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AskReddit/dgolpqu | 67965f | What's your unhealthy habit that you just can't kick? | Cigarettes. Lately getting up very late in the morning (or very early in the afternoon) and going to bed very late at night (or very early in the morning). Already kicked that habit once a few years ago, but it came back with unemployment, and it's hard to kick again. | 4 |
AskReddit/c6qh9ol | 11xtal | Should men get paternity leave from work? | FACT: If men don't get exactly equal leave then it is in the interests of employers to hire men over women. Don't believe that just because we have 'equal opportunities employment laws' that gender bias doesn't exist. Employers are not stupid, and generally they are not sexist. But, what they do want is value for money... | 3,092 |
AskReddit/eb58450 | a3deap | If you and 9 friends were to divide up the world into 10 new countries regardless of current borders, what would be the most fair way to do it? | Divide it up into 5 actual countries with the other 5 sharing Antarctica. Pull names out of a hat to see who gets what. Half get screwed, other 5 happy. I might not be the nicest person to my friends | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cq7wadi | 324r50 | What's the difference on this new HDR TVs ? | Are you talking about the new Dolby technology? If so, the technology increases the brightness, contrast ratio, and colour gamut of screens. It does this by using lasers. The brightness will be increased considerably, but only on pixels which need to be bright. This means the whole image might not be brighter, but the ... | 2 |
AskReddit/c8yybvb | 1ana63 | What's the best way to start a conversation or break an awkward silence? | I can never remember movie dialogue well enough to quote it, but remember that scene in Pulp Fiction where Mia says something to Vincent about awkward silences, and then excuses herself to go to the bathroom and tells him to think of something to say? Try that. Acknowledge the awkwardness and then make them laugh by te... | 5 |
AskReddit/egywvgj | at6be4 | How do you deal with negative thoughts? | realize im on a floating rock in space and anything im feeling in this moment doesn't mean anything and definitely wont mean anything to me in the future. sounds cliche but meditation really helps you train your brain to take negative thoughts and put them in a theoretical "trash bin" thank you for coming to my ted tal... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/cwvhpcu | 3safjt | What does the plasma membrane have to do with Alzeimer's? | The plasma membrane is the phospholipid "skin" of a cell. We don't know exactly what causes Alzheimer's, but we do know that there is a build up of beta amaloid plaques in your brain (kind of how you get plaque on your teeth). This plaque attaches to the plasma membrane and accumulates. Again, we don't know why or how ... | 2 |
askscience/cv2j0gp | 3l1x9c | What makes matter/antimatter reactions 100% efficient? | If by 100% you mean that there is zero mass left over at the end, then yes, matter-antimatter pair annihilation is can be close to 100% efficient. It is possible because of the great symmetry between a particle and its antiparticle, which causes many conservation laws to be cleanly met without needing additional partic... | 9 |
AskReddit/cjjqvg5 | 2cw682 | If you could choose between going back 10 years from now and then reliving those same 10 years eternally (but without memory of it) vs. eventual death, which would you choose? | Depends entirely on the ten years. From 20 - 30 includes some hard years in the Army and nearly three years in the middle east. I also met my future wife, lost her to circumstance, found her again 7 years later and them married her. Of all eternal cycles, that wouldn't be a bad one. | 2 |
AskReddit/el024jb | bdqb22 | What was the most messed up/funny thing you have ever done in a video game? | In one of the Postal games you have to go to an elephant preserve and use a scythe to chop op an elephant's foot because a gift shop owner wants to make a novelty garbage can out of it. I thought that was pretty messed up. | 2 |
askscience/d75vaet | 50n95h | If an electric current flowing through a coiled wire creates a magnetic field, does coiling a magnetic field produce anything? | Remember that the electric current is not the same as the electric field. If you really want to "flip the script", you'd need a magnetic current flowing through a wire, and creating an electric field. But there appear to be no magnetic charges in the universe: magnetic current isn't a thing. | 4 |
AskReddit/c6ob17k | 11ouwp | Why is it that when I eat before bed, I wake up ravenously hungry? | Eating can jumpstart your metabolism again, so eating before bed can sometimes fire up that metabolism, which keeps cranked while you sleep, and you wake up ready for your next meal, but haven't had time to consciously get used to being hungry again and ignore it. | 3 |
AskReddit/c0cokpj | 9ggd9 | Why are there "curse" words, or "swears"? | It's always helpful to have these words. They allow someone to convey more emotion to what they are saying. If they were normal words, it wouldn't work. There will always be swear words, because people get angry, annoyed, overjoyed etc and need a way to convey those feelings in a meaningful way. | 2 |
AskReddit/cbx0909 | 1l96ag | What's the most profound quote you've ever heard? | "Love is never wasted, even if it doesn't last." I heard it from the lovely old lady-poet that runs the Sunday tea parties at Shakespeare and Co. in Paris and it just stuck with me ever since. | 38 |
AskReddit/c331e8j | mqj1o | What strange games do you play in your mind? | Whenever I'm coming in my house, I imagine Hannibal Lecter is chasing me and I have to make it inside and lock the doors before he nibbles my face off. My girlfriend caught me playing this game one day and worriedly asked me what was going on. I just looked at her with a psychotic frenzy in my eyes and said, "Shhhhhhhh... | 1,094 |
AskReddit/cehlaah | 1ufmgh | What are some obvious examples of actors breaking character during filming that still made it into the finished movie? | Every time Steve Carrell is in a scene in Anchorman 2 as Brick, he says his lines and then just LOSES it. You can tell he's improvising and I honestly think it's better than him being in character. I love when you can tell that good actors really enjoy their job. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c56ajhl | vonug | Why is the divorce rate so high in the US? | Who says it's high? It's higher than it used to be because nowadays we advocate divorce when relationships are abusive, dysfunctional, or unhappy. In the past, you were expected to stay married even they beat you, if they were a junkie, if they molested your kids, if you just weren't in love anymore and wanted to move ... | 25 |
AskReddit/d67o693 | 4wkbk0 | If you are in a bad mood, do you prefer to be left alone or have someone to cheer you up? | Nothing worse for me than being surrounded by people when I'm in a bad mood, I have to act differently. I have to force a more approachable personality in fear of being judged. Having no time to collect your thoughts and feeling overwhelmed with the only plausible reaction being to fake a good mood. It is not a good fe... | 2 |
AskReddit/c1z1207 | hws95 | Does the vibration feature on razors actually do anything? | I don't know how to explain it but. it feels like when the vibration is on, I can't feel the razor actually doing it's job. When I use it without vibration, or use my safety razor, I'm much more "aware" of what it's doing to my face. I kind of prefer the numbing sensation of the vibration sometimes. But does it actuall... | 2 |
AskReddit/d91c2kv | 58l3p1 | What your worst public restroom experience ? | The dam was about to burst and the mud waters were gonna flow as I scurried into the AM/PM restroom. The toilet was clogged, but with paper not poo. I tried flushing which raised the water level high, but not out. I had no choice at this point so I turned around and dropped my drawers. I wasn't quick enough. I sprayed ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e7fzgzi | 9mndhs | What's the best book you've read, but can't recommend to anyone? | One of my favourite books is Servant of the Empire, written by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. But it's the 2nd book of a trilogy, so you'd best off reading the first book before that. It's also within the same world as other books, so before starting the trilogy you really could do with reading Magician first. So, "... | 4 |
AskReddit/eu1uh45 | cedw0v | What are some good books for teenagers and young adults that can get them into reading books? | Personally, you can't go wrong with Harry Potter. But if you wanna avoid that, go with The Mortal Instruments. I really enjoyed both stories, Harry Potter is described with great detail and if you are like me when reading a story, you can put yourself right in the room, one of the great parts about Harry Potter is that... | 3 |
AskReddit/ebhibms | a4tuui | What thing did you think you were really good at but turns out you're actually terrible at? | Being on my own. I've been on my own since 16, and the older I get, the harder it becomes. I miss love, I miss companionship, I miss coming home to someone. I went through a marriage and a couple of relationships, but I don't have any family and the holidays are especially hard. Sure, I'm able to financially provide fo... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/d9c7wdd | 59y1p5 | Why does toasted bread taste better than plain bread? | the magic of caramelization. bread contains sugar, especially white bread, which toast is typically made of. when sugar is heated, it caramelizes, which makes it even sweeter than it was and also brown, which is why the toast goes from white to brown. unless you burn it, then it turns black | 2 |
AskReddit/dsfeh3h | 7p8o2i | What negative character/physical traits did you inherit from your parents? | Shocking eyesight. If you spin around in a circle the blur you see is how I see anything that isn't less than 30cm from my face. Personality traits are kind of fascinating though. My dad is the manic type, he'll be incredibly entertaining and motivated sometimes then he'll just fall off and be a mope every couple of da... | 2 |
AskReddit/c21ar7u | i6jmc | What if we let people decide where a portion of their taxes went within the government? | And when anti-abortion or religious studies receives tax revenue? The government is obligated to oblige them, no? Unless these are multiple choice type questions you'll end up with loonies suggesting ridiculous things, which is effectively the government spending your taxes where they want by limiting your choices. | 2 |
AskHistorians/epw6xwm | bw4jai | Why is the French Revolution considered so much more consequential than the American Revolution? | The severing of the North Atlantic colonies from England has been called a revolution. But if by revolution you mean deep political upheaval and change, it never really got that revolutionary. When the citizens around Boston Massachusetts rose up in angry mobs during the Powder Alarm, in 1774, while it was one of the g... | 9 |
AskReddit/dsaqp1o | 7on6z7 | What are some quick and easy meals for college students? | Investing in a rice cooker is a good idea as you can buy a 20 lb bag of rice at Wal Mart for about 18 or so dollars. There are a lot of meals you can do with rice, cooking eggs with rice is great. A quick google search will show you just how many options are out there with rice being the foundation of the meal. You can... | 13 |
AskReddit/etbqx4g | caxes4 | What was the longest setup for a joke you've ever seen (as in multiple weeks/months/years)? | Someone a few years ago that called themselves Frank N. Furter wrote a tweet that said "I'll leave you shivering with antici." There were no other posts until years later on the anniversary of the post they said ".pation!" | 5 |
askscience/c34i69h | mwymx | What Archeological proof exists supporting the Bible and its stories? | Very little, none really. Egypt exists (obviously), but they probably did not have slaves. If they did then they were certainly not Hebrew. There may have been a flood, but it did not cover the world. Certain cities from the bible exist, and still do, but many have no real evidence. Jesus MAY have been a real guy, or m... | 2 |
AskReddit/d340bic | 4j5oyh | What "That'll never be me" thing happened to you? | Girls who got pregnant and had abortions because of 'accidents' were idiots. They weren't careful, use condoms dumbasses! Use contraception, how hard can it be?! And then one day it was me. I was on contraception, we did use condoms - it still happened. How did it happen? Did I forget my pill one day? Did the condom br... | 37 |
AskReddit/c8pwkxb | 19ol3x | If you were allowed to change anything in government and social ideals, what would it be? | I've never really liked the idea of a politician being a lifetime career. Have you ever seen the movie "Mr. Smith goes to Washington"? That's my ideal politician. Some ordinary guy stepping up for a year or two and then going back to doing what he was previously doing. I also like the idea of them only being allowed to... | 2 |
AskHistorians/c50hfgl | v1js3 | What did intellectuals in Europe think of American political ideals (small government, individual liberty, republicanism) in the late 18th and early 19th centuries? | Depends on who you ask. "Intellectuals" are not and never have been a monolithic group. You'll find plenty of every viewpoint among early modern scholars, and not a few of them were staunch proponents of despotism and absolute monarchy. Not until the mid-late 19th century did you begin to see mass movements and a major... | 21 |
AskReddit/eanx87r | a19tva | What is the worst thing an employer has ever done to you or another employee? | The place I’m currently working, the owner’s truck rolled back and hit one of his employees cars and he denied that the scratch was from him, meanwhile, the employee makes about $8 an hour and barely speaks English so she couldn’t argue entirely. He’s also a deacon at his church, so it somehow makes every crappy thing ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ex10t0k | cr0uv1 | How do you repay your parents for all of their financial and emotional support they given to someone this year? | Some more info: So, to explain I was in the hospital for 40 days between January-February this year, got diagnosed as SMI (Seriously Mentally Ill) and been in a SMI residential facility up until the last three weeks. During this whole time my mother and father have been both financially and emotionally supportive of me... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cidvb31 | 28rz9z | Why do babies hate being tired? | Babies move in and out of 6 different "states" or moods: crying, irritable, quiet alert, drowsy, active sleep, and quiet sleep. You can tell what "state" a baby is in by the way she moves, breathes, and the noises she makes. I'm sure you all know that babies become drowsy when they are tired. Tiny babies tire very quic... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/clglo0h | 2jzyo2 | Why does art seem to get "better" from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance? | From my rudimentary Year 9 Renaissance lessons I believe the common theme for that period was trying to discover a new sense of identity through art and literature. Through the Middle Ages the church had a pretty tight grasp on pretty much everything and as a result many of the ancient art methods were lost. When the R... | 3 |
AskReddit/cw0e2fg | 3otqgg | What's a food that is totally worth it to make from scratch? | Pao de queijo If you live outside south america and you wanna eat chipa or pdq youll have to make it from scratch anyway It's probably the most delicious snack in existence, i swear if someone from the US makes a brand and commercializes it ill make them a millionaire | 2 |
askscience/cq0q9h3 | 31dvnx | If Rayleigh scattering is responsible for the sky being blue, why is the atmosphere as seen from space still blue? | They get scattered at much lower angles. In particular, they make the sun look yellow/orange/red when it is actually white, because the blue gets scattered away (covering the rest of the sky) and the reddish hues do not. The non blue photons do survive, but because they didn't get scattered at large angles they don't d... | 16 |
explainlikeimfive/d3hyn19 | 4ku7zq | How can kid music be so annoying to adults while children love it? | "kid" music has the same inherent problem as any other "kid" medium. Cartoons, music, books, food; it's all garishly colored, packed with stuff no body needs, and generally marketed to parents who have no clue what kids actually like. Specifically in regards to music, it's very active and high energy, uncomplicated, an... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cvncwfu | 3nepjr | Why do we have sports commentators on television that talk non stop during the games? | Probably carry over from before people could watch games on their television. The commentators would give a play by play to those listening on the radio. And now it is tradition. Though they're supposed to be "analyzing" the game as well. Or telling people things they might have missed | 4 |
AskReddit/cvidei5 | 3mv0gh | What popular song now or from a couple years ago will be considered a "classic" 20-30 years from now? | This is hard to guess. If you'd asked me in 1994, I definitely wouldn't have figured on "Wonderwall." Cool people at the time rolled their eyes at Oasis. edit: it's even harder to guess because nothing gets popular the way things used to get popular. 1989 is by far the most popular album to come out this decade, it's s... | 25 |
AskReddit/cgung9k | 238r3w | What do I need to know when buying my first used car? | If you buy a car with hail damage, you might not be able to get full insurance coverage until it is repaired. Dealerships (at least in the midwest where we tend to get a lot of hail) often advertise steep discounts on hail-damaged cars, but that savings might be negated depending on how severe the hail damage is if you... | 2 |
AskReddit/ea5hshp | 9z0pcq | How do you prepare for exams? | Look at past papers, realise I know none of this, have an anti depression masturbation session. Think screw it I'll be alright. Side note: I failed my 3rd year of exams and thus my degree. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c72txyt | 13coly | Why does the sounds made by kid's toys slow down when the batteries start getting low? | A battery is like a dammed river. There is a lot of water waiting to be released from the dam, just like there is a lot of electricity waiting to be released from the battery. Imagine your electrical toy as a rubber duck floating on the river water being released from the dam. When you put the battery into the toy and ... | 5 |
AskHistorians/ctyhnd6 | 3gi4rr | How was Hitler able to propagate his idea of an Aryan race, while not being part of its ideals himself? | By the Nuremberg laws you were fully aryan if four of your grandparents were recorded as Catholics or Protestants by birth in church archives (as opposed to Jews. Getting an Arierpass was purely a matter of religion.) Phrenological definitions were first appealed to in German courts after the annexation of Bohemia in 1... | 338 |
AskReddit/eeyp4d2 | ajt1je | Why is strict border control fine to prevent something but not gun control to prevent something? | Strict border control means ensuring our existing laws are followed. Come into our country.legally. And sure, we should treat our existing gun laws in an equal manner. Use you guns.legally. | 2 |
AskReddit/ecd80y2 | a8s53d | In great detail, what is your idea of a perfect life? | Waking up in a new place at 4:30am. Get dressed, make myself a cup of coffee and enjoy the sunrise with my dog. Then go to the local shops and get a snack/ breakfast for the both of us. At around 9 or 10, I'll get on my laptop and get some work done. 4pm, I'll either go surfing, jogging, cave diving, or hiking for a fe... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/co68w37 | 2u8qg5 | How is Gravity Equivalent to Acceleration? | Imagine that you are in a room with no windows. There is no experiment that you can do inside that room to tell the difference between being on the surface of the Earth and being accelerated in outer space with a force of 1 gravity. You could jump. You could weigh yourself on a scale. You could drop a ball and measure ... | 7 |
AskReddit/dx7woaf | 8blxzf | What's a story about your parents a relative told you that completely blew your mind? | I once found out how the reason behind why I grew up without a dad was. After he proposed to my (pregnant with me) mother, his parents told him to either dump her or never speak to them again. The reason? Let's just say that, it was because they were really patriotic/racist and didn't like my mothers nationality. So th... | 2 |
AskReddit/c2egkfu | jr6bm | If there was an envelope in front of you right now with the date of your death inside, would you read it or destroy it? | Read it. If you know when you're gonna die, you know nothing else is gonna kill you until then. Maim you, put you in a coma, destroy your mind, break your body, but not kill you. So you've got practically the same information you had before you opened the envelope, with the advantage of better planning in the future. | 26 |
AskReddit/emqzxev | blsfsy | When did you beat the odds? | Two stories: 1) 3 years ago, freshly home from living overseas in S. Korea. Never tried internet dating. My sister signed me up for Bumble. Did a few swipes and found I matched with a cute gal. We chatted and went out for a drink at a bar one night. We had an instant connection. We're now married and have been together... | 3 |
AskReddit/d548ht6 | 4rur26 | What would happen if you stood up right now and yelled "I love balloons"? | The sound would get drowned out by the roar of my presses and fans, no one would hear me, and I'd feel liberated. Then, I'd go back to printing, content with the knowledge I've proclaimed my love of balloons to everyone that cared to hear. | 6 |
AskReddit/cxmb6z3 | 3vcg8n | What was the stupidest reason you got a detention for? | For taking a marker pen off of one of the younger kids drawing all over some poor boy's clothing. For some reason my school's logic was everyone involved is to blame. Even the kid being drawn on got detention. | 194 |
AskReddit/ca1f8kt | 1elohd | Why is almost every country in the southern hemisphere poor and third world? | First world is the US and its allies during the cold war. Second world is Russia and its allies during the cold war. Third world is everyone who was neutral during the cold war. They are third world because they were neutral. As to why they are poor, that is hard to tell. Part of it is that they did not do much trading... | 3 |
AskReddit/e0t8z8k | 8roqyf | What are good ways to build real self-confidence? | Forcing yourself to do things that you would rather avoid builds confidence over time. Allowing yourself to be confident is really important. By that I mean actively quieting negative self talk and not telling yourself you have to be a certain way forever. Focus on the moment, anything really, I used to remind myself s... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e93ai7u | 9ud2t2 | Why are humans the only species that look uniquely different from one another? | We seem different from each other because we’ve develop brains structures to easily recognize faces and movements (by and large). We seem different because we’re hardwired to see the differences in humans. If we were hardwired differently we might not seem different from each other Edit: it’s the same hardwiring that m... | 3 |
AskReddit/dbb2yzb | 5iuox4 | What actually lived up to the hype? | For me Back to the future. See I didn't watch the movie when I was little, rather deciding to watch it after my friend hyped it up to me. So glad its as good as he said it was. The Avengers is another film that lived up to the hype in my opinion. | 3 |
AskReddit/e9wsql8 | 9xz75k | Who is a serial killer that a lot of people may not know about but has a fascinating story and/or was a brutal person? | Carl Panzram was the first person to be hung at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. For his last statement before being hung he said 'I wish the world had one neck so I could choke it!' He claimed to haved killed over 21 people and sodomized over 1000 men, boys and women. Panzram was a thief, murderer, rapist, arsonist. | 2 |
AskReddit/dr9dfzl | 7juwco | What is the worst accident you have witnessed? | A woman driving about 90 mph in a mid-90s wagon on a divided 4-lane highway in rural VA began to skid. The rear tire hit grass and dug in, the car swung around and nosed into the ditch where it rolled three times before stopping on its roof. It collapsed just enough that no one could get her out. Having witnessed the a... | 2 |
AskReddit/ccxs463 | 1p1k49 | What made you realize that you loved your SO? | When I realized that she understood my quirky sense of humor and reciprocated with her own similar sense of humor. We could both carry on an entirely meaningless conversation about essentially nothing and both be smiling and laughing throughout. Small talk was just effortless and we just conversed night after night int... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/d1amij5 | 4bmbb1 | Why does opening a bottle of wine or liquor help improve the taste? | Red wine can be oxidized. So by opening it up you allow oxygen to reach the wine. Oxygen reacts with some of the compounds in the wine and changes the flavours. At first this is a good thing and the flavours become more pronounced and refined, but leave a bottle of wine open over night and it gets an acidic vinegary ta... | 15 |
AskReddit/evdfg1x | cjhhlv | What’s the best type of mattress? | Latex mattresses are among the most popular types of mattress because of their durability and comfort. Latex conforms to your body more generally than memory foam, and bounces back quickly. | 2 |
AskReddit/cjjudj1 | 2cwzum | What exactly is a living wage and why should all jobs pay them? | A living wage is an amount of money that is sufficient to support yourself with, so you could afford food, rent, utilities, and transportation. It's tough to define a number because that relies heavily on where you live. | 3 |
AskReddit/cb8g39c | 1ivjox | What is the worst possible AskReddit question you can think of? | Yo dawg, I heard you like Askreddit questions. I ask an Askreddit question comprising of Askreddit questions, so that you can answer Askreddit question about Askreddit questions. | 7 |
AskReddit/cr66oos | 35nsr4 | What's the smallest amount of power that you've seen go to someone's head? | JROTC Cadets. Im in JROTC and i do pretty well with the small amount of power im given, but some people go apeshit with it. You got people screaming at the top of their lungs if you dont refer to them as their rank or sir, or if you're doing something and they ask you to do something for them and you're too busy they g... | 8 |
explainlikeimfive/cqrc670 | 3456ir | How does a reverse mortgage work? | You enter into a contract with the company doing the reverse mortgage where they pay you monthly in exchange for getting the house when you move/die. So, it's mainly for elderly people whose family members don't want the home or have to be burdened with selling it. | 8 |
AskReddit/d8p9xal | 5762o8 | What is a time you met someone who was so rich they were not attached to reality? | I dont know if this qualifies as 'not attached to reality' but some guy from my dads church would just park anywhere that was convenient because the tickets didnt matter to him. turns out he grew insane amounts of marijuana, thus the money | 2 |
AskReddit/d7l7gpi | 52ljmb | Why do men in relationships hang onto other women's underwear? | Do they normally? Is that a common thing? If I found out my husband had an underwear collection from his ex's mouldering on a shelf somewhere I think I'd be a little upset and try to floss out his ears with an icepick. It's not that I'm insecure, it just strikes me that if he's hanging onto trophy panties, to prove tha... | 2 |
AskReddit/d5uo4lm | 4v1o2y | What has someone did/said that made you think "I can see why you don't have friends now"? | My 5 year old, he's always getting sent home from hanging out with the other kids, and we know they are being mean to him. But here's what he did. Hit another kid in the face with a stick. Threw a rock at same kid, and others, with good aim. Then he dropped his shorts to dook on some other neighbors lawn.now we know wh... | 2 |
AskReddit/dyh7g14 | 8h5bgu | What are your opinions on gap years before college? | I took one, and I'm more inclined to believe gap years following college or during college pose fewer problems. I ended up wanting to transfer, and it was difficult to get hold of people for recommendations and grades all over again, and then have to explain a gap year to the new places. I'd rather explain a gap year t... | 2 |
askscience/c69pr5d | 1022yp | Has any species of insect displayed traits of self-awareness or personality quirks (or personality, period)? | "Self-awareness or personality quirks?" Not that I'm aware of. You can however teach some insects quite a bit. I did research on the ability of honey bees to form negative associations. The tl;dr is that they can. It was well established that bees formed positive associations with the sights and smells of flowers that ... | 3 |
askscience/c7xb85e | 16hzcv | Does TV make children impatient and addicted to instant gratification? | From what I've read, and learned in college, the fast-paced cartoons don't show a frame for more than about 3 seconds in order to keep children's attention. So what would follow is yes, a child who watches enough television to be used to this sort of stimulation would be impatient with something in real life that exist... | 3 |
AskReddit/c1pooiz | gr9l8 | Why does my cat only eat when I am standing beside her? | Cats are creatures of habit, and not always very bright. She got it wedged in her head that this is how it works, that you're her parent and you make the food work, and in her little tiny brain she cannot eat unless you're there. If she was a shelter cat or you got her from someone else, it's possible someone trained h... | 2 |
AskReddit/c4kg080 | t8jvn | Does anyone know by what logic iPhones display the slide bar or the "Accept" & "Decline" fields when a call is coming in? | The "Accept/Decline" occurs while the phone is in use, like if you have an app open, or if you're reading a text. The "slide to answer" occurs while the iPhone's screen is "asleep" | 7 |
AskReddit/drwf8he | 7mse91 | How do you go about finding a decent movie to watch? | I go on IMDB and check the rating. If it's above a 6.5, that means it's pretty good. The score sounds like failure, but most of the time it accounts for people who went to watch a movie of a genre they don't even like. From there, I watch the trailer on youtube and see if it interests me. | 2 |
AskReddit/eo4z5fo | bqiljx | What's the weirdest thing you've experienced in a public stall/restroom? | Most of these comments are from men so as a woman I sincerely want to know what other women do to make the bathroom so gross in public and do some of you live like that at home? I’ve seen blood on walls, unflushed feces and tampons, and my absolute favorite is when I see pee all over the seat because someone just had t... | 94 |
AskReddit/dmbmdvn | 6wy6ep | What is your "minimum acceptable clothing" when opening the front door? | Minimum for me, or the person I'm opening the door for? Personally, I have no standard of dress. I once took delivery of a computer hard drive while naked. Not the drivers problem, I have to live with this body, he'd merely had the vision seared into his mind. | 3 |
AskReddit/c0zhk5y | ddwcf | Would it be wrong to post a picture of my nude ex if she cheated on me after I purposed to her? | In my opinion, the fact that you have a naked picture of your ex, leads me to believe that she was bound to cheat anyway. But don't post the pic, you are just feeding into her need to be sexually appreciated by other men. Just my two cents. Here come the downvotes! | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c2rekhe | lbt7n | How computer languages like C and C+ are developed and how they work with the computer? | You're telling a person how to get somewhere. Technically, how to get there includes steps like this: Put your left foot forward. Shift weight forward and onto your left foot Put your right foot forward shift your weight forward and onto your right foot Repeat the first four steps 257 times. Pivot left. Turn head left.... | 17 |
AskHistorians/cbc3z6v | 1j896l | Why did Hitler invade the Soviet Union and betray Stalin? | Since the 1920s Hitler had been openly talking about the taking of Lebensraum (living space) from the peoples of the East. Everything Hitler did was to invade the East. Every public work, every job creation project, etc was about building up the German military and then invading and taking the East. The idea was to inv... | 21 |
AskReddit/eouavc7 | bt5qyv | How would every day life be different if humans laid eggs to reproduce instead of giving live birth? | Life would be so much easier for mothers. Nothing like being woken up at 4am with a baby playing soccer with your bladder and braxton hicks or indigestion or heartburn, also I imagine itd be nice just to lay a egg and then be able to carry on with life while you wait for it to hatch, no more baby bump suffocating you w... | 2 |
AskReddit/d8n07ak | 56wofe | What thing/experience/event made you into a more mature person than you were before? | When I was younger(teenager) I was in a long distance relationship for years with a girl I met online. She always made excuses about why we couldn't meet in person and when I finally did end up in the same area as her I was hit with a restraining order for "stalking". It was that moment I realized you should never beli... | 2 |
askscience/c3ql96c | pmq1v | Why doesn't ice seem to melt right? | The rate of heat transfer between two objects of differing temperatures is proportional to the difference in their temperatures. This means that when you drop ice in water at first the ice heats up and the water cools down rapidly, but once they equilibrate the heat flow from water to ice effectively stops (there will ... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cx36afn | 3t57t6 | Why isn't there the same determination to relentlessly hunt down the people who shot down the plane over the Ukraine? | You must be watching mostly american-centric media if you don't think there wasn't a heap of determination in the countries most affected by the MH17 disaster for retribution. In fact, there was a lot of outrage world wide. That said, you cannot compare the situations. The attack in Paris was a planned, wilful attack. ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dpd6vr6 | 7avlmp | What is your story about yelling at/fighting with a customer at your job? | I've never yelled or fought with one. In the last month or so i worked in retail, I let my frustration get the best of me at times. Slamming the drawer or exaggerating my checkout-ness with difficult, disrespectful customers. Eventually, I reached an actual panic attack, so that was fun. | 2 |
AskReddit/dd2xxa8 | 5qxy3p | What vitamins do you take, and why? | I have Parker Naturals Berry Green Food, which has a number of vitamins and minerals, (vitamins A, C, K, B vitamins, Selenium, Magnesium, Iron) and fiber and probiotics. I think it helps me stay fuller through the morning and is just a back up in case I don't eat properly or enough. I'm in college so my diet is mostly ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cgawlzx | 219gjl | Why aren't cars made of softer material, or at least have soft padding around them to reduce the impact of a crash? | with the advancement of material science and alloys they have done a lot to lower the weight of cars along with increasing the survivability. It does have two different parts. 1.) design of roads. Safety is the main issue in road design and new roads will always be safer but that is not specifically what you are asking... | 7 |
AskReddit/dngehca | 727fws | What weird compliment would you have given someone if it didn't sound weird? | I'll take this a step further and tell you about the time I paid the compliment before realizing it was weird. I was in the 5th grade and assigned to a group project with several other girls. One was very popular and thus intimidating. I knew I could win her over with a super chill compliment. Her hair? No, too obvious... | 2 |
AskReddit/dcj6ihp | 5ognni | What is the biggest scandal that happened in your school? | An English teacher got arrested on school grounds for bringing props to use in class for a play. It was an air rifle and a toy gun. Not sure what happened since then. She was a really great teacher though. | 6 |
AskReddit/e4b7fse | 97vdxn | What is your weirdest fear? | When I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, I'm terrified that I'm still dreaming, so I'll spend a little extra time making sure I'm fully awake. Edit: And. reading everyone else's response so far, this is a pretty weird fear to have. | 2 |
AskReddit/dmg744h | 6xiois | Who else thinks Reddit should have a 'hide read posts' option? | I really do. While it's not automatically hiding read posts, this is one of the main reasons why I miss having the Reddit Is Fun app when I had an Android phone - I could automatically hide a post without actually clicking into it. It only took a second, and I loved it! I can't do that with the official Reddit app (tha... | 11 |
AskReddit/c6fprr2 | 10pv1j | What are some mind blowing books that everyone should read? | What is the What by Dave Eggers is the one book that has altered my perspective more than any other. It is so relentlessly tragic and blunt. Of all the gut-wrenching moments I've experienced through literature, What is the What is the only book that I've had to set down so I could just think about what I'd read and tak... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/d6sn38v | 4z3ung | How do illegal immigrants make a living when citizenship is required for work, buying a house/car, etc? | Citizenship isn't required for work if you work under the table, and many businesses are willing to hire people off the record because it's cheaper. Industries that are heavy on manual labor like agriculture have a lot of these arrangements with undocumented workers. As for driving, many states allow illegal immigrants... | 3 |
AskReddit/df9tgrp | 60wg45 | What disgusting habits do you encounter from coworkers? | I work with food and I see coworkers just blow their noses and then touch food withojt washing their hands or wearing gloves. I only buy food from my workplace when I make it. | 2 |
AskReddit/c7ag9o5 | 1473iz | Why all the hate towards people who go to college for art related majors? | The hate about art related majors may,somehow,be related to the illusion that those people(the haters) have,that it's not possible that someone who graduate on art-related majors can give a meaningful contribution to society* . This illusion is fed by the idea that culture itself has no value on society,which isn't sim... | 4 |
AskReddit/eawmebm | a2aqjz | What’s something you would have liked to know when planning your wedding? | We originally planned to go to a Justice of the peace on Valentine’s Day then out for quiet dinner.should have done that. Too many people talked us into having an actual wedding, most miserable experience of both our lives. We are still married, in fact one of our grown kids recently refused to have more than 6 people ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dzn910l | 8mfs7u | What’s a food that everyone thinks is healthy, but it isn’t? | Not "a food" exactly, but I've met a lot of people that seem to assume something is healthy just because it's vegan. Some chips are vegan as are some sugary cereals and there are vegan cheese crackers and cookies. Any of these are essentially just as bad for you as the "regular" versions but apparently vegan necessaril... | 2 |
AskReddit/dhsaa1x | 6c6l8v | What's your all time favorite song? | So I'm going on a few road trips this summer & would really like to listen to something other than the radio or my overplayed Pandora stations. Figured random redittors favorite songs would lead somewhere interesting. I listen to a wide variety of music already so all genres are welcomed. | 2 |
AskReddit/cukjz1c | 3ixn73 | How do you win arguments with people when you can remember all the statistics, and they can't? | People often like to double-down on their opinions when confronted with facts. I'm intelligent and have multiple college degrees, and I'm still guilty of this. Sometimes, I'm in disbelief or think my pal is wrong. Or, I haven't considered a different perspective on a topic, and it's sometimes hard to do that. But, you'... | 2 |
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