna hear and seem sincere about it. Once your in power, you can change the rules and anyone who doesn't follow is labeled a traitor. |
Are you allowed to pull up into the intersection when waiting to turn left on unprotected green? | It depends on the location. In the UK it's legal to enter the intersection if you are waiting to turn right and cannot do so because of oncoming traffic. This even applies to 'box junctions' marked with a yellow grid that you are not allowed to enter if your exit is not clear. |
is it true humans are the best long distance runners out of all animals? Why? | This is 100% true, and there are many factors that separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom. First off, we are hairless and sweat.. a lot. This makes it possible for our body temperature to stay low over long periods of physical exertion, a characteristic practically exclusive to us. Also, we have a very large g... |
When a company like WhatsApp is valued at $19B, where did the valuation come from? Was it taken away from another product or service? | It was the price that Zuck was willing to pay to buy up the stakes held by WhatsApp's investors. It came out of Facebook's hide.Neither. It just means the acquiring company gave the owners of WhatsApp a lot of stock, in exchange for getting to own the company. The value of that stock is the number you see. Sometimes pe... |
How do people make money with websites? | Truth is, a lot of people don't make any money. You've got to have something people want to see, and way to get eyeballs on your content. It's very possible to spend money trying to get eyeballs on your content and never make any of the money back. |
Job assessment tests with incongruent answers [example in text body] | These are typically questions used to understand the characteristic profile of a candidate, and figure if they would fit in a particular team or role or culture. There may not always be one right answer in these questions. For example, your employer may be looking for a person who just diligently does what he/she is to... |
How is Greece's economy collapsing with roughly $400 billion in debt and the United States' isn't while being $19 trillion in debt? | Our economy is significantly larger. Think of it in terms of a rich and poor person. The rich person makes a ton of money and can afford to take on a real lot of debt without really putting himself in a bad position. A poor person doesn't make a lot of money and any real debt will be difficult to pay off. The [CIA] put... |
What could possibly cause this? | It's pretty hard to pin point what exactly happens from just seeing the picture. My best guess is something in the render layer going wrong. There are many layers in software that all have their own task. You can see that the weird lines all go to the top left of their respective area that they are in. So what I think ... |
Why is it that virtually every single predator in nature is able to eat their prey raw? It seems humans cannot do this otherwise they will get sick. | If we killed our meat and ate it fresh then we'd probably be okay eating it raw. But we don't do that. We, generally, have someone else kill it and prepare it, then store it, load it on a truck, put in on a grocery shelf, and then store it further in our homes. Our meat is not fresh - it's been dead for quite some time... |
What is the difference between a router, switch, and hub? | Do you remember Daisy from the kindergarden? You tell her a secret and she is sure to tell it to EVERYBODY she knew . well Daisy is a hub. Then there is Marry. Merry has different groups of friends and you know her only from the kindergarden. Merry will tell your secrets only to the right group - > the children from he... |
Why are there a million articles/reports saying there is a shortage of trades workers (plumbers, mechanics, electricians, etc) yet there are no apprenticeships or training schemes for any of these? | Partly it might be an exaggeration on the part of the articles, or simply outdated information. The jobs you mention are closely tied to the construction industry, which I believe has been shrinking for the last two quarters - I may be wrong about that though, haven't double checked the figures. Partly it's probably a ... |
Why liking Dane Cook is a bad thing | His comedy is sophomoric and shallow. Watching him perform for other comedians is like watching a McDonald's employee burn the fries in the automatic deep friar would be for Gordon Ramsey. |
Would it be feasible to make enough solar panels to generate enough electricity for the whole world? | I took the square to represent the total surface area needed to generate the energy, not the location of it. Wind and solar energy are taking off, Elon Musk is on the board of a big solar company that's about to do something huge in upstate New York.It is absolutely viable to do this with solar. I'd suggest though that... |
Why is haggling commonplace at the car dealership but not at other stores? | You'll notice that almost everything you can better on is A: very expensive B: an uncommon purchase. Car dealerships mark their prices up SIGNIFICANTLY . This is because a car is an uncommon purchase. You may not get more than a few purchases per week and, if you miss out on a sale, that's going to have a significant i... |
Why do Americans and Canadians within 20km of each other have different accents? | Also not that people working retail in Niagara Falls might also come from poorer upbringings, which also effects accent. If you're talking to your average person, there isn't usually big of enough difference to hear within a few miles of the border. Buffalo English is actually marked by several Lower Ontario influences... |
Why aren't Jill Stein and Gary Johnson allowed in the debates? | Ross Perot. The prior system for debates allowed third party candidates, mostly providing an opportunity for the other candidates to take a drink off-camera. Then Ross Perot was in a debate, and surged in the polls following it. This gave both parties the notion that the right third party candidate might get some votes... |
What prevents a television show that no longer airs to sell its rights to Netflix or some other streaming service? | Quite often it's the music. When the show was created they license the music for TV distribution only, maybe DVD as well. Now when they go back to get a streaming license for the music, the author / performer wants a ton of money, making it not worthwhile. So they can either spend the time and effort replacing the musi... |
Why don't the crowd and teams at sporting events in the USA sing the national anthem? | It's because the US is not those countries. Just like how how in western countries sticking your middle finger up at someone is offensive but in many eastern countries it isn't, countries have different customs on what is/isn't rude. |
psychedelic drugs and why they cause hallucinations | Depends on what it is. It's a combo of connections and lack of connections to parts of your brain. You process the data differently then usual. |
I have a college degree, yet I can't even get a job as a store clerk, why is the job market so competitive? | You likely can't get a job as a store clerk because you are overqualified. They don't need a genius to fill that position, and they don't want one. Your college degree gives you absolutely no advantage over a high school graduate for this position, except that they know you will be looking for something better and will... |
Why are the letters on a keyboard seemingly random? Why are they not in ABC order? | As previously stated, it's from typewriter days. typewriters would sometimes jam if two keys next to each other were pressed in quick succession, so the keyboard was designed that common words would be moving around the keyboard. |
Why are people under the legal drinking age of a country allowed to drink wine during religious services, though it is strictly prohibited in any other location? | Legal drinking age doesn't have to mean legal drinking age. It can mean the age at which a person needs to be to buy alcohol from a shop that sells alcohol. It may be perfectly legal to drink alcohol, whether at home, in a church, or in a restaurant, depending on the law of the land, as long as the parents or carers ar... |
What is the "sound" we hear in our heads when we stretch, and what is making it? | I'd bet it's your [tensor tympani], a tiny muscle in your inner ear. Also relevant: r/earrumblersassemble/ |
how does leaving things plugged in start an electrical fire sometimes? | a lot of electric devices never truly turn off. there's always some electricity flowing and creating waste heat. a phone charger left plugged in will become warm, even when the cable is removed from the charger under normal conditions this doesnt do anything beyond waste electricity and make your room a fraction of a d... |
Why is salt bad for weight loss? | Your body likes to keep the same salt concentration, about 0.9%. When you eat lots of salt, that percentage goes up. To balance this out, your kidneys will produce less urine, so any water you drink will be retained. While this does increase the number on the scale, it's not actually a part of your weight the same way ... |
If the majority of the world's wealth is controlled by very few individuals, isn't the logical thing to do for the majority of people to abandon money? | it sounds like a good idea but you have to have some way of valuing goods and services. you can't just say I worked 40 hours this week so I deserve the goods and services I need to survive. it would be easier if there wasn't a global marketplace and economy. like if you worked and traded among your neighbors. instead y... |
Why can't we build a group of nuclear reactors that would power the continent or world. | The problem is waste heat disposal. Nuclear reactors are massive heat engines, they use the reaction to turn water into steam and that drives turbines. Thing is, you need to cool the steam back to water or you need a large source of cool water. That means siting reactors near rivers or the ocean, coincidentally where m... |
Why do cinema halls and auditoriums have folding seats? | it makes it easier to walk across when there's no one sitting in one, so you can make the distance between two rows shorter, so you can fit in more rows. alternatively, airplane seats are kind of what you would be wanting. luckily the max # of connected seats in any row is 5, so it's not that annoying to walk across, b... |
- NSFW - Why is it that as soon as i have a clitoral orgasm, all kinkiness instantaneously dissipates and I am suddenly vanilla-boring-girl in bed? | It's refractory period. Male experienced them too. I would assume it's evolutionary beneficial to stop having sex once you do reach satisfaction since anyone too busy getting orgasm wouldn't hunt/gather/work/eat and later die. |
What is a near death experience? | Essentially a brain short circuit. Its called a near death experience because you are almost dead when you get one. What you have is a brain that has suffered massive trauma, is deprived of oxygen, and it flushes the body with adrenaline, dopamine, DMT etc. Basically this is nature's morphine. Its a dying brain trying ... |
I have a chipped tooth. Why does my tongue want to play with it so much to the point where I have to make a conscious effort not to fiddle? | I have noticed that my tongue is extremely tactile-sensitive. When I feel things in my mouth, they feel so much bigger that my other senses confirm they are. When I lost teeth as a child they always felt enormous in my mouth and looked and felt tiny after they had fallen out. When I am idle or distracted, I often find ... |
If I am lost at sea for 6 days with 3 days worth of food, aside from hunger is there a benefit to rationing?? | if you eat it too fast you can waste excess nutrients, but if you stuck to 2-3 thousand calories per day, and ate it all in 2 or 3 days it would be the same. hunger is a big thing to avoid though, once you break into your glycogen stores and start consuming what you have saved up while browsing reddit, you'll start to ... |
Why on a bottle of juice that says contains 2 oranges 1 mango 1 apple as the ingredients is it only one portion of fruit and veg? | One medium-sized orange is approximately one serving of fruit. The *juice* from one orange is quite a bit less, you're missing out on quite a bit of the nutrients of the fruit, especially the fibre. One *cup* of 100% fruit juice is a single serving of fruit, although not the best choice for your recommended daily intak... |
How does the drive-thru person know you're there? | I used to work at Hungry Jack's and we had neither a weight sensor or camera, we had a magnetic sensor. We used to take a metal bucket and sweep it back and forth over the top and the system thought it was a car, so it dropped our average drive through service times down. Made the managers happy. |
Why do we have the Statute of Limitations? Why do we let people go, just because they committed crimes in the past? | Statutes of limitations are designed because the courts recognize their limitations. They know that after a certain amount of time it's hard for people to accurately remember things, that evidence degrades, witnesses move or die, etc . They also know that people will take advantage of that, and bring suits after delays... |
how did we survive in the wild with kids and babies? | I think you will find that it's down to culture. Do kids really go apeshit all around the world, or is it just us? |
What would happen to a straight male who unknowingly took the female contraceptive pill (estrogen) over an extended period of time? | Transwoman here. I've been taking estrogen and testosterone blockers for years. My body fat shifted, I stopped balding, I have less body hair, my beard stopped developing , my skin got softer, my face looks different, and I grew breasts. But I take way more than is in birth control. Several mg of estrogen daily vs < < ... |
Why are companies like Nestle allowed to take natural resources like water that belong to everyone and sell it for profit? | > Why are companies like Nestle allowed to take natural resources They sign a contract with a willing party who holds the rights. They gain rights to the water sources any people pay for packaging and distribution. Kind of like how you pay the city/county/state for the packaging and distribution of your home's water. W... |
Coffee and cocoa beans are awful raw, and both require significant processing to provide their eventual awesomeness. How did this get cultivated? | I don't see it mentioned here, but for coffee, the legend is that an 8th century Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi noticed his goats were energetic after eating coffee cherries. He showed the effects of the fruit to a Sufi monk, and the disapproving monk threw the berries into a fire. Kaldi observed a pleasant aroma an... |
If the world stopped using computers & smartphones from this day on, would pollution end up increasing or decreasing? | Well, everything computerized would need to be made analogue again. Almost all money kept in banks is recorded digitally with no paper backup, all modern cars use computers, etc. The world economy would be thrown is disarray and thousands of people would die within a day. To answer your question in terms of environment... |
Why is it such a big deal that Greece has a debt of 300 to 400 billion USD when the USA has a debt of more than 18 trillion USD? | It doesn't matter **how much** your debt is, but rather **how fast** you can pay it and **who** do you owe. The US could pay its debt in a little more than a year, being that 70% of that debt is to Americans.Same reason people with better paying jobs can get larger mortgages.There are a few reasons, two of which are me... |
How exactly does the brain "store" memories. | This is a very simplified version of a process we don't entirely understand, but hopefully it gives you some idea. There are 3 types of memory for humans. Long-term memory; short-term memory and sensory memory. Sensory memory is the type of memory that helps your brain put together a picture of reality. It takes all th... |
Why is green required to do CGI? | It doesn't have to be green. Green is just commonly used because it provides a high contrast with the colors normally found on people. [Sometimes, people end up wearing green ]. |
Why did humans evolve to only drink clean water? All other animals drink it from anywhere without problems. | I don't think this is an evolutionary trait, but rather a consequence of dense populations which were only possible after the advent of agriculture.Dense populations of people meant a lot more waste water without any water treatment, not to mention the massive amounts of contamination caused from animal husbandry.Wild ... |
Why did Toyota create Scion? Why not just market there sports cars as Toyota? | I was selling Toyota when Scion came out, and ended up being the lead at our dealership for the Scion line. They wanted to sell to Gen-y, so that they eventually get into a Toyota or Lexus eventually. They did a TON of studies on how Gen-Y should be treated, how they buy, what they want. Tons of customization, crystal ... |
Why cant we go beyond Planck units? | I mean there's nothing really stopping you. A Planck length is the theoretical shortest length that can be measured. Planck time is the amount of time it takes a photon to cross that distance. Planck's temperature is the temperature a black body has to be to emit photons with wavelength of Planck's length. You could go... |
Is hunger a signal that your body needs calories or that your stomach needs volume? | I have been a fatass for the majority of my life. About 6 weeks ago I drastically changed my eating habits. I'm very aware of what I put in my body and how much I put in my body. I feel like I rarely feel hungry, but I feel like I need to eat when I feel my energy levels fall. This may seem stupid, but is that what hun... |
Why do we have a math class and a physics class instead of having a bigger physics class where we learn the math we need along the way? | Mathematics is not for any particular real world application, it's studying limits of reasoning itself. Physics uses similar notation. Other than that, two subjects are pretty alien to each other. Compare this to Chinese and Japanese, both use Kanji, but those are two entirely different languages, speaking one doesn't ... |
The interaction between unemployment and wage stagnation. What pressures are acting to keep wages flat? | Underemployment is a contributing factor. If you're working 25 hours, you're considered as much employed as someone working 60. The 'gig economy' and the casualization of the workforce means that more people are technically employed than ever, but they're not earning full-time incomes. If there's more labour demand, co... |
How does living near a time zone border work? | In Arizona we don't observe daylight savings time. Except the Navajo nation does. And the Hopi do not. The Navajo nation is in Arizona and in that is the Hopi and in the Hopi is a small area of Navajo. So there is a unique situation in the summer that you can drive about an hour and go in and out of five timezone chang... |
Why does a lawyer need to have a law license to represent you in court when you can represent yourself without one? | As noted, you can screw your own life up, but you need an actual attorney that is certified to know the law to assure a competent defense *OR* the alternative ability to appeal an incompetent defense. Assuming your friend knows his smoke I think it safe to say that even a newly minted Public Defender would listen to th... |
How does an investor justify a $4 billion valuation of Reddit? | Especially when talking about internet companies, valuation is not so much about how much they are worth, but how much they *could* be worth. Reddit attracts millions upon millions of users, and the best thing is that : there are subreddits, dedicated to one and only one subject - that's pretty much heaven for an adver... |
Why does Adobe Reader need to be updated every 5 days? | Adobe Reader has a lot of powerful functionality most people don't know about, such as the ability to submit forms over the web, in essence acting as a mail server. A lot of the updates are security oriented and relate to this sort of functionality, not the simple reading of PDFs. |
If Chernobyl is highly radioactive how do we have video and photo evidence of the area?? | People work in Chernobyl. You can visit there quite often without any negative affects. Its not that radioactive anymore. Enough that you wouldnt want to live there long term but perfectly visit-able. > I understand radioactive suits are a big help? Suits dont block radiation. Any suits you see are just so you can make... |
The psychology of a troll (serious) | People like to feel powerful. When you're desperate enough for it, even power to fuck people's day up is better than nothing.To play the Devil's advocate, downvotes do not necessarily correlate with trolling. Reddit is self-famous for upvoting stupid shit . Some people are "contrarian" trolls just to illuminate this tr... |
Why aren't philosophy and personal finance mandatorily taught in k-12 school? | Philosophy - more particularly epistemology - tends not to be taught because it's just another way for the average student to fail. Secondary schools are heavily focused on getting students through the process, even if this means not educating them particularly well. Since teaching philosophy requires that students *un... |
Why aren't we using phytoplankton to add oxygen to the atmosphere to balance out the CO2? | Because adding more oxygen doesn't solve the problem of CO2 being in the atmosphere acting as a greenhouse gas. So there's really no point in adding more oxygen to the atmosphere. |
Why are we afraid of Russia? | > I thought the Cold War was over and we have both disarmed? There have been significant strides, but the US and Russia still have immense numbers of nuclear weapons. > most Americans didn't want to police the world Most people don't realize that someone needs to police the world if they want global trade and global sh... |
Why is wearing a native american headdress offensive? | It can be compared to something between a crown and a bishop's mitre. It has authority and spiritual significance which make its use questionable for those sensitive to such things.There is a concept and notion referred to as "cultural appropriation". It basically refers to people adopting elements of other cultures th... |
why do we hit surfaces on purpose with our hands when we laugh really hard? | It's to make noise. You could ask, why do we laugh? It's a form of audible communication between humans. Hitting things extends that. We don't attempt to break things, or punch pillows. We make noise, slap knees. It communicates to those around us how we are feeling.Laughter comes from a fear instinct, maybe when our a... |
Did babies/toddlers scream, cry and through tantrums when we were hunter gatherers? If yes, how did our species not get eaten into extinction by predators drawn to the noise? | As far as babies being hunted. Humans lived together in bands as such they had communications and more importantly tactics. Similar to how buffalo make a ring around the weak and young, humans would have had similar methods, and only a desperate predator would attack a group that is working together. |
When did tourism start? | Religious pilgrimage could probably qualify as the earliest site seeing. Stone age Britons would come from all over to visit sites like Stonehenge. This tradition carries on up to modern visits to Lourdes or Mecca. During the 18th century It used to be a thing for the rich upper class in Britain to go on the grand tour... |
Why most of the US population ignores what happened in Syria today? | The US population is not interested in being involved in another Middle Eastern conflict. It is another war that does not directly effect US citizens and they simply aren't that interested. There are a wide variety of domestic issues that are occupying them. |
Why do so many Vietnamese people own nail salons? | Here's a good article on the history: _URL_7_ This sort of phenomenon often occurs within immigrant communities. Due to cultural/language barriers, it's often difficult for them to get conventional employment so they form small businesses instead. The easiest small businesses to form are those already formed by their f... |
Why don't we eat grass? | Grass have tough cell walls. These walls make it very hard for our stomachs to get at the nutrients inside the cells. Animals which do eat grass usually follow one of two routes. Either, like cows, they have very complex stomachs, and chew, digest, re-chew, and re-digest their food . Or, like geese, they eat constantly... |
How are companies I've never heard of (i.e. Twitch) sold for so much money? What makes them so valuable? | The fact that **other** people *have* heard of them, frequent them and generate a lot of money. You're not omniscient, after all. |
Why do we translate countries' names? | unable to speak", on account of the fact that when Slavic tribes heard Germans speaking, it sounded like gibberish to them, so they joked that they just couldn't speak. |
What would happen if a pilot ejected from an aircraft mid-flight, like in video games? | Helicopters generally don't have ejection seats, because the rotor blades are in the way. The only exception I know of the the Ka-50, which jettisons the rotor and canopy before igniting the ejection seat. Obviously, the aircraft tends to descend rapidly after that. For a fixed-wing aircraft, it depends heavily on the ... |
How can some people be really good at speech and response? | Get your mind out of a thinking state and be more centered and focused. I've been working on this a lot lately. Basically turn your brain off. Most extroverts arent playing scenarios or over-thinking while they communicate. |
the phrase "the exception that proves the rule"? Surely if there is an exception the rule is disproved? | The rule is not disproved - just shown to have exceptions. What it shows is that because that exception is so ridiculous or uncommon, it goes to show the utility of the rule. Basically, if you had to go so out of your way to give a counter example, it shows that the 'rule' is solidly reasoned.One possible explanation, ... |
What is the pocket in women's panties intended for? | The vagina is in a constant state of production of natural lubrication. While males are also able to produce lubricant, I do not believe that without sexual stimulation, production of male lubricant continues. Vaginas, however, constantly produce this lubricant for vaginal health. If you ever look at a male's boxers, y... |
National debt, is there even enough money to pay it all off | Do your parents have enough money to pay off their mortgage? Probably not. They make payments on the interest and pay down the balance regularly. If they couldn't do that or didn't want to do that they might sell the house and that money would pay off the loan. |
Why ebooks cost same or higher than paperback, while there is no printing-distribution costs ? | Because those costs aren't actually that great for popular works. You are paying for convenience, basically how much not having to go out and purchase/order online and wait for it to whip, having it with you wherever you go as it's on your phone, etc. is worth to you. |
Why is so much more difficult to get a job now than it was 20, 30, 40 years ago? | Because you are trying to get a job now, and really don't know how hard it was 20, 30, 40 years ago. 40 years ago, it was 1975. The US was in the midst of its worst economic conditions between the Great Depression and the financial meltdown of the late 2000s. It was by no means easy to get a job.Grandparents to your pa... |
Why are instant noodles bad for my health ? | One Yakisoba has more than 50% of your daily sodium with only 500 calories and half of your saturated fat with little of anything else. They probably aren't even the worst for you, they are just my favorite brand.Many people have mentioned the salt but not the fat. Ramen noodles are usually fried before packaging. Also... |
Why is it that when I wiggle my finger in my belly button, I feel it in my penis? | I have this same thing, but the lady version, and totally thought I was a weirdo. I'm glad other people experience this, even if we don't know why |
Why does your nose alternate which side/hole takes in oxygen when breathing? | I am 35 years old and this is the first I'm hearing about this. Figuring out which nostrils turn it is is going to become an obsession. |
Would a "universal basic income" lead to communism? | Socialism more like it. Think of basic income as just another thing the government provide for all of societies benefit. For example everyone gets free roads, free schools, free police service, free healthcare. And we already have programs to help people that are out of a job and poor. Why shouldn't we make sure no one... |
Why do bugs like spiders just stand in one spot for long periods of times. | there's no reason to move. it's a waste of energy. there's no food in the web |
How can massive ocean liners, which contain and are made out of materials that would usually sink, float on water? | It's all about displacement. Boats are shaped so that they contain enough air to counteract the weight of the metal pulling them down.Basically, for something to float it must weigh less than the amount of water it displaces. |
Why aren't most people's teeth naturally straight and have to use braces? | dentists simply make a lot of money with braces. most people who got braces didn't need them from a medical point. of course there are people with badly misaligned teeth who need braces, but as /u/stateinspector mentioned teeth don't have to perfectly aligned to work. |
How did the democratic party change from being the party that supported slavery and segregation to being the party that champions minorities and their rights? | The liberal wing of the party championed civil rights and the Southern conservative wing of the party slowly left over decades. That's really the long and short of it. |
Why is it that when people are alone for a long time, they go insane? | Much of our conception of reality is based on confirmation with others. If you get an odd idea you might mention it to someone else and they confirm or deny that idea as being legitimate, rational, realistic, stupid, etc. there are checks and balances to behavior if there are others around. Shame / pride often come fro... |
How do mugshot removal services work? | Mug shots are usually public domain so you usually can't demand that anyone remove them. What reputation protection services typically do is create a lot of useless chaff for search engines to find. What you don't want out there will still be out there, but it may be dozens of pages down in the search results. |
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