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askscience/c6mof77 | 11i50i | Does the theory of relativity apply to everything that has mass? | >would time be even a tiny bit different to every thing that moves on the planet, just as the planet and our star system and galaxy is relative to each other too. Yep Every object experiences time dilation as it moves - it applies to everything with mass as you stated. | 2 |
AskReddit/d6ts26a | 4z8mpo | What is hands down the worst film of all time? | Not sure, but I'm pretty sure the worst one I've ever seen is either Godzilla (2000) or whatever movie-so-lame-I've-already-forgotten-the-title about a half-Viking/Indian in North America fighting Vikings on behalf of the Indians. | 4 |
AskReddit/efn8b1q | amncrc | What can one do to ease their mind and fall asleep? | I put some relaxing music on and I usually contemplate a topic until I fall asleep. Obviously don't overthink things because that's counterproductive but stuff like reflecting about what you did today can help put you at ease. | 5 |
AskReddit/ervgp7j | c496hw | What do you find more annoying than anything else? | My girlfriends dog. He annoys every fiber of my being and I’m a dog person for sure. He just takes the cake as the most annoying dog on earth. Not necessarily bad just annoying af like he knows and does it on purpose. | 2 |
AskReddit/cskg7bp | 3bau4g | What else do you use your computer for? | My computer has blue and white LEDs from the fans on the inside, and the case has a window on the side, so I also use it as a source of light. Also, strangely enough, I like the soft humming noise my computer makes. I find it helps me fall asleep. | 2 |
AskReddit/dznn2pd | 8mgzgt | What are less obvious signs that you should end your relationship? | Gaslighting is a terrible thing to experience. If you go into a conversation with a point to make but find yourself all turned around by the end. you may be in some trouble. I completely lost myself in a relationship by constantly trying to please the other person. | 84 |
AskReddit/c8sspe0 | 19zu38 | What is the funniest movie few people know about? | Grandma's Boy. I'm not sure how many people know about it in general, but most people I've introduced it to had never heard of it before. It's not the funniest movie I've ever seen, but for plain stupid stoner humor it has to be one of the best. | 386 |
explainlikeimfive/chzjp43 | 27cpwt | Why is the Amish religion not considered a cult? | "Cult" isn't a well-defined term. Most religions, if they sprang up out of no existing tradition, would be called a cult by someone if they developed now. (Not that the Amish tradition came out of nowhere.) For example, say there was no such thing as Christianity and that faith started to appear in the modern world tod... | 11 |
askscience/c21nrkm | i85du | How did the process of caterpillar to butterfly metamorphosis develop through evolution? | great question that we can really only hint at. But the evolution of wings is a separate question from the evolution of metamorphosis. Wings evolved long before metamorphosis. Some insects develop more gradually and get bigger wings in the final stages. As adults they then have fully formed wings. We think that from th... | 9 |
explainlikeimfive/ctd3960 | 3eakkl | Why do ships with male names (I.e U.S.S George Washington) still get referred to as "her" by its crew? | The people who name ships don't necessarily look at its genitals first - like with kittens. That's only a little facetious. Ships are named by senators, but crewed by sailors. Neither group asks the other for their opinion on the matter. | 5 |
AskReddit/c0bda99 | 949cu | What's the biggest misunderstanding you had with an partner? | So, I had this boyfriend back in the day. He cheats on me and does the honorable thing and tells me about it. Then during the conversation he says " I never promised I wouldn't cheat on you, but I can promise I would never do it again." WTF.so I say, "I would have never dated you in the first place if I would have know... | 24 |
askscience/dyr50wv | 8idurk | What is the cost input/output of current nuclear fusion designs? | To the best of my knowledge there are no nuclear fusion reactors currently that actually have energy production systems in place. That being said, you can compare the thermal output to the input to get a rough idea. For fusion reactors this is the Q value, the ratio of the fusion energy output to the heat energy added ... | 59 |
explainlikeimfive/cgbkd6g | 21c08h | What exactly does the day after pill do, and why do some people call it an abortion pill? | A pregnancy starts when the fertilized egg implants itself in the uterus. Hormones released when the embryo implants shuts down the menstrual cycle. The "day after" pill is a low dose of a drug called Mifepristone, aka RU-486, and it inhibits ovulation. In this role, it does not cause an abortion - there's no egg in th... | 2 |
AskReddit/c4gf88m | srst9 | In the future, would our generation be able to cope with new technology, or philosophy better than the older generation? | Technology, I would say so because current generations have seen extreme advances in technology over short periods of time. Philosophy, depends on the nature I suppose. If it was religious maybe not, e.g proof of existence/non-existence of any given religion. I think with anything else we would definately find it weird... | 2 |
AskReddit/cc1on3f | 1lq9ow | What popular science shows bullshit all their tests/findings ? | Just read an article about primary cancer research on the pre-drug phase. Turns out that "successful" primary findings can't be replicated in over 75 percent of the cases. Drugs are being developed based on a solid base of bullshit for cancer. Way to waste money, cancer fighters. Just because someone has a PhD and MD d... | 3 |
AskReddit/cnic3qm | 2rqozs | What two things do you think should be sold together but they aren't? | Free insect repellent with every BBQ sold! Condoms and pregnancy tests should be showing up in the whipped cream and chocolate dipping sauce section of the deli. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/d7f1qkk | 51uav2 | What factors determine whether a cut will heal properly or leave a scar? | I treat wounds for a living (part of my job). The scar formation depends on the depth of the wound. And by depth, I mean how many layers of tissue are disrupted. You really can't tell by measuring alone. This is because the depth of the epidermis and dermis are different depending on location, nutrition, hydration and ... | 9 |
AskReddit/dkj8rdj | 6opw28 | Have you ever "broken up" with a friend and what led you to that point? | She never listened to me. I got mad at her for it, and decided to take a few day break from her before trying to talk to her about it. Again. In that couple of days she ran into a mutual friend and said she thought the reason I was mad was because she made more money than me. We'd been friends for more than ten years a... | 2 |
AskReddit/e5lqxhb | 9e2z4x | What was your worst experience in a swimming pool? | I was at a friends swimming party and I was on top of the float with someone else and everyone picked it up and flipped it and I ended up under this massive float with everyone surrounding the float and I couldn’t get from under this float cos everyone’s legs were blocking me and of course the massive float was above m... | 2 |
AskReddit/cbbmo7n | 1j6oia | What do you have that's limited edition, sold out, not available to the public anymore, etc? | I want that poster. Bad. We once found a spermwhale tooth on a beach in Norway, that thing is massive. I guess you can count that as limited edition as they aren't sold anywhere and no company produces them anymore. | 2 |
AskReddit/etyfz05 | ce4cja | What are ways we can make income in the future if AI is doing most of the work? | I think this is one of the stronger cases for a minimum basic income. You make money by existing (because we value human life, thus by living we create value). I think (and hope) that wealth and excess will be things of the past. | 3 |
AskReddit/d7fd1rf | 51w41h | What addition would you make to a game to make the game a lot more fun, difficult, etc? | I made a Monopoly game with stocks and bonds one time, it was fun but the game went on forever. Each time you pass go your bond increases by 10% if you cash it out before passing go 10 times you lose 50% of it's value. Stocks were purchased on utilities and rail roads. Each time someone landed on them you got a portion... | 2 |
AskReddit/col7l1y | 2vva4i | How would you describe earth to intergalactic tourists? | It's really hard to describe Earth without anything to compare it to. I would need to know what the other planets they've visited were like to have some frame of reference. My best attempt would be: Wet. Geologically active. One sapient species, with a pack-like social structure and high level of territoriality. | 2 |
AskReddit/cythomo | 40e23i | What was your experience in High School like? | I apologize in advance, but my post is more about the minutiae of human messiness that was my high school social life and the drama that went along with it rather than high school in general, but I've been waiting to post this story so here it goes. In freshman year I was a bit of an outcast. I had never actually hung ... | 2 |
AskReddit/elom0bu | bgu6az | To Redditors who have lost their pet due to natural causes, how was their last day? | I have several stories, having had pets all my life, so here goes. I don't know how much this one counts as natural causes, but. About a week or so ago, my (fairly young) dog's health had been deteriorating rapidly. I'd thought it was some sort of stomach bug, so I took her to the vet. Their assessment was, she had ing... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cev0iz7 | 1vr61l | What accounts for the variation in type of music that different people like to listen to? | TL;DR: A combination of (1) different personality types, and the kinds of emotions different people prefer to experience, and (2) association of kinds of music to individual experiences, and to specific cultures. (1) Some people love to feel relaxed, calm, and safe, so they probably enjoy softer, quieter music. Others ... | 4 |
AskReddit/c973tay | 1bj3q4 | What is the most unexpected thing you have found in your house? | I found several turn-of-the-century tools within the walls at my house when I was renovating. Also, when I peeled up the old flooring, there were several newspapers under there from 1939, including the entire Sunday comics section in one - all were still in pretty good condition. One day I will frame the cooler pages a... | 4 |
AskReddit/ddfcd9u | 5sin62 | What instantly puts you in a bad/good mood? | Music can instantly change my mood! I definitely have some happy songs and playlists for days I'm feeling less than stellar. My all time favorite happy song is Perfect Day by Hoku (totally embarrassing, but also totally mood boosting). | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/duxoopl | 80rih7 | Why did people think Beanie Babies would be valuable in the future, and why aren't they? | Collectibles tend to go up in value over time, as they get rarer and new collectors want to get older items. Because of that, the oldest or "first editions" of collectibles tend to be the rarest and therefore the most valuable - like how a Spider-Man #1 comic can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. So Beanie Bab... | 7 |
AskReddit/c2yqz7q | m7mx6 | How many of the stories that stand-up comedians tell are completely made up? | I think it is likely a combination of truth and fiction. Every now and again they experience something that is 100% truth and is hilarious as it is happened. The rest of the time, the comedian just needs to give some exaggeration to a significant detail to make it funnier. The art is blending the two so seamlessly that... | 3 |
AskReddit/dihzw4c | 6fgmwt | When does life start getting good? | I believe life starts to be good when you decide you will make it good, in however way you think this is the correct way. There will not always be a certain point in life when it starts to be good, but when you can decide for yourself that you will enjoy every bit of it it will be as good as possible. | 11 |
explainlikeimfive/cvjzrb0 | 3n0z7g | If Iceland was able to arrest the bankers responsible for their economic collapse, why can't the US do the same? | Evidence is required to convict. Especially with high level lawyers that these bankers would employ, you'd need very solid evidence. Moreover, it isn't worth it. Bankers were only one third the problem. The other two, corrupt government guaranteeing terrible mortgage securities, and the federal reserve's easy money pol... | 2 |
AskReddit/dm2ozb9 | 6vs8ws | What has been your most painful experience? | I have broken my nose, nearly snapped my arm, had my ankle sprained 6 times, and various other injuries relating to sports. By far, the most painful thing I have ever experienced was a yeast infection. | 2 |
AskReddit/c40igc2 | qtuy1 | How do you remove a security tag from clothing? | Retail manager here - doesn't have ink in it. Its removed by a strong magnet. That being said, if you are concerned about the ink - stick it in the freezer first before trying to remove it. Brute force should work, that being said you risk damaging/tearing the clothes more than anything. They are a pretty generic type ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cmr8onl | 2owq3w | Can you summarize the story of the Bible for me in 50 words or less? | I'm sure you're about to get some circle-jerky answers from Christians, and non-Christians alike, and I would put strong money on the fact that non or very few of those people have actually read the book cover to cover. The reason I say this (speaking as a non-Christian, but one who has read the book cover to cover. a ... | 9 |
AskReddit/eymbz9o | cxnybk | What’s something that happened that made you think “I’m better than this” ? | My roommate used to be my everything. We were best friends and then we dated. Things happened and everything got complicated. He spent a long time messing with my head and feelings. He told me he was going on a date. I've done my best to be supportive and help him figure out what to do and what he's gonna say, despite ... | 2 |
AskReddit/c4yszsc | uuxs0 | What do some people find OK that you disagree with, or make you uncomfortable? | I really dislike when people talk about their sexual exploits around me. I feel like that's a very personal topic, and I don't need to know what you do behind closed doors. I really don't like to kiss and tell, and I'd appreciate if other people respected that. Sadly as soon as people find out about that particular tra... | 13 |
AskReddit/dnhwv2l | 72enyw | What would you say is the reason so many can't tell the difference between fact and their own personal opinion? | Many people have opinions based on facts which makes their opinions seem more like fact. Say you watch a documentary on Climate change and it's 2 hours of proof about different areas of Climate change. You know for sure Climate change is real and happening. You formed an opinion based on 2 hours of presented facts. The... | 5 |
AskReddit/c7v0wyw | 16dju7 | What has been your biggest attempt to gain Reddit Karma that failed, also which has succeeded? | My biggest fail was writing a very detailed account of the weekend I got my duck tattoo. Got one. My biggest Karma gains have all been two words "Tug Burn" made over 2400 karma while the parent comment was about 2000 points. Then Today I gained over a hundred by the words "Hot Pocketssssssss" | 2 |
askscience/d078xmd | 46qc7x | Do black holes block or absorb gravitation waves? | My understanding is that it would just pass "through" it. Bear in mind that a gravitational wave isn't a form of matter. The fabric of spacetime itself is what the wave rides. A blackhole resides in spacetime, and the wave disrupts spacetime. It might slightly disrupt the gravitational energy being emitted from the bla... | 3 |
AskReddit/d8hunht | 566o1g | What is the most hilarious Wikipedia page you know of? | The page for my hometown! Sorry, I will not link it, because some Wiki-warrior will undo the edits we made all those years ago. I edited the page under "Notable Persons" to include my friends for some absurd deeds. I gave us a bunch of titles (Sir PhD Lord Esquire kind of bullshit) and said we had presented the town wi... | 3 |
AskReddit/djl36cp | 6kcua8 | What is it like to be in a wheelchair? | My sister is wheelchair bound for the rest of her life and I've talked to her about it. She says the worst part is the number of people who treat you differently because of the chair. She can tell that people go through extra jumps just to be nice and helpful. She has even had people tell her that I should be nicer to ... | 3 |
AskReddit/el3zqho | be97ut | What was the worst wedding planning you've ever seen? | This breaks me. My brother spent upward of 25,000 usd on his wedding. Beautiful venue. Decent food dispite the bride being allergic to everything under the sun. Awesome cake that took up a good deal of budget. There were no speakers at the venue. The music was played over an i pod speaker. You couldn't even hear the we... | 3 |
AskReddit/ei3dqpz | ayuqxg | What’s something you thought was normal, but later realized definitely is not? | My childhood. I thought it was normal but as I have gotten older and met more and more people from other areas of the country, I have found it definitely was not. When I tell stories about stuff I did as a kid, teen, and YA the looks I get are just hilarious to me. So there ya go | 2 |
askscience/c2datbu | jmcin | Could someone please explain (like I'm 23) how the rotational motion of a turbine shaft produces electricity? | A conductor and a magnetic field in relative motion create an electric current in the conductor. Properly arranging magnets and coiled wire, you can make a generator which converts rotational motion into electricity. | 2 |
AskReddit/d9rwoq8 | 5bwx51 | What's a shallow reason you wouldn't date someone? | I used to have two big deal breakers: I wouldn't date anyone allergic to cats, and I wouldn't date a smoker. My husband--a former smoker--is allergic to cats. Don't let stupid, shallow things stand in the way of finding love. | 596 |
explainlikeimfive/c9mmnsx | 1d3wza | What exactly expires when a water bottle has an expiration date? | nothing. some states, like new jersey, have laws that require all food and drink products to have an expiration date. rather than print several different labels at additional cost, the company that makes or distributes the water only has one, and it has an expiration date. | 9 |
AskReddit/drj3xjt | 7l330a | Why is everybody mad at the tax plan if Trump is saying it’s going to put money in our pockets? | Don't know if this is a serious question or not but it's not going to put money in the pocket of the average person. Sure it may lower your tax by 2 percent, but they are completely gutting deductions which will cost people more money than their percent rate decrease. We get bread crumbs, meanwhile the estate exemption... | 6 |
AskReddit/ew4jn7w | cmtfsy | What feeling hurts you the most? | Emptiness. I had depression for a while and the empty feeling that came wirh it hurt so bad. I didn't smile at things that normally would make me breathless from laughing, and I didn't care what anyone was showing me, or what anyone thought. That was terrible. What made me notice was when I did laugh, it felt really un... | 2 |
AskReddit/dsxleoa | 7rkkx7 | What do you do when you are feeling there is no point in anything anymore ? | Not to be an edgelord here, but there really is no point. That doesn't mean there can't be happiness and joy in your life, it just means there's really no "endgame" to strive for. Define what success means for yourself and do you boo boo. Edit: Obviously there should be a distinction made between embracing the futility... | 2 |
AskReddit/cj9knd2 | 2bwdzx | What movie actually had an unexpected ending? | Most indie movies have an unexpected ending and by unexpected ending I mean most of them just ends abruptly, leaving you to question why you just wasted 80 minutes of your life watching a movie with no story or plot. | 2 |
askscience/cphy2ux | 2zdo8l | What is exactly making the "clouds" seen in galaxy pictures? | They're nebulae (which is Latin for "clouds", as it happens) and like most everything in the universe, they're made of hydrogen and helium with a smattering of other elements. The darker, gray and orange parts of that image are mostly molecular gas with a bit of dust, which is very effective at blocking light. These mo... | 80 |
AskReddit/er0z03m | c04i0i | What are the illegal things that should be legal? | Psychedelic drugs. FACT the government lied about how dangerous they were to get them illegal in the 70-80s so now people use actual dangerous but legal replacements. Real self licking icecream cone. | 3 |
AskReddit/dnfsi9u | 7257fr | What movie has a profound message or ending? | Fight Club is amazing because it builds up a coherent philosophy only to completely disprove itself at the end, which is a pretty accurate description of mental illness, which I believe is the main theme of the movie. Everything seems to finally make sense with this new way of life nobody else understands until it all ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dylongm | 8hqa56 | How do you separate fact and opinion? | I feel like you're trying to ask what separates opinion from reality.? No? Facts can usually be easily proven, opinions are usually just beliefs held by certain people or groups of people but have no evidence or anything to back it. | 2 |
AskReddit/ctofa57 | 3fe7wi | What's the hardest question to answer? | The question OP just asked. Think about it, there are so many hard questions to think about when answering it. You have to go through them all, and debate which one is the hardest to answer. Then you post it, and see the other answers. You start to regret your's. On top of that, one thing that is hard for one person co... | 2 |
AskReddit/cpj3yyb | 2zi5q7 | Is it hard to get a job without college? | No, there are just certain jobs that require a college degree. You shouldn't have too much trouble finding jobs that don't require a college education, but for the more high end paying jobs, generally a college degree is either required or helpful. | 2 |
AskReddit/clpcglu | 2kwk20 | What are some food combinations you grew up with that other people find odd? | My grandparents all grew up during the Great Depression, and so they learned a lot of "creative" ways to stretch a meal. For instance, they would make this dish that was just sugar, half-cooked rice (still a little crunchy), and milk. It was like cereal.but.just rice. It was incredibly filling, though. Also: bread and ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e6l7yw5 | 9io4gm | What are some instances where riffs that a band wrote were reused later in a different song by the same band? | Paul McCartney collaborated with Steve Miller on a song that came out on Miller's "Brave New World" album in 1969 under the title "My Dark Hour." Steve knew a good riff when he heard it, and kept developing it into various songs and forms over the next several years. Six albums later, that riff got recycled and rewritt... | 2 |
AskReddit/ci17y33 | 27isen | What are some items that are referred to as the most popular brand as opposed to what the item actually is? | I am not 100% sure about this but I have heard that all soda in the southern United States is referred to as coke. Example: Bob- Can you get me a coke? Jim- Yeah, what kind of coke? Bob- Dr. Pepper | 2 |
AskReddit/db6o6h9 | 5iaj2t | What makes you smile and sad at the same time? | Dogs! We've basically forced captivity on the descendants of slightly socially dysfunctional (by wolf standards I guess) wolves, forcebred them to whatever iffy purpose someone wants and a lot of people treat their dogs and other pets like basic biological toys. On the other hand, I love dogs and they are awesome and s... | 2 |
AskReddit/c1qahlf | gu0sj | How can I begin building credit? | I started building my credit by saving up $1000, going to my bank and asking for a secured card. Basically they took my $1000, put it in a CD, and used that as collateral for my credit card, which had a $1000 limit. After a couple years they let me withdraw my CD if I wanted. Aside from that, find someone who can co-si... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e9b4tdh | 9vcqzs | Why aren't Puerto Rico, Samoa, Virgin Islands, NMI, Guam, & DC states? | One of the reasons is that approval required consent of the other states. And doing so would upset any power balances on place. Do you think Puerto Rico would be a red or blue state? If it isn't going to favor the right party, they won't approve. | 2 |
AskReddit/cwftggb | 3qjt8d | What's your favorite movie score to listen to? | Jurassic Park I've probably listened to it hundreds of times. I remember I got it when the movie came out back in 1993 and played it on repeat in my room for hours. Pretty sure it was one of the first CDs I owned. | 375 |
AskReddit/ed279mo | abpy9s | If you had to choose between being blind or deaf, which would you choose? | Here is one reason I would rather be blind. My grandma who raised me used to work with deaf people, and she also had a blind friend who I used to drive around for some occasional cash. In my dealings with both of these groups of people, blind people were much easier to communicate with and to exchange ideas and refer t... | 2 |
askscience/cga3e8d | 214qik | Do coiled up extension cords experience any noticeable inductive effects? | The long answer is No, they don't. Remember that an extension cord contains at least three internal wires - hot, cold, and ground. The ground usually runs as a cable shield, and absorbs some of the EM radiation coming out of the wires. The hot and cold wires run right next to each other, and create an equal and opposit... | 3 |
AskReddit/c7ogkcg | 15oz5o | Does anyone have a favorite weird house paint name/color? | One time, me and my Dad were at Home Depot, looking at paint. So we found a color we liked, and it was called Elephant Skin. He accidently called it Elephant Foreskin, so we have called it that ever since. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c9u708m | 1dvem0 | Why can dishwashers both wash and dry dishes, but clothes washers cannot wash and dry clothes? | Because clothes can't be tried as easily by just making them super hot like a dishwasher does. Since dishes don't absorb water, and they also don't burn. Dual machines for clothes can and do exist, but they're more expensive, and more prone to failure. Since the two jobs are really quite different (and plenty of clothe... | 7 |
AskReddit/dzd7cub | 8l6fbl | How far away does someone have to live from you, to not be your neighbor? | I live in a condo. I think of everyone on the first floor as my immediate neighbors. I think of everyone in my side of the building on the upper floors to be my neighbors. Everyone else in my community is like a distant neighbor. But there are folks living down the hill in single-family homes outside my community's com... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dchuchg | 5oan5c | What does a university accreditation do? | Accreditation for a university says "this place doesn't just SAY it provides a university-level education -- it actually does so, as validated by a jury of its peers. You can trust a degree from this place to have covered the usual topics, be graded at the usual level of difficulty. This is not a scam or a place where ... | 9 |
AskReddit/efccj61 | alaj24 | What’s something horrifying you’ve been told by someone you’ve just met? | Not someone I’ve just met, but similar. I was in the car on my way to a rugby game with a teammate that I barely know (exchange pleasantries, talk to each other in class, barely know her) and she starts telling me about how her uncle molested her. I’m not making light of the subject— I was just SHOCKED that she thought... | 2 |
AskReddit/dgpljjj | 67dk8f | What is one thing you have always wanted to try, but never will? | Always wanted to throw everything I own in my truck and just drive until I find a new place to settle into. Loved the idea in my early 20's when I had a little money and no responsibility, but never did it. Now I have an amazing wife, two fantastic kids, and some shiny, golden handcuffs. Wouldn't trade my life for anyt... | 2 |
askscience/cfupife | 1zlauf | If matter equals energy and energy equals matter, can a bolt of electricity be made into solid matter? | I think you misunderstood what E = mc^2 actually means. It's NOT "matter equals energy and energy equals matter". It's Energy = Mass times the speed of light squared. and it's NOT a magic incantation for converting energy into matter, but rather, a way to determine how much energy you can potentially get from a quantit... | 7 |
AskReddit/ch6s4zx | 24g4ef | Should women that falsely accuse men of rape face the same consequences as a convicted rapist? | No but the charges should be heavy enough that women dont think this is something that they can get away with. False accusations wreck lives - the men accussed can lose jobs, friends and have families turn against them. Women who do this make me disgusted and it muddies the waters for juries having to make decisions on... | 2 |
askscience/coyjymh | 2x6ptn | Is freezing point elevation possible? | Substitution of heavier isotopes will result in a higher freezing point. For example, you'll get roughly +0.04 °C elevation in the freezing point of water for every mole % increase of Deuterium. Freezing point elevations in other isotopomers, however, are generally smaller. | 4 |
AskReddit/dp68or3 | 7a0rqi | What was the happiest moment of your life so far? | Can the last 5 years if my life with my fiancé count? He makes me so happy. If I had to choose a specific moment, I would say it was very recently. My great grandma was about to pass away. and there was 6 generations of family in one house. I was happy in the saddest sort of way. I was happy because this women is what ... | 3 |
AskReddit/c20iwwq | i3893 | Can I request reimbursement of "Union Dues" if I was hired to a company for a 2-3 month probationary period? | If anything, you should be contacting the Union to see what they can do to help you if they gave no reason for you being fired. I'm in CA in the states, where you cannot be fired without reason (which, in your case, would mean they have to have proof of poor performance). However, I don't know if that's the case for To... | 2 |
AskReddit/c53dafs | vcwmx | To all the childless Redditors: you've just found out you're going to have a daughter, what are your top three names for her? | Thank you for not picking something with -lynn or -leigh at the end. I'm so sick of that trend. That and the -ayden trend with boy names. Hayden. Kayden. Brayden. Jayden. Oh, and also spelling names in ridiculous ways to make them more "unique". I have a friend who named their son Faelynn. Yes, they named their son som... | 3 |
AskReddit/el90425 | bew5hz | What would you consider to be a wasted life? | Personally, I would consider a wasted life to be when someone is too afraid to follow their dreams, try new things, meet people, etc. Life is all about getting out of your comfort zone, so when you stay in that safe place for your whole life, you really aren’t living at all. | 3 |
askscience/c8uqcz7 | 1a72ih | What was the radiation exposure per year for a "Radium Girl", who painted clock dials with luminous radium-based paint in the 1920's? | Here is a very rough calculation which excludes the decay products of Radium: Assuming 500 microCuries( .005 Ci) of nothing but alpha decays from radium through out the year and an alpha particle energy of around 5 MeV according to Wikipedia then we get a total absorbed energy of 9.210^7 MeV/sec or 1.4 10^-5 J/sec or 4... | 11 |
explainlikeimfive/cefw93o | 1u9iz1 | Why do cops not sit outside of bars and arrest anyone getting into their car? | My criminology/criminal justice professor used to be a police officer and he did something similar to this when he was hired out by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He was one of the few highly educated officers who knew Sir Robert Peel's principles of policing, the first principle being that the main goal of the police ... | 424 |
AskReddit/cm5ly7a | 2mmir3 | Why do soap and shampoo bottles put Aqua as one of their ingredients instead of Water? | Image, basically. A lot of brands use the Latin names for ingredients purely to sound fancy or make their product seem more luxurious to the uninformed consumer. | 2 |
AskReddit/eoppkia | bss2ya | What word did you use to think meant something different than it actually means? | I used to think "approximately" was a synonym for "exactly". Maybe it was the "x" in the word, but it always made sense. "I will be there approximately at eight o'clock" means they are showing up EXACTLY at eight. I was big reader with a large vocabulary but this one slipped by me until I was probably about twelve or t... | 3 |
AskHistorians/cp7uvy1 | 2yakrx | Why was Cuba immediately granted independence after the Spanish-American war while the Philippines remained under US rule for decades? | If I recall it may have been because there was already a rebellion going on in Cuba against the Spanish. Sending in troops to help their war of independence was the reason given for America to throw its hat in the ring in the first place. This didn't mean Cuba was altogether independent, as it was the United States for... | 8 |
AskReddit/c87l64n | 17oz49 | What's your biggest "false alarm" moment? | I was at a party one night with a friend and ended up making out with a girl. Three days later I was at a lecture and felt a pain near my lip, I reached up to it and felt a sore. I suddenly start mentally freaking out, I'm remembering the words of my teacher from long ago in high school freshman Health class. "You can ... | 21 |
AskReddit/cvayedd | 3m0ne9 | How would different movies change if their main characters switched genders? | Female Darth Vader would know if she had a second child. The dark side characters wouldn't have to focus solely on (female version) Luke. Not to mention it is significantly more difficult to hide/save the children in the first place if the pregnant one is the dark side commander and the one running to safety is the guy... | 3 |
AskReddit/dgp8atp | 67bxle | What are some good board games to play with my SO? | I am a very big board game. Me and my girlfriend play many as well. The answer varies tremendously based on what user experience you like to get out of a game (i.e. Is it just for pass time, is it for heavy competition, is it for cooperative bonding?) Since you're talking two player games, me and my girlfriend prefer c... | 3 |
askscience/eirtt48 | b1l8np | How long can an adult be anesthetized? | For obvious ethical reasons, the limits of duration haven’t been pushed. I’d be comfortable saying at least days are okay, even into the realm of weeks depending on depth of anesthesia. Some examples are the extended anesthesia during the Milwaukee protocol, and “medically-induced comas”, which is really just protracte... | 2 |
AskReddit/ddq8wtg | 5tzwek | What's something extraordinary that you've seen but didn't have a camera with you at the time? | When i was 16 i was playing outside with my basketball when i spotted a huge common house spider just making his way across the path. I sat and watched as he stalked along are freaky like. Then out of no where this wasp of some sort (it was all black with electric yellow antennas) flew in at top speed crashing into thi... | 2 |
AskHistorians/ch252sv | 23yron | Why was Ancient Athenian democracy so successful? | Not a historian but I could argue that Athenian democracy succeeded despite itself. It gave significant power to a segment of the population that was usually ignored but the assembly would then go on to make some horrible decisions. Firstly I would note that Marathon was in 490 BCE but was forever be looked at as the i... | 11 |
AskReddit/czt5302 | 44v36w | What do you do if you are being Framed by the Government? | I feel like proving your innocence would be near impossible at that point, so just ride it out, let loose. Your reputation would never be recoverable anyways, be bad/evil. Try to be a mastermind and be ahead of them every step of the way. Don't try to hurt/kill innocent civilians, but I'd probably try to take out the g... | 2 |
AskReddit/dl357xn | 6r8b55 | What's the coolest story you have of your parents/grandparents? | The Klan ran my maternal grandparents out of a small town here in NC because they thought (mistakenly) that they were an interracial couple. This was back in the late 1940s when Jim Crow ruled the South. My grandfather shot at them, which wasn't what you did back in those dim dark days. His White boss had to help them ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cvmvum5 | 3nc7qg | What was the immigration of the Germanic tribes like during the Migration Period (Völkerwanderung)? | I'm going to recommend People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy by Patrick Amory. It should give you at least some picture of Germanic ethnic identities existing alongside Roman ones. Your actual question is incredibly vague. What was an immigration like? Any answer would have to be very very broad, and writers at the ... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dhey648 | 6aja4l | How did Japan stop other countries from trading with them when they closed off japan a few hundred years ago? | They made it illegal for anyone to enter or exit Japan without permission. There were likely a bit of illegal trading but since Japan is situated on islands it is hard to smuggle goods across the oceans without being spotted by the coast guard or the police. The ban was not only a ban on trade but a ban on the exchange... | 3 |
Ask_Politics/d2r8vzx | 4hnr0c | If Republican politicians continue to not endorse Trump/Cruz, how much would that impact their chances in the general election? | It most certainly will impact their chances in the general. Party apparatuses are crucial aspects of campaign work- and lackluster support from party leaders has cost many a candidate their dream job over the years. Now, since the field has winnowed significantly over the course of the primary, both Trump and Cruz have... | 2 |
AskReddit/c2cio4k | jj0c0 | If I turn off a power strip, is it still drawing energy, or do I have to also pull the strip plug out of the wall? | Flipping the switch breaks the circuit, so the electrical devices connected to it can not pull any current, which means you have used no power. If it has an indicator light, then that requires energy, but not an amount you will ever notice on your bill. | 4 |
askscience/c6aegfg | 104pkw | What areas of the earth would best weather global warming? | The Great Lakes region in the US and Canada would be ideal for people to live. In this region, we don't have to worry much about droughts, or floods, or hurricanes, or tornadoes, or our water supplies drying up. The lakes moderate temperatures, but can't rise much above their current levels, unlike rivers and oceans. A... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/d090du0 | 46zfnh | Why is a frozen computer not considered a malfunction? | Computers usually freeze because a program is using all of the computers ability to process things. For sake of the argument, I'm going to refer to this as the computers attention. All of the attention is being given to the one guy who keeps screaming "I NEED HELP NOW!" and it gets occupied with that one guy so nothing... | 9 |
explainlikeimfive/c6mn6wt | 11hzd7 | Can someone explain in simple terms how Lagrangian points work and what their importance is to space exploration? | Lagrange Points are points in a gravitationally bound system (ie any group of large bodies that are orbiting around each other eg the Earth-Moon system) where the force exerted by one body on the other and vice versa cancel out. It's difficult to explain this without mathematics because humans aren't used to thinking a... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cdp5fsf | 1rny5n | If blood takes time to circulate around the body, how is it possible that IV administered drugs can work almost instantly? | it doesn't actually take all that long for blood to circulate through the body. i believe it takes around a minute for all your blood to make a full loop. it also matters what the medication is for. if you are giving a medication for the heart and you are pushing it from an IV in your elbow, you only have to wait for t... | 2 |
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