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AskReddit/cigo6xu | 2923q9 | What type of travelling do you dislike the most and why? | Travelling by car no doubt. I suffer from SEVERE car sickness and usually can't make it a few streets without wanting to hurl. EDIT: I don't know what causes it but think it has evolved from being sick in cars as a child (as most of us are) more to a psychological no no in my brain. It only happens when I am travelling... | 2 |
AskReddit/dxxuc9t | 8etaij | What's your opinion on the Palestinians? | I think Palestinians and Israelis/Jews got screwed badly by the British Empire way back. Promises were made then not fulfilled. I can understand how people would feel if some other ethnic/cultural group was suddenly given dominion over land that was traditionally their's. I can understand the absurdity of Israelis trea... | 2 |
askscience/dlr7k05 | 6u573v | What exactly happens when you take 2 polarized lenses one on top of another, and rotate one perpendicular, causing a "black-out" lens? | > Does this actually block out most of the incoming light or is this just an illusion? It actually blocks out all the incoming light. No, it's not an illusion. > What exactly happens. The first lens absorbs half the light, transmitting one polarization direction only. The second lens absorbs that one polarization direc... | 3 |
AskReddit/cobkbrk | 2utimb | How would the earth be affected if all humans suddenly disappeared? | Interesting question. There would be some fairly quick events that would happen within the first year. For example, within days power plants would shut down, eliminating electricity in most buildings, including museums. As a results, old artifacts and documents such as the US Constitution or Declaration of Independence... | 3 |
AskReddit/eff4y9q | almchv | Why do you like Anime? | The general majority of it can be iffy, so I wouldn't say I like ALL anime. There are some series that are quite good at something and truly stand out; Fullmetal Alchemist does a good job with telling a rich and detailed story that is quite serious and weaves fiction into very plausible situations. My Hero Academia tel... | 11 |
askscience/cfu4g6e | 1zih6t | Why can you look at the Sun on camera but not real life? | While you are probably talking about camera LCD screens (which have lower brightness), you really should not look at the sun through the lens of your DSLR (so looking directly through the viewfinder and lens itself). Especially macro lenses come with the warning that looking at the sun directly through the lens can mak... | 2 |
AskReddit/c52lpum | v9vgq | What is the best advice you have recieved(or could give) about getting married? | Honestly, I wouldn't do it. It would be wiser to wait until you're both 25 at least. According to studies I've read, the brain does not fully mature until around 25-26 for most people. As a 36 yr old, I can confirm that I and my friends did not feel fully mature until around that age. Every one of them that got married... | 24 |
AskReddit/dc2jauz | 5mckn2 | What was the dumbest rule your school had? | The word "Boring" was banned. You got in trouble for using it. The teachers wanted to make school seem fun.by introducing ludicrous rules that make basic conversations a bit trickier. | 146 |
AskHistorians/c5d88rz | wgc50 | What was the medical specifications of a British World War One CONSCRIPTED soldier? | I'll come back to this later once I find some good sources. The physical requirements for British soldiers decreased as the war went on. This was a fairly universal trend as all the best men were killed or already conscripted by the later years of the conflict. British soldiers in particular were known to be especially... | 3 |
AskReddit/eqwxpvy | bzuapl | What would you do if you woke up in the middle of the night and saw a gorilla? | Probably believe I'm lucid dreaming, then figure I was drugged, then slowly back away from a potentially dangerous animal while avoiding eye contact, then tell everyone about that one time I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a gorilla | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/clbptwd | 2jh8pj | Why is the war against drugs based around scare tactics and misinformation rather than safety guidelines and dedicated places? | Sub-reddit rule: "Don't post just to express an opinion or argue a point of view." It seems like you're posting to express your view that the war against drugs is based on scare tactics and misinformation. Are you? | 2 |
AskReddit/cb7zwid | 1itsd5 | What is the foulest thing you have ever put into your mouth? | Oxidized wine. As a server in a fine-dining restaurant, we have a large selection of wines by the glass. I always smell them before pouring the glass because we don't identify when they were opened. If they smell off, the only way to be sure is to pour a small taste, swirl it around, and hope it's really off and smells... | 2 |
AskReddit/d1kadkj | 4cpl0b | What book are you reading and is it any good? | Currently reading A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab and it's seems very promising so far! I really like the atmosphere and the characters. Also I'm reading The Caped Crusade by Glen Weldon. It's about the history of Batman and the rise of nerd culture. I'm not a big fan of Batman and my knowledge (before reading ... | 2 |
AskReddit/di4r53p | 6dqsyw | How did you get away with being drunk or high as a teenager? | If I went to a party, my parents knew I was drinking. So if I got drunk, I didn't get away with it. They showed no sympathy, so I just had to learn to deal with it. Only got High a few times, just waited to go home until they had gone to bed. I'm not sure they ever found out. | 2 |
AskReddit/epihd76 | buw8s9 | What song describes your life at this moment? | Disturbed hold on to memories.I see death at work alot.nursing home.just said good bye to three residents as their souls danced up to heaven.just found out three more had life ending strokes.i say goodbye to everyone and sing that song to family memebers | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cvckejn | 3m79y0 | Why can we use controllers with PCs but not keyboard and mouse with consoles? | Consoles can use a mouse and keyboard. Almost any USB mouse/kb will plug in and function with modern consoles. You can type messages, browse the web, etc. Some games do support kb/m on console: Counterstrike and War Thunder for example. Many games don't just because it takes extra effort to program for, and the kb/m ha... | 32 |
AskHistorians/c4qccrf | twiw1 | Which ancient civilizations (and/or cultures) would feel most comfortable with the current civilizations today? | I think that different civilizations would feel more familiar with different aspects of modern society. None would feel totally at ease, especially because basic life assumptions for the ancient world no longer all apply. I'll go through a few different ones; The Assyrians would, I think, feel vindicated that their mod... | 28 |
AskReddit/evjhruo | ck59lq | What are some of the weirdest things you've seen in bathrooms? | I was at a wings and beer place and my girlfriend noticed a mirror on the wall that looked weird. We thought it might be a two way (one way?) mirror for the back room so they could see what was going on. Nope. I went to the bathroom and it was above all the urinals so you could see the dining area while you pee. | 3 |
AskReddit/d72v3ll | 50by6m | What is truly a complete waste of money? | people say that going out to eat is a waste of money, but I don't care - it's fun, it's something to do, you don't have to cook or clean, and you can try something exotic if you want. but I never order a steak. with just a little practice, you can easily make a $10 steak from the supermarket taste like a $50 steak at a... | 128 |
explainlikeimfive/cdtf5tz | 1s2t3z | Why is it bad to reuse water bottles when unopened bottles can sit on the shelf indefinitely? | Manufacturing student here who works with plastics all the time. Most water bottles are made out of PET (poly ethylene terephthalate). Inherently, PET has nothing in it that could cause cancer etc, but the additives that the manufacturer uses can. They will add things like color, UV additives, fillers etc and these are... | 106 |
AskReddit/d82yi7j | 54m0ne | What's the coolest thing you've found at a Goodwill/thrift store or garage sale? | Found a copy of Game of Thrones at a church yard sale. That was an odd day. Best was probably a Hydro Cannon, an older super soaker that is very good at its job. Also I paid five bucks for it, and scalpers want $140 for them new. | 3 |
askscience/e5pyb2n | 9edkz6 | Are artificial sweeteners worse for the body than sugar? | Nothing to quote to back this up but I believe the biggest issue with artificial sweeteners is that they trick the body into reacting as if you have consumed sugars when you actually haven't. Your body releases insulin to allow blood sugar to be taken up by the body and artificial sweeteners trigger insulin release but... | 2 |
AskReddit/ck0ey1h | 2ejzl8 | What movie quote do you use all the time, but no one ever gets it? | Who wants an Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Orange Whip? 3 Orange Whips over here! Went out to an event and asked my friends if they wanted a Dole Whip like that. Was dismayed when I got no reaction. Then remembered everyone else isn't filled with useless movie quotes, and they would have no idea what I'm talking about. I w... | 5 |
askscience/c46vc0j | rlnv5 | Do mixed race babies have less chance of inheriting genetic disorders? | It would be decreased for ancestry-based autosomal recessive conditions such as cystic fibrosis, and thalassemia but the chance to have a child with a genetic condition would not be eliminated. For example: the carrier frequency of cystic fibrosis is about 1 in 25 for Caucasians and it is roughly 1 in 50 for Pakistanis... | 3 |
askscience/ekfn68b | bar5kx | How come none of our man-made satellites are destroyed from very fast particles? | Two things. Sometimes satellites do get destroyed, albeit rarely. Space is very vast. Like even the area of Near Earth Orbit, it's so huge and the moving things are so small in comparison, that collisions are rare. Also, a particle of dust will just bounce off most satellites, because while moving fast it has low momen... | 7 |
AskReddit/dbf460i | 5jcu62 | What's your opinion on the 'video game violence causes real life violence' trope? | It might amplify violence in people who are already prone to violence and violent games should be kept from younger kids in the same way violent movies should be. That being said, I love violent video games as an adult and I've never harmed or wanted to harm anyone. Most people are going to be fine playing them. | 2 |
AskReddit/c40n29z | quwdm | What are completely wrong stereotypes about your state/country that a lot of other people believe? | Texas. We don't ride horses to work. Though the accent makes us sound stupid, many of us are NOT. We are not all racists, and in the larger towns, racism is no more prevalent than in a lot of other parts of the country. We don't all share the same political viewpoints. | 5 |
AskReddit/dv70vn1 | 822k5w | What is your fondest memory of a complete stranger? | I was 3-5 years old, with my father at a video store, in the early 80s. I’d picked out my movie, was bored, so I did this thing where I stood on my dad’s foot, with my arms around his calf. He could walk around with me like that, so I’d do it when I wanted to get lost in my thoughts without losing my parent. He was cha... | 3 |
AskReddit/d7q8ddp | 535lwp | What did you do in middle school that really should NOT have been done in middle school? | We had these gigantic metal powerline poles near our bus stop, with a sort of ladder mounted or welded to them, but starting like 10' high to discourage middle school kids from getting to them. We devised a system of wood and people pyramids to routinely get to that ladder, and then would climb the hundred feet to the ... | 2 |
askscience/cqhjj3b | 332ubo | Why are mainly all street/highway lights orange? | It actually is not completely a color choice. What you see is a type of light, high pressure sodium. It is used in many street lights because of the high wattage output, low energy usage, and long life. Due to the voltage input, it gives a orange glow to it. However, there is some choice, it is also what is called warm... | 3 |
AskReddit/d64i0xw | 4w6vvp | What do you wish was LESS socially acceptable? | Working 40+ hours a week at a desk job. Nothing against full-time desk-job workers, but I wish that I could express my desire to work fewer hours across fewer days without being perceived as strange or lazy. EDIT: Thanks for the healthy debate, all. What I'm getting at is that I wish it were MORE socially acceptable to... | 574 |
AskReddit/ci1ot40 | 27kg84 | What makes you think you're so special? | I'm better than all of you. Except you (the reader). You're special just like me. You know, we're above the others, you and me. Always have been. Cynics love to tell you that you're not a "special little snowflake", and I agree that most people aren't. Most people are pretty bland. And there are many who believe themse... | 3 |
AskReddit/ddd0p2b | 5s7wud | What the hardest move (transition) you've ever made in your life and how did you handle it? | When I was eleven, my parents had a baby and she was considered to be terminal. My sister wasn't expected to live a week, but she made it over nine months before passing. During the time she was alive, I became the mom to my younger brothers, a support system to my parents, and the entire workforce for household chores... | 3 |
AskReddit/e2s9eg1 | 90pz0g | What was one event that made you realize your friends are real or fake? | Moving away from my hometown for 3 years, coming back and trying to continue to be friends with them was just so forced and it didn’t feel like they really cared about me anymore. If a friend feels obligated or feels pity to be your friend and include you in things, they’re not a real friend | 3 |
AskReddit/d69190u | 4wqcsj | When do you know that it is love? | How they act when they're under stress. It's easy to fall in love or at least have great affection for someone, but that might be a premature judgment before you truly know someone. Stressful events can prompt people to be their most self-serving, impatient, and thoughtless selves. If you're still fond of them, even at... | 4 |
AskReddit/eu119d0 | ceawwd | What’s your “type” (personality or appearance-wise)? | Tall, skinny, dark hair, pretty skin, has a cute face/features (eyes, nose, etc) Personality wise, I don't have an ideal, I would like someone that I feel comfortable around. | 2 |
AskReddit/eeu496x | ajbar1 | What's the biggest lie you've ever told? | I'll give mine too. during late primary school (year 6/7) I told everyone I did wrestling. I described it as being like WWE except it was real fighting, i called it "shotgun wrestling" and i also lied about a serious neck injury which i had to get surgery for that had a 50% chance of paralyzing me. Everyone thought i w... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cabi633 | 1flbsv | What significant scientific, technological, medical or other innovations have come out of Africa? | I know this isn't what you asked, but I'm going to take issue with the intent of this question. Africa is absolutely marginalized in history curriculum, but the correct way to remedy this is not to emphasize technological or scientific innovations, it's to change the criteria for evaluating the worth of a society. This... | 245 |
AskReddit/chrab48 | 26i4ek | What was your worst experience at a movie theater? | Went to IMAX in Seattle during the holiday season with my family to see Harry Potter. Before the movie started there was a commotion on the other side of the seating area. They asked everyone to please evacuate the theater and we were handed vouchers at the exit for a free showing later in the month. Come to find out, ... | 5 |
AskReddit/dpytjqp | 7dmioq | Why don’t people feel being a bartender or server is a good career ? | I'm not a server, but tipped employees don't know exactly how much money they're going to get in a night/paycheck. It can make it very difficult to plan and budget. Also, people can be dicks to servers | 3 |
AskHistorians/c8fya8a | 18kwq8 | In the time period you study, what did an average person do for fun? | I've been studying popular entertainments in rural 19th century America (particularly the South, and even more particularly the Ozarks). These people generally did not have much leisure time outside of Sundays (reserved for religious observance and rest, even if there wasn't a nearby church.) People were also quite iso... | 16 |
AskReddit/eqr2ylv | bza7gg | What unique way did you meet your partner? | We met playing badminton. She was brought in as a replacement, by our mutual friend, who was my mixed doubles partner then. 6 years later, we still go play badminton every week. | 2 |
AskReddit/dj3tokh | 6i6hem | What is the best thing an internet friend has ever done for you? | I had a falling out with most of my friends just past my 21st bday. Fast forward A few months and I'm sitting at home depressed complaining to a friend I met on some Internet forum who said join some local MSN chat rooms.(I'm an oldish fart). So I did and he joined too to help lead me around so to speak. So I get a cha... | 2 |
AskReddit/drxpwz2 | 7myug2 | What's the shadiest thing you witnessed a company you worked for do to save a buck? | Ambulance company I used to work for once had me drive without a passenger side mirror. I complained., they didn’t care. Rigs broke down often. Once drove ambulance in the rain and water leaked inside it. Some vehicles had high mileage and smelled like exhaust. Terrible. | 2 |
askscience/c28oufd | j2vzt | What keeps the atmosphere around the earth? | Gravity, mostly, is what holds it in place. Additionally, our atmosphere is protected by the magnetic field of the earth, preventing the atmosphere from being blasted away by the solar wind. Our atmosphere leaks gases into space all the time. This is proportional to the mass of the gases, so the heaver ones like nitrog... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/ci1gb72 | 27jot8 | Why don't all US states incorporate a can / bottle refund return policy? | The monetary benefits to recycling do not outweigh the cost of the refund policy (in fact aluminum is pretty much the only material profitable to recycle at all). So such a policy ends up as a tax on every bottle that gets refunded when it is returned. Some states' residents take the position that littering is already ... | 4 |
AskReddit/c2jxjx5 | kfw7n | Should public transit be completely free? | No. The cost is already minimal and those of us who choose to finance our own transportation should not have to subsidize public transit to the point where it is free at point of service. I think the $1 or whatever they charge in your area is fair and is already heavily subsidized. Edit; Your plan wouldn't work because... | 4 |
AskReddit/dweib3n | 87nymx | What was the weirdest/scariest household you've experienced visiting/sleeping over at a friends place as a kid? | Had a friend in middle school who’s house was the go to house for sleep overs. They had cable TV and the parents didn’t care what we did as long as we didn’t wake them up. They also joked that the house was haunted. Cabinets would randomly open and close, the temp would drop like 20 degrees at night, their cats would f... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/cqdacne | 32p940 | How are independent programmers able to 'mod' a video game to look better than what was originally produced by a professional team with millions of dollars at their disposal? | Because independent programmers don't need to keep the same restrictions in mind that professional teams do - yes, they have millions of dollars, millions of dollars that need to be spend on various aspect of the game (not just programming). The money they have is still limited and it is not always possible to invest i... | 16 |
AskReddit/cp7ng09 | 2ya8x1 | What is a recent social norm or behavior that makes you think the world has taken crazy pills? | living to work rather then working to live. live to eat rather then eat to live. if you do not enjoy your job and you do not enjoy the pay from that job, you are a slave. not accepting that reality makes life worse for you.and everyone else. | 2 |
AskReddit/e8v4huv | 9tbwyh | What's the most devastating question you've been asked by a child? | My niece asked why her daddy’s belly button sticks out. He has an innie, that wasn’t his belly button. Doesn’t say much for the poor guy lol | 2 |
AskReddit/cyxv4hu | 40xiz6 | Who is wrongly portrayed as a villain? | As I have often discussed about history with people from around the world. The Finnish WWII president Risto Ryti is often portrayed as a criminal in many places since he was sentenced to jail as a part of Finno-Soviet peace negotiations. Soviets claimed him as a war criminal. | 41 |
AskReddit/cseaysn | 3anp5n | What is the most uncomfortable situation you have ever been in with your parents? | Running into my parents in the dungeon at an adult trade show while one of my friends was being suspended, hoping nobody dressed in full fetish gear would come up to say hello. (I knew my parents would be attending at some point for the 3 day event, of course it would have to be at the same time! They only went because... | 3 |
AskReddit/d7qxg19 | 538ycp | Is there an unwritten rule in which american tv cartoon characters cant age in succesive seasons? | Yes. We idolize our favorite characters as they are, and when they start changing due to age, physique, etc, we get upset and its like we're looking at a whole different character. But really that's what I like to see. So many believe in infinite souls and unwavering identities of people and things, I believe no one is... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dqeacuj | 7ftgtc | Why are the displayed prices in some countries not including taxes ? | In the US, taxes are different in each state, and we've got 50 of 'em. This makes it unreasonable or at least more difficult for a product manufacturer to make sure that the correct price (with tax) is reported consistently across the country. Even if a company took it upon themselves to make sure the price was reporte... | 7 |
AskReddit/chky9z5 | 25uswh | What are some awesome things I'm missing out in the "Non english internet" ? | Russian sites like vk.com which is sort of like Facebook for Russian speakers. People upload songs and you can easily download them from there. Russian torrent sites are the best. Super dedicated seeders, hard to find stuff in several languages, and I can download several gigs in one day of things that are 20+ years ol... | 1,435 |
AskReddit/eo8cqtk | bqw0m0 | Have you ever been close to crying at your job and if so what happened? | So many customers were crabby that day. And we were so busy that I didn't have a chance to cool off a little. I was doing fine until, oddly enough, someone kind came through. He helped me bag and pack things up after I scanned it and we had a nice conversation. I started crying when I thanked him. I believe the words I... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/es34ocy | c5paag | In today’s high tech world, how come we are not able to reproduce ancient crafting methods like Roman Concrete, Damascus Steel, or Greek Fire? | We can, and mostly have surpassed it. Roman concrete is basically the same as modern cement. Damascus Steel was basically just steels of different hardness folded & forged together. It's still done today, but mostly for aesthetic purposes. For Greek Fire no composition was passed down, but we can get the same effects u... | 25 |
AskReddit/cf8s5cg | 1x79nz | What age were you when you got drunk for the first time and what did you do while you were drunk? | My Mom accidentally got my brother and I drunk (I was 7, he was 10) on a family trip to Austria. Over there they have a thick fruit syrup to mix with soda water or distilled water to make juice. My relatives had the syrup on a tray with two pitchers of clear liquid - one sparkling and one not. She mixed our syrup with ... | 8 |
AskReddit/c2kykbs | kkdez | How much bubble wrap would you need to wrap yourself in if you wanted to jump out of a first story window and survive? | If anyone has any bubble wrap. put 1 sheet of bubble wrap on a sensitive scale, keep adding books gently on top until the bubbles pop then divide the force by the area so you get force/cm^2. then someone can answer this question also a different angle to the problem is how thick is x number of sheets, and is it save fo... | 207 |
AskReddit/dlyeiyo | 6v8egj | What's a lie your parents told you that you believed? | My mom told me if you turn the interior lights on in a car at night while you're driving, you can get a ticket. Two months ago, my husband turn the lights on and I started yelling at him because I didn't want a ticket. I'm 29. | 22 |
AskReddit/di9jq48 | 6edyau | What do you believe is the main reason some people get very good grades and others don't? | For the most part, work ethic. Yes there are those few people who can just absorb info like a sponge and are hyper intelligent. But the vast majority of people got those grades by following the assignments they had, and by compounding the information into their head through practice and study. And throughout my life I ... | 2 |
AskReddit/eapjcof | a1gfap | Why do some people stay in relationships that they know are toxic? | A lot of time the toxic person manipulates them to stay. Sometimes the relationship has extreme high points where the toxic person makes the best effort they can to seem perfect so the other person won't leave when they behave in toxic ways. Sometimes the "normal" person has very low self-esteem and believes they don't... | 4 |
AskReddit/eueyssy | cg6k96 | Which is the best, thin or thick crust pizza? | Thin stuffed crust pizza. Though thin is overall better. There's a place in my town, Blackbeards Slices n' Ices. The owner is Italian and he's very particular about how the pizzas are cooked. They're thin crust pizzas but they're kinda doughy. Like, browned with a little crunch to the bottom but the rest is perfectly m... | 2 |
AskReddit/dxcelv2 | 8c5z70 | What’s a book everyone should read at least once? | Not specific, but: at least one book by someone from a different country, or for children of immigrants, your parent's country. Reddit is heavily Anglosphere, I'll just go ahead and say: something not from the Anglosphere. At least one Dostoevsky. It doesn't have to be those hefty tomes you can read Notes from Undergro... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ccm5cyw | 1nua2b | Why do I feel tired after a sitting down for a long time? | If you watch people in other cars, their heads are far from stationary. The brain has to compensate for the head not being stationary and this is very tiring. I can watch television for a lot longer that I can drive. | 9 |
explainlikeimfive/d2niaxf | 4h587t | Why do spaceships and rockets have to launch vertically instead of taking off like an airplane? | Rockets don't need to generate lift with wings the way an airplane does- they use the brute-force thrust to gain altitude and they take the shortest possible route to get where they need to go, which is the upper atmosphere, and then ultimately space and orbit. An airplane has to have air moving over it's wings to prod... | 5 |
AskReddit/drs05rz | 7m7ug5 | Do you prefer cats or dogs and why ? | I love both. Dogs are a lot more effort but they are more intelligent and loyal. Cats are minimal effort but they are very self-sufficient. I think dogs are more rewarding pets if you have the time to dedicate to them, but cats are great if you don't. | 5 |
AskReddit/cfbze2k | 1xjuie | Is Valentine’s Day flower delivery to my girlfriend while she's at work (as a waitress) a good idea? | Hmmmm Since she's a waitress there's obviously no good way to leave it for her at home unless you have a key to her place. If you do, that is the way to do it. But that seems unlikely. I would not do a delivery to her. Can't you spend a little more and get her some jewelry instead of all this silly flower nonsense? Wit... | 2 |
AskReddit/ekvyyg7 | bd5pni | What did you regret buying the moment you purchased it? | When I was in high school I spent all my saved money on the PS3 when the price dropped to like $600. I didn't know until I got home that this version couldn't play any of my PS2 games and I had no money left to buy a new game. Only had a small paper route so I got paid monthly and only made like $50. I had big regrets ... | 3 |
AskHistorians/efuyo1n | anog2n | Was the God Worshiping Society (religion of the Taiping rebellion) influenced by Manichean beliefs? | A very good question. The answer, as far as I can tell, is 'at most very slightly, and only indirectly.' Vincent Shih's The Taiping Ideology (1967) has an absolutely comprehensive list of influences on Taiping doctrines and beliefs, but for the most part Shih only mentions Manichaeism in the context of Song Dynasty upr... | 13 |
AskReddit/dbj5p3w | 5juk9a | For those who married their partners after a short time of dating, how did it work out? | We've been happily married for 5 months! We got engaged a few weeks after we met; moved in together shortly after that; got married about a year after we started dating. Super fast, and it's felt right every minute. | 3 |
AskReddit/dz3bt1y | 8jxww7 | What was the best birthday you ever had? | When I was ten I had my birthday in hamburger place, I had moved to new home couple years ago and saw my old friends again. When I had my 16 birthday I helped my grandmother to chop tree and carry water to her cotton. After that watching ice hockey game and eating donuts with my brother and cousin. Next monday I will b... | 2 |
AskReddit/dsyljni | 7rkyyv | What TV series are you into right now? | Peaky Blinders Dope tv series, forget watching the trailer instead watch the first episode of season 1. I'm sure you'll love it | 2 |
AskReddit/doxlnn6 | 78wfta | What is your cure for hiccups? | This has worked for me for decades. Just need a straw. It's a little bit of weird science but it does the trick. 1) Get a cup 2) Fill cup with water 3) Insert straw in cup 4) Exhale as much as you can 5) while putting fingers in ears and also using them to pinch nose (this is possible), drink as much as water as possib... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cgm06bo | 22ed8u | Why have there been so many perfect games in major-league baseball in recent years, when they used to be an extreme rarity? | The steroid era is over and it works twofold. One, there are less guys that can make bad contact and still drive it out of the park or otherwise get hits with bad swings or glancing contact. The other is that pitchers aren't as strong and can't throw it as hard all the time. While pitchers might not get the electric 20... | 5 |
AskReddit/dw87ijc | 86vtm7 | What skill have you learned from playing video games? | Money/resource management. I used to play rts games with a friend (mainly supreme commander) and our play styles ended up reflecting our lives. He's constantly broke and spending money on the wring things at the wrong time. I 'turtle' more and end up with more money in the long run, though I might have had more fun spl... | 2 |
AskReddit/cwxsr71 | 3sjoms | Has anyone ever had their genome sequenced? | Yes! I did 23andme back when they allowed you do get health reports from it. I did it out of pure curiosity and because it was relatively cheap for so much health related data ($90). I found out a few health risks which I ended up confirming with my family and took certain steps to try to alleviate those things (very a... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e2nzqld | 906abf | How do animals gauge time, especially with changing seasons and daylight timings? | They can feel the difference in weather throughout the seasons. If they didn't feel any difference, they wouldn't need to change their behavior. A simple example: a bear feels that it's warm, so it goes around and stuffs itself with food. When the bear begins feeling cold, it will start looking for a place to hibernate... | 2 |
AskReddit/ch7p6jb | 24je1r | What was it like sleeping with your friends mother or father? | It's a long story, but it happened a few times. It's a really weird situation because I didn't directly tell that friend, but I told other friends. Those other friends told that friend and he just laughed it off because he thought they were joking. Now it's like an inside joke between all of us that I slept with this g... | 7 |
AskReddit/d4pl1oq | 4q21gv | What Should be a stereotype about your people but is not? | Foreigners tend to lump all Canadians together when really this country is a loose collection of pretty separate, distinct regions. It's probably because the population is so much smaller in comparison. So one of the stereotypes is super friendly. I've been to a lot of places in this world and I really don't think we a... | 2 |
AskReddit/c1th9ho | h8rll | What is the worst emotion/feeling in the world? | Anxiety, I've lived with severe anxiety since I was around 7 years old. Jealousy, regret, fear.ect are all terrible feelings/emotions, but at least there are reasons for them. With anxiety you can feel all those and there doesn't have to be a single reason for any of it, it's a bummer. | 2 |
AskReddit/cat6d0f | 1hd2rk | What are your best swimming pool games? | We played a game at my house pool in my youth we called, Witch. It was a version of tag. We had a kidney shaped pool that had steps in one end and a "love seat" midway. The steps and love seat were safe bases and the witch's lair was a spot between the two. Object: To move between the 2 safe houses without being tagged... | 2 |
AskReddit/c5pvkqd | xv8z6 | What do you consider "dirty" fighting? | If you've gotten to the point of fighting, honor isn't really an option any more. End the fight while minimizing danger to yourself and bystanders first, opponent second. Running away is the most ethical choice in most realistic situations in my opinion, and usually the smartest too. | 2 |
AskReddit/cmi8n58 | 2nz8wv | What are some the best lesser known ways to search for job openings and apply? | Check out the obituaries. Scan the pictures and look for someone who didn't quite look retired when they died. There should be something in there that mentions where they worked. Obviously, don't apply for the dead guy's job. Just apply cold. With any luck, your resume will hit their desk just as they are starting to f... | 2 |
AskReddit/c136at6 | dv9iv | Is it disgusting to use the same electric shaver that you use to shave your beard to also shave your pubes? | Is it disgusting to wear the same pants 3 days in a row, not change your sheets every week, or eat off the floor? Really depends on your point of view. Ultimately, if it doesn't bother you, I wouldn't worry about it. It's not like anyone else will know anyway, and if they find out and are disgusted, just ask them if th... | 3 |
AskReddit/ctp0tot | 3fixvd | What product has had a major impact on your life? | The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, has impacted my life tremendously. I have fond memories of playing games like Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Duck Hunt, Rainbow Islands, and Duck Tales with my mom. I owe a large part of who I am today to that early childhood experience with the NES. More currently, I... | 2 |
AskReddit/e1hkaw1 | 8ura5f | What is your most embarrassing moment in your life? | 16 year old. In class. Wearing sweats. Getting ready to have to give a presentation. Looking at my friend in her very low cut tank top with spaghetti straps lean over and push them together to tease me. Guess why it was embarrassing. | 2 |
AskHistorians/cc6xdme | 1m8tjy | Can anyone tell me more about the Agrianes - the elite javelin men of Alexander's army? | From what I've read, they were an elite group of warriors that Alexander often used in unconventional ways. They were great in combat, they could serve as skirmishers as well. They were used for night raids and scouting as well. At one point, when Alexander reached a city that was high in the mountains, he had the Agri... | 3 |
AskReddit/e8ar7pa | 9qp8ss | What is the nastiest thing that your mom packed for lunch when you were younger? | I got a good one, high school senior year a friend of mine sat down for lunch with the bento his mom made, as soon as he opened it up there was a envelope inside, it was his parents divorce papers. Still get good laughs about it when meet up for some drinks | 6 |
AskReddit/cd3a3ul | 1pkogk | Who is the best written tv/movie character you've ever seen? | Wesley Wyndham Price from Angel (and prior to that, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) was probably the best evolution of a character I've ever seen on television. I don't know if he's the best written necessarily in terms of memorable lines or anything like that, but the way his character changes over the course of both series... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/es4f771 | c5vpcz | How do TV channels know their viewing figures and how accurate can they be with the numbers? | Companies use Nielsen ratings to measure audience size and composition. You used to sign up to be a ‘Neilson family’ which just meant you agree to having our viewing habits tracked. Neilson, the company, uses this sample (people that opted-in to be be tracked) to infer about the larger US population. So if most of thei... | 3 |
AskReddit/coyndii | 2xbh86 | What obviously fictional movie plot do you know has been misunderstood as true events? | My friend went to Universal Studios when she was about 10 or so and visited the Jurassic Park section. There was a park worker, dressed as a dinokeeper, with a little baby dinosaur in her hands (I don't know if it was a puppet or what, but it was convincing). This lady proceeds to fell my fascinated friend about how wi... | 10 |
AskReddit/e74oad2 | 9l7rpm | If you're going to visit your great grandmother for possibly the last time, what would you ask her? | Ask about the juiciest family drama! Even if it’s before your time, those stories are epic. Plus it will give you insight into why grandpa is so x and why Mom is so z. We forget that our relatives had messy lives even if our memory doesn’t go back that far. Ask what jobs she had, even just temporary. I found out I have... | 3 |
AskReddit/d39yrjp | 4jvggq | What’s the right age to get married? | The brain can continue to develop into your early 20's. I would do yourself a favor and clock in a couple years with your new fully formed adult brain before you lock into a marriage. I lived with my girlfriend for 8 years before we go married. We were basically married before we got married. | 3 |
AskReddit/egfrz4v | aqfbyp | Why does the loss of the Mars Opportunity Rover make so many of us feel a sense of loss and grief? | Depends on who you are talking about. For some it is about attention, these people just want to express their opinion about anything and everything currently going on in order to attract attention. So many people mourning the loss of opportunity rover are confusing it with the curiosity rover or never even knew it exis... | 3 |
AskHistorians/cckolff | 1nov86 | Why did France abandon its colony in North America (Quebec)? | Simply put, there wasn't any interest among the French elite in reclaiming the costly Quebec colonies. As Voltaire put it the loss of Canada was the loss of "a few acres of snow". Far more important to the french was reclaiming Haiti, which revolted in 1791. Before the revolt the colony contributed a great deal of inco... | 3 |
AskReddit/c0sxmx1 | cj5hl | Do you think all of the North Korean soccer players get killed when the return home? | most of them are not even north korean, almost all of them play for the J-league in japan. the only true North Korean is the coach who communicated with Kim Jong-il using an invisible phone | 4 |
AskReddit/ck5evll | 2f2zi6 | What's the least inspirational quote you hear on a regular basis? | The stupid Marilyn Monroe quote that girls put up. "I have some problems blah blah blah, but if you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best." Like how is this inspirational or helpful at all? I realize you gotta accept yourself but people being able to handle your worst doesn't equal deserving you.... | 2 |
AskReddit/e2bco2k | 8yjodu | What is a product or service you received a free sample or trial of that made you a lifetime customer? | I don’t know if I’ll be lifetime but I’ve been subscribed to world of Warcraft for years after they let you play the first 20 levels free. Just enough time to get you super hooked. | 6 |
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