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why the economy is not "zero-sum" | How much is the tree outside your house worth, if you were to try to sell it as it is, right now? Pretty much nothing, right? Now, go chop down the tree and build a table out of it. How much is that table worth if you were to try to sell it? Maybe you're not a very good carpenter, so it's only worth $20. Maybe you're f... |
Why can a Chinese company ship me an eBay purchase for $1.06 including the product, when it costs me a minimum of $1.97 to ship something across town in the U.S.??? | It has to do with fixed cost. When companies ship things internationally, they tend to do it in bulk, in order to save cost. Lets say for example, a single ship costs $100 to send from China to the U.S. If you were to place a single $1 retail item on the ship, your net loss would be $99. Now, what if that ship could ho... |
Why is the rich getting richer a bad thing? | You are sat round a table, a big round table that seats a hundred people and it's mac'n'cheese for dinner. Now you have more mac'n'cheese than anyone else, more than you could possibly ever eat, and because of that the people sat immediately to your left and right admire you, worship you, love you, want to have sex wit... |
if working out is just damaging and repairing muscle tissue, couldnt we just mechanically damage the tissue and recouperate saving time and energy? | I have absolutely no credentials to back what I am saying outside my amateur understanding of fitness and weight lifting, so take what I say with a grain of salt. As others have said, it is possible to build muscle with electrical stimulation, but I have to believe there is probably a limit to how accurate or efficient... |
Explain to me, like I'm five, why some economists believe the current of Chinese economic growth is dangerous and unsustainable | Follow up question: Whats the difference between the government injected economy in China, and other country's that makes it 'dangerous'? |
Why don't some people think that fish, insects, etc. are animals? What exactly do they think they are? | I think she means she won't give them the same rights as 'normal' animals. Maybe she'd save a dog drowning in the ocean, but to a fish washed up on the beach, eh fuck it, it's only a fish |
How do animals think without a language and words? | I think we just often speak in our heads to express our emotions and desires, but these don't need language to be felt.Let's break it down by different species: Insect - Low Level of thinking: - No words/speaking/language- No consciousness- Absence traits e.g. Little to no memory- Simple inputs/outputs Your Dog - Mediu... |
How do people travel without any money? | They make money while they travel. Get jobs that pay for their stay. I've done it for a year , still spent over 10k. |
Why do most drinks generally taste better when they're cold? | I can't drink cold coffee to save my life. But fresh from the machine it's delicious. |
Will searching certain things on the internet really get you placed on a government watchlist? | The capacity simply isn't there to assess the millions of searches made and the links between them. However, if you're flagged because of something else, they can look into it to see if you warrant further investigation. |
Why only humans need to cook food to eat it? | One additional reason why we're the only species that cooks their food. Once you recognize that cooking provides benefits , we're the only species that does because we're the only species that **can**. Figuring out the benefits of cooking requires a level of intelligence only humans have. A dog, a dolphin, a chimpanzee... |
Why is that people with good singing voices (Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Christina Aguilera) can imitate other voices or singers so easily? | I think it's more that people with great control over their voices usually have not much trouble with singing either. |
Counting cards in black jack. | In 5 year old terms: there are 52 cards in a deck. Each deck has 4 suits .Each suit has 13 cards . to keep with the simplest explanation, lets pretend we will play blackjack with just one deck As the dealer gives me a card, I keep track of what cards are being played in my head . As each card is played, I know how many... |
Why do we have bounty hunters? Isn't that the job of the police? If it is for bail skippers, why do they have powers others don't? | Bounty hunters work for the bail bondsman, who fronted the bail money for the accused. The bounty hunter's job is to prevent the bail bondsman from having to forfeit the whole bail amount, and in return he gets a cut of the fee paid. |
Why do paparazzi not get the same flak as the person whom hacked the nude pictures in the fappening? | they should have no expectation of privacy" as if acting is done by a bunch of exhibitionists. No doubt the Kardashians are different in that their bread and butter is gleaned through publicity but many *actors/actresses* are in this career field because they enjoy **acting**. Since childhood, they enjoy becoming anoth... |
How/why can antidepressants increase thoughts of suicide? | slash178 is completely correct, and I can personally attest to the truth of their statement. Sometimes, when you start taking such medications, your energy returns before your happiness does. So you end up not only as depressed as you were before, but with a sudden nervous energy which spurs you into some kind of actio... |
Why is the moon covered in craters while the Earth seems to have only a few? | Atmosphere. The moon's atmosphere is many times thinner than the Earth's. This means that many debris items that would hit the Earth's surface are burnt up and never hit, or if they do they are much smaller than if they hit the moon. |
How incredibly simple paintings can be sold for tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. | Just the super-rich showing off how super rich they are. They can afford to part with $46.5M for something that is intrinsically worthless. Even buying a fleet of supercars or megayachts doesn't show the same disregard for money. |
how come it take battery's so long to charge when electricity moves so fast ? | the voltage difference determinmes how quickly the electrons move into the battery and perform the chemical reaction that allows it to act as a power source. as the battery comes closer to being fully charged, the differential decreases, slowing the process. additionally, wall and car outlets have a limited voltage for... |
Why does space rocket starting sequence takes so long? | Here's a cooking analogy, offered in the hope that it helps: instead of thinking about trying to get your eggs and bacon to finish at the same time, try to imagine managing a team of chefs who are working together to deliver a fifty-course meal all together within a target interval measured in seconds. And, yes - there... |
What is a "Right to Work Law" and why are they a good/bad/neutral thing? | Right to work laws are a way to bust unions. In the U.S., there's no such thing as a closed shop -- a person can be hired for work regardless of union membership . But if you get hired, in a non-RTW state, you can be required to join the union as a condition of employment. This is only fair, as the union is responsible... |
Why is the law to own a pistol 21, while to own a long gun is 18? | Just a minor thing, but owning a handgun before 21 is OK in some states. It's a federal law that you can't purchase a handgun through a registered dealer before you're 21 ). A decent amount of states don't have laws against 18 year olds owning handguns though, so if they were gifted a handgun or if they bought one in a... |
how are some people able to lose their foreign accents but others still have them after 30 years in the US? | I think effort's a big part of it. My first Indian professor had been in the states for decades and his accent was so thick almost no one in the class could understand him. Learning had to be done outside of class. The one I have now is much more understandable . I also had a calc professor from China who is very caref... |
Why does Reddit hate Minus? | It loads very slowly, worse on mobile but the reason people use it is because it can handle more data that imgur so that's the trade-off. I'm not a particular fan of minus but it could be the opposite and be a /r/shittytumblrgifs |
what would it be like if humans could see the full visible spectrum of light? | You'd see semen and urine stains **everywhere**. I think you wouldn't really see new colors, but the traditional rainbow would expand into the infrared and ultraviolet. If that happened you would see things that are normally invisible, such as certain biological substances. Many creatures mark their territory with urin... |
Why are boy choirs more common than girl choirs? | Women were barred in performing any types of music for the church until fairly recently. It's just tradition, at this point. Plus, men are able to sing at lower vocal ranges than women can. |
If I had a closed room with a light bulb, and turned that light bulb on, would the room indefinitely fill up with photons? | A photon is more like a little package of energy, some of which is vibrating and pulsing at a frequency in the spectrum our eyes are able to sense. It isn't physical matter. It is more an energetic potential. |
I am new here and don't know if this has been asked already but ELI5: why America funds so many countries with different things when their own country is going through so much trouble? | We aren't in that much trouble and we're still number one with the biggest military and many many allies. |
why do animals especially dogs and cats seem to have the same physical characteristics? | I think the mistake you're making is comparing your Labrador to other Labradors. Dog breeds are reasonably analogous to ethnic or racial differences in humans because all dog breeds are a single species just as all human ethnicities fall into a single species. Obviously your lab doesn't look much like a pomeranian just... |
How does the drinking game from Shanghai Noon (the movie) work. | I'm not sure there *is* a rule here. In the last play, they perform exactly the same actions, but only Owen Wilson drinks.Love this movie and love that scene, would enjoy playing this in English |
out of everyone who uses reddit, how is every post so averaged out in upvotes and downvotes that its rare to see anything above 4000. How come there aren't more landslide upvoted posts? | You don't see the real numbers of votes. Reddit fuzzes the numbers as a way to help stop spam and bots. |
Why in the world would people on ebay bid MORE than a gift card's value? | These cards are less traceable because they didn't buy them directly although generally they'd buy prevaid visa cards on the darknet over TOR or a similar system I think. This is important if they want to buy a burner laptop for doing hacking or similar criminal or spy stuff or want to buy illegal goods. |
during hyperinflation, if someone hoards an obscene amount of money, say $1,000,000 and that has little value during hyperinflation, what happens to that amount once the economy stabilizes? | My understanding is that at some point, the 'old cash' is replaced by 'new cash'. So anyone would recognize the those [leftover $100 Trillion bills] as the old currency, and was either traded for new currency or it would be deemed worthless all together. |
Why can't homeless elderly claim social security and medicare? | You have to build up a certain number of 'credits' in order to qualify for retirement funding. If you've been unemployed a long time, you're basically hooped. |
Why does going outside to get some "fresh air" genuinely seem to help with headaches/feeling ill? | Relevant wiki links: [Sick building syndrome] [Indoor air quality] Hope these help! These pages were really informative when I was researching plants to add to my office to improve air quality recently. Basically comes down to indoor air doesn't cycle through with fresh air frequently enough and allows for the buildup ... |
How do doctors perform 20+ hour surgeries? Don't they get mentally and physically exhausted? | Ok so ex-surgery resident here. The vast majority of our cases don't go that long. Neurosurgery cases on the other hand can go that long, but surgeons take breaks and if they need to nap. However I've been in a few cases that have gone 8-10 hours, but these cases go this long because either something has really gone aw... |
Recently in class I heard a shoe squeaking in the hallway at the same time that someone was writing on the chalkboard... | Chalkboard noises bother me because I don't like the sensation of chalk or writing on a chalkboard. It doesn't have a lot to do with the sound itself |
Why do my gums bleed when I floss? | Going with the group here go see the dentist. If it's not causing pain it should be an easy fix, probably gingivitis. [Make sure you say it like this though] |
I'm addicted to cigarettes, but only when I've been drinking? | Alcohol dilates your blood vessels, so the head rush hits you hard and strong. Being drunk in general makes drugs feel better . You inhibitions are also lowered, meaning you're more likely to do things you know aren't great for you. |
Why can we get electricity from wind on earth, but planes do not have small wind turbines to lower gas and electric costs? | Some aircraft do, it's called a ram air turbine. This is not used in normal flight, since it's far more efficient to take power directly from the engines, but in the event of an engine failure the turbine can generate enough power to keep the most important systems running until the plane has landed. The energy to run ... |
If we all know people make money from ad clicks, why haven't all web users taken an approach to clicking a few extra ads just so there's more payouts for all? | Well, probably not the answer you want to hear, but I've been mercilessly subjected to a never ending vomit of advertisements my entire life. 99.99% of the time it's for products / services I couldn't care less about. Religiously using AdBlock and dumping cable has a breath of fresh air. That being said, I wish I could... |
Why do cats go crazy and run around wildly from room to room for no obvious reason? | I'd love to see what happens when a cat gets thrown into a laser tag arena. I'm convinced it'd blow up. |
Why do we measure speed by the hour instead of minutes? | > the speedometer shows me that I'm driving 1 kilometer per minute rather than 120 Km/h True ELI5: When you grow up, you go to school and will learn how to do easy math. The point is that this is the unit which is most useful in real life. And if time was metric, we could do conversions a lot more easily.Here are a few... |
I'm a lurker - please explain reddit karma | In simple terms, Karma is like money except you can't spend it. You can't get enough of it, it is great to have but you can't do anything with it. |
Why are some people very photogenic, and some people just aren't (even though they may be very good-looking in person)? | There was a really great response to a post awhile back where a photographer explained what it meant for someone to have a good side, and how Harrison Ford, even though he was very ruggedly handsome, has a 'bad' side due the assymetricality of his face. It was very interesting but I don't know where it is.A camera take... |
Why aren't blimps and zeppelins more popular? | The Hindenburg disaster scared people away from airships. Soon afterwards, planes became cost effective. There just aren't many jobs an airship does cheaper or better than other forms of transportation. |
If a nuclear missile is shot down from the sky, say several miles above a large city, what would happen to the city below? | Missile parts would fall from the sky There would be no nuclear detonation, they're wayyyy harder to detonate than a normal bomb because if everything doesn't go perfectly you just get a dirty bomb", 'Similar events have happened already many times. Read here: _URL_0_ |
Why can't cashiers in America sit down? | It's seen as being lazy, or that you aren't working as hard if you're sitting down, so you have to stand up incase someone decides to complain that you weren't working hard enough. Makes no sense. |
If Rio de Janeiro is so screwed up with crime, corruption and waste and yet is still having the olympics anyway, could the olympians just not participate? | All olympians can choose whether they want to partake in the events or not. It's a matter of weighing up the pros and cons, an athlete may be in the greatest form of their life with odds in there favour for success. Alternatively it may be the only or last time the athlete will compete and refusing todo so could affect... |
why aren't we investing in engines that run on hydrogen? | Another problem that hasn't been solved is storing hydrogen. I'm not saying that a canister of hydrogen is any more dangerous than a tank of gas - either way, you get in a car accident, you have fuel leak and fire concerns. No, the biggest problem with storing hydrogen is that the atom is so small, it can escape the wa... |
Why is widespread use of antibiotics breeding antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but widespread use of refrigerators isn't breeding cold-resistant bacteria? | All the top comments here seem to miss a big point; Use of antibiotics is **NOT** breeding resistant bacteria. **--IMPROPER--** use of antibiotics is. Here's what happens; 1. You get sick and go to the doctor2. The Doctor prescribes you antibiotics.3. You're supposed to take them for 5 weeks, but you FEEL better after ... |
Why does water conservation not address humans consuming water rather than running faucets or showers? | When you drink it, you later pee or sweat it out and it returns to the water filtration plant or the environment. It is not lost. Plus, we must drink water to live so that doesn't count as waste. You can shower once a week and be fine, but you can't drink water once a week and survive. Third, we couldn't waste much by ... |
Why, after flipping a coin to decide something, do we then flip the coin back over again onto the back of our hand before revealing? | Assuming flipping a coin has a 50/50 chance for coming up heads/tails, doing one last flip is irrelevant to the outcome. In the 50% heads comes up, you'll flip to tails, and in the 50% tails comes up, you'll flip to heads. This leaves us with the same 50/50 as before. |
Would a refrigerator act like a heater if placed outside in subzero temperatures? | No, because the box inside is controlled to mauntain a upper limit of temperature by cycling equipment on, and a lower limit by cycling it off But i digress. Because the exterior environment is colder than the minimum temperature, it would simply not bring on the equipment. Moreover - it would probably be too cold for ... |
why sometimes after swallowing larger pills it feels like the pill is still in your throat. | Don't swallow pills with water. I take several large calcium supplements daily, doctor's orders. It's easy for them to get stuck when swallowed with water. I've found a much more comfortable way is to take a bite of food, chew it until I'm ready to swallow, put the pills in my mouth and swallow it all. I promise you, t... |
If Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of Murder, the crime he was being charge with, how was he found guilty of Culpable Murder, a completely different crime? | Certain offences 'automatically' import lesser closely related offences when brought to trial. This usually involves offences that are really closely related in their nature. For example assault occasioning grievous bodily harm would usually automatically allow a court to also consider the lesser 'assault occasioning a... |
How did humans keep their teeth from rotting out before the toothbrush was invented? | the 'toothbrush' was invented a long time ago. People have been rubbing sticks and leavesagainst their teeth since forever |
Why do I, along with a lot of people I know, find it far more natural and convenient studying from printed papers rather than from a computer screen? | Because the screen is constantly shining light at you, your eyes are actually just seeing a bright rectangle. While you can recognise the words, your brain isn't registering them as well as printed material where only the white space is shining back at you. |
Why did the Concord stop flying ? | The Concorde was never a financial success. It cost as much as a 747 to operate, with a third of the passengers. And when you figure all the non-flight time involved in door-to-door travel across the Atlantic, it wasn't that much faster, you are still going to waste most of your day in transit. Finally, because of the ... |
Why are (domestic) cat's noses so much stronger than people's, when a cat has a nose the size or a dime, and ours is the size of a pepperoni? | Bucksalty is correct. The cat's nose is more like a crazy straw where it is folded over and the air has more space to travel over. Our nose would be more like a toilet paper tube, that even though the passage way is larger, it has less room for smell sensors because it is more of a straight shot. |
If I stream a 3.5MB song versus download it to my computer. Is the data usage exactly the same? | Should be the same size, that's if the source file is the same size. As for movies that depends on the quality of the video because it could be streaming is 480p, 720p, 1080p and might drop resolution depending on your internet capabilities vs a straight download of an HD 1080p video. At least that's my understanding o... |
Why is there a 'j' sound when you pronounce the word 'module'? | ch", and "j" . Because the sound has become a voiced fricative, it is realized as the voiced fricative from this area of articulation, /ʒ/. However, in the word "module*, this sound is preceded by /d/. And English likes to join /d/ and /ʒ/ into one sound, which we write "j". This form of stop plus fricative is known as... |
If humans and dolphins are the only mammals that procreate for fun, why does my dog hump my leg? | Most mammals definitely enjoy sex. It's kind of nature's incentive to get them to procreate. The animal that enjoys sex is more likely to reproduce so there is a selective pressure for orgasm. Many mammals have mating seasons, which makes people think they don't enjoy sex or don't have recreational sex. But really repr... |
Why is mint the go to flavor for toothpaste, mouthwash, etc? | My kids toothpaste is different flavors like orange, bubblegum, etc and I think they taste awful. Not sure when mint comes into the equation, when they get a bit older I'd imagine. Perhaps the flavor is too strong for many young palettes? Idk. Interesting question though sometimes standards maintain for CPG, other time... |
Why do mobile networks in US restrict data usage so much? | On Verizon's new plans, you can get 20GB for $120/month, 30GB for $225/month, or 40GB for $300/month. This strikes me as odd, because the per GB price of data gets more expensive if you choose a larger data plan. Usually I'd expect the opposite - buy in bulk, get a better price. |
Why are tech giants vastly overcharging Aussie's for their software? | The simple answer is Because they can.It was normal to tack on additional fees for physical media which had additional distribution costs and somehow this continued for electronic media. And they got away with it.ITunes was a big bully in this regard. Purely digital content cost more in Australia. No additional costs, ... |
When I scratch a cat or dog's "sweet spot," am I tickling them or relieving an itch that they weren't able to scratch? | As long as I'm scratching my cat he has to lick something. I'm pretty sure it's involuntary, but he seems to enjoy it.What decides where the dogs or cats like soft spots? |
What makes a stick shift different than an automatic other than manually shifting the gears? Is there anything better/worse about it? | The actual mechanical differences underlying them is that manuals use a synchronous transmission, consisting of two axles with gears of different ratios meshed. The gears are fixed to one shaft, but the other is free spinning, and a selector locks a specific gear to the second shaft to engage that gear. You use the clu... |
What are the side effects of having a currency with a real, fixed value? Is such a thing even possible? | Basically if you tied your currency to something then it is stuck. Lets say you tied it to gold. Now the only way possible for your country to be worth more money is to buy/mine more gold. No other production counts in growing your economy. It is purely how much gold exists within your borders. You want more money you ... |
What is anxiety and depression? Are they related to eachother? | I can't speak for depression, but anxiety is essentially excessive, irrational fear. It can range from mild discomfort/ a general feeling of unease to full blown panic attacks. The easiest way to describe a panic attack is having complete confidence that everything is going wrong, and there is nothing you can do to sto... |
What is the gold star on people's comment? | Gold is reddits way of paying for server time.. You could use it for certain perks eg. New comment highlighting, remembering links you've visited across computers, and notifications when you're mentioned in the comments. More Info at _URL_0_", 'Where do you purchase it? Sorry for the dumb questionThe money goes towards... |
Is there any, AT ALL, even if its just an idea in science, a way to REVERSE ENTROPY? | Well, if you don't mind that it's even just a pie in the sky idea Isaac Asimov wrote a short story about asking a computer that very question. It's called *The Last Question* . It seems like a story you might enjoy. Sorry. I know nothing about physics, but a little bit about books. I'll just show myself out |
. Why is the mustard pack at most fast food restaurants see through in the back when the mayo and the ketchup packets are not see through. | I'm pretty sure it's because mustard can go bad in the packs and you need to be able to see it to tell before you open it. Source: One time I was in my friend's car and he had a packet of mustard in the cupholder and I asked where he found mustard that color, he looked at it, told me it was bad, then threw it out the w... |
How does a voltage divider actually work? | The derivation isn't too complicated. Assuming you're talking about the circuit element, let's take the more physics based approach rather than, say, nodal analysis. We have a voltage supplier of 10 volts, and two resisters of resistance R. The total current in the circuit is 10/; this just comes from ohm's law, V = IR... |
The TurboTax hack and how it may affect someone who has filed through them recently. | I don't understand how the people who are filing the false claims get paid. I understand they are filling in other peoples' information but wouldn't the check written to them be in the original owner's name? Or if they got them directly deposited, they could track these bank accounts and freeze them? |
how $2 automated car washes make money? | By having overhead and materials that cost less than $2 per wash. The consumables for a car wash are pretty cheap, as it's mostly water.You know what type of [people] have car washes?Now you know how. |
Why did the western world make such a big deal about helping Libya but not Syria? | Lotta good answers. I'll add a small fact I heard on NPR. Most of what NATO did in Libya was provide air support. This meant NATO jets were flying all over Libya. For this to happen NATO had to destroy Libya's antiaircraft weapons. The first NATO attacks on Libya were designed to destroy Libya's ability to defend again... |
Why are urbanized birds such as pigeons and geese not scared of humans, but birds such as seagulls and crows are? | Some birds like Pigeons and Geese are used to having humans around and they have become used to it. Also they know humans usually have food on them so they've learned to tolerate our presence. However most pack/herd animals are scared of humans because we are predators. They will fly away from any animal that has two f... |
Why do judges sentence people to, for example a 10 year sentence, when the criminal will often be released earlier than that? Why not just set a shorter sentence? | I've always thought of it in terms of the carrot and the stick. They dangle the carrot with the possibility of getting out early as an incentive for good behaviour while in jail. If you don't behave well, then then use the stick and keep you in jail the entire time.if theyre good, you can release them early and its fin... |
Why is Internet Explore a terrible web browser? | By 2001, Windows XP had been released, and IE6 was bundled with it. It became the dominant browser by 2002, with like 90% of market share. It was a mess of a browser, it never followed web standards and was extremely insecure. Microsoft had a monopoly over the browser market so they had no incentive to change anything.... |
What is the net lifetime advantage to working out? | Working out is fun and I eat whatever I want. This just sounds like you justifying not exercising and eating healthy to yourself, which is fine if you don't want to do it. |
Why Americans use drywall instead of concrete and bricks to build houses in areas prone to natural disasters? | Concerete and bricks are *a lot* more expensive than drywall, and aren't immune to damage from natural disasters, either. |
What's it like to trip on LSD? | I want to know! Always been curious but afraid to try myself .Better answers will be found at r/psychonaut as well as archives of written experiences at _URL_0_.It's all sharp and pointy, round and fast. It feels like: ZAZAZAZAZAZA! WOOSH! |
If weed is so much less harmful than cigarettes on what basis was it made illegal and where does all the negative stigma about weed appear from? | [One of Nixon's aides later admitted that the war on drugs was created to target groups Nixon considered political enemies- anti war hippies and black people.] By criminalizing their drugs of choice he had a new way to silence dissenters. Not the only reason it's still illegal but part of why this whole mess began |
Why do we have a permanent human presence in ISS, and want one for mars, but not for moon? | I'm no expert but let me try to answer this question the best I can. Mars is the preferred over the moon for an extraterrestrial colony because of several reasons - It has an atmosphere. The moon doesn't. Mars's rotational cycle is around 24 hr 40 min, which is pretty close to an Earth day. This means that our plants w... |
Why is English the default language in the world? | Britain planted the seed by establishing it's empire all across the planet leaving very few countries untouched. After the empire disintegrated, United States continued to spread English with it's strong economy and huge immigration. The internet pretty much sealed the deal as English became the international language ... |
Why do some companies rely on sweatshops, wouldn't automation be cheaper and more consistant? | > wouldn't automation be cheaper and more consistant? Sometimes it is, so the process is automated. In clothing for instance, processing the cotton into fabric is automated because it's cheaper and makes a better product. The actual sewing of the fabric isn't automated because workers in Bangladesh are cheaper. |
Why is Daylight Savings Time still a thing?? | Well, living in Toronto, I'm pretty happy for it.In the winter, I don't like to find myself walking to school in darkness, and in the summer a super-early sunrise doesn't feel great either.I feel that CGPGrey did an excellent job explaining what daylight saving and the issues that come with it. [Video Here] |
Why are teachers paid so poorly when everyone seems to agree they are deserving of much larger salaries? | Unfortunately, not every agrees that. If they did, it actually would happen - it's entirely within our public power to increase taxes and pay teachers more. A slim majority of the population, however, believes that government employees are over paid and that teachers' unions are selfish. They're wrong, but they're the ... |
Why do concept cars always look way better than their production model | Concept cars are the automotive equivalent of those crazy outfits you see at fashion shows. They exist to showcase design themes, color schemes, patterns, etc. They're not supposed to be your daily driver, just like nobody is ever going to wear those crazy outfits on the street. They establish the design language for t... |
Why do dreams feel like they are an hour long when only a few minutes have really passed? | Hmm I always feel as if it's the other way around Dreams feeling like a few minutes when it's actually hours. |
My doctor just told me that I shouldn't eat Subway because their food is highly processed, especially their bread. What does this mean? | It means you should find a new doctor that doesn't follow the Food Babe like it is actual science. |
Unless there is a manufacturing defect with a product causing it to injure someone, why would someone sue a gun manufacturer? | I assume you're talking about the lawsuits from the late '90s and early '00s where some cities sued some gun manufacturers. The cities claimed that the manufacturers should have done a better job tracking their weapons and that the manufacturers negligently supplied shops that they should have known were selling a lot ... |
Why is it considered inappropriate to ask someone how much their home is worth? | It's considered a social faux pas in some circles. Interestingly my friend happily divulged his net worth recently, though I had some vague idea as he hinted at it before. IMHO it does more harm than good and so that may be why people shy from the following topics when in social company: **money, religion and politics*... |
How does Internet/bandwidth "cost" an ISP money? | It is not the bandwidth itself that costs money. However, what does cost money is the infrastructure that is put into place to supply the bandwidth, maintenance of that infrastructure, lawyers to comply with FCC regulations , employees to fix things when they fail, employees to help you fix things on your end when you ... |
Why are cats so terrified of water? | Body temperature- a cat's body temperature is higher than a human's, and their lower body mass means they have less temperature to lose. Because of this, pleasant water to you is cold to a cat- the cold water is unpleasant at best, and could dangerously lower core body temperature at worst. Their fur is also not set op... |
Why do other countries NOT have something like the European Union? | They do. There's the African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Caribbean Community, Union of South American Nations, etc. The Arab League will probably develop in to something similar to the EU too. |
If a country is at war and another government blows up your property, what is your remedy? | Even if insurers provided you coverage for war time loses, their total loses would be so high that they would be unable to pay out without government intervention. Therefore, at the end of the day, it is likely up to the government as to whether your home would be covered as they would need to bail out the insurers. |
Is there a reason most fast food places have the colors red and yellow? Like McDonald's, Carl's Jr, In N Out Burger, etc. | During infancy, babies only see in shades of grey for the first week or so. The next colors they see are red and yellow. The blue and violet end of the spectrum develop last. [Source] The red and yellow signs hit our primal instincts. At this point I'm speculating that there's a correlation between an infant's ability ... |
How is Bernie Sanders' free tuition plan a success when all of the affected citizens are currently below the voting age? | Amazing that you totally discounted the people who would pay for this and didn't include them as the affected. |
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