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AskReddit/dh2ja6x | 68zmzd | How did life hit you with a blue shell? | The moment i have to buy my own groceries from now on. This was the only reason why i still am staying with my parents to this date. But now it's starting to become less and less attractive. As i practically buy all my stuff. 5 months ago i was still acting joyful as i told my colleagues the reason why i'm living with ... | 2 |
AskReddit/d0i2oy2 | 48ahjz | What's the weirdest question you've been asked in a job interview? | Was asked: "Why do you want to work here"? I told them, "who truly wants to get up early everyday and sit in a office? Who truly wants to spend up to a third of their day analyzing figures, calling people, filing reports, etc.? Spend most of your life away from the people you love & the away from doing the things you l... | 22 |
AskReddit/ds6z4bj | 7o47h8 | What would make you instantly lose trust in someone? | My trust issues are screaming saying basically anything but my weakness is truly being forgiving because we all make mistakes. Trust is earned thru trial and error in my experience it grows overtime to new levels. Be vulnerable trust and love, get out there and get hurt Give what you get though and follow your gut Jk N... | 311 |
explainlikeimfive/cgsmxl6 | 231eys | Why do drummers play cross handed? | Well the very first drum kits in the early 1900's did not have hi-hats, only crashes and rides. Traditionally, with a right-handed configuration the right hand is used to play the ride cymbal, which requires no crossing of hands. The hi-hat, which usually does require crossing hands didn't come around until 1926. | 3 |
AskReddit/cim4t7g | 29lovn | What is the most difficult interview question you've ever been asked? | "What would your past co-workers say your greatest weakness was?" It's different from the usual what is your greatest weakness question, because it makes you think objectively about what others would say about you, and not what you yourself feel is your greatest weakness. I ended up sitting there in the interview for a... | 2 |
AskReddit/etlhrlm | ccahvg | What is the most fun way to handle scam phone calls? | If I'm watching tv or gaming or something I Just see how long I can string them along while giving zero true information (while still gaming, so they only get like 20% of attention). Sometimes they get angry when they realise they've wasted an hour or so, that's awesomely satisfying, they usually hang up to the sound o... | 2 |
AskReddit/ccchebh | 1mtitu | What is a great movie that most people have never heard of? | Buster Keaton's The General (unless you went random on Netflix one day) most people in our generation will never know the great silent movie stars. or any good silent movie. | 2 |
AskReddit/dwwu5k6 | 8a9fi8 | How do they film mirror scenes in films without seeing the camera? | In Terminator 2 they show Sarah Connor taking a computer chip out of the T800's head in front of a mirror. But it wasn't a mirror, it was actually a window with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton one the other side, and on the side closer to the camera there was a fake terminator head being operated on and Linda ... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/cqu8jjf | 34fusp | Why am I taxed at a different rate every paycheck? | What is being taken out of your paycheck is your estimated tax. The actual tax that you owe is calculated when you file your taxes once per year. What is likely happening is that, as your paycheck size fluctuates, your employer re-calculates your estimated yearly earnings as if all your paychecks were that size, figure... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/dic18an | 6eobki | How does free state college and Universities work in New York? | Just because it's free of cost to go doesn't mean that they are accepting more people. You still have to apply and get accepted to attend. While I'm not up to speed on the specifics of the New York system, stuff like this is frequently paid for with tax money, and usually accompanied by a tax increase of some sort. Thi... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cqqgx57 | 341zvx | Why are there often no criminal charges filed when people are accidentally killed by a drone strike or plane crash, but there are often criminal charges filed when someone is accidentally killed in a vehicle or firearm incident? | When someone dies in a warzone, they are a casualty of war. They died as a side-effect of killing the enemy, an acceptable side-effect. When someone dies in a vehicle or firearm accident, it's either a case of recklessness or negligence that is unacceptable. | 3 |
AskReddit/e6d2ba3 | 9hm8e5 | What was a comedy Movie that every one loves and raves about, that you found just not funny at all? | For me, it was Something about mary. I didn't hate the movie, but I just didn't find it funny. I can't remember why not, because the movie (for me) is pretty forgettable. I don't mind Ben Stiller as a comedian, but I also wasn't much of a fan of Meet the Parents and sequels. But I know those movies are adored by others... | 5 |
AskReddit/c1aip2p | es9lp | What are the best 30 seconds of your day? | It's either the 30 seconds in the morning when my daughter wakes up and says "it's morning dad, it's morning!" OR the 30 seconds of hugs and loves I get from her (and my wife) when I walk in the house from traveling for work all week | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/c7xbgq7 | 16mbtr | Why so many Mexicans are sneaking into the USA? | Ok think about it like this. You are in college and taking a math class (or any lecture hall class with tons of people). Now there are two sections of the class, one is really good and has a great teacher and the other is the opposite. So, naturally, you want to be in the good class. However, the class has hit its limi... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/d2l5978 | 4gvv4a | What causes the massive difference between the cost of college/university in US versus Scandinavia? | >The easy answer seems to be that in Scandinavia the government fully pays for college but that seems like too much of an easy answer. Yup thats it. Not much more to it. The money has to come from somewhere and its all roughly the same price. Either you pay it in taxes or you pay it directly to the school, you still pa... | 2 |
AskReddit/cv3lssj | 3l6p2g | Why should we make up new passwords for important accounts every few months? | If someone gets a hold of passwords they can use it months later. The person who steals it usually just Sells them. The people who actually try to use them don't get them right away, and the website might not even know for awhile. They might not find out until several reports of stolen passwords. Better to stay one ste... | 3 |
AskReddit/c0aj1p3 | 8v3a2 | What cheers you up? | This will sound incredibly corny . but this is what cheers me up. I daydream. Mostly replaying what could have been, but normally just thinking about what ever strikes my fancy. It helps if it's raining. rain makes everything better. Rain + thinking about cute girls == me happy for a few moments | 3 |
AskReddit/dgo33w9 | 676kag | What's the longest you've gone without eating and what were the circumstances? | I just gained a habit of not eating at school and college, maybe it was a high metabolism or something, but I could go an entire 12 hour day with exercise and I wouldn't be hungry at all. One time I lasted almost 2 days before I started getting hungry. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c7rrmq0 | 1619dt | Why is the solar system "flat"? | In fact, the planets DO all orbit in a plane. Spiral galaxies such as our own Milky Way do too. It's a law of physics that a spinning thing tends to form a disc. (Imagine pizza dough--spinning a blob of dough turns it into a flat, round shape suitable for pizza!) A follow-up question, then, is why the solar system is s... | 16 |
AskReddit/c319fzq | miozd | What color would you say my eye is? | Hazel, an eye color that isn't any one color, and usually changes, can look green or blue or light brown at times, usually caused by reflection of what your wearing or your surroundings. But usually a hazel eye up close looks about like yours, sometimes a little more green or brown. But still, hazel all the way. | 2 |
AskReddit/cc9g6uc | 1mi65i | What is an unusual pet that some people have? | I had an African Pygmy Hedgehog. She was a good pet, for a wild animal. I would not get a nondomesticated animal as a pet because there isn't the framework set up to deal with them as in more normal pets. (Example: Many people end up killing their pet hedgehogs by feeding them cat food. Hedgehogs are insectivores, mean... | 3 |
askscience/cmed5t3 | 2nhix3 | Why doesn't my download stay at a constant rate? | Basically for the same reason you cannot drive from SF to NY at constant speed - there is other traffic. On the way from the server to you the bytes are passing many routers that also handle many other packages. The wires they route those packages through can only transmit a certain amount per time and if suddenly many... | 14 |
AskReddit/ctvhgjq | 3g6il9 | Who are some "One-Hit Wonders" in fields other than music? | Well, it's music but not writing it. That Theremin guy invented a radio wave no-touch-required instrument instead of something useful. That one wonder was such a hit that the conspiracy theory goes, "kgb saw potential and kidnapped him during the cold war to make super weapons out using radio waves" | 153 |
AskReddit/daxira4 | 5h57ko | When has something bad happened to you that actually resulted in something really good happening? | About 6 years ago I quit my job to move to another state. I did so for a stupid reason. romance. He came down to help me with the move, and the day he arrived he decided that the relationship wasn't going to work. He didn't tell me for 3 months because he "felt guilty". I almost ended up homeless. I moved to yet anothe... | 3 |
AskReddit/e05myx8 | 8op3s6 | What is something no one seems to consider in a nuclear apocalypse? | I used to do design for nuclear plants. In highly radioactive environments the radiation will cleave water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen creating an explosive environment. So when you pipes start exploding it isn't because your radioactive uncle ate too much apocalypse pizza. | 3 |
AskReddit/ccwnanj | 1oxlgr | What is your favorite way to get drunk? | If I'm trying to get drunk fast: cup of cheap beer with a hearty helping of liquor. For slower nights: My favorite, slightly more expensive, liquor or beer. Source: College Student | 2 |
askscience/c3u2gwt | q1zc6 | How does running on a treadmill compare to running on a street? | Don't discount the movement of the air around the runner. By this I mean there is little air movement when you are on a treadmill, while running outside there is plenty of air movement. This means two things: 1) there is increased wind resistance outside versus inside, and 2) the lesser air flow means less cooling abil... | 18 |
AskReddit/cmy80bi | 2pn54x | Why is opening up to Cuba a bad thing? | A lot of people thought Cuba was on the edge, that it was nearing collapse as its economy convulsed after years of embargo and fluctuating oil prices. While Cuba is not an oil producer, it is financially propped up by Venezuela so you can see why the recent low prices have been a problem. Anyway, so Cuba was on the edg... | 5 |
AskReddit/ejbngi3 | b5711o | Which celebrity have you met in person? | I’ve met TheOdd1sOut (animated storytelling youtuber) at a Christmas party. Two years in a row. First time I jokingly said “hey wanna sub4sub?”. The mad lad actually checked out my channel and left a comment. Got a picture with him too. Second time he had to leave within 10 minutes of arriving because he left 10 second... | 2 |
AskReddit/c2oaef8 | kyiih | What percentage are different income levels taxed in America? | It's not that straightforward. People at different income levels are affected more by different taxes. For example, you often hear that some percentage of people "pay no income tax." But they still pay payroll tax, and lower income people are going to pay a larger proportion of their income in sales tax. And it matter ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/d1iz0ih | 4ckby1 | When was the first Chinese Language science fiction written? | Questions about the "first" science fiction are difficult because they depend as much on one's definition of SF as on the historical existence of particular texts. Do we mean any literature that alludes to themes common in sci-fi today, like otherworldly journeys or superpowered humans? Or do we mean fiction stories th... | 6 |
AskReddit/cdr9pi8 | 1rush0 | What is the coolest nickname you've heard of/had and what's the story behind it? | Not really the coolest but a guy I worked with got the name half-job because a girl was giving him a hand job and he told her he only wanted to be friends with her after it. She stopped right there and thus half-job was born. Why he told us this story, I have no idea. | 5 |
AskHistorians/cmp89uk | 2oosuc | Why a screw-propelled vehicle was never used for military purposes? | Biggest problem is they can't run in certain places. Trying to drive one on a road results in really poor performance and usually some damage to either the screws or the road. They also don't do well in really fluffy snow. If the snow doesn't have enough moisture they just throw it behind them and dig downward without ... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/c9qyjqa | 1djqbk | Why are most batteries 1.5v or multiples of 1.5v? | Originally, chemistry. The basic "cell" we started mass manufacturing could (as a result of its internal chemistry) produce 1.5v. When applications needed higher voltage, the cells were linked up to each other (in series) to produce "batteries" that were multiples of 1.5v. We have better technology and in effect produc... | 4 |
AskReddit/eljb0kt | bg9h0p | Do you say it as gif or gif? | According to most recent data it's spelled gif, older data suggests it's spelled gif. ​ I spell it data, not data; and, I spell it gif, not gif. | 2 |
AskReddit/d63d0sy | 4w21b1 | What killed your relationship? | I acted like everything was ok when it wasn't. I didn't address issues, I just let them stew silently. I allowed myself to decide it wasn't working out without talking out the problems with my partner. I've since learned that the difficult talks have to happen in order to move forward and I have much healthier relation... | 77 |
AskReddit/c6w80a4 | 12m33n | What extremely popular thing do you hate / what extremely unpopular thing do you like? | I hate clubs. They are so crowded, sweaty, and obnoxious. I have gone to a few, and every time some sweaty drunk guy has tried to make me grind with him. That's another thing, I don't grind. | 3 |
AskReddit/dli94ln | 6t6ab3 | What is your most embarrassing moment in public? | I once was doing a gig at a hospital and was singing Somewhere only we know by Keane. When I went for one of the high notes in that tune my voice cracked and I sounded like rubbish. However; it wasn’t embarrassing to the point where I couldn’t perform again and now when I think about that memory I just laugh at it. | 2 |
AskReddit/csg8q4z | 3av4bk | Where is the best place to take your 15 year old girlfriend on a first date? | Seventeen year old girl here, maybe I can help. It doesn't have to be super complicated. I would say don't go to a movie as a first date, unless she's into movies. Go someplace where you can have a nice conversation and get to know each other. Get pizza or maybe coffee or something like that. If there's an arcade or bo... | 5 |
AskReddit/eog1nb7 | brs2b2 | When you're mind wanders, where does it go? | Probably thinking about something that happened a few moments, days, months, or rarely years ago. Or I'm questioning other peoples choices because its most of the time dumb. Sometimes I'm listening so carefully that my mind starts to wander. | 2 |
AskReddit/e7o14re | 9npf4i | What movie has the best car chase scene? | I actually thought the various car chases in the Jason Bourne movies were good. The first movie sticks out as a good one with a great sound track by Paul Oakenfold (Ready Steady Go) | 34 |
AskReddit/em80l3d | bjfddt | What was a rule your school implemented that completely backfired? | Man, this was 20+ years ago, but I still remember it - Our highschool shared a parking lot with a local baseball stadium, and had a shared use agreement during the school day with them. Worked pretty well. My junior year, the school decided it didn't like students going out to their cars during the day to get things, e... | 2 |
AskReddit/edcynlf | ad2hpy | Why do drummers play with crossed arms? | Most drummers are right-handed, so their main control hand happens to be opposite the hi-hat, which is where you want the most control and precision as a drummer. Source: been playing drums (lefty) for over 15 years. | 4 |
AskReddit/crzks9r | 391mq2 | What is a really good book to spend the time to read? | Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl. A psychologist who survives a concentration camp gives his 2 cents on life. Puts a lot of things in perceptive. The book is really short and you learn a lot about the world today from this point in history. There are decent and indecent people in every race, culture, gender et... | 5 |
AskReddit/c08rnhw | 8benj | Which words do you have problems pronouncing? | I don't know if I have problems pronouncing them, but I do mis-pronounce a metric ton of words because I read them when I was young, long before I ever heard them outloud, and the pronunciation that I made up then has stuck. | 7 |
AskReddit/ejh9qth | b60zeh | What is the worst thing you ever said to your parents? | When I was younger and my parents were in several heated arguments at the time they were most seriously threatening to divorce, one time I (successfully, I guess) threatened suicide as a bargaining chip to force my parents to de-escalate the argument. The mixture of leftover resentment at each other, and both shock and... | 2 |
AskReddit/d010adi | 45y9ge | What movie trailer was nothing like the actual movie? | The Royal Tenenbaums The trailer made it look like a straight up laugh-fest. A friend and I went to see it based on this. It's one time I can say I was pleasantly surprised the trailer didn't represent the movie. It's a fantastic movie, and it is funny, but there's definitely darker themes to the movie as well. Thin Re... | 2 |
AskReddit/djr9u1u | 6l5he6 | How have you dealt with depression? | I just decided to take life less seriously, I enjoyed the smaller things in life by learning about it more. I also got interested in card games which I played with a friend and some casual video games. Now after 5 years since I've dealt with depression, I've been getting into baduk/go, a board game which is really fun ... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cbm014f | 1k6z76 | Why don't police wear cameras when they're so cheap? | They do. Today almost all police vehicles have dashboard cameras, and their use has become critical in many investigations. User mounted cameras (headcams and the like) are still too limited in battery length, memory storage, and weight/size for general use however. I've heard reports of a few officers using them of th... | 2 |
AskReddit/cssqm9n | 3c6grl | What's something we do today that people 100 years ago will think is barbaric? | It took me a while, but: obesity. There used to be obese people at 'freak shows', that's how rare they were. Now obesity is not only common, it's rampant amongst children (which, 100 years ago or 2 days ago, is barbaric IMO). | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/coadize | 2up001 | What's the difference between AM and FM frequencies and why do people still use AM frequencies? | Modulation is the technique of getting one signal in another. AM or Amplitude Modulation encodes a noise by translating its signal strength into the strength of the carrier signal. This is ok but quieter noises get lost easier because of their low amplitude. FM or Frequency Modulation is where the amplitude of the sign... | 2 |
AskReddit/c23c56g | ifihv | Why don't more music/movies use binaural audio (aka the Virtual Barbershop video)? | Movies have been doing this for a long time, it's called surround sound. Although, the effect is not quite as good since it's done through fixed speakers instead of headphones. EDIT: I was just thinking about this a bit more. Having true binaural audio (like in the virtual barber) doesn't make much sense for movies, si... | 2 |
AskReddit/dwueohy | 89yb5z | What is it that slows the internet? | That would be your internet provider saying "that's enough dank memes for you today" and hitting the big red button labeled button with comic sans font which says "slow down Creamy_Nubs internet" | 6 |
AskReddit/e54x1qp | 9bq5bm | If you could talk to your dog or cat for 30 seconds and it was guaranteed they would understand completely, what would you say? | Preferred walk time? Do you have any random pain somewhere? Point it out real quick and I'll fix it. Do you actually enjoy dinner, and is it enough? Are you starving half the day? Or too full? Please understand when I step on your tail or hurt you in any way it is BY ACCIDENT. KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU MORE THAN MYSELF. Edi... | 5,940 |
explainlikeimfive/cqxji26 | 34s25f | Why was the boxing match between Mayweather vs Pacquiao so important? | It was the last match anyone will ever care about without a massive drawn out change in the rules which won't happen or a rematch where everyone will think that Mayweather will fight and not box (a losing scenario for Mayweather) but in fact he figured out how to win the match not the fight and will not deviate from th... | 3 |
AskReddit/dfnnbe7 | 62mbtd | How do you cope with the knowledge of Climate Change and the impending collapse of our civilization? | It's really not that sensational. Water rights will be an issue long before coastal cities are submerged and all that Hollywood stuff. Are you old enough to remember Y2K? It's a universal human hobby to foresee the collapse of civilization. People have been captivated by it since.the beginning of civilization. | 2 |
Ask_Politics/cy2dnoq | 3x8bnz | Is Bernie Sanders, or any candidate, going to do anything about student loans? | > Gary Johnson ran on the Libertarian ticket in 2012 with the platform of abolishing the department of education, therefore erasing my student loan debt. Ha! That's not what that means. He was going to transfer student loans to the private sector, meaning higher interest rates. | 34 |
AskReddit/du7zku0 | 7xfsj7 | What ice cream flavor, or topping, do you find to be strange or unusual in any way? | I had one called Leapin' Lizard and growing up and to this day its my fave ice cream. It tastes like fruit loops and (here's the gross part) it also had a bit of black licorice which I hate. But it wasn't a strong taste and gave it a really neat taste! | 2 |
AskReddit/dmzjf7i | 700wmd | What's your opinion on today's western schooling system? | It's failing, miserably. The idea that examinations should be the benchmark in any field is ridiculous. Memory tests test memory.that's all. Further, children are under far too much pressure with homework and exams. Children should be children for as long as they are children. Burdening them like this at a young age do... | 6 |
AskReddit/cbc863j | 1j8q46 | Has anyone ever won anything off the McDonald's monopoly game or games similar to that? | I swear this was asked 3 times in the past few hours. I won a PSP from McDonalds. It wasn't from Monopoly though. It was some big mac promotion. | 2 |
AskReddit/cnprzsd | 2sila9 | If you could gild any quote or speech in history, what would it be? | My dad grew up outside London hearing Churchill on the radio. Churchill made many great speeches that really helped British morale at a bleak time in their history. | 2 |
AskReddit/edio778 | adnndh | What's that song that always brings up a specific memory for you? | Piano Man by Billy Joel. My family is from California but for a while my dad was having to work on the east coast to make ends meet and trying to start up a business so it was just mom and me here. Every night I would listen to Piano Man because that was our song. Today, we still aren't really doing well financially bu... | 2 |
AskReddit/cdi361w | 1qzf93 | What was your most expensive meal, and was it worth the money? | Five-course meal in a castle in Scotland while on vacation. About 200-300 pounds ($320-$640) for the four of us. Absolutely delicious. When the bill came, I told them to charge it to my room. When we checked out, the charge wasn't there. I inquired about it and they said we had some special rate where the food was part... | 8 |
AskReddit/e7e1kig | 9mecwu | What small thing can you change to reduce your carbon footprint? | Unfortunately, small things don't make much difference. Lights and most home appliances are so efficient now that you're barely helping anything by being stingy with them. Go ahead and try to make a dent in your monthly utilities by being careful with the lights and TV set- it'll be a rounding error compared to the inf... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d19o3ke | 4bjifp | Is it less efficient to turn your home AC off for a weekend away? | It's completely untrue. Turning your AC off for a weekend won't make it cost any more on Monday when you get back. if you're that worried you can open your windows to equalize the temp delta. It's the same argument with turning the temp down in the winter. | 6 |
AskReddit/cf1iccs | 1wfj8a | How would a ten dollar minimum wage really affect the american economy? | I work as a bartender and get the regular minimum wage, not the server minimum wage, plus tips. If the minimum was raised, I think my company could get away with not paying it, which is fine, because i feel like I get paid fairly for what I do. On the other hand, my dad owns a farm, he already pays his workers who are ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e2cv6vz | 8yof4a | What moment can you look back at and say “I was there”? | I saw Larry David do something in real life that he turned into a moment on Curb Your Enthusiasm the next year. I was getting wined and dined for a business dinner in some swanky beverly hills restaurant. There were famous people randomly at several tables including Larry David, who was at the table next to us. They we... | 1,748 |
AskReddit/djpr4gd | 6kycjb | What song makes you feel most emotional? | pachelbel's Canon in D My Mums favorite piece of music, so much so she wanted it at her funeral. That was a decade ago, still makes me emotional and I usually skip it if it comes up on a playlist somewhere. | 3 |
AskReddit/c2t0xjw | litrp | Is there a proper etiquette for contacting a past favorite teacher, or should I leave it alone and let him enjoy his retirement? | If he made a profound effect on you, than I can almost promise that he enjoyed his job and would love to see one of his past students. Besides, he is a history buff, so visiting his own history would be right up his alley. You should contact the school and ask if they have his home address on file anymore. I'm not sure... | 2 |
AskReddit/c2ly30v | koois | How far back in human history can I go and still be attracted to the women? | ~35,000-60,000 years. There is less diversity during this time for humans (Ex. No blue eyes or blond hair) and you might not find the average attractive some of them were probably like a 6.5-8. It isn't easy to tell how most of them looked this far back in history. | 5 |
AskReddit/ex23vek | cr6dmx | Why did the chicken cross the road? | Because urban development has taken over the traditional grazing land of his flock and he has to cross the road to get out of the genetic islands that the roadways have created in order to find a hen. | 4 |
AskReddit/ccn99rh | 1nykrf | What would put in a time capsule that would be guaranteed to be opened in 100 years? | A pen, pencil, and a piece of paper. A credit card. A pair of eyeglasses. A nutrition facts pamphlet from McDonald's Photographs of endangered species. Some form of logic puzzle/toy. Maybe a Rubik's cube. A sample of our tap water. A flash drive. Pictures and stories of people who have done great things but who will be... | 2 |
AskReddit/dt037cx | 7rvyqp | What are some ways in which women are privileged over men? | I looked at the list, and one forgotten here is prison privilege. If you think Whites have advantage over Blacks in prison sentencing and justice systems in the USA, hoooo boy, are you going to be up in arms! Being female grants six times more leniency and one third the sentencing time (if any) for any crimes committed... | 22 |
AskReddit/cjxaniw | 2e9c1q | What technology do you think the government currently has that would amaze us if we found out about it? | This question has previously been asked here and innumerable amount of times. Look up "emerging technologies." Let me try to be a succinct here as I can. I'll start off by saying it quite bluntly. not much. Certainly not as much as one might expect if one learns a great about the world through the lens of corporate med... | 2 |
AskReddit/c1htpo6 | fq9fb | What's one thing people do that shouldn't bug you, but completely annoys you? | people who cant use the actual or real name of things. There is an old man i work with that i sit next to. He has to change the name to everything. The computer is called "the brain". The other day a client sent us a few dozen donuts and he comes back and says "hey theres donuts up there" So I was like "cool, where are... | 195 |
AskReddit/ehwxdc2 | axxmel | What's the strangest thing you've passed while driving? | A vehicle with the license plate BLAQPPL. I would've thought that one wouldn't be allowed. It was obviously a custom plate. Then my inner smartass started to wonder if cops can even pull that car over without being accused of profiling. I in no way, shape, or form have any bigotry, I simply amuse myself. hopefully, bei... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cp6wz6g | 2y79q6 | What is the purpose behind ISIS' destruction of historical monuments and other historically important objects? | ISIS, like many other Sunni Islamic terrorist groups (HAMAS, Taliban, Al Qaeda, etc.) subscribes to the Wahabbist school of Islam. They believe they are commanded to destroy idols, and will destroy anything they believe meets that criteria, even if it is an Islamic heritage site (such as ISIS's destruction of the Tomb ... | 4 |
AskReddit/cwvk4zx | 3sa6z3 | What are some DOs and DON'Ts for aliens trying to invade Earth? | The idea of aliens "invading earth" is completely idiotic. There is no resource they could get from earth that they couldn't get more easily and in greater abundance elsewhere. Even if there was some freakishly specific thing about our planet that they wanted or needed, there would be no invasion. It would be more like... | 3 |
AskReddit/ehjgetw | aw1mm3 | If you could choose to save Club Penguin or the Opportunity Rover, which one would you choose and why? | Club Penguin of course. Besides being an important step for humanity, it serves as a taxing benchmark for your new PC. Can you run Club Penguin at 4k 120fps with 2080ti sli? I don't think so . | 2 |
AskReddit/cpn6hpl | 2zx7xc | What's the most loaded question you could ask someone on a first date? | What are your goals? I'll sneak it in when conversation get's good, and about 2-3 drinks in. Looking back on my dating history, that question has lead me to the truth. If they don't have a goal, or just say "I don't even know where I'm going to eat tmrw" type of joke, it never works out. But if I get something like - I... | 33 |
AskReddit/c9xaiob | 1e6ogm | Is there a reason why (most) humans change their voices around a cute animal? | Dogs (and babies) react to the intonations in your voice more than what you are saying, and we have lots of collective experience dealing with them. People (sometimes mistakenly) translate this to all other cute animals. | 321 |
AskReddit/emvw57x | bmdzf4 | What was one time where something you were proud of/held dearly was destroyed? | 2nd grade in a new town up North. Class was taken on a field trip to a custom built replica of a town, roughly the size of a Walmart parking lot. The goal was to teach us how to drive using a type of Go-Kart. They had themed go-karts, I had one rigged to look like a little pickup truck that was a delivery truck for Tac... | 2 |
AskReddit/cb5arpg | 1ikf61 | Has anyone ever won the enter to win contest at the mall or other local businesses and actually won a free car? | A few years ago my mom won a Mercedes-Benz through a charity raffle. Aside from the cost of the ticket the car was free, except that, in order to keep the car, she would have to pay something like $12,000 in taxes. She ended up selling the car right back to the dealership and walked away with a nice little bit of cash. | 8 |
askscience/c3b88zh | nqx5i | What is the surface of our sun like ? | Well, considering that the surface of the sun is about 2300K hotter than the melting point of any metal (Tungsten @ 3410K), I think you'd have a tough time approaching it in a vessel of any sort and maintaining the same sort of corporeal structure that you're currently accustomed to. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cb0wxvy | 1i4ism | Why does pouring beer into a glass on an angle produce less head? | Turbulence causes the dissolved Carbon dioxide gas to emerge from the beer faster. Pouring the beer straight down into the glass causes much more tubulence as the beer swirls around rapidly. Pouring the beer down the side of the glass when the glass is held at an angle allows the beer to flow into the glass more smooth... | 5 |
AskReddit/cb77im4 | 1iqxje | Which person's death today would have the largest impact around the world? | This question is hard to answer. It's not just who died that's important. It's the circumstances in which said individual died. For example, Archduke Ferdinand. If say he died from a heart attack. Though it would have an impact it wouldn't be that large. The fact he was assassinated in Sarajevo by the black hand made a... | 299 |
AskReddit/dqzkg9y | 7il036 | How would you feel about banning water bottles that are not reusable? | Encouraging reusable water bottles is best. I've been out of town before and needed a bottle of water to use for the week. I'm not going to lug around my glass water bottle from home for this week. It's just not practical. | 2 |
AskReddit/crpv7mj | 37u1be | How can a person make up for not learning Math properly in Middle School and High School? | I went to my local community college and enrolled in basic math 044 and its follow up 055. I was in the same boat as you. This laid the foundation I was missing. I couldn't belive I was able to finally do all the math that confused and angered me so much over the years. If you go that route make for sure it is actually... | 2 |
AskReddit/ckcrgze | 2fu7gr | What is a gift you should never re-gift? | Anything that's a personal gift. Something that is supposed to hold special meaning to the original gift receiver. If the original receiver feels they no longer care for that gift, then I would recommend burning it. | 3 |
AskReddit/d9y4mj0 | 5col3a | What misunderstanding did you believe for the longest amount of time? | The way income taxes work was a pretty big one for me. I thought for the longest time that when you moved up a tax bracket your whole income got taxed by a higher percentage. Instead only the amount you make over the threshold gets taxed differently. | 12 |
AskReddit/cefrdzc | 1u9bpr | What is the most embarrassing thing you said/did as a child that still haunts you till this day? | I dunno about haunts, but something that has stuck with me: Doctors appointment when I was a young kid, and the doctor asked me how consistent my urination was (she was referring to the stream). I misunderstood her question and replied "Oh, it's great. Sometimes I can shoot it up to 4 feet away!" My mother and the doct... | 3 |
AskReddit/crwz020 | 38q76t | What's your best "don't tell mom" story you share with your dad/sibling? | I was disc golfing with my dad. Anyways, I through a disc, and it lands on top of a gazebo. (We were playing in a local park.) Anyways he has me go get it, but in order to get to the roof, i needed to stack two tables on top of each other. I get up no problem, and toss the disc down to the ground. But as I'm scrambling... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d4e5ssu | 4onosl | What is the difference between rays and waves? | In the ray model you assume light moves on straight lines. In the wave optics model you describe light with a field covers the spaces and how this field changes and acts in time is described by the Maxwell equations. If you just want to know where light goes, you often can work with rays. But if you look closer you'll ... | 11 |
explainlikeimfive/dr7rnpy | 7jn9u3 | Why do most airports usually have suitcase shops after security and well after you have checked your bag in? | Because the number one place to have the thought "I really need a new suitcase" is in an airport. Every other day of the year your luggage is in a closet and you're not thinking about it. So while you're dragging around your beat old carry-on bag with the wonky wheels and the broken zipper you get to look at shiny new ... | 9 |
AskReddit/de2um9b | 5vku17 | What's a bizarre punishment you're parents have given you, or that you have given your children? | When I was married I would make my step-sons run laps around the neighborhood (timed) and do up-downs in the back yard. One time, the younger step-son got in trouble for bullying a kid a lot smaller than him (turns out he wasn't - my step son was very large for his age and accidently hurt a smaller kid, the school call... | 2 |
askscience/cy0s0us | 3wzqhn | Are there known sets of problems our brains cannot solve, like the halting-problem for turing machines? | a Turing machine is really a way to compute. Anything that is computable can be computed by a Turing machine which is provable whether it is a single tape, multi-tape, has RAM, in the cloud etc. Our brains can certainly compute any problem that is computable because if given enough time, we could laboriously go through... | 2 |
AskReddit/d5dyjtn | 4t1yt6 | What is your favorite memory with your pet? | Honestly, one of my favorite memories of my cat was when it died. Although it was sad to see it die at the time, thinking back to it, right before she died she got up and jumped on my lap, and died there, and the fact that she chose me in her final moments is the best memory I have of her. | 2 |
askscience/dnpbxhu | 73agh0 | Where do the atoms come from when life is created? | When a cell divides, the existing atoms rearrange. Before a cell divides, it grows. When a cell grows, it does so by incorporating nutrients from outside of the cell. These nutrients comes from the environment; how they do depends on the organism in question. For humans, nutrients come from things we eat and drink. | 30 |
AskReddit/eq8lbfl | bxnl14 | Can men and women just be friends and why ? | I totally believe they can be. Not every relationship between men and women lead to being sexual or romantic. To add on, I think that if your s/o has friendships with the opposite gender, it doesn't make them untrustworthy, just more well rounded in friendships? 75% of my friends are male (and I, female), but I've neve... | 2 |
askscience/c8c4eur | 186kxe | When repairing a wound, how do capillaries "know" where other capillaries are, to reform vascular integrity? | As a followup question, does blood start flowing only when a closed loop is formed, or (which seems more likely to me) does blood flow into growing capillaries with 'dead ends'? If the latter is true, how does the blood not coagulate in the dead ends? | 8 |
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