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AskReddit/exuo5s4 | cui2g8 | What drama is going on in your life right now that you’d like to settle “Jerry Springer” style? | My brother just broke up with his girlfriend last week and he didn't say why but from what I've heard his girlfriend did something dumb. Tbh I was super excited that he broke up with her bc she caused unnecessary drama for me last year. Sadly, this past week he's decided to take her back for some unknown reason so tbh ... | 2 |
AskReddit/c4xw77l | urib2 | What do you do when you're nervous? | I pick at my face and ears, and scratch my head. If I'm nervous and upset and trying not to cry, I look up at the ceiling a lot of rub my nose or thumb the tip of it. | 3 |
AskReddit/el6sdgp | bem6nb | How are you expecting people to react to incoming Muller report? | The same as how they react before. Many studies show when it comes to something as emotional as politics, facts don't sway a person. So if the report clears Trump 100%, anti-Trump people will find ways to say, "Legally he may be clean, but not guilty isn't the same as innocent". If the document shows a high likelihood ... | 5 |
AskReddit/c7erq2h | 14nte3 | Has anyone married a mail order bride from a foreign land and was it a success or horror story? | My friend was telling me about how her cousin got married about a week ago for a passport. She(the cousin) was the mail ordered bride in this scenario. I shall come back to this post in several years to let you know how it goes. | 2 |
AskReddit/e8q7xsi | 9so9ua | What are some hobbies that are easy to get into and can fill up your spare time? | I got into cross stitch this year and really enjoy it. I'm about as far from the old grandma stereotype this hobby tends to conjure images of too. I'm a 6'5" man, athletic, and sport a long beard. I just love that it's easy to learn and gives me something to do with my hands when I'm watching tv. It's also an easy (alb... | 6 |
AskReddit/cr9p98k | 360zdi | Why aren't prisons farming their own food? | because prisons aren't farms. you need lots of land to farm. that's a lot of land to cover with guard/security fences/etc. and i'm sure the tools they use for farming can be considered deadly weapons. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d48frtx | 4o02c4 | Why does a car have an optimal gear? | Engines operate more efficiently at certain speeds. Choosing the right gear is about ensuring the engine is near its optimal speed. That's why electric engines don't need you (or any automatics) to choose a gear - they can operate efficiently over a much wider range of speeds. | 2 |
AskReddit/d5eym18 | 4t6bmb | What cool things did your manager say or do to win you over early on in your working relationship? | 2 things in particular she has done wonderfully: 1) She says thank you. She doesn't have the "I'm your boss, I don't need to thank you for following orders" mentality like some others have and I really appreciate that 2) She's accommodating with my shifts. While I have open availability, she knows I enjoy night shifts ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cabt92l | 1fmxpn | What will the front page of TIL look like in 100 years? | There won't be a page. You'll have a border-less image projected on your retina. You'll focus on topics of interest the way you focus your eyes [intuitively and unconsciously] and open the links with a mental command. But this will only be 50 years in the future. 100 years is too far away to predict. | 2 |
AskReddit/d6wic0k | 4zk1dh | Would you ever tell an obese loved one you worried about their health because of their weight, if so how? | Please don't tell them. They're obese because that's their coping mechanism for inner pain. It's a psychological problem. My suggestion would be to plan activities with them. Hiking, museums, exploring the city, photography, biking, swimming, etc. These activities will slowly help them. They'll say No to many of these ... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/ctwyapj | 3gcmzj | How come Chinese don't get sick more frequently, or even start an epidemic, seeing as how they treat and handle meat? | My grandfather thought properly handling food and listening to expiration dates was for hippies and losers. He successfully ate peanut butter 3 years out of date, meat with freezer burn from who knows long long ago, beer that they don't make anymore. I tried one sandwich with that peanut butter and I was sick in 15 min... | 45 |
explainlikeimfive/dck2ic5 | 5oktpe | Can you negate transplant organ rejection with HIV? | You talk of the immune system like it is one single thing. In fact there are multiple components working together and separately. HIV does attack one important part of the immune system and you would likely be able to use HIV as substitute for some immunosuppressant drugs but not all of them. However you need to be abl... | 2 |
AskReddit/czpc1o1 | 44d2h2 | What is an awkward moment that makes you shudder? | 2 days ago I was helping my mum in the supermarket. She had one shopping cart and I was pushing another. Her handbag was in the child's seat of the cart. I turned away from picking some fruit out, dropped them into my cart and started pushing. A lady hurries after me and says "excuse me" as I turn to see what she neede... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ckqnsqz | 2h9k95 | Why when it's really hot do I sweat profusely when I sleep but not so much when I'm awake? | Sweat is supposed to evaporate quickly. It's possible you sweat an equal amount in both cases but when you're asleep in a dark enclosed room, mostly covered by bedsheets, it doesn't evaporate like it's supposed to. | 3 |
AskReddit/e6gtc76 | 9i4fl6 | What are some tips for getting into singing and what can make someone a better singer? | Work on your pitch and hearing around pitches. If you have access to a piano, play some scales and sing the notes as you play. Not only does it help with not sounding dissonant, you get a good sense of ‘in tune’, which notes belong where/are next to another, and lots more. According to some opera friends, that’s one of... | 2 |
AskReddit/ektjcg2 | bcuiwf | What are some words and phrases that people use that they think make them sound smart, but actually have the opposite effect? | “Just playing Devil’s advocate here,” “It’s just my opinion, you can’t tell me it’s wrong.” “I was interested in _ before it was trendy.” “I’ve done the research” - this usually means they read the first 5 hits on Google that agree with them. And this isn’t a phrase but when people talk like the ate the thesaurus and n... | 3 |
askscience/ekthlnt | bcj6zx | What were oceanic currents like in the ancient Mediterranean and how would they have impacted early sea travel? | I would think it could be from anywhere. Movement southward from Balkans would be the most likely just looking at currents the past 5-10 k years. I used to sail boats back to Athens from Crete and lower Cyclades at the end of each summer due to yacht renters not wanting to take the time to tack against the prevailing n... | 3 |
AskReddit/cxlojed | 3va9xv | How do you prove if dogs or cats are better pets? | Dogs view you as nothing but their superior and will be a loyal companion until the day they die. Cats view you more like a parent, they depend on you a lot as kittens, then go all arsey and rebellious, and think they're better than you, then come crawling back when they're old. | 2 |
AskReddit/dj6ocr4 | 6ij4hl | What was the moment you realized you had grown and were not a child anymore? | I guess not until recently. I'm 20 now, but moved out at 18. I thought I was being an adult when I went to college and lived in a tiny apartment with five adults. I thought I was being even more of an adult when my boyfriend and I got our own place. I realized only recently, since my boyfriend is unexpectedly unemploye... | 2 |
AskReddit/coi3t51 | 2vj6b8 | What is the worst thing you have ever witnessed? | I witnessed a lady get fatally hit by a car. She wasn't paying attention, and she was going to miss her bus, so she frantically ran out into traffic to catch it and didn't see the car coming toward her. She landed in the most grotesque way, that I can only describe as a slumped version of the downward dog. It is seared... | 2 |
askscience/c6v0j55 | 12gv2s | How do anti-matter and black holes interact? | A black hole, to the best of our knowledge, can be completely characterized by three numbers: its mass, its charge, and its rotation speed. If there exist other forces in Nature that we don't know about yet, then a black hole could also interact through those, and so you'd have more numbers. But importantly it's neithe... | 62 |
AskReddit/c0w7a3o | cyh8o | What is your favorite "bad" movie? | Might be Beerfest. I know that movie's stupid and half the jokes are mind-numbingly bad, but my wife and I still love watching it regularly, usually while drinking lots of beer. I think it's worth watching just for Donald Sutherland's cameo. | 9 |
AskReddit/c2ufhf5 | lowp0 | What's the greatest thing you ever found at a garage sale/thrift store? | I bought a lot of assorted junk in an estate sale, and somehow, somebody had neglected to check one of the boxes. There was a slightly dusty but otherwise completely functional Colt M1911 inside. I think it very well might've been the guy's service piece he brought home after Korea. Needless to say, I cleaned it up and... | 10 |
AskReddit/cf2w4qz | 1wkrp8 | How to you feel about the prospect of raising children in the current society? | I am in my early 30's and have three children. I think the best thing you can do to positively impact the world is to have children and raise them well. You will be literally changing the future, in a small way, perhaps, but maybe in a big way. | 5 |
AskReddit/ehxwvkn | ay1dpo | If the world turned into a 7.7 billion people solo battle royale, how well do you think you're gonna do? | Ok, here's how I imagine such thing could play out: Every person drops from space, and can choose where they wanna land, famous locations will be High Tier Zones with great items, while lesser known cities will be Mid Tier. Everyone has a map that show loot zones locations, the area of the next ring, and where Air Drop... | 2 |
AskReddit/c5f7raq | wp677 | Is anyone else getting a bit tired of Facebook? | Yea I'm tired of it, I'm ready to jump boat. But the harsh reality of it is that there's no better alternative that everyone is willing to go to, because everyone has all their friends already on facebook. I'd much rather have face-to-face interations with other people, but others insist on using digital means, and it'... | 3 |
AskReddit/cd0rwm4 | 1pbuy2 | What were some outlandish claims or subjects told or taught to you in school, that you later learned to be false? | I went to American public school in the 70s and 80s. We were taught: Columbus sailed to prove to Europe that the Earth wasn't flat: Bullshit Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone: Bullshit Edison invented the light bulb: Bullshit Marconi invented the radio: Bullshit The list probably goes on and on, but those ar... | 3 |
AskReddit/dwg023t | 87vvxo | What’s something you’re struggling with that you need to get off your chest? | I’m worried he’s not that into me. But I’ve spent every day with him since beginning of December! We did not exchange gifts. We didn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. although he did tell me to stop at Burger King to get heart shaped whoppers | 3 |
AskReddit/ev06xpr | ci098e | What do you imagine seeing in a third Fantasia movie? | Completely unrelated but we have a AFL player here in Australia on my favourite team named Orazio Fantasia and his name has drawn a bit of discussion on the correct way to pronounce it because someone mentioned everyone had been saying it wrong. Turns out they were right and it's not Fan-tay-sia but Fanta-see-ya. So no... | 3 |
AskReddit/c13w5ka | dykvd | Why are white people the only ones to have variation in eye and skin color on an large scale? | Because. Colder climates with less sun predisposed white people for a lesser amount of melanin in their skin and hair. Makes sense. Lots of blonde and blue eyed Scandinavians. Blonde hair and blue eyes may become extinct in the next 50 years though. Other races can also have blue eyes, although its rare. Haven't you re... | 3 |
AskReddit/c900dzf | 1ar7u3 | How did you ask your date out to prom? | I had a girlfriend at the time and just assumed we were going. Later I found out that she was mad that I hadn't been all romantic and asked her. So we were out one night and I casually asked what she was doing on that date. She said she had no plans yet. So I asked if she wanted to go to the movies. She was not happy. ... | 2 |
AskReddit/elyl5gn | bi7e3m | If blackface is considered racist, why aren't drag queens considered sexist? | Traditionally, when white actors or show people dressed in blackface, they portrayed black people as being stupid, backwards, uncivilized, etc. Drag queens dont dress that way to put women down. | 24 |
AskReddit/c626wny | z7rhq | Why do you think that your country drives on the logical side of the road? | The right side makes logical sense to me. If I get forced over to the shoulder due to an animal, oncoming driver, whatever. I have a better chance of not getting smashed up by a tree, rock, guardrail or anything else since I'm sitting to the left of it in my vehicle. | 2 |
AskReddit/ela31f7 | bf13n5 | If you could play Truth or Dare with the government, what would you ask/ dare? | Dare: Theresa, go home. Truth: You’re all posh-sounding middle-aged retarded children who have as much a clue as to what we’re doing as Tracey from Kent who lives on benefits and spells coffee kofy. | 2 |
AskReddit/c9geyiu | 1ch3wl | Do you think getting married because you have an accidental pregnancy is the right thing to do? | it depends on if you had strong feelings for the person to begin with. I have family member that have been together 30+ years and it's because they had an accidental pregnancy. But they loved together to begin with, so that's where the question really lies. Do you actual love the other person with all your heart. | 4 |
AskReddit/d75wa24 | 50pdrn | What is your reason for living? | It's corny, but my reason for living is all the little moments of happiness that occur during a day. Like when I see a super cool bug, or food tastes really good. I have long-term goals too, but those little things are what keep me going. Took a lot of therapy before I could appreciate things like that, though. My othe... | 2 |
AskReddit/esootqp | c8q7i2 | What is something you automated that made your job easier? | I had a job where I needed to legitimately have about 15 logins for different programs. They were all on a different expiration schedule or had different requirements as far as formats. Most of them also log you out after about 10-20 mins of inactivity. Ditched my crappy standard issue logitech keyboard for a gaming ke... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/db92ris | 5ilfox | Why are alcoholic drinks easier to consume when they're cold? | Some drinks need a bit of water or ice to "open up" the flavours as wine often is better once it has been allowed to contact the air. Some drinks simply need to be watered down to "calm" the flavours that may be too strong when served neat. I find some Scotches that have a strong "iodine" taste such as Johnny Walkers e... | 2 |
AskReddit/drnnsxe | 7lnsbj | Why is Gimli portrayed as being so inferior to Legolas in the LOTR trilogy? | Gimli is top level badass, he's a really skilled warrior and very dangerous over short distances. Its just that Legolas is a multi-thousand year old Elven prince. Not only does he have thousands of years experience of honing his skills, those skills started at Elven level. That includes agility, speed, keener senses, i... | 5 |
AskReddit/eb71e0u | a3ktdx | How can one be animal friendly while still eating meat? | When I encounter animals, not viewing them all as potential meals most certainly goes a long way. Being the most intelligent species on the face of the Earth, you also recognize that you owe it not only to your species but to every other species to maintain the environment and not hunt everything into extinction. I vie... | 6 |
AskReddit/e692ykk | 9h4syp | What profession was once highly respected, but is now a complete joke? | Clowns. When original white faced clowns where around they were very deep, mirroring society and causing people to make fools of themselfs rather than being malicious our stupid. Red clowns (made as a kind of partner for the white faced clown) came out when people started investing in more "direct comedy" for mass cons... | 5 |
Ask_Politics/degfvxq | 5x75m1 | When was the last Presidential Administration that was relatively scandal-free? | Calvin Coolidge seems to be a pretty good bet. In retrospect there are certainly some criticisms that can be levied at his administration, but at the time, the US was at peace, the economy was booming, and Coolidge had a very hands off approach that didn't leave a lot of room for scandal. | 2 |
AskReddit/csaqnnc | 3aabev | What scene from a movie captures for you an emotion or experience better than any other? | The scene in The Birdcage where Robin Williams is sitting with Nathan Lane on the bus bench after Nathan drove off in a fit of jealousy and rage and Robin is telling him how much Nathan means to him. For all the over-the-top moments in that movie, that bench scene was a nice, quiet one that I think really showed how mu... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dooyozw | 77vn9x | How do some spiders manage to get stuck in the webs of other spiders despite being able to (seemingly) flawlessly move through their own webs? | Not all strands in a spider web are sticky, and a spider moves on his own web by walking on the non-sticky strands. If the spider stepped incorrectly, they'd get stuck in their own web. If that same spider tried to walk on a different web, they'd probably step on the wrong strand and get stuck. | 28 |
explainlikeimfive/cl2t3u4 | 2ik1qe | Why does the tempo of my music sometimes sound off - too slow or too fast? | Neuroscientist here. This problem has been documented before. I would bet that it has to do with your perception of the music, not the music itself. Remember that the brain functions similar to a computer (albeit the most complex computer we know of) and runs at about 27 Mhz. If you slow down or speed up how quickly yo... | 3 |
AskReddit/dlk8uxc | 6tedsu | What can people do the mend the growing divisions between America? | In my opinion: Work on changing the parts of the political system that encourage division and extremism. For example, work on a local/state level to change the voting process and get rid of winner-take-all voting. Push to make voting mandatory and accessible (via mail-in voting and mandatory time off to vote) so more m... | 2,051 |
explainlikeimfive/dg1lwpn | 64ev6h | Why did older CRT monitors for computers typically work in a black background with green text? | Actually, human eyes are most sensitive to the green part of the spectrum. There were white CRT and Amber for a long time. Green was normal and did seem brighter. Also, these monitors had a high degree of burn in, so that's why we have screen savers. | 4 |
AskHistorians/cfmi8pj | 1yobco | When and why did cigarettes replace pipes, cigars, and hookahs as the primary means of consuming tobacco in the world? | Right, cigarettes have technically existed where tobacco has since the early ninth century but was mostly just ground tobacco stuffed inside hollow reeds and tubes and even then primarily confined to religious ceremony. Later around the seventeenth century and the advent of fine paper when it was brought back to Spain ... | 6 |
AskReddit/cykxwho | 3zc92n | How much effort do you put in at your job? | I co-own a 5,500 sq ft gym so in order to keep overheads to a minimum I'm there pretty much 7am to 9pm every day with alternate weekends off. Still waiting for the day I call it a job though. Love it! Edit: needless to say I put in 100% for sure | 2 |
AskReddit/dje5e75 | 6jfh3b | What is humbling to you? | Moving to Alaska for work reasons was extremely humbling. It made me realize how I took simple things for granted. Just a simple trip outside to Washington feels amazing being able to enjoy things I don't get to have here. Its made me less materialistic and more practical. A life skill I believe I will keep for the res... | 2 |
AskReddit/e7bz6lg | 9m5ac5 | Why do ads run smoother and have a higher quality than the original video even when my internet is dying? | I believe this too but it may not be true. It may be that you just notice when the ads worked and the video failed because it's incredibly frustrating and seems like a scam so you remember it. It may be you don't notice failed ads because you just think there is no ad when it doesn't work. It's likely the ad is coming ... | 3 |
AskReddit/ef39l4b | akb54f | What are the best options to take girl on a date if you don't have money? | Planning a nice hike and a picnic is pretty universally appreciated if it is nice outside! Definitely fewer options in worse weather/climates. Sledding can be a fun date if you have snow though! | 10 |
AskReddit/e6sm0ma | 9jmtvt | What does really help if lips are starting to crack/crisp? | Mix a little bit of sugar with a drop or two of honey and scrub your lips. You can lick it off, it exfoliates, and honey moisturizes. Then apply a moisturizing lip balm. | 2 |
AskReddit/eu2yov0 | cejhux | What’s the craziest Taxi/Uber ride you’ve ever taken? | I went to an interview in NY a few years back. The company interviewed all day but because of a mix up I never got lunch. At the end of the day I called a Taxi and asked how long to get to the airport. He asked when my flight was leaving. I said I had plenty of time I just hadn't eaten yet. He made a 40 minute ride to ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/der7m66 | 5ymcxz | What's the difference between a bush, a shrub, and a tree? | Shrubs and trees are both specifically woody plants with stems that survive throughput the winter. A tree has a clear central trunk whereas a shrub has multiple stems rising from the ground. 'Bush' is a more general term for any plant with multiple stems rising from the ground, and that can be either woody or what's ca... | 3 |
AskReddit/ctq6pcw | 3fnd65 | What's something people shouldn't be ashamed of? | I don't think people should be ashamed to admit they don't know something. You look a lot more stupid if you say something and are completely wrong. Edit: This is my highest rated comment ever. WOOHOO! Thanks for the upvotes i feel special | 4,169 |
explainlikeimfive/cp553dd | 2y0qps | Why do American students score worse than international children, while America spends more money per capita on education than any other country in the world? | Just because you spend more money, it doesn't mean that you're spending it on the right things. Different curricula can be more or less effective, different teachers (or teacher training courses) can be better or worse. And even if spending is directed in the proper way, what you're buying may be more expensive for som... | 41 |
askscience/dbz1tcp | 5lw9i8 | Why does water flow out in a twister when I drain the bathtub? | You can visualize this with a thought experiment. Imagine that the water in the tub is not 100.00000% still before you open the drain. Now sit atop a microscopic skin flake that is moving with this not-still water, in a random direction, not straight to the drain. Say you are moving to the right of the drain originally... | 63 |
explainlikeimfive/ch8z628 | 24o0ui | What is happening when you're almost asleep and you suddenly get that strange falling sensation? | No one knows for sure. It's called a hypnogogic jerk. Best theory I've heard is that, as you fall asleep, your brain starts to ignore outside sensations (sight, sound, touch). But another part of your brain notices that there is no input coming in (especially touch input) and interprets that as falling. | 10 |
explainlikeimfive/cf0qsjl | 1wcmjn | Why does sea water (mostly in tropically areas) appear turquoise in some places and not others? | It mainly depends on two things, and both are due to the ocean floor. First, the depth of the ocean decides the color if the sea water. Deeper waters means a different color of sea water. However, the main thing that changes the color of water is the color of sand and seaweed. Seaweed and sand color heavily influences ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cvbpdr0 | 3m3rro | What do you think of make up? | My wife rarely wears make-up, so I consider it something that is only used on a special occasion. I'm fine with it being used that way. Expecting women to paint their face every day seems a bit ridiculous. That'd be like dressing up for Halloween every single day. | 4 |
AskReddit/cfy62h5 | 1zyoz2 | Why are Americans obsessed with muslims? | Muslims mean business. That's why news outlets eager to demonize Christianity refuse to publish negative articles on Islam. Muslims mean what they say and that's something culture shocked Americans respect, willingly or not. | 2 |
AskReddit/ei4r6jd | az20hq | When your hobbies are generally solitary (e.g. painting/drawing, video games), how do you go about meeting new people (or potential S/Os)? | I think you can still be solitary, like drawing somewhere outside (not at home), and when you feel comfortable you can reach out to those around you. I had this 30 minute convo with some random guy cause he saw me reading at Starbucks and asked what I was reading. I didn't just offer the title and turn away, I turned m... | 2 |
AskReddit/ebh7avh | a4n1w9 | What makes you cringe? | That weird psuedo velvety material on the inside roof of cars. Running a finger along it or just feeling it at all makes me do that thing where my lips go inside my mouth and one eye closes. An actual cringe. | 3 |
AskReddit/dq6rvvr | 7eqqrt | What are the arguments against net neutrality? | Net Neutrality prevents ISPs from collecting fees from larger web companies to make their sites available. It also prevents them from collecting fees from their customers to access smaller sites. Therefore it 'prevents' ISPs from paying legislators/politicians to help them profit at the expense of all of us. | 2 |
askscience/dubf8mi | 7xtly9 | Is electricity affected by gravity? | It is, in principle; electrons have mass and energy, and hence they are pulled by gravity. In practice, the strength of gravity on an object with a mass of something like 10^-31 kilograms is imperceptible, especially in comparison the relatively huge effects of electric fields on electrons. So in almost every instance,... | 46 |
AskReddit/dwooimo | 8928tm | What's the best mobile game anyone can play? | Depends on what you want. I've predominantly played supercell games so I'm only going to talk about them. If you want something beautiful to look at and relaxing then try Hay Day. If you want a card strategy game and can handle to lose then try Clash Royale. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dn2hh4z | 70bppr | How did Facebook know my shower drain was clogged? | A series of things are happening. Home Depot is collecting data on you when you swipe your card. They know who you are from your credit card and they know you bought your hair thingy so they know you have clogged drains. They can then sell that information to marketers. Those marketers have already gone out to companie... | 7 |
AskReddit/cezsovp | 1w91in | Are you "ProGun" or not and why? | Not if progun means "anybody who wants one can buy one, (or several) regardless of their background/safety training (or lack thereof)" The problem isn't necessarily owning guns (although sometimes it is) - its more to do with "people owning guns and not being aware that what they actually posses is a lethal weapon, not... | 2 |
AskReddit/dzxym7t | 8nsf39 | Do high school kids really have their own cars at such age and drive them to school or is that just an American TV show thing? | Two things about America you have to know about on this You can get your driver's liscense at 16 American cities were mostly designed around cars, and most have little to no public transportation. Yes most American high-schoolers have cars, but they also need them. For me it was a 30 minute drive to the nearest town, w... | 3 |
AskReddit/cik29nc | 29e3xy | Have you recently "invested" in a mattress, and how happy are you with it? | The nice thing about tempurpedic is that they have a 90 day return policy. If you're not happy, get your money back and try again. Trying out the mattress in the store to check for support and pressure relief makes it more likely that you'll like it at home, but it isn't 100%, that's why it's important to buy from a pl... | 2 |
AskReddit/c4t61t2 | u85xa | Would you want to see a list of everyone who has ever masturbated while thinking of you? | People are really missing out on creating a decent app for this. It could be coupled with facebook in order to verify identities. But it's basically a website/app that tells you to input the names of friends/people you've masturbated to, and then if someone has put your name down, then you both get a message. Bang. It'... | 2 |
AskReddit/cavckdv | 1hkpp3 | What's the most ridiculous thing you've heard a pathological liar say? | I used to live in an apartment complex in Mesa, AZ, next door to the most pathological of pathological liars I have ever met. He was a young man, very nice and friendly, and kinda cute, but definitely off. The first time I realized he was lying to me, I was walking to my apartment and he was standing outside in front o... | 11 |
AskReddit/ex3ban8 | crb0m2 | What is the craziest thing your parents ever told you about them, that you didn't know? | My mother had been married before my father, and left the guy for my father. He was older, and an alcoholic, and she was broke, so when he asked, she married him. And bailed when my dad came along. They kept that secret for like 40 years. Horrors, our parents are no better than most people. | 3 |
AskReddit/ei2e30j | aypuv4 | How do you know if someone is really your friend? | You can talk to him for hours without it getting boring, you'll find the weirdest things funny and not funny for others. But finding a real friend takes time and you will run over many wrong ones. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cwnummt | 3rgg3r | When you call a company's customer service and it says something along the lines of "This call may be monitored and recorded for quality assurance/training purposes", why are they really recording your call? | Tech support rep for a phone company. We record your calls so that we can review them with our manager to see what we can improve. We also record for future use in case someone says we were verbally abusive (conversely, if they were verbally abusive, and we need the proof) or weren't doing our jobs and they filed a com... | 5 |
AskReddit/cu1y3m7 | 3gvrpg | How has NOT doing something changed your life for the better or worse? | Because I am a procrastinator I didn't study as much in my freshman year of college and my grades suffered. I really wanted to go to medical school but after chemistry and calculus I decided to change majors. Fortunately I switched into another major that I excelled at and my life has been better for it. Procrastinatio... | 2 |
askscience/c1s7rbx | h36jc | What do you think are the most important practical advances that have depended on (high throughput) DNA sequencing? | I took some Bioinformatics courses for my graduate "minor" (required in my department). I just wanted an easy A so I could graduate, but I ended up being involved in an amazingly interesting project. The CDC had identified an emerging bacteria that was implicated in several cases of human illness. They sequenced it (45... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/cd0xohs | 1pcd3f | Why do good smells smell good and bad smells smell bad? | In some cases, it's evolutionary. We've evolved to be attracted to the smell of nutritious food, and repulsed by the smell of food that is rotting or otherwise potentially harmful. There is also some correlation between smell and choosing a mate. For example, there was one experiment I heard of where a woman was given ... | 5 |
AskHistorians/ctrfoc3 | 3frvxs | Why there weren't general elections in Britain between 1935 and 1945? | Because of the war. As simple as that. Normal parliamentary procedures were halted as the war raged on as it was deemed to 'risky' for want of a better term to hold elections and potentially change governments at a time of such national crisis. | 7 |
AskReddit/e3x74p9 | 961hwe | What percentage of people are actually funny/good at spontaneously making jokes? | I come from a place and have been working in a field where people who are drawn to it are naturally funny. A lot of time in the workplace was spent in helpless laughter. Then I moved to different place, but the same kind of job. In the 17 years I have been there, not one single person has ever said anything that made m... | 3 |
AskReddit/c9ma01g | 1d2m5b | What's wrong about fedoras? | There is absolutely nothing wrong with fedoras, there is something wrong with the how people wear them, and who wears them most of the time. Wear then with suits, not t- shirts and shorts. Also, it is harder to pull off depending on your head shape sometimes. Usually, if you have a round face, it will not work and even... | 5 |
AskReddit/dxuz5oy | 8eghc9 | What is your irrational fear? | Ordinarily I would tell you it's social situations, but I'm starting to think maybe the fear is not irrational after all. I do have a tendency to make a fool of myself and cause people to dislike me whenever I loosen up enough to talk openly. | 5 |
AskReddit/dibo4mz | 6enzeo | If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why? | Telekinesis, by far. With telekinesis, you can do lots of the other superpowers. You can fly, you can have "heat vision" or "freeze breath", you can have greatly enhanced strength, you can be bulletproof, et cetera. | 2 |
AskReddit/ep1vir4 | btru9u | What would GoT have been like as a series if all the scripts were written by J.K. Rowling entirely? | There will be a lot of interesting twists and turns if all scripts were written by JK Rowling. Deaths - in her books, she killed off main characters meaningfully. Dumbledore, Sirius, Snape, Lupin and everyone else died at crucial plot points. She'd ensure that all key characters that had to die would do so somewhere at... | 2 |
AskReddit/e3ah89s | 934c36 | What's your towns Urban Legend and is there any truth to it? | León, Nicaragua: Back in 1524 a priest was decapitated by the Spanish Conquerors for refusing to try to convert the natives. His head rolled and fell on the Xolotlan (Lake) and it was never found. So now there is this urban legend that he wakes up everynight looking for his head and if he found you he'll decapitate you... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e3qd0hb | 956fd1 | How do shooter games work? | >How does the game calculate the bullets and make them go were the go and hit were they hit with such quick timing? computers are fast. >does it have a actual projecting flying as the bullet or is it just were you gun points it makes a laser beam straight ahead of it and it does damage to what is hit by the beam Depend... | 2 |
AskReddit/dtabh9h | 7t5oen | What is something that lots of people are afraid of that actually isn’t that dangerous? | Traveling. The media is always stirring up fear of other people and places from where you live. The reality is that when you go somewhere new the common person is just as kind and human as back at home. As a visitor the locals will tell you "oh your going to -country next door-? Be careful it's really dangerous there."... | 2 |
askscience/cfijz4a | 1y9d6u | Why do solids dissolve best in warm water, and gasses dissolve best in cold water? | Solubility of gasses in liquid increase as the temperature goes down. The solute will prefer to be in the gas state at higher temperatures as opposed to in a liquid solution, since they are moving around more quickly on average. Think about the gas molecules slowing down as the temperature lowers, therefore more easily... | 2 |
askscience/c1lzxcm | g9x6i | If nuclear energy is much better for the enviroment compared to fossil fuels, why are people against it? | There are some major engineering challenges that need to be solved, but that isn't why the majority of people are against nuclear power. The word 'nuclear' carries huge connotations and many people irrationally latch on to those and never let go. | 10 |
explainlikeimfive/dnxycmq | 74g0rx | How do airline pilots predict turbulence? | They sometimes gets reports from airplanes ahead of them but mostly it is years of experience. Turbulence can happen in a lot of situations and there are a few things you can look for to recognize patterns that can create turbulence. The easiest and most common form is to look for cumulus clouds. These are clouds forme... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dwhju51 | 883ecv | Who is Jordan Peterson and why is he widely talked about in politics? | Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and professor from Canada. He has specialized in the study of the rise of authoritarianism throughout human history, the psychological and personality tendencies of men and women (in particular studying their differences), and the role that religion (any religion or mythos) pl... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/d4pm5io | 4q287v | How does it come that helicopters are so widely used in military even though they seem so vulnerable? | By the time you can see or hear an aircraft, it's already close enough to fire its weapons. It's more important to catch them with radar systems long before they get into firing range. That's where a helicopter has an advantage: It can fly very low to the ground, so low that objects on the ground and the earth's curvat... | 909 |
AskReddit/e7j8dcl | 9n2v0h | What songs would be labeled sexist if a male sang it? | Adapt Meagan Trainor to fit the gender and get Dear Future Wife. A song about telling a woman how she should be behaving in your relationship? Yeah that'd be labeled sexist. | 23 |
AskReddit/dfmrxjw | 62i9dx | Why do fans dislike "fan service"? | Someone involved in creating the show notices fans really enjoy one part of the show. As a result, they insist on shoehorning that thing into the show where it doesn't belong to try to woo fans. The result is generally the thing losing the appeal it once had. Pretend you are but a simple guy with a crush on a girl. You... | 3 |
AskHistorians/clr4k3n | 2l3cbz | Why was the Brasilian slave trade so much worse than the others? | Slaves in the early 1500s were not particularly lucrative, because no one had ever thought of using slaves as mass labor to produce a cash crop. This model was actually fairly novel, and was only developed by the Portuguese after discovered that, one, sugar would grow well in tropical climes like those found in Azores ... | 18 |
AskReddit/ce9eylh | 1tmjkh | What's something that you've always wanted but would never buy for yourself? | Probably a new drum kit. I lost mine to a party house years ago and since then I've always wanted to re-aquire but if any musicians see this they will understand they don't come cheap and they take up a lot of space lol. | 3 |
AskReddit/ct8nndh | 3du3nh | What is arguably the worst thing your country has done in its history, and how was it taught to you in school? | As a Brit, we have so much to choose from. Even if you just take India, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Then you've got all the fun lesser known nightmares like Kenya, Dresden, Slave trading, arms dealing, drug peddling to China, mistreating Afghans and Iraqis. Plus we're partly responsible for sooo many other hate-filled... | 2,810 |
explainlikeimfive/ctv0vis | 3g5gx9 | Why are we advised to cool certain types of wounds? | Cooling does slow blood flow, but that's the point. Some times of wounds, such as burns, can get too much blood flow which results in swelling. Swelling can cause damage if there is a lot of it, and by cooling it and letting less blood flow it causes the wound to be numb and less painful. | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/e7aq6m6 | 9lzz13 | How do deep space probes send information back to Earth? | The Voyager probes were outfitted with the largest antennas they could fit in the fairings. They still send data back, but it's too weak to receive with the original antennas used when the probes were first launched. Now we use an array of antennas that can receive much weaker signals. Even then, Signals received are t... | 3 |
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