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AskReddit/e71szha | 9ku6p2 | If you could enact one constitutional amendment, what would it be? | A single constitutional amendment could, in theory, rewrite the entire constitution. It doesn't have to be confined to a single topic. With that in mind, I'd: establish term limits limit the number of congressmen over the age of 65 to be in line with the percentage of the US population above 65 balanced budget requirem... | 3 |
AskReddit/csl2xxc | 3bd6af | What's something you're proud of that you probably shouldn't be? | I write and publish erotic novels online and no one in my family knows and only one of my friends knows but not what my pen name is or what kind of erotica I write. (It's hardcore brother/sister incest usually, sometimes father/daughter or other variations. Sometimes with actual plot. ) I'm super proud to be selling my... | 3 |
AskReddit/ehcp3rf | av5e81 | How did you secretly find out your spouse's ring size so that you could keep your proposal a surprise? | If they have a few rings they wear interchangeably, snag one and take it to the jewelry store. Or put it on one of your fingers "Ok her ring goes on my pinky down to this knuckle." If she doesn't wear rings, guess. You can always take it back to have it sized, usually for free. | 9 |
AskReddit/dod5m50 | 76d2vf | In the spirit of October, what are some TRUE scary stories/paranormal experiences that have happened to you? | I used to work in an old office building that had originally been a hospital. It was rumored to be haunted, but I never saw any evidence myself. I frequently worked after hours during the week, and while I was alone in the office I would occasionally chat with the ghost to entertain myself. And when I locked up for the... | 5 |
AskReddit/d9w771t | 5cg7n7 | How can we make sure that students are informed about what’s going on around the world? | Honestly, I don't think this is the right mindset. I think one of the biggest problem is that kids are taught what to think by parents, teachers, and some media. What really needs to be focused on is teaching these kids how to think. Critical Thinking skills are not really taught in schools these days and because of th... | 2 |
AskReddit/dtzpcf5 | 7wembx | What are some good anti depression projects that will work effectively in a high school? | I feel like the project itself needs to be catered to the interests of the individual w/o the primary aspect having to be about depression. Whatever the project, an aspect that would seem to be a great addition is one that could be worked on out of a classroom chair; like out in the field, or simply right outside in th... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cgwms8n | 23dyc2 | Did Blackbeard (Edward Teach) really place the exciting assortment of items in his beard that he is claimed to have? | If you are talking about gunpowder it would actually explode per-se. You would need a sort of container that would spark the gunpowder at the same time or at least a large amount of it to create an explosion. If you are referring to Assins Creed 4 or any work that depicts Teach, he has fuses in his beard which would be... | 3 |
AskReddit/cdza95p | 1snduv | Why do old people get a pass on being racist? | Changing a belief like that can take a lot of time, and frankly, most old people don't have the life left. They were raised that way and have been that way all their life. It boils down to priorities. You can either spend the rest of grandma's life mad at her because she's racist, or ignore it and enjoy all the other w... | 5 |
AskReddit/c25u233 | iqitn | What's was the best required part of your job? | I do design & web work for an office on a large University campus. Since I made it clear to them I'm still learning the Adobe CS & Joomla, so they said part of my job was to continue to browse the internet for cool website ideas and do tutorials for Photoshop. | 2 |
AskReddit/cre6vhn | 36iav0 | How do you meet new friends, when you're new to an area? | I did the same thing- moved to a new city after college with no friends/network (although I also didn't have a job). After two years I build a very strong group of friends and professional network. I recommend checking out your new city's Chamber of Commerce website for upcoming events. They can get pricy (I often spen... | 2 |
AskReddit/c5ow3je | xr8th | What is going to be the next big "sport" in the Olympics? | Not a sport, but I'd like to a see a whole new olympics, where performance enhancing drugs are COMPULSORY. That way we can see the true potential of the human body, and it will probably weed out most cheats from the real Olympics. It shall be called "The Druglympics". | 23 |
AskReddit/ckezbgk | 2g2e5s | What one day of your life would you relive if you could go back and start it with no memory of what was going to happen? | I would probably choose the day that I eventually drank way too much in the evening and got behind the wheel to drive myself home. My car got totaled and the van I hit basically exploded into a giant ball of fire. However, If I had no memory of what was going to happen and there was no way for me to prevent myself from... | 2 |
AskReddit/dyioek9 | 8hc89s | What harmless but potentially suspicious thing would end up putting you under FBI investigation? | one time years ago when chatrooms were a thing, a guy i know would post his raps in them and one mentioned raping a woman and the FBI got involved but it ended after they couldnt prove it was his because he used a public library computer | 3 |
AskReddit/cx7wqfe | 3toj3e | Who do you miss the most and why? | I don't specifically miss my ex but I do miss one particular thing. My mother tongue isn't English and the only language he could speak was English, so I never really interacted with him in my native language. I'm a very heavy sleeper and always need a few minutes to fully wake up, so I would always unconsciously speak... | 2 |
askscience/c77t8km | 13wluh | Could black holes just be a large collection of elementary particles? | Black holes are known as a sort of 'divide by zero' error in the equations of general relativity, that's where we get the name for the gravitational singularity. That said, there isn't a unified theory of quantum mechanics (particle physics) and general relativity (big stuff and gravity), so you can't really make a sta... | 2 |
AskReddit/ebdfdp4 | a4dc8k | What problems do left-handed Redditors face? | I was watching a left-handed operator try to work a touchscreen and saw them struggle with the basic design of it. It dawned on me that the software UI was designed for right-handed people in mind - not left. Now I'm curious about what other problems left-handed people face in a world where most products are ergonomica... | 3 |
AskReddit/dqku7ig | 7gpvdq | What brief moment in life do you cherish forever? | My mother coming home from finally getting the news she was cancer free. We are a family of 6, and we all jumped around, cried, laughed, and celebrated her health. I’m tearing up writing this because it was the single most wholesome moment of my life so far. My mom is a champion. | 42 |
AskReddit/dahb050 | 5f3skx | What are some ways to prepare yourself in case of a home invasion if alone and without firearms? | Honestly, a gun is not that effective in a home invasion. If you're home and someone breaks in, you know the lay-out and how to move around your house. This happened to our family when I was 17. Guy broke in, was drunk, and fumbling around. He opened a door thinking it was a closet. I knew it was stairs. I gave him a g... | 4 |
askscience/efoltgc | amlc85 | Why are galaxies depicted as having a very bright center? | Because many "classical" galaxies have the form of a thin flat disc of stars consisting of multiple curved "arms" extending outward from a thicker denser central core. The density of stars goes up as you move toward the center So common spiral galaxies have naturally brighter cores. Other galaxies have extremely lumino... | 8 |
askscience/ewk4c4f | con2m7 | What would daily life on Earth look like if there were two moons? | One thing you've missed that I've read about is having a moon helps the earth remain stable in its tilt upon its axis. Most planets "wobble" and can move anywhere from 0-90 degrees, while we're stable at 23 degrees. If we wobbled like other planets (which does take several thousand years to happen) we wouldn't have sta... | 217 |
AskReddit/coitx82 | 2vl3as | How do you earn some extra money? | And how to earn money online? I sit almost 12h online at my job, browsing reddit and procrastinating and was wondering for a long time how can i make it worth something? | 16 |
AskReddit/d58mkj8 | 4se7z3 | For people who have owned more than one dog at a time, how did the younger dog react when the older dog passed away? | My grandma owned two dogs and just recently received a cute little puppy. The older dogs were used to crossing the street and running around the neighbourhood while the little puppy wasn't. One morning my gran was looking for the little pup and asked one of the big dog where the puppy is. He led my grandma to the road ... | 2 |
AskReddit/eap5qx2 | a1enb2 | What’s your biggest regret? | It’s probably going to be staying with the same partner throughout my youth and never really exploring. Becoming content with my surroundings. I’ve just become too comfortable. I had much higher ambitions at one time. Who knows though, it may be for the best. Edit: I have a little more, I make excuses to not see my fam... | 2 |
AskReddit/c8m9vqj | 19aiyd | When you go to adopt a dog or cat at the humane society, how do you know THAT is the one? | My mom likes to tell this story over and over again, and frankly, so do I. About 13 years ago, my mom would occasionally go into the dog pound just to look at animals. She was in one of those "I need another animal" attitudes, although she already have three dogs, and she had no intention of buying. Every time she woul... | 3 |
AskReddit/cgau2dj | 21973d | What is something you've had stuck in your head for a long time? | Read this as: "What is something you've stuck in your head for a long time." Clicked on the link to see hilarity ensue. did not find what I was looking for. But to answer the question I thought you were asking, ear bud style headphones. I have those things stuck in my head for 8 hours or more everyday. | 2 |
AskReddit/exar1yx | crybyd | What is your best they didn’t know you spoke the language story? | A taxi ride in Greece lol I grew up with Greeks so I speak it and understand it so the taxi driver is telling his friend he just picked up a tourist going to take this idiot for a ride and make his day on me long story short we finally get to destination and I start talking to him in Greek he immediately apologizes and... | 3 |
AskReddit/dyacyo0 | 8gboo0 | What’s your favorite gaming console? | I have a sweet spot for Dreamcast, only because it’s the first system I bought with my own money because my parents would never buy me a console. I know it’s not the best, but those bootleg games you could get on burned dvds was pretty awesome too. | 2 |
AskReddit/dig6jy8 | 6f88xi | What relationship tips would you give to an 20 year old? | I am 20 myself and have just yesterday ended my relationship. So what I believe that would be good advice is enjoy it when you can, but when you feel like things do not seem to work out as they should do not be afraid to end it, even though it feels like the hardest thing you have ever done. You deserve to be happy, es... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cdchg3o | 1qg1xu | Why is disinflation bad for a country? | Deflation (I presume you mean this, rather than disinflation, which is something else and not so bad) is bad because it sees prices drop. What happens when prices drop is that people hold of buying things to see if prices drop further. This causes prices to keep dropping. If prices keep dropping, money stops entering t... | 2 |
AskReddit/d96w8zs | 59ac2c | Why do Americans love guns? | They're fun. I recently had five friends visit from Germany. What did they all want to do? Shoot guns. They all enjoyed it tremendously, even the two women (both doctors) who were pretty much against private gun ownership. It was the highlight of their visit. | 8 |
AskReddit/dm7snr4 | 6wg9dc | What makes you feel old even when you're young? | Explaining something you consider common knowledge to someone who has no idea what you're talking about. I explained how film in cameras worked to a group of kids once; they could not comprehend paying for film and development without having a clue what the photos would look like. | 5 |
AskReddit/db3d51f | 5hvr3n | What was banned at your school and why? | At my primary school, two years after we moved on to high school, they banned football. My younger brother was in the team that caused the banning. It was because they lost every match of the season and the goalkeeper had a psychotic episode after each loss. I remember watching them lose 10-0, and the goalkeeper was in... | 2 |
AskReddit/cneqqmg | 2rd29q | Do you have any pictures you've taken with creepy, unexplained people or objects in them? | I have no such pictures, but you may interested in the book "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" By Ransom Riggs. It is a fictional book based on actual weird, creepy and unexplained photo's. Give it a Google. The book is a good read. If you ever find the photo of your tv girl maybe you can send it to Mr. Rigg... | 2 |
AskReddit/crxfa5w | 38s8f5 | Who are some widely unknown people that have changed the world we live in today? | The "inventor" of the electric washing machine remains not even widely, but totally unknown according to Wikipedia. The machine dramatically changed women's lives and advanced the emancipation of women. EDIT: Just to clarify, I put inventor in quotation marks because there was at least one patent issued before Alva J. ... | 3 |
AskReddit/decxzml | 5wtmiq | Which band do you absolutely can't stand? | welp. here's the end of my Reddit account. but I can't stand the Beatles. hate them. can't stand their music. was hoping when michael Jackson bought all their music, he was actually going to bury all the recordings on the moon or something. | 12 |
AskReddit/cailfwq | 1gbfn2 | What's your earliest memory and how old were you? | Hmm, starting to get a little worried; my earliest memory is like 6 or 7 y.o. and taking the cat out of the litter box while it was pooping so I could ruin my older sister's birthday party. | 2 |
AskReddit/dixv7o2 | 6hfge9 | What would the world look like without money loans? | From a business perspective, this will sound naive, but I genuinely believe the world would be a much better place. The rich wouldn't be auto-fed free money that others would have to endlessly provide them, and there would in fact be plenty enough for us all. My first 15+ years of my adult life was based on borrwed mon... | 3 |
AskReddit/e5d5jc4 | 9ctfe9 | What was the worst birthday you've ever had? | The one i had most recently. My boyfriend didn't mention it. Nor did my parents. or my friends. And that really sucked and felt miserable. But then it got so much worse. To try and feel better after people forgetting, I went to play some Pokemon. I walked into the pokemon center and the lights were out. they had a surp... | 35 |
AskReddit/ddn27c8 | 5tjv8a | What are some good answers to common interview questions? | I just learned last week that the old "Do you have any more questions?" at the end of the interview is a trick. Never say no. Always have a follow up question. This is the interviewer offering you control of the conversation. To throw it back at them and say no indicates that you are unlikely to take control given the ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cmj1g9w | 2o1czy | What's a few tips on how to control eating habits? | EAT HALF. The problem with "dieting" and "eating healthy" is we are not SATISFIED with our meal. And yes, eating is emotional. We're used to having a cheeseburger and fries, so when we switch to a spinach salad with grilled chicken breast, we freak out and want MORE because it didn't satisfy us. So we eat more of whate... | 15 |
AskReddit/c2giowb | k09i0 | Do Americans actually find Letterman funny? | In the 1980s it was amazingly funny and in the 1990s it was still better than any other nightly comedy show in the US. Watch some Letterman from back in the day on Youtube. maybe I'm just nostalgic but it seems funnier than anything around today. Now it's just kind of going on inertia and I believe Letterman plans to r... | 14 |
AskReddit/ecjj4w5 | a9ib63 | What in 2019 do you hope will be better than it was in 2018? | To be honest? My life. I hope that in 2019 I manage to move out of my parent’s house with my daughter and stand on my own two feet again. I thoroughly appreciate that I could live with them but it is hard and embarrassing having to do that. This year I did manage to get my nvq in social care so I am seriously proud of ... | 10 |
AskHistorians/cjf01ld | 1zzpd4 | Did pirates really bury treasure? | Sorry I'm coming so late to this, but I think I can add to the answers. First off, Kidd is the most well-known example of a pirate burying treasure, but he may not have been the only one who did so: Drake buried a load of silver on a beach in Panama in the early 1570s, but it was only intended to stay hidden for a few ... | 3 |
AskReddit/c28fnqk | j1rh7 | Why do different shots using the same sized needle cause various amounts of pain? | If the doctor depresses the plunger too quickly it hurts more because it is forcing the substance in really quick. So the first one may have been injected slower and would have hurt less. Also the consistency of the fluid makes a difference (thick fluids again hurt more). If the procedure is done correctly, having a ve... | 2 |
AskReddit/c6sa5vu | 1250bm | What are some good questions to ask a WW2 veteran? | I think it would be interesting to hear his perspective of the US's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, and if he thinks it's worth the cost (both lives and money). How does that compare to the way he felt/feels about WW2? If he keeps up with current events, I also think it would be interesting to hear his thoughts on... | 2 |
AskReddit/emei5wn | bk7n55 | What are some good tips for people who are socially awkward/anxious and/or anti social? | As weird as it sounds. Fake it till you make it. I was shy and used to think every word out of my mouth was idiotic. I barely ever spoke. Friends, family, anyone. I wanted to change, so I emulated people I enjoyed. I basically acted. Then, those social skills just stuck with me. Alcohol helped in the beginning, not gon... | 8 |
AskReddit/dwdcwct | 87jwgh | What would you make illegal if you could? | I would make it illegal for corporations to buy politicians with donations, i'd take money out of the whole system. Put them all on a flat rate for their earnings individually but also give them a flat rate for their election campaigns. | 27 |
AskReddit/cl73g9l | 2j02wo | What would 10 year ago you and 5 year ago you be most impressed with about modern you? | 5 year ago me: I think she would like me. I'm basically the person 5-years-ago me strived to become. 10 year ago me: I think she would be happy to see how my life turned out, but certain things would shock her. | 3 |
AskReddit/d2i197a | 4ghklw | What's your favorite non-traditional swear word? | Flarging Icehole, my brothers godfather was a silly chubby dude (he lost weight but is still silly) in school and had a "potty mouth" for a catholic school. He made up words like this all the time but this is my favorite. | 2 |
AskReddit/dprpnbf | 7cpog7 | What advise do you have for a picky eater who wants to change their eating habits? | Start small. Mix in stuff you don't like with things you do. I've been putting onions, carrots, celery, spinach, and peppers in the food processor instead of just skipping those ingredients entirely. I'm extremely picky and am trying to eat a bigger variety of food. Do you notice any patterns? Meats? Fruits? Veggies? T... | 2 |
AskReddit/ddr7fkp | 5u41ex | Who is your favorite dead musician and how did they die? | Layne Staley - Alice in Chains. He died of a drug overdose after arguing with a friend. Nobody knew he was dead until his accountant realised he hadn't accessed any of his accounts for two weeks. He contacted Staley's manager, who contacted his mother, who called the police. They broke into his apt and found him dead. ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dt8f6cw | 7sykff | For those for or against gun ownership, why or why not? | I am against gun ownership generally. I don't think that proliferating tools of violence leads to a less violent world. That said, I grew up partially in the country. There really is a need for guns out there to defend your property from hogs and such, so I could never advocate for the strict illegality of guns for eve... | 5 |
AskReddit/cam76km | 1gojf8 | How would you build a swimming pool in space? | well that depends on how you define these things. If you want something like on board the ISS then it can't be done. You would just have a room full of water. If you want to expand your ideas a little bit you could have a large structure constantly rotating to create some g-force and have a pool on one end of that. Now... | 2 |
AskReddit/c5dobo3 | wiraw | Should I quit my job of 13 years and take a class to become a wind turbine technician? | Lots of communities buy wind turbines because they're heavily subsidized by the government (that is, the taxpayers). Good news if you make or install the things. Then they don't have the funds to do maintenance, and leave the things to rust. Bad news if you're a turbine technician. | 2 |
AskReddit/cmj7bzu | 2o2m3b | What bothers most people, but not you? | Solitude. I love my friends, girlfriend, and family - but I'm also perfectly happy (and oftentimes prefer) being alone. It's not uncommon for me to go a week or more without speaking, calling, or texting anyone other than my girlfriend (who I live with.) I don't really neglect people on purpose, it's that it honestly d... | 32 |
AskHistorians/ch6i1un | 24f1fy | Why was the Ottoman Empire more stable and long-lasting than previous empires with Central Asian origins? | From what I can tell this is actually one of the sort of mysteries of Ottoman rule. If you know the basics of all the administrative details then I won't repeat how they may have been different from elsewhere, but M.E. Yapp's "Making of the Modern Near East, 1792-1923" points out that despite descriptions of internal d... | 3 |
AskReddit/c5flkow | wqoa2 | What's the REAL difference between a public school and an ivy league school? | I feel like the top students at public schools can definitely compete with the top students from Ivies. I guess to me it seems like the bottom half of the top schools are somewhat considerably better than the bottom half of the students at big publics. Also, it's perception. If you say I went to Yale, people perceive y... | 2 |
AskReddit/cwyipig | 3sma2n | What is the most embarrassing thing you have witnessed, that didn't happen to you? | My wife and I were in Ramstein, Germany trying to take a flight to the states and there was an older couple there. The husband was yelling at his wife in front of everyone calling her stupid and all kinds of things. The look on her face was soooo pitiful. She wasn't crying. It was like she was kinda used to it, but sti... | 2 |
AskReddit/e5a2ap6 | 9ceg7q | Who is currently better Hazard or Ronaldo? | i would say ronaldo, but if his streak of disappointing games at juve carries on then i’d say hazard. at the end of the day i’m 99% sure ronaldo is just learning the system and getting comfortable in his role but strictly looking at the 2018-2019 season, hazard has been performing better | 4 |
askscience/cqe6h3e | 32r16w | When glass is cracked, how fast do the cracks move? | In the case of earthquakes, cracks move at an average speed of around half the speed of sound. Speed of sound is the upper limit for movement of anything that involves atoms, and it is the speed of compressive waves. For rocks near the surface and up to a few tens of kilometers deep, speed of sound is around 7 km/s and... | 2 |
AskReddit/chxkf24 | 275e21 | Has anyone ever called the cops on you? | I remember one time I "stole" a parking space at Walmart because someone pulled out in front of me and I took it. This lady knocked out one of her windows and called the cops. Said I did it. Some old lady saw her do it and told the cops. | 6 |
AskReddit/dlboice | 6scgjm | What video game have you played that has sent you into the worst blind rage of frustration? | People-wrangling for raids in MMOs. Imagine this exchange: "It's time for the raid. Where's Joe? We can't do this without eight people." "Joe couldn't make it because he had to go to his daughter's dance recital." "Okay, we need another DPS then. Let's ask Cate/Jim/Fred/Nancy." {20 minutes later} "Okay finally, Steve i... | 5 |
AskReddit/c7w24ju | 16hff2 | What is one decision you have made that may have seemed simple at the time, that has changed the course of your whole life? | Switching my major. Biggest mess but so far the most rewarding one so far and I'm just barely scratching the surface. One day, I finally figured I was sick of my major so I switched it. Attempted to change it, wasn't fully ready so I did half and half for a semester. Applied for the program, didn't make it in. Decided ... | 2 |
AskReddit/d6lgdgu | 4y7479 | What is your opinion on the "Healthy At Every Size" movement and shows like My Big Fat Fabulous Life? | If you've watched the progression of My Big Fat Fabulous life, she spends a ton of time talking about how she can do anything a smaller person can do. but has been diagnosed with Tachycardia, a big problem she needs to take seriously, and is pre-diabetic. She wasn't able to stand up in skiis, and can no longer put on h... | 10 |
AskHistorians/dd3dy9k | 5qy65c | Why did Lenin choose the alias Lenin? | He changed his name to hide from Russian authorities, since he was a political revolutionary. It is likely that he chose 'Lenin' due to the Lena river, in a similar way that Georgi Plekhanov did, a contemporary marxist thinker who used the pseudonym 'Volgin' after the Volga river. Edit: spelling. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/do9c407 | 75vxkv | Why does alcohol mixing get you much more drunk than sticking to a single drink? | It doesn't. Mixing different types of alcohol in yoir stomache will make you nauseous more quickly, causing you to vomit sooner, but BAC is all that matters for how drunk you get. Likewise, the wisdom of "beer before liquor: never be sicker. Liquor before beer: you're in the clear" is a result of being less able to reg... | 3 |
AskReddit/crqb8uu | 37w0z2 | What is the most illegal, non-consumable thing you own? | I have a huge cat. Cat is an object, right? He breaks my laws on a regular basis, such as "Do not destroy my things", "Do not wake me up at ungodly hours". This is illegal, right? So I mete out, ahem, "severe" punishment of lifting the spray bottle. Then he runs away. Does this qualify, not-Nasa? | 4 |
AskReddit/ejjo3eh | b6db05 | What’s your embarrassing fart story? | It's also my most proud fart story: was in a party supply store & I went into an empty row to release some pressure. It was audible but would have gone unnoticed except that a girl playing chase in the store ducked into the aisle as I ripped it out. I said, "Excuse me!" and went on with my life. I caught back up with m... | 5 |
AskReddit/dlentoy | 6spvvt | What are some of the best concept/story albums? | Logic- The Incredible True Story had a cool concept involving the future of humanity which was followed by his next album Everybody. The songs aren't that great but the story being told is a good one. To pimp a butterfly also had a nice one. | 2 |
AskReddit/cokuido | 2vtg2l | Why are you single? | I've been stuck in a pattern of making the people I'm interested in the most important parts of my life to the detriment of everything else in it. Mix that with self esteem issues, some depression, finding myself attracted to women who aren't in a place to be in the same kind of relationship that I want, clinging to th... | 2 |
AskReddit/dcgyikw | 5o69fq | Why do so many Americans see prison rape as justified payback? | I think many - not just Americans - view rape as one of the most degrading things that can ever happen to a person. To think that a criminal (more often than not a child murderer/rapist) might get that come back to them does feel like a little bit of justice, however horrible that might make us as people, it's the "jus... | 5 |
AskReddit/c4rrmqu | u2iph | What is your opinions on Australian people and Australia as a country to visit or live? | I ran into a lot of Aussies when I lived in Japan, and I was in Perth for a short visit. For the most part Aussies are a lot of fun and very friendly, you're pretty quick to fight though. | 2 |
AskReddit/crj7tv3 | 372uwc | In your current situation, would you consider yourself happy? | No. I have an excessively difficult time enjoying what I currently have vs. what I desire to have in the future. Am I, upon reflection, in a happy situation, in comparison to the average? Yes. So, if I wasn't weird and first-world-problems-y, would I be happy? Yes indeed. | 2 |
AskReddit/cv4x02d | 3lbptb | What's your favorite song that tells a story? | "Gravity's Union" by Coheed and Cambria. I'll paraphrase a bit. Sirius Amory goes into space to investigate a mysterious network of blue lights streaking across the sky, finally and painfully resolving to leave his wife at home for the opportunity at scientific discovery. His ship blows up while he was spacewalking, an... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dj30cyk | 6i2fzn | How does Spotify and iHeart Radio get away with paying songwriters .005 cents per stream when radio airplay pays .05 to .07 cents for each play? | Because they must. They have a very large subscriber base, whilst radio has been shrinking They've negotiated a contract that works in their favor Spotify has something that musicians need, a huge listening audience Think of it like this: The radio network plays the new single from Beyonce for a week and sends a royalt... | 7 |
AskReddit/died8zi | 6ezxol | What are some ways that we, as individuals, can help the environment? | So, I am pretty into individuals doing their part if they can, as governments are lacking on forcing corporations to stop. First, power generation. Coal plants are horrible. Just getting a small solar panel or wind turbine (whichever is better for your location) is affordable and will lower your energy bill, paying for... | 5 |
AskReddit/em8fv55 | bjis72 | Do people who grow up with dogs since they were babies, see dogs in another way? | I love dogs. My grandparents (who I saw several times a week) had a dog when I was a baby and very young, and we always had dogs since I was around 10. I think they are amazing and I cant wait until I out of a rented house and can have my own dog. | 3 |
AskHistorians/c55u2ri | vm6gr | What role did tariffs and protectionism play in the growth of United States Manufacturing? | Not my field, but I've been an instructor for an American History II survey before, so here's my stab at it: > The traditional economic consensus seems to be that protection is bad for the economy. I think that's a bit backwards. At least in the late 19th century, protective tariffs on foreign goods were seen as helpfu... | 2 |
AskReddit/e5loi27 | 9e2j98 | What's a more accurate term than being caught "red-handed"? | When I was young I was gardening with my grandmother. "Nana, why do they say that gardeners gave green thumbs? Our thumbs aren't actually green." "That's what they call a figure of speech. For example we say a thief has been caught red-handed even though their hands are actually black." And that's how I found out my gr... | 2 |
AskReddit/dpd33wr | 7av8jx | How do you feel having only a single universal human language and losing all the others would result in more of a benefit or detriment to the human race? | It would be preferable if it were a language that wasn't currently spoken natively by anyone alive right now. If everyone were to speak only English and lost their original native languages, it would put the Anglosphere in a position of cultural supremacy, while emasculating the cultures of others. I definitely believe... | 3 |
AskReddit/cd2c247 | 1phe7d | What do you think that more people need to know? | Basic car mechanics and upkeep. You can't believe the number of people who don't know how to change oil, change a tire, change wind shield wipers, or even inflate their tires. These things can help save money and in some cases, save lives. It should be mandatory to learn how to jump a car when you get your drivers lice... | 2 |
AskReddit/etgg3om | cblwgg | What was the best game or playground attraction at recess? | When me and the boys would play soccer/Football at recess. We had like a Mini League going and it was so fun. It would actually motivate us to finish our work quicker, so our teams in class could make our game plan before it was time to go out. I was always the goalkeeper. Simply due to my lightning quick reflexes | 3 |
AskReddit/cnm0drs | 2s44ho | How is American history taught in other countries? | I live in Mexico and even though I never did any schooling here except university I know for a fact that not a lot of American history is taught. People don't know who Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and others are. They teach Mexican history and world history but for the US the most they teach is the Mexican Americ... | 2 |
Ask_Politics/cjfu6a6 | 2ci1nx | What is the best way for me to better inform myself about US politics? | The other advice here is good, but I want to give some unorthodox advice. Studying and following politics can be a little dry at times and overwhelming at first. I recommend watching some TV shows about politics to get started. Shows like the West Wing and even House of Cards can be a good way to get an idea of how pol... | 3 |
AskReddit/e1s3ss6 | 8w27tf | Who would win in a fight: Supergirl or Captain Marvel? | While I'm a huge Supergirl fan (my favourite), I hate to say that I think Captain Marvel would win because Hank Pym has stated many times that we have never seen Carol's limit of her power. I think, though, that'd just be at the peak of Carol's power, especially as Binary. I think anything under that Supergirl would wi... | 2 |
AskReddit/dzkdd87 | 8m301x | What's that little thing that happened a long time ago that still keeps you up at night? | When I was about 9 or 10 my mom and I were at a street fair. I was walking beside her when a man looked at me and said; "Hey man! You want a shirt?" and I looked at him, and looked back but didn't see my mom. I immediately thought he was a child kidnapper and I ran and found her in a booth about 5 feet away. I looked b... | 4 |
AskReddit/eqj8jr8 | bymj3x | What's something you hate people asking you? | This may sound egotistical but I hate it when people ask me "Why are you so smart" I responded every time that I just put in the effort to solving the problem, especially now that I'm in college and we're literally paying for school now | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dgl3fap | 66t33w | How does your social security number contain so much information about you? | The Social Security Number is a unique identifier for a specific person. It's like a name, only more specific. The problem is: as lot of companies have really crummy security procedures. In some cases, they use the SSN like a pin or password. In other cases, they don't ask for any ID to prove you are you before taking ... | 50 |
AskReddit/ep0sbvj | btosqh | What advice would you give to someone who needs to clean their room in an hour? | Don’t look at the whole room. It’s overwhelming. Focus on a single corner. Clean/put away everything in that corner. Shouldn’t take more than a few minutes. Then move to a different corner. Maybe go around the room clockwise. | 3 |
AskReddit/e7hzdhr | 9mwy1l | When do you know it's time to give up? | There is a place and time where you should keep trying. But there are many times in life where it is better to just give up and move on. And that in turn leads to not just a newer experience - it leads to new learnings, new opportunities and a newer you. So the next time someone asks you to give up or quit - maybe that... | 5 |
askscience/eca3l3m | a8e3h3 | How do cars accurately measure the temperature while ignoring wind chill? | Wind chill doesn't change the temperature. It changes how fast you loose heat energy. A thermometer will reach the same reading whatever exposed to wind or not, but one exposed to wind will reach it faster. This is essentially why we use fans to improve the function of heat sinks. The fan moves air over the heat sink, ... | 32 |
AskReddit/egauwqj | apsbrv | What was the worst physical pain you’ve ever felt? | An esophageal spasm, it felt like I swallowed glass and was having heart palpitations at the same time. It nearly made me call my doctor right then and there i was such a scared little baby thinking I was dying | 2 |
AskReddit/cgfhef8 | 21q8l4 | What would be different in our world if humans had four arms instead of two? | Biggest thing is that with four arms comes four hands. If we can control them all as well as we can control two think of all the things we could do faster or better. Special keyboard for four hands = 200 words/minute?! Imagine how different instruments would be: double guitars, pianos, and crazy drums. Sports would be ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/czzvhye | 45ridl | What are the recent advances on the timing, impetus, and repercussions of the Dene/Athabaskan migration to the U.S. Southwest? | And to piggyback, how do the Apache/Navajo migration connect to the Californian and Oregon Athabaskan migrations? Do people think they migrated south together and split or are they seen as completely separate migrations? | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/db0hss9 | 5hin5e | Why is income inequality bad? | A little inequality is good it gives the lower class something to strive for and rewards the upper class. A lot of inequality is bad due to it causing the lower class to get trapped in a cycle of debt. when the people that work 2 jobs and over 60 hours a week are below the poverty line its hard to say that the american... | 3 |
AskReddit/e7io6v9 | 9n0757 | What is the weirdest/most interesting thing about your body? | I can give myself this weird sensation that feels like a rush of adrenaline any time at will. It brings my heart rate instantly to about 160, raises my blood pressure, and dilates my pupils. I've met a few other people on the internet I believe can do the same thing, and I'm really curious about what it actually is. Go... | 19 |
askscience/c53wjuw | vej0l | Could you see Saturn's Rings with your naked eye from the surface of Saturn? | Can I ask a dumb question? Is the entire planet Saturn made of gas, or is there a solid core several miles below the gassious surface? I mean, if you just jumped onto the surface, would you keep falling until you hit the centre and just bob up and down? or is there a stable core inside? | 53 |
explainlikeimfive/cxxl1ae | 3wnurp | Why has the style of male formal attire remained relatively unchanged for the past 150 years, while casual clothes have changed dramatically? | Male formal attire has definitely changed, I'm bit an expert but I know that our formal wear has gotten a bit less complicated than it used to be. Do a Google search, you can probably find a lot on the history of men's formalwear | 37 |
explainlikeimfive/c58lk9w | vxtoa | What are the "health insurance exchanges" that 'Obamacare' requires? | I'm not an expert, but here is the best understanding I have: Health Insurance Exchanges - or HIX (the acronym HIE is being used for Health INFORMATION Exchange - a program encouraging digital medical records to keep regional groups of medical practices in sync.) - will be federally mandated and overseen. State and reg... | 13 |
askscience/d558oz2 | 4rylsf | How, on a physical level, do transistors/vacuum tubes work, and how do they produce logic gates? | Electrons are charged particles, and in a vacuum tube, they are the only particles available to move. If there is a positively charged plate, the negative electrons will move towards the plate, the electron movement is called current. the Tube is now conducting. If the plate is then charged negatively, the negative ele... | 20 |
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