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AskReddit/dlf44d9 | 6ss6va | What would you do if you inherited 1 million dollars tomorrow? | considering that 1 million is actually not that much, i would make it #1 priority that nobody knows about it. so i would buy a decent appartment and keep living my life as i do now. i'd be able to save much more for retirenment than i do now since i won't be paying rent anymore so it wouldn't change my current life sig... | 3 |
AskReddit/c1897p3 | ei3gc | How do you make a sausage roll? | Get some bread dough and sausages. Defrost the bread roll. Fry up the sausages, if they aren't the precooked kind, and let them cool so you don't burn yourself. Wrap the bread dough (uncooked, just defrosted and risen) around the sausages, and deep fry them. Also works great on hot dogs. Or as my family called them bec... | 2 |
AskReddit/d6kunu1 | 4y4a2u | Why are or aren't you religious? | I'm not religious because I wasn't raised in a house that ever practiced it. Religion was a non-issue in my family and I never read the bible, so the whole idea of religion and god just didn't ever make any logical sense to me. | 51 |
AskReddit/cjenkiy | 2ceboy | What song was playing when your life changed? | Sorry, not me, but my dad said he heard the song "Porcelain" by Moby being played on the radio. He sat in his car, crying, as the song played. Edit: I'm tired and stupid for not explaining this. My mother had just broke up with him. | 2 |
AskReddit/dh9ve5k | 69w3by | What is the weirdest place you've ever slept? | End of a New Years Eve party went to this random girl's house that I had just met at the party. She brought another guy friend with me to her bedroom-- after a few minutes, once a bit of the drunken stupor wore off and I realized the situation, I peace'd out back downstairs and slept on a wood bench in the front door f... | 18 |
AskReddit/d3e7rf0 | 4kdwn0 | What can you do to feel euphoric without running / weed, drugs, etc? | belly laughs. Honestly belly laughs feel better than weed. They can last half the time weed lasts. Usually after 30 minutes the weed wears off. Some belly laughs can go on for between 10-20 minutes. Not to mention the belly laughs may come back later in the day, too. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c8ky32q | 195ew5 | How to make money off an idea? | Convince people it's worth their money. You can either convince investors that's it's worth money, and sell them your idea outright, or sell them a share in your business where you put your idea to use. Raising capital to start a business venture is a lot of work, and can be risky. An "idea" itself won't make any money... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cdphbjf | 1roeck | Why were the merits of chariots as opposed to cavalry? | Chariots did not require large horse breeds; charioteers could yoke together a team of small-breed horses to pull a chariot. A chariot would have a driver and a warrior. One person could focus on driving, one on spear or arrow work, instead of dividing a single person's attention among horse work and fighting. | 5 |
AskReddit/cdd4tdm | 1qiim8 | What should I do to prepare myself for an interview at a movie theatre? | I've been through many interviews. Be prepared to describe your current job duties. They may ask you what your greatest strength and/or weakness are. Most of all be yourself. Also Google interview questions and definitely ask questions towards the end when they give you the opportunity to. Hopefully the manager who tol... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dza7rtm | 8kse8w | What is the trigger mechanism for safety airbags in motor vehicles? | There's a bunch of shock/impact/acceleration sensors hidden around the car in the bumpers and whatnot. They all tie into a tiny computer that checks, thousands of times a second, if those airbags should go off. | 2 |
AskReddit/dzpdqi4 | 8mpm53 | What are some normal/everyday words in your language that when literally translated become very different in form or context? | “Lao dou”, in Mandarin Chinese (potentially Cantonese as well, I’m not sure) is a colloquial term for father. However, translated literally, it means “old bean”, which in British English is a colloquial term for “chap”. Chap as in fellow, not chap as in one half of a half of a trouser leg. | 3 |
AskReddit/edlmews | ae16ws | What is a classic "liberal vs. conservatives" issue that you don't think should be a "liberal vs. conservatives" issue? | Abortion, to me it doesn’t really make sense that pro life is conservative (unless you’re religious) or pro choice is liberal. I’ve met many conservative pro choicers and liberal pro lifers | 6 |
AskReddit/ca66km0 | 1f2byg | How do you know when you're drunk? | My reflexes get slower and I get more outgoing. how do you know? Maybe it's harder to tell when it's having an effect for some people. I'm used to drugs, I can tell when my thinking, reflexes etc. are different from normal in any way. "I feel like going up to that cute girl over there who is way out of my league and te... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dnkllq4 | 72qyse | Why is AC current better at long distances than DC? | If you imagine electricity like water for a DC circuit you have to push water from the start, through the entire system and then back to the pump, figuratively speaking. In an AC circuit imagine two pumps one to pull and one to push and they switch back and forth at 60 x second so the water only moves back and forth sl... | 5 |
AskReddit/dmdjir8 | 6x6y3r | What is the Weirdest/Funniest thing you have seen while in a train? | Okay, so this was VERY weird. So this happened when I was about 7 or 6, I can't remember. My family was on the train coming back from somewhere. I think it was a fair or something, but anyways, I won this big Pikachu plush toy from a booth, and I loved it. I had it in my hands during the train ride, and a stranger came... | 2 |
AskReddit/ehpxl49 | awy36z | What’s the creepiest thing that’s ever happened to you while camping? | Literally heard a guy beating up his gf/wife in the campsite next to ours. She was screaming, someone in our group called the cops. Never found out what exactly happened. Nature isn’t creepy. People are creepy. | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/chu3tym | 26spzs | How can we eat leafed vegetables when we can't digest cellulose? | Cellulose is just filler. It doesn't do anything to you and passes right through uneventfully. When you eat a spinach salad, you're not digesting the cellulose, but you are digesting some of the other stuff, like vitamins and minerals and a very small amount of protein and digestible carbohydrates. The "filler" then ge... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/c831zf2 | 177iqw | Why prices are always displayed minus 1 cent? | here is another speculation on how it started: the cashier HAD TO press the "sale" button on the cash registrar to give the 1 cent change to the customer, hence preventing fraud. | 4 |
askscience/dunpxrb | 7zed9w | How can brain cells cause tumours even though they can not multiply? | The majority of the cells in the brain are Glial Cells, not neurons (the cells that actively transmit information.) Glial cells work to nourish and support the neurons themselves, and may help with short range cell signalling. While it's true that mature neurons as well as mature glial cells do not divide, new cells ar... | 32 |
AskReddit/eliq082 | bg6llb | What moment made you realize that your parents sucked at parenting? | My parents are divorced so this is basically about my dad. I was staying at his house one weekend when I was about 7 and he got black out drunk (wasn’t the first time) without having fed me dinner and I was really upset and fed up with it. I decided to leave and walk the 20 minutes home and he had no idea where I was. ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ctyv33y | 3gk2rd | What is a field that would be smart to go into currently? | Depends on what you make of it. A "smart" field is CS. An even smarter field is going into something you're good at/have a creative outlook on. Also depends on how you define "smart." Want money, want to know you'll always have a job? Don't negate things just because they aren't the mainstream "smart" field. I'm curren... | 2 |
AskReddit/d4a5wg3 | 4o7e0g | What book, film, or video game has actually changed your life? | Call of Duty (MW2 and MW3) changed my life for the better. It wasn't because of the content, but because of the multiplayer aspect. I made a lot of new friends while playing CoD online, even some people who bullied me in primairy school became good friends. I always had the time of my life while playing with those peop... | 2 |
AskReddit/c2j08nc | kbsyx | What's the funniest thing you've ever heard a child say while trying to get out of trouble? | I was babysitting my neighbor's three year old girl last year and after I had put her to bed, about 10 minutes later, I heard something fall to the ground. I walk into the room and her lamp on the desk had broken on the ground. I asked her what happened and she, as innocently as could be, said, "It was Curious George! ... | 135 |
AskReddit/eep97kn | aiolyh | What do you do when someone won’t stop talking? | I just tell him. The way I say it depends if I like the person or not. Someone I like, like my gf the other night. I was trying to sleep but she kept talking so I told her "Honey, I'm trying to sleep, can we talk about it tomorrow? Please?" it worked. Someone I don't like : "Do you ever stop talking?" or "Do you know w... | 2 |
AskReddit/dtj2fhd | 7ubtdx | What is something you suspect people pretend to dislike? | The Kardashians. I've never in my life met anyone willing to admit that they watch their show or they like them personally. Somebody has to be watching their shows to keep the lights on though. So some pretend dislike has to be happening. | 4 |
AskReddit/eh7aa2j | auctjd | If you could make any video game in the world, what would it be? | I want s game were it's open world, much like RDR2 and Fallout are, but with dialogue choices like Masseffect, but the character you make and play as views the world as they are doing good, they are helping much like a great cop or something along those lines. But in the game there are subtle hints that say like. Murde... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cc4a2rw | 1lz8kj | Why does Saudi Arabia oppose Assad's regime in Syria? | The Saudis want to build a natural gas pipeline to Europe that has to go through Syria. Assad is supported by Russians. The Russians have their own gas pipeline to Europe. Russia uses its control over Europe's natural gas supply to influence Europe. They threaten to turn the gas pipeline off when Europe criticizes Russ... | 5 |
AskReddit/cvy3tre | 3ol07r | If you were a Serial Killer, what would be the strangest thing your victims would have in common just to mess with the Investigators? | I would choose my victims based on a shared cake day on Reddit. They would all be different genders, race, age and locations. Heck, I'd even use my cake day as the date, just to prove to investigators that I'm smarter than them. They'd come to me thinking I was a potential victim, when they finally work it out. Little ... | 368 |
Ask_Politics/ct3u9j8 | 3dbylv | How can the people work to remove a state legislator in Tennessee? | Tennessee has no provisions for state legislator impeachment. Here are some other options: Write their cameral party leader (Speaker, Maj. Leader, Min. Leader, etc.) and leadership team (Speaker Pro Tem, Floor Leader, Whip, etc.) and ask them to bar your legislator from caucus. You may also ask them to remove them from... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/djg4knx | 6jowlu | How do they match a single fingerprint against all the millions of fingerprints in the fingerprint database? | By classifying different shapes and patterns that appear in fingerprints and using them to narrow the search. Fingerprint systems where created back the days when fingerprints where searched manually in books. For a moment think about searching for a face. You have a million mugshots and you want someone (without a com... | 2 |
AskReddit/eb0t8ow | a2rygh | What's your "I survived death" story? | I tried to kill myself by jumping off a car park. Broke nearly every bone in my body, but still survived. It took a lot of physio and talking therapy but I beat the injuries as well as the demons, and live a normal life these days. | 7 |
AskReddit/cf9053q | 1x8c6s | What should I not forget when moving in to my first apartment? | Take photos of the whole place, even under the sinks. That way, when it is time to move, you have proof that you are leaving the apartment the way it was given to you. Otherwise, the owner can keep your deposit. Happened to us. The landlord claimed we had not left the apartment in good shape, but we did. We went to sma... | 3 |
AskReddit/c0jju7i | av1ty | What did your parents do to punish you? | Whenever I lied, I had to go to my room and stand in a corner facing a wall for 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or an hour, depending on the severity of the infraction. Then they discovered that I would lean my head against the two walls in the corner and doze off (whenever I get really angry, I get really sleepy about 2 minut... | 9 |
AskReddit/c225rga | iabgg | What do you consider the worst line in movie history? | I don't know if its the worst of all time but when Jack Black says at the end of King Kong "It was beauty killed the beast" it sounded like him doing a Tenacious D bit and it sounded really out of place. | 146 |
AskReddit/eb5fzq5 | a3b169 | If someone wasn’t a employee but wanted to blend in at your job for a full day, what would they have to do? | Put on a polo shirt and any pants dressier than jeans. Put any id badge into a lanyard. Tailgate into the building. This is easier at our second site next to the main building. Sit at a workstation. If anyone asks, you are one of the consultants on the project. Just say 'project' and everyone will assume it is the big ... | 3 |
AskReddit/cnwh2ju | 2t7oxq | What is everyone's opinion on animal testing? | I'm torn, honestly. I fully believe that testing is necessary prior to putting anything into the market. If not animals, how can this testing be completed? Society won't condone preliminary testing on humans, especially considering that said testing is likely to occur on the lowest common denominator. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dzpix4d | 8mq9a0 | Why commercial airplanes are usually white while military airplanes are usually grey? | 3 main reasons : Minimizing visual signature . Aircraft operating over sea can be camouflaged by painting them blue-grey. Blending of aircraft with the tarmac. Parked aircraft outlines are harder to see if the aircraft color doesn't provide sharp contrast with the surface they are on. Modern military aircraft are paint... | 23 |
explainlikeimfive/czzbok6 | 45l0cp | Why is the THAAD system designed to intercept nukes in the terminal phase of their flight? | Late stage intercept is probably the cheapest and simplest way to do it. The US was capable of intercepting warheads in the 60's with the Nike Ajax and Sprint missiles (The Sprint is the fastest missile ever made and fascinating in itself). The program was discontinued because when MRVs were introduced to ICBMs suddenl... | 3 |
AskReddit/d0awbai | 4784cr | What's the most badass thing you ever saw your Dad or Mom do? | When I was 7 or 8 my dad knew I was being bullied after school so he followed me one day and scolded the bullies (2 fearsome 11 years olds) so much that they were calling me "sir" after that. Not a badass accomplishment for a grown man to scare two little kids, but an awesome thing to do for me as my dad. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ctx0ijx | 3gcw1g | How come Asian countries that were relived from European colonial rule have been somewhat better off than Africa ones? | It's a geographic curse. Many African countries are landlocked and close to the tropics, both of which when combined together are a death sentence for prosperity. If you're close to the tropics, not only do you have to deal with natural disasters and devastating tropical disease, but there is something that is far more... | 75 |
AskReddit/cyasfzo | 3y5tbo | If you could sell your Reddit Karma for $1 each point, what would you buy with it? | A bunch of Reddit gold to gild my own comments. They would then be noticed by everyone, this giving me more karma. The cycle never ends. Edit: I suppose I should buy stock in the company if I were to do this | 2 |
AskReddit/dw3cg9t | 869cix | How has your general thinking about life, yourself, other people, and the world changed over time? | I’ve become a lot less cynical about life ( on my good days ), I hate myself probably as much as I did as a kid if not a little less, but I have more confidence and love for those around me. I also feel the world has some potential to change, but it’ll take a lot more time than I figured when I was younger. | 3 |
AskReddit/dd1rlnu | 5qsisk | What are common characteristics of intelligent people? | A group of scientists tried to define intelligence: "Intelligence tries to maximize future freedom of action and keep options open." A trait I observe in what I consider to be intelligent people is they can accept they are wrong rather than sticking to their guns to save ego. | 2 |
AskReddit/csjwpdc | 3b8san | Why aren't nuclear powered vessels hooked up to the grid while docked for extended periods of time? | > It would provide power and allow the government to recuperate some of the costs of construction. The nuclear generator is already constructed and operational, so why would they try to massively drain a local power grid instead of keeping it self-subsistent? | 2 |
AskReddit/eu9vwgs | cfgjhw | What’s the weirdest smell you have ever smelled? | When I was a kid I wanted to make "perfumes" by adding a bunch of stuff in a cup with water. Usually flowers and all that. I don't know what I put in there once and I must've left it for a while. It smelled so terrible. | 2 |
AskReddit/eaoq88t | a1ct0d | What is something you love about your SO? | He lets me be myself no matter what, without any judgement. I never had anyone who I could just be me around until I met him. He’s also like a space heater, and he loves being the little spoon so it’s like holding a giant warm teddy bear. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/du38l5e | 7wtn3a | If antibacterial soaps are banned, what is ‘hand soap’ actually doing? | You've got a field filled with rabbits, and they're eating your crops. Antibacterial agents and hand sanitizers are like poisoning the rabbits. The problem is that dead rabbit bodies are still strewn about, and some of the rabbits survive the poisoning, and their kids will also be good at surviving poisoning. And rabbi... | 350 |
AskHistorians/c77kyi0 | 13vobf | How did pirates acquire their first ship? | Which era of piracy are you talking about? It's being going on since the 14^th century BC. In this situation, they likely built their own vessels and weaponry. These groups were able to build a rudimentary vessel or vessels which were still comparable in size and ability to those built by fledgling seafaring nations. F... | 6 |
AskReddit/c31gmgl | mjmcg | If you could hit "shuffle" up to three times and trade your life with that of a random stranger, would you? | I am a college educated, white American female. I live where I want, drive the kind of car I want, and make a lot of money. My worst day is a million times better than most people's best day. | 43 |
AskReddit/dc502yv | 5mnzvb | What's your verdict on human nature, and what's your strongest line of evidence supporting this view? | Verdict: Ever since the agricultural revolution we've slowly evolved into a virus with shoes (thanks Mr. Hicks). Before that revolution humans had lived in harmony with the planet for 1000s of years. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cwysj93 | 3sngas | If it is known that Styrofoam cups leech dangerous chemicals when hot liquid is in them, why are coffee companies, like Dunkin Donuts, allowed to use them for hot coffee still? | The amount of styrene that moves from a styrofoam cup to your coffee is too small to matter. We're talking parts per billion. Lethal dose isn't the only thing that matters, but just for fun, you need to ingest about 2.6 grams of styrene per kg of body weight to have a 50% chance of dying. Hot milk placed in a styrofoam... | 344 |
AskReddit/d0kt9hw | 48m4q9 | How did you quit smokes? | I took up vaping. Realistically, I understand that not inhaling anything is better than inhaling something much less harmful, but after smoking for 10 years, and multiple attempts to quit without success I needed to try something new. It will be 9 months since I had a cigarette on the 6th, I can breathe easier, I can s... | 2 |
AskReddit/e3zmdh6 | 96db5d | If you were immortal for a day, what would you do? | Probably a bunch of crimes to get rich quick with a mask and a disguise some they wouldn't know it was me the next day. I'd be unstoppable cause I was immortal. You would see on the news some guy gets shot 15,000 times by police but still manages to escape | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dpwufo5 | 7dd8sd | How do non wealthy people who get sued for millions or billions able to pay all of that money? | Often they simply don't. Typically home owners insurance, auto insurance, etc. have liability coverage that will pay out substantial sums in case of lawsuits (depending on source of suit), so they may settle for that amount. ie. you get sued for causing a car accident and your insurance will cover $500k so the plaintif... | 9 |
AskReddit/cor2rlx | 2wi6py | How have you changed as you've gotten older? | I've been investing in my body. Eating better, serious no bullshit exercise, and reading more both fiction and non-fiction. Throw your televisions away, stop listening to the news, and don't drink. Get high as a kite all the time but alcohol is what'll really drag you down over the long term. | 3 |
AskReddit/ehnp3f8 | awn5gc | What are the most unfortunate accidents that resulted in death in history? | Steve Irwin comes to mind, right off the top of my head. I think it’s just so bizarre because he was such an expert and everyone secretly expected his accident or death to pertain to, well, crocodiles. He ended up dying by a freak accident from one of the supposedly gentlest underwater creatures. | 3 |
AskReddit/c5u06cn | ybbfz | What is the biggest lie you've found out someone close was keeping from you? | When I was little, my parents said we would go to Six Flags. Now as a child of this planet, my mind was racing the night before. "Sheeeeeeeeeiiiiiit, I'm goin' to SIX FLAGs". The next morning we headed towards ATL and when we got there my parents said Six Flags was closed, and took us to a container store, where they s... | 2 |
AskReddit/dfc3i0u | 616h7a | What would happen if a pregnant shapeshifter changed into an animal that has a much shorter pregnancy than a human? | If we're talking a person with a mutation that allows them to change shape, it may not necessarily be passed to their offspring meaning the fetus would likely be human and require the same gestation period as a human. If this were a shapeshifter by birth, they lay eggs. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/cufw7v4 | 3iez8b | Why does mainstream media stray away from reporting on police brutality? | Idk what you consider to be "mainstream" media, but I can think of a number of highly publicized incidents of police brutality (perceived or otherwise). Rodney King back in '92, more recently Michael Brown, Walter Scott, Tamir Rice; the list goes on and on. I could make a counter argument that these cases, Michael Brow... | 2 |
AskReddit/cu71dlm | 3hfnoo | What is something that babies born today will never experience? | A lot of it depends on where they're born. A child born in the third world will still experience hunger and poverty whereas a middle to upper class child born in the US or Europe won't. Same with polio, although considering the anti vaccine movement, that may change soon. Regardless of where they are born, no child wil... | 5 |
AskReddit/cszc62d | 3cvehg | What is the worst thing about television shows? | I feel like the writing quality overall would go up a lot if shows weren't expected to have each episode be an arc by itself, with a climax and everything. If shows were allowed to address the ongoing story without having to stick to such a set format, they could do so much more. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ddhbgds | 5srn1x | Why does digital data have to be stored on a physical medium? | There is no such thing as "the digital space". Everything persistent is physical. Everything. The only non-physical things are signals such as radio or microwaves, but they too require amplification and boosting which again would require more hardware. | 6 |
AskReddit/cx5xub9 | 3tgksf | What part of your own culture can you absolutely not get down with? | Dehumanisation of "foreigners" as part of everyday media and social discourse, dinner table conversation, jokes, serious statements, sports, entertainment, and social media. This seems hugely widespread in my culture with absolutely no reflection or regard for the possibility that these opinions aren't based in factual... | 4 |
AskReddit/dkgcqme | 6ocnnl | What is the easiest way to boost your immune system? | Go running around in the woods for a bit and really child it up. Climb trees, handle small animals and bugs (carefully so that you don't hurt them), and roll around in grass and soil. Even if you don't improve your immune system, you'll probably have fun. | 3 |
AskReddit/dqx33c8 | 7i9esa | What are some simple recipes for a really inexperienced cook? | My personal chilie recipe: 1lb ground beef, minced garlic (get the jarred stuff), about a tablespoon, one can of diced tomatoes and one can of your favorite canned beans (not BBQ or pork and beans, like kidney beans or black beans). Toss the ground beef into the pot and cook with the garlic until done (browned). Season... | 4 |
AskReddit/e8i5dq7 | 9rmr3u | How many bugs have you voluntarily eaten in your life? | I’m American. Whole bugs I’ve eaten knowing they were bugs: 3 or 4. I ate two crickets for $20, a fire ant for $10, and one I remember eating when I was young because I wanted to feel like a lizard | 2 |
AskReddit/cmkl6m9 | 2o7snz | What mundane occurrence always makes you smile / chuckle a bit? | Watching someone get up about to leave the subway train, only to have them realize as the trains pulling into the platform that they're facing the wrong side. So they do a little 180 degree turn and try to act all cool about it. The attempt at confidence in people's faces always makes me chuckle. Makes me laugh cause I... | 2 |
AskReddit/cqoxbxg | 33w3qm | What are some birthday event ideas for a 13 year old without friends? | Laser Tag. You join up with other random kids and dudes and blast each other like you are inside a video game. Good times. Have attended laser tag for multiple cake day parties for my sons friends and I always enjoy it. You can rent a little room to have a cake and presents if you want too. | 32 |
AskReddit/c2gyy0z | k29zo | Why is it so hard for normal people in developed countries to be happy? | It's the dissonance between work put in, and visible accomplishments. People work hard, but the only apparent benefit is money, which is traded for someone elses hard work. The more abstract or ephemeral a persons life becomes, the less the brain is able to verify the accomplishment. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cj0meeo | 2b0k71 | How does your brain change from when you are a kid to when you are an adult? | Physically the brain is almost done growing by like age three or so. The brain only gets slightly bigger afterwards. However as you getting older, the brain develops. This means when learning the brain makes new electrical paths. For example, when a toddler is learning to fine tune their motor skills, the electrical im... | 8 |
AskReddit/ek5xi8y | b9onzr | What’s the difference between a secret admirer and a stalker? | A secret admirer is willing to get to know you and actually date, forming a healthy relationship with genuine intentions. A stalker projects their feelings ONTO you, never getting to know the real you. You’re a fantasy. They’re also usually selfish and abusive. | 5 |
AskReddit/dbvwjnt | 5liag2 | What's the funniest and at the same time depressing thing you've heard/read? | This is something that happened to me, so not heard/read. Junior year of high school my dog of ~10-11 years was reaching the end of his life. His health was declining and we were spending as much time with him and spoiling him as much as we could while we still had him. One day I left school and got a call from my mom ... | 2 |
askscience/chinp8d | 25meoe | Is it possible to make an anti-matter atomic bomb? | Yes although we don't have anything close to the technology to make that. If exploded in a vacuum it would look the same as a regular nuclear bomb, if it was in contact with regular matter than there'd be an intense burst of gamma radiation as it annihilates with regular matter. | 38 |
AskReddit/d1a26pd | 4bkxlh | What's the best music (song or artist) to fall asleep to? | I personally fall asleep the best/quickest while listening to heavy metal. In preschool at nap time I remember they would always play Enya, specifically Only Time, and that seemed to work pretty well. | 2 |
AskReddit/ejyzs2g | b8nun7 | Why do you smoke weed? | I have PMDD so it helps with the onset of anxiety or depression, and it also helps with severe period cramps. i also smoke weed cause it relaxes me and stimulates deep thinking | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c324xcf | mmltz | Why are the rhythms and harmonies in music pleasing to us? | A hard question that becomes easier when you ask another question first: What is it about rhythm and harmonies that appeals to us? What kind of of harmonies and rhythms do we really like? What things we like It is easy to see that what appeals to us has changed over the course of history. We used to appreciate classica... | 5 |
AskReddit/cgs36cm | 2302or | Why should and shouldn't I move to your city? | City of over 150,000 in Tennessee. The entire population is either military, college students, service, or factory labor. There are essentially no jobs available for those with college degrees outside of your usual medical and manufacturing. The city is laid out in a manner that it takes an incredible amount of time to... | 2 |
AskReddit/emwejyk | bmga5h | What's the name of a movie you saw when you were younger and still love today? | How much younger? I think the apex of younger as in greatest distance from now and love as in my highest ranked movie that I saw more than 20 years ago would be Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Kevin Costner. Morgan Freeman. Christian Slater. Alan Rickman. All in their prime. And directed by Kevin Reynolds, who also did ... | 4 |
AskReddit/crtcs7j | 389853 | What two board games would combine to make a really fun game to play? | Settlers of Catan and Risk It would play on a board that is more similar to risk, but different territories provide different resources. The resources are then used to buy/ build up your armies, instead of a flat rate based on how many territories you control | 4 |
askscience/dlx0mgk | 6uz74h | Why do eyeglasses "work" even when held at arm's length? | The eye actually has a total power of about +60 diopters to focus the image on the retina. If your prescription is -3 then it means your eye has an extra +3 that needs to be neutralized to get the image to focus properly. As you pull the lenses away from your eye, it's still bending light coming through that lens, thou... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/e07wn1e | 8p2g6s | How does my seatbelt know to lock on jerky motions, but not when pulled out slowly? | A centrifugal clutch (I think that's the term). When the belt is pulled, it unroll from a spool. If the spool spins too fast (because jerky motion), a mechanism is pushed outwards and locks it. | 7 |
AskReddit/dywfz1a | 8j2hc7 | What could you add to any animal/insect to make it terrifying? | Size and scale. I mean you look at stacks of insects close up and they are small, but terrifying. Now scale them up so that a stag beetle is the size of a tank and a hornet is the size of a F35 fighter. Even if ants were the size of dogs, getting a hundred of them foraging for food would be horrific. Praying mantis the... | 4 |
AskReddit/cjzn7ud | 2ehvlj | What are some tips when first learning to drive / parking ? | After you're sure, check again. This saved me MULTIPLE times from hitting other cars in my blind spot while driving and while parallel parking. It's better to be annoyingly cautious than it is to be stuck having higher insurance premiums. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d16qbed | 4b7kl2 | How is it possible to compress 1GB file into 7MB? | Let's say I have this sentence. "I can do what you can man" I can you can probably see that there's a repeated segment in there. "an" lets see if we can shorten that down somewhat. "an=x; i cx do what you cx mx" this is now shorter. Barely. But that's a simple example of compression. Now let's do something that's more ... | 37 |
AskReddit/e8u538l | 9t79sd | What does one have to do in order to have a strong immunity and an almost ever-healthy body, particularly if you're prone to fall sick easily? | I am not a doctor, but in general: have a healthy lifestyle. Eat well, including plenty of fruit and vegetables in your diet. Don't smoke. Don't drink excessively. Get enough sleep. Exercise. Maintain a healthy weight. Avoid contact with people with contagious infections. Wash your hands frequently. Don't stick your fi... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d1g5n9b | 4c9fir | If cats only meow to communicate with humans, how do they communicate with each other? | Kittens meow to their mothers when they're hungry, cold, or scared. But once cats get older, they use other vocalizations -- such as yowling, hissing, and growling -- to communicate with each other. Meowing is reserved for their communications with people. | 1,579 |
AskReddit/dqf3yj9 | 7fxlfo | What is your hack meal or cooking method? | You can always get the perfect medium-rare steak tendency by putting it in the oven for 45-60 minutes at around 150~175F, and then quickly searing the sides for 20-30 seconds per side. It's a dry sous vide method and works great for anyone who doesn't have a grill or anyone who struggles with cooking it properly. | 7 |
AskReddit/dxj1q6v | 8cz7tb | What do you wish people were less stupid about? | I wish people would stop refusing to better themselves. Take writing mistakes, for example. Everyone makes them from time to time, and getting upset about that fact serves very little purpose. When a person rejects an opportunity to fix their errors, though, they're essentially saying that they're unwilling to make any... | 19 |
AskReddit/e6gad6o | 9i2hue | What are some of the most wholesome things that have happened on/from Reddit? | Saw a comment thread between someone contemplating killing herself and a user talking to them in the comments. Amazing because this happened in the public comments section for everyone to see, and it almost became like a community of support for this person who was struggling immensely | 3 |
AskReddit/dycmv1m | 8gl4i7 | What book that you read had a serious impact on your life? | Crime and Punishment. When I read it, I happened to be in a place where I wanted to sympathize with Raskolnikov's angsty and depressive personality. But the book really deconstructs him, and you see how actions and beliefs you think are valid really aren't, you're just being angsty and upset and need to think about rep... | 8 |
AskReddit/ejj1ywh | b6ad9x | What's the weirdest commercial you've ever seen? | A muscle cream commercial. A middle-aged woman is walking through the grocery store when an older woman smells her muscle cream and reminisces about her dead husband and starts sniffing the lady. Then they advertise the non scented muscle cream. But then they show the old lady sniffing the lady again it was really weir... | 2 |
askscience/c64ihy4 | zgf7k | When you drink from a metal can or cup (without a plastic lining) and "taste" the metal, what are you actually tasting? | This is what I think is happening: The organic acids in your saliva contact the metal. When this happens, a small amount of the metal reacts with the very weak acids and in your saliva and cause a few of your saliva molecules to react and become charged. Your taste buds are designed to detect various acids, amines, sug... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/drxtzu1 | 7mza61 | How do pharmaceutical companies in the US justify their prices in comparison with foreign drug companies? | They usually cite the need to recoup the costs of research and meeting regulatory requirements, and claim that the higher prices paid by American consumers are what allow the lower prices in other countries. Generally they're lying or engaging in sophistry. They charge whatever they can get away with, and in the United... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cqc3dzd | 32kpzk | Why is there no A to Z list for everything by genre on Netflix Instant Stream? | I've often really wanted this too, just a complete list of everything. It's done for 2 reasons though, Firstly to try and give you its recommended titles, which it finds gives a better user experience, limited options actually make choices easier. But secondly, it also wants to make Netflix feel deeper than it is, they... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ed7jbm8 | acfjsf | Why does smoke get sucked out the window when you open the front door? | Generally, this is due to permitting a flow of air through the building. With just a window open, the only air flow is in/out of the window.and that isn't going to happen very powerfully, without some sort of fan. With a door open, this allows things like wind to generate flow through the building, and push smoke out t... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/e6apuke | 9h9ce6 | Does anyone know why these 'Metal soaps' that remove odour work? | Steel is about 92 - 98% Iron. Iron will selectively rip sulfur off of other molecules to create iron sulfide and iron sulfate. This is an exothermic reaction and requires initial energy. These "Metal soaps" however are made of stainless steel, and are famously inert. They do not react with sulfur. There is no published... | 47 |
AskReddit/c417pt1 | qxew2 | What is your most awkward walked in on situation (NSFW)? | One afternoon, I come home with my girlfriend to find that no one is home. I live in my basement so privacy usually isn't a issue. We are just watching a movie and I hear my mom walk in upstairs. So I just go up there and say Hello and let her know that Derpette is here. I go back downstairs and commence the sexy time.... | 26 |
AskReddit/d9o91af | 5bd2l4 | What's your extremely specific pet peeve? | I work at a grocery store, and my pet peeve is people who don't bother to break down cardboard boxes and just throw them into the dumpster. An unbroken box takes up so much more space than a broken down box, you could be fitting like 20 more boxes into the dumpster and not waste room! | 2 |
AskReddit/dr63z1y | 7jg7qx | If hitting/spanking your animal is terrible, why should you be allowed to hit/spank your kid? | I feel like the really only maybe okay difference I can think of, is the fact that you can't talk to the animal, so they cannot possible understand why they are being hit. A child (usually) is old enough that they know why they are being spanked, because you can explain it to them. But I'm only thinking of a situation ... | 6 |
AskReddit/ekunjyr | bcz8w0 | Why isn't Africa as developed as Europe or the USA? | Because when Europe colonized Africa, they didn't draw the borders based on cultural and linguistic differences of Africans, and Europeans took advantage of the abundant resources on the continent. | 2 |
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