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Why were people like the Nazi SS able to such horrible things without remorse?
> group of people committing mass murder. In one of the massacres, they ate lunch outside the burning church with hundreds of bodies inside. Yeah you get that from every army, including the good ol' USA. End of the day is if you don't see your victims as being humans, then it's easy to kill them off like cattle.1. Some people are really fucked up2. They were following orders and only did it out of fear for their own lives
Why can't we build oil pipelines that won't burst?
Not a metallugist or a petro-engineer but I'd say it has to do with 1) intense pressures and 2) scale. Oil pipe lines are 100's and 1000's of miles long. Think of how many connections, seals, pumps, valves, tanks, and who knows what else in between are needed. Something will fail due to weathering, wear and tear, negligency, or good ol' human error.
Why does the accent of African Americans in Northern/Western states sound somewhat southern?
I think you're just hearing shared words. I know the Chicago accent you're speaking of, and it sounds nothing like a Southern accent. Source: I'm black and from the Deep South", 'When cotton-picking became largely automated there was a "great migration" of southern blacks to places like Chicago where major employment forces were needed to work in slaughterhouses and various other industries. This had a more recent and, I believe, greater influence on contemporary dialects than the abolishment of slavery because it was fueled by greater job opportunities.I suspect that the persistence of the Southern accent among poorer blacks relates to their social isolation. You don't get exposure to anyone but family and friends, and they all talk pretty much the same.
How do homeopathy medicines work/claim to work?
Traditionally, it's about water memory. It is based on the ability of water to keep a memory of previously dissolved in it. You can dilute the substance a lot of times. After many dilutions, there is no molecule of the original substance left. Homeopathy is no better than a placebo.
Why do humans need religion?
Humans don't need religion. There are plenty of people who are not religious. The 2 main reasons why we have religions are because we want to know how stuff works and we want to have a purpose. In a time before scientific knowledge was common people wanted an explanation for things, and religion was a good means of explaining and spreading that information over a wide range. Now we have science and religion has become more spiritual in nature; a set of guidelines to live by. As for the purpose, well, how do you feel knowing everything you've done, everything you are, is 99.99999999% pointless in the grand scheme of things? How do you deal with the knowledge that your time on this world is finite and death is inevitable? Religion's of all kinds offer answers to these issues, and even people who are not religions tend to find their own answers or reasoning to these questions.It wouldn't be right to say that humans *need* it, since many get along just fine without it, without acting in "inhuman" ways. The idea that people need religion is a self-serving myth propagated by religions themselves: it's a sales tactic, basically.
What determines which games become E - Sports?
There is only really one deciding factor in whether a game becomes an e-sport with huge events. The game needs a company who is willing to invest money into making it happen. Now these companies can be gaming companies or it can be companies which make a living hosting big e-sport events, which means a game typically needs popularity before anyone wants to invest into it, but it really all comes down to money. I'll use World of Tanks as an example as it's a game that went from having no form of e-sporting events, to having the biggest as well as the biggest prices. It didn't happen because people suddenly decided it was fun to watch World of Tanks matches, no, it happened because Wargaming decided they wanted the game to be an e-sport, and it just so happened they were rich enough to make it so. World of Tanks is more of a Russian thing, but if you look at which games are popular on twitch TV as an example, you'll quickly notice it's games which were designed from the bottom up to be e-sport games by companies who're currently also investing a lot of money into tournaments. Nintendo doesn't do that, and since super smash bros haven't really attracted anyone with a media platform to earn money on streaming it, it's tournaments are monetized.
World War 1. Explain like I'm 5.
I heard it started when some fella called Archie Duke shot an ostrich 'cos he was hungry. Or how i feel reading this.. _URL_5_", 'See Also: World War I Simple version [in cartoon form]
Why are cats almost universally drawn to boxes and suitcases?
I think it is a criminal misuse of resources to have a cougar and NOT name it 'Freddy'.One of my cats will try to crawl into any box no matter how large or small. My other cat has no interest unless its a guitar case.Don't hate against cats man. They like to sit..
Pokemon. I'm in my early 30's, have a bro whose mid 20's - he's a bit more attached to the genre however...
I'm in the same boat. Pokemon is my brother's ninja turtles. I have no explanation, pokemon is stupid and I don't understand it either, now get off my lawn!
why does evolution, in the long run, seem to favour smaller animals?
Take a small animal that fits in a cube box. Now make the animal twice as large - that is twice as tall, twice as wide and twice as long. How big of a box do you need? You need a box that's twice as big in each side. This new box fits 8 of the small boxes. By increasing the size of the animal by a factor of two you increased the space it takes up 8 times. This can be both good and bad. Using the same principle I described you can see that the new animal has only 4 times the surface area of the smaller animal. So you have more animal and less area for heat to escape from. This is good if you are in a cold climate. . However, there's the thing with food. All of a sudden you have to feed an animal 8 times more food. But that's not all, you need to use up 8 times more oxygen, pump blood all over the place a lot more, etc Not to mention the bones and legs need to become thicker to support the larger structure above. You need to consider the environment these animals live in. Smaller and larger animals have different niches.
Why do horses that break one of their legs have to be put down?
TL;DR: Horses can't use crutches. They weigh half a ton and need all four legs all the time. It's more than most horses are worth to try to deal with one with a broken leg. And it's impossible to manage its pain; you'd need a gallon of morphine a day for months. Euthanizing them is economical and humane.
Why do employers care about how many hours I work? Why isn't it just about results?
Employers want to have it both ways from salaried employees. When things are hectic and everyone is working 50-60 hours per week, they don't want to pay you the overtime. When things are slow and you finish your work in 4.5 hours, they still want you to do busy work to fill out the 8 hour day. Or the want to charge you vacation time if you want to leave early.
Why does deodorant/antiperspirant say it will last for 48 hours, but I'm lucky if I get six hours out of it
YMMV. Maybe you're particularly funky. In some places almost no one wears deodorant because either they're used to BO or actually don't smell all THAT bad.
Why are captchas still so popular?
Even if someone has an OCR program tailored to CAPTCHAs , they would still be effective. All of those good OCR programs take time to run, and time is a spammer's most valuable resource. If it now takes 100x as long to make an account as it did without a captcha, each spammer will only be able to send out 1/100th the number of mails .No, the way OCR works is that typically letters are of standard type, weight, and fonts; thus making detection easy. The Captchas do a great job making it almost impossible for OCR to be implemented. That and there are hundreds of different Captchas that come up at random, which one to use becomes another challenge to over come. Captchas work so well, that even humans fail at them about 50% of the time.
Why do car door locks in the back of a car not go down as far as the ones in the front?
In cars setup like that the front doors usually unlock when the inside handle is pulled, but the rear doors do not . So there needs to be a way for the rear passengers to mechanically unlock them from the inside . Of course many also have child lock switches on the back doors that prevent opening them from the inside at all . The assumption that it's safer to prevent small kids opening the door ever, and that parents/rescuers would extricate them in an emergency. They are also a cheap source of entertainment when going to lunch with coworkers.
; why is it our eyes see upside down and our brain has to correct it?
I was reading an ap psych book the other day, and it said that if you were to wear glasses that make everything upside-down, after some amount of time your brain will adjust and everything will seem normal.I think things like this are easier to explain with a drawing. _URL_0_ If you look at how light passes through a lens it gets readjusted inward and hits a focal point everything after that point is inverted. This of course could be corrected with another lens but that is not how we evolved. We evolved that the brain takes the flipped image and corrects it for us.
Insider trading, and why it's considered a crime that is punishable by jailtime
a teacher decides to have surprise pop quiz tomorrow for her class. however, the night before she tells her son who is in that class that she's planning to have pop quiz tomorrow. the son studies that night to be ready for pop quiz and does well in that pop quiz. if this is not made illegal, it means that there will be people who would leak or use that information to get a head start compared to public .
Why doesn't anyone want to be Speaker of the House?
The tea party wing of the republican party is too large to ignore but republicans outside of that are loathe to team up with democrats to get the votes needed because then they'd be in the exact situation that John Boehner found himself in all too often. So there aren't enough moderate republicans to push things through.There are lots of people who want to be Speaker of the House. The problem is getting 218 people to agree that a single person should be the Speaker. Nobody wants to be called to a vote and not get enough votes. That would be a PR nightmare.Nobody wants to be Speaker because the GOP has built it's platform on the idea that Government is totally incompetent. This is why the recent Congress was the most unproductive in history. The new Speaker will face the same obstructionist A-holes that WANT to shut down the Government. Who would want that job?", 'More abstractly why does anyone choose to hold a high ranking public office? Who wants to deal with the scrutiny of public and private life such an office entails? People do want to hold office and we need to examine possible reasons why they wish to do so before voting for them. I think many such people are egomaniacs or lovers of power those are people we should avoid at all costs!
If rape is common in male prisons, why doesn't the public take it seriously?
Prisoners are not a very attractive group of people, so crimes against them don't attract much sympathy. It's sad, racist, and not a good reflection of our values.
How much of what goes into the recycling bin actually gets recycled?
[This Popular Mechanics article] is the most comprehensive thing I know of. Less plastic than you think, is the short answer. It's too hard.Depends where the bin is. My alma mater got busted a few years back when it came out that they were taking all the recyclables from the recycling bins and throwing it into the trash dumpster. In that case, 0% of what went into the recycling bin actually got recycled.
Why does Scotland want independence so badly (or why don't the other ones want it as much)? Economy?
I'll probably get downvoted for this, especially as Reddit has more Scotnats than pro-UK. I'm in Scotland and I can honestly say, hand on heart, there is a lot of patriotism/nationalism involved. At the moment though, the Yes side is trying to win over No voters and neutrals, so I haven't heard as much English bashing in the last few months, definitely not nearly as much as you would hear a year or so ago. Word of warning: you aren't really going to get the truth on Reddit, especially as the separatists are far, far more active on the internet. I live with a hardcore activist and I've seen they all link each other on websites or FB to posts..like this and they flock there and copy and paste replies written by others. It's really fucking weird, but they know nationalism alone won't win them the vote, so it's kinda like self-oppressed while trying to grab more votes to squeeze through the Yes vote.Scotland doesn't want independence badly, polls have consistently shown the "no" vote in lead. Problem is, the negative attitude of the "no" camp and the constant attempts to scare the Scottish people into submission is giving the "yes" vote momentum and threatening to give them the win. This is threatening to be a repeat of the Proposition 8 vote where the negativity and overconfidence coming from the opposition camp was what that drove people to vote for Prop 8.It's likely going to be their last shot at independence because it will set a precedent. If they succeed, it may set precedent for Wales or Northern Ireland to vote for independence as well, [hence why the areas on Northern Ireland and Wales are in favour of Scottish independence.]", 'Typically not a big fan of Krugman, but you might find this oped of his insightful . _URL_1_
Why is the Metric system generally preferred over the Imperial system?
It's easier for many things. Imperial is good for two things; cooking, and sports. Those are scenarios where you want to count by the handful - three cups of flour, five yards of field, and so on. In engineering, math, measuring distance or volume and so on, you want metric. It's more precise because most if not all units are directly related, whereas in imperial you'll have to round to the closest digit after every step of you want to keep it manageable without using a calculator. But again, it's good for cooking, and for sports.
What are the incentives for a film/tv adaptation to stray from the book?
Time. Books are long, you have to cut stuff out to make a sub 2 hour product. Otherwise you'd end up with 10 hour long movie Also not everything translates to a visual medium. After all, in a movie, you want to show, not tell.
What is the difference between Protestant, Othordox, and Catholic?
_URL_0_ Here's a PDF file of an easy to understand table comparing all 3. It's much easier than to straight forward post it here.The differences between Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox can generally be understoood as a matter of church governance. Rome claimed superiority, whereas the Greeks opposed that thought. This led to the great schism in the middle of the 11th century. They 've remained separate ever since. The difference between Catholic and Proestant is one of doctrine, between synergism and monergism. Catholicism teaches that man works along with God in the forgiveness of sins. Lutheranism, and later Calvinism and Arminianism, teaches that divine monergism. God works to make the sinner righteous. In Catholicism God and the sinner work together to make the sinner righteous. In protestantism, God does it all.As Luther put it, "Sola gratia". It's only by grace alone, through faith, that we are saved. This message is clearly taught in Ephesians 2:8,9.
Why does it take an hour plus to have one tire replaced on my car when pit teams change four tires on a racecar in under 10 seconds?
Besides all the current answers there's also the factor of *incentive.* That pit crew guy makes anywhere from $50,000 to $75,000 and the rate of job satisfaction in that field is off the goddamn charts. Your mechanic? ..eeeeeeeeehnotsomuch.
Why has no credible attempt been made to recreate Nikola Tesla's work on wireless distribution of Energy, Death ray and other of his unfinished works?
Wireless energy currently only works at short distances, and some rather specific things need to be done. Basically, at this point short-range wireless energy is viable, but Tesla's vision of broadcasting energy around the world isn't. Here's a [TED talk] from 2009 that can explain better than I can. It only demonstrates one method of wireless energy transfer though, there are a few others, each with their own advantages and disadvantages.
How can all movies claim to be #1?
Well, Mission Impossible isn't a comedy, so Vacation can be the #1 comedy without also being the #1 movie - comedy is a lesser and included status within movies.My favorite are the reviews . "AMAZING!" -#thatguy74 "BREATHTAKINGLY INNOVATIVE" -#Newjerseywhore12 "THE GREATEST VISUAL EFFECTS EVER" -#Blindman77
What is catnip and how exactly does it work?
Actually catnip mimics a sex pheromone in cats. Kittens are immune to it's effects until they become sexually mature!
On a political level, what is the difference between an American state (or other federal system) and a constituent country in the U.K.?
Individual US states have far more autonomy and devolved power than any of the UK's countries legislatives do. The UK is far more centralised.
Why do large US employers ask you to declare ethnicity on job applications?
There are tax breaks for the company hiring minorities, so the companies want to know who they can make a little bit of extra cash on the side from hiring. When I worked for a large ISP that I'm not allowed to provide the name of I was a supervisor. A part of my job was to take out aptitude tests and add a percentage based on how the person answered that form. Any race but white? they got an extra 5% on the test. Not a man? Another 5%.Disabled? Another 5%.Veteran? Another 5%. The reason for this is that the company gets a bonus tax incentive if they hire the person and keep them on for at least 6 months, so in jobs that aren't critical it's actually more profitable to hire someone less skilled and get that extra payout.
Why SHOULD Obama wait to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice?
He should not. There's no reason for him to wait, which pisses off the non-governing party. Case closed.Its only considered hypocritical depending on what side of the argument you are on. For example, in most states when a Senator dies, the new one is appointed by the Governor. If the Governor is a Republican, they will almost always appoint a Republican. If a Dem, then a Dem. BUT if the state has a Dem controlled house and Senate, they usually attempt to override the law. In Mass. Before Ted Kennedy died, they had always had a Dem Gov. So they had set the law from having an election to letting the Gov decide. But when Ted died, they changed the law so the seat would not go Republican. The same with SCourt. They are assigned for life, so typically Reps will nominate Reps.. Dems will nominate Dems.. Since the Court is equally divided today, whoever is nominated is extremely important as its the swing vote..> How is the Republican Party justifying this? Essentially, their job is to approve or not the nominee, but nothing in the literature says *when* they have to do it. So they are waiting because they can, on the hope that they will have a more preferential opportunity with a republican president. Personally I see this as a very perilous path, since there is a very real possibility a democrat will remain in the white house, and then there's even less incentive for the democrats to pick a genuinely centrist judge, as this one appears to be.
Polyphasic Sleepers. How can sleeping 4.5 hrs a day be healthy?
TL;DR eight hours of sleep is a pretty new thing to humankind. As you can see from reading this thread, there is much controversy about how much sleep we need and very little is known about all the precise reasons we need it. The research of [Robert Ekrich,] and some common sense, tells us the for the majority of human existence only royalty had the luxury of sleeping eight hours. Long periods of sleep probably didn't happen until the invention of the lightbulb.
What is the point of swinging nunchucks all around and behind your body as always shown in movies and TV shows?
Are you referring to swinging the nunchaku over your shoulder and switching hands? If so, that movement leads to one of the best positions to strike from. You're able to get power behind your swing while still maintaining control.
How does a horn amplify sound without adding any energy to it?
This law of physics doesn't just apply to sound but any form of energy. In space when something generates energy it is usually an isotropic radiator. That is to say that it's a sphere which sends energy in all directions equally. Down here on earth that's not very practical because gravity does this funny thing where not everything's a sphere. That being said you mouth is slightly directional. The sound wants to travel in all directions but the walls of your mouth and your tongue and even your teeth bounce the sound around so that the only way out is through the small opening in your mouth. Now imagine your mouth is very long, and your mouth is very very reflective and smooth so that all of the reflections go in the same direction. Eventually you're going to have a very concentrated form of energy. It's the same amount of total energy but it's going in a straight line instead of everywhere. Now it can travel much further through the open air without dissipating and therefore is louder when it hits your eardrum.I feel like this really should be on [askscience]. Anyone including discussion on the first law of thermodynamics in their question can certainly understand an answer from there without having to deal with all the un-cited speculation in the comments here.I believe it just helps to focus the sound in one direction. So you're wasting less energy off to the sides.Second, but related question: Are there limits to the amplification that you can get through a horn?', "Wow so many wrong answers here. Just because we're simplifying our answers doesn't mean that rampant speculation is called for. A [horn] is the acoustic version of an impedance matching transformer. What that means is that the horn's shape spreads the sound pressure waves over a larger area in order to maximize their ability to propagate through the air. With a horn instrument, you've got the amplification effect of resonance on top of that, but there are plenty of resonating instruments that don't use horns to make themselves louder.
Why is everything so expensive in airports?
Because there is little to no competition. Many people at airports are there in between flights, and don't want to leave the airport because security takes a long time to get back through. So businessed charge more, because they know people are willing to pay more.
Why can't humans grow to the size of giants, like Gigantopithecus?
My brother believed that giant humans walked the earth due to a doctored photo of an archeologist digging up a giant human skeleton. I asked him if he knew why whales die soon after beaching themselves. He didn't. I explained that their massive body weight crushes their lungs making it impossible for them to breathe. The same thing would happen to humans past a certain body mass percentage. So therefore nature has not let humans become that big. My brothers a bit of a moron. He also believed that Obama is a Lizard man. He's also a born again Christian, go figure. Like I said, bit of a Moron.
why do we lose weight more easily when we drink lots of water?
Water probably doesn't allow us to lose weight easily. It keeps us from consuming unnecessary calories. Dehydration and sleep deprivation can both manifest as hunger. By drinking water, we provide the tools for the body to do all the biological things it's already doing more efficiently and potentially remove the urge to eat unnecessarily. If you stay hydrated you don't get hungry as often. One of the many weight loss tips is to drink a glass of water if you're hungry. If you're still hungry in 20 minutes, it was hunger and you should eat. If you're not, it was dehydration and you would have consumed extra calories unnecessarily trying to get water. Many people are chronically dehydrated. Excess consumption of water won't do anything extra besides making you pee more. The tip to drink water is to ensure you're getting adequate amounts, not excessive amounts, and remain hydrated. TL;DR Thirst is mistaken for hunger. Drinking proper quantities of water helps to prevent unnecessary eating.
Why is the Moon so sandy and dusty when there's no wind or water for erosion?
The answers above are great, but also consider how rocks are formed. There are three main types of rocks on Earth: sedimentary rocks which are formed by silt carried in water being deposited in layers, then being compressed over time by the layers above until it hardens into rock; igneous rocks, formed by molten lava cooling into solid rock; and metamorphic rocks, formed by heat and pressure under the Earth's surface. The moon does not have a molten core, no volcanoes, and no liquid water, so two of these mechanisms that make rocks on Earth are removed entire, and the third is much reduced. Yes, rocks will form from pressure, but that is only under the surface, and the pressure isn't nearly as much as it is here so they are far softer, and much more easily broken into dust again by impacts and radiation. tl;dr No magma or water on the moon, rocks don't form like they do here, and break up more easily.
Why are cochlear implants stigmatized by the deaf community?
I'm unilaterally deaf. If not for the expense, I'd get an implant in a heartbeat. I suspect the greatest stigmatization comes from those who haven't ever had their hearing ./u/tuckels has it all wrong. its not been about informed consent or anything like that. The major stigma is about your "removal" from the deaf community. Many deaf people do not view being deaf as a handicap, they view it as being a part of a "subculture" very much like being black or part of a punk rock group. There are universities and small towns that are entirely dedicated to deaf community, where everyone knows sign language, even the hearing. There are even some families that want deaf children so that they fully integrate into the community and worry about the child's speech development when they grow up in a deaf household. By getting a cochlear implant is like a punk rocker shaving off their mohawk, they are no longer a part of the deaf community and there is a fear that they will leave it for goodCompare with limb lengthening surgeries for smaller people and their reactionsI work with a deaf man and the way I as a hearing person with limited asl skills is that I have the disability because I can hear. Like they can communicate with me but somehow my lack of asl makes me somekind of barely civilized savage. Therefore getting a hearing aid would be uncivilizedBecause everybody needs to have a "thing" and if you mess with someone's "thing" they'll turn into righteous dicks. Fucking apesThere is a film called sound and fury which explains the arguments for and against in a documentary fashion. It also spends a lot of time on the cultural implications an implant may bring Its more than slightly biased towards the implants but is interesting none the less
Since I've heard many times that English is a difficult language to learn, what is they most logical, simple language to learn?
My first language is Bahasa Melayu. I’ve heard people say it's simple. It has no distinction between masculine and feminine forms, and does away with tenses that indicate time.
Why do opposites attract?
Personally, I think we're wired to hook up with someone who looks at things differently because diversity in a team really helps. Two people just like you won't be as effective as you and someone different. To a point.
Why are F1 cars so flimsy?
1. Try hitting something at 200 mph with your daily driver and see how well it handles it. It's easy to forget just how fast these cars are going since they're all going that fast. Remember: when they slow down to go into pit lane and look like they're barely putting along they're still going up to 100 kph . 2. Extra strength adds extra weight. It's only worth adding extra weight if it makes you finish the race faster. There is no reasonable amount of weight you could add to these cars to make them survive a collision at speed; such a collision will *always* take the car out of the race, so there's no point in trying to make it strong enough to survive that and keep driving. 3. Safety is key. Having the vehicle fly apart allows you to dissipate all of its energy in ways that keep the driver safe, either by crumpling to slow his deceleration or by letting large, heavy, spinning objects break away and go somewhere that isn't the driver's seat. Thanks to point 2, we don't care about saving the car at this point , so it's better to design the car to fail safely than to try to make it hold together.
Is there a reason for the Alphabet to be in order?
It has to be in some order for many reasons, but it's mostly arbitrary. It's based on previous alphabets, which in turn are based on those that came before, but go back far enough and someone just made it up.Organization. Being able to put any set of things in an understandable order no matter how different they are.
Why does eating food in general make you thirsty?
Most foods, particularly those you did not prepare yourself, have more salt in it than you need. That is aside of the fact the body needs moisture to process food, which you wouldn't immediately notice.
- Why does the Swiss claim to be neutral?
It means they don't pick sides in foreign conflicts, if they were to be invaded, they would fight back. Although that's highly unlikely that they would ever be attacked considering where they reside and that they could put up much of a fight.
Why have no video game consoles made a move towards allowing keyboard and mouse inputs?
Keyboard + mouse don't work so well when you're sitting on the couch. The PS3 supports KB + mouse but I don't know how many games use them.
Why do uneducated people tend to have more children?
For one thing, people pursuing an education often forestall marriage and kids until they complete their degree. School is a lot of work and you're not always earning much money while studying, so having a family then doesn't make sense. And starting later often means fewer kids.
If fat is bad for our health, why haven't we evolved to just expel fat like waste from our body.
As said before: we need fats. And I think we, as a species, haven't dealt with that much surplus and fatty foods as we have now for very long. Often times our grandparents have still experienced hunger and starvation - one or two generations of a certain percentage of humanity isn't enough to evolve some kind of 'I don't need that much fat because I'll get fed again tomorrow-mechanism'
Why are things like sex and drugs difficult for some parents to explain to their kids?
They might not want their child to actually try it, and they can't do that if they don't know what it is.
PSA: This isn't the only subreddit to ask questions in.
I'd say it is better to curb an emerging trend as quickly as possible before it grows and gets out of hand. No harm in a little reminder.
gasoline costs about $8.20 a gallon in the UK. It is also expensive elsewhere in Europe. Why aren't electric cars more popular from an economic standpoint there?
Because cars aren't as important. The US car culture really discourages walking anywhere, and public transport in Europe is much more popular. The reason to have a car is that you can get anywhere when you need to, and if immediate transport isn't that important, people will just take the bus or walk instead.Electric cars have limited range and "refueling" takes hours, not minutes like gasoline. Batteries are far less efficient in colder weather than they are in hotter weather. So they hold less electricity. Electric cars are much more expensive than gas powered carsThe Tesla is $579 a month, after a $2500 down payment, and a tank of gas is a little over $100. Which one can you afford today?Electricity is also far more expensive in most of Europe, although the UK is more reasonable than other European countries.
Why are US republicans against free universal healthcare in the the USA?
The republican party in general pushes for a small federal government that puts more freedom in the hands of people and the market.So a republican would tell you that the market can handle healthcare and the government shouldn't get involved.They would also argue that it's your right to chose to not have healthcare even though that kind of breaks down when you also don't refuse care to people without it.
Why does everything in space spin? (please read the additional text before answering)
If you take a cloud of dust and gas all moving at random, there'll be some overall spin, with more bits moving one way than the other. Bits do crash into each other and cancel out each other's movement, but it would be an amazing coincidence if it all cancelled out perfectly. Eventually the leftover unbalanced rotation becomes clear as rotation in other directions is cancelled out.The stuff that had no rotational inertia relative to other stuff did fall togerher into what then became the center. Hence, stars at the center of solar systems, black holes at the center of galaxies. The stuff we have left is the stuff that had rotational inertia relative to those more massive bodiesWhen a figure skater folds in her arms she spins faster . Dust behaves the same way. Tornadoes and Hurricanes also demonstrate this pattern _URL_0_ _URL_1_
Why would a one world government be such a bad idea?
The closest thing we have to an authority that operates in lots of countries is religion, and as you can see that hasn't always gone so well. It's like the problem with the eu, a strong euro helps Germany/France etc because they can import stuff at lower costs. A weak euro helps Greece etc because it encourages tourism in that country. But they are both under that euro.There are 7 billion people on this planet. Having 4 billion people create policy for a different 3 billion people is going to quickly lead to conflictIt is a goal to work towards once massive inequity and infrastructure problems have been addresses globally.
How does a gymnast begin to practice parts of a routine which could potentially break their neck I'd things go wrong?
Someone may have said this, but one of the most important factors in mastering a gymnastics skill with real danger is that it's just a natural progression of what they have already learned, so it doesn't feel that much more dangerous than the skill they mastered previously. Also consider that gymnasts, especially girls, often start learning fundamental skills at age 6 or 7, maybe younger. Let me tell you something, if you're a grown adult trying to learn a back handspring, you are acutely aware of everything that could go wrong. Your life insurance premium payment flashes through your mind. How much PTO do I have at work, you're thinking. A back handspring, a very basic skill, done incorrectly could really mess you up. But at 6 or 7, you don't process all that and you just do it. Sometimes you even manage to do it the way they tell you to. So basically the coach breaks the skill down into manageable pieces and the athlete ideally doesn't think about it that way. Much.
Why are under cooked burger patties are safe to eat?
There's so much conflicting info here, some are saying it's not safe, some are saying it is because it's sterilized during the processing, some saying pink is still fully cooked at 130* but the food safety website says 160* I even tried to do some of my own research and found a blogger stating that if the outside is seared then the steak ground then it can be still pink and safe, or if the outer meat is cut off before grinding. There's a lot to this, who is right?
Why doesn't our weight change at different times of day?
> Enough gravity to reach far past Pluto Pluto has a *lot* more mass than you do. For gravity to have a huge effect, both bodies need to have a bunch of mass. I guess, technically, you feel less gravity as you get farther from the Sun by spinning around our planet, but there's no way it would be measurable.
If I set up a "Twitch plays Windows 8" and the hive mind did something illegal, who would be at fault?
Who would be at fault? The person who did the illegal activity. Who would be legally responsible? There isn't really an answer, as there is no precedent. If it were a big enough issue, this would be a groundbreaking case, and new laws would likely be born of it. Quite simply, there isn't an answer because it hasn't ~~happened~~ been challenged yet.First things first, you would be punished as an accomplice to the crime. You provided the criminals a means with which to complete their crime. To draw an analogy, you would be comparable to the getaway driver or planner of the bank robbery. You may not have actually committed the crime, but without your participation the crime couldn't have happened. The interesting criminology question is the rest of the people "playing". It would be somewhat difficult to tell who exactly would be at fault, so chances are everyone would get reduced sentences or nothing at all. There are dozens of evidentiary rules that would come into play and it's hard to sort them all out without paying through the trial. A good lawyer could probably get them to walk. TL; DR You would be fucked, they would probably walk. Source: law student with criminal focus
How did Tesla increase the battery capacity of its Model S by 5 kilowatt-hours without adding battery cells?
Is there truth in the rumours that car manufacturers 'nerf' or purposefully detune their cars when they are first released so that each year/mid life upgrade they can easily 'tweak' it to give it more more without any real re-engineering? Are Tesla potentially doing the same?", 'Tesla uses so called 18650 cells in their batteries. They are cylindrical with 18 mm diameter and 65mm length. Its a standart form factor that has been used in computer laptop since the 90s and also is common in e-cigs, flashlights and the like. The battery specs only give the physical outline - not capacity. Over the years, companies got better at making compontents for LiIon batteries and were able to fit more charge into the same size. For example, a decade ago a good Panasonic 18650 cell had a capacity in the range of 2000-2400mAh. Nowadays you can buy them with 3600mAh. So by upgrading to a newer generation of cells they can increase the battery capacity without changing the nubmer of cellsEither adding more lithium or increasing the lithium purity or increasing the specific gravity of the electrolyte. Increasing SG will decrease the life of the battery.
Why is there so much stigma in the US for welfare benefits to the poor but little to no stigma for the benefits given in the US to those who are middle class and rich?
The rich control the media. They tell the middle class that it's the poor people on welfare that are fucking them over.Which benefits to middle/upper class are you referring to?
What happens when you remove a brain tumour? What grows in its place, if anything?
Do you have one? I had one removed several years ago. [an acoustic neuroma] As far as I know, nothing has grown in it's place. It was pushing things out of the way to grow. They removed 96% of it, and when the swelling went down, stuff just moved back to the normal space. Think about it like you have a couple wet sponges pushed together. Then blow up a balloon in between them. As the balloon gets bigger the sponges compact and shift out of the way. When you remove the balloon, they sponges go back the their original state.
How cigarette filters work, and what they filter.
I've held smoker's lungs and healthy lungs. Having done that I'm inclined to say the filters don't work. But then again, it could be a lot worse.
Why Doesn't The Japanese Government Shut Down the Yakuza?
One reason not brought up yet is that generally, organized crime is better for society than the alternative: unorganized crime. Organized crime generally wants things running mostly smoothly, so they can take their cut in peace; while unorganized crime is more likely to conduct crime by whatever means work, including more disruptive means . As such, many times it is better for society if law enforcement doesn't shut down organized crime, but just keeps on it; arresting individuals when they have the evidence for it, and targeting the most problematic operations. This allows the organized crime to recruit or shut down smaller criminals, which results in a more peaceful society.
How can hotel room showers provide stable water temperatures while our four-apartment brownstone can't?
I jumped around reading the different answers, and all I saw was about boilers. That has very little to do with the original question the boiler assures that the premises does not run of hot water and the pump provides it quickly end of story. I will not get technical about different size buildings and booster pumps, and loop systems, but I will tell you plain and simple, hotels have to provide pressure balancing shower valves. Thats it nothing more, They start at $65.00 plus installation; installation can be tricky especially if you are retrofitting an existing shower. You probably live in an old building and the owner never upgraded the baths. These systems are really only used in shower's not for tub only uses, because the theory is you are not in the tub during fill up and the water is not spraying directly on you.Thousands of dollars for multiple boilers, multiple 100 gallon 400,000 btu water heaters, multiple tankless water heaters, storage tanks, hotter stored water temperatures combined wth mixing valves to combine cold water so that people dont scald themselves plus a seperate heater or two for super hot water just for the kitchen and dishwashers vs. 1 to 4 30gal to 80 gal residential heaters set at a temp not to scald people but also kill legionaires disease.Technical Services Designer here: It depends on a few factors. But from your statement i'd say there is a big difference between the pressure in the cold-water pipes and the warm-water pipes coming from pressure loss because of friction in the pipes and fittings or another factor could be that the pipes are too small and when somebody else is using cold water the pressure drops. Both result in pressure fluctuations and thus not a steady stream of cold resp warm-water all the time. sorry for any grammatical errors. im swiss and not well versed in english. i hope you can make sense of my reply
If 10% of the population has asthma and about 3.8% of the population identify as gay, does that mean the general population has a 13.8% chance of being one of these things?
No. Due to the possibility of being gay and having asthma, it would be smaller than that. Obviously it's theoretical though.
If space is infinite, does that mean that everything that can possibly exist without violating the laws of the universe, do indeed exist?
Just because the Universe is infinite doesn't necessarily mean there's an infinite amount of matter. All possible compositions of matter are dependent on how much matter there is to work with and therefore decides how many different things the universe can allow for. The rest is just infinite empty space.
Why has gold been the universal store of wealth across most civilizations/cultures?
Currency has to have certain attributes * Durable * Uncommon * Practical * Accepted Now why is gold especially suited for this? Durable:Gold does does not chemically react with a lot of other stuff. Iron rusts, gold does not. It doesn't have many uses besides jewelery. Imagine someone proposed blocks of bread as currency. It would mold or people would eat it. Uncommon:Gold was, and still is, not too commonly found and obtaining it can be ardous. If our ancestors had used twigs or pieces of rock, everybody would be rich so nobody would sell their goods for a worthless currency. Practical:Gold can be stamped into coins and is therefore easy to carry. Imagine a currency of big, intricately carved stone wheels. They would be durable and not too common but impractical to use. Accepted:Gold can be found all over the world. Since it contains the 3 attributes above, many cultures used it as currency and made cross-cultural trading possible. A Roman trader would've gladly accept Greek gold coins.
Why is the music in movies 1000% times louder than anything else in the movie?
I have also noticed this, it's so common these days and seems to be the standard of modern mixing. It doesn't happen in movies from the seventies, it's much more balanced in general. These days its like overkill, like theyre trying to impress you or wake you up. It annoys the hell out of me when Im trying to watch a movie and my girlfriend is in bed. Dialogue scene I can barely hear so I turn it up and then an action scene will be ear splittingly loud.I agree. I have never heard a plausible explanation for this. It drives me nuts. I have to use a bose wave radio for sound due to sucky TV speakers and it still is ridiculous. An to the audiophiles, no I am not going to buy a stereo set to point the too loud music in other directions. Someone give us a good answer.
My neon sign provides power to my unplugged christmas lights. Why?
I've read a bunch of the comments and they all seem to both agree and disagree around the same details. current, volts, milliamps, electromagnetic fields. It's all close enough to convince a monkey like me. To derail for a sec , I live under power lines and if I hold up a fluorescent light tube it will light up most of the way down. Is this the same magic at work?", 'Watch this. You might have someone trying to communicate with you from another realm _URL_2_I cannot be the only person who thought this post was about Fallout 4, right?
Why are countries like India and China so highly populated yet others, even close neighbors, are not?
As /u/GCEian pointed out countries like India and China aren't that highly populated at least in terms of population density. The reason we think of them as being so highly population is for a few factors: 1) They had some of the largest total populations to begin with which means they stand out. 2) **Industrialization brings a significant decline in Child Mortality that isn't recognized for a generation. This causes a baby boom as couples have many babies expected most to die in childhood** You'll see in developed nations couples have only 1-2 children and expect them to survive and reproduce. In developing nations couples will have 3,4,5,6, etc children like their parents and grandparents had with the expectation that only 1-2 offspring will survive to reproduce. Industrialization upends this assumption as better healthcare and food causes a significant declines in Child mortality. This creates a generational lag where parents expect 1/2 of their 6 kids to die but only 1 or none do. Once the children grow up they transition to the industrialized attitude where-in they expect all their kids will survive childhood. Further this can have *VERY* rapidly; we can see this in late 1960's China where the Child Mortality rate dropped from 120/1000 to 60/1000 and Infant Mortality did the same in 10 years time so suddenly the number of kids surviving more than doubled . 3) They haven't resolved the attendant problems of rapid population growth. Things like their food and infrastructure systems haven't caught up to the health systems. China is probably the most well known because of their infamous one-child policy that was intended to mitigate the growth explosion and the food problems that came with the baby boom China experienced in the 1970's.
how can cloud services have zero risk of losing data? Don't they use hard disks which can fail like the ones normal people use, even if they're surely of higher quality
Multiple redundant copies. It's borderline impossible for everything to fail at once so that data is actually lost.
if my blood's temperature is 98.6, why does 80 degrees feel hot and 60 degrees feel cold?
It's the same premise as why my car gets over 100 degrees if it sits in the sun when it's 80 out.
Pythagorean theorem, like I'm actually five.
You can find the longest side of a right triangle by taking the first short line, lets say 3 long and adding that many of them together, so you have a line made of 3 lines each three long, so it's 9 long. Then you take the second short line, lets say 4, and do the same, make it 4 lines of 4, so it is 16 long. Now connect the two lines together and you get a line 25 long. Now to find the length of the longest side you simply need to break that line up into a number of lines that are the same length as the quantity there are of them. So for 25, the simplest you can break it down is 5 lines that are 5 long. Length=quantity, so that is your length for the longest line, the hypotenuse. This is the physical representation of a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
Why is staph so rampant in hospitals compared to elsewhere?
Like a few folks have mentioned, Staph is everywhere . As long as you don't have any deep cuts, it's not going to get in. Even if it did, your immune system might be strong enough to eliminate the bacteria without the infection becoming widespread, or systemic. Basic beta-lactam antibiotics are usually strong enough for your run-of-the-mill Staph. Staph is also in hospitals; however, the Staph there tends to be super Staph. The use of powerful antibiotics in hospitals selects for the biggest and baddest strains of bacteria , like MRSA . These infections are much harder to treat.
does Rogaine work, and if so, how?
I never used it but I do have a very underappreciated piece of advice for bald guys. If you are balding and decide to shave your head, make sure to use a lotion with at least some SPF. SPF 20 is good enough if you're simply in the sun on your way to and from work and other places. Otherwise, you'll QUICKLY get those little brown spots . I'm 26 and already have some. Bald heads also look better with a little tan, which sucks since the sun can cause freckles. If you want the tan without the sun, just use Jergens Natural Glow. Look up the reviews on Amazon. It's pretty good. I had to find these things out the hard way so hopefully I can help somebody else. These things are never talked about can be super helpful.
How to "dry wipe" and why it's preferred in your country than using a bidet.
What do non-dry wipe nations do for pooping at work? Anyways as a non-bidet owner I've found the perfect solution is to poop right before your morning shower and hop in to the shower for your morning cleanse.
what is happening when I don't receive text messages all day then receive them all at once later?
Mail delivery is a really good example for most 'digital' things.To deliver a mail to someone:1. You drop it off in your local mailbox2. The post office picks it up, takes it to its sorting facilities.3. The post office sends it out to be delivered How could you not get mail for sometime and then get a flood of mail?Anything can happen. Maybe it is bad weather and they don't pick up the mail from the local box. Maybe something breaks at the post office sorting facility. Maybe there's a strike at the post office and they don't do delivery. Maybe you're not home for 2 weeks and they need a signature for the delivery In any case, when the situation is resolved, you will likely get a flood of mails on the same day. All these things apply in the digital world.In the case of receiving text messages: 1. Maybe something broke down in the network. Now they don't just get rid of all your texts, they store it when they first get it in a giant bin. But something broke, so they can't deliver it to you. When it is fixed, they send them all at once. 2. Maybe something is wrong with your phone. It is not communicating with the network properly. When it eventually connects, they deliver all the waiting messages for you. Things break all the time in the world. The network world is no difference.The key thing to remember is that all effort is made to make sure nothing is long. So when the network gets a text to send to you. It puts it in a giant bin/queue for you. When it can send it to you, it does. Only if the bin gets too full or other weird things happen can you actually lose a text but this is all done in a best effort way.
The original books that comprise the bible were written many centuries ago. How did the original copies survive so long? Wouldn’t the originals be destroyed by natural disaster or deteriorate over time?
The originals didn't survive. They were copied by hand, and then the copies were copied by hand, and so on. This was the way written knowledge was passed on until the invention of the printing press.
If I was in a plane whilst nukes exploded below me
Commercial aircraft aren't shielded against nuclear blasts. Your pilots would go blind and crash. If you were lucky and they happened to be pointing away, they would find out they lost navigation capability because the EMP fried the radio antennas. If they still managed to find the runway, they would find it gone . If they landed somewhere it's not an airplane problem anymore.
Why is it that when a YouTube video features on Reddit, their comments are flooded with 'le Reddit Army is here' followed by attempts at insulting the video creator?
Because many people on Reddit are immature, some are young, and others are so socially awkward they think it's funny. Most of Reddit is fine though, it's the ones who take the time to leave comments like that i'm talking about.Reddit is very popular. When a video is featured on the front page it gets an influx of thousands of new viewers all at once. Some small percentage of these new viewers are nutjobs that actually post on YouTubeSome people out there only act stupid just to sit back, kick their feet up, and enjoy the fits of rage. ', "Because 9gag hasn't perfected their redditor impressions yet.
Why is Al Jazeera quickly becoming a trusted American news source?
Have you ever watched AlJazeera? If anything it most resembles BBC world. Their reporters and talking heads are largely British. Any news source is going to be biased, Al Jazeera probably no more so than CNN or the BBC, certainly no more so than Fox News. Their being based in Qatar and not in the west does mean their bias will be different from channels you're more familiar with, so you notice it more", 'I enjoy checking out Al-Jazeera and RT to get different view points on certain situations. It's quite interesting how many details you'll get when you're not just getting fed info from one news source. Go to NBC/ABC/FOX and they all say the same things about the same stuff as if it's scripted. Instead, pick your favorite American news and stick with it. When a story of interest comes up, double check it with RT/AJ and others. You will find your perspective on that particular story changes due to getting different details from different perspectives. It's not anti-American to watch AJ or RT.. it's just smart because of how scripted and biased "journalism" is nowIs it? I mean, they aren't really in the top ten in terms of traffic. I have never heard anyone mention hearing a story or reading a report from them, in my own experience. Like, the only time I 've ever read " Al Jazeera quickly becoming a trusted American news source" is in the topic for this thread.One of the biggest investors in Fox News is a Saudi Prince and that doesn't seem to affect their narrative.
Why do you hear a big bang when you break the sound barrier?
What's interesting about the way your phrased your question is that you actually *don't* hear a sonic boom when you break the sound barrier - stationary observers beside and behind you would hear it, but from your frame of reference, it's inaudible because you're actually outrunning the sound from it.Sitting in the cockpit then, does the sound of the engines go away at some point?
What's the difference between the various cuts of steak?
I will take a different approach. If you are at the beginning of your carnivorous life, don't aim for the stars. It would be like losing your virginity to Gisele Bundchen. All others will fail to live up to it. Go with the filet mignon. It is not the best thing on the menu. The porterhouse is. Uess they have a good prime rib, like at the Chop House. The filet is really good. Try the porterhouse or NY strip later. Get the gigantic lobster tail appetizer once. Then the pork chop. From a Chicago steak house the pork chop is completely different from your mom's. Spread your spiritual journey across several years. Unless you're 80. Then get the porterhouse before you die.
Why do people that bitch get rewarded free stuff or discounted orders and people that are patient get nothing?
It's not worth anyone's time, effort, or bad press or feelings to deal with these people. Just make the customer happy and go on with business. If other people are not complaining, we can simply assuming they are not having any issues.
Isn't searching for past possible Nazi war criminals, who are well into their 90's, a big waste of money and time?
In reality it's really for the families and getting justice. There isn't anything they can actually be punished with now. They're far too old to go to prison. At the same time you have to do justice for millions amongst millions of people killed because of them.
Why would anyone oppose an improvement of the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba?
Because they're a dictatorship that regularly incarcerates and kills it's citizens for dissenting from the government approved views.
What is the Speed of a Photon as it Gets Reflected by a Mirror?
This is a really complicated question. If you have an hour and a half [here's Richard Feynman answering it] Basically the photon is travelling at c until it hits the mirror where it is absorbed by an electron on the mirror's surface. Then various quantum phenomena occur within the atoms on the mirror's surface. However what makes a mirror a mirror is that the end result of these phenomena is that a second photon is spat out almost immediately and with the same wavelength and angular momentum as the first. Yes photons are normally generated travelling in a random direction, why is it not random in this case? It's something to do with the quantum reactions between the atoms on the mirror's surface. I forget exactly what but if someone could watch the lecture and summarise it that would be great. So at the moment of reflection there is no photon and so no speed.
Why is the % midwife births in the United States so low in comparison to the rest of the world?
Because in the US we usually go to the hospital to deliver our babies. At the hospital it's a nurse and a doctor that delivers the baby.
If I always feel mentally and physically better after exercising, why do I still avoid it like a whiny toddler?
I always need a spotter/rival. I really enjoy it when it's social, but excercising alone is boring ", 'Because you feel miserable while exercising and instinctively avoid that discomfort maybe?', "It's hard. It is uncomfortable and sometimes down right hurts. Then hurts after. I struggle with the same thing. I try to do it first thing before anything else because I know I won't after work. I also try and pray/meditate before and clear my mind of those thoughts that fight me.
Why women's nipples are censored and NSWF but men's aren't?
Women's breasts aren't censored in all countries. The USA is one of the last Western cultures to still be weird about them. Compare that to cultures that require women to cover everything. Even in the USA, some states are totally ok with women walking around topless, others aren't. Basically, all cultures in which there is an imbalance of social power and privilege favoring one gender over another, the gender with less power will be encouraged to dress and behave in a way that pleases the dominant gender's sexuality. This includes covering up as well. Why? Since the laws favor the dominant gender, the pressure will be on the sexualized gender not to inflame the desires of the more powerful gender INSTEAD of being on the dominant gender to control themselves. Covering up sexy bits is part of that norm, and it extends to popular media.
Why can't we sneeze while we're asleep?
You can, but you're much less likely to. Since the body is in a more relaxed state it is less responsive to the stimuli which causes sneezing. However if you really really need to sneeze, you will!
why don't international sports players (ie. Lionel Messi) represent their countries at the Olympic Games?
Soccer in the Olympics is restricted to U-23 players + 3 older players, so it doesn't compete entirely with the world cup Edit: a word
why is it ok for a woman to take an abortion pill, but if a woman's significant other tricks her into taking the pill it is considered murder?
For the same reason it's okay to punch yourself in the face, but it's not okay if someone else punches you in the face.
How are movies edited to be in 3D when they are't originally filmed in 3D?
For films that use a lot of green/blue screen , the CG background can be made as a 3D object. That way, the only thing that they have to make 3D in post are the actors, and they're separated already. Also, many older films that used the red and blue glasses were three frames: One that was red, one was blue, and one that was full color. One of the red/blue frames was offset in order to create depth to the image.
Why are there no primates in North America?
I suspect it's due to the swathe of desert in the Southern US blocking easy migration from South America. Primates are adaptable, but deserts are a different matter.
How do some people live unhealthy life styles but are still good at working out/exercising/pt?
Genetics plays a little bit of a role here. Essentially, the damage done through these behaviours doesn't tend to rear its ugly until later in life. With regards to the genetics side of things, every individual has a different tolerance to a behaviour. For example, both you and I could smoke a 20 pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years and only I get lung cancer. There's also the other consideration that their capacity to do certain things is increased because of genetics. The example here would be me actively competing against an individual in a run following several months of the same diet and training regime, yet they absolutely destroy me on the track. An example of this would be the myostatin gene which regulates muscle production. Certain individuals have a type of this gene which increases their ability to gain muscle mass.Excessive drinking, eating shitty food, and smoking will all contribute to lower performance physically and mentally. Everyone has different levels of fitness and intelligence. These people who smoke and drink would perform *even better* if they maintained a healthy lifestyle. I know a lot of people who excessively drink and smoke cigarettes. Some of them can barely make it up the stairs. Just because some people are able to run a few miles after drinking doesn't mean the unhealthy behavior is not affecting them. Maybe they played sports a lot when they were kids. Maybe they are just built differently. Maybe they have more motivation because they're trying to "cancel out" the damage that they are doing to their bodies. No matter what, drinking and smoking is causing harm to their bodies.
Why do old Chinese people act uncivilly on buses?
How do you even know they're Chinese? But in their country its not uncommon to bump or push into people. They don't get all worked up and want to fight like Americans do. Pretty sure its done subconsciously and not with ill intentions
How did having light breakfasts and heavy dinners become a common practice, when logically it should be reversed?
Heavy breakfasts such as the full English breakfast, which is around 1000 calories depending on the portion size, are still a common practice among manual workers who will need that food energy to do their work during the day. Light breakfasts are more popular among office workers who are physically inactive for most of the day, but may be short on time in the morning and don't want to cook and eat a big meal. So the declining popularity of big breakfasts is in part due to the changes in the workforce - more service jobs, less physical labour.Having to move very quickly when waking up means having no time to eat a heavy breakfast and no time to digest. This is normal : most people lived a rushed lifestyle in the past and now from the morning on, having only rest time at the end of the day, where it is now safe to be slow and sleepy and digesting a larger meal', "Many people have 1+ hour commutes to and from work, so spending 30 mins cooking a real breakfast cuts into sleeping time. If they have kids they have to drop off at school, time is even more compressed. By contrast, the evenings feature 4+ hours of available time to cook and eat. Also, eating heavy in the evening isn't that bad as long as you're not also eating heavy for breakfast and lunch. Your metabolism doesn't slow down that much overnight. Weight gain from eating late normally corresponds with an overall sedentary lifestyle.
Why does the US get cheaper gas prices than Canada?
Taxes, pure and simple: _URL_0_ Yes, we pay much higher taxes up here in our Socialist Workers' Paradise. But we get a lot for those taxes in return.Canadians pay a 33% tax on fuel, in part to fund their national healthcare system. Americans only pay 11% tax.
If obesity is 'the most serious public health issue of the 21st century', then why isn't it addressed by any of the electoral candidates in the current U.S. electoral campaign process?
You do see it mentioned quite often by Democratic candidates in the form of school lunch/exercise programs trying to target behaviors that trend towards obesity early on -- I think the issue for Republicans/Conservatives is multi-tiered, and complicated with a lot of room to step on toes. From a very high level they would have to acknowledge that dietary options for lower income families are contributing to the problem and their constituency would have to acknowledge their candidate is pointing out that they are medically obese from their dietary and lifestyle choices, which doesn't really fit any narrative many of the far right side wants to tell. At some point both sides would have to go after farming policy.. and yea, good chance of that not happening.