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AskReddit/cvytxd8 | 3ongqt | What's something most people make fun of that you actually think is cool? | Hipsters I think they'll often represent young people of our decade in future "retro" representations. I think they'll look cool, especially in the context of the cars and other obvious historical markers of our time in the photographs. | 12 |
AskReddit/e4c55z6 | 97zdgg | What is your opinion on introverts? | I think introverts are just people that find social situations energetically draining. That's how I feel at least. I used to be super shy and everything but eventually through my life experiences have changed a lot. I enjoy being in groups and hanging out with friends and even strangers, but it really is exhausting. Ev... | 5 |
AskReddit/ej5ezsr | b4ankb | What's your favorite "secret menu" food item? | That’s hard. In N Out’s isn’t that secret, but I get a grilled cheese and animal fries whenever I go. At Disneyland I like the ice cream nachos off the secret menu at Golden Horseshoe when they have them. | 3 |
AskReddit/d5ltv4i | 4tzki0 | Who was the worst boss you ever had? | My last boss for sure. A little backstory on him: he's an Indian who's been in the US for about 15 years and has never had a permanent position until this one. He was hired as a full-time researcher for the federal government. Some of his finer moments: -He completely freaked out on another female that worked there, cl... | 53 |
askscience/c2xpt64 | m2yrp | Why hasn't evolution made child birth easier and less risky? | All primates are altricial - meaning they need additional investment from the parents before they can live on their own. This is contrasted by precocial young - which basically are independent at birth. A human child is so vulnerable as a consequence of our phylogenetic history. All primates share this trait of vulnera... | 2 |
AskReddit/dx2vgdt | 8azzyd | What classic relationship or professional red flag are you glad you ignored? | My gf doesn't have close lady friends. That's a classic red flag she's crazy. Turns out she's not crazy. She's just an introvert with social skills, like me, but drifted away from the close friends she once had. I drifted away from mine after college too but for guys it's easier to keep the friendship. | 3 |
AskReddit/chnmygw | 264ciu | What was the greatest moment of relief you've ever had? | I was in foster care when I was a kid, I was living with my great aunt for 2 years and hated her. She was abusive, kept us locked in our rooms day in and day out, we weren't allowed to play outside or even play with each other (my brother lived there as well). We never got toys, and we could only bathe once a week. My ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/c87x5oi | 17p6ej | How did the idea of race begin and how were the 'colors' of each race determined? | I'm actually most interested in the "colors" part of your question. I mean, Asians aren't very yellow, Africans are more of a dark brown than black, Native Americans don't look very red, and most Europeans are kind of pinkish. Why did our intrepid colonial pseudo-scientists choose those colors? Was there a politics of ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dtj6om2 | 7ucdb2 | What is the single best financial move you have ever made in your life? | Move from the private sector to the public sector. Went from working 60 hours a week and making the owners rich to working 40 hours a week and keeping the money myself. | 4 |
AskReddit/c2td43d | lka6f | Can a guy say something is 'pretty'? | Are you serious? I, a straight guy, on a regular basis, use the following words to describe things I encounter in life: Pretty Beautiful Cute Gorgeous Stunning Charming And no one has ever said "you know, man, that's pretty gay." | 3 |
AskReddit/c8gmg7w | 18oq3d | What is your must read novel? | Catch-22. Its a ridiculous, over the top farce and parody, but Comedy can often have a lot truth behind it, despite being fiction. In many ways, its also the most realistic book about the army that I've ever read, at least as far as the feeling behind it. There's very few books out there that focus on and capture all t... | 2 |
AskReddit/cjj6hvh | 2cuf2w | What is one fact about life that will cheer you up when you're down in the dumps? | Picture yourself as a homeless person. I mean, really picture it. No money to your name. No roof over your head. No comfy bed. No bills in the mail. No 401k to worry about. It would suck, but.I saw a homeless guy asking for money on the side of the road today, with a huge, genuine smile. Grinning ear to eat. A smile bi... | 5 |
AskHistorians/dpnzrxv | 7c72ns | Was king Offa Rex a Muslim ? | "Rex" is Latin for "king". May I ask about the reason for the question, as one would not normally suspect an 8th century English king of being a follower of the Prophet? Is it because of the coin found that is a copy of an Arab dinar, with Offa Rex on one side and Arabic text on the other? | 5 |
AskReddit/ewwjhk5 | cqihko | Why are adults okay with paying teens a lower wage? | Although I don't agree that teens should be paid less, the general idea is that it encourages businesses to hire them. Teens face the dilemma of needing experience and the skills to get hired but unless you're hired you can't get experience or learn these skills. Also, there are laws which limit the tasks teens can do ... | 4 |
AskReddit/c2cvk0a | jkkqg | If you could send a text message that would be delivered to every phone on the planet, what would it say? | I'd set up a text subscription service and send something like: text #99999 to donate to Gordito's lifestyle fund. Even at a .0001% conversion rate I'd still probably be a millionaire. | 88 |
AskReddit/ce14vpz | 1sto7c | What is the shittiest comment that you've seen receive Reddit Gold? | I was given Gold by a guy who'd been cheated on, because I made a joke about having slept with a married woman. For that entire month, whenever reddit would remind me that I had Gold, I would feel ashamed. I don't know if that was his intention, but that's what happened. I was pretty relieved when my subscription expir... | 43 |
AskReddit/cat3fp2 | 1hcep9 | What is your favorite season of a TV show? | I really like season one of Veronica Mars. I like it not just because of the content (which is actually interesting) but because of the things I realized while watching it. The first time I watched through Veronia Mars, I saw this really strong girl, who solved mysteries and helped others. My love for her probably stem... | 2 |
AskReddit/cm2al0j | 2ma3oa | What tips would you give a young person moving out for the first time? | Remember toilet paper for the new place on moving day. When setting a budget add 20 bucks to monthly bills and deduct 20 bucks from monthly income, at the end of the month save the left over money. | 2 |
AskReddit/e6jp4rs | 9ihiia | How do you know if a therapist is good and trustworthy? | One of the most important things is that they listen to you without making assumptions; at first, they're not going to know you very well and assumptions are inevitable, and then it's extremely important that they do not stick to them. Another question to ask is whether you feel your therapist is helpful, and whether y... | 11 |
AskReddit/efss0vp | aneykk | In a movie theater, which armrest is yours? | I've only ever seen movies with friends, in which case, usually I either put my arms further in the outer part of the armrest if my friend has shorter arms, so they can use the inner portion, and vice versa if I have the shorter arms. That way you can use both sides if you have this silent agreement with your buddies. | 2 |
AskReddit/e5f0kux | 9d2mkd | What is the most effective way to make time fly? | Look up a flow chart. Apparently there’s a way to make time fly. You have to engage yourself in something that is hard enough to engage you but not to hard to frustrate you. This is what’s called entering the “zone”. I’m sure everyone has been in it at a certain point. Maybe a party blew right through. Or you got caugh... | 2 |
AskReddit/c5zku4n | yx3gb | What would be the opposite of 9/11? | The opposite of 9/11? 3000 people come back from the dead and build two huge, inspiring buildings in seconds, then send planes full of innocent people to land safely in Boston. | 51 |
AskReddit/e9dz8c9 | 9vozzi | What is the best/worst conversation you overheard that you definitely were not supposed to? | I had someone overhear a conversation I purposely made up because the woman was so vile. I was in line at the grocery store. Woman in front of me was carrying on a loud conversation on her phone about how the cashier was ugly and how her employees were morons and how everybody was stupid but her. She was also being ver... | 3 |
AskReddit/deldgl8 | 5xv5su | What's the best way to fall asleep when you're stressed out? | Besides the obvious answer of drugs and alcohol, which work, but IMO don't really give you the type of rest you want, I use the following technique: I close my eyes and think about whatever is stressing me out, usually my mind will jump to a particular visualization of the issue (i.e. me talking to my boss/teacher/what... | 2 |
AskReddit/caalwa6 | 1fikut | If pop corn was never invented, what would the "favorite movie snack" be? | As a child, we would see movies at home from the video rental store. My parents didn't have much and our town didn't receive a cinema until I was about 11. Every time we watched a movie, my mum would make up crackers with tomato, cheese, ham/salami and cucumber with fruit and cottage cheese. So for years and years this... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cp9zimy | 2yj0ds | Do drug addicts have to quit cold turkey when theyre arrested? | I believe alcohol withdrawal is more serious and life-threatening than any drug withdrawal. Ideally, the health of the client (who should be considered still innocent if they have only been arrested and not convicted) should be monitored by the jail staff and referred to medical staff when necessary. | 4 |
AskReddit/ep6jjws | bu3wov | What is a good horror movie to start off with for someone scared of horror movies? | Alien and Evil Dead 2. Alien is pretty tame, with only a few jump scares here and there; the real horror lies in the claustrophobic atmosphere and slow yet effective build of tension. Evil Dead 2 is just stupid horror-comedy. You're unlikely to get scared but you'll be aware the whole time that it's a horror movie. And... | 3 |
AskReddit/em52uzr | bj409b | If you have to text a series of texts, do you send them rapid fire or one long text and why? | To everyone that wants to reply with “Call them”, I’m with you; I prefer to speak on the phone. However, my wife has a job where she can’t talk on the phone throughout the day, but can text. I always send one long text that will sometimes be spaced out to separate thoughts. Rapid fire makes me crazy, but I have a lot o... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/crp668b | 37r5y8 | Why don't oil companies make larger investments on flex fuel? | First of all, very few cars can handle FlexFuel. You need to get a car that's specifically designed for it. FlexFuel will trash regular cars. Mind you, FlexFuel will also trash cars designed for FlexFuel. It'll give you a lot lower mileage, and will destroy your engine and components a lot faster. It's also only margin... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/e354owe | 92dr8v | How is a large national debt bad for the economy? | In and of itself, its not. Japan has one of the highest debt to GDP ratios in the world at over 250% - which means they owe 2.5 times their yearly GDP - but no one seriously considers that to be a threat to their economy because almost 100% of Japanese government debt is "internal debt". Internal debt, which is debt th... | 3 |
AskReddit/cfb5j47 | 1xgmsn | Who would win in a fight, a silver back gorilla or a grizzly bear? | I think a Silver back would win in a "fight" but a grizzly bear could kill him. Although a Silver backs strength has not been fully researched. Some have killed men by tearing them in half. | 2 |
AskReddit/e73k39c | 9l2lzw | What made you lose respect for your boss/manager? | When I was in high school, I worked at a pizza place and watched the manager hit on coworkers that were my age. She made these guys very uncomfortable. I reported it to corporate and quit. | 2 |
AskReddit/dt1kh1f | 7s2r9f | What is the most pointless rule in your school? | In 4th grade I decided I was done for the day so I walked home. The school called the police, who picked me up and drove me back to school. The principal suspended me for 3 days and sent me home. I don't know the exact rule I broke, but it seemed pretty contradictory. They punished me by giving me what I wanted. | 14 |
explainlikeimfive/cbotft6 | 1kgftl | How did single cell organisms evolve into having things like eyes which seems like one of the senses that would evolve out of nowhere? | An important thing to realize is that visible light is fundamentally no different from any other type of the EM spectrum. You know what else is part of that spectrum? Infrared. You can feel infrared radiation all over your skin, in the form of heat. You can go stand in sunlight and close your eyes, and merely due to it... | 279 |
AskReddit/dgttqt8 | 67wuwo | How did you lose your virginity? | In high school I escorted the best friend of my best friend's girlfriend to her Junior prom on a kind of double date. I lost my virginity to her in my bedroom later that evening. It was underwhelming, unfortunately. I never really saw her much after that. | 3 |
AskReddit/cl0dg6x | 2ian2n | What is a job that you could never see yourself doing, but took anyway out of desperation and found that you actually adapted well to it? | Serving. Growing up, my mom always told me I would be really bad at it. She said I was too clumsy and couldn't multi-task. She also said I was too little to carry the big trays. And for the first year, she was right. But eventually I found my footing and was promoted to bartending. I even am noted for being able to car... | 2 |
AskReddit/dugy24v | 7yhgc5 | What is something you think about every day, but would never tell anyone you know? | i am stupid and i want to disappear but i can't because i do not want to hurt anyone yet i get hurt everyday. i want to get help yet i dismiss anything that vaguely tries to offer me any because i always have the thought that my reasons are not good enough and i do not want someone taking their time for me when they ca... | 5 |
AskReddit/cc1ih9o | 1lpj9c | What is the best "gaming joke" you know? | I just finished Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon and the game is filled with "gaming jokes". Some of my favorites - "Need help ? The next randomly selected load screen might help." "Play the game your way. In your underwear,naked,clothed.we're open world that way." "Need credits ? Pilfer bodies. There's nothing morally objection... | 22 |
AskReddit/cm5s3ku | 2mn61r | What is your favorite word, and why? | Petrichor is my favorite. It's that smell that comes after a rainfall ending a long dry season. Derelict (an abandoned, ruined thing) and corvid (crow family) are also excellent words. | 3 |
AskReddit/ea2ybor | 9yoeiz | What was the last thing to cause you to crack up laughing? | So, my trash can in the kitchen is conveniently placed at the end of the counter. My cat likes to jump on the lid, then onto the counter. Last week, in the mad rush to get out of the house to get to work in time and take the trash out that morning, we neglected to put a new bag in and the lid was still on the floor. I ... | 2 |
AskReddit/d7t3be3 | 53h6x9 | What is the first movie you remember paying to see in theaters? | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995). I had a blue Crayola crayon coin bank, and I would save all the coins I found on the street or in the couch. We had a 99 cent theater. My two older brothers and I saved up to see the movie. Mom bought us some soda and popcorn and candy. It was so great! | 5 |
AskReddit/d1s4b75 | 4dlw8h | What unimportant thing did you think was a really big deal as a kid? | My school teachers used to send notes home with us if we didn't do our homework, or came late or weren't in proper dress code. I used to think it was a big deal. until I learned to forge signatures. | 2 |
AskReddit/dqiohvh | 7gfk7g | What are your thoughts on tattoos (pro and con)? | Pros: tattoos can be beautiful works of art, they can have meaning to the individual, they allow a different kind of self expression, tattoos can be used to convey information like allergies, blood type etc. in the case of emergency. Cons: costly, they might not age well, the tattoos will need touching up, some people ... | 2 |
AskReddit/eif5err | b0kdpr | What are your sleep paralysis stories? | I was 8 and had “woken up” in the middle of the night to see a a pitch black (darker than my room) tall lady with really long hair standing at the foot of my bed. I couldn’t make out any facial features or anything but I knew it was a woman. I couldn’t really move or breathe but I didn’t want to because I didn’t want t... | 44 |
explainlikeimfive/cdnkv4d | 1riidv | What the risk department of a bank does? | They measure risk. Sorry that may be too simple. Their job is to evaluate the chance that someone (business, person etc.) will pay back their loan. They also evaluate how well the entire banks portfolio (all of their loans) is doing under that same measure. Their job is to make sure that the banks is not lending out to... | 2 |
AskReddit/e26ydeu | 8y01ff | Why do Americans use university, college, and school interchangeably? | Because in most cases, it doesn't matter whether the school you go to is a college or a university -- the degree you get will be the same. We use "school" just as a generic word to describe any place you go to sit and learn from teachers. Kindergarten to postgrad, they're all schools of various types. You need context ... | 7 |
AskReddit/datcikn | 5gmakt | What's one of your dreams you can still remember pretty vividly? | Usually I have more than one dream in a night because I wake up at different times, so sometimes I'll only remember one dream out of several different dreams. Anyway, I've got heaps of dreams I remember vividly, but I'll tell you my dream from last night. Last night I dreamt that I was on a holiday somewhere that I cou... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ejr5wfu | b7elxh | Why do our bodies store excess fat, sugar, cholesterol etc but not water or vitamins? | Because water is actually pretty hard to store. We need a lot of it, far more than we need fat or sugar. Water is also pretty easy to obtain, so we don't need to store it. Things that do only do so because they can't get it regularly: cacti, camels. Water is also not only something we discard, it's how we discard other... | 4,604 |
AskReddit/d1xqu98 | 4e7p40 | Why do you tip your waiter but not your doctor, teacher, or the police? | food prices in the US are often lower because the stores aren't increasing prices to cover the cost of waiter labor. This makes prices look more appealing because they can advertise a $10 steak, instead of a $11.50 steak. All the 2 for $20 deals sound better than saying 2 for $24. You get the point. This also provides ... | 2 |
AskReddit/etzjja1 | ce6syc | What are some places on earth or space that just shouldn’t exist? | I feel like Boötes void fits here. It’s a massive, and I mean MASSIVE void in space. It’s about 330 Million light years in diameter, which is about 0,27% of the diameter of THE ENTIRE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE. The void should contain thousands of galaxies, but so far, only about 60 galaxies have been discovered within this ... | 4 |
AskReddit/dsu9zmm | 7r548s | What are some things that will make a public speech much more effective? | Know your message, not your words. Reciting a perfectly scripted speech can sound canned and come across an insincere. Instead, memorize the idea and some of the sentence structure you plan to use, and when you rehearse it change up the words a little each time. It will also help avoid the crippling loss of confidence ... | 8 |
askscience/cv3nbu4 | 3l3w6p | Does every galaxy have a black hole at its centre? | No, not all of them. Large galaxies usually do (e.g. big disc galaxies with a bulge in the middle), with some exceptions such as M33, which doesn't appear to have a central black hole. M33 is big enough and close enough that we can measure it fairly well. If M33 has a central supermassive black hole, it must be very sm... | 4 |
AskReddit/d0f54rf | 47rnru | What is Different Between House Wifi And Girl Friend ? | Your house WiFi doesn't mind if you want to connect with another one when you're away from the house. You can use your WiFi all month long. You can share your WiFi with your friends. Wifi doesn't have judgmental parents. WiFi is easy to get on to. WiFi doesn't mind if you leave the toilet seat up. | 11 |
AskReddit/c7nfh0g | 15kn9v | What's your restaurant chain idea? | Has this idea since I was 10. "Eggstravaganza": A restaurant serving egg and chicken dishes all the time. The building itself would be shaped like an egg (Salvador Dali style) and have egg and chicken themed art with random related facts as decor. One special could be called "The Full Circle" - A Chicken and egg sandwi... | 2 |
AskReddit/ceg3xse | 1uajas | When do you take your Christmas decorations down? | My family tradition was on January 1 you take down the Christmas decorations while watching the Rose Parade (who even wants to watch it? but you have to watch it since your mom makes you un-decorate the xmas tree during it). Then you take down the New Year's decorations the next evening after you get home from school, ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cwgjxwo | 3qmu1w | Is it hard to get prescribed Adderall? | Not really. I was never on Adderall, but I've been on Concerta, Ritalin, and Vyvanse. When I initially went in when I was 16 to my pediatrician to talk about my concerns, I got diagnosed in 10 minutes, mainly because my mom could confirm the symptoms and it famously ran on my father's side (they are textbook cases, but... | 2 |
AskReddit/c9y7og7 | 1ea2hs | Have you ever performed in front of a large crowd? | I was a majorette (baton twirler) the last two years of high school so it was large crowds at football games. The largest was when we went to the state finals games. I'm the type of person that I thought I would never be a performer but I did it to hang out with my best friend more since she did it. I'm glad I joined. ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dhyyen8 | 6d19wd | What would Deez Nuts have done by now if he had become president? | He probably would have given due consideration to the composition of his cabinet and the nominees to various positions in the federal government, attempting to appoint those that were qualified and/or made him laugh, which would still be an improvement over the current incumbent. Deez Nuts would also likely not have re... | 2 |
AskReddit/ei5f95m | az5nxb | What random small thing gives your life meaning? | Dogs. No really, dogs are the best. Whenever I'm around a dog, I just feel at peace. Not just dogs either, but cats as well, really any animal that I find adorable. I can't imagine a world without them, they're your best friends, they're always there for you, they don't judge you at all, and they show that they love yo... | 2 |
askscience/dmcl7zq | 6x131u | Will a (e.g. neodymium) magnet separate ions in a liquid solution? | No; averaging over random motion of particles in a solution, a magnetic field produces no net force on ions. If you took the entire container and moved it quickly enough through the magnetic field, you'd be able to separate the ions, but in the container's frame, you're just inducing an electric field in it. | 8 |
explainlikeimfive/e1wk5u7 | 8wm3a8 | Why do boxers get injured more often than Muay Thai/Kickboxers who fought more often? | Boxing has a smaller target zone, so more hits to the same area. Especially the head. Boxing uses big fat gloves to protect your hands so you can hit full force, even when punching the head which would ordinarily break your hand. Without those gloves, they have to hit lighter. They can also hit other areas like legs to... | 3 |
AskReddit/ccjj355 | 1nl0g6 | How will the US possibly pay their debts? | All they have to do is spend less than they take in, and stop borrowing more money. If that do that today, they would be able to pay off the debt in a couple of decades. Also, something like two-thirds of US debt is held in the form of bonds by US citizens. Pay back the foreigners first, and ask some domestic bondholde... | 2 |
askscience/cdkeg17 | 1r7e4c | Why is rear locking differential better than four wheel drive? | Where did you hear this info? Locking differentials are almost always paired with four wheel drive. It certainly does get more traction in addition to 4x4, but a locking differential without 4x4 wouldn't be as effective. With four wheel drive you have power going to every wheel unless you lose traction in one wheel fro... | 22 |
AskReddit/ecwewxd | aazguk | Who’s one famous person you went to high school with and what were they like before fame? | Vince Vaughan was two years in front of me at Lake Forest high school. He was in the telecom class (video production and stuff) where his videos were always funny. Swingers. His role in swingers is exactly how I remember him. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/crk174x | 3766mo | Why do lights have a ring around them in my peripheral vision? | The shape of your eye is full of imperfections that bend light the wrong way. When it's very dark, any little bit of light hitting a receptor activates this. It is merely those imperfections bening light the wrong way. It doesn't affect your daytime vision because almost all of the light hits the proper receptor. Note ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ctw0kei | 3g93lp | How do you subtly make other people's day better? | I always compliment the cashier. I feel like they have a rough job. Standing there and dealing with people all day. So I always give th a compliment either on how their doing well at the job, or I tell the lady with fresh highlights that they came out nice.I know I'm awesome. | 6 |
AskReddit/efs2cy8 | anawan | What is a kids show that has a ton of appeal to adults? | Batman: The Animated Series. It's even better watching as an adult. As a kid, some of the more matures themes of an episode went over my head. As well as some of the sexual innuendos. It understands the character of Batman and some of its supporting characters and Batman's villains better than any live action Batman fi... | 6 |
AskReddit/ecmlr85 | a9um6i | What is the dumbest thing you have EVER done? | Probably not the dumbest thing I've done, but this memory will stick with me forever. I grabbed a bowl for Cocoa Puffs and a cup for orange juice and I had poured the cereal into the bowl. My brain turned off and I poured the orange juice into the bowl of cocoa puffs. I quickly realized what I had done and didnt wanna ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ckpp372 | 2h61fo | How come the ex-girlfriend is always crazy but you never hear about the ex-boyfriend being insane? | Man, you hear about it all the time. The men who snap and beat their exes, or the men who purposely sabotage their ex girlfriend's careers or relationships. You don't hear about it because it's somehow deemed more normal or acceptable than a jaded ex-girlfriend. | 2 |
AskReddit/e1g4ncc | 8ul1v0 | What is your opinion of women who don’t shave their legs / armpits / bikini area? | Same as my opinion of men who don't shave their legs, armpits, and "bikini" area. I don't really care much. I mean with some people it might not be visually attractive to me, but whatever. There are a lot of things I don't personally find visually attractive about people, but it really doesn't affect me in any way so w... | 5 |
AskReddit/cz9wlk5 | 42fbro | Do you find black people attractive? | I'm white. Generally I'd agree with many others in that it depends on the individual, regardless of race. That being said, I found Alec Wek to be amazingly attractive, at the height of her modeling career. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cfnnmfg | 1ytk2s | Why are prices in the US so much less then in canada? | Canada has taxes on things like Booze and smokes that make them much more expensive. Americas minimum wage is less and has free competition for prices where as Canada does not have as much freedom on competition. (The US and Canada Dollar are near Par) | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c3nch1t | p7ww8 | What exactly does the NDAA (National Defense AUthorization Act) do? | The primary purpose of the bill is to authorize spending on the military. This is a very routine piece of legislation that needs to get signed off on every year. Think of it as the Department of Defense's allowance negotiations. The big kerfuffle this year was because they slipped in some ambiguously worded stuff to 'h... | 3 |
AskReddit/c9tz6y5 | 1duji3 | What was your first kiss like? | Where I'm from the YMCA hosts 'Y-dances'. They are pretty much just dances that you pay $5 to get in. They last about two hours. Well, this girl and I had this thing for a few months. We were never 'official' but we had something going on. I was 12 at the time and me and 2 of my friends went to one of the dances. She h... | 2 |
AskReddit/cjan29r | 2bzytm | What's something cool you created? | As an undergraduate, I conducted an independent study of hundreds of U.S. military personnel to better understand the degree to which these men and women tolerate war crimes, particularly in the context of counterterrorist/counterinsurgency operations (which the U.S. increasingly finds itself involved in these). I spen... | 28 |
AskReddit/ed4hfce | ac125a | What is the best way to start meeting new people, as well as finding a significant other? | Local coed sporting groups. We play kickball and have all ages from 18-40+ its organized with refs and a schedule. Usually drinks are allowed, if not we hit a bar afterwards with the other team win or lose. Meet tons of people and network. | 2 |
AskReddit/dahkfiy | 5f59xt | What is your favorite gas station snack? | In Wisconsin, there's a gas station chain called Kwik Trip. They have these cheese-filled garlic bread sticks which are horrible and wonderful all at the same time. | 6 |
AskReddit/ct9sq2t | 3dxpy9 | If you could simultaneously be a voice in everyone on earths head for 5 seconds, what would you say? | Scenario A: This is what will happen regardless of what message everyone received. Everyone will start to confirm to have received the same message, and they will find out eventually that it was a direct telepathic message since it didn't show up in any sound recordings at that time. Since telepathy is discovered they ... | 122 |
AskReddit/et8sz3o | cahimh | What are some important items to bring or things to know for a high-school graduate moving into an apartment on their own for the first time to start college? | Learn how to cook. Seriously. I know other people have said this, but go buy the cheapest, most basic things you need. Good sized pot, good sized pan, some utensils, and get to work. Look up basic recipes. Go to r/eatcheapandhealthy Your first meals likely won't be "good" or what you're used to. That's fine. Every reci... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cbemr9o | 1jgy8u | Why is medical care so expensive in the United States? | There's a variety of reasons and it's hard to list all of them: Hospitals and healthcare in US is run as a business. The goal of the business is to get a profit. For example, fecal transplants can and usually is a life's aging procedure. It's effective, simple, and very cheap. It was first described in 1958, however, o... | 3 |
AskReddit/cz3tlpn | 41o5ra | What song lyric hits you the hardest whenever you hear it? | Not really a lyric but I was listening to The Wall The other day and the song "Goodbye blue sky" starts with sounds of bomber planes and a child goes "look mummy there's an airplane up in the sky" I started crying. I just thought of the kids and people in Blitzkrieg and other parts of Europe who had no idea what was go... | 3 |
AskReddit/d5tpep5 | 4uxkzv | Why does school feel like it's goal is to make humans obedient workers? | that should be the goal.teach them how to show up on time and do the job no matter how small. Bad news, if you are not an obedient worker all you will be is that guy/girl who is 26 and still saying "we are not born to just work for the man, man" meanwhile you are sleeping on a friend/family members couch and asking/tak... | 4 |
AskReddit/clp3ylw | 2kvpgw | What are the little everyday things your partner does that annoy you? | I'll start. Happy with my relationship, but there are always some little things. My girlfriend always puts the dirty dishes in the sink, filled with water to soak. The dishwasher is right below the sink. Every time I want to use the sink I have to remove all of the dirty dishes out of the sink. The dishwasher is very c... | 2 |
AskReddit/cz7uoz4 | 4264g9 | Why did you pick what you're wearing today? | I'm not dressed yet. But I imagine I'll put on some pants and grab a shirt from my closet. Maybe a sweater, it's a bit chilly today. Same way I choose my clothes every day. | 3 |
AskReddit/dot0wxb | 78dic6 | What's that movie that maybe isn't critically acclaimed, but due to time and place, means a lot to you? | Eurotrip I saw that movie when I was 13. It inspired me to travel. I've seen that movie well over 100 times and have been to over 40 countries now. It's the right amount of humor that just never gets old to me. It's nostalgic and hit me just the right way at just the right time | 9 |
AskReddit/elupqlb | bhorr6 | How many toddlers do you realistically think you can fight with your bare hands before they take you down? | According to the internet, a toddler is at most 36 months so let's use that age for a "fairer fight". So the question is how many 3 year-olds I could fight before succumbing to defeat? That's a good question. Given the possibility that these are children who do not know martial arts, I can totally take on ten to twenty... | 5 |
AskReddit/csp795a | 3bswzz | Is it possible for someone have no sense of smell? | My ex-husband was born without a sense of smell, possible mild case of Kallman's syndrome. (He didn't have most of the other symptoms.) He thought it was a mild conspiracy that I could smell someone smoking in their backyard, oh, maybe two or three houses away. He could not fathom that. He could differentiate types of ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ce4ipsx | 1t5gw4 | When a person says they are "double-jointed," what exactly does it mean? | It means they have above average flexibility (range of motion) in a joint. Unfortunately I have no idea where the term double jointed comes from, and as far as I know, unless perhaps caused by some funky birth defect having two joints in the same place is not a thing. | 3 |
AskReddit/e2rj2pu | 90mde0 | What went horribly wrong during your birthday party? | One of the kids I went to elementary school with went through all the cards on the gift table, took the money out of them, and flooded my grandma's bathroom trying to flush the cards and envelopes down the toilet. His mom came to pick him up, said that we were all dirty liars and her angel would never do such a thing e... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/ci7nuij | 285o3a | Why do fans make it feel cooler, even though it's just blowing around the same room temperature air? | Two reasons: Wind chill. Around your skin is warm, still air just millimeters from your skin. It's in your shirt, hair, etc. The fan removes the still air hovering around you, making you cooler as your skin tries to warm the moving, cooler air. Sweat evaporation. Dry air encourages evaporation. Evaporation is a cooling... | 18 |
AskReddit/dsyyi7y | 7rr2tt | What do you like to watch when you're sick? | I will marathon The Office or Scrubs. Both shows I've seen so many times I don't have to pay attention when they're on, and they're so good that I still laugh no matter how many times I've heard the jokes. | 3 |
AskReddit/dsdosif | 7p001d | What mystery for you was solved years later? | I had an old Spider-Man-Mobile (Think like Batmobile) thing when I was a little kid. It had a web "cannon" in the front, so when you pushed a button, it had some sort of spring activated thing in it that shot it surprisingly far. I was playing with it outside one day, and I dropped it. I heard the shooter go off, but I... | 2 |
AskReddit/d11vw51 | 4ankh9 | What skills should people know? | Basic gun safety. You don't need to like guns, you don't even need to support personal ownership on any level, but having a basic fundamental understanding of how to disarm a loaded gun, check the safety, how to properly carry and store a weapon, etc. is so unbelievably important. People are so afraid of guns / guns ar... | 3 |
AskReddit/dy5iqxt | 8fpsre | What is your biggest fear? | Is it weird that my biggest fear is regret? I live my life one way, so that I can maintain the people in my life. But, to live my life freely, the way I believe I was built to live, I’d lose them all. So I live in constant fear I’m going to regret whichever way I go. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cpy88u1 | 313zqm | In music, when someone says "Let's play this in the key of G" what do they mean? | Let's say a song normally plays some notes that range from kinda medium notes to really high notes, but you want to sing it, and can't hit the high notes, but could easily sing lower notes than the medium notes. You can have everyone notes 1 note lower, or 2 notes (intentionally avoiding music jargon - imagine a note a... | 29 |
AskReddit/ear1ohi | a1m8xq | What is the most petty reason you have quit a job or ended a relationship? | It was my first legal job, it was a stationary retailer. I have already worked there for 3 months and I was an excellent worker, there were already talks of giving me raises and promoting me. I was always 15+ minutes early to work. One Saturday I was scheduled for a shift at 10am. I woke up at 11:30, looked at the cloc... | 2 |
AskReddit/eht8jy4 | axfhny | What is something that should be classified as a mental illness but isn't right now? | More things should be considered eating disorders. I say more things generally because I believe this applies to both restrictive and excessive diets, regardless of whether or not they have a visible physical impact. People who cannot resist eating for whatever reason should be considered to have a mental illness, just... | 12 |
AskReddit/c0n1z8x | bj8f4 | Are there any Redditors who have gone to school for a Library Technician diploma? | There are several librarians in my extended family. All of them have done post graduate work. So, I had always assumed that most Librarians have at least graduate degrees. If you could get into a position with a 2 year degree would be really great. But I would think that continuing your education would be key to progre... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dh7izcv | 69lraj | What is an "outgoing introvert" and how does it differ from a regular introvert? | Basically, being an introvert describes how your energy level and ability to recharge changes when experiencing social interactions. Introverts are drained by social interaction and need alone time to recharge. But this is different than being shy. Shyness is how you confront the social interaction. Outgoing or shy has... | 35 |
explainlikeimfive/cec1muu | 1tw7n2 | How does Little Caesars make money by selling pizzas for only $5? | Pizzas cost about 2 bucks to make. Add a buck for overhead and you have 40% margins. I'm sure a pizza guy will comment. I saw a similar tread a while back that I'm sourcing info from. | 17 |
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