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AskReddit/cfgl4r5 | 1y1qlu | What are some ideas to actually help stop drunk driving? | Where I live they have a service you can pay for where someone drives your car home for you while you ride. They drop you off at home and you have your car and your keys in the morning. It's brilliant and the same price as a cab. I think many people drive home because they don't like the idea of leaving their cars some... | 6 |
AskReddit/eajrt2v | a0p855 | What are some everyday products from the 30s-50s that are still being marketed and sold today? | Actually about 2 years outside the question, but H B Reese started making peanut butter cups in his basement in 1928. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups eventually became part of the Hershey line, and are still sold today. | 2 |
AskReddit/cq6e9zd | 31zfbl | What's the most out of character thing you've done in life? | Provoked 3 guys into fighting me and winning. I am very peaceful of nature. Never ever sought a fight and always talked myself out of it, but with that said I've done martial arts for 7 years (Taekwondo and MMA), so I'm a pretty competent fighter. During the period this happened I was mentally ill. Heavily depressed, w... | 2 |
AskReddit/ej5m98s | b4bjne | How do you leave someone you love alone and give them the space they ask for while in the same home? | I went through something very similar with my soon to be ex-huaband. I needed space and he couldn't give it to me so I ended up moving out. (There were a lot of other things involved in the breakup.) Make sure that you sit down and have an honest discussion with each other about why he needs space and how you're findin... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/e8rdetg | 9stmzx | Why are women’s beach volleyball and gymnastics uniforms so much more sexual than men’s? | For beach volleyball, women actually don't have to wear the more "skimpy" two piece outfit, its actually just one option of several uniforms they can wear. However, the women themselves have said they choose to do it as they prefer the two piece uniform as their uniform for competition. Basically, its hot playing beach... | 204 |
AskReddit/di9jp1h | 6edw4k | What do you miss the most from your childhood? | When I was a kid my family used to sleep on the living room floor together. We'd gather up all the blankets and pillows in the house and camp out in the living room. One time we maintained this sleeping arrangement for a couple of weeks. Every night we'd eat dinner and then go watch movies in our makeshift beds. I felt... | 104 |
AskReddit/ctwi6t7 | 3gb5d5 | What were some of the best benefits that you received after exercising regularly, that you weren't expecting? | I have extreme depression and anxiety, since I was a young teenager (and am only still 22), and after a few months of exercising atleast 2-4 times a week, I noticed that I felt less irritated/emotional. I also didn't have as much negative thoughts, because my mind seemed like it just got "refreshed" (clears your mind).... | 2 |
AskReddit/cmulii1 | 2p9ghl | What is something that people won't fully understand until it actually happens to them? | Getting old and aging. I don't think you can really comprehend what it's like when you're young and healthy. But I asked my grandpa what it felt like to grow old. Grandpa is a man who will deliberate on which part of the newspaper to start with each morning, so I knew my question would take him some time to answer. I s... | 275 |
askscience/cn8eqb0 | 2qo2gv | Why do snowflakes sometimes have 6 sides, but never 5 sides? | Linus Pauling in 1935 determined that the crystal structure of ice Ih (normal frozen water) was a hexagonal lattice. Water molecules have their hydrogen atoms attached at a 104˚ angle, like the ears on a Mickey Mouse Hat. When they link up to form a crystalline solid it takes 6 atoms to make a ring. The angle is too wi... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/cj5ohkb | 2bin0r | Why is it cheaper to manufacture products in china rather than in the USA? | Lax safety and environmental regulations in China, and much cheaper labor, often child labor. In the USA we have "burdensome regulations" designed to keep the environment cleaner and people safer, both of which are very bad for businesses that want to "control costs". We could easily "create jobs" in the USA if we undi... | 4 |
AskReddit/cw35tt2 | 3p51ku | What is the most chilling phone call you've ever received? | Shortly after my mother died, I got a whole bunch of phone calls, that were nothing but static and clicks and pops, and in one instance I could have sworn I heard the words, "I love you." The answering machine recorded one of them, and I was determined to keep it, but the power went out and cleared everything that was ... | 179 |
explainlikeimfive/e642oi2 | 9gglfs | How do fish gills work? | Gills work similar to lungs If you look at gills you'll notice they're a bunch of very thin, blood colored flaps. They provide a huge amount of area with blood close to the surface where it can absorb oxygen and release CO2 into the water | 5 |
AskReddit/cfwubn5 | 1ztmym | What has someone done to make you tip more? | Was at a restaurant with my first daughter who was around 1. The waiter took her sippy glass to fill up with her drink. Brought her a plate with some fruit and bread on it just because. Just did a few little things to make her happy, which made our dinner so much better. He got a very good tip with that meal. Always am... | 5 |
AskReddit/e31924d | 91vf3j | What's something you do that you always thought was "normal" until someone else commented on it? | Eating carrots with peanut butter. I thought it was normal until my wife saw me doing it and commented on how weird it is. Perplexed, I went to google and searched "is eating carrots with peanut butter weird?" and sure enough she was right. | 12 |
AskReddit/cdj022u | 1r2s9x | What is your official zombie apocalypse survival plan? | I'd just wear lots of leather. They might crowd me, or push me around a bit, but biting wouldn't be a big concern. If it were a hot day, and I didn't want to wear my leather, I'd probably just need to be flexible with my plans, and factor in time for taking alternate routes to avoid zombie hordes. Also, primate chow. F... | 3 |
AskReddit/dazzfm3 | 5hg2n9 | Where can one find unbiased "real news" in this day and age? | No where. It's pretty much impossible to find unbiased news. Best thing you can do is to get your news from multiple sources (both left and right from the political spectrum) to get a better overview of the story and judge for yourself. | 2 |
AskReddit/dv3ttrc | 81m67e | To people who have experienced abuse, what are the best things that you feel can help people to cope with their abuse? | Never seek an apology, or remorse from them, don't effect them to try and set things right. They won't, and it will only further the abuse. Remember is not your fault no matter what they say no matter what you did. Remember the abuser doesn't love you no matter what they say. | 5 |
AskReddit/ca1vr50 | 1emub8 | What awful things have you overheard your friends say about you when they thought you were out of earshot? | not sure if this counts, but once i was at a friends house, and i got a call from my mom. she asked who's house i was in and i told her it was (his name here). she then said 'oh, the chubby kid?' and she said it loud enough for my friend to hear, who was right next to me. i could tell he heard cause he was kinda sad lo... | 1,664 |
AskReddit/egwz54l | asvk0n | What is that one text message you got while driving that just couldn’t wait? | Never! I work construction (finish carpentry) and I get calls/texts from the boss , the wife and son all day long. I have told them all , if I am driving don't expect anything from me untill I reach my destination. I have to stay off my phone because so many others don't . Have to keep eyes on these people for my own s... | 2 |
AskReddit/d3e1xpv | 4kd75i | What's the worst performance you've ever seen at a "talent" show? | There are a lot of street musicians in my city, most are pretty talented people. One guy I've seen a few times "plays" a guitar with no strings to whatever's on the radio. He's not very good. | 3 |
AskReddit/dhdpjh0 | 6ads9m | What's your favorite 5 minute meal? | Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers. Pretty great for a 4 and half minute meal. Nothing feels overly fake and they are generous with their meat servings. | 2 |
AskReddit/dxb62z4 | 8c09e4 | What is probably your most elitist viewpoint? | Voting in the US should have requirements outside of whether you were able to survive until your 18th birthday. Edit: My most elitist viewpoint, and people think I mean an ID? Nah. I want people voting to be informed. I would be satisfied if the person knows 25% (low, right?) Of names on the ballot they're about to vot... | 62 |
AskReddit/c94lhzj | 1b8kui | When did atheism= religion bashing? | Your confusing atheism with anti-theism. atheism is the belief there is no god(s), that's it, it doesn't mean religion bashing, gay rights, equality, science, logic, reason, NDT, Dawkins, space pictures or feeling euphoric However, Anti-theism a person who holds the view that organized religion/god(s) when considered t... | 5 |
AskReddit/d9qvzfe | 5bsax0 | If you're an outlaw cowboy of the wild west, can your horse survive on only grass, why or why not? | It would depend on the variety of grass and the horse itself. What do you think wild horses eat? They don't have access to supplements, fodder, and feed. In the best case, I think it would be fine. Source: this question doesn't have a [serious] tag so I'm a veterinarian | 6 |
AskReddit/ebcj9ky | a49itj | What is your best cooking tip? | Mis en place. A French term meaning "everything in it's place". Make sure before you start cooking, you have absolutely everything you need. All utensils, spices, ingredients, dishes, everything. That way you can take your time while cooking and not be distracted by rifling around your kitchen trying to find what you n... | 2 |
AskReddit/c17e1a2 | edz4n | Does anyone know how to get a discount on Rose Bowl tickets, or airline tickets? | Is his team Wisconsin, or is it TCU? If it's Wisconsin, try Kayak.com for your airline tickets, and try flying to/from nearby airports, or adding some flexibility in your travel dates. If it's TCU, why doesn't he just pray for some discounts, I'm sure his mystical sky fairy will help him out. | 3 |
AskReddit/c9ytxfl | 1ecaz9 | How have you gotten out of a ticket when a cop pulls you over? | I once drove home after having too many beers. A cop pulled me over and asked if I had been drinking. Without any hesitation I told him no. He said "OK" and wished me a good night. Most people make the mistake by telling the cop they had one or two beers. Big mistake, because then they know you're probably bullshitting... | 4 |
AskReddit/e76gmtb | 9lgc49 | What happened to your friends after high school? | Ditched me when I had knee surgery the followimg year because it was "too much of a hassle" to hang out with me. So I told them to get bent. Only one guy from the group who I didn't even know originally stuck around and to this day, almost 10 years later, he's still my best friend. Funny part is that he and I didn't ev... | 4 |
AskReddit/epffnwc | bup8xf | What’s the nicest complement you’ve ever received? | Sent on January 1st of 2018: “It’s 2018 and I’ve gotta say I’m glad that you’re you. In the past year I’ve seen so many people change into awful and unsatisfactory people but you’ve stayed the same honest self spoken and straight forward person I know. I appreciate your friendship through 2017 and want you to remember ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dibt3k8 | 6eoliu | What meal have you made that you're the most proud of? | Family's traditional meatball sauce. It usually turned out well, but once mom was visiting and I cooked up a pot that would have made the ancestors drool, it was so good. Now mom thinks I'm as good a cook as she is, though it was just one pot. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ccm0qo1 | 1nu0bk | If black holes are stars that compacted into itself, why is it that they're more heavy than the original star? | They're not, in fact some material is blown away when the star explodes, so it's lighter, but it's far denser. Objects will simply get pulled into it from a comparatively further distance from the surface, but a similar distance from the centre of mass. I'm not a physicist but I feel this is fairly accurate | 9 |
AskReddit/dgofnx2 | 678eov | What made you realize your original goal was actually something you absolutely didn't want? | Being the youngest of 4 I always thought I too wanted my own house with kids, dogs, nice wife etc. Then as time has gone on I've realised all I want is my own place and my dogs. I'm happy being alone with them. If I meet someone it's a bonus but it's absolutely not a goal to get married. | 15 |
AskHistorians/eo8jcax | bqwfgv | Why did most navies adopt a 3 gun triple turret layout for their battleships? | The triple turret was more efficient in terms of space and weight than the twin turret, for the same armament. Meanwhile, the risk of a turret hit knocking out part of the armament was relatively small. A ship with more turrets was more likely to take a hit to the turret. It's also worth noting that with a single turre... | 26 |
askscience/d22fvpu | 4em6o9 | Why is there no HIV/AIDS vaccine? | The HIV virus contains what are known as "highly variable regions" of its DNA. These regions have an extremely high mutation rate. To answer your question directly, "why is there no vaccine?" It's mostly due to the these high mutation rates. Think of it like you need a new flew shot every year, but with an even greater... | 3 |
AskHistorians/cc8mbqd | 1me5zd | Did the Croatian Ustasha regime commit a genocide on ethnic Serbs during WW2? | There definitely was a genocide. Serbs were a primary target, but others you mentioned as well. Unwritten but practiced policy was one of so called three thirds: one third of the Serbs in NDH were to be killed, one third expelled, and one third converter to catholicism. Numbers were all to often used for current politi... | 4 |
AskReddit/e0t58gr | 8rpea4 | What’s something you regret posting on the internet? | I regret posting a picture of my pinky on my reddit profile, now I’m paranoid that one of the 5 people that saw it is some secret FBI agent that used it to take a record of my fingerprint. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cj1msqf | 2b45t7 | Why do i feel the need to smoke so much while I am drinking [alcohol]? | Both alcohol and nicotine are addictive and stimulate the part of your brain that acts on rewards.Nicotine is especially good at strengthening the association between the act of smoking and the cues in your environment.When you smoke while drinking, you strengthen the correlation among the cigarette in your hand, the f... | 2 |
AskReddit/dpvpapt | 7d7tn7 | What are your thoughts on self driving cars? | I'm a weirdo . but I think I really like this idea. I've never been a very good driver. But I absolutely loathe public transit (serious social anxiety issues). So to me, a self-driving car is an awesome idea. I can be alone in my own vehicle, but I'm not subject to the deficiencies of my own sub-par driving skills. | 2 |
AskReddit/ccwz1ui | 1oyp6h | Does living alone too long make you weird? | In my experience, living in solitude does. I used to be a real social guy and party a lot and be funny. I got a second DUI 3 years ago that took my license away. Not being able to drive anywhere and keeping myself in my room has changed me into a completely different person. I don't like to hang out with anyone at all ... | 3 |
AskReddit/eqaiyhk | bxy9r3 | What child hood activity did you unknowingly miss out on ? | I grew up as an only child in the late 80s / early 90s, out in the middle of farm land USA. I didn't get to experience having neighbors or friends that were walking distance. Summer vacation was just sitting at home waiting for mom and dad to get home from work. No "neighborhood", until I was a teenager and could bike ... | 6 |
AskReddit/cpm2vun | 2zt9v2 | Have you ever been called a racial slur? | I've been called a wagon burner, a redskin, chief, and skin before but that's usually by other natives so it hasn't bothered me, what did bother me was when the dumb white kids would cup their hands over their mouths and mimic my heritage. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e5xqgdi | 9fn5ah | What is angular momentum? | It's the term for when you spin a thing, it will keep on spinning unless other forces slow it down or stop it. For example, the Earth keeps spinning in space because it has angular momentum from when it formed and very few forces slowing it down. | 3 |
askscience/cbh5fqt | 1jp8ym | Is phage therapy a viable long term replacement for antibiotics? | Phage therapy is a neat idea - and it can work, if you know exactly what you're trying to kill, and happen to have a phage that targets that bacteria. Phages are nearly always specific to a single type (or family of) bacteria. However, antibiotics are generally of the broad-spectrum kind: they kill large swaths of diff... | 3 |
askscience/c54f3za | vgxiu | Why are some people more susceptible to mosquito bites? | It's important to clarify whether this is a question of likelihood of being bitten or severity of reaction. Some people react very strongly to mosquito bites, while others have little response at all, and so might mistakenly think they are not being bitten. | 7 |
AskReddit/eisjvt0 | b2gvcs | What's the most "if its stupid and it works, its not stupid" story/incident of your life? | My simple hangover prevention solution - drink a glass of water before bed. Leave it on your nightstand if you have to. Every time I have done this, I don't get a hangover. I will go out with friends, they won't drink water and they'll wake up ill. I'll wake up feeling fine. Alcohol dehydrates you, most of the causes o... | 2 |
AskHistorians/chfwoym | 25b5vl | Did the Romans assign decades with their own cultural character the way we do with the fifties, sixties, etc? | In our modern sense of periodization, almost certainly not. Did the Roman's chunk together periods of their history to understand it a bit better? It's quite possible, we cannot know for sure. Fashion and culture certainly changed, we have busts of prominent romans to show the transitions of fashions and the favored st... | 2 |
AskReddit/eebtrt9 | ah6gsw | Do you consider addiction a disease, why or why not? | Addiction is defined as a chronic relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain – they change it’s structure and how it works. These brain changes can be long lasting, and can lead to the ha... | 6 |
AskReddit/dugtqlf | 7yidre | What do you think is the probability of intelligent life (that develops technology) other than on Earth? | Answering my own question, I think life is highly likely but I'm not so sure about intelligent life. Out of all the millions of species that have existed on Earth humans are the only intelligent life (by the definition above). What other species would evolved to intelligence? I'm not sure that the odds are very high. W... | 2 |
AskReddit/c2ekswr | jrox7 | Where's a good starting point to learning more about government and politics? | You need to have a good understanding of history to accurately understand politics. I would recommend reading "The Peoples History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. After you get a solid foundation, start reading liberal and conservative political news via blogs, websites, etc. r/politics is very VERY liberal, so i... | 4 |
AskReddit/ctbv2fr | 3e6471 | What's the creepiest thing you've ever seen a kid do? | In 3rd grade a classmate bent over on the playground and took took a dump in front of everyone, just out of the teacher's views. No one said a thing because this kid was an older bully who has been held back a few times. That was my first experience realizing that someone was crazy. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cm34kbz | 2md70h | Why doesn't the International community actually interfere into north Korea's human rights abuses? | That would require an act of war and violation of an armistice to do so. North Korea would fight back against a military solution, which could cause problems for an invading army. So you use sanctions and diplomatic solutions to attempt to influence their actions. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e5d6va8 | 9ctj8q | Why do animals tend to copy their owner's behaviour and personality? | I don't know how much merit that theory holds. Most animals tend to learn from associations and rewards. They pick up through routines: what we want them to do and what we don't. So if you think they act like their owners it might be because they're simply following routines but outside of that they're like human child... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cn20boi | 2q1m9y | How is regular soap so effective at killing nearly every type of germ/pathogen, and why haven't any germs mutated a defense against it yet? | Despite the fact that we say it kills germs, standard soap and water does not do this. They literally help remove the germs from your hands (dead or not) by making it more difficult for the germs to hold onto your skin, and then they slip away with the rushing water. | 4 |
AskReddit/ewax3n2 | cnivs1 | What is the scariest thing that happened late at night? | This isn't paranormal but still scary. I was coming home from a work thing and took an uber. My driver apparently was high, and i didn't realize it because I might have been too tired to notice. He crashed the car into a divider, lost control, took it over it and then we got hit by a van from behind. Got out of the car... | 3 |
AskReddit/chuub4i | 26vdsj | What is the most difficult thing you've ever studied? | Latin. Maybe it's not the most difficult thing to study but the combination of boredom, lack of motivation, and knowing I'm learning an archaic language made it impossible for me to do well | 3 |
AskReddit/cessjvj | 1vj9ah | Have you ever Macgyvered a solution to a problem? | We had a new radiology system being used in our operating room, it displayed the patients x ray on a large 40 inch monitor. Problem was the system was new and the default timeout was 10 minutes, basically the system kept logging the client off. We couldn't change that default without the vendor and they were not coming... | 6 |
AskReddit/denhkuf | 5y6065 | How can someone be against abortion but pro-death penalty? | I think the phrasing you're looking for is "how can someone be pro-life when it comes to abortion, but not when it comes to the death penalty." If you're in favor of pumping a human full of drugs until they die quivering on a table inside of a prison, you can hardly call yourself "pro-life." What you are is in favor of... | 3 |
AskReddit/c258504 | inrjc | What racist things do you/your parents/grandparents say without necessarily meaning them in a racist way? | My grandparents and my wife's: If any person mentioned in a story is black, they must note that fact explicitly even if it is completely irrelevant to the story. This often applies to other minority groups as well, but not always. I admit I take secret pleasure in not revealing this information to them anytime I share ... | 10 |
AskReddit/dyrmczx | 8igxt4 | How is your day going? | So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life. — Peter Gibbons, “Office Space” (1999) | 2 |
AskReddit/dckjjbo | 5omxwf | What is the worst/best part of your job or career? | Best part - Living in Seattle as a Waiter and having fat tips along side a 15 dollar an hour base pay rate meaning I can work as a Waiter and make 70,000 a year. Plus meeting lots of new, interesting people all the time, and always having an excuse to go out (Wait staff are a party-ing, rowdy bunch). Worst part - Compl... | 2 |
AskReddit/ehfqpye | avjwji | What's a small social tip that will make you seem subtlety cooler? | Good posture. Keep your chest open and your shoulders back - if you round your shoulders forward, it looks like you're trying to visually reduce yourself. I don't mean like really stiffly or anything, be casual about it, but avoid hunching or rounding your shoulders. Cool people deserve to take up the space they occupy... | 41 |
AskReddit/dvwxntc | 85c3sf | What book has the best opening line? | It's a textbook on statistical mechanics: Ludwig Boltzman, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics. Perhaps it will be wise to approach the subject cautiously... | 3,625 |
explainlikeimfive/eac7rm2 | 9zuxp1 | Why do some phone chargers charge more quickly than others? | 1.) Some charging sources can put out a higher current than some others. 2.) Some charging sources may support an additional fast charging protocol that your phone also supports, allowing a higher voltage and/or current along the cable. 3.) You might be using a cable with a higher resistance. | 6 |
AskReddit/c3vryu5 | q9dii | When did you realize life isn't fair? | My cousin (26) gave birth to a beautiful baby boy February of last year. She was diagnosed with Leukemia in the fall. On Thursday she was found unresponsive in bed. She was life flighted from one hospital to another, somewhere in between there having a seizure. She is still currently unconscious and brain scans came ba... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ccatft3 | 1mnbzv | Why do I go to sleep full of energy and wake up exhausted? | I've had this issue for most of my life. I was, finally, diagnosed w/ severe sleep apnea and have had a remarkable improvement in my energy level upon waking, and throughout the day, since starting to use a c-pap machine. Sleep apnea is a complete halt of breathing during sleep. you basically wake up gasping for air an... | 2 |
AskReddit/d40nvw6 | 4n3izk | What were you afraid of as a kid? | I was afraid of the people at the record store. All the punks and goths really freaked me out when I was little kid buying weird al CDs. Flash forward to my teen years and I realized I had become what I once feared. | 2 |
AskReddit/e0xatc7 | 8s72i3 | Which of your body parts are you most proud of? | At the moment, my uterus. This is my fourth pregnancy. So far the uterus has served three early evictions (preterm deliveries) and all three babies came out large and healthy requiring no time in NICU. So far it seems to be growing number four a bit more quickly than average as well. That’ll do uterus, that’ll do. Tube... | 2 |
askscience/c5irk9t | x36cg | Can a sound with a pitch too low or high for us to hear burst our eardrums? | Yes. Any variation of pressure over time can be described as a collection of sound waves. That includes things like explosive (or even just rapid) decompression. Since it is possible to rupture your eardrum by (say) increasing your ambient pressure by 10x over 1 second, it is possible to rupture your eardrum with infra... | 2 |
AskReddit/e12lif7 | 8sv4up | What says "I'm good with money"? | Money automatically set aside a paycheck towards savings, emergency funds and investments. A manageable debt level Lifestyle not too extravagant for your income. You shouldn't be scrounging for money each paycheck Usually, a good indicator is being able to have access to a financial advisor and accountant to help you g... | 2 |
AskReddit/cnru45a | 2sq0lb | Which product has the most brilliant marketing? | If we're talking about popularity due to their brand,I'd say 'Beats by Dr Dre' just because they did very little marketing that I was aware of (please correct me kindly) and yet they sell faster than water in the desert. But if we're talking popularity because of their marketing I'd have to go with McDonald's or Coca C... | 3 |
AskReddit/cv5crbn | 3ldamo | What do you miss most about childhood? | I miss the way I saw my parents during my childhood. They were indestructible. They could protect me from anything and everything. The scariest childhood fears dissolved in their presence. As long as I was home, I was impervious to the world and all it's turmoil. Then I grew up. | 34 |
AskReddit/e6oqk63 | 9j58p6 | What are some good, interesting questions to get to know someone better? | My favorite thing to ask is, "If you could live in one fictional world, which would it be?" You can tell a lot about someone's interests, values, and opinions on all sorts of subjects. It's also a good general conversation starter that leads to a naturally evolving discussion instead of a list of canned questions and a... | 2 |
AskReddit/eusg45f | chf4um | What is the most ludicrous conspiracy theory someone you know believes in? | Donald trump’s wife is actually his first daughter. I am not saying it will not be true one day. Just that it isn’t now. Another believes Donald’s wife has been his only wife. Ethan you were off by 2 | 2 |
AskReddit/evaj11q | cj1jol | What is something you have stopped doing recently with no apparent reason? | I stop doing things constantly. I get really interested in a hobby, like paint making, bookbinding, makeup formulating, going to the park, playing pokemon go, and then suddenly lose interest and move onto the next thing for no reason These were all from the passed few months. My new thing is clay sculpting | 3 |
AskReddit/csj0wwy | 3b5fos | What's the point of having multiple different screw head types? | You must be American. Robertson is by far the most versatile screw head. Apparently back in the day Henry Ford had a problem with them and totally screwed America over forever. At least, that's the story I've heard from up here in Canada. Flat head screws have good applications. They are more aesthetically pleasing tha... | 3 |
AskReddit/e2rgxsn | 90lzkm | What’s your favorite movie/tv show within a movie/tv show? | There’s this episode of Atlanta (episode is called “B.A.N.”) where Paper Boi goes on this talk show to address comments he made about Kaitlyn Jenner. The entire episode is the talk show, along with the commercials that aired during the talk show. It’s great. | 2 |
AskReddit/c397kbr | nhsik | What music do you have that you don't actually like? | I make a randomized playlist of all the music in my collection (about 5000 tracks) every year or so and delete everything I don't like as I listen to it. Sure this means pretty much every album I have is incomplete, but if I'm not going to listen to it, then why keep it? After four iterations of the playlist, my collec... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cnoxxv5 | 2sfa6b | What makes a great general a great general? | It's many things. One can be a great battlefield general but a poor campaign general, this was Hannibal's problem (the Carthaginian not the serial killer). He had great command of battlefield strategy but could not capitalize on his victories and thus lost the war against the Romans. One of the most overlooked things i... | 2 |
AskReddit/eouofv3 | bt7ija | Why are the parents in some Creepypasta stories the most unlikable fictional characters ever made? | Like what the other person said, they were written by 12 year olds for 12 year olds. And it’s probably that way so we feel sympathy for the actual terrible person (the main character) and hate the parents. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cqs5wd5 | 3485lm | How does automated theorem proving work? | First Order theorem proving, the most mature technique, define mathematical constructs that if true would imply that the program exactly satisfies its requirements. The constructs are built down to the level of each program operation. For useful programs, this produces a lot of statements. A computer program digests al... | 3 |
AskReddit/cc6dml5 | 1m73kt | If murder was legal for a day, who would you kill and why? | If murder was legal for a day, I'd probably spend the entire day holed up in my room, with the door barricaded, to be entirely honest. I'm not risking my skin for some pretty revenge. | 2 |
AskReddit/db2osbt | 5hsvqk | How is partying different after college? | Hopefully you're working a good, full-time job after college so you're more tired and less inclined to party as much. Recovery is slower and you value rest more than partying. | 5 |
AskReddit/cbnosd6 | 1kcl5x | What's your most annoying habit? | I have chronic motor tic syndrome and it causes me to occasionally smack my hand against the side of my body while walking. There are lots of habits (tics?) that come along with it, but that one's the most annoying because it garners the most questions and I hate scrambling for an explanation. | 2 |
AskReddit/coj4io8 | 2vn34h | What is the best low-effort but high-reward recipe you know? | Anything in a slow cooker. I'll share my pot roast recipe, but thats the only one you get for free. Chuck roast. (2 lbs or so) 1 cup soy sauce. 1 packet onion mushroom soup. 2 tablespoons minced garlic. 2 bay leaves. Potatoes and carrots sliced up. Beef broth to fill the cooker up. let that cook for 10 hours on low. | 8 |
AskReddit/eih27b9 | b0tmn8 | What is the creepy story your family has told for years? | My mom told me that there was an "uncle" who the kids couldn't be left alone with. It was common knowledge he was a child molester so when my mom was a kid she and her siblings were told to stay out of his room as he lived with an aunt (his mom) or something and stay away from him at family reunions. | 2 |
AskReddit/c8nef8w | 19ex32 | What isn't as good as it use to be? | Since we're on Reddit, Reddit content has really declined over the last few years. I lurked for years, occasionally looking around and being amazed at some of the discussions, but now looking at everything that Reddit has become really goes to show that good things don't last. Explanations for the decline are all over ... | 3 |
AskReddit/cfel8zx | 1xtyqv | What do you hate having to wait for? | I hate having to wait on other people. Like, I leave to go places early, atleast 10-15 minutes early to allow for things like traffic or detours. I am constantly waiting on people who can't even be on time. | 2 |
AskReddit/d8svvfr | 57l2w8 | Where do adults find extracurricular activities or clubs once you're out of the college scene? | Meetup.com. Zogsports, which is like Meetup for sports. Specialty gyms, like martial arts or rock climbing, will have a friendly community. Mom-and-pop type bookstores and cafes will occasionally host open mics and book readings if you're into that sort of thing. If you're religious, social events for young professiona... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c7xec6u | 16mnfg | What does if mean for a company to go into either 'administration' or 'liquidation', and what is the difference between them? | Administration: Someone steps in to run the company until a buyer can be found, new founds can be found, or they decide to liquidate the company. Liquidation: You liquidate the companies assets. I.e. You convert the companies assets into a more liquid form. Liquid in a economical term that is, i.e. money. So in short, ... | 3 |
AskReddit/chkxenq | 25urmd | How'd you get that scar? | I have 3 noticeable scars. My brother unintentionally stabbed me with an ice pick almost twenty years ago. I drunkenly threw myself into the concrete, destroying my front teeth, lips, etc. gnarly. My girlfriend, the woman whom I plan on spending the rest of my life with, bit me hard enough to leave a scar just below my... | 2 |
AskReddit/cbz2cks | 1lgrum | Why is it that many people are concerned about Video game addiction when most people watch television? | I think its mostly due to the fact that the people leading our world today grew up around the television, and because they had this early exposure to it, they accept it. Video games, however, really only got big during the 2000s, at a time when the same people are now adults. Now they worry about their children playing... | 8 |
AskReddit/dsfqkhi | 7paith | Why in American TV shows, are actors in their twenties and thirties often cast as high school kids? | I was reading something similar to this question when I read an article about Stranger Things. It has said that adult actors can act and behave better than real Teens, adults are not restricted to child labor laws and the hours they can work. | 3 |
AskReddit/ek6e97s | b9rnmh | If aliens bred humans like we breed rabbits or dogs, what are some qualities they would foster and what are the qualities they would hope to eliminate? | Depends on why they were breeding us. As pets? As like work animals? Imagine an alien bragging about having a Pure Bred Irish Human with papers and everything lol �� | 4 |
AskReddit/cxeu3ce | 3uh5se | What profession requires the most constant learning to keep up with the field's newest information? | Federal energy departments requires those in contracting and purchasing careers and personal property managers to obtain 80 hours of continuing education every two years from the date of certification. Failure to do so can result in the certification expiring. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d94mbxs | 590bwe | What happens to a ribbon when you curl it with scissors? | Basically what is happening here is that the side of the ribbon that the scissors run along gets longer. When one side of the ribbon gets longer, the other side stays the same. This length difference is what causes the curl. | 9 |
explainlikeimfive/e34tqvz | 92dbso | How are box office earnings reported by movie theaters, and how are the total earnings calculated? | Most of the money taken for a ticket goes to the movie studio, and the theater makes their income off of concessions. The theaters must report ticket sales information and pay the studio their cut, so it's actually relatively easy for the studios to publish earnings numbers. | 4 |
AskReddit/c0hxfk7 | ajq1p | How can the US Federal government make and enforce laws on airplanes that are outside their jurisdiction? | The airplane follows the laws of the country it departed from until it lands. Example: Los Angeles to Sydney: drinking age 21 Sydney to Los Angeles : drinking age 18 | 3 |
AskReddit/cobsehb | 2uugrb | What's #1 barrier that hold you back from starting a side-business? | Money. Where does a guy making minimum wage get $250,000 to start their own business? Only real way is to maybe run a business illegally for a few years until you work up the scratch. | 2 |
askscience/cl4lgmi | 2ipwj9 | In the context of LASIK surgery, how is light able to cut through the cornea? | A laser beam can be put through lenses which create a very small area where the cutting will occur. As soon as the target area is cut, the beam diffuses as it travels on. A diffused beam will not cut - it has to be a pin-point. And different laser frequencies will cut different tissues. Your DR uses the frequency that ... | 3 |
AskReddit/cj9b0jq | 2bvdhz | What's an under-appreciated TV show or movie that you think people should know about? | Creator with Peter O'toole. It really has great ideas about love and is pretty funny. Big Blue is just a beautiful movie It was pretty big in its time but not sure if you younger people know about it. Harold and Maude has a ton of life lessons. | 2 |
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