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AskReddit/dgibq0r | 66gnkw | What is the best product you've bought for under $30? | A pair of clippers for cutting my hair, I am a girl but have hair the length of most boys. Getting my hair cut at a salon costs around £40! But for a boy it costs like £10 at barbershops. I have the same hair?! So I bought a pair of clippers and for that last year I have been cutting it myself, it looks good too, I am ... | 4 |
AskReddit/dge4wim | 65yemd | What are some tips to keep in mind for the job hunt and application process? | Don't get emotionally attached to any particular opportunity. Seed the earth with as many applications as you can for the positions you are a fit for. Just because you have a good conversation with one, don't drop the others. Getting a job is like picking up chicks, it's often a numbers games moreso than a "try really ... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/czs7u83 | 44r5cl | If B.O. is caused by bacteria on our skin eating sweat, why does deodorant block sweat rather than just kill the bacteria? | you have two different products here. a deodorant covers the smell. an antiperspirant blocks your sweating, but is also perfumed. personally i dont use antiperspirants simply because i am not a sweaty person and dont need to. however if there is no sweat then there is no protein for the bacteria to eat then there is no... | 10 |
Ask_Politics/ee8665a | agpn1q | Is Socialism comparable to a Welfare State? | Google defines socialism as >a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. It is more accurate to say that countries like denmark are mixed economies instead of socialist economies... | 3 |
askscience/d620953 | 4vq5ke | Would new leaps in protein folding computation produce many non-functional proteins? | I don't think the P=NP problem really applies to protein folding because the solution to a protein folding problem cannot be checked any more quickly than it can be calculated. I mean there are obvious cases that can clearly be flagged as wrong, such as impossible bond angles, but they are trivial so we can ignore them... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e0ycmf9 | 8scn0z | What is it about texture that affects taste? | It’s psychological, you associate certain textures with certain kinds of food, like crispiness for chips or smoothness for ice cream. Chips in the texture of ice cream would be gross, just like ice cream would if it were the texture of chips. But the actual flavours are the same, certain foods are just so common in one... | 7 |
AskReddit/c7m0hb6 | 15cmz5 | What do you hate about the holiday season Reddit? | I hate that for the past 3 years in a row I've had to work on Christmas eve and day and thanksgiving my birthday ect, which I don't mind but the fact that everyone has to remind me that it's the holiday season and that it sucks to be me. I don't know why, but it just annoys me a lot. | 2 |
AskHistorians/ccrsirv | 1ogpqq | What is meant by Chinese history before Qin? | The 3 dynasties before Qin were the Xia, Shang, and Zhou. All 3 dynasties could be characterized as more feudal Kingdoms of China. The head of each dynasty is a King, who claimed dominion over all things under Heaven. However, the King's immediate control is only his immediate territory nation, Guo, but "guo" does not ... | 4 |
AskReddit/c734z2f | 13dzl2 | If Palestine isn't officially independent of Israel, shouldn't the current conflict be called a civil war? | It's more like a slave uprising than a civil war. The jews treat the Palestinians worse than blacks in Apartheid South Africa (according to South African survivors of Apartheid.) | 2 |
AskReddit/en4bk8q | bnawx2 | What’s a common courtesy that makes you irrationally angry when not done? | When people are walking down the sidewalk side by side, you're walking towards them in the opposite direction. The person in the middle of the side walk makes no attempt to move. Bonus points if they get annoyed if you bump shoulders. | 16 |
AskReddit/dim650c | 6fz2ao | What are some random things that you have bought on impulse? | I bought a snuggie that makes it look like I'm shirtless and have a beach body. I was curious if snuggies still existed and I found this gem for half price, I knew it was meant to be. | 4 |
askscience/dolkt1o | 77eeqp | Can people with a cochlear implant hear the direction a sound is coming from? | Directional hearing is largely a result of having two ears. Since sound must strike each one at different times depending on the distance and the brain can calculate a heading from that. There's no reason implants can't do the same. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/ctwjs76 | 3gb8vt | How did the United States political system evolve into (more or less) a two party system when we were not meant to be? | It comes down to math. One of the consequences of the US's political system is that unless a party has nearly half the vote, they wield almost no political power. When ever there has been three parties, one quickly becomes powerless and withers away. There is a mathematical stability to a nearly balanced two party syst... | 3 |
AskReddit/epodkam | bvdv7y | Who is the scariest person you've ever met/seen? | There's this guy who comes into the store I work at a lot. He's roughly 6'9, built like a cancer patient, and he only speaks in one to two word sentences. He has this really dark look in his eyes all the time, like he's really angry and trying to look calm. We're to a point where if our parking lot guy is alone outside... | 2 |
AskReddit/e973bpz | 9uu6az | When did you find out Santa wasn’t real? | When I first started reading I had a habit of learning all sorts of inappropriate information from books. This was how I discovered that Santa was fake. Confronted my mom, got slapped with the "yeah, it's true, but you better keep pretending so your sister doesn't find out." This became one of the deepest, darkest secr... | 2 |
AskReddit/d7sx73h | 53dkuj | What food is extremely nutritious but always cheap? | Insect. The larvae of housfly is extremely nutritious, you just breed two houseflies and then collect and dry their children (maggots). They are real tasty and nutritious treat, they are full of protein, fatty acids, amino acids, fat and also there is about 2g of calcium per 100g of dried maggots. Now with this knowled... | 3 |
AskReddit/cot2od0 | 2wpskp | What song gives you an overwhelming amount of nostalgia? | Ok.what Im going to say, you all are going to think I am joking, but Im not. My overwhelming nostalgia song is Darude - Sandstorm It was the anthem to a wet hot teenage summer and everytime I hear it I think of swimming pools and aimless driving at 2am. | 11 |
AskReddit/e96hkhf | 9uri4q | What can immediately turn your bad day into a good one? | When my kids run over to me and yell "DADDY!" and jump into my arms. ​ if thats the metric of a good day then i have lots of bad days since the mom has them most days now | 953 |
explainlikeimfive/ch0fi6o | 23t0kw | How does Hollywood Accounting work? | The way Hollywood Accounting works is this: I'm a big movie studio and I want to make a movie. Let's call it "Big Movie". The first thing I do is set up a brand new holding company called "Big Movie Holdings, Inc." I don't own this company; it is completely independent. Except, I sign a deal with the company: it gets t... | 3 |
askscience/cfrjdp6 | 1z8oz4 | What triggers Apoptosis in the human body? | All cells follow a predetermined growth and reproduction cycle, and there are certain chemical triggers that the cell recognizes at 3 points during the cell cycle, if a cell is damaged it will tell will not allow itself to build some of the proteins crucial for mitosis. Some stop reproducing, others stop functioning an... | 4 |
AskReddit/d2e6swc | 4g307l | If you tax the rich more, wouldn't this diminish their ability to create more jobs? | Never rely on a private individual to do something that isn't in their interest when legislating. An individual is far more likely to spend the bare minimum hiring extra workers and save the rest as profit which will be squirrelled away instead of kept circulating. If your goal is to make jobs, start with an even playi... | 2 |
AskReddit/chp9lra | 26agmd | What did you start using ironically that you now cannot stop using? | Yall. Mostly I started using it to blend in since I live in the south. I've lived in rural Oklahoma and Texas and nobody said yall. In Louisiana it's about as common as "the". I can't stop using it because nothing else works as well to communicate the same thing, without sounding strange to me. | 2 |
AskReddit/dbvt2r4 | 5lhasb | What Major Event did you Witness? | Was a relatively major event at the time in our town at least. At the annual Lowestoft airshow which takes place over the beach and sea, a Harrier Jump Jet had an engine failure and fell into the sea. Pilot safely ejected. | 2 |
AskReddit/e7uro63 | 9okkfb | What helped you to stay focused and go through a difficult phase in your life? | Routine and daily to-do lists. Wake up the same time everyday. Every morning make a list of even the smallest mundane things you need to do that day. Put ALL your mind and focus only on each individual task, nothing beyond it at all. Only the next task on the list. It helps brings your mind to the present moment, and t... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dj3k5j0 | 6i51yv | Why do digital personal assistants commonly have female voices? | Not -100% sure about this, but I would assume it is because, historically, women have made up the majority of the PA/secretarial sector (although not so much nowadays) and because of this we subconsciously trust a female voice as it fits the role a bit better. Also us men aren't exactly the most organised (or maybe tha... | 2 |
AskReddit/cwp938o | 3rm1p3 | What do you hate about yourself? | My body. I mean sure i am not particularly happy with the outside. Its okay but could totally be better. But inside? My body is attacking itself. I have two autoimmune disorders (hashimotos and celiac). Also I have several mental disorders (borderline personality, agoraphobia and major depression) I hate that my body c... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cifbpfm | 28x6e5 | Do bugs evolve at a much higher rate than humans due to a shorter lifespan? | If you measure evolution over time then yes. Evolution can happen with each new organism, or with each new generation if you consider the population as a whole. So if you measure evolution over generations it would probably be about the same rate, except for the fact that there are fewer natural evolutionary pressures ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dup2dyv | 7zm3y9 | What makes you happy? | At this very moment, the thing that makes me happy is that all of the tears, hard work, doubts, and even giving up at one point has led me to my final semester of college. I finally see that light, and I am emotional and ready and so extremely thrilled and grateful. What makes you happy, OP? | 6 |
AskReddit/edd3ejz | ad30wm | What’s proper etiquette towards your significant other’s roommate when you stay over all the time but don’t live together yet? | Same as everywhere else. Be polite and friendly generally. If this situation goes longer than a few weeks hopefully you speak to said roommate with the significant other to determine some expectations and ground rules. If that's not possible due to high tension at the household then Good Luck! | 2 |
AskReddit/d5n9h27 | 4u6aiu | What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened at a wedding you went to? | It was my own. My husband ran out on me during the ceremony, shortly before the vows. I genuinely thought he was running out on the wedding. It turns out he was just in the bathroom vomiting, for about a half hour. He came back, and we completed the ceremony. He ran out to vomit once again, though, immediately after ou... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/dikfjbs | 6fra16 | Why is 'good night' a farewell phrase but all the other times of day (morning, afternoon, evening) are greetings? | I had this explained to me during my second year of German class. In English we say "good night" to end the night like you said, with all other similar phrases being greetings. In German we have; "Guten morgen." (good morning), "Guten Tag." (good day), "Gute Nachmittag." (good afternoon), "Guten Abend." (good evening),... | 5 |
AskReddit/dqf072f | 7fvi9g | What do you miss about yourself? | I was never going to be that person.the office slave, working a dumbass 9-5 with no ulterior meaning in life. When I was young I was creative. I had hopes and dreams and ideas. I loved to build and learn. Now? I'm an adult, I go to my 8 to 5 job, come home, sleep and repeat the process. I am nowhere I am supposed to be... | 215 |
AskReddit/e0yxjon | 8serht | What’s the luckiest thing that ever happened to you? | This one's silly but we couldn't get over it when it happened. I was playing Cards Against Humanity with the fam and my brother asked me to think of any card randomly to see if he could pull it on the first try. I said "The Black Half of Obama." In a sea of roughly 1,000 cards, "The Black Half of Obama" was the first o... | 13 |
AskReddit/eg4vq95 | ap0d53 | What was one of the fondest memories with your mom or dad? | I don't have many fond memories with either. I guess with my mom it would be maybe Christmas morning or the rare Sunday dinners that she prepared after she stopped working. Before that she had only Christmas Day off and was never home. After stopping work she was able to make Sunday dinners. My dad no fond memories. He... | 2 |
AskReddit/c3np059 | pa18p | Why are long run-times considered a bad thing in movie reviews? | An example? Many long films have won best picture, Return of the King, Gladiator, Forrest Gump and No Country for Old Men all ran for more than 2 hours. I think reviews generally complain about a film that's too long if it's not a good film, because, after all, watching a bad film that was also three hours long would b... | 5 |
AskReddit/ca7aixl | 1f6jj2 | What's the worst thing you've ever seen happen at a child's sporting event? | When the parents get genuinely upset with their child for doing poorly in a game. It's not his fault he's 10 years old and uncoordinated, you douchebags. I feel like if you choose to put your child in sports you need to praise them on whatever effort they put in and be as supportive as possible, not break them down in ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cxwkwcr | 3wj6cl | What is the most beautiful town/city in your opinion and why? | I'm a huge fan of Chicago. I love the sounds, the people there have never given me any issues, and there's always something to do. If we're talking not-major-city, then Gatlinburg, TN is pretty amazing. Mountains are gorgeous, you've got a national park at the end of the town, and it's not flashy and bright like it's P... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d5uitwf | 4v0yio | Why are federal loans split between semesters? | >That means students have to take out high-interest, much riskier personal loans at the beginning of the school year The colleges I've been to give you the credit you need to pay tuition and board and buy books. When the loan comes it, the balance is paid. I've never had to take a separate loan to cover the fall semest... | 4 |
AskReddit/dkisbuf | 6on5ax | What's the most terrifying death you could imagine? | I keep having this disturbing imagery where I bite my lips off, like chew the bottom one off slowly and then follow through with the upper one. So eating yourself would probably be horrible. Seeing how much you could stomach without bleeding out, it's terrifying because one could only imagine what would make you do suc... | 4 |
AskReddit/dml04su | 6y6f5y | Why don't Americans use kettles? | I'm an American man who likes to drink hot black tea. I'm told the reason is different voltage in America. 110 watts versus 220 means British kettles can heat up faster. I'm not yet convinced. I use a small coffee machine to pour hot water through 2 grocery-store brand tea bags and it's okay tea. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/d0p4nlq | 494n6r | How do firefighters investigate a fire and figure out its source? | Unfortunately, investigating the cause of fires is difficult. Cameron Todd Willingham was executed by Texas because investigators said he set a fire which killed his children. Later investigation showed that it was probably an accident. See the article in the New Yorker. | 32 |
AskReddit/ejyj0x9 | b8lf3h | If time travel did exist, what happens if you travel back and kill the infant version of you? | The unsolvable conundrum of time travel. Exatcly why those in charge of such technology will not let humans have the ability of time travel. We would do something stupid to screw up the entire dimension we exsit within. Then someone would have to start the whole experiment over. Again! | 2 |
AskReddit/d3z0i98 | 4mwub5 | What's the best $100 you ever spent? | About a year ago I purchased all new bedding to go with my brand new pillow top mattress. The memory foam pillows, padded pillow cases, and new sheets on sale ended up being roughly $100. I sleep like a queen! | 2 |
AskReddit/drictyh | 7kzgr3 | What are some things to consider before moving states to be with a boyfriend? | You have to hardcore consider the long term aspect of the relationship. Don't move too quickly. Stay long distance for a few/several months and then move after you've determined that you see a future with him. By all means meet up in the middle or take trips to go see each other on occasion, but do not rush moving. | 4 |
AskReddit/el1zccx | bdyrl2 | What helps you fall asleep at night? | Using binary sound videos. I found one particular one that just works for me. Most don’t. Honestly I think it’s more of a placebo effect that goes “Hey! This helps you sleep” and I believe it does so my insomnia isn’t nearly as bad. Mainly I focus on “talking” to my subconscious to reason with her whenever she tells me... | 2 |
AskReddit/dmq8er5 | 6yuffz | Why do employers go after or prefer hiring people that are currently in jobs, instead of unemployed skilled candidates that are actively looking for a job? | Especially for unskilled jobs, but for anything really, just having and keeping a job for any length of time is a big deal. Not just talking about Burger King and Wendy's either, I work in government contracting, and one of the first things they look for is people who actually stayed on a contract for its duration (one... | 2 |
AskReddit/doj4yo7 | 7758c1 | What happens when you don't even know what your dream job is? | Don't worry about a dream job so much. Instead get a job you can do well and stick with it, especially if it's the sort of job most other people shy away from. Just make your job the thing you do for money. Then pursue your dream hobbies instead | 2 |
AskReddit/ds5ur8x | 7o06lv | What makes you ashamed of your family? | Neither of my parents finished high school. My dad had trouble holding a steady job while I was growing up. My mom was an alcoholic. Now she is a pill addict. They have let themselves go in recent years and they act like they are both 30 years older than they really are. My brother didn't make it out unscathed. Just li... | 2 |
AskReddit/eq4l3ko | bx9qfd | When did you have your first kiss, and how was that like? | I was 16 and very drunk. I would've never had the courage to do it on my own regardless. Off topic; when I kissed my current SO for the first time after our first date, I asked him if he wanted me to kiss him and he said yes. Super awkward? Yes. Months later he admitted that's when he most likely fell in love with me. | 3 |
AskReddit/c1nrnpp | gifcd | What was your favorite book as a child or teenager, and have you reread it as an adult? | I really liked "A Wrinkle in Time," that was probably my favorite book when I was 8 or 9. There is a series of books about a boy named Danny Dunn who gets into various science-related difficulties, which he solves with the help of his friends Irene and Joe. I think "Danny Dunn and the Voice from Space," about SETI, was... | 3 |
AskReddit/eqt4idm | bzkr7b | If you were invisible for a day, what would be the first thing you do? | Rob a bank. It’s money insured by the government so you are just stealing from the government. I would just try to settle down with someone and if things ever go bad, I’m invisible so just run away and start a new life. Plus my dad is invisible so maybe I could finally meet him. | 2 |
AskReddit/evf2wia | cjqhyx | What's your saddest story with ur parents? | Is grandparents story is ok? I used to wonder why my grandfather is poor where all his brothers and sisters are rich. (Yes after death of your parents money will get divide unless stated other wise.) For my grandparents it was arrange marriage still my grandfather got kicked out of house cause my grandmother went missi... | 2 |
AskReddit/evwmpaf | clnxlj | What did your PE teacher/Coach do that you can't forget? | My football coach kept telling me to get low when tackling. I kept forgetting. We were doing a drill where someone with the football squared off against a defender. The goal for the defender was to make the tackle. The goal for the offense was to slip by the defender. The coach put me up against the biggest guy on the ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/c6c3jnx | 10bhjd | When [and why] did we start burying people in coffins? | What an interesting question! I would love to hear responses to it. Just as a small-talk side note while we wait for the real answers, I know that there are even variations among cultures as to whether coffins are above or below ground. An obvious reason for variation would be geography (for example, low sea-level/risk... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/cdfkvww | 1qr1nq | Why don't larger clothing sizes cost more? | The cost of the cloth or materials that go into clothing is often not a significant part of the cost. the expensive parts of creating clothing is the design, dying, treatment, fitting, shipping and marketing. if they did bother to charge different prices for different sizes, the resulting increase in managing the addit... | 5 |
AskReddit/c1h3p70 | fmwd5 | Do you believe in a true love? | Absolutely yes. After two failed marriages I finally found the person who I'd lay my life down for. I finally know what true unconditional love is. I adore my husband and I truly truly love him and our beautiful son. It can and does last .you just have to work at staying true to youself and the people you love. | 2 |
AskReddit/ei9tbcv | azsl1t | What was your "My heart skipped a beat" moment? | I was best friend with this girl and her dad had cancer, it came back for the third time and the situation was bad. One day she texted me she wasn’t coming to school to stay home with her dad. After two hours she texted me “dad is feeling great! He woke up, started walking around the house and he’s recognising everyone... | 2 |
AskReddit/dc9cv0o | 5n7qnv | What are some important things that you keep in your car at all times? | Honestly some of the best things I've ever kept are a spool of heavy duty wire, and wire cutters. I've had my muffler hanging and easily "fixed" it with the wire. | 2 |
AskReddit/drq97uy | 7lzetz | What is your worst experience as a tourist in an unfamiliar country? | It was in Canada at a pizza place near the border. A local pizzeria was advertising a New York slice, me being from Brooklyn - I have to try this New York slice. It was the worst pizza I ever had and I've had pizza with tuna fish as a topping before. | 3 |
AskReddit/d44ta00 | 4nl8hi | Are you related to anyone famous? | My grandma insisted that we're indirectly related to Robert E. Lee. Apparently one of her ancestors married someone who was Robert E. Lee's cousin or something. | 5 |
AskReddit/d5y2uxh | 4vfy0i | What is something everyone should have in their car? | I always keep an extra change of clothes, shoes, a jacket, sunglasses, and an umbrella in my car. And of course a towel. As well as the necessary stuff like a spare tire, gas, jumper cables, first aid kit, tissues, and bottled water. And I have a whistle and pepper spray on my keychain. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/d64dka3 | 4w6d88 | What about a given food determines how long it will last before going bad? | The biggest reason is that bacteria and mold are life forms, so the more life-sustaining a food is, the quicker it will go bad because more bacteria and mold will live there. Food that is too hot (e.g. boiling) or cold (e.g. frozen) isn't a good place for bacteria to live, neither is food that is extremely dry or is ex... | 5 |
AskReddit/cv8cg1p | 3lo6so | What was the biggest letdown in human history? | I don't know about "in human history" but the first couple of years of the Obama Presidency turned out to be a terrible disappointment. I think a lot of people expected him to be dramatically different than Bush. He was even awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in advance! But by about the second year of his administration ca... | 2 |
AskReddit/eje89o3 | b5l2de | Why are planes white? | White paint has a few benefits to my understanding. It helps keep the plane cool by relfecting light. Since companies can and often will resell their planes it's easier if it is majority white. Also I believe it would make a plane easier to spot against most surfaces in the case of a crash. | 7 |
askscience/dhv8knl | 6ck3lh | What would happen if you shot a nuclear bomb? | So far as I understand it, nothing would happen. Nuclear bombs are not detonated by simple kinetic impact with the ground. They are detonated by complex systems designed to compress or fuse nuclear material into a supercritical mass. The conventional explosives inside a nuke are generally quite stable. | 65 |
AskReddit/cw0gip8 | 3ou2od | How are you feeling right now? | Anxious and wide awake. I had a second interview today and not only did they let me know I would know by Friday but that its between me and another person. I hope I get it because I left my previous job for an offer that fell through. Is unemployed a feeling too? edit: Got notice today that I got the job! current feeli... | 2 |
AskReddit/eg8kjqw | aphyy6 | What person throughout the entirety of human history would you be most terrified to be locked in a cage with? | Ghengis Khan. This man is arguably the most terrifying person to ever walk the Earth. His melee and hand to hand combat we're legendary, as was his ability to lead (albeit during a might-is-right time). This man world kill you on a whim, convince someone to let him out of the cage, then take over the world. Again | 16 |
AskReddit/cyo1yca | 3zq11w | What's something easy to make out home that is better than store bought? | Bread. I make all of our sandwich bread. Now on the rare occasion that we have store-bought bread, it's awful. And so small. A bread machine was the best investment I ever made! | 2 |
AskReddit/dee2st0 | 5wv9wi | What did you learn from your parents? | Among all these awful stories. My parents were actually great. They brought my sister and I up to care about others, be considerate and to have fun. They didn't impose a lot of 'rules for the sake of rules' but modelled the type of behaviour they expected from use. They also made sure we were independent and capable of... | 2 |
AskReddit/cv5sk4q | 3lfdir | What's the best Word War II documentary of all time? | World war 2 in colour is pretty good. i enjoyed it, its long and covers all the aspects of the war, both in europe and asia. and its not all from the allies side as it also covers japans invasion of china and other parts of the pacific. it doesent cover the holocaust in a great extent but you can also watch the documen... | 3 |
AskReddit/dvw21qb | 85b1sz | What are some real problems in modern society which receive little to no recognition? | Bullying. I know people talk about it some but in my opinion the media blames everyones problems on other things (example: guns) or people (example: people with opposing views). In fact, they're doing the bullying. Combating bullying, spreading kindness and respect, and including that kid sitting by himself should be t... | 3 |
AskReddit/cna01yx | 2qvtni | Is breakfast at any time other than morning still breakfast? | I often eat bacon and eggs for diner/supper. I don't call it "breakfast", though. To me, breakfast is in the morning the first meal I eat after I wake up. Could be pizza or whatever, it's still breakfast if it's the first thing I eat. | 2 |
AskReddit/ckpnyyb | 2h5x4s | What is the most calories you can buy in your country for $10 USD? | Literally just calories with no regard to nutritional content? Because you can go to the bulk section of the store and buy a crapload of sugar, flour, grains, etc for $10. LOTS of calories there, but you can't really live just eating that. | 2 |
askscience/d62shrf | 4vstfq | Do individual atoms move in the wind? | Wind is convection that is caused by weather and the sun. The actual air molecules are moving around due to the interaction between pockets of air having different qualities and the heating/cooling of the surface of the Earth throughout the night/day cycle. | 2 |
askscience/cbehbib | 1jfxjf | Is it feasible/possible to create an embryo for implantation, growth and eventual birth using an egg and half of the genetic information from a somatic cell donor? | FriendlyCraigs response seems a bit misleading. Unless he has a source showing that we can in fact separate the chromosomes in a somatic cell in order to do partial implantation. So the way is see it is the real answer to your question is not yet.at least not with a somatic cell. That being said it may not be necessary... | 3 |
AskReddit/d8919tj | 55az9m | Why are we trying to colonize Mars without even trying it out first on a closer place like the moon? | No water. It would be worthwhile to use the moon as a fueling station, a place to refine exotic short lived elements like He3 from the surface, and erect telescopes on, but not much else. | 4 |
askscience/cd28aim | 1pgy04 | What is the heaviest element created by the sun's fusion? | Do we have an understanding of the distribution of the elements being fused? So say for a certain sized star at a certain point in it's life time can we make an approximation as to what percentage of fusion lithium is being created via fusion? | 3 |
AskReddit/chzsyqn | 27dq5g | If you were leading a global IT company and you wanted to destroy it from within, what steps would you take? | Your question has it's own answer. If you're leading the IT company, you can direct it any way you want. If you want to destroy it, then have it buy worthless small companies (owned by your friends) for tons of money. Basically legally embezzle all the funds. If it's already global, you'll probably be bought out in tur... | 3 |
AskReddit/dxp7neh | 8doke8 | What has somebody told you that legitimately changed your life for the better? | After a year and a half, I left my second job. I had lunch with my old boss a few months after that-I was planning on asking her if I could have my job back. During the lunch she told me that things had been a lot better at the office since I left. That she realized that I was a toxic employee with a bad attitude, and ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dfaoyza | 6102x4 | What happened to the person who pushed you just a little to far? | I reached back like a pimp and I slapped tha hoe. But in all seriousness he admitted to cheating on me and I didn't realize I slapped him until it already happened. Then he went and lied to a friend saying I punched him because no slap would have left his ears ringing. | 2 |
AskReddit/eblivhu | a5ci44 | What would you describe as the perfect crime? | What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No, I go for the chandelier. It's priceless. As I'm taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It's her father's business. She's Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning, the cops come and I escape in on... | 3 |
AskReddit/cx2z9sg | 3t41zf | What was the easiest $50 you've ever made? | I work as a mechanic and a truck driver couldn't get his lights to work. He said he would pay me $50 bucks if I could fix it. Luckily he was too fat to crawl under his truck to see the unplugged wire! | 2 |
AskReddit/e3mbxxz | 94mltq | What is the most disappointment you've been in a film, book or TV show? | The Southern Reach trilogy. The first book was so good. So much promise-- great concept, so many possible directions. The second book didn't answer much and was pretty boring. The third book answered some questions but it felt like it wasn't enough, and then it ended without a real wrap up. Truly disappointing. I've he... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cru40y6 | 38d3bq | Why was it the Cuban Missile Crisis and not the Turkey Missile Crisis? | The Soviet Union never threatened war or started a blockade in response to the deployment of Jupiter missiles in Turkey. Those missiles were a key cause of the Soviet decision to send nuclear weapons to Cuba, but the Turkish missiles were never directly at the center of a crisis. Interestingly, it's not just the locati... | 23 |
AskReddit/ddycwq0 | 5v0uv8 | What's a song you listen to when you really want to cry? | There was a song I heard on the show Sons of Anarchy called 'Day is Gone' by Noah Gunderson and The Forest Rangers that makes me bawl every time I hear. The first time I heard it (December 2013) I found it so difficult to watch as the scene it's in is very sad and several weeks later I lost someone close to me and the ... | 3 |
AskReddit/e2nspy8 | 9055ki | How and when did you realise that life is not fair? | I'm studying to be a counselor and a lot of classes are self-improvement focused because you can't help someone else keep their house clean of you can't keep your own house clean. It taught me a lot about how expecting life to be fair is a surefire way to set myself up for disappointment and keep me paralyzed in a plac... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ccz6xb7 | 1p5x6c | Why cant we grow organs easily? | The issue is blood. Cells die without access to nutrients which blood supplies. In the body there is a supporting scaffold that the cells can grow in while keeping enough room for blood to flow to them all. Outside the body there is no such framework, so after cells grow a sufficiently thick layer the cells in the cent... | 2 |
AskHistorians/czk7qm0 | 43q66u | What was the feeling of the Confederacy towards the founding fathers? | I'm sure someone can give you a better answer to this but I think it depended a lot on when you are asking, and what member of the Confederacy you are talking about - it is important to remember there is considerable variation among the founders of the Confederacy. The early advocates for secession like Robert Rhett, a... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/d0pzza8 | 4993mk | Why is America so poor at maintaining its infrastructure compared to other developed nations? | What part of infrastructure is America unable to maintain as well as other developed nations? I've been to Boston, Maine, New York, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington. I've also been in a seen a similar amount of Canada, I've been to most developed Nations around the Atlantic, as well as Greece, Turkey,... | 3 |
AskReddit/c7faj4d | 14pmvq | How many of you should be studying for finals right now but are on Reddit instead? | Not me. I don't have finals. I graduated. And I have work off tomorrow. I don't even have to get up in the morning! I'm sitting here right now watching Scott Pilgrim, browsing Reddit, eating pretzels without a care in the world. Sorry guys. Good luck. | 30 |
AskReddit/c3eagxm | o4hl9 | What would happen if the U.S.A. took even half of the defence budget and put it towards education? | I'd like it if we paid teachers better, but I tend to think nothing would change. People learn as much as they want to learn. I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain I would prefer we cut the defense budget by half, and spend it on infrastructure. | 4 |
AskReddit/cg3u0v4 | 20jg32 | Would you die for your country? | Do I trust the current American government to send me off to war without explanation? I am a patriot, I believe in America, but I would never put my life on the line for unknown reasons. If I were drafted I would move addresses, not show up to induction, let them know I am a conscientious objector and apply for alterna... | 3 |
AskReddit/c0ombqh | bufci | Do people's political views change with age? | Generally speaking, you become 'more conservative' as you get older. However, there is a difference between 'socially conservative' and 'politically conservative'. A great misdeed is commited by those who consider politics to be 'conservative vs liberal'. Most (probably, I haven't actually checked) young people today t... | 6 |
AskReddit/c64n53l | zhhah | Have any of you who are/were suicidal told a teacher/someone at school? | My son told people he was going to kill himself and he did. So the theory that since you talk about it, you won't is wrong. As a mother, his decision ruined our lives. It's been 5 years, and his sister still has not recovered. Suicide has a chain reaction. Other people can't always take the pain, and try to take their ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dimn0yz | 6g0dn4 | As a child, which Video Game world invested you the most? | The Magic School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs I remember specifically dressing up as a kid with my little brother and sister, pretending that Ms. Frizzle was taking us to go see dinosaurs all around the world. That game was so in depth for us (as elementary students) that we'd beg our parents for dinosaur shape... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e5unvwq | 9f94wv | Why does Antisemitism only apply to Judaism when Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all considered Semetic Religions? | Because Judaism is the only one (arguably) that includes race/genetic components. ((There's one sect (as I recall) of Judaism that accepts converts. For the rest, you must be of one of the twelve bloodlines. )) The other religions have nothing to do with race/genetics. They are a choice, not a condition of birth. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/ciwqftu | 2amutm | How does a computer differentiate between types in memory? | Because your program has placed it in memory, it is responsible for knowing something about it. So.it can differentiate between the ascii for "x" and an integer because your program has created an integer and placed in a location. Or maybe it has created a string. Either way, your program decided what it was. The memor... | 5 |
AskReddit/ew772xt | cn55nr | What is the best Board Game ever? | Betrayal at the house on the hill A cool board game where you explore until you trigger the second half of the game, where each exploration and each second half of the game is different, with different rules and objectives that depends on the trigger and location. It is really fun, but the second half can involve a bit... | 1,177 |
AskReddit/dtkcgp6 | 7uh029 | How did you get over heartbreak? | It took an extreme amount of self love. I'm grateful for the heartbreak however because it taught me that not everyone cares about you or your own needs and happiness. I immersed myself in reading, yoga, meditation, work and video games. I put myself first and strengthed myself so that I was able to love someone truly ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ej0lwuz | b3m8tt | What are the best jobs for Anti-social people? | if you can't work in an office ware house jobs are always great. no customers and depending on some jobs (at least this applies to my job) you'll be off in your corner of the ware house just doing your thing. | 3 |
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