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AskReddit/ejxly92 | b8f4mv | When have you dated the wrong person but at the right time? | I never really dated him, but he was my first kiss. I really pushed myself into him and I always feel really bad about that. He was the wrong guy, but it was perfect because it taught me that I'm an awful human being who needs to help herself emotionally before she can be partially responsible for someone else emotiona... | 2 |
Ask_Politics/d88sprx | 558vlg | How do other nations influence American elections? | I guess foreign leaders can endorse certain candidates, but beyond that, other countries have very little influence. Foreign citizens don;t have any sort of vote in American elections, and therefore, our candidates don't pander to them or talk about their issues or concerns. If you were to interpret the question differ... | 4 |
AskHistorians/c757k0s | 13mezl | How do Chinese neo-confucianism and confucianism differ? | Somebody recently asked another question which asked a similar question, and I reproduce part of my answer to that one here: First thing to bear in mind is 'Confucianism' and 'Neo-Confucianism' are in many ways misleading terms. In Chinese, neither word contains 'Confucius' (although Confucius is undoubtedly important ... | 8 |
AskReddit/c3bdk4r | nrlhf | How do you deal with control-freak parents? | You kind of answered your own question in a way. Talking to a counselor could help you deal with your control freak parents. It's likely that the counselor will be on your side rather than theirs. You can explain to the counselor that they forced you to see them and go from there. Personally I have parents that are muc... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/clnv8ry | 2kqvdi | Why does candy make your teeth rot? | It's not necessarily the candy. The problem comes from a diet high levels of sugar. The mouth is full of bacteria and most of it is good. The good bacteria form a film on the teeth and outcompete bad bacteria. High amounts of fermentable sugars in the mouth can disrupt the system and shift the population of bacteria to... | 2 |
AskReddit/e15whka | 8taauu | What is the craziest reaction you have seen from a world cup fan after a win or loss? | Being half mexican. That Germany defeat was something all right. Not necessarily a reaction, but one of the funnier events was a bet one of my distant cousins made where if Mexico won they could drag him through rocks. He ended up with holes in his pants. | 2 |
AskReddit/c0o4yro | bqz6y | Do you think computer languages should be taught in school? | As a mandatory subject? no. CS is offered in high school to those who want to take it but saying that knowing how to code is a skill that ALL people can benefit from is a bit much. Don't get me wrong, I love coding, but there are a lot of people who really won't need to know how to code at all in their lives. Teaching ... | 7 |
AskReddit/eazaidi | a2krqa | What is the most chaotic good thing you have ever seen? | A friend of mine knew someone who was beating their dog and when I was at his house one day we watched some dude flat out jump through the window of dog beaters house, and then ram through the front door with a sad dog in tow. Break into a dude’s house, probably beat him up, steal his dog, then essentially break the do... | 50 |
AskReddit/c5t0lcn | y7i97 | How do you make yourself fall asleep? | I have an interesting tactic I think: I like to think of myself in some kind of movie in my head and I'm the lead character. Usually some sort of hero type.I change whatever it is I feel like. Usually it's a gruff type of guy either in the military or on a motorcycle or something like that. I play the movie in my head ... | 3 |
AskReddit/cvki6gx | 3n3s3f | Do diuretics/water pills help lose weight noticeably all over, temporarily? | No. The amount of weight you would lose with taking even the most potent diuretic would not normally be visibly noticeable. It would result in a lower reading on scales, but it would not be a sustainable weight loss so would be pretty pointless. | 2 |
AskReddit/dt9dr84 | 7t2mf5 | What works in practice despite not working in theory? | Violence. I think we all know the theory violence begets violence, eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind and it never solves anything. Yeah, no. If that were true militaries wouldn't be good ideas. In fact displays of "dominance" are super common in the animal kingdom. Violence works, it just shouldn't and while ... | 2 |
askscience/cqwab2r | 34mtw1 | What fundamental properties of protons and electrons give them opposite charges? | Charge is the property that measures whether a fundamental particle interacts with the electromagnetic force and, if so, at what strength. The electron is a fundamental particle with charge -1. That's just part of the definition of what an electron is. For protons and neutrons, it's a bit different, because they are bo... | 25 |
AskReddit/die7w77 | 6ez7q7 | What does America withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement mean for the future of the climate change movement, and climate change as a whole? | Probably somewhere between very minimal and nothing. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement was a political move. It doesn't technically have any recourse for several years. By that time, America will either fix this mistake or the rest of the world will have figured out how to be prosperous without the US. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/divx310 | 6h6mm6 | Why do we sweat from the areas we do (forehead, armpits, back, foots) and not from the entire or most of our body? | Sweat glands are located throughout our entire body. We have two different types of sweat gland, Eccrine sweat glands which cover most of our skin, and Apocrine sweat glands, which concentrate in the areas you mentioned. The two glands produce different kind of sweats, for different reasons. Eccrine produce sweat to co... | 5 |
AskReddit/ebk9wmp | a55t57 | What would you show an alien to make them like humans? | Formula 1, NASCAR, rally, GT, Touring Car, V8 Supercars, Top Fuel and Prostreet dragsters, trophy trucks and buggies, rock crawling and mud running 4x4s, monster trucks, MotoGP, motocross, Supercross, drag bikes, air race planes and civilian air stunt teams. Just to show them the stuff we make for fun. | 2 |
AskReddit/cqyjot6 | 34vugh | What is something under $40 someone could put in an entertainment room that is a must have? | Chromecast! Might not be what you're asking about but for $35(on sale refurbed for $25 all the time). It's the best little electronic device I've bought for my living room. | 13 |
AskReddit/co12eko | 2tp6wf | Why do you deserve gold? | I'm part of what makes America great, a gun toting overweight man working for a bloated retail chain and getting into massive debt thanks to one of our great American Universities. If that doesn't deserve gold I don't know what does. | 2 |
AskReddit/ci04kab | 27ejtk | Has a movie or TV show ever changed your life? | No. No one TV show or movie has made a significant difference in my life. Min you, I'd be a somewhat different person had I not seen Jurassic Park or watched Adventure Time, but that's all pretty minor. If it's not one show it'll be another. The act of watching a TV show or a movie with friends, however, has a huge imp... | 2 |
AskReddit/ehh0afe | avqys1 | What did a kind stranger do that made a bad day of yours better? | When I was 14 I was out being moody and an old man that was walking past said, "Pouting will make your face stick." I had some come-back for him, but I saw the smile on his face and I kinda just sat there. He waved and just kept walking. It felt like something out of a cheesy teen drama. But it was nice of him to try t... | 2 |
AskReddit/eq9pz60 | bxunru | What's a food combination that you thought was weird but is, in reality, surprisingly good? | Peanut butter and jam (jelly) Being from England I thought this was weird very weird! For some reason my Mrs made me one for lunch some years back been hooked ever since | 3 |
AskHistorians/dy5to77 | 8fmom5 | Why is it so hard to calculate the wealth of Mansa Musa, the richest man in history, when it was only 700 years ago? | > We have at least rough estimates on the wealth of far more ancient people, like Augustus Ceaser, but why is it so hard to pin down the wealth of Mansa Musa? Do we actually have accurate ways to estimate the wealth of figures like Augustus? | 3 |
AskReddit/dhdamm5 | 6abu5a | Which video game was ruined by its sequel/s? | Dead Space First game was a The Thing/Alien inspired action horror romp, and I loved it. It just came together perfectly and displayed a degree of care and inventiveness that you don't see often. Isaac was just the right level of clunky, the aliens were just human enough to be really unnerving with their body horror, a... | 2 |
AskReddit/d4izr45 | 4p8omn | How good are chicken wings? | As a Buffalonian I'm a supposed to say they are gods gift to man, but I won't. Don't get me wrong they are good when done right, big, extra crispy, smothered in wing sauce, and dipped in chunky blue cheese, but at times I like a nice chicken finger better. Also don't let anyone tell you you have to go to Duffs for good... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d0nylwe | 48zvuo | How did people back in the day not realize that cigarettes were very unhealthy? | Basically nobody really bothered to run any tests to show there was a connection with certain health problems and smoking. Cigarette companies denied that smoking was harmful for a very long time. It was only really discovered that it caused lung cancer when there was a spike in the amount of people who had lung cancer... | 4 |
AskReddit/e7gl6ss | 9mqppm | When you were going through a tough or depressed time in your life is there any one specific event/thing that occurred that bought you out of your depression? | One of the lowest points in my life actually turned arou with getting a pet. Kind of fell in my lap and was supposed to be a temporary/foster situation but having another living thing depend on me and be visually excited to see me everyday really changed my outlook and helped me a lot with my low self-worth. Also havin... | 2 |
AskReddit/d63wbsm | 4w4ic5 | What is the most ridiculous thing you believed as a child? | When i was younger (like, early 2000s), my parents would always have the radio on in the car. And the only radio stations they ever listened to were classic rock. And there were like, 4 different ones. Until late elementary school, the only music i had ever heard was classic rock music, and orchestra type classical mus... | 41 |
AskReddit/cksf6h7 | 2hg7hq | What is the best story in the Bible? | I like the story of Enoch in Genesis. Enoch lived 365 years and then was no more. He did not see death because God took him. Literally, according the Bible, God took Enoch from the earth rather than let him die. As a kid, I used to pray for God to take me like Enoch - just zap me right up to heaven. I like to think abo... | 2 |
AskReddit/enfwar2 | bog9ik | What are some things a guy can do to make himself hotter? | as a guy, I only can say this after hearing some women over the subject, being hot depends on the person you ask. Some people think a beard makes you hotter, other people thinks a bit of a belly is making you attractive. ​ Just saying, "being hot" is different on who you ask to define it | 3 |
AskReddit/edefgqn | ad7yis | What don't you like about Apple products? | Unnecessarily high prices are my biggest problem with them. Some of the users can be annoying, but that's more of a case by case issue, rather than a blanket problem affecting all Apple products. | 4 |
AskReddit/disvegp | 6gs8ms | What's the most random thing that you have memorized? | I memorized a moment when I stood in the hallway of my grandparents house, looking at a lightbulb and thinking to myself. >In a few years I'll still remember this random moment, because I choose to do so.< Well, seems I've been right. | 89 |
explainlikeimfive/cg2fr5b | 20eiwp | Why do oil companies get tax breaks? | The same reason every company gets tax breaks (mostly for expenses sometimes for investments that congress wants to incenivise). Oil companies do a tremendous amount of fixed investment (so depreciation is very important for them). Also they're in a great position to make investments in green energy technology that's f... | 16 |
explainlikeimfive/dpkf8xi | 7bslc5 | Why do most people have different handwriting if we’re all taught it the same way? | Handwriting - specifically cursive - is a fluid movement that involves fine motor skills, so is largely unique to a person's hand and nervous system. Education teaches the general shapes to make so that it's legible, but the rhythm of writing, the places that are strongly or lightly pressed, the little flourishes and t... | 15 |
explainlikeimfive/dmm7dzb | 6yc0mx | Why do Redditors mention the edits they made to their comments? | Because if someone asks a question you could give one answer, then when you realize it's wrong you could completely change your answer, and then all the people replying to you pointing out how wrong you were would look crazy. It's just good form to point out when you have made an edit, since there's no other way to fig... | 3 |
AskReddit/c7oloh4 | 15phab | Is there such thing as a good community college? | I'm in Southern California and most of the community colleges here are highly rated. Because of class size and teacher commitment, I can say from experience that you can actually get a better pregrad education from a community college. | 3 |
AskReddit/d8m6gfh | 56t5hj | What was your childhood "Million Dollar Idea"? | When I was younger I had the idea of setting up a stand similar to a lemonade stand but I would instead offer video game advice and cheat codes. I had the bright idea to set up the stand in the rich part of town so I could charge people thousands of dollars per cheat code and they wouldn't mind paying me for it or char... | 8 |
AskReddit/erpdhvz | c38uer | For those who have a phobia, what's the hardest part about it and what are the questions that people always ask that sound stupid to you ? | I have several phobias like my phobia of fireworks obviously living in America is absolute trash for this situation so I would say New Years and Fourth of July r hard for me. I always get people who ask me if I had gotten shot by one and that’s why I’m afraid of them, I also get people who say that since I’m afraid of ... | 2 |
AskReddit/eehgaxe | ahs022 | What is it like to be a young Man/Woman in this world? | It’s pretty cool I suppose. Having the extensive knowledge of the world at my finger tips constantly is something I feel like most everyone takes for granted now. It’s pretty easy to be social, it’s also easy to lock away for a bit and be alone. The variety is also nice, how I’m always able to on a dime go somewhere el... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cata7q5 | 1hdfrw | Why were Roman senators forbidden to enter the province of Egypt during the Principate? | There had been a lot of issue around the fall of the Republic where Governors of provinces drained the assets of the locals and caused real political problems for the stability of Roman rule.(Probably one of the most well known examples of this was the trial of Verres where Cicero managed to successfully win as prosecu... | 3 |
AskHistorians/cap2hz2 | 1gyg57 | Why did James I annex Scotland to England when he was originally the Scottish King? | Actually the crowns were not unified, not until the Act of Union 1707. There's some confusion here, as the word crown can mean several things. In some cases, it actually refers to a kingdom, ie the crown of Scotland. In some cases, it refers to the administration or state of a kingdom and in some cases, it refers to th... | 14 |
explainlikeimfive/c61qkij | z5qws | What is happening when a train's power goes out intermittently? | Every so often there's a gap in the overhead power lines which provide current to the motors and lights in the train. When the train passes these gaps, the circuit is momentarily broken, which is why all the lights go out, but the momentum of the train keeps it moving. The reason the emergency lights don't go out thoug... | 3 |
AskReddit/ecdt3k3 | a8uec8 | What was your worst flight experience? | Was in the lavatory when the plane experienced intense turbulence. I was panicking like crazy so I got out of the lavatory which is kind of worse cos there's a lot of space and no attendant to help cos they had to remain seated. | 2 |
AskReddit/c1riyaz | gzswp | How do doctors know when babies need glasses, and how is their prescription determined? | There is a small circle of black and white lines on a large paper - if you have bad eyes, the circle doesn't show up. Babies will naturally look at anything contrasting. If they don't focus on it for a second, then the baby has bad vision. | 3 |
AskReddit/dw9ap9a | 870s2b | What have been some changes made as a result of marches? | The student marches and protests of the Vietnam war had a profound effect including ending the political career of LBJ and ultimately leading to the fall of Saigon to the North Viet Cong as well as termination of US involvement in that civil war. | 6 |
AskReddit/djat4kd | 6j1u26 | What are your best tips/advice for buying a car? | You will probably have the car for a decent amount of time. I would suggest thinking about your future needs and if the car will still be a good fit for your lifestyle 3-4 years from now. For example, I bought a small car that was good with gas because I have a long commute. Then I had a kid and realized that the car s... | 2 |
AskReddit/d6jfl12 | 4xyaeq | How many times have you seen some of your favourite movies? | In third grade, my favorite movie was Aladdin. I would come home from school, grab a box of crackers from the pantry, and watch Aladdin on VHS to occupy myself until dinner. I'm talking at least three times a week. My mom bought us a DVD player and I remember getting it on DVD for Christmas that year. Ten years later, ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cfytam0 | 201325 | What is the worst roommate situation you've encountered? | This happened to me last week- I moved into a shared room i found on craigslist without even meeting the roommates. I moved in, went to bed and fell asleep before my roommate showed up. He sleeps in a bunk above me. I awoke at 230am to the loudest screams ive ever heard. Like ear shattering. Turns out this guy I hadn't... | 2 |
AskReddit/exxusn7 | curt4s | When did you last hear someone else’s belly growl? | Yesterday, in the Chamber of Starvation. It’s where I starve all those who committed the sin of Gluttony. Not eating a lot, even I do that. But those who eat off the starvation of others. Like Child Slavers, and Politicians. Their bellies growl way too loud, it’s so annoying! | 2 |
AskReddit/eex6g9l | ajnx83 | What is something that America can learn from foreign countries? | The possibility of shutting down a whole government and not paying federal workers is pretty darn stupid. In other countries even when the government is deadlocked, federal workers do not suffer from it and still work and are still getting paid. | 16 |
AskReddit/c0xzwco | d6vzl | Why is Reddit's "Dream Girl" focused around brands and "cool trends"? | Reddit's "dream girl" is focused around brands and "cool" trends? I wasn't aware of that. I've stopped worrying about my 'dream girl' or girls at all, really. Despite what I think, or how I try to work toward a given outcome with a girl, life will do to me as it pleases. Generally a dream girl is an approximation of ei... | 10 |
AskReddit/e0e16f5 | 8pu398 | What is the most interesting piece of your family history? | My mum's family's name is 'Potter' and she's spent over 10 years researching family history, but not found a single Harry. Although, she did find a direct link to King Alfred the Great. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d126bvh | 4aosea | How is radiation both a cause and a treatment for cancer? | Radiation can damage a cell by breaking and forming chemical bonds. This can include damage to DNA which can lead to mutations which cause cancer. However, enough radiation will just do so much damage to the cell's structures that it dies. Targeting a tumor with large bursts of radiation can kill those cancerous cells.... | 15 |
explainlikeimfive/d1mse0o | 4d0lu7 | What is rational and irrational? | Rational means "makes sense". It can also mean "is logical" or "is reasonable" Irrational means "doesn't make sense". It can also mean "isn't logical" or "isn't reasonable" For simple word definitions and examples, often using a dictionary or Google helps give a more complete answer faster. For a quick example punching... | 2 |
AskReddit/cjr0tsm | 2dmyoi | Why is it considered rude for a father to not give his blessing to his daughter's suitor for marriage? | >Is he supposed to look past everything just as long as his daughter is happy? Basically. Otherwise it just creates a wedge between them and the person they were trying to "protect". I asked for my Father in Law's blessing. Whether he gave it or not was irrelevant to me, but it would have crushed her. | 3 |
AskReddit/c557h6e | vk6qz | Have drugs ruined my brother? | He needs to find something equally thrilling as those drugs/ raving to stay off them. Say, for instance, moving, working out, starting his own business and becoming rich. If he stays in his hometown and does same-old-same-old, there will be nothing to do except drugs. Help him form a goal and motivate him to work towar... | 2 |
AskReddit/e4103jz | 96jwnt | What’s the worst thing that you’ve accidentally said out loud? | Not the worst, but while watching TV with my uncles, sister, and mom, I saw a name in the credits: "Emily Dickinson". I just blurted out "Wow, I feel sorry for her son!" Nobody commented on what I said. They probably didn't want to tell me how stupid that was to say. | 17 |
AskReddit/c5tmm3o | y9ou2 | What sexual fetish do you not understand? | Many of the more extreme (feces, blood, needles) or highly specific ones. Anything involving animals, minors. Infantilism. Feet. Ball kicking (yup, there's a fetish for that). Psychologically I understand that some people get off on pain. Personally I do not comprehend how this is this case. | 14 |
AskReddit/cusyt4x | 3jwn5h | What's the one song you would pick to torture someone in a room by playing it on a 24 hour non-stop loop? | While other people are commenting songs that are just bad and very annoying to listen to, I think the only song that would actually be torture if you played it loud would be the Lavender Town song from Pokemon. It's painful, literally. | 11 |
AskReddit/ccj2ve1 | 1nikvq | What are some rules that you live by? | It is not a rule. More of an attitude I live by. When I walk around I set this tought in my head.I will slap you so hard!.and I walk around with it. Someone comes along and looks at my eyes, they see the thought. They sense it. They act much nicer to you right away. They dont want to get slapped. In Latin: Slapersi de ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dwb4f1e | 879fvi | What are the best ways to lose weight? | Start tracking the food you eat. It's difficult to keep up the habit but just starting will make you realize how many calories you're consuming. By itself it won't make you lost weight but it can be an important first step. | 3 |
AskReddit/c05g5kw | 71nh6 | Do people actually change? | I changed completely after I found out a girlfriend had been cheating on me for almost a half-year with my best friend. She ended up leaving me and then marrying him. It changed me completely as a person. Even years later I have trouble trusting people and constantly question their motivations. I also become much more ... | 24 |
AskReddit/dc2xgbd | 5me6gf | What are you happy and most grateful for today? | I'm happy that I woke up healthy, with a full-time job to go to. They are buying us dinner today, on the clock. I have a sweet puppy, ice cream, wine, and a few puzzles waiting for me when I get home. | 2 |
AskReddit/e287oil | 8y553z | What was the first alcoholic beverage you drank and how did it influence your alcoholic beverage choices afterwards? | I accidentally drank my mom's Gatorade vodka about a year ago and it was so bad that I had to spit it out and rinse my mouth. After that I agreed with myself to not drink at all when I'm old enough to, because I assume that all alcohol taste like pain. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ckh8du0 | 2gaozx | Why is printer ink so expensive? | Yes, the manufacturers want outrageous profits. It's actually a really good strategy. You already have the printer, so you have to buy printer ink, or just keep it lying around the house. They make money off of this and instead sell the printers for hella cheap. Also, makes you wonder what would happen if oil companies... | 40 |
explainlikeimfive/ey5zme5 | cvrgrg | Why are rivers considered gateways or otherwise associated to entering the underworld in several cultures and religions? | Concise pirate explained part of the probable reason quite concisely - The underworld/afterlife is a very long way away. Boats are the best way to go long distances. But why rivers then, and not oceans? I think this is probably because rivers are absolutely vital for human life, especially in the early days when mythol... | 2 |
AskReddit/c09z393 | 8oxgw | Can anyone explain how tapping on the soft spots in my knee joints causes my right ear drum to register a sound? | It's almost like a very slight pressure wave emanates from my knees and reaches my right ear immediately. This makes no sense to me. And nothing happens in my left ear. This is strictly a right-sided issue. | 2 |
askscience/caonqjh | 1gwuar | Have we broken the sound barrier underwater? | While there are all kinds of things that do break the speed of sound underwater (Not sure what that speed is in m/s, but it is MUCH higher than the speed of sound through air), most of these things are small particles. To the best of my knowledge, no human-carrying vehicle is capable of such a feat. As mentioned severa... | 6 |
AskReddit/cjmrf3i | 2d77y1 | Did you buy an Xbox One or a PS4? | PS4. Had only the Xbox 360 since 2008. But the whole DRM controversy with Microsoft shook me off. Also that spec wise the PS4 seemed more like a worthy longtime purchase. I just wanted a gaming system, not a TV or something that listens to me every night. I have creepy neighbours for that. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cp8zeaw | 2yfceu | How do planes connect to the internet? | A plane can connect to the internet two different ways. Using an antenna on the ground, in a system similar to what your phone uses to connect to the internet Connect to a satellite, this is the method they use if they aren't over land. | 56 |
AskReddit/cqt6xel | 34bhij | What is the craziest dream you ever dreamed while sleeping? | I dreamed my dog disappeared and I couldn't find her anywhere. While she was gone I invented a serum that enabled dogs to speak. All my friends and family had talking dogs. However, the dogs began lifting credit cards and soon everyone was faced with paying for truckloads of dog treats and toys. They were like crack ad... | 2 |
AskReddit/etjuh7z | cc1li2 | What was the one episode that made you stop watching a tv show? | The Walking Dead 8x03 "Monsters". Everything was the same, every episode, war war war. Shooting screaming and shooting. I cared so much for this show, but stopped watching completely after that episode. I dont even read spoilers to see what's going on. That's how irrelevant this show became for me. | 2 |
AskReddit/d5w2m87 | 4v7gcw | What weird smells do you like? | Freshly made plastics, I know it's awful and polluting my town, but every time I drive past the Sybic plastics factory it smells like brand new rubber hoses and I love it. | 2 |
askscience/c1vn01f | hicrq | What food contains gold in it? | Pure gold is nonreactive and nontoxic, but has no nutritional value and is not used biologically by any known organism. It does not appear naturally in any food. It is approved has a food additive, because it is decorative, and because people like to say, "hey, I just ate some gold". | 3 |
AskReddit/c3o59l8 | pbvl2 | What parts of the Hebrew Bible (if any) are historically factual? | You have to look at it as a collection of vastly different sources, written for different reasons. Some of it is myth (stories written in a dramatic fashion with some form of underlying purpose or message), some is poetry, some of it is the ranting of those with untreated mental afflictions and some of it is historical... | 2 |
AskReddit/eyh747e | cx0f0g | What’s your go to ‘funny’ line or response whenever a certain question is asked? | Not so much a question but people tell me they like/love my name all the time. I work in costumer service so instead of just saying “thank you” I’ve thought it would be funny to start saying “thanks, I got it for my birthday”. Some people think my response is funny.others not so much. | 2 |
Ask_Politics/ced6do4 | 1tzv1m | How did Golden Dawn manage to win seats in Hellenic Parliament? | By being elected. When a country is in crisis, overly nationalistic platforms usually garner more support. Xenophobia, nationalism, and creating an "Other" (immigrants, illegal aliens, etc.) to focus on as people "rally around the flag" to save themselves give rise to parliamentary successes like those seen by Golden D... | 5 |
AskReddit/cjh303a | 2cn3p7 | What have you missed out on because of a fear/phobia? | I've missed out on things like big friend/family dinners, friend's graduation parties, going out to eat with large groups of people that I don't know well, and I've had friendships die because of people making fun of me so badly when we're out eating because they find out that I'm afraid of crumpled napkins and think i... | 2 |
AskReddit/ea9q1zr | 9zjst7 | What's a random act of kindness you've done but never told anyone about? | Saw a woman that was homeless out by my house and it was getting chilly out so I brought her out a hot tea and heated up half a stuffed crust pizza and brought it out to her. I told her if she ever needed a drink or some food to come by and if I ever see her I'll surely give her another meal. I haven't seen her since s... | 3 |
AskReddit/d8vnka7 | 57x8o4 | What's the worst meal you had to eat just to be nice? | Not me, but my brother. In a previous relationship he lived with his in-laws for a while, which happened to be over Christmas. Unfortunately he was sick over Christmas and missed the big day itself due to being laid up in bed. However, his mother-in-law resented this and forced him to eat all of the Christmas Dinner le... | 2 |
AskReddit/d8wn3h0 | 581am0 | As an adult, what do your parents still do as when you were a child? | Anytime I'm at my parents and I cough or sneeze my mom will immediately get me some kind of vitamin or cold medicine to take and make me take it. I'm a grown man mom! (But I do appreciate it) | 2 |
AskReddit/evnqzwx | ckix2t | What TV show had the WORST pilot episode but turned out to be great? | Idk if it's the worst, but I almost didn't watch Parks and rec after the first episode. It felt like a low-rent Office knockoff at the time. Turned out to be an absolutely amazing show, though! | 2 |
AskReddit/caaskxs | 1fj9a7 | How do you forgive someone without knowing if they're sorry? | Most people think forgiveness is saying what the other person did is OK. That's absolutely not what it is. Forgiving someone is saying that you're not going to let what they did wrong dominate your life anymore. You don't forgive someone for their benefit, your forgive them for your benefit, because you deserve that pe... | 3 |
AskHistorians/ce3b6tx | 1t0yy4 | What armour would William the Conqueror have worn? | That is absolutely not armor William the Conqueror ever could have owned, unless it was a gift from Dr. Who. Wikipedia and the Bayeux Tapestry are correct in that William would have worn a coat of mail at the Battle of Hastings and the rest of his wars. I can only assume that whoever posted that image to their blog mis... | 32 |
AskReddit/cx0prgi | 3svd93 | How easy was it for you to quit Facebook and be a part of Reddit? | Nearly went back to FB tonight, was pretty easy to quit cold turkey almost a year ago but couldn't sleep and was bored :-P went with reddit instead. It's just way more entertaining. | 2 |
AskHistorians/c9ugssm | 1dvaen | What role did British Boy Scouts play in World War I? | I was told at university (don't know source as it was a lecture) that because of the need for so many front-line officers they ran out of posh university educated people pretty quickly and started using other criteria as a way of selecting low ranking officers - one of which was if you'd been a boy scout. Whether the s... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d5g5i0t | 4tc0cs | How can there be an earthquake off the coast of Florida if there are no close fault lines? | Earthquakes can happen anywhere, not just on fault lines. Fault lines are locations where the structure of the Earth's crust has a break. Smaller or partial breaks exist elsewhere, and even an unbroken section of crust can still break if sufficient stress is applied to it; after all, fault lines come from somewhere, th... | 3 |
AskReddit/dqzhddm | 7ikr8u | How often do you slap your own belly? | Every time I shower. For some reason I just really like the sound of a wet belly being slapped. Plus it is about 100 pounds less than it used to be so I take pride in my accomplishment and like to remind myself (Muscular 6 foot 1 male going from 300 to 200 over about a year and a half). | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/czkbanw | 43qyox | How are the synthetic sounds in electronic music created? | I'm on mobile so it's uncomfortable to explain subtractive synthesis, but have you ever looked at a sound wave? The ups and downs of a sound wave represent the approximate position of the speaker. The faster the speaker vibrates, the higher the frequency of the waves (the waves appear closer together), and the higher t... | 3 |
AskReddit/dkbjs3t | 6nowjm | What is your creepiest camping experience? | Not me and not necessarily creepy, but interesting enough. My uncle tells a story of getting lost with some friends after a day of hiking. They had no camping gear as the plan was to hike back to the car. They took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up walking in circles until it got too dark. They didn't have a fire, fo... | 6 |
AskReddit/dqeaowd | 7ftjf3 | What is your favourite drink that people may not know about? | The Devastator. A Devastator is Sprite or 7-Up mixed with Everclear. The reason comparatively few people know about this is because the only people who drink Everclear are dumbass teenagers who just want to get drunk as quickly as possible, and hopeless alcoholics. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cer46t7 | 1vde47 | Why do doctors ask you to cough while feeling up your man-bits at a check up? | They're checking for a hernia, which is the word that describes something poking through a wall it's not supposed to be poking through. When you cough, you tense up your abdominal area and put some pressure against one such wall (down there by your man-bits). The doctor is making sure the wrong stuff doesn't bulge thro... | 9 |
AskReddit/ed2txlr | absrr7 | What would be the worst thing to hear as you are going under anesthesia before heart surgery? | Genuinely the last thing I remember hearing before surgery (which was an urgent second operation to fix the mistakes made in the first operation): "You understand this procedure has a higher mortality rate than the last one you went through?" | 1,937 |
AskReddit/dwjsuty | 86rjng | Why is water wet? | How can water make things wet and not be wet itself. That is like saying air can make things dry but the air is not dry itself. Water can not make itself wet because it is already wet . now pack it up bois we done with this debate . | 2 |
AskReddit/dolypt5 | 77huu3 | If the majority of respected scientists agreed that human population and activities were proved to be the direct cause of the coming Sixth Great Extinction, why would you support killing 7 billion people to fix the problem, or why would you support letting 90% of all life on Earth die? | I expect a biological mass human extinction, be it a man made virus or a mutated. The planet has a great way of controlling populations and I wouldn't be surprised by a freak mutation or some 1% skull and bones types deciding we all need to go. Conspiracy theory yes, but if I was in that kind of power, I would strongly... | 3 |
AskReddit/ce6ef03 | 1tbqsh | What is the worst thing to have come about because of the internet? | Children using the internet, posting things they can't ever unpost. Seriously. I'm so happy I was in my teens before the internet/blogging/etc became 'huge'. Look at all your cousins, friend's kids, etc. and realize all that Emo, childish, whatever posts are going to last forever. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c9xhe22 | 1e77nm | What's the difference between a framework, a language, an engine, and assembly in programming? | to describe it in pictures: Framework gives you the building parts of an engine. Like the motor, gears, switches. A Language like C lets you talk in a more understandable way to the assembler, that produces executable assembly(machine) code. engines, like a graphic engine in a game, are full-functional units that have ... | 2 |
AskReddit/caefz2t | 1fweob | Why does everyone care so much about electronic privacy? | People don't actually care as much as they claim to. Everyone I know is on Facebook. Anyone who gets really worked up about privacy and posts even remotely accurate info on FB I can't take seriously. I honestly don't care who has my information. I'd prefer the government keeps their nose out of it, but meh. | 2 |
AskReddit/dlhavxs | 6t21ru | Which personality trait are you most proud of possessing? | I've worked hard to develop the personality traits attributed to Stoicism. I don't get too upset when things don't go my way, because I know that ultimately the only thing I can control is how I react to situations. It's made me a lot more level-headed. | 10 |
AskReddit/eoz3gbm | btkgva | What do you think about the recent rise in global terror attacks and what are your thoughts on how we can create stronger communities in general? | Don’t really know is there really a "rise" or do we just have more reports of it nowadays? Anyways I think people should be educated on not trusting everything a little bit of skepticism could be helpful. And for stronger communities I would say just socializing, ppl should interact and talk with another. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e3s4r1t | 95enyy | Why do some cities need a communications tower (CN tower, Tokyo Skytree, etc) when others just put antennas on their tallest buildings (like New York and Chicago)? | Usually there is a need for long range communications, you could build a giant steel strut tower to get over all the buildings, but people would complain it's ugly and the structure has no income. if you put it on someone else's tower you have to pay rent, which can be quite reduculos in large cities. Or you can create... | 2 |
askscience/chkut0p | 25u2tl | What does it take for something to be multicellular as opposed to a bunch of unicellular organisms together? | Things are generally considered properly multicellular if there is specialization of the cells, with some handling reproduction and others handling other functions. If the cells are all alike and mostly doing the same things, they aren't really multicellular. You can call cancer whatever you like, all that matters is w... | 3 |
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