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AskReddit/e2t1tto | 90tmlc | What moment felt just like a dream come true for you? | I’m not sure if this counts, but I always dreamt of having a dog that would actually let me cuddle with it, when I was growing up. (Large) Dogs would always scoot away or get confused on why I’m tackling them when I tried to hug them and have them lie down with me. I’ve been raising my first dog (F, 80lb Airedale) that... | 3 |
AskReddit/c93xvat | 1b63n8 | Have you ever been involved in a significant moment in someone's life without knowing it? | Talked to a girl from my class, since it had been a while since I'd seen her. We just talked, she said she wasn't feeling that great, so I just asked her why. Before I knew it she was telling me how she had been depressed lately, life got her completely down. We had a great talk, she ended up lauding so hard her drink ... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/dpu91r0 | 7czvck | Will an antenna produce visible light? | Yes, but. To work properly, antennas need to be roughly as large as a wavelength of the wave, and must be connected to a circuit that creates oscillating voltages at the same frequency as the wave. For visible light, that means an antenna half the size of a bacterium, connected to a circuit that oscillates 200,000 time... | 2 |
AskReddit/ekf51o3 | baz8j5 | Why do some people wear baseball caps while working out in a gym? | I have pretty long hair on the top, and if I don't put product in it it either sticks straight up or comes to a point (like Danzig's hair when he eas in the misfits). Wearing a baseball cap keeps it all in check when I don't want to waste the product. I do hate being that douchebag who wears a baseball cap in the gym t... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cho18pj | 2667pl | How did people before the invention of toothpaste keep proper oral hygiene, if at all? | Toothbrushing tools date back to 3500-3000 BC when the Babylonians and the Egyptians made a brush by fraying the end of a twig. Tombs of the ancient Egyptians have been found containing toothsticks alongside their owners. Around 1600BC, the Chinese developed "chewing sticks" which were made from aromatic tree twigs to ... | 27 |
AskReddit/d8qwa9c | 57cxwe | How would you describe the taste of Irn Bru to someone who's never had it before? | Circus peanuts. Nobody else seems to have made this connection - I guess because Irn Bru is a UK drink and circus peanuts are an American candy, so there aren't many people who have tried both - but it's the exact same flavor. | 3 |
askscience/djdhbmo | 6jbick | Does Jupiter have a solid core of anything or is it truly just a large ball of gas? | So first off. > is it truly just a large ball of gas? We know for sure that this is not true. At the pressures and temperature in the interior of Jupiter, hydrogen turns into a liquid metal. In fact, by mass, Jupiter is mostly liquid metallic hydrogen. It's also the only thing that can explain Jupiter's incredibly stro... | 26 |
AskReddit/c4l38gs | tb53t | What would be your ultimate demise if given an infinite amount of money? | Getting kidnapped, or if I was able to buy really good security then getting so tired of people that were only interested in me because of my unlimited amount of money that I no longer enjoyed being around people and turned into an unhappy recluse. | 3 |
AskReddit/c4clb4f | sb05k | What is your greatest high school story? | Every year at my high school, there would be Senior Pranks near the end of the year. My senior year, I wanted to do something, but could never come up with anything. However, I did manage to experience something. I was on my way between classes with my then girlfriend. My HS had a huge campus, much of which were outdoo... | 2 |
AskReddit/ek5lvit | b9mq49 | What is the absolute best thing that has ever happened to you? | I made some pretty major and scary specific wishes in my life, and it's always the best feeling when they come true. Like meeting my fiance for example. He was an oddly fitting answer to an oddly specific prayer I guess. I'm like a total kid with making wishes now. Anytime the numbers on the clock match I make a wish a... | 2 |
AskReddit/dl4l1hj | 6rez1d | Who is the most sheltered person you know? | My best friend. She used to be very sick as a child and would spend 2-3 months during the school year in the hospital. She was basically watched by an adult at all times when she wasn't. At school one of her relatives or nanny would always be there during breaks(private school). It was rare when they weren't present. S... | 2 |
askscience/clxqwo3 | 2ls7qj | Does everything that exists have a weight? | Simple answer: no. Light exists but has no mass. Also -- weight is what mass feels like when you're in a gravitational field. Your question should really be "does everything that exists have mass", because weight will change based on whether you're on earth, the moon, outer space, or elsewhere. | 6 |
AskReddit/e66r1qx | 9gtx1f | What commercial is specific to the region that you live in? | Not currently the area I live in, but I get it's regional TV here. Government commercials for syphilis awareness, lead and iron poisoning health apps, how to blow your nose. Rural towns are wild. | 2 |
AskReddit/en0wytp | bmyx4x | What’s something you want to try, but can’t let yourself do because of your moral code? | Honestly, I think my moral code is partially what sets my goals and desires. If it's something I want to try but haven't, it's not because of my moral code, but rather embarrassment, shame, fear, or lack of opportunity. If I really want to do something, then I don't find it immoral. | 2 |
AskReddit/dfnqhz3 | 62mjn8 | What April fools prank totally backfired on you? | I put baking soda inside a bottle of ketchup hoping for one of my siblings to use it at the cookout we were having that night. Unfortunately, when my siblings along with my dad went to get soda for the party, my uncle finished grilling the hotdogs. So my 60 year old grandmother grabbed a plate and a hotdog, she went to... | 3 |
AskReddit/c8d2jw5 | 18aizy | What are some songs that are SFW with high level words? | A lot of RUSH songs. Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for the band, is a huge reader, and of a lot of science fiction material as well. The vast majority of their songs have what you're looking for. | 2 |
AskReddit/cmgtmpb | 2ntvi4 | What invention were you excited for as a kid, but since it's creation you've become completely disinterested in? | Video Phones. Was so emotionally invested in the idea of seeing the people I spoke to over the phone as a kid. Since the technology has arrived, I've not only realised that seeing the people you are talking to from the comfort of your own home is unappealing, but also hearing their voice too. Who knew that instant text... | 3 |
AskReddit/c5wy766 | ymnoo | What's the best thing you have found while searching through old family items? | My dad has an interest in family history (as well a just history in general) and I found a few neat things while looking around my parent's home. One is a 19th century bible with every birth, death, and marriage in our family recorded in it, including mine. Then we have my grandfather and great grandfather's medals fro... | 2 |
AskReddit/eie44b5 | b0evr3 | What’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever held in your hands? | My kid cost $15k when it was all said and done, so her. I held something somewhat recent that scared me because I knew it had a hefty price tag but have absolutely no memory of what it was. Just that I told the person to take it back to I didn't drop it. | 2 |
AskReddit/cebg7s0 | 1tu48s | How can I get this cat to like me? | While the cat is eating, take a soft, fluffy towel and wrap it around said kitty. If you bundle them up with their head and shoulders sticking out, you should be able to give them a shot. If nothing else, wear some dish gloves that go up your arms a ways and grab the cat and give it the shot. | 2 |
AskReddit/dbc47fp | 5izaf5 | What makes a creepy guy creepy? | When they stand too close, or don't know how much eye contact is too much. When they overshareI Personal information, or won't stop hitting on you even though it's been made clear you're not interested. When they give you a nickname you didn't ask for or pay you over the top compliments that aren't genuine. Basically a... | 3 |
AskReddit/duiyjdc | 7ysjpz | What is the most wholesome thing that a stranger has done for you? | Was homeless for a bit. Had a service dog for my epilepsy. Could feed myself through food pantries and soup kitchens, but I was running out of food for the dog. I put a post on Craigslist asking for a bag of food. Some stranger answered the post, and met me to deliver me a 50# bag of food. But as she gave me the food, ... | 2 |
AskReddit/c6jko1o | 115q4w | If you knew that you were going to drop dead in the next 10 min, what would you do to confuse the people that found your body? | I would loudly announce that I am about to demonstrate the dangers of Nicki Minaj's music. I would then proceed to put on headphones, begin playing "Stupid Hoe," and promptly drop dead. | 53 |
AskReddit/c1ifiuc | ft1ut | Has anyone here ever surprised someone by knowing a foreign language? | My brother has Asperger's (I suspect I do, too, albeit to a lesser degree). He enjoys learning to speak in various languages. When we've gone into Chinese restaurants he's completely blown away people who are surprised when he greets them in Chinese. | 2 |
AskReddit/cjb2rzd | 2c1qb8 | What annoying things does your "inner voice" tell you? | Does some minor stupid thing such as stutter Inner voice : Let me remind you of everything you've ever done wrong in your life while I sing a song. Consider killing yourself too. ". idiotidiotidiotidiotidiotidiotidiotmoronstupidretardidiotidiot." Considering seeing a psychologist or therapist, but I'm always afraid I'm... | 7 |
AskReddit/d6oao95 | 4yk3xv | What is a book you would recommend to most college students? | "Travels" by Michael Crichton This is an especially good one for pre-med students. It's an autobiography that does a really good job of pointing out a lot of the flaws in the US medical education system, which eventually prompted the author to drop out of Harvard Med after realizing that he was only becoming a doctor f... | 2 |
AskReddit/dsfh8b6 | 7p9blh | What's the scariest/most disturbing thing you experienced while traveling? | I don't know if sailing counts as a traveling, but one time i made a mistake when turning the sailboatt, and ended up almost rolling it over, almost falling out of it. At the time when it happened i was like whew that was close. good thing we are allright. About a month later, when i was trying to fall i asleep, i hear... | 2 |
AskReddit/de4eh1w | 5vrfni | What's something you do, that you're sure nobody else does? | I'm so afraid of flying that every time in on a plane I end up listening to somber music and imagine they're the songs that will be played at my wake, after we crash, while the slideshow with picture me is playing. | 2 |
AskReddit/ej0jzya | b3m1z7 | What moment do you remember most from watching WWE as a kid? | WCW I watched as a kid, I remember sting winning the world title for WCW and all the guys who came out to congratulate him in the ring. They basically showed up to kick NWO out from jumping sting lol | 3 |
askscience/cbxi944 | 1laqbm | Could a black hole ever be destroyed by some event? | Just adding on to his question: wouldn't in theory large amounts of antimatter speed up the time of black hole doom, if not outright remove it? (not that theres any reason for that much anti matter to be anywhere near a blackhole) | 6 |
AskReddit/estt7fn | c97da0 | Who was the worst teacher you ever had and what made them the worst? | Entrepreneurship professor, he literally gave up on life and instead of learning how to elaborate business plans, we learned to do creative sounds (totally unrelated), we played with our hands, and with matches. Watched some lame videos about him. Then he just put grades randomly, even if you asked he said, "I forgot h... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/escqc3b | c73b55 | How does a paper ballot protect the integrity of an election? | The receipt you get is a mechanical duplicate of a paper record kept inside the machine. After the election, an audit can check that the machine's totals match what's on the paper. A recount could process all the rolls of paper, if the need arrises. | 5 |
AskHistorians/cmiwopo | 2nywh7 | Do we owe everything today (Western Culture) to the Roman Empire? | According to the mythological "rise of the West" narrative so firmly ingrained into most Westerners, yes. According to recent academic research, not really no. Life is much more complicated than a simple inheritance from one source. For some works that are critical of the traditional Western "rise" story that is based ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cowj7e8 | 2x3evb | What snacks have you snuck in a movie theater? | I worked at a movie theatre. We have found everything. Pizza boxes, Burger King, beer. Many parents bring fruit snacks and crackers for kids. | 4 |
AskReddit/camomqy | 1gq29q | If inanimate objects had feelings, which would you feel the worst for? | When I was little, I would actually feel bad for inanimate objects. This led me to feel really really bad when I would beat a video game and buy a new one. I always felt like I owed something to the game for spending so much time with me and making me have so much fun. | 1,295 |
AskReddit/d3urmbm | 4md2xq | When you were a child, what injury did you cause to yourself that was so bad the scar is still visible today? | Fell down roller skating in the driveway when I was 8, scraped a small patch of my belly all the way through the skin down to the muscle. Mom had me turn sideways in small increments while cleaning it so she could get all the sand and tiny rocks out from under my skin as they became visible through the hole. Scar's bar... | 2 |
AskReddit/cu8x08a | 3hnj5m | What's the worst thing you or someone you know has eaten? | When I was stationed in Korea, I ate a live octopus. Man, that thing fought real hard to stay alive. I paid my debt to karma by stirring in a toilet for four hours while that thing came screaming out. | 2 |
AskReddit/chmglq2 | 2607ll | What's it like working at a movie theater? | Honestly it's a very easy job. The cons are the customers, but I wouldn't worry about it because you will get used to it. Also: it can be dirty. Expect to have garbage spilled all over you at least once, and expect to go through several uniforms. Other than that it's very routine-based, probably one of the most laid ba... | 2 |
AskReddit/cq56h52 | 31uui7 | What did you break and how expensive was it? | The most expensive thing I broke was my £120 Ice Watch. Shattered into about 20 pieces. Fell down some concrete stairs because I ran out of the wrong door. Hilarious. I was gutted for about 3 seconds before realising what would have happened to my wrist if I hadn't worn it. That made me think that the watch didn't matt... | 2 |
AskReddit/enob7uq | bp41en | What are your thoughts on the fat acceptance movement and loosing weight? | Fat acceptance is just accepting people for who they are/want to be. But Making out that their personal choice is healthy and should be encouraged just because they say so is beyond idiotic. And losing weight is simply calories in/calories out. Some people are strong willed enough to resist eating more than they burn o... | 2 |
AskReddit/e0ajkug | 8pe54y | What does it feel like to be in love? | Have you ever had a mosquito bite on the bottom of your foot? It’s all you can think about. It’s strong and constant. When you should be focusing on work or school, all you really want to do is scratch that mosquito bite. The problem is that with bites on the bottom of the foot, no matter how much you scratch it, it’s ... | 2 |
askscience/egue6x8 | ascmio | What's the difference between inductive reactance vs. capacitive reactance? | The difference is in the frequency response. You know reactance extends the DC concept of resistance (towards a change in current) to the case for AC, and so fundamentally the concept is the same. In an inductor as frequency of the input signal increases so does the reactance, linearly in fact. In a capacitor the effec... | 4 |
AskReddit/c14uvpc | e2u5c | What is the biggest bullet you've ever dodged? | Went to visit my GF in French Guyana, and we (along with a couple of co-workers) decided to borrow a car to go watch the launch of the european space shuttle (can't remember the name of it). It was about 7am on a weekday because we had to drive about an hour to get to the place, and we were driving along a long, lonely... | 33 |
explainlikeimfive/cmjvi9j | 2o5gss | Are the other photo saving types becoming redundant? | Each file type serves a specific purpose, and while there is overlap, they each have their uses. JPEG is the most popular for images and is the standard file format for most digital cameras. It uses a different kind of compression algorithm than GIF and PNG which allows it to compress photos more effectively without co... | 2 |
AskReddit/c425whp | r1lps | When's the most awkward time that you've randomly laughed? | Once in high school a guy playing a casual game of basketball collided with somebody or something idk but he busted his face and I laughed really loudly. It rang out all over the gym. Everyone else had looks of concern on their faces. I think he broke his nose. Blood everywhere. | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/cj1pruz | 2b3mgc | Why do ISPs want to throttle Netflix? | It's not ao much that they want to throttle netflix as they want netflix to pay them not to. For that to happen they need to show they have the right to do it. Cable companies overcharge us for service that we don't generally get the full measure. When you engage is business in that fashion you quickly find a wall stop... | 2 |
AskReddit/dvdl77i | 82y1at | Do you ever wonder as to the reasoning behind all the "fix it" tv shows (hoarders, bar rescue, homestead rescue, etc), that maybe it's an issue with society or what people are being taught? | Most people have been bombarded with advertisements their entire lives, especially if you're younger. It's been pounded into our heads that stuff = happiness, so we form emotional attachments to our stuff, and it can quickly spiral out of control. That's my theory, anyway.I grew up in a hoarder house. | 3 |
AskReddit/dy96y1z | 8g64rr | What is the craziest reason someone at your work has been fired? | Not my current job but I used to work at a pizza place. This one guy named idk, let's say Jeff put on his application and said in the interview that he used to make pizzas at another pizza place, owner of the place hired him. About two weeks later the owner fired him and said that the guy lied about making pizzas. The ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dx5guuo | 8bbptw | What do you think in your opinion, is animal life as equally important as human life? | It's all relative. To a baby deer it's mother is vastly more important than humans but to my child I'm vastly more important than deer. As far as ecosystems go all species play a role. So in my opinion I would say in the grand scheme of things yes they are equally important but to an individual the results may vary. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/cwu3huq | 3s4zph | Why don't video games come out when they're finished? | Because publishers want to get a return on their investment as soon as they can, so they don't wait until the game is finished and instead force the release when it's deemed 'good enough'. Usually this means there are still some bugs and issues that need to be addressed in post-release patches, sometimes content that's... | 2 |
askscience/e2pnhjn | 90b5iq | What assurance do we have that the Higgs field can continue to impart the same amount of mass to an object that is compressed more and more as is the case in a neutron star or singularity? | The interaction of the Higgs field with the particles doesn't really care about the environment. We don't have experimental measurements from the inside of neutron stars, obviously, but there is absolutely no indication that it would matter. We also don't have experimental data if the LHC collisions work differently if... | 5 |
AskReddit/cfdvz2p | 1xr59g | What's the weirdest thing you've walked in on happening? | I walked into my classroom after school one day to get some help awhile back and saw a bunch of staff having shots and stripping to Californian Girls by Katy Perry. I guess my teacher appreciated me not telling anyone because I got really good grades the rest of the year. | 8 |
AskReddit/diler9s | 6fvws7 | What's a GOOD tv show or movie with a BAD ending? | I hate the ending for The Jungle Book (2016). It's an ok movie overall, but the last 3 minutes of the movie just kill it for me. Mowgli is just a man cub, but Shere Khan knows that eventually he will discover fire, become a man, and destroy the jungle. Can you guess what happens? Later in the movie Mowgli discovers fir... | 20 |
AskReddit/cr6keyw | 35pnfn | What is the most original response to "where do babies come from" you've ever heard? | My cousin asked my uncle this question once when we were on holiday. His response was fairly entertaining. He said: "Son, babies come from when a mummy and daddy love each other very much." Then continued to look him straight in the eye and finished with: "Unless you're an American celebrity, in which case, they come f... | 3 |
AskReddit/dfjys78 | 625tpb | If your favourite movie of all time instead had an eccentric Gary Busey as the main character, what would it be like? | Thinking of him taking over Freddy Kruegers role makes me cringe, yet somehow makes me feel like Nightmare on Elm Street would actually be scarier. No costume or makeup. Just Gary Busey being himself while killing teenagers in their nightmares is creepy enough. | 3 |
AskReddit/ds09n9i | 7nafpn | If you could change exactly one thing about the Earth or its population to improve life, what would you change? | I'd find an easier way to let terminal patients that are tired of fighting and want to die pass away. I think there's gotta be a better way to let patients go rather than having them starve. I'd like to rid the world of disease. but it's too broad. so I think wanting to find a more humane way to let people die can in a... | 3 |
AskReddit/d69am4r | 4wr8wn | What do you think is stupid? | I think it's stupid that essentially every benefit of technology over the last 50+ years has gone to employers while employees have yielded no benefits at all and simply faced increased expectations. I dunno if 'stupid' is really the correct term since it makes total sense, of course the worker would get screwed. But c... | 23 |
explainlikeimfive/dcs69hc | 5plv2h | Why can a coaxial cable carry hundreds of HD TV channels but a PC display cable can barely handle high resolutions? | Your DisplayPort cable actually has more total bandwidth, as much as 17 GHz. The difference is that this data is sent relatively uncompressed, that is, close to every pixel of every frame is transmitted. By contrast, cable TV is sent highly compressed, avoiding sending redundant data but requiring more compute power an... | 9 |
AskReddit/c8ugroa | 1a63sl | What is the worst thing that has happened to you on your first day at a new job? | My first day at my first job ever, I was 15 (with working papers) at a county-run retirement home. Myself and a few of my friends showed up after school, filled out applications, and were hired on the spot and started right then. They assigned us various positions, some people went to the food line, some went to the di... | 2 |
AskReddit/c1dgjiv | f5m1p | Why do I look so different in the mirror compared to seeing pictures of me? | yay! that semester of highschool psychology caught up to me! You're face isn't symmetrical; so when you take a picture it is a picture of you, whereas a mirror is, well your face mirrored. The thing is, you see the mirror "you" more often. humans are programmed to like familiar things, so this is the you, that you are ... | 108 |
AskReddit/cszam4n | 3cv8ow | What is the smallest amount of power you've seen go to someone's head? | I've had someone who has someone milking their 15 seconds o fame for a year now. This girl I know was on a singing competition show. She did pretty good, like top 20s and was cut with maybe 14-16 people left. She now uses her tag like "from the singing competition" everywhere now like she one the thing. She acts like s... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cv4kfyb | 3lagxs | Why did crossbows use bolts not arrows? | Due to the nature of the device. A crossbow imparts a lot of initial force on the object. If it's short and stocky, you mainstain your accuracy. If it's long, like a normal arrow, it would flop all over the place and probably shatter in the process. | 6 |
AskReddit/cfjut8e | 1yerkj | What is your perfect day? | Oh man my teacher used to ask us this almost every semester (in different classes but same teacher). My perfect day would be waking up whenever my body wants to. Smoke a bowl, then eat a delicious breakfast. Play a bunch of frisbee golf while listening to music (if im not playing with friends). Probably smoke more at s... | 2 |
AskReddit/d45r3rd | 4np70e | What species would be dominant if humans weren't around? | Elephants, maybe. They're intelligent, long-lived, and physically powerful, and they could theoretically use their trunks to make tools like humans do. Crows and ravens are also good candidates, since they're also highly intelligent and could use their feet to make tools, and they have the advantage of flight to boot. | 2 |
askscience/datzf8k | 5gn1fz | Are there any "interesting" reasons why the majority of the Earth's landmass is located in the northern hemisphere? | The northern hemisphere is not defined arbitrarily. It is just the half of earth that is north of the equator. The equator is the line where earth cuts its rotational plane. Yes, there is more landmass in the northern hemisphere. As far as I know this is just a random distribution and it will change over time. | 13 |
explainlikeimfive/cd5an54 | 1prf84 | Why do cats like boxes so much? | Cats like boxes because they make them feel protected. The box acts like a shelter that makes the cat feel safe. Not to mention that boxes are dark and mysterious, which makes them want to investigate. | 3 |
AskReddit/cs2r8vp | 39epf0 | What is the funniest lie you have ever told that someone actually believed? | I told my friend in high school that it was impossible to gain weight on your period because science stuff I made up. So she always ate like boxes of those pastries things on her period and slowly gained weight each month. | 2 |
AskReddit/c9fa915 | 1ccx0r | What made you start/stop believing in God? | I was raised Catholic, and always had a scientific mindset. I never liked going to church. Around when I started high school I realized that god and whatnot were irrational, and I'd rather accept that we don't know something than have some fantastic story explain it. | 2 |
askscience/cxb7rrm | 3u1vt9 | When we say space is expanding, what is that relative to? | Okay, there's already a very technical correct answer posted by u/rantonels that is way beyond my level, but still relatively understandable. The easier layman's version, not really correct but close enough, is to picture space as the outside of a balloon. Put two dots on the balloon, and as it is inflated even more, t... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cf89mi1 | 1x2ya9 | Why are New York and London the global centers of finance? | London and New York are not the only global financial centers, just the two leading ones at the moment. I'd suggest reading Banks and the world’s major banking centers, by Choi, Park, & Tschoegl for a somewhat dated overview of the world financial centers. Paris IS a financial center, just not as large as London. There... | 6 |
AskReddit/c0i4gyt | akyxh | Why does my wife have problems with me hanging out with female friends from college? | I'm gonna second the bit about how you should default to favouring your wife's considerations, but I'm not saying you should roll over and "yes dear". Sit down with your sweetie and talk to her. You obviously feel like this is an okay thing to do, she obviously feels like it ain't. Why? She mentioned not knowing the gi... | 5 |
AskReddit/c7pzmr7 | 15utj2 | Do you think you will die of old age? | I don't think anybody dies of "old age" anymore (they technically never did). Wasn't that just a term for general unknown medical phenomenon like cancer, organ failure, or auto-erotic asphyxiation? | 2 |
AskReddit/c9xpsra | 1e87vq | How has Reddit changed in your life in both a positive or negative way? | Positive: I've gotten a lot of helpful advice, learned new stuff and even skills, got motivation to try different things Negative: Now whenever I encounter an issue of any kind my first reaction is to search reddit for a relevant thread or think about what I'll post. Basically I'm less likely to try to figure stuff out... | 9 |
AskReddit/c2loorm | kn7g3 | What's the worst non-painful sensation ever? | You just made a sandwich. It was going to be amazing, it had everything you love. You used that high-class meat you sometimes buy, some crisp, fresh lettuce, the last bit of coarse-ground mustard, it was going to be amazing. You take a few bites, and then notice the patches of mold on the bread. THAT is the worst non-p... | 3 |
AskReddit/c59oxyq | w2kgn | What are some instances of racism against white people you have encountered? | Just travel through Vietnam. I travelled from South to North over a month and boy do they hate white people. I was turned away from empty restaurants, charged triple for a bus seat which was broken, looked at with total disgust if I walked by someone eating. It was awful. The only time I have ever felt racially discrim... | 2 |
AskReddit/cssbt0a | 3c52wy | What video games has the best Storyline? | Depends really. BioShock infinite has amazing character interactions, though not realistic or logical at times. GTA 4 felt very atmospheric with its events and choices in the game. But the characters were annoying. Psychonauts had amazing characters, but the overall plot felt unimportant when in the second half of the ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ctwxkw2 | 3gctfc | Why do Football (Soccer) pitches have patterns on them and how are they made? | It's called grass striping. No use other than to look good. They are made by adding a heavy roller behind your lawn mower. The roller smushes the grass as it rolls over it. If you smush grass in a line, it makes that line look darker in one direction and lighter in the other direction. If the grass is bent away from yo... | 3 |
AskReddit/dr4ozoe | 7j9wvs | Which one is better pancakes or waffles? | There are countless reasons why waffles are better than pancakes! Just one waffle is the thickness of about two and half pancakes. They can be crispy and fluffy at the same time. Plenty of little pockets to create amazing little syrup ponds. | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/dmz8o1r | 6zz8w0 | Why do people laugh after seeing a scary scene in a horror movie? | I'm going with coping mechanism. I laughed my way all the way through the film version of Sweeney Todd with Johnny Depp. The more blood there was, the harder I laughed. Not a horror movie, I know, but it's my story. Remember the "ridikulus" spell from Harry Potter? Same idea I think. Laugh at your fears and they no lon... | 7 |
AskReddit/cl8g5z3 | 2j534v | Which two animals when combined would form the deadliest predator in history? | Mosquito and Tiger. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal with the diseases they carry. Tigers are.tigers. A mosquito tiger or "tosquito" can kill you with disease or by mauling you to death. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/ejtyb9a | b7rm31 | Why does temperature enhance the taste of food? | Everything in the world consits of many very small particles. A temperature of an obejct is determined by how fast those particles are moving. The faster the particles are moving the hotter something is. That means when you eat hotter food the particles are moving faster than in colder food. When the particles are movi... | 2 |
AskReddit/cwc3wq8 | 3q569h | Why did Michelin go from making tires to rating restaurants? | In 1900 the tire manufacturers André Michelin and his brother Édouard published the first edition of a guide for French motorists. At the time there were fewer than 3,000 cars in France, and the Michelin guide was intended to boost the demand for cars, and thus for car tires. For the first edition of the Michelin Guide... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/c5538fl | vj8sh | Why is college so expensive? | Not a single post here mentions that it is crazy expensive to run a college. Just think of all the things that go into running a state school with 30,000+ students. There are dorms, class rooms, computers, lap equipment, professors, janitors, maintenance workers, administrators, extra curricular activities etc. It isn'... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/cp1sf63 | 2xnytl | How do scientists measure the accuracy of an atomic clock? | Atomic clocks are very accurate thanks to the physical principles that make them work. The second is actually defined by one of these physical properties (transition between two energy states in Caesium), so if an atomic clock was theoretically constructed perfectly it by definition couldn't be wrong. Of course, real w... | 7 |
AskReddit/dx46xws | 8b5rv3 | What comes up for you when you find out your ex gets married/engaged? | Another one of my exes got engaged yesterday. She invited me to the wedding too. I guess I feel.emptiness? But I felt that independently beforehand too. Just maybe more so. There's a bit of "what if", paired with knowing that there was a reason it didn't work out. More than anything, though, it's a realization that ano... | 2 |
AskReddit/e8333gg | 9pnpfs | In honor of October and Halloween, what was one of your spookiest encounters you've ever had? | There was this church me and a couple buddies used to "break into" (find a window open). Two separate encounters. The first one had me and my friend playing basketball in the gym. No one was there except for us and two other people that didn't seem to care what we were doing. They kept to their area while my friend and... | 3 |
AskReddit/dbxt33l | 5lqsq9 | Why did you call 911? | I was driving in Los Angeles and some gas/mist erupted from the ground all of a sudden. Even now, I have no idea what it was. I panicked and rolled my windows up. All the cars around me just drove through it like it was no big deal so I did too. I called 911 and had the most rude people say "oh well nobody else is call... | 2 |
AskReddit/e2v8yt0 | 913uoc | What's the strangest stuff Hollywood put in their movies that ain't like that in real life? | The characterization of teenagers/the high school experience in pretty much every movie ever. Maybe I'm in the minority, but my school just didn't have any roving packs of mean, hair-flipping, gum-popping teen girls who ruled the student body and had the faculty wrapped around their little fingers. There also were way ... | 12 |
AskReddit/esa0cm0 | c6mxu4 | For those who remember, what was your first ever internet experience? | I was too small to understand what internet was but my elder brother taught me how to check if it's working, by lifting up the landline it was connected to and hear weird noises and everytime I used to yell"It's ONNNN" when it did. And that was basically how I perceived the internet for a year or so. Not much of an onl... | 2 |
AskReddit/eq91gz9 | bxqein | What is a phrase you thought was exclusive to your family, but later found it is widely used? | Went down the wrong pipe, when talking about accidentally breathing in water or spit. Thought it was a family thing until eighth grade when I let it slip in front of a group fo girls. One of them said, "Oh! My dad says the same thing!" | 2 |
AskReddit/c0e3aho | 9rgax | Why can't I see things perfectly at any distance in a mirror? | >Should I not be able to see it clearly without my glasses as well since the mirror itself like like a foot away from my eyes? No. A mirror is not like a TV. The image you're looking at isn't on the surface of the mirror. The image is through the mirror. Images in mirrors act, optically speaking, exactly as if they as ... | 7 |
AskReddit/doc79ed | 768yn3 | Why can we tell people are intelligent by looking at them? | There are some facial clue's that can show that you may be limited in your faculties like distinct F A S markers ,Small upturned nose,Small eyelid openings (palpebral fissures),Long upper lip (from nose to mouth) with a thin red border and a deficient central groove (philtrum),Reduced size of the head (microcephaly), b... | 3 |
AskReddit/d7ehvmp | 51si46 | What are your awesome tips for college? | The Fair Game Food Rule: if you leave food out in a common room unattended it will be eaten. Learn how to ask your professors for extensions. If you ask at least two days before the project or paper is due most professors will say “yes”. Some people are just incompatible, there is a decent chance your roommate will hat... | 818 |
AskReddit/c4vgi06 | uho33 | What was the strangest/most interesting thing you have found in a basement when moving into a new place? | Not so much a basement and not so much moving but similar. My step uncle has a rental property in Texas and the tenant ran out on the lease leaving his stuff behind and due to the contract after a certain amount of time the stuff belonged to my step uncle. We were allowed to pick through it and take what we liked. We e... | 2 |
AskReddit/dvwa5qm | 85c5lo | What food items do you pair together that grosses people out every time? | It doesn't necessarily gross people out, but the reactions of surprise I get when I put salt on my grapefruit instead of sugar. People generally assume I picked the wrong container. | 2 |
AskReddit/c8teafc | 1a1whd | What was the stupidest question anyone has asked you? | A little context beforehand: I'm indian. The ones from Asia but I'm 100% Indian and certainly look the part. This one in class loudly asked "are Indians even people? I know there are like white people and black people but are Indians even people?" | 70 |
explainlikeimfive/d4kxsgc | 4phgfe | How do businesses find out the percentage of each gender in their customer base? | They take samples and infer from them the makeup of their customer base. This might be as simple as some guy spending a day at the store and taking notes of the gender of every customer coming in. | 4 |
askscience/cchwbim | 1neepu | Why have three coplanar axes in the hexagonal crystal system when only two are needed to uniquely define a point? | The three coplanar axes are not independent, so strictly speaking only a1, a2, and c axes are needed. Some people like to include the extra a3 axis because it makes it easier to tell if planes are crystallographically equivalent. For example, consider the planes (1 1 0) and (-1 2 0). These are actually equivalent plane... | 2 |
AskReddit/d7bwcpz | 51fu6l | What's the most calculated thing you've ever seen an animal do? | My brother's dog was taking her big stuffed bear with her around the house, with the saddest look I've ever seen on a dog face. Every time she stopped, she would put the bear down, then lie down with her head on top of it. Asked my brother, and he'd had to throw out a bunch of her toys from her toy box because another ... | 727 |
AskReddit/c2k115u | kgbjx | Is Wrestling the only professional sport that becomes staged after college? | Professional wrestling and college wrestling are entirely different. Many schools and colleges have wrestling teams as they do football teams, baseball teams, etc. Professional wrestling is a type of theatre. | 3 |
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