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What's the point of smashing together atoms? Do we do it just because we can? | Yeah sort of. There's two types of research, basic and applied. Applied tries to come up with solutions to everyday problems like how do we make longer lasting batteries for electric cars or stronger and lighter alloys for jet engines. Basic research asks questions for the sake of asking questions. Why did we send a pr... |
How do accents form by region? Like why do people from Chicago have a different accent than people from Georgia? | You live in one region, you basically meet the same people over and over, sometimes there is someone new from other country. That's how accents are created. |
How do we know Homosexuality isnt a psychological disorder? | I read a while back that someone had found an epigenetic link to homosexuality. Dont know if its true or not. |
why I can't live my life off of cash | I believe you are confusing two different concepts: keeping your money and a bank, and using credit. As to keeping your money in a bank: it's a better idea than keeping the money yourself. If you keep cash yourself and your house burns down, you get robbed, or in some other way lose the cash you're out of luck. If you ... |
Why do some people talk in their sleep? What causes it? | This is also known as 'somniloquy', it occurs to some poeple during both the REM and non-REM sleep phases. When it happens during REM sleep which is the stage during which we dream the mouth and vocal cords, usually inactive when we're sleeping, briefly gets activated, and the words spoken by one's character in a dream... |
What are the benefits of hacking your wifi router? | I'm guessing there are multiple firmware and it depends on the model of my router and what I want to use it for but what are the best ones in terms of stability, security, ease of use and options? |
Why do people continue to dispute mans impact on global climate despite what appears to be absolute and certain evidence? | This seems like a misinformed question. Climate science is a little different from 'regular' science, in that you can't do controlled experiments with it. So it's natural to have at least some doubts about it. Furthermore, we don't have a very comprehensive understanding of the climate in general , so it's also natural... |
In history we always learn about the Jewish extermination in the Holocaust, how come nobody ever talks about the other millions who perished? | People are *constantly* talking about all the non-Jews that were killed in the Holocaust. More attention is paid to the Jews because they were the primary target of the Nazi's propaganda & they account for roughly half of the victims. |
If running out of gas, should one go faster to attempt to get to a gas station quicker or go slower in order to preserve gas? | Drive at your cars most fuel efficient speed, time/speed doesn't matter, just the miles you get per gallon of remaining fuel. Close all windows, switch off AC and minimise acceleration/braking. It's worth noting as well that if descending - coasting with the clutch in actually causes you to use MORE fuel than clutch ou... |
so what's exactly happening when I'm being tickled? | As somebody who works on muscles as a living I have concluded that it is usually do to protective emotional responses. Whenever a person is stressed, our body's natural response is to protect istelf by basically contracting certain muscles to protect vital body parts. For example, pulling the shoulders up and forward t... |
How is being trans NOT a mental illness? | Because being transgender does not itself inflict mental distress. The social rejection and violence towards transgenderism is far more harmful than anyone coming to terms with their personal identity ever could be. The ELI5 is because it's not hurting or hindering themselves or anyone else. |
Do pets understand the concept of babies and the young? | It seems to me that what pets understand is that a particularly small human is under the protection of the large humans - they see the small humans as being some sort of special member of the group, for one reason or another, and treat them as such. I have three kids. The two older ones both love our cats, but both als... |
Why do people purchase expensive water? | I buy bottled water, because I don't like the taste of my tap water and I keep it in the fridge so it's cold when I need it unlike tap water, nothing against tap water though if the stuff in my flat tasted like the stuff at my mothers house I'd just keep a jug of it in the fridge. |
Suffering from depression, I exercise to try and get those "endorphins" and that "runners high"... but I don't experience it, why? | Excercise can help. But it has to be additive with other therapies to have the fullest effect. I saw in the comments that you go to a doctor. That's good. But you need to see a weekly therapist if you can afford to do so. Most insurances do cover them as well. Also, if you're psychiatrist is being as dimissive as you a... |
Why are pet hedgehogs so popular in the UK but almost unheard of in the USA? | Ever heard of Sonic? My guess is that they're not native. Go to South East Asia and visit a market there, you'll see fruits you've never heard of. |
Why does a company like Tesla or Uber have such high valuation (over 50 Bn) despite have low sales or losing money yearly? | In the case of Tesla, there is the intellectual property owned by the company, specifically batteries. And the research going on to develop new batteries. And don't forget value of assets - your house is worth money, but it doesn't generate income. Massive factories full of machines to build electric cars are worth a l... |
What is the muscle inside my head that makes my ears rumble when I flex it and what purpose does it serve? | I've Been trying to figure out how to word this exact question for months.I get this when I close my eyes really hard. I thought it was because I could heard the sudden rush of blood in my head I caused by flexing. It sounds like water flowing underground. Also, it happens to me when a song or white noise ends.I can on... |
The plot of Donnie Darko | A teenage kid, doesn't fit in, escapes death and is then haunted by a hallucination. He lives out his life, meets a girl, and subsequently realizes that his knowing her will cause her death. In order to save her he follows a subconscious piece of advice from his hallucination, goes back in time to the moment when he sh... |
Why do we explore space more than our oceans here on Earth? | It's a little easier to build a telescope or a radioscope to view the stars and planets than it is to build a submarine that can handle the depths of the ocean.I forget where I heard it but it was ELI5 as it can get. "Space is easy, it's empty."We have explored much less than 5% of the universe |
Who decides where the actors should sit during the Academy awards? Do the people in the front row sit there for a reason? | Nominees and trendy stars get seats in more prime locations. This includes the first handful of rows and the aisle seats in the few rows behind that. Recent Oscar winners from the past few years typically get some of those prime seats. You'll note that as stars fall out of favor even those who have won an Oscar five or... |
Would somebody please explain to me the Republicans point of view? | In a non-biased point of view: republicans believe that there should be very limited government spending. That, if you work for your paycheck, 1/3 of it should not go to taxes to pay for government run programs like welfare, medicare, whatever, for other people. They want to be able to keep the money they earn. What a ... |
Why do we require a lawyer for divorce if we don't need one for marriage? | You don't need one actually. It most likely depends on the terms of the divorce, are both parties friends or do they hate each other? Together with the sense that the divorce should be fair or if you have a prenup. As the divorce can be quite dramatic it can be nice to have someone handle it on your behalf etc. a lawye... |
During conversations, do we actually think before we speak or is it just instinct? | It makes sense, and it seems to me one mechanism for that 'automatic feeling' to responses is that we really don't hear what is said to us. Have you ever gotten into an argument that, after calming down and spending some time talking about it, you found that you both were saying the same thing? I think that there is mu... |
How does Mongolia still exist today, how hasn't it's massive yet virtually unpopulated land been taken? | The country has been conquered before: it was under Chinese rule from the 17th century to 1921 . It was even briefly conquered by the infamous Baron von Ungern-Sternberg during the Russian Revolution, until the Chinese came back. And he had more than 500 kangaroos. Then, in 1921, the USSR backed a revolution and set up... |
Why do our bodies find certain positions comfortable at night. | I know that certain sleeping positions do things like improve your posture, air flow, digestion etc. Read it in one of those woman-y magazines once. That, and probably habit. Like I can't sleep on my back/stomach because I'm so used to sleeping on my sides.dont have an answer but i sleep on my stomach, face to the righ... |
Yanks - what on earth is a 'take a penny, leave a penny' jar? | Oh come on! I'm a Brit, but surely this is obvious?! Put your change in a jar by the till, so others can take it if they need it. |
What's the point if buying a TV with a refresh rate of more that 60Hz if we cannot perceive it? | You can definitely perceive higher than 60 Hz/60 fps. Different parts of our eyes have different sensitivities, but in tests, people have been able to detect movements at over 550 Hz. There are also other benefits: movies are 24 Hz, so if you have a 120 Hz TV, you can just display each frame 5 times in a row, and it'll... |
Why does America have so many people in jail? | War on drugs, for the most part. Not only the direct effect of incarcerating so many people for victimless crimes, but the effect the war has in creating a massive black market for drugs which is fueled by cartels and gangs. This leads to much more violence and theft than otherwise. There is likely no government failur... |
if atoms slow down by lowering temperature, does this mean you age a little slower if youre cold? | Yes, since the mechanisms for aging slow down. But you'd need some truly insane cold in order to have any meaningful difference, and you'd die of hypothermia long before that. But then again, dying of hypothermia does indeed stop aging.Do you also think slower? Move slower even? |
The Israeli/ Palestinian issue. | Holy crap, Don't Mess With The Zohan is blatant Israeli propaganda - really bad stuff . And that's what I gathered from the first twenty minutes. Could not finish watching it. Basically, in the late 1800s a man named Theodore Herzl created the modern Zionist movement - a political ideology and the belief/goal of a home... |
Why the encryption strength will not increase when an encrypted message gets encrypted again? | The easiest way to think about this is that if you can break 128-bit encryption, then cracking it twice isn't really any harder. Example: putting two panes of glass in your window doesn't make it harder to break in. It just means they need to smash two windows. You're better off doing one pane twice as thick. |
How do programmers account for changes in timekeeping? | The short answer is that you let someone else do it. It's an annoyingly surprisingly complex topic. [This video from computerphile explains why]", 'There's an impressive number of wrong answers in this thread so far. Computers don't keep time the way humans do. They choose a moment in the past, called an "epoch", and c... |
Why isn't Austria absorbed into Germany? | Why should it be? They're two separate sovereign states with different cultures, industries, and histories.It was, during WW2. At the end of the war, it, and other territories Germany had annexed were restored. Germany was weak and divided into two countries after the war, and had better things to worry about. Also, an... |
When people unionize, what's to stop their employers from just firing the lot of them and just hiring new workers? | It's illegal. The National Labor Relations Act bans employers from firing employees just for organizing into a union or any other kind of collective bargaining instrument. Employers are often sneaky about this and will fire individual employees that they consider likely to instigate unions. They'll just try to find dif... |
Why is crossdressing as a sexual fetish rare in women ? | Women's clothing is designed to be sexy much more than male clothing is. Female clothes accentuate the sexiest parts of a woman's body, are more form fitting and in brighter colors. |
Why do I wake up from naps drenched in sweat but not when I wake up from my normal sleep time? | This could be attributed to sleep cycles. When napping, our body usually doesn't enter REM sleep, which is the most restful stage of the sleep cycle. Instead, our bodies stay in the more physically demanding nREM sleep stages. |
What causes the job of being a moderator on reddit to attract such power hungry people? | It's a thankless task. The only people who get anything out of it are those who want power.I 've never been a Mod on Reddit, but have on another large site. There are only two people who want to be Mods: Those who want the power to make things "better" and those who just want power. The former get tend to get frustrate... |
Why will my phone lose battery even when it's not in use? | Aside from what was already said, batteries naturally lose power even if they're sitting in your closet. That's why they have an expiration date.If your phone will be put away for a while, or you are out of cell range, turn on airplane mode, and your batter will last much longerPhones still communicate with the network... |
Why do so many native speakers of English mess up "your" and "you're"? I know they sound alike, but they're so different! | No difference in spoken conversation Most people don't do a lot of written communication outside of things like texting where grammar is already being shredded. |
Sports teams are extremely wealthy. Why don't they build their own stadiums? | The city uses most stadiums as well, with concerts, etc. They aren't just used by the pro team that plays there |
Why does the US (and other countries) have wild animal control programs? Do they work? | A lot of times predators are reintroduced to reduce the 'prey' animals. This is needed because either we have removed the previous predators and populations are out of control. Also we have a strong financial reason for hunting in general. A lot of money is brought in from tags and licenses and that money goes towards ... |
Why do ladies say they don't want guys staring at their chest but wear tops that show a lot of cleavage (or more?) | Would you like complete strangers to stare at your face wherever you go? If not, why don't you cover it up? |
Why do mirrors only flip the image horizontally and not vertically as well? | They don't flip anything. The orientation of the reflection is directly across from where the object is. |
The odds of getting struck by lightening are about 1/1,000,000. How much do those odds change if you stand outside with a metal rod in your hand during a lightening storm? | You'd have to do a double blind experiment to find out, where you give a selection of people in a thunder storm metal poles, and a selection of people poles from that fake metallic plastic shit. Then let the ~~games~~ study begin. EDIT: But yes, your overall point that averages over large swathes of the population aren... |
Why do many animal species have mating seasons? | Some animals need their babies to be born when there is lots of food available. For other animals, including humans, it doesn't matter so much. |
If the human race as a whole decided for whatever reason that we wanted to destroy the entire planet, how easily would we be able to do it? | The faster you want to do it, the harder it is. So conversely, if you're willing to be patient, this wouldn't be as hard as you might think. Destroying the planet Death Star style is too hard, because overcoming the planet's gravitational binding energy is, well, impractical. But we could conceivably drop the earth int... |
Why are employers so anal about "gaps in employment?" | Because it's unusual and a possible indicator that the candidate was fired. If you can provide a legit reason/explanation it'll be forgotten. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of the interview. |
How do Doctors and GPs not get sick after coming into contact with numerous sick people every day? | 1) beginning of career : getting sick often2) a year into career : not sick as often3) years into career : immune system is strong enough to fight off most infections Being around infections will eventually boost your immune system to adapt quickly so you aren't sick all the time |
Determining what is and is not cultural appropriation? | There is no official board that dictates whether a practise is or is not cultural appropriation. Different people will have different opinions and not all appropriation is bad. It's going to have to come down to your own personal ethics. One thing that I would take into consideration is, does this practise seem hypocri... |
How are stats like "90% of rape goes unreported" come up with? If they're unreported, surely the date doesn't exist? | I am a recent graduate with a master's degree in public administration, so I've seen these kinds of studies. Yes, as others state here, it's done with surveys, with promises of anonymity. Women who have been sexually assaulted will talk about their experiences anonymously, on surveys and studies, when they won't go thr... |
Why doesn't earth have nearly as big craters or nearly as much craters as other planets? | Plate tectonics!! Ok so the Moon and Mars are our closest relatives because they're nearby . Both the Moon and Mars don't have plate tectonics. Plate tectonics moves the surface of the Earth around, causing either mountains like the Himalayas and the Andes, trenches like the Marianas trench, or mid-ocean ridges like th... |
Why Minecraft looks like it was made in 1994, yet still manages to make my computer heat up and lag. | Most of the lag has nothing to do with the drawing of the graphics on the screen; that's the easy part. However, a LOT of calculations are being done that you may not be aware of. TNT is heavy on the CPU because it needs to perform many calculations for every block in its radius. Furthermore, much of the CPU is already... |
Why can't modern elections be decided by votes on the internet? | There is already too much voter fraud. When I voted I went about a 1/20th of the way to the local library to get to somewhere suitable to vote. Paper voting isn't too much of a bad system, especially with voting by mail or proxy . Related: Republicans in republican states are trying to change some laws involving voting... |
Explain why this kid's $14 "electromagnetic harvester" doesn't create free energy. _URL_0_ | It appears to be a [transducer] simply converting one form of energy to another. It doesn't create free energy because [the universe works in a way] that makes this impossible at the level of everyday physics. Some devices can concentrate energy into a more useful form, which may require an input of energy. E.g. a magn... |
Why can corporations commit fraud, money laundering or worse and just pay a fine, whereas a man who plugs his electric car in at a school on the weekend gets arrested. | Because you read sensationalist articles. Also, heads and people with certain fiduciary duties can most definitely go to jail. Fraudsters frequently go to jail, along with anyone that violates Securities Exchange laws. I'm seriously not trying to sound condescending, but headlines about corporations are always, always ... |
Why do people think chiropractors are a wasteof time? | My thing with chiropractors is that they never really *cure* anything. You go in, you get a massage and a back crack, you feel better. One week later, your back is sore again. It's like a legitimized scam. |
Why is it that humans need such complex nutrient balances while cows just chill and eat grass all day? | I believe you're thinking of it backwards. By having a diverse diet we don't have to eat all day and are capable of doing more than just chilling. Additionally, the human brain takes a lot of energy to power. Cooking food makes it easier to digest. Which may have allowed our brains to develop more than any other animal... |
how are we able to consciously read while zoning out at the same time? | This is the exact reason why I failed multiple classes in middle and high school. I can't pay attention when I read and I still can't to this day. |
Why do Instagram filters make things "look better"? | The first thing that comes to mind is that they simply look *different*. Most of the photos you see on facebook are very amateurish, might not have the best composition, light comes from a crappy flash, colors are boring, etc. If you don't know the people in the photo, they'll most likely be very boring to look at. Mos... |
Can someone explain why the NSA spying on me is a bad thing? | here's one reason: * there is no accountability in government, so * government bodies are easily corruptable.* corporations are only accountable to make money and are by definition amoral.* religious fundamentalism can make people crazy, also tied very close to government bodies. Spend 3 minutes: * Read about the Ameri... |
Why the Uncertainty Principle stops Quantum Entanglement being used for FTL communication. | It's not a perfect analogy, but quantum entanglement is a bit like putting a coin heads up in one box, and tails up in another. If you open one box, you know instantly what's in the other box, but you can't use it to communicate, because changing one box won't change the other one.The responses in this thread are a mic... |
Do domesticated dogs and cats "know" that an infant is young and vulnerable, and thereby let the infant harass the pet? | We experienced this with our cats. I believe it is the head-to-body ratio that clues the animal that this is a baby mammal. And smell tells the animal that it is MY baby mammal. And domestication tells the animal that I might remove its only food source and shelter, or something worse [I'm not clear on domestication pr... |
Why commercial planes aren't equipped with parachutes for everyone. | I'll hazard a guess: it's cost vs. risk. Because airplanes are statistically safer than something like the deathtrap that is car travel there is no pressing need for parachutes for everyone on the plane. Additionally, if there were parachutes for everyone, think of how much time it would take for everyone to put them o... |
Why do home toilets have tanks on the back but public toilets do not? | Bar owner here. You don't want anywhere people can hide drugs or a convenient surface upon which to take drugs. Also, drunk people love to break stuff. If they break a toilet, the pub can flood disrupting business. Depends how rough your pub is though, mind.In the UK they do have cisterns just concealed behind a panel.... |
Why is essay writing stressed so much in school when there is little practical use for it in the work force? | In ELI5 terms? You're wrong. There is plenty of practical use for it in nearly every line of work. Maybe not strictly writing essays, but using the same set of skills: think of football players pushing dummies or running through tires to practice. They don't do those same things in an actual game, but the strength and ... |
why can't we learn a "language" of other animals? | Killer whales have what are basically cultures with different diets and styles of hunting. I'm pretty sure some animals are saying complex things to each other don't know why we aren't further along in deciphering some of it", 'There isn't any doubt that certain animals communicate using language to some degree. Howeve... |
how does pseudorandom works? | The word is most often used in programs which make random numbers. Programs run on algorithms which run the same way every time and thus are not random. Usually, programs will use something like the computer's internal clock to act as an initial seed value then do various mathematical operations on it to generate a cha... |
If marrying blood relatives was common practice for centuries, but so bad for our genetics, why aren't we all deformed? | How do you know we're NOT all deformed? Maybe it's less physical and instead we're ALL messed up because of the inbreeding, but since it's all of us, no one knows the difference. |
Why do people and governments deny the Armenian Genocide? Whats the purpose? | I'm from Turkey. It's basically a political display of power. The government uses this stance as measuring and asserting their leverages to foreign nations. Think of it as several kids fighting at a playground. One kid is a big, strong bully and the other ones are physically weaker kids: + Hey Bully, you stomped on my ... |
Why is there such a big push to colonize Mars when it doesn't appear necessarily more viable than colonizing the deserts of earth? | Beyond what people have said, generally a space race or major space milestone brings with it tangential science benefits here at home. Many technologies that we now take for granted first appeared as a result of the Moon landings. So even if it's impractical for people to live on Mars, the science and tech breakthrough... |
Why do airline pilots have to go through security screening at airports? | I'm actually gonna answer as if your 5. It's because the the pilot may carry a bomb and the plane will go boom!!! |
Why is it hard to fall asleep without a blanket; even in warm weather? | I think it's because blankets give us a sense of protection, easing us so we could possibly fall asleep better", 'Is it? I just took a nap at lunch with only a dog on top of me. Does that count as a blanket? |
I understand that the winter is colder because of the angle the sun hits the earth. So why are the NIGHTS so much colder, too? | Sun is shining - > earth gets heat - > getting warm Sun isn't shining - > earth gets no heat > getting cold days are long, nights are short - > long warming up, short cooling down = warmer days and nights days are short, nights are long - > short warming up, long cooling down = colder days and nights However, greenhous... |
Why is being "overqualified" for a job a bad thing? | I think your question has been answered already but I wanted to add that from an HR perspective, I will always ask the candidate why they are interested in the position when they are clearly overqualified. If they can answer reasonably then I don't hold it against them. I think there are plenty of good reasons as to wh... |
Once a cemetery is full, and they stop accepting new bodies, how does it fund itself to stay open and maintained? | Sometimes they just close. In my area, we have many circumstances where older cemeteries have their heads stones moved to a new location so that the area could be re-developed into farm land, Parks, and commercial buildings. I don't know if the bones where removed or if they existed. I would like to think that one day ... |
Why do we always put our hand where pain is? | Part of it is assessment. Your instinct is to touch it to get more info about the damage, to assess how bad it is, whether or not there's something still there continuing to cause damage, or to stop bleeding. Pressure can also force excess blood out of an area, reducing internal pressure and therefore pain. And we inst... |
Why are wifi upload speeds so much lower than download speeds? | WiFi is symmetrical. Your computer+access point or computer+computer negotiate a speed and can send/recv at that rate in both directions. Since you are probably asking about asymmetrical connections from your Internet Service Provider, let's take a look at that. Both cable internet and DSL have specific frequencies to ... |
Why, out of all places, is the Guantanamo Bay detainment center located in Cuba? | It is one of the few places in the world under US military jurisdiction, but answerable to no one else. A military base on US soil might be subject to civilian judges. A military base in Germany or Japan could be subject to diplomatic protests. But since Cuba objects to the very existence of Guantanamo, the US really d... |
How do people write really, really well in essays and in academic writing? | From what I've seen, the biggest factor in how well a person writes is based on how much they read. Reading exposes the reader to new vocabulary and new ideas which they then begin to use in their own work. It doesn't really have to be academic work - although in that case their passion for the subject they study helps... |
What does the eye doctor expect when he asks you to read the letter chart at an eye exam? | I wonder this too. I just got my eyes checked and they said I didn't need glasses. But I've had a prescription for the last 6 years and I know i need them because i have migraines without |
Why do hotels provide little bottles of shampoo and shower gel or soap, but no toothpaste? | I'd agree with most of the other comments, and add that it's also a lot easier to bring toothpaste than shampoo etc, because your average shampoo bottle is way bigger than your average tube o' toothpaste. I know I don't usually have room in my suitcase for a bottle of shampoo and/or conditioner, I've got too many dildo... |
If using q-tips is dangerous, how are you supposed to clean your ears? | Though you usually don't need to, there are times when ears become plugged , and cleaning them out involves breaking up the plug and flushing it out. For that, take some hydrogen peroxide & dilute it with hot water . Lie down with your head to one side so that the plugged ear faces up. Use an eyedropper to drip the war... |
Why is circumcision popular even though not many religions require it? | My boyfriend is Turkish and had his foreskin removed when he was 12. He said it was extremely painful and his brother vomited from the pain when he had his removed. Apparently it's tradition and they even have a celebration for boys after this process in Turkey to commemorate his transition from a boy to a man. |
why is it that passengers fall asleep when the cabin pressurizes? | I tend sleep on flights. It's not because of the pressurization -- it's because I'm strapped to an uncomfortable chair for a few hours, and sleeping is like a time machine to final approach. |
Where did anchors get their shape? | This is more complicated than one would think, actually. & nbsp; First off, understand that anchors are not actually what keeps the boat from moving. It's actually the cable that connects the anchor to the boat which keeps the boat or other sea vessel stationary. The cable uses the movement of the water to form a natur... |
Why does food stored in cans stay good for so long? | This question would be better in reverse, given that conservation of food kill all bacteria and seal it. What makes it eventually go bad? Usually it is that the package itself doesn't hold up. So storing the can in a friendly environment helps it last longer. If the date on the package says 5 year from production, the ... |
Where did AIDS come from? And why did it spread so suddenly and quickly? | Radiolab has one of the best explanations of this. It's a long episode but well, well worth the time. _URL_2_ |
How are McDonald’s burgers so cheap? | My local Mcdonalds had a re-grand opening. * Monday 20pc nuggets $4.99* Tuesday Quarter Pounders w/ cheese .99cents* Wednesday Breakfast Sandwitches .99cents* Thursdays Big Macs .99cents* Friday Fish Sandwitches .99cents* Saturdays Small Shakes .99cents* Sundays Mcflurry's .99cents This has gone on for over a month now... |
Why is it so satisfying to argue with people on the internet who you'll never ever actually meet? | Sadly, I understand where you're coming from. I see a troll that's being a douche, and I can't help but say something sometimes. I absolutely understand that it's going to do almost nothing, but it is kind of fun to call someone a douche in an articulate manner. Then watch them yell and sputter in a moronic way. |
How can people not be in a "gender binary" | putting it simply from a genderfluid's point if view, not being in the gender binary simply means that you don't feel like you fall into the stereotype of a single gender. for genderfluids it would be that at certain points of time I feel like a male but at times I'd feel like a female or gender neutral. |
what would happen if the U.S attacked Iran? | Well an invasion and regieme change are off the table, as the American public wouldn't tolerate it after Iraq and Afghanistan. What might happen is a bombing of the reactor near Qom and other sites. The first country to do it would be Israel, and in fact the U.S. are trying to keep them from doing this. It would streng... |
What exactly happened to make Julian Assange and Wikileaks go from loved to hated? | The ultimate truth is this When they leaked documents of the Iraq and Afghanistan war under the bush administration, the Liberal media loved it because they were undermining a republican president. Once Obama took office, and they leaked the same type of information, the liberal media hated it and vilified him. Wiki le... |
why can't we take all the money being spent in court fighting over voter ID and just ISSUE everyone a free ID. | How about we don't do the voter ID and not spend the money in court? We would have $2million for something else. |
Why can i carry a concealed gun to protect myself, but I can't carry brass knuckles or a switch blade? | In order to carry a concealed weapon you must complete the appropriate training. You can own firearms and brass knuckles and switch blades so long as you keep them in your home and don't carry them around with you, but some states/counties will allow open carry with no issues. |
Why is Braille not just bumped out letters of the alphabet? | There is another system called 'Moon'. I only became aware of this since I started working at a special school for disabled children which includes visually impaired. Moon is used in the signage around the school. It is derived from latin alphabet and is meant to be way easier to learn. Here is the wiki page: _URL_3_ |
How can the US switch to instant runoff voting? | Portland maine is about to have it's first ever IRV election-- and it is to elect a mayor . Change begins at the bottom, so if you want it at the federal level start at the local. |
Why is xenophobia from non-white Americans often ignored or even defended? | Everyone likes to have someone to blame when things dont go their way. Minorities been shitting on other minorities since the beginning. It usually goes in the order of whoever got here first blames the next people to get here. It's not just racial. It's ethnic/religious too. Black, Asian, Hispanic, Irish, Italian, Pol... |
Were our teeth naturally supposed to be yellow? And is it actually healthy for them to be white? | When I wake up in the morning my teeth look a bit yellow even after brushing, after I've been up for an hour or two they are look perfectly white. Does this happen to anyone else? |
Why do men's testicles move around when completely motionless? | The testicles contain two sets of muscle that are involved in retraction. There is the [Dartos] which is involuntary muscle, responsible for temperature regulation, and causes the retraction of the entire scrotum. There is also the [Cremaster] which is a voluntary muscle and is responsible for retraction during fight-o... |
Why has nobody assassinated Kim Jong-un | Partly because any country found to be doing so would incur China's wrath, and generally look bad to the international community. Partly because destabilizing a government that has nuclear weapons is probably not a good idea. And partly because it likely isn't as easy as it sounds. |
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