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AskReddit/d42idjp | 4nbrxw | What some things we think are illegal in the U.S. but actually aren't? | Hate speech. It's not illegal, folks. You can say all the hateful things you want. It can be taken into consideration and affect your sentencing if you're being charged with an actual crime in connection to hate speech, but hate speech in itself is perfectly legal. | 4 |
AskReddit/doog2h0 | 77snqg | What's your best 'Yo Mama' joke? | Yo mama’s so fat she looks like a beach ball with fingers! Yo mama’s babies are so ugly, they passed her the placenta when you were born! | 3 |
AskReddit/c85l4y5 | 17hqse | If dogs never existed, what animal would take its place in history as Man's Best Friend? | Foxes? The recently domesticated ones seem to fill the role of a dog better than a cat does. Not to mention they adorably wag their tails! In addition, a fox is an animal not regularly consumed by people. edit: oops, didn't mean to make the last sentence a double negative, deleted a "not." I would also like to add for ... | 1,653 |
AskReddit/evgg6i0 | cjvjqf | How do you motivate yourself to get things done everyday? | I don't lol half the things gone wrong in the last twelve months were because I'm a dumbass procrastinator who spends his days in bed BUT Since this procrastination thing got me in an awful bunch of situations which left me exhausted and I've had quite enough of it I know I gotta change, and from now on I'll do whateve... | 2 |
AskReddit/czhn2ab | 43ds2z | If a male is drugged and raped by a female and she gets pregnant, is the male legally responsible for the child? | I keep seeing people say the reason the government goes after men is because "its what's best for the child" when in reality that is secondary. The real reason the government will viciously track men down is because the government doesn't want to be stuck footing the bill for the child. A mother receiving child support... | 26 |
AskReddit/emr029l | blrl2z | What damage happens to your body as a result of your art or craft (like a ballerina’s feet)? | Ballerina feet. My ring finger on my dominant hand is bent and calloused from holding pens and paintbrushes. I am missing the print on one of my fingers and my hands get burned a lot on stoves and ovens. It hurts to sit up straight because of years of huddling over projects. My hip is messed up from the ballet. I can't... | 3 |
AskReddit/c5vot5m | yhtos | What is the most stupidest thing that you have ever done and will never do again? | heh, most stupid. I once got a bag of M&Ms for a snack at summer camp. However, they gave me a GIANT bag. I only ate about a fifth of it and I got tired. We were having a bear problem at camp, so you couldn't store chocolate anywhere. You had to eat it. So when I got back to my cabin, I went to my bunk and asked if any... | 3 |
AskReddit/dcrhc6d | 5pioe8 | What ridiculous conspiracy theories were later proven to be true? | Just because some previous conspiracy theories proved true, that doesn't mean we should suspend logic and reason on other conspiracy theories. We cannot leap to conclusions and assume all official stories are lies, or fill in the blanks with assumptions. For example, the Sandy Hook deniers and 9/11 Truthers have been t... | 2 |
AskReddit/eny3kx6 | bpvkp8 | What is the worst female name? | My last name starts with the letter V, and my fiancee and I were recently talking about baby names. So I said if we have a girl we should name her, Helga Ingrid V. Those are two of the worst names I could come up with, and then there is the matter of the initials. The fiancee said no. Not sure why. | 3 |
AskReddit/d08u2ep | 46ypwm | If super heroes were real, what would the insurance situation be with all the injuries, property damage, deaths, etc? | Financial Planner (Risk Specialist) here so I feel I'm qualified to give you an idea. In a nutshell it would be a clusterfuck. Superheros would likely be covered by some government insurance scheme because no other insurer would pick up the cheque. They are too high risk and cause WAY too much damage. There would likel... | 3 |
AskReddit/dg0qv9w | 64az8w | What's the story behind the last time you cried from happiness? | I never wanted kids. Besides thinking I'd be a bad father, I just couldn't see signing up for that responsibility. Then I met my wife. She changed my life in a profound way, and after a few years, I wanted to meet our kid. We tried for a while with no results. When we finally got pregnant, we had a miscarriage, and wer... | 9 |
AskReddit/ec9p9le | a8cjmx | What is your most memorable Christmas and why? | I’ve lived in Florida nearly my whole life so for the past couple Christmas’s I’ve asked to see snow. Well, last year my entire finally took a trip to Tennessee. Although we didn’t actually get to see any (real) snow it was one of the most memorable trips. I hate the feeling of being bounded to my hometown forever and ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dx8tvgk | 8bq0qq | What are some “signs” of an unmarked cop car that you can notice while driving? | As an observant car enthusiast,I noticed a few things: No matter what make and model,the car will be spotless.Super clean with no dings,dents and maybe scuffs. This year I saw the cleanest 00's Grand Prix ever that was an unmarked car. Newer released UC have LED lights under the sideskirts and on both sides of the lice... | 3 |
AskReddit/c0llt5k | b9cyd | Do I buy a like-new economy car or an older luxury car? | Depends, do you want to tell people you have a BMW? Or do you want to put yourself on sound financial footing going forward? There's no such thing as "planning on having the car for 5-7 years". Either you do well, and you can trade in the econobox, or you don't do well, and you can keep driving the extra-reliable econo... | 4 |
AskReddit/dee69wn | 5x027r | What is by far the worst pizza you had, where, and how was it made? | I had a cheese pizza from Pizza Hut about a year ago which looked and tasted like a puddle of molten yellow plastic. Lucky I've found a smaller but more genuine pizza shop which makes way nicer ones. Worth the extra money since I'm not losing my appetite after the first slice. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ch6dz29 | 24ekh5 | What is the supposed virtue of having religious faith? | There's a distinction to be made between faith and belief that I think applies here. Beliefs can be supported by fact, or they can be unsubstantiated, but within the context of religion it's understood that faith is a type of devotion that is often tested and by most definitions can never be fully substantiated. Among ... | 2 |
AskReddit/c40eg4i | qtvs8 | Why do soap-operas have a distinctive look compared to movies? | I'm no expert, But here is my expert opinion The filming medium (that is, what the show is recorded on) and the way the show is shot make up the the other half of the equation. Soaps have often been shot on various types of videotape to keep costs down, and compared to prime time shows and big budget movies shot on fil... | 49 |
AskReddit/c0r3ae8 | c9r1r | Does everyone shave their chest hair? | I used to be a swimmer. speedos and everything. And I used to shave my arms, legs, blah blah blah. Not because I thought it would shave seconds off my time but because hairy guys in speedos just looks weird. I don't swim competatively anymore and stopped shaving, but whenever I'm feeling blue I find shaving my body mak... | 2 |
AskReddit/cnzgoj9 | 2tj0v9 | What is the most disturbing movie you've seen? | I could name a few - Cannibal Holocaust Itchi the killer ( or any number of live action manga) In fact many Manga films in general. Or on a different note but still disturbing - Batman & Robin | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/chvgaoq | 26xal0 | Why is it whenever I'm being scolded, yelled at, etc, I feel the intense urge to smile? | It's a nervous tendency, not smugness, yes? You are grinning, but you are not happy. I am the same way. I especially smile or grin when I am being confronted and accused of something I have not done. This turns out badly for me because the quickest way to convince a person they're right is to grin, as though you are ad... | 3 |
AskReddit/d0ud4iu | 49ry8d | How come some days my shoes will come untied 5 or 10 times just from walking but other days they don't come untied once? | They'll come untied less if you alternate which lace goes over and which goes under, like you do when you make a square knot. I make the first crossover with the right over left. Then I make a bunny ear in each hand and wrap the left over the right. I think my shoes have come untied once in the two years I've been doin... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dek08mc | 5xpw6d | How do chemist do experiments with boiling water when there's no such thing as a "real" boiling point? | This is actually a really neat exploration of what we scientists call "confounding factors". These are details about the set-up of an experiment that can affect what our measurements say, but don't actually affect the underlying scientific principle. There is a "real" boiling point for water that depends only on the at... | 7 |
AskHistorians/d24sdhm | 4ewbq5 | Did people sleep sitting up in the eighteenth century? | This is a difficult question, because the answer rests entirely on negative evidence. While some individuals may have felt that sleeping while sitting up in bed was preferable, there are no medical texts that advise all people to do it. Rather, people with respiratory issues were supposed to sleep with their head raise... | 5 |
AskReddit/csi1xpu | 3b1tkv | How are you playing life on hard mode? | I will be leaving a hard mode very soon. I will be seeing a doctor about my anxiety and depression some time this week. I used to foolishly act like it was some sort of mark of pride- a battle scar from events that supposedly justify this condition. When it got to the point I would avoiding responsibilities just becaus... | 3 |
AskReddit/c4t7fjz | u8gl8 | If i send someone an Amazon gift card, how many details of mine would they have? | Get it emailed to you. They will give a a code that cant be linked. Send that code on any way you want. Most stores like a Walgreens carry amazon gift cards for sale. Forward it any way you want. | 2 |
AskReddit/c6bhp98 | 109b5r | What video game do you think should have a movie based off of it? | The Assassin's Creed series. ALL OF THEM. You could easily get 4 movies out of the series; it most likely take 6 or 7 to cover every single sub-plot in all of the games. If I had to pick only one in the series, I think I would pick AC 2. | 178 |
AskReddit/cp0r0qe | 2xjwup | What is totally normal to you but just can't explain to other people? | People who had overly strict parents. it was very hard for me to explain to others why I couldn't do things, couldn't tell my parents things, or why I had to hide everything I was doing. People love to say "Who cares what your parents think. You're an adult, you can do what you want." It's not that simple. | 30 |
explainlikeimfive/dfguwed | 61rnal | Why are German products higher quality? | Germany was one of the first countries to get mass amounts of high quality steel by way of Krupp steel. This led to the development of higher precision machine tools and higher quality metal goods. This reputation has survived largely because of this history but now Germany can't compete in the cheap markets where Asia... | 83 |
explainlikeimfive/calqr03 | 1gmqeg | How do all planets become to be near perfect spheres? | As Carl Sagan once explained in Cosmos: (paraphrasing) Take a ball of clay (not spherical, just a rough shape) of clay, then put your hand on top and push down, then turn it over and do it to that side, then keep turning it over in different angles and pushing down on top. Eventually, you will end up with a spherical b... | 3 |
AskReddit/ecta3ji | aamqtc | What's the most addictive game you ever played, and what was so addicting about it? | Oh man, basically any of the Paradox games. They give you so much to play and explore, so many different ways to play through them, there's so much replay value. And the community is basically obsessed nerds finding the weirdest ways to play the game. It's amazing. My personal favourite is Crusader Kings, just because ... | 3 |
AskReddit/cdnmz6i | 1ria3o | What is a movie you love but do NOT recommend to others, because you think it only appeals to your sensibilities and personal tastes? | Sucker Punch. It was fun, over the the top, entertaining, doesnt take itself too seriously, and its pretty symbolic. I wouldn't recommend it because I think people would take it too seriously and end up not enjoying the things that make the movie fun. | 21 |
AskReddit/cl28yc2 | 2i0bww | What do you do when you feel stuck? | i am in my mid 30's and do feel the same way from time to time. i do remember feeling helpless in college too.like ready to be a fully functional adult making money, owning my own home, living the life.that never happens. i work to pay bills. i make good money, but i am stuck because i don't really have money to do any... | 2 |
AskReddit/d43rcm5 | 4ngaj7 | What words feel the best to pronounce? | Pronounce. You've got the PRO, which just makes you feel positive and powerful, and you've got NOUNCE, which sounds kind of hoity-toity. Fun fact: my phone spellchecked "hoity-toity" correctly. Huh. | 2 |
AskReddit/dyv45yi | 8iwk2d | Which is the most delicious thing you've ever eaten in your whole life? | my mom made this peanut butter fudge pie once and I put some of my own toppings on it and it was the best thing I've ever tasted. however we were fasting so that probably had something to do why I thought it tasted so good. | 2 |
AskHistorians/cbvaqml | 1l2ruq | How do we know how dead/ancient languages were pronounced? | One of the easier, more accessible, but not fool proof methods is to cross reference words with languages we do know how to pronounce. IE if we take a famous person like Cicero, and we know that his name will not be changed into a greek pseudonym, we can then find out how the romans likely pronounced their "c"s. | 3 |
AskReddit/c0fcjc5 | a0ylk | If you could go back in time to be at any musical performance or concert, where would you go? | Grateful Dead - Winterland june 1977 It was a magical time my friends, very unlike anything you will experience today. Being at one of those Dead concerts was like being at a party with 5,000 of your best friends. I never had a bad experience at a Dead concert, and had so many great experiences with the other people th... | 2 |
AskReddit/d4b1727 | 4oawtw | What food do most people like to eat that you absolutely hate? | I don't like cheese at all. Cheese on hamburgers, macaroni & cheese, melts/grilled cheese.nothing. Most I like is sometimes string cheese. I get a lot of strange looks when people mention recipes or food that involve cheese and I tell them I don't like cheese. | 3 |
AskReddit/dw9h4sk | 871lkw | What’s your stance on gun rights? | Let's be like Japan. To get a gun in Japan, you first have to attend an all-day class and pass a written test on how to properly use it and when it’s necessary, which are only held once per month. You must also take and pass a shooting range class. Then head over to a hospital for a mental and drug test, which you must... | 4 |
askscience/c7026t8 | 131ru0 | Does undefined/infinite temperature exist? | Hmm. that sounds right. I guess we can try going through a simple example. Let's say we have a collection of N spin 1/2 objects, and suppose that the up state has energy e, and the down state has energy 0. The entropy is maximized when the total energy is e N/2. So, for total energy E < e N/2, the temperature is positi... | 2 |
AskReddit/c224ryh | i9z1y | What is the rudest thing someone has done to you recently? | My Granddad died recently so we decided to take my Dad out somewhere to take his mind off it a bit. My fiancé and I were meant to be going to a party that day, so I emailed the girl, explained the situation and wished her a good day anyway. She didn't reply to me at all, not even to say 'that's ok' or 'sorry for your l... | 2 |
AskReddit/ehyh9w1 | axzo6c | What's your favorite movie without naming it, but give a not so popular quote as a hint? | I have several favorite movies and I can't pick, so have one quote each: Character A: "What should I do, run, don't run, what?" Character B: "Run, definitely run!" "You missed! How could you miss, he was 3 feet in front of you!" "Choose me, or the fire." "Open those gates so I may unlock your secrets and exploit your r... | 2 |
AskReddit/dmdesn3 | 6x69px | What small, insignificant thing makes you irrationally angry? | Someone recently indicated on Reddit that the new It movie is essentially a rip off of Stranger Things. That made me irrationally angry. If anything, it would be the other way around. Although I do believe Stranger Things is more an an homage to It (and several other older movies and stories) than a rip off. | 54 |
AskReddit/c2i321y | k7l4a | Why do couples in love still get tired of one another's company? | A relationship is about two people who care for each other, but its health relies on each person's mental wellbeing as well. Alone time is completely normal, healthy, an expected. Regardless of your situation, everyone needs to be alone with themselves to think independently and 'breathe' without the influence of the o... | 5 |
AskReddit/ca4gy5i | 1ewllc | If you live in a Tornado zone, why would you not build a more robust brick house? | Yes, brick is more sturdy. No, it won't stand up to a tornado. These aren't big round winds; they're the natural version of a Dyson, up to a mile wide, and 300mph. The fling automobiles, and they have been known to fire chicken feathers through the windshields of cars. There was a picture around a year ago or so of a t... | 4 |
AskReddit/d3ijcwe | 4kwqz9 | What extremely weird thing do we view as normal? | Pooping in a bathroom with large cracks/openings in the wall of the stall. I think we all hate it and recognize an awesome bathroom when that isn't present but view the more private stalls as an anomaly and the ones with openings as normal! Edit: Looks to primarily be an American problem. | 31 |
AskReddit/dd21j0w | 5qtvom | What is a reliable way to transfer data from a phone to a pc, without the use of any cables? | I typically just use Google Drive. But that's mostly for the side benefit of being able to access it on other computers and keeping it synced. For little transfers from phone to computer, I've found Pushbullet to be effective, and it'll show your phone's notifications on your computer as well, which can be nice. If you... | 2 |
AskReddit/d48tbxf | 4o1m36 | Why is Orlando considered the worst shooting in U.S. History, when the Wounded Knee Massacre killed 150-300 people? | Typically, actions of the military, however horrific, are not defined as mass shootings. If they were, then Wounded Knee would not even come close to being the worst in American history. To put it another way, why draw the line at Wounded Knee? Why not Bear Creek River? Why not any of the numerous atrocities of the Civ... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/cvcxchc | 3m8ji7 | How come nobody talks about the dangers of acid rain anymore? | Between better pollution controls and loss of industrial jobs, acid rain is not the problem it used to be in the US. It is a problem in places like China, but people outside of China don't talk about it, because there really isn't anything to be done about it until China decides it wants to do something. | 10 |
AskReddit/ccoxcj0 | 1o5fl7 | What free game should everyone have? | War Thunder on Steam. It is currently a combat flight simulator, which the developers are later hoping to add playable ships and tanks. It is incredible how beautiful the game looks and how smooth everything plays for a free to play game. | 15 |
AskReddit/ef6ca7z | akng3b | What conspiracy theories actually make sense? | The Shadow Government conspiracy theory makes some sense. It claims that there are certain very wealthy individuals, from any kind of religion, who hold more political power than any elected politician. They are the ones truly in power. | 389 |
AskReddit/c0fry99 | a49xn | What to do in New York City at Christmas time? | Ice skating at Bryant Park, Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting, (the snow flakes show across the street every hour at saks 5th ave), there used to be ice sculptures down at the Brooklyn bridge but I guess the city deemed them too dangerous. | 2 |
AskReddit/c2gjol2 | k0czj | Why does Reddit show so much intolerance towards conservatives? | Can I get my snarky, flip answer out of the way? BECAUSE YOU'RE RUINING THE COUNTRY. And I'm only half serious about that. The problem is that modern conservatism is anything but conservative. I doubt many people would have an issue with a fiscal conservative who believed in individual liberty. The problem is that ther... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/cgcea6b | 21f27d | Why is a second 9,192,631,770 oscillations of caesium 133? | Caesium 133 oscillates at a very precise frequency, and the second was already defined (less reliably) as 1/31,556,925.9747 of a year. (And it had been first defined as 1/86,400 of a day). They chose a number that precisely matched that original definition, so all earlier scientific data remains accurate (when you read... | 6 |
AskReddit/c9ytvh6 | 1ecbxr | What's the best/worst thing to happen to you at a professional sporting event? | Not professional, but probably the funniest thing I have seen at a sporting event. McFetteridge Ice Rink - Near Cicero and Oak Park in the Chicago "suburbs". Our Hockey coach was a guy named Manny. Think Joe Pesci's voice, on ice! Manny is showing us demonstrations for a drill, and every time he comes down to shoot on ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/c77e2iv | 13upje | What was Italian food like before they were introduced to the tomato? | Most of the Italian food you are thinking of is the tomato based American versions of Italian food. It would be very simple to take real regional cuisine from Italy and see it without tomato. I don't have any citations, but it is said that Italian food was the basis of Classical French cuisine, so you could see some of... | 7 |
AskReddit/d5fcdxk | 4t7r87 | What hurts your feelings the most? | Being excluded. My roommates right now are my best friends since Highschool. A few weekends ago they threw some money together to buy a grill, invite a bunch of our buddies together and have a bbq party over at our house. I was not told. I found out the day before when I heard them talking about it. Mind you, they neve... | 3 |
AskReddit/dhdpdq6 | 6adn62 | What movie did you see in theaters, you think you deserve a refund for, it was so bad? | None. I really disagree with people who ask for refunds at the cinema or at a show because of the quality. Really not the theater’s responsibility. You buy a ticket, sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s not; that’s how life works. Nobody owes you anything if you didn’t enjoy yourself. | 18 |
AskReddit/eg06fes | aoe01f | What was THE incident at your school? | My senior year of high school there was a huge incident where a senior year wrestler was taken out of the school in handcuffs. He was arrested for molesting a couple of freshman wrestlers in the locker room. | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/c389gbk | nddi7 | Why do we feel the need to urinate when there is running water? | It's pretty simple, really. This is an example of Classical (Respondent) Conditioning at its finest. Every time you urinate, you hear the same distinct sound of water running. Pair these 2 things for long enough/consistently enough, and BAM! The sound itself is enough to elicit the behavior of urinating. I would be cur... | 3 |
AskReddit/cwjmd6j | 3qzfz6 | If every country sealed it's borders and stopped trade with everyone else, which countries would survive and which would fall apart? | The US by far would be the most successful. Massive production per capita and resources to boot. We'd lose some luxuries but we won the cold war for a reason. Plus we could always freedomify our borders and incorporate "involuntary new states" to get the resources we want. | 26 |
AskReddit/eq6wek4 | bxhbsm | What 9-5 office life situations should be made into an episode if they ever re-made The Office? | How about a set up where 60-75% of the staff is 22-28 with multiple degrees, work experience, and can use technology but everyone in management graduated from high school and has only worked at this one company. The young majority can spend each season trying desperately to convince managment to abandon their ancient, ... | 198 |
AskReddit/d54zh2q | 4rxtvw | How can violent crime in the United States be trending at twenty-year lows WHILE mass violence seems so much more prevalent? | One shooting a day with a death toll of one person is more than 1 shooting with 300 deaths. Mass shooting with high numbers can still be part of a lower total if regular acts of violence are reduced. | 3 |
AskHistorians/cikia7f | 29f2t7 | When population growth became observable, how did faiths rooted in reincarnation initially address the "new souls"? | As a disclaimer, no answer to a theological question like this can hope to fully encompass all faiths and interpretations of scripture. I will confine myself to Buddhism; however, please bear in mind I am only giving one possible interpretation of one scripture of that faith. I take your question as assuming that all s... | 14 |
AskReddit/c4xvdqg | urhlm | Is it wrong for me to not want my girlfriend to hang out with other guys who have stated that they are attracted to her? | It's not wrong for you to want that. It would be wrong for you to try to enforce it. What you're basically saying is that you don't trust her. You're saying that if she's in proximity to men that find her attractive her panties will just fall off. If I were her and you asked me to cut out any male friends I had because... | 14 |
askscience/ds9fouk | 7obw1g | How do scientists teach Gorillas sign language, and how complex is their speech? | Koko it is said, has the IQ of a five year old human. They teach them just like you teach a human baby, by pairing signs with the most important things that a gorilla wants or needs first, like food and water, etc. IIRC chimpanzees actually tend to have a better time with learning it especially if they start when they ... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/dnfptak | 724u5z | Where does the energy for gravity come from? | gravity is like magnetism, its not creating energy, but it does have stored energy. Once 2 objects collide, you'd have to invest energy to separate them for them to collide again. The original energy that separated everything came from the big bang theory. Everything that comes back together since then is recapturing s... | 11 |
AskReddit/ccmcd2g | 1nv70v | What is something you were told as a kid, misunderstood, and believed for many years? | My patents got divorced and my mom told me she just 'married the wrong man'. For a long time (longer then I'm proud of) I believed she had literally turned up to the wrong wedding and married the wrong groom by mistake - I thought that nobody realised because she was wearing a veil, and that by the time they realised i... | 3 |
AskReddit/cvvo3wf | 3obcfj | What's something you got addicted to that you never thought you would? | heroin. I never thought I'd get to that level. Went from prescription pain killers to heroin. fast. Was able to shake it off and have been clean for five years. Never looked back. | 19 |
AskReddit/c2kmpgy | kizs2 | What about the woman's handshake? | I really don't think most women were ever taught to shake hands properly. My (female) middle school orchestra teacher took a day of class right before we preformed solos and taught everyone how to properly shake hands. And then made us do it until she was satisfied. I suppose it worked. I'm a female and I've had multip... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cpuafbx | 30oa54 | What incentive is there to make open source software? | Fun, pride, curiosity, benevolence, belonging, camaraderie are pretty big reasons. Also, if I add a feature of my own (which other people would be interested in) to an open source project and then contribute that feature back to the project, I get highly skilled peer review of the feature, help maintaining it and optim... | 5 |
AskReddit/c1vf6k4 | hhg7v | What annoying thing does your body do? | I have dermographia. If anything scratches me, or slaps me pretty hard, it will welt for about 20 minutes. You can actually see hand prints. It's weird/annoying but it's a good drunken party trick | 61 |
AskReddit/d439lja | 4ndr4p | What crime would you commit if you knew you would get away with it? | I have a Learner License at the moment. Near my parents house, there is a newly built, two-lane highway with perfect visibility. And a speedlimit of 80. Not 80 mph, 80kph (or 50 mph for the metrically challenged). If I (and my dad) knew I could 100% get away with it, I would go 100 kph every time. Unless the conditions... | 3 |
AskReddit/cdcke4x | 1qgdhb | What's the most notorious crime committed in your city or town? | Not really notorious, but one I've never forgotten. A guy decided to rob a beauty school in my town, while a class was in session. It was all going pretty well for him until he called one woman (the teacher, I think) Big Mama. Big Mama attacked him with her hot curling iron, and them all the women descended on him, bea... | 178 |
AskReddit/cigczcd | 290t7w | Have there ever been any major charities that have had to close down because they successfully cured the disease/problem they were trying to? | I asked Kyle Petty this. For those who don't know Kyle has a charity called victory junction gang. I asked what he would do if this place if all childhood diseases were cured. He was like "I don't know, maybe just bring in poor kids." | 5 |
AskReddit/dy6ewy2 | 8ftrbg | What's the weirdest place you've made a friend? | I was in high school at a play rehearsal. it was 10 at night. I walked outside, and one of the actors walked up to me. " do you want to see my knives," he opened his jacket to reveal about 10 knives. I invited him over to my house, he picked me up by the ankles and spun me around till I couldn't see. we've been best fr... | 2 |
AskReddit/cpmszwi | 2zw1wn | Why do otherwise legal activities become illegal only when money is involved? | I would imagine because the exchange of currency on any significant scale starts infringing on Big Brother's cut. If you're selling something, for instance, you can give it away for free no sweat, but selling it without paying taxes is a big no no. If you're providing a service, sure, you can volunteer, but unreported ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dg9afxo | 65cszn | What was your biggest "Thank God" moment? | When my son was in the NICU fighting for his life and the doctors kept testing how well he would do off of the highest ventilator, then the CPAP headgear, then cannulas. Those were several "thank God" moments as he was successfully weaned off of all of it. The biggest "thank God" moment though, was exiting those NICU d... | 2 |
AskReddit/ch532zv | 24a667 | Are there fewer women in technology related fields (like programming) because of sexism, or is it that women just don't WANT those type of jobs? | The whole tech/gaming/programming culture that hooks so many boys while they're still in public school also treats girls as outsiders and makes for a very uninviting gateway to IT careers for women. If they aren't interested in grade and high school, they won't become interested later on. | 6 |
AskReddit/etzpibj | ce7kbq | What’s something you found at a friend's house that made you change the way you felt about them? | Found a copy of mein kampf at a friends house and confronted him about it what ensued was two hours of antisemitism ranting and the most awkward sleepover of my life to date | 4 |
AskReddit/ds0uo1z | 7ncdlp | What are some things you should NOT buy used? | Any kind of helmet that you plan to use for it's intended purpose (motorcycle, bicycle etc) but using for a costume is fine. Baby car seats. They aren't meant to last more than a few years and won't be safe after a single accident. Baby strollers: you don't know the condition of the materials in those. Mattresses. Just... | 2 |
AskReddit/c250ndh | imuw1 | Can I get a recipe that I can impress my other early-mid 20's friends with? | Here's a side dish that will impress. It's stir friend brocolli. Takes 10 min to make, and it'll actually get people to eat their veggies. 1) Get some brocolli florets. 2) Steam them until bright green (but still crunchy). Takes just a few min. 3) Heat up some olive oil in a skillet. Add garlic, ginger, red pepper. 4) ... | 2 |
AskReddit/d0kgyu1 | 48l3mj | Why do prison sentences go beyond 100+ years? | Because various factors can reduce time in prison. For example, some states have a system where good behavior can count as multiple days. So a 100-year prison sentence can be served, in say, 50. | 6 |
AskReddit/eqib5pv | byjohy | How does someone get over rejection? | I think it comes down to knowing your self worth, because there are so many different types of rejection. If you can truly be content with who you are as a person, and know where you want to go in life you will probably overcome rejection faster. It usually just takes time and an understanding that you define how you r... | 2 |
AskReddit/ca3iteg | 1eta4b | How old we're you when you met your current best friend? | We were 13. I met my first best friend at age 4, we are 41 & she recently de-friended & blocked me on Facebook b/c I frequently don't call her back as soon as she would like. So I guess I can't count her anymore. But my current best friend & I met the summer before 7th grade. | 2 |
AskReddit/cdm9dq0 | 1rdxk5 | What is something that happened when you were a child that you always felt responsible for, whether or not it was actually your fault? | My parents getting divorced. I know now it wasn't my fault but, then it felt like it was. My mom had been cheating on my dad and taking us kids to the other guys house. For my birthday one year, her guy got me a game.took it home and dad was all like "cool, where'd you get that from?" I said "moms guy friend.she takes ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ewvrw5l | cqeovt | Who were your best and worst teachers in high school? | I had a number of excellent teachers but my calculus teacher, Mr. Simons stands out. He taught us the foundations of calculus and statistics rather than just having us memorize formulas. Honorable mentions go to Ms. Oates and Ms. Deluzaine. My worst teacher was my science teacher, Mr. Kibbler. He had us making grain al... | 2 |
AskReddit/cv0sdau | 3kv4xx | What is something you admire about another countries culture/behaviour? | I love how Bosnians (especially in Sarajevo where I spent the most time) have chosen to look to the future and not dwell in the past. I was there last year and though you can still see the damage from the war they are so extremely forward looking. Their stories are fresh but their eyes are definitely on the future I ha... | 3 |
askscience/c85vhta | 17ids5 | Would any of the pre-Wright brothers aircraft designs work with modern technology? | A disclaimer: I don't feel I have enough historical knowledge to give a definitive answer to this question, but I will do my best from a background of modern aerodynamics. Basically, I don't think it's a straightforward yes or no, and it's not just about materials. The fundamental physics that explains flight is fluid ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cpka4ty | 2zlx8h | How did the US tax code become this complicated? | Because the US tax code is used as a policy administration route for all kinds of incentives and disincentives, from encouraging energy-efficient appliances to home ownership, subsidizing child care, encouraging rich people to not worry about capital gains, and discouraging going without health insurance. Doing all thi... | 7 |
AskReddit/cia0nmk | 28e1s3 | What is one trick you do to keep your apartment/room/house clean? | This isn't a huge trick, but I realize I do laundry more now that my apartment is all on one floor. When I was in a townhouse, my room was on the top floor and my washer and drier was on the bottom floor. I would only take it to the laundry area when I ran out of clothes. Now that I have it all on one floor, my laundry... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cgupecx | 2390t5 | Why does my camera take rectangular photos (horizontal vs. vertical orientation) even though the lens is circular? | So many answers. Here are some: First off, there are cameras which take square pictures. But most don't. Movies are rectangular because they want to show multiple people side-by-side. Since movies are an important source of pictures, it makes sense to have rectangular photos too. Most analog cameras (your dad's camera)... | 8 |
explainlikeimfive/dp53eyp | 79vo6t | Why snow builds up on grass before hard surfaces like concrete? | Surfaces like concrete absorb and retain heat from the sun more than grass. Concrete is also warmed by the geothermal heat of the ground below. Grass doesn't hold on to heat as well and the grass itself provides shade that protects the snow from the sun. Grassy areas also hold on to moisture better, and water melts sno... | 2 |
AskReddit/cprtutl | 30f45p | Do you think not defending (Insert Fandom) makes you less of a fan, even to avoid an unnecessary confrontational situation? | Nah. Imo, just because you don't feel the need to be all aggressive about your fandom doesn't make you less of a fan. Avoiding unnecessary confrontation makes you a better fan, I think, because it doesn't give other fans a bad name. | 4 |
askscience/cmrw3f2 | 2oxxzg | How fast would a lightning surge travel in the power grid? | For all intents and purposes, the surge arrives at the plug when the flash from the lightning bolt does. Your friends' reflexes are going to dominate that time. The human brain has a well-documented 80 millisecond "lag" between sensory input and understanding it, and this dwarfs all the numbers involved. Assuming the b... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/cghjwrm | 21y5dc | Why are internet upload speeds always much slower than download speeds? | The average consumer doesn't need to upload a lot of data very quickly - thats the sort of thing that servers are for. Rather, the vast majority of what the average consumer is downloading content. In order to restrict consumers from using the cheaper consumer-grade internet accounts for trying to host things like webs... | 18 |
AskReddit/ecbr6yu | a8lf0e | What will be the next thing that "offends" people? | Stuff that doesn't really have anything to do with them, and isn't even offending the people they are offended on behalf of. I remember a story about a mom who had a Japanese style tea party with her daughter, and posted a picture. All these white Facebook warriors jumped on her for how offensive it was, cultural appro... | 19 |
AskReddit/es05ypr | c57xav | What is the fattest lie ever told to your face? | My ex girlfriend lied about being abused by her mum. She’s blind. She told me that as a child her mum would deliberately put objects in front of her so she’d trip over so she could learn that falling down it okay as long as you get back up again. She later admitted that this, among other ridiculous stories she’d told, ... | 2 |
askscience/c4jgvzg | t4261 | If oxytocin (the "love hormone") was synthesized as a drug and administered to people, would its affect be akin to artificial love? | Sorry to be late to the party, but there are numerous reports of people using oxytocin in psych studies. To bypass the blood-brain barrier, they give it intranasally. Why this works is complicated, but it has been shown repeatedly to allow larger proteins, nanoparticles and even stem cells to brain (it's actually the m... | 8 |
AskReddit/cc2c7ao | 1lsnpk | What (reasonably priced) product, service or activity makes you feel rich? | Instead of going out to restaurants (which are incredibly expensive in my country), I like to make restaurant-type foods at home. It usually takes a long time to make, but it ends up better than in a restaurant. Fresher ingredients, and long preparation time, make for a tastier dish. So, when it's successful, I feel re... | 2 |
AskReddit/ef66wiz | akncva | What is the weirdest thing you’ve saw or found on the subway? | Not subway but tram related found a drug addict overdosing at a shelter. I watched him for a good 10 mins before I realised his lips turned blue. I rang an ambulance and started heart compressions and waited for the medics to arrive. In fairness they were like 5 mins they gave him a shot he gets up and grumbles somethi... | 2 |
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