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AskReddit/c9hkzsb | 1claq2 | If a suicidal person learns they have a terminal illness, do they feel satisfied? | I know from my experience, the times I was suicidal I felt completely hopeless and my life felt out of my control. Knowing I had no choice in whether I lived or died because I was going to die soon wouldn't have made me feel better. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/dzqxs87 | 8mvtl6 | In a moving car on a hot day, why does air from an open window feel cooler? | You are moving very fast, the air is not. According to physics, this is the same as the air moving fast and you being still. So, the reason for this is the same reason why breezes are cool. Moving air, simply put, whisks body heat away with it as it moves past you, which feels cooling. | 2 |
AskReddit/eaxhb49 | a2ehqv | What made you break up with your ex? | This is going to sound horrible but I just woke up one morning and just had no feelings for her. I was in my first year of university and we got together after a month or so into the first semester. I was her first ever boyfriend and things were really good until I woke up and just had no attraction to any part of her ... | 3 |
AskReddit/egke1ml | ar2umw | When did that feeling of 'something is very wrong' actually turn out to be true? | TRUE STORY: When my sister was seven and I was 4, she woke up early in the morning, around 5:30 and asked my mother where one of our horses named Gypsy was. My mother confused just said to her “oh probably down in the field” she was kind of confused why my sister woke up to ask, but my sister said she knows that she’s ... | 4 |
AskReddit/dmfvr6g | 6xgzs7 | What is your best "roses are red" poem? | My dad wrote this poem in a card he gave to my mother after her grandfather passed away: Roses are red Violets are blue The sun is hot The moon is not He isn't known for his emotional capabilities. | 11 |
AskReddit/e135qrk | 8sxsh3 | Why doesn’t the nervous system infecting Herpes virus (HSV1&2) get more public awareness like AIDS? | I am in my 40’s and had previously never had any health issues at all, none (no hsv1 or 2). But nearly a year ago I managed to get infected with the hsv2 virus by very fleeting/brief causal contact with my genitals, no penetration at all. Since then my health condition has spiralled out of control with all manner of is... | 2 |
AskReddit/exqmy2a | cu05rg | What is the argument for global warming denial? | I have actually read papers by multiple scientists and organizations on this topic at both end of the spectrum during my class on renewable energy technology as an electrical engineer. Main keyword is anthropogenic. They are not denying the global warming part, but is it anthropogenic part that they are not agreeing it... | 2 |
AskReddit/cdqftxx | 1rskwz | What are your craziest experiences while flying? | I was flying back home from seeing my dad a few years back and my seat mate was a very nice and quiet woman. I take my seat and begin to read my book. The moment the door closes, she takes her barf bag and gives up her insides. I order her some water and rub her back a bit. We begin take off, she throws up again. Once ... | 5 |
AskReddit/cr258q8 | 358y7n | What would you say to someone who thinks education doesn't matter, or that college is a waste of time and money? | I would tell them they're an idiot for the first. For being an uneducated dolt in this world will make you a very unremarkable and unskilled person with low status and income, likely. Do. Not. Stop. Learning. Oh, sure, you could get lucky and invent this, or create that, but most? Yep. Po. However, the second one might... | 2 |
AskReddit/ckiimob | 2gf3fs | What have you done to come to terms with a family member passing? | I am very sorry for your loss. Everyone grieves differently, but anytime I have lost someone close to me I tend to need to talk about the person, sometimes it can be difficult to talk to other people affected by the death because I'd be afraid of upsetting them but I would talk to friends, things like memories I have o... | 2 |
AskReddit/dcg8xhz | 5o2xu6 | What are good sites to watch movies on the internet? | Make sure you have lots of ad blockers installed on your browser and just search google for free online stream and the show you want. You're bound to find a few sites. Also for tv shows try searching what you want in this format: "name of show S01E01". Replacing the season and episode numbers to your liking. Best of lu... | 2 |
AskReddit/dlikbt5 | 6t7uc8 | What's your most disturbing dark net find? | Two things stand out. There was a site for ordering hits on people, the most disturbing part was how cheap it really is. The other one was an all black website with a bunch of Arabic with a countdown timer. Not really disturbing but, lots and lots of drugs. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/djct9qt | 6jamvm | Why are some types of cancer much more common than others even though all mutations are equally likely? | Some types of cells regenerate faster than others. For example, heart cells are famous for never regenerating, but the cells in the lining of your intestines regenerate every 2-4 days. Obviously there is much more opportunity there for a mutation. | 6 |
AskReddit/d18p0yt | 4bfmq5 | What's your favorite board game? | Chess, easily. Grandfather taught me how to play when I was in 3rd grade. Took me 4 years before I finally beat him. I once beat my highschools chess club in a day. 10 students in about 2 hours. I don't think I'm that good, they just sucked. And I once had a game last 55 minutes between me and another person with a sim... | 4 |
AskReddit/c3lepc6 | ozzk6 | How do you have time for life with a full time job? | Before I quit my job I was working 40-50 hours a week with a commute time of about10-20 hours a week. Plus I have kids. What we (my husband and I ) did was putting dinner in the slow cooker in the morning and then having friends over for dinner with our family. Another was taking turns hitting up happy hour before comi... | 2 |
AskReddit/c4xpio3 | uqthi | Is it possible to have multiple personalities with different orientations? | Multiple personalities isn't exactly diagnosed left and right, you'd be hard pressed to find a doctor who will stand behind that diagnosis. I don't know who you're hearing about who has multiple personalities, but I'm willing to bet they're self diagnosing. | 2 |
AskReddit/c5fv5xc | wrrkj | What's the coolest thing you've found & bought at a thrift store? | Unopened Brita Pitcher filters $.99.those things are spendy! I've had this thing for almost a year and I haven't had to pay full price for filters yet. | 2 |
AskReddit/c8u1z6n | 1a3ryl | What is something you're into that nobody would expect you to be? | I can't help but notice a lot of people commenting here are into the exact kind of thing I (and I assume many other) people would think they are in to, especially the nerds. If you're a male nerdy type, you like metal, probably anime, and definitely something having to do with dragons or swords. If you're a female nerd... | 54 |
AskReddit/cjc8uxf | 2c5yup | Why did we stop saying "You're Welcome"? | I feel awkward saying it, since people generally thank me for such little things. If it's a big thing, I always say you're welcome. If someone thanks for something small, liking holding the door, it's "no problem" or "sure." Mostly because I'm feeling awkward for being thanked. | 4 |
AskReddit/etgpaee | cbmwdh | What do you consider be the most interesting language to learn this days and why? | Well of we're talking about easy to medium languages here, then I recommend Serbian (it will be much easier if you are slavic or if you can speak some of those languages). In serbian you spell words as you hear them, we do hoewer have some other complications with grammar. But, once you get the hang of it, it will be e... | 2 |
AskReddit/d7kj9vb | 52hw4d | What is something drunk you loves and sober you resents? | Calling people and inviting those pesky Tinder matches over. Drunk me loves to call everyone. It's 2 in the morning? Time to call Brad I haven't seen in 3 years. Oh, matched with Sean? Wonder if he'd like to come drink too. Then magically the phone dies and I wake up to texts asking what I needed and confused people on... | 209 |
AskReddit/ep34olm | btvkgb | What are some of the weirdest/scary dreams anyone has had? | Ill start with mine. I was a middle school student who was just doing PE with the entire cohort three. (In my school they started to make PE an hour long class that is like high school but worse.) As we were finishing up we had an alarm that informed us that there was someone strange around school. I like and idiot ran... | 2 |
AskReddit/dpd1ie2 | 7av1nw | If humans suddenly disappeared, would dogs eventually evolve back to wolves or wolf-like behavior, or would they die off long before this happens and why? | It depends on the breed of dog. Smaller dogs and dogs with short legs and snouts would die off from natural selection. I think larger dog breeds - such as Border Collies, Labradors, German Shepherds, and Huskies - would fare a lot better, provided there was a steady food source available. If so, the surviving breeds wo... | 3 |
AskReddit/eb6ny1h | a3j62a | What’s the shadiest motel/hotel you’ve ever had the displeasure of staying in? | Motel 6. North Oklahoma city. Got offered meth, heroin and a hooker before I even reached the lobby. 3 different people. The company I worked for booked the hotel for our whole crew. I took a few pics and sent them to the company and the contractor that does the booking. To their credit we were in a different hotel in ... | 2 |
Ask_Politics/evq5l3x | ckpmrs | Where does the confusion stem from when people label 'libertarian socialism' an oxymoron? | No one has ever explained to me what a libertarian socialist supposedly is. (I haven't gotten a clear definition of socialism either, so go figure I guess). Further - I am pretty sure the term libertarian was invented by classical liberals to distinguish themselves from progressives who became associated with the term ... | 5 |
AskReddit/d34k0sn | 4j87ur | What's the worst nightmare you've ever had? | When I was young (when I was between 3 and 5) I used to have this recurring dream that always terrified me. I would find myself in the corner of a room, white walls, floor and ceiling with no windows or doors and directly opposite me in the other corner of the room was this tall, thin and pure black figure without any ... | 2 |
askscience/cnrtr8o | 2smysk | Does the human body derive nitrogen for protein synthesis from non-protein sources? | No. Every amino group needed for the production of non-essential AA comes from another AA. As far as I know, proteins are the only food source of amino groups (There are also some scarce NH2-sugars in food but thats not important). The only organism that can do this are nitrogen-fixating bacteria, because they convert ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e1275zc | 8sttzn | If you have ever walked out of a job interview and ended it yourself, what happened? | Yes. It was a mass Amway seminar I got tricked into attending fresh out of college. I walked in and sat next to some other dude about my age. We were ready to learn about whatever opportunity we had just stumbled into! About 15 minutes into the presentation though, I caught on to what was happening. He and I exchanged ... | 14 |
explainlikeimfive/c5kgaa8 | x9rrm | How is China "manipulating their currency"? | Let's use lollipops as an example. A Chinese company makes lollipops for 1 yuan each. An American company also makes lollipops for $0.15 Currently, 1 yuan is roughly $0.15, consider them the same. If you were to buy lollipops, you could buy it from either one. You might decide to buy it from the American company becaus... | 9 |
AskReddit/d4h9vbt | 4p1i0m | Do women experience chafing between the inner thighs? | Yes, anywhere the skin rubs together or something rubs against it excessively, chafing will occur. I'm less than 100lbs and sometimes experience chafing from my sports bra on long runs or intense workouts. | 9 |
AskReddit/c6y1yjr | 12tnvg | Can someone explain to me why conservatives are so afraid of ObamaCare? | Part philosophical, part issue-based. On the philosophical side, conservatives are upset at what they see as an overreach of the federal government. In my opinion, this helps color their response to the actual issues at hand, increasing their vehemence about it. The parsing that they did to explain why RomneyCare was O... | 2 |
AskReddit/eaut3ws | a23glz | What are some of the most thrilling documentaries to watch? | Man on a Wire I think it was titled. A French guy walking a tightrope between the Twin Towers, you see him sneaking into the complex to set up the wire the night before. That in itself is thrilling but the walk the next morning is mind blowing. | 5 |
AskReddit/cw716sn | 3pkceu | What is it about Star Wars that makes you love it so much? | I think at this point it's nostalgia. My dad talked about it when I was young and I loved watching the entire saga for the first time. Some part may also be the fact it's a classic now. Everyone knows the iconic breathing of Darth Vader or the "beep boop" of R2-D2, and everyone has had to have picked up anything, a sti... | 9 |
AskReddit/efkabeo | am8ymp | What lie were you told as a child that you believed way longer than you should have? | I asked my mum when I was real young “if there are black people and white people are there other colours too?” She told me something like “there is every colour of people all around the globe”. I misunderstood this as there being green, blue, purple people. Only years later did I realise I hadn’t seen any blue people y... | 2 |
AskReddit/ckuevvk | 2hnzrz | Have you ever witnessed a car accident? | I was rear ended by a semi when I was 16. I saw it crashing into me in my rear view mirror. It was almost like slow motion even though he was going about 40 mph. I was stopped at a light so there wasn't much I could do about it. Totaled my car & I still get nervous if one approaches me while I'm stopped. I saw a car fl... | 2 |
askscience/cercjh3 | 1vccl2 | Why are health shots (vaccines, immunizations, etc.) administered through the blood stream and not orally? | Vaccines are typically given via the intramuscular or subcutaneous routes, not into the blood stream. The route of administration required for a vaccine depends on what the specific vaccine actually is. There are oral vaccines available for rotavirus, polio (the oral formulation contains live virus, unlike the version ... | 5 |
AskReddit/dlnlqvh | 6tu7k3 | What is your go to hobby when you get home from work and why ? | When I get home from work I eat food real fast before I go to second job. So I guess eating bad fast food quickly is my hobby? | 2 |
AskReddit/edcdoe7 | ad0eiy | Why is taboo to warn people that you are about to go into a depression? | Because there’s a pretty large assumption from most people that people who cry wolf on depression and anxiety are just doing so for attention. I think people get sad or stressed out and immediately think it’s depression and anxiety. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/czglzaw | 439vcq | What does North Korea have to gain by its government being so restrictive to its people? | The top few people in North Korea have unimaginable wealth and power. Arguably more than most other people on the planet can get. This stems from a complete lack of accountability. They can literally do whatever they want because there is nobody to stop them. That is one of the reasons why most of the country is so poo... | 30 |
AskReddit/c7lvmgg | 15el23 | What does your SO do that you tolerate simply out of love? | He rages hardcore over video games. If he dies, you would think that he was dying irl. It kind of bothers me because it makes him seem 12 years old, but I tolerate the rare/random outbursts out of love. Other than that though he is a perfect, sweet guy and never gets mad about anything, really. | 10 |
AskReddit/crilqjw | 36z4bz | What product not designed to be a weapon, would make the best weapon? | Plastic wrap! Suffocate someone. Twist it into a cord and use it as a garotte. Weave several cords into a rope for a noose (not really a weapon but still). You can roll it really tight and make a wicked hard club with it. The large rolls found at restaurants would work the best! | 10 |
AskReddit/c5ozrxf | xrlu6 | Has a Westboro Baptist Church funeral ever been picketed? | If I was ever within throwing distance of a Westboro Baptist Church funeral, I would get a sprinting start and knock the coffin over. Then I would pick the body up and do the chicken dance with it, the entire time asking the surviving members why their vengeful god would let one of his favorite children be desecrated l... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cjvi6wl | 2e2tar | Why is it so hard to make a tight fist right after you wake up? | When you sleep, chemicals in your brain inhibit your body's ability to react to stimuli by increasing the stimulation threshold needed to evoke a response. You can still respond, but only to strong stimuli like being hit with something, hearing something loud, or other things that would be normally be easy to hear/resp... | 2 |
AskReddit/cdy5w9v | 1sjcrq | What's the most depressing song you know? | Not sure if it's the MOST depressing I've heard, but usually one of the first that come to mind is Death Cab for Cutie - What Sarah Said. Sample lyric: "Love is watching someone die." Edit: just realized that lyric has a wholeeee other meaning taken out of context. Sounds depressing and not crazy if you listen to the l... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ecyrzkh | abakt2 | Why is any number raised to the zero power one? | When we raise a number to the zeroth power, that means we multiply the number by itself zero times - but that means we're not multiplying anything at all! What does that mean? Well, let's go even farther back to the simplest case: addition. What happens when we add no numbers at all? Well, we'd expect to get zero, beca... | 8 |
AskReddit/cbi6y5u | 1jtqk2 | Is this normal for starting a job in retail? | I work a professional 'day' job and always pick up a retail job around Christmas for extra $. I've rarely had a formal 'interview' and even had a few places hire me just by asking if they had any openings. I don't think you have anything to be worried about.hiring practices in retail are pretty weird, especially if the... | 2 |
askscience/c6vqgjs | 12k3zl | Can light encounter any form of friction? | No, light does not experience friction. Friction is a result of the electromagnetic interaction and/or the exchange interaction, and light does not experience either of those. It's worth noting that friction is something that only occurs for large objects composed of many particles. Photons don't bind together to form ... | 5 |
AskReddit/exiqesy | ct5eya | What is something characters do in movies and TV shows that seriously bothers you? | Dumbass people splitting up when there is a murderer in the forest . Going in the basement/ attic at 3 am because someone heard a noise Getting off the main road to ask for directions. Maaan horror movies dont make any sense | 5 |
AskReddit/e4bw1j2 | 97ybt2 | What is your best advice first taking a girl out on a first date? | Go in with no expectations out assumptions for the future. I met a girl online and the first date irl felt like "this has to work because it's a date and dates always work and we'll keep dating because this is a date. etc". Months later we both realized that we should have just stayed friends and rarely spoke to each o... | 2 |
AskReddit/czdrtfm | 42x766 | How do you lose contact with a close friend who happens to be a part of your daily life but a bad influence on you ? | I had a friend who took a bad path down the road of life, but we'd been close for a fairly long time, so I still liked him. However, he kept wanting me to get in on what he was doing, and I couldn't have any of that in my life. Like other posters here, I just started to make myself scarce. Harder to reach, wouldn't alw... | 2 |
AskHistorians/d64k1dj | 4w5llt | How benevolent really were the Five Good Emperors of Rome, especially Marcus Aurelius? | Hadrian had absolutely no qualms in crushing his opponents in the process of becoming emperor after the death of Trajan (the adoption was believed to be irregular for a number of reasons, but it was a moot point since he had the approval of the Senate and the army). He had Lusius Quietus and three other prominent senat... | 54 |
explainlikeimfive/dfqurr9 | 632qkd | Why do people with one dopamine deficiency disorder not have all of them? | Dopamine deficiency can refer to a lot of things. It can be a problem with production of dopamine (such as is the case with Parkinson's disease) or it can be a problem with the way dopamine is used. The part of the brain responsible for dopamine production (the substantia nigra) is just a small part of a larger piece o... | 3 |
AskReddit/cktq7gu | 2hlcvy | Why are video games always released September through October and on Tuesdays? | Mainly because it's the time of the year when Christmas isn't too far off, meaning anything released during that time could see major boost when Black Friday/Shopping season hits. Also partly because Madden usually marks the beginning of "game's season", and it could be just an agreed upon thing in the industry either ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c3hfvt3 | ohwco | How do you judge "studies" that are done, to figure out if they are most likely legitimate and worth your time? | Sample size is generally a pretty good place to start You can also take a look at the methodology, are control groups used, is there obvious bias in selection of 'test subjects' or other testing methods (ask yourself if the study is out to find information or confirm something the people running the study already think... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ckjrvyy | 2gjua3 | What exactly is the internet and who runs it? | The internet a gigantic network of computers and are constantly sharing information with each other. When you're on reddit, your computer is connected to Reddit's computer (servers) through webpages. How you access reddit is this. You connect to your ISP, your ISP connect to a peering point or internet exchange point, ... | 24 |
explainlikeimfive/daymsmq | 5h9ysz | How does video streaming work? | It's basically the same as sending a video file (or any other file) except instead of waiting for it to finish, you start playing what you've got and cross your fingers that the other guy can send faster than you can watch. Breaking it down: Someone connects a camera (or whatever) to their computer. Their computer look... | 2 |
AskReddit/dtubpgq | 7vp73w | What was the most recent text your Mom sent you? | Can't remember the last text because she usually uses Facebook, which is the only reason I even have one. She sent me yet another link to some mom type list that I'll probably never use but thank her for anyway. I have 3 little kids and an older stepdaughter. I don't have time to DIY our lives. | 2 |
AskReddit/cdss22m | 1s0r3g | What is the easiest or best way to turn $100 into $1000 that isn't a scam? | I think it really depends on how patient you are, and how much you willing to add sweat into that 100.00. My first thought would be to flip items. Buy something cheap at a yard sale or on Craigslist, refurbish and resell. This could be furniture, or even game consoles and cell phones. Lots of people sell broken electro... | 976 |
AskReddit/e8e7rhq | 9r4xfp | What is an issue that you have completely changed your mind on, and what convinced you to change your mind? | Gay marriage. Used to be super against it from growing up in a pretty fundamentalist environment, then I joined the military and happened to be serving under a gay CO. He's amazing at his job and you wouldn't even know he was gay until you met his husband (who I became friends with). That convinced me gays aren't the e... | 8 |
AskReddit/epugvj4 | bw22q7 | What did you dream about last night? | The other night's dream because I can't remember last night's and this is way more interesting: I dreamt that I was in a shop full of teleportation devices, and the shop owner was teaching me how to use them. E.g. a "visual teleporter", a plastic face that will teleport you upon just looking at it, and a way to telepor... | 2 |
AskReddit/c96djcy | 1bfmcb | What changes have you noticed in yourself that make you stop and think "Oh god, I'm turning into an adult"? | I'm starting to notice more and more of them. I rarely have time for videogames anymore, and am far less concerned than I feel like I should be. Similarly, I find myself feeling like new videogames are getting stupider and overly-complicated for no reason. I'm starting to feel like more and more new music is bullshit. ... | 5 |
AskReddit/c0hc2y8 | afl1g | What's your favorite meal that can be made in less than a half hour? | Ramen noodles (with a twist). I make the noodles as per usual, but then I go ahead and dump all the water out. Then, I throw in some peas, corn, and carrots, all cut up nicely. Throw in some mozzarella cheese, salt for taste, a little bit of milk, and voila, it is probably the tastiest snack/meal I have ever invented. ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ewzia8a | cqth0w | What is the strangest thing you've seen someone do while they were driving a vehicle? | I was driving home from college on winter break and passed by a professor at my college who appeared to be grading papers with a red marker while driving down the interstate at like 70mph. | 4 |
AskReddit/elq60hs | bh5guf | When you wake up to bad weather, what do you do to increase your mood for the day? | See for me bad weather mean 80+ with night sun and no clouds. Having lupus I can’t handle the sun or heat so dark rainy cold weather is a great day for me. | 2 |
AskReddit/cjupg2c | 2dzyzv | What is the worst notification you ever received on your phone? | I was at a party with about 20 of my best mates, we all got really drunk and/or high, so everything was great. Then when we all went to bed, my dad called to say that my grandmother had died. Worst call I've ever received. | 3 |
AskReddit/etdakkl | cb5nj7 | If both world wars never happened, how would life be today? | Even though the wars brought so, so much pain and anguish, our society wouldn't be nearly as advanced as it is today. German missile technology was converted into rockets and sparked the space race, which led to the development of most modern technology. The US wouldn't be nearly as strong since it only got that way fr... | 3 |
AskReddit/co93y51 | 2ujnti | If you get cremated, what do you want done to your ashes afterwards? | Specifically listed in my legally binding will is that my cremated ashes are disposed of the least expensive way possible. I'll be dead, I don't care. My immediate family is nuts though & would be just the kind of group to order up $30k worth of funeral and stick my husband with the bill. | 2 |
AskReddit/cx8m6ec | 3trlmz | What's the most ridiculous movie you've ever watched on Netflix? | "Pig Hunt" - a weird movie about rednecks, meth heads, and hippies running around the woods in northern California in search of a legendary killer hog that weighs over 1,000 lbs. Anyway, these fools end up losing some members of the group as they get lost/killed/mutilated by creatures and other weirdos in the woods, bu... | 2 |
AskReddit/e17b6vw | 8tgiwe | What is the worst game you ever played but have an amazing memory of? | Madagascar for the ps1. I remember everything cuz i didn't own a memory card, so everyday for like a month I would play the game from the beginning. I think I almost finished it once but the power went off. �� | 2 |
AskReddit/ckwp68a | 2hwrhr | If a child is raised in a household that speaks 2 languages constantly, will the child be able to speak both languages when older? | Yes. It is much easier to learn a new language as a child, especially if you are constantly exposed to it. Before the age of 7, when leaning a language both sides of the brain are used to learn and store the information, making the process much easier. After that age, the process only occurs in one hemisphere (I can't ... | 5 |
AskReddit/d4th1vy | 4qjen8 | What was the best thing/person you've ever smelled? | A girl I walked past today had this perfume that smelled like flowers, but it wasn't overpowering, and it blended in naturally with the smell of the trees and other wildlife that we were walking through. Kinda wish I had said something | 2 |
AskReddit/e57fj0o | 9c288s | What is the best thing to add to Mac and Cheese? | People may not respect this answer, but I'll say it anyway. Tuna. I've put all sorts or meats in my mac. Chicken, ground beef, bacon, and even chorizo. While all are good, tuna, in my opinion really elevates mac and cheese's game to a new level. | 27 |
AskReddit/dpvat9s | 7d64fk | What is something you frequently see in movies but in reality no one every does it? | Typical of action/spy/thriller type movies where a character is secretly holding something in their pocket or hand like they just stole it. As they walk away they pull it out and look at it to show the audience they have it but no one would ever do this in reality. | 2 |
AskReddit/en1vl0d | bmzyoy | What’s your love story? | I let my soul mate go because he didn’t feel the same way about me. Even with a broken heart, I somehow caught the eye of the perfect man. He isn’t my soul mate and I love him differently, but he is the best husband and father I could have hoped for. I don’t regret a thing. And I hate it when stories portray the one yo... | 2 |
AskReddit/e7sqiog | 9oazkf | What job/activity would you absolutely trust a woman over a man and why? | Frankly, I can't think of any paid jobs that I would trust one gender over another for. Sure, people of one gender might on average excel in a field that the opposite gender doesn't, but no matter the job, and no matter the gender, there is always the possibility of hiring a fuckup. | 5 |
AskReddit/c60j7h1 | z0ydc | What conspiracy theories do you honestly believe, or think have a good chance of being true? | I honestly believe that there is a good chance that there was a conspiracy to kill JFK. I think that Oswald was the only gunman, but that he was backed up by a criminal conspiracy that wanted JFK dead. And that would explain why Jack Ruby made sure that Oswald kept quiet. As far as who was behind the conspiracy, I don'... | 3 |
askscience/emarks6 | bjehe1 | How does packing a wound stop bleeding? | Putting pressure on the vessels allow the blood flow to slow down, allowing clotting cascade to kick in more rapidly. Also when you hold a sponge to the bleeding area, it soaks blood but that blood stops moving and the clotting cascade kicks in quickly in the sponge, this cascade spreads into the vessels blocking them ... | 6 |
AskReddit/eeszp73 | aj66uo | What were you addicted to and how did you quit? | I was addicted to soda in high school and it was causing issues I wasn't aware of--acid reflux, high blood pressure, anxiety and panic. I switched to flavoring water with a little bit of cranberry juice. I also started eating healthier foods. When the weight started melting off and the anxiety and reflux went down, it ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/djkrrxj | 6kbg28 | How come we can't always tell which nationality a singer is by just their singing voice? | Every singer has influences. There were artists that they admired and wanted to be like, and that influenced their style and performance. And those influences? They had influences too. So, why can't you call the nationality by the singing voice? Because most English speaking pop stars had influences that were American ... | 4 |
AskHistorians/c9r2578 | 1djs2d | When did people start to feel comfortable about the idea of going abroad after WW2? | In Germany I think about 10 years after the war. My grandparents showed me pictures of their vacations in Italy in the mid-fifties. Due to the "Wirtschaftswunder" the German economy developed to pre-war level. The people had enough money to go on vacation abroad. | 5 |
AskReddit/c5isdtm | x3a93 | How to Deal with Conflict at Work? | Rejection, particularly in a creative field, isn't the same thing as conflict. if you're presenting an idea to someone, you better be able to hear feedback, or straight up rejection. If you're taking it personally, ask yourself if EVERY idea you present is honestly perfect and completely immune to improvement. As for a... | 5 |
AskReddit/dq8f3nh | 7ez8jp | What is a movie you would like to see for the first time again? | Definitely Harry Potter, but then I would also have to forget the books ofcourse. I've read the books and seen the movies countless of times and now I feel like I know every character inside out, I know all the background stories, everything. Would be nice to go on that journey all over again. | 2 |
AskReddit/cmmik3p | 2of12c | What was the most ridiculous Facebook post you ever saw? | Some post defending fascism and insulting immigrants/minorities. I saw several of these, as a large chunk of my "friends" on facebook are proud fascists. Happens a lot in this part of Italy. | 2 |
askscience/cdsx9wq | 1s18y7 | Do all medical experiments still use a control group? | No, neither has it ever been the case that all medical experiments always use a control group (there are different study designs). In the case of your example, however: the effectiveness of a treatment is often researched using a control group. The reason this is done is that you want to investigate the difference a ne... | 2 |
AskReddit/duafgu2 | 7xr43o | What guitar solo melts your face off? | Not really a guitar solo but the amazing bass solo in Cannibal Corpse -The Strangulation Chair made me fall backwards the first time I heard it, even though its really short its just so freaking epic. Another good one is Pantera - Domination right before the epic breakdown, the solo just hypes you so much for the break... | 2 |
AskReddit/elv3x90 | bhr8zw | What would you do to train if you had to run a 10K in 36 hours? | i would rest and drink a lot of water. in that timeframe any training you do will ultimately hinder you because your body won’t have time to recover. edit: i’d also probably not smoke for those days so my lungs don’t catch on fire when i’m running lmao | 2 |
AskReddit/c56t713 | vquom | How often do you lucid dream, or dream at all? | I do about 75% of the time. If I'm extremely tired I usually don't. When I was younger I would only have nightmares, so I forced myself to learn to lucid dream. It took a few years to really master it. Now I can fly, run(oddly enough running was harder than flying) and conjure people and things. I'm working on seeing i... | 2 |
Ask_Politics/dpiu7tx | 7bleq8 | If the state completely ran healthcare, could they then tell you how to live? | The problem with this question is you're using the ambiguous "they". "They" are going to control you. Who are "they?" Well in your question, "they" are the legislators. It's important to state that, since removing that ambiguity places the power back in your hands. And yes, they can already "tell you how to live" throu... | 10 |
explainlikeimfive/e2zzd8f | 91qpd6 | Why is it that we can watch graphics-intensive videos of games on let’s say, our phones when they have a weaker processor compared to a desktop or without any graphics card at all? | Playing a video and actually doing the work rendering the video games are two different things. It's similar to watching a video of ninja warrior vs actually competing and doing the work in the competition. | 12 |
AskReddit/ckdcn5t | 2fwcxr | Why is having a tattoo showing taboo at work? | At one of my jobs it started innocently enough, a girl with her son's initials on her arm or a butterfly tattoo. but soon there were guys expecting to be able to rock their skulls and pinup girl tattoos. We had to go to a no tattoo policy because it didn't seem fair to let some people show them and others could not. Ho... | 2 |
AskReddit/eqjv2zg | byom01 | What song lyrics did you discover you were saying/singing incorrectly for the longest time? | Drake & Josh theme song. I’d sing “it’s gonna take some time to realizeeee”. the correct lyrics are “it’s gonna take some time to realign”. | 46 |
explainlikeimfive/cvjtw2q | 3n0uw5 | Why is cloud-to-ground lightning so loud while cloud-to-cloud lightning is silent? | Not where I live. Cloud to cloud can be really loud too. I you can't hear them its probably because they happened far from you (eventually the sound will reach you, but you may not associate it with the event). If they happen really high, the sound may be muffled/disguised by the clouds, distance, rain, sounds of rain/... | 3 |
AskReddit/e5rtqkp | 9evbj9 | What is the difference between being alive and truly living? | Being alive is just being here and breath and go through your day. nothing special happens and you don't care if you're awake or asleep. Truly living. now that's something special, you wake up and you're happy and excited for the next 18 hours (if you sleep just 6hours). You got goals to accomplish. You have a drive to... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/eec3kwa | ah7lse | What prevents cow's milk from separating in the fridge? | By homogenizing it, running it through a process that breaks down the fat particles to a small enough level that they just aren't capable of separating from the surrounding liquid they are held in. This is why its called homogenized milk on the container. I confused emulsification and homogenization earlier, my bad. Th... | 8 |
AskReddit/c3qjs7e | pmk55 | Could someone in a wheelchair describe a typical day? | Not in a wheelchair currently, but spent 6 months in one. It's really not that bad except that I had to get rides to most places. I figured out stairs in less than a week, but I'd take the ramp if there was one. People don't know the difference between a temporary wheelchair and a permanent one unless there's apparent ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ctaoanw | 3e1qpc | Why is the 'cog' or 'gear' the universal symbol for settings? | 4 down vote I believe the gear icon symbolizes opening something up to look at its "guts" to see how it operates on that inner level. Changing the direction of a single cog causes changes the motion of the next gear, and so on, meaning this is where you can make changes to how the system will work. Since a tool is a de... | 2 |
AskReddit/c2jyty4 | kg0uf | What was your worst accidental self-inflicted injury? | tried doing a pull up, there was a short broom underneath me. dropped ALL my weight down into, basically anally raping myself with a broom handle. worst pain i have ever experienced, i couldn't even make sounds. | 21 |
AskReddit/c0xqodx | d5ml6 | What was the absolute worst restaurant meal you've ever had? | I went to a restaurant in London once. When i entered i was asked if I wanted buffet or menu. Since i have a black belt in buffet i didnt hesitate.i should. The buffet guests was placed in a basement. Heres what went wrong: Furniture was old ex circus benches The buffet was primarely deep fried SOFT onion rings and swe... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/canb9ed | 1gs94n | How does a clock keep track of time? | A clock doesn't really keep track of time or know when a second is passed. Put most simply, all a clock is is a device that regularly changes its state in some way. What makes it keep time is the person who created it, who set it up so that (say) the second hand moves forward once a second. One of the simplest clocks i... | 3 |
AskReddit/ef66vcg | akn301 | What are your favorite "did we just become best friends" moments from meeting someone for the very first time? | Met a girl and she suggested a bar for our first date. "Accidentally" ran into her boyfriend when he showed up to drink there with two of his buddies. Turned out she was a little nuts and got off on making guys jealous and fighting over her. So the boyfriend comes over looking confused, she feigns like it was all an ac... | 2 |
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