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AskReddit/czwgbq6 | 45aznl | What do you regret from high school? | Letting people bully me. It is so weird how, people I haven't seen since high school, and used to bully me regularly, now want to add me to their Facebook? I am doing much better without that garbage in my life. | 2 |
AskReddit/cl1sfix | 2ifsvm | Do you think mosquitoes deserve to live? | Well if aliens do decide to come to earth and they don't like us, we gotta convince them that mosquitoes as endangered species and they only survive on our blood. It's nice to have a backup plan for when things go wrong. | 3 |
AskReddit/dw45mv4 | 86dd95 | For people that were engaged and then broken up with before getting married, how did you move on with your life? | No experience with this but thought I’d give my two-cents. There’s a lot more to life than getting married, or your relationship with one individual human. If you base your entire life around one intimate relationship, you’re likely going to be miserable - even if it “works out”. | 2 |
AskReddit/c046r4h | 6lhko | What's a good site/IRC channel to chat with interesting people? | I don't really know too much about IRC but reddit has a channel at irc.freenode.net #reddit. There was a submission about it right when I joined and a lot of the bigger names in the reddit community hang out there. | 2 |
AskReddit/cj9ec6r | 2bvtui | Why do you think there is such a big taboo on psychiatry? | When you say there is a taboo on psychiatry, are you talking about psychiatry as a science, or the people dealing mental health issues? Edit: > Could it be because people don't want to believe that something is wrong with them? A mental disorder is traditionally defined as something with cognitive or emotional origins ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/eock79j | brd35t | How do plants, without musculature, move in such short periods of time to face the sunlight? | It’s called “tropic” movement. There’s a hormone in plants called “auxin” that causes their cells to expand when exposed to sunlight. The direction the light comes from determines how the expansion is expressed in the plant to achieve the best exposure to light. | 6 |
AskReddit/d6zl7al | 4zxjsp | What have you wanted to tell a friend, but haven't because you don't know how to say it without offending them? | "You're creating your own problems right now." I'm 100% sure that my friends have wanted to say that to me and similarly didn't know how to, though. So. I probably shouldn't be throwing that stone from this glass house. Still frustrating, though. | 13 |
AskReddit/cpjl5qo | 2zjv8g | What cheap/simple thing could I add to or change about my car to improve it? | One thing that you'll notice almost every time you use it is a better stereo. Decent speakers and enough power to run them, doesn't even have to be super loud as long as it sounds very good. Plus a control unit that can read mp3 CDs or accept an iPod or something. Only costs a couple hundred bucks, but it's so worth it... | 2 |
AskReddit/e16qk23 | 8tdxdd | What are some cartoon characters you've come up with? | Funny enough when I was a kid I would write my own Simpsons episodes. I think I wrote maybe close to 100 because I was doing it allday and I came up with a ton of new characters. I don't think the episodes were ever good or funny but I enjoyed doing it. | 2 |
AskReddit/d0lmt4q | 48q8hi | What are you currently addicted to and how is it affecting your life ? | Not a specific drug in particular but I'm addicted to chasing highs. I've found a work - play balance but walking the tight rope is very difficult and it's easy to just give in sometimes. | 2 |
AskReddit/dl0cr0i | 6qvw41 | What's some cooking life hacks to help in the kitchen? | Stop frying with olive oil. Olive oil tends to scorch and butter can burn, so invest in an oil you like with a high smoke point. Also, salt during the cooking process, not all at once at the start/end. Stop doing that! | 2 |
askscience/dnknbss | 72gd3v | Why do trees shed their leaves and go dormant during fall? | Water conservation is a big part of it. Photosynthesis is a very water-consuming process, especially when counting all the water lost simply from the way a tree's circulatory system works: it's not a closed circuit like in an animal; instead it's like an upwards river, where water is constantly entering the roots and e... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dz8x91w | 8kmru3 | How do people get birthmarks? | Tbh, nobody really knows what are the causes of birthmarks. Vascular birthmarks are not hereditary. Birthmarks are less common in Asian people, compared to individuals from other parts of the world. However, people from some countries, like in Spain, Italy and more, believed that birthmarks are caused by the unsatisfie... | 2,124 |
AskReddit/c33j8az | mspad | Should I get hockey skates or figure skates? | Get hockey skates. Figure skates have a toe pic and aren't the greatest for just learning and skating around. Hockey skates are a little more symmetrical and forgiving, and tend to have a bit better support in the ankle. I have hockey skates and mostly just skate. Plus once you get good at skating, you will probably gr... | 3 |
AskReddit/ei1y9qw | aymymr | What’s the weirdest thing you know or heard about that can’t be explained? | Ashtabula, OH. Only a few months ago. Buddy is a cop there who told me this story. Guy drives to a local Circle K near a truck stop, walks into the bathroom and doesn’t come out. The clerk working the store calls the cops because he’s been in there so long. Cops come, start banging on the door and threatening to go in ... | 3 |
askscience/dpa56hw | 7afy8x | Why were early probes - namely Pioneers 10 and 11, Voyagers 1 and 2, as well as the more recent New Horizons - not placed in an orbit around their target bodies and instead performed only a fly-by? | New Horizons was sent to Pluto at a very high speed so it would get there within a reasonable amount of time. All that excess speed means it would have had to carry at least an order of magnitude more fuel than it had to decelerate into an orbit of Pluto. I did the math once and I don't remember the actual amount but i... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/cgpnod4 | 22rcq7 | Why is it that, though we are not directly conscious of our current pose, we can tell when someone is mimicking or mocking it? | My guess on this would be that we draw a conclusion to this from the way a person is acting. If someone starts mimicking us then they normally start to behave different or as we would notice it abnormal. Our first thought then is mostly:"Why does he behave so weird?" or "Something must be wrong." Our conclusion to this... | 2 |
AskReddit/caelyg8 | 1fwytw | What is the most dangerous activity you have done while driving a vehicle? | As a sole occupant, I would leave the vehicle whilst it is moving and in gear and climb out of the driver's window, over the roof and in the passenger's window. Actually not that dangerous, as when idling in 1st gear, low range it is only going around walking speed. (I used to do driving demonstrations as part of my jo... | 2 |
AskReddit/con19xo | 2w2o95 | What can you buy today that is going to be far more expensive in 10 years? | If we ignore the adjustments for inflation? Not much. In fact, the curve generally works in the opposite direction -- goods are becoming more affordable all the time. Think about cell phones -- once only for the rich. Think about air travel -- again, in the 50's for the rich only, now, everyone flies. Think about compu... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d1dguf7 | 4byc4p | When my relatively new computer sits for two minutes thinking about opening Word or Chrome, what all is it having to process? | It's probably just lots of background tasks, maintaining processes. Loading icons, checking for updates, etc. Generally, the more RAM you have, the faster and more efficiently your computer will be able to run these programs. RAM and the CPU are the biggest factors in simply running programs. The GPU (graphics card) is... | 2 |
AskReddit/dacsqq4 | 5ej4ik | What current technology do we have that surpasses Star Trek technology? | Television. Decent music. Ever paid attention to the star trek idea of fun? The whole bridge crew gets together and watches 4 people playing the violin, or doing a scene from shakespeare. And when they do go to the holodeck, all they can think to do is ride a horse or recreate some 19th century town or something. They ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dddf33g | 5s9rp9 | What is your favourite painting? | Sadly I do not have a photo of it but it is a winter painting of the Church In Temmes, Finland where my Mummu and Pappa (Grandma and Grandpa) were married in. The painting was done by the famous Finnish artist Seppo Similä. I have the had the pleasure of meeting him and seeing his gallery that he has since closed to th... | 2 |
AskReddit/ewgs8yu | co7ukm | How did a child put a smile on your face lately? | When I was waiting to get off an airplane this little girl was turned around enthusiastically talking to the people in the seats behind her saying, “We’re getting off the plane. Bye!” and then her parents were like “not just yet, we have to wait first.” So she told the people behind her even though they definitely hear... | 2 |
AskReddit/eb088us | a2pzto | What's the best prank you've ever pulled? | There was a massive hill of sand behind one of the gyms in my city so a friend and I decided we'd dig a massive hole one afternoon, covered it with a bit of carpet and covered that with sand too. A few hours later our unsuspecting mate came along and fell straight into it, we we're like 15 at the time and this hole mus... | 2 |
AskReddit/erwif8j | c4gp6d | What was the worst interview you've ever had (or given)? | Oh my god I've always wanted to tell this story. I was one of 4 people giving the interview (panel interview). ​ So we are interviewing this guy for an analyst position on our team. It comes out pretty early in the interview process that his current and only job he's ever had is for the company his dad owns/runs... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cqokoi2 | 33uvq4 | What's the difference between Battery and Assault? | Battery is unlawful contact, basically hurting someone. Assault is causing the apprehension of that contact, threatening or attempting to hurt someone basically. Sucker punching someone from behind is battery. Pointing a gun at someone is assault. You usually do both though, like say threatening to hit someone and then... | 4 |
AskReddit/cay7x5k | 1hv5ve | Who do you tip and how much? | I used to tip 20% at restaurants as my default (mainly because I used to work in restaurants), but I have noticed lately too many servers think they deserve a good tip just for showing up and don't put any effort in. So now I start at 15% and will tip more for good service and less for poor service. | 4 |
askscience/c1y1d0h | hsm16 | Why are we the only animals on earth that have to boil our water? | First of all, we don't have have to boil our water. There are plenty of water sources that don't need boiling before drinking. Actually, I'd guess this is true for most. Generally though, animals are much more adept at digesting food than we are, and they have evolved to digest the particular food they eat. If the only... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/dvyaf6j | 85ljvb | Why does it feel hotter when the sun is beating on me, but the temperature on the thermometer remains the same? | So the sun is warming the surface of the Earth, which in turn warms the air near to it. So if you were standing in the shade, you would feel this temperature, as the air in turn warms you. But if you are out in the sunshine, then not only is that process occurring, but the sun is also warming you the same as it warms t... | 7 |
AskReddit/c4iia04 | t0kau | How does Pat Sajak know how many letters are in the puzzle so fast? | He was so good at Wheel of Fortune that they made him the host. With all the practice he gets filming each episode he has become almost pre-cognitive with his ability to correctly predict the location of all letters and final solution of the puzzle. | 2 |
AskReddit/c9qw2kk | 1djglh | Why are people so rude when it come to their food? | Former server here, best I can tell it's because (1) people expect that if they leave the comfort/convenience of their home and have to pay for their food, it should be both delicious and timely (2) They are in a position where they essentially hold all the power. If they aren't happy, they [a] don't tip - and on a ser... | 3 |
askscience/d0zxtlw | 4abxg0 | If a person were in a vacuum chamber and the proportional amount of pure oxygen was introduced, could the person breathe normally? | Unless you add oxygen to compensate for the loss of overall pressure, they would probably get the benz. The nitrogen in their blood would gas off, just like surfacing too fast while diving. A person can breath pure oxygen with adequate pressure. However, there have been studies that show fluid balance in the lungs can ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ek4xodk | b9jgfl | What are the scariest videos on the internet? | Depends on what you're scared of. People tend to recommend gore or people dying but those are always more "shocking" than scary for me. Like they just make me feel a pit in my stomach, not actual fear. I like the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series for things that are scary and weird. Not the scariest on the internet but de... | 2 |
AskHistorians/ckpxb47 | 2h5ugp | Why did the Romans fall for Hannibal's pincer-maneuver at Cannae? | The strategy was to punch through Hannibal's center with the Roman's numbers and weight, hopefully quick enough that the Carthaginian cavalry wouldn't have time to respond because they were tied up with the Roman cavalry. Presumably, if the Romans were able to achieve a quick breakthrough, they would be able to circle ... | 4 |
AskReddit/dghz76l | 66bf7n | Which actor was completely miscast to star in a successful film ? | Not a successful film totally but Adrian Brody in Predators. We'll get Arnold Schwarzenegger and 5 other super buff action stars and pit em against an alien hunter. What about the sequal?We'll get that jewish guy from the pianist. If anything screams action hero its a tall thin jew. | 11 |
AskReddit/end5pmp | bo88h7 | What's the dumbest thing you've ever done drunk? | The first time I got drink, I got fairly wasted. Seven beers, three double shots, and a few cups of PJ Juice later, all I can do is sit down and enjoy the moments. People had been handing me drinks all night (because everyone thinks it's funny to get someone drunk the first time). This guy came up to me and handed me a... | 2 |
AskReddit/egng40g | arijtb | What is the worst ending to a book or film you have ever seen? | Spoiler In the book my sisters Keeper the wrong girl dies, the younger sister dies in a car accident at the end. The book had already established a twist, and when this girl died my suspended disbelief just finished. I was so angry, it was a 9/10 book, with a 1/10 ending. | 3 |
askscience/c5sts89 | y6pvs | Would people on a planet or spacecraft with slightly higher gravity, say 1.3 the gravity of the earth, become stronger? | Well, assuming that they are doing the same amount of physical activity as they are doing on earth, your hypothetical "twin" on the bigger planet would in fact become stronger because they are working harder to accomplish the same physical tasks. Given only 1.3 Gs, no you would not be in physical pain on a day to day b... | 8 |
AskReddit/c21ffoy | i74vf | What's so bad about selling out? | Its only "bad" if you began on the premise that selling out was something you were against. Like punk rock music for instance. Some bands start from nothing, proclaiming to their audiences how its not about the money, its about the music. Two years later they are performing on Total Request Live with Carson Daly on MTV... | 2 |
AskReddit/d25a3em | 4f22y5 | If Rockstar was making the next GTA game based on your city, what would be something unique to do in your town? | In college now and on Thursday I saw a teacher get hit by a car, and the girl that hit her laughed and drove away. We are also home to "Murder Town, USA 2014. So, it's kinda already like GTA. | 3 |
AskReddit/evif3pr | ck2bo1 | How do you want your eggs? | I used to be picky about my eggs. They had to be cooked hard, no runny yolk. That was when I was younger. Now, I don't really care how they're cooked. I, however, do prefer farm raised eggs, from chickens that aren't caged, but run around eating bugs, food scraps, etc. I think they taste so much better. | 2 |
AskReddit/e1qdts6 | 8vu9ur | How many times do you go on vacation in a year? | I go one a 2-3 day vacation once about every ten years on average. I'm not a huge fan of traveling, but if they invent teleportation I'll happily explore the world. That and I just don't have enough money. My work-life balance is great, I only work 2-5 days a week as it is so sometimes I'll have a week straight off any... | 3 |
AskReddit/dytij7n | 8ip3z7 | What do you consider to be reasons to live? | There's really only one reason to live, and it's the one you choose. Everything else is bullshit, you don't need suggestions. The great thing about the human mind is how fundamentally superficial it is. This means that very minor negative things can prompt incredibly negative emotions, but it also implies that finding ... | 3 |
AskReddit/eihwjcf | b0wtbv | What are your tips and tricks for waking up in the morning? | Going to bed early. If you're the type to not fall asleep fast, then go to bed 10 hours before the alarms. This is what I do to get 8 hours of sleep. I go to bed so early because I will read and browse for at least an hour before even attempting to sleep. Install Twilight (Androids, dunno if it's also for Apple) to red... | 2 |
AskReddit/dnnp6ln | 734my5 | What is the smartest thing you’ve done whilst stoned to the bone? | I did a complicated algebra problem in class that no one else could solve and made a perfect essay one time on 4/20 without "my sources" and got an A. Both times were my sophomore year which is kind odd/funny. Can't remember doing anything notably "smart" since then only having things like existential insights. | 2 |
AskReddit/c6ti3mc | 12a4mf | What is something you do that no one else can understand why? | Nobody on the road ever understands why I'm coasting. The light is red. It doesn't matter how fast I get there. You should coast too. It saves gas. And your brakes. | 5 |
AskReddit/c4zub6e | uz1no | What is the one food/beverage that you wished you'd discovered earlier in your life? | Most of the foods I love most would have been anathema to me as a child. Sashimi, Wakame salad, Dark chocolate with chili nibs, Asparagus, none of them are especially kid-friendly, and lord knows I was weird enough of a kid as it is. I do, however, wish that I had learned about almond and soy milk earlier. There are so... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/crxyc6u | 38ul2v | Why does some medicine cause suicidal thoughts? | This can happen with antidepressents and other mood altering medication. What basically happens is that the medication can improve a person's sense of motivation without alleviating suicidal thoughts. Many severely depressed individuals who are contemplating suicide won't go through with it due to a lack of motivation ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dmwj5ix | 6zn7j1 | What are your tips for studying efficiently? | I also agree with going to a library, less distractions there. If you can't and don't want to fine, but make yourself a schedule or sorts. I get distracted pretty easily and also lose focus easily, so I make sure I put all distractions aside, set a timer for say, 30-40 mins, and then give myself a 5 min break to grab a... | 2 |
AskReddit/cli3ybw | 2k5k5q | What would you do if you were sentenced to life in prison? | Probably try to go down in a hail of bullets. If they managed to put me in prison I'd probably try to be the crazy guy on the cell block. I'm not particularly large or intimidating, but knowing my entire life would be spent in prison would eventually drive me insane, so I might as well get started on the reputation ear... | 3 |
AskReddit/dec8ql4 | 5wqijn | Who do you miss? | Many of the friends I made playing WoW years ago. I don't even remember all their names, but I remember the chats and the fun. And even though I have a lot of them on Facebook, we're all adults and many have kids and we barely talk. I miss them all. Pookie. Aesop. Kesey. Drea and Jimmy. Fen. Tama, and my Force boys. | 3 |
AskReddit/d1iw5zf | 4cjzgf | What is a game that you love, but are sure nobody else has heard of? | Vanquish. Made by Platinum games for Sega under a three-game contract that included Bayonetta. It's like Gears Of War on speed with very rewarding gun-play, heart-pounding techno soundtrack, gorgeous level design, and some of the best boss battles I've encountered in this genre. For some reason it go zero publicity in ... | 10 |
AskReddit/dmr65j3 | 6yv7fs | What is the most cringe-worthy event you have ever witnessed? | I watched a friend's girlfriend hit on his boss at a company picnic. She declared that she had permission to have a few flings in the relationship and the boss could be one of them. Many people in the company witnessed it. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cvaunhw | 3m06n7 | When can fetuses feel pain? | As the other posts suggest, there's no good evidence that fetuses ever feel what we would call pain, although it's possible, probably in the very late stages of gestation. I think it's important to note here that the (disingenuous, unconstitutional) efforts to make abortion harder to secure (waiting periods for instanc... | 2 |
AskReddit/cgq15n0 | 22supg | How do you pass the time at work when there is nothing to do (aside from Reddit)? | I work from home now, but when I had a studio job: Draw post-it notes and randomly place them round the office. Photoshop my coworker's faces into stuff we're working on. Play whatever online game is popular at the time. (Cookie Clicker, 2048, etc) | 2 |
AskHistorians/c7hrf5s | 14yjy1 | Why did the SS initially adopt black as their colour instead of Prussian blue? | Likely a combination of black being an intimidating color and also a color that is traditionally associated with Germany from medieval times. There was also a uniform worn by the Prussian Hussars (see August von Mackensen) that was black with the Totenkopf emblem that was likely a major influence. | 2 |
AskReddit/co44zzr | 2u0rtx | What is your favorite euphemism for masturbating? | Jackin the Beanstalk if we were talking about my favorite. But choking the chicken will hold a special place in my heart because it was the first euphemism for anything I'd ever heard. Me asking my mom what that meant was what prompted her to give me the talk. | 2 |
AskReddit/ey4cvs1 | cvi8yv | What is the worst experience in public bathroom you’ve ever had? | I took my young daughter to the bathroom while at the grocery store. A lady in the stall next to us was unapologetically blowing up the toilet. If I would have been alone, I would have never blinked an eye, but my daughter kept yelling, “ Something stinks! It smells so bad! Mama IT STINKS SOO BAD!” I was begging her to... | 2 |
AskReddit/cdczjqi | 1qi1lz | What is your unorthodox way of relaxing? | I take something like a blanket, towel, seatbelt strap, or even the wall, and put pressure on the top of my head. It honestly helps me relax for some reason. Did it since I was before I can remember. EDIT: I don't do this often, it's kinda rare that I do actually, but it is by far the most unorthodox way I relax. | 2 |
AskReddit/dw2qahu | 866fp7 | Why aren't state lotteries compelled to post the same gambling addiction PSAs that casino advertisements have? | Apparently the state of Florida has them on the back of their lottery tickets, it's a phone number to call for if you have a gambling addiction. I refuse to, and never have, bought a lottery ticket, but I do know they do that on their tickets | 4 |
AskReddit/eyoqom0 | cy01iy | What supernatural event happened to you, that you still can’t figure out? | For me, my US history teacher in 8th grade had a painting of a character from an Apache Legend, Geronimo. It had a gun pointed outward in the photo and ,no matter where you went, the barrel followed you. One day some random kid was making a joke about how Geronimo wasn’t real, or something along the lines of that- and ... | 2 |
AskReddit/de8j4pc | 5waa10 | What's the best non-fiction book you've ever read? | how to win friends and influence people! It's the only "self help" book i've enjoyed. Almost reads more like an intro to social psychology rather than self help. If you haven't heard of it, you will again soon. It is recommended reading from a lot of highly successful people and it's also sometimes used as a class text... | 2 |
AskReddit/c2214go | i9qma | Why are directors blames for bad movies, but writers are blamed for bad shows? | TV shows don't keep the same director episode to episode, but they'll usually have the same team of writers working on all the scripts. Movies may have the story go through the hands of multiple writers, but there'll usually be only one director. The person in power for the majority of the production- in both cases- ge... | 36 |
AskReddit/cp0pf9c | 2xjqa5 | What's it like living as a Muslim in your country right now? | Non Muslim living in a Muslim country. It's awesome. The people are absolutely incredible, generous, and hospitable. They don't care what religion I practice, or even if I practice one at all. I feel safer here (Bahrain) than I did on my college campus. I wish people would stop being stupid and accept people for how th... | 7 |
AskReddit/c39n9p0 | njsy7 | What is your actual opinion on Aliens & UFOs here on Earth? | I absolutely believe that there must be intelligent life somewhere in the universe To think otherwise it naive, at best. With that said, I do not think they visit this planet nor have they had any significant impact on history. What is the "actually interesting 5% of the information" that you speak of? EDIT: I saw your... | 7 |
AskReddit/eju42xl | b7to08 | What are the weirdest food combinations that are delicious? | Dunno if it's actually that weird, but toast (untoasted though), this French camembert cheese, BBQ Sauce Dark Beer style and these fried onions you put on Hot Dogs. Crazy delicious | 2 |
AskReddit/d987yw3 | 59g679 | What is the most nightmarish dream you still remember to this day? | I'm 26 now, but I had this dream when I was about 5 and I still remember it like it was yesterday. It was my bedroom, exactly as it looked in real life. It was late, like 3 AM in the dream and I was up talking to my sister. She was in the top bunk of the bunk bed, and I was on the futon I slept on. It was super dark, b... | 2 |
AskReddit/cg9fywf | 21479i | Is it proper etiquette to tip when you pick-up food? | I love this question because I really need to know. For now my rule of thumb is if the person who bags up/rings up my food is also waiting tables, I tip. If it is a counter/register person, I don't. | 2 |
AskReddit/ekdpa82 | basi66 | What was the worst gift you’ve ever gotten on your birthday? | I got nothing. It was the family joke. According to my son, 'you knew it was mum's birthday because everyone ran to the gas station in the early morning for a card' Then there was the year they forgot. What makes it worse is I took a lot of trouble with theirs to make the special. | 2 |
AskReddit/c3b418k | nqbop | Are there any high paying careers in science that can be part time? | No. it's very hard to find a job in science. University pays worse than industry. How will you get a decent list of publications working part time? Forget the idea. Also, if laziness is your main motivation, you will never be a good scientist. | 2 |
AskReddit/cc9t5dz | 1mjf23 | What's the nastiest food you've ever eaten? | This nasty cup of moldy chili that had been in the back of my fridge since I moved in, 2 years ago. I was drunk hungry and ate it. Over the course of the next three days, I was so sick, I didn't care if I lived or died. | 3 |
AskReddit/dcdr12g | 5nrn37 | What is your biggest irrational fear? | Not exactly a fear but I have an irrational insecurity about the speed of my windshield wipers. I constantly feel like people are judging me based on the speed I have them set at and I try to keep them at the same speed as the other cars around me when its raining. | 14 |
AskReddit/cer9z60 | 1vdk5z | If you could plant a single idea into the brain of every person on the planet, what would it be? | In this example I assume this is a single random thought. Something that has the potential to be forgotten. Something that could cause a person to react without thinking. Whether appropriate or not, this single shared moment will probably have a more immediate effect, and might lead to future consequences. In that case... | 45 |
explainlikeimfive/d8lo25i | 56qqq4 | Why did immigration officials on Ellis Island rename Vito Andolini to Corleone? | There is a myth, which this movie buys into, that immigrants into the US were often forced to accept new names against their wishes, either because the government wanted immigrants to Americanize their names, or (as in this case) because overworked or incompetent officials misheard or misread, and recorded all the name... | 9 |
askscience/c1nowvi | ghzfx | Do similar memories look similar in different brains? | Neuroscience grad student studying learning and memory. No one knows the answer to your question per-se. This is because we lack the power to look at a brain before and after learning and examine what the change is. (The change happens at synapses which are even smaller than neurons). That being said, we do know that p... | 26 |
AskReddit/eyl0z2a | cxh6ka | What are some red flags for you, when you are reading someones story on Reddit and makes you go "he made that up"? | Fake depression is the easiest to spot for me. Fake stories that have fake depression will be like this. Misunderstanding what depression is actually like. Depression doesn't make you constantly sad. It just makes you very moody and your life will be a lot more bland. Escalating too quickly. This is usually stuff like ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cwljhuw | 3r7cz2 | What are some tasty, fairly cheap and easy to make breakfast dishes? | 30 minutes is a ton of time! You can make scrambled eggs. Mix it up by adding different meats, veggies and cheeses, or salsas. Omelets, same ideas as above. Pancakes are cheap and take no time at all. French toast is quick, easy and delicious. Oatmeal with toast. Add nuts, seasonings, pureed pumpkin, berries and so on ... | 2 |
askscience/c5go5iy | wuzdg | Why don't the Great Lakes have a noticeable tide? | Basically because they are so relatively small. Tides in the oceans are large because they are global - a bulge in one area is countered by a relative low 90 degrees away. There is enough water, over a wide enough angular space, that a tide can develop. The great lakes don't show a tide because there's nowhere for them... | 21 |
explainlikeimfive/d2ssf5c | 4hw0i5 | What does plugging your ears do? | Sound passes through not only the air surrounding your head and entering your ear, but also your head itself. Sound passes through a solid. The most efficient manner of getting sound to your eardrum, which detects vibration, is by passing sound through the air, and that happens, and that air is blocked when you plug yo... | 2 |
AskReddit/dgbk5r3 | 65mucp | What is your worst (or best) fart story? | In Grade 2 I had a really weird teacher who made us do circles and tell everyone our insecurities. It was her turn to speak and she was telling some story about overcoming her fears or something when the weird kid farts REALLY loudly. Everyone laughed and the teacher screamed in shock and nearly cried and then let us h... | 2 |
AskReddit/e2x3f4e | 91a34h | What is the most expensive thing you’ve accidentally left at a hotel? | Left my retainer at the hotel when I was 12. Parents told me I was on the hook for the replacement. Spent all my $150 I had saved on the replacement. Wore the replacement about three times. | 2 |
AskReddit/d2l59ws | 4gt8m4 | What's a clean joke that you can tell an 8 year old kid? | Why did the doctor sneak past his cupboard quietly? Cause he didn't want to wake the sleeping tablets! --this was my go-to joke at every family gathering between the ages of 8 and 30 | 3 |
AskReddit/e0o6u17 | 8r3smc | Why is that when you are doing nothing and just thinking, you are full of inspiration and things to do, but when you are about to do the thing that inspired you, you don't feel like doing it and have lost interest in it completely? | Because you realize that just inspiration isn't enough. You need the discipline, the motivation, the determination to push through the many walls that block and bar your progress. When you come to terms with it, you feel like you're going to fail regardless of what you do, so you stop trying. | 2 |
AskReddit/d7mv355 | 52sdqx | In a long term relationship or marriage, how do you know when it's time to stop trying? | If your partner is unwilling to engage in a solution or admit there's a problem then you should probably set a time limit and give things a chance to improve. If after that time you've made an effort to improve things and they haven't, you should probably break up. The time and effort you put in should reflect the leng... | 61 |
AskReddit/d1hqiim | 4cftst | What stops once college ends? | It really dawned on me the moment when college ended, that I just finished the easy part. Now the real world started. Getting a job, keeping my boss happy, keeping my wife/family happy, keep a steady income to pay bills, etc. College was the fun, easy part. | 3 |
AskReddit/dnu8649 | 73ywtc | Why are mass shootings such a problem in the US? | Gun control is non existent. Australia 1996 was the last mass shooting to happen sparking the largest amnesty in our country. Not to mention strict gun laws. It worked. It still does. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/cc8bwds | 1me3sf | Why is it so hard for smokers to stop smoking? | There is a lot of ritual involved in smoking and a lot of nostolgia for most people that goes beyond the physical addiction. Many people have their work tied in mentally to cigarette breaks. The stress is the stress of that ritual being disrupted. For a smoker the smoke break is like waiting for Christmas and Christmas... | 15 |
AskReddit/em0nmo4 | biha1g | What are the most interesting stories you’ve heard from people who have survived bombings? | Took a class from Irish accordionist John Whelan, and he told a story about being in Northern Ireland during the troubles when a lot of bombings were going on. He was in an underground recording studio when a bomb went off on the street above them, but didn't realize until they played back the track and heard the boom.... | 2 |
AskReddit/cjmcxcf | 2d5q2h | If you could tell your 16 year old self one thing that they will do in the future that'll blow their mind, what would it be? | Okay 16 year old me, 17 year old me here. I just want to let you know that yes you do lose your virginity. It happens next summer after you've been lifting and getting into shape and have like 3% more self-esteem. However, it happens at a party when you're drunk even though you promised yourself that you'll never do an... | 2 |
AskHistorians/dgk9fn9 | 66p32a | Were the trenches of WWI inspired by the American Civil War? | Trenches have been used throughout history. They've always been defensive in nature. In American history, trenches were even used in the War of 1812 by Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans, Mexican American War, the Civil War. But they were in far less use than in other wars in Europe. I'd argue that the Crimea... | 12 |
askscience/c6162iu | z3pqf | What exactly is electricity? | Ir is made of electrons. Specifically it is moving electrons that are electricity. they move from areas of negative charge to areas of positive charge. hence those symbols on batteries. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d3ye6e2 | 4muhwz | Why do dairy products (especially milk) help with spicy food? | The spicy part of foods is caused by a chemical called capsaicin. This is an oil; remember what happens with oil and water? They don't mix very well, so if you try to wash the oil away with a drink it isn't very effective. Milk on the other hand has fats in it which can mix with the oil and help wash it away, much like... | 5 |
AskReddit/cqvuigh | 34ljyd | What empty threats did your parents make when you were young? | This would've been a . Non-empty threat but it backfired on her. We were misbehaving, mom says pick a present (Xmas presents were always wrapped early and kept in the closet), whatever you pick gets taken back to the store. Crying, because we are about 7, we each pick the smallest boxes in the pile (bigger is better). ... | 3 |
AskReddit/crzfojg | 3909y5 | What helps you calm down? | Going to my room, closing the door and crying on my bed. If I'm not at home, then simply walking away from the situation and taking deep breaths. Also I find running my hands under cold water really helps calm me down. | 2 |
AskReddit/e06lizb | 8ovkee | What was the lowest point in your life? | I was deployed to Iraq, but that wasn't the low point. About a year or so later my unit was up to go (I went the first time with a different unit). During my post deployment assessment, some red flags went off. I was labeled non-deployable, fine. I stayed in the reserves until I was able to get my full retirement, whic... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cfg6d29 | 1y07w7 | Why do all organisms simply exist to reproduce and die? | Well we will eventually reach the singularity which is essentially your utopia. The reason everything simply exists to reproduce and die is because the very first form of life which EVERYTHING EVOLVED FROM, by happenstance they simply existed to reproduce and die. We are essentially just an extension of them. There is ... | 3 |
AskReddit/e54jwbo | 9bobet | What song will get stuck in my head and ruin my day because its god awful? | When XXXTentacion died, I checked out his top song cause I wanted to know what this emo rap thing that the kids are into these days. It was titled “SAD!” It was terrible. But it had a beat that was just good enough, later that night. “Suicide, if you ever try to let go, uh.” | 4 |
AskReddit/c5i5k42 | x0rw6 | What is something you thought was completely normal everywhere but is actually a very localized phenomenon? | Georgia here. I thought for the longest time that humidity was everywhere. Then I visited family in idaho and found out that sweat is supposed to cool you! not stick around for hours afterwards. That and sweet onions. Vidalia onions are "normal" here while regular onions are considered fancy. | 3 |
AskReddit/evg4ezu | cju9y1 | What’s the biggest lie you once believed was true? | My Uncle is part of an obscure religion and when I was quite young he told me that each person has a set number of breaths before they die so I shouldn't do exercise or play sport because it means you will die earlier. I totally believed him for months and distinctly remember laying in bed trying to breath as slowly as... | 59 |
AskReddit/ckuscvc | 2hpefs | What's the dumbest thing you did in elementary school? | When I was in elementary school, I just found out about Smash Melee when in 5th grade. I was standing off to one side, and for some reason(curse my young mind), I wanted to imitate Link's up B move. I did it, and my arm slammed into another kid's stomach. facepalm | 7 |
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