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AskReddit/dep9t6h | 5ydzzz | What are some things you learned living with your first/only ever SO for a year? | That I'm a miserable person and don't deserve to be happy. I also learned that relationships of any kind are not for me, so now I avoid anything that remotely resembles them and spend all my time alone. It gets lonely sometimes but it is better than making someone else miserable too. | 2 |
AskReddit/c2urut6 | lqfuk | What is the temperature when it's twice as cold as zero degrees? | based on the syntax, the only way to consistently interpret that is to suppose there exists some temperature t1 for which the temperature is just right. Then the magnitude of the variance from t1 gives us how cold it is if the temperature t2 is less then t1. Then, it is twice as cold as it is at 0 when t2=t1-2f(0) wher... | 6 |
AskReddit/cjh4wa4 | 2cn64e | What is something you always wanted as a child, that your parents did not buy you? | I wanted to try that Dungeons and Dragons game that I saw in the stores, and that some of my friends, would play during their after-school program. They didn't have space in their group though, so I always wanted my own copy of the stuff. But my father said no. My father said I couldn't be allowed to become one of "Tho... | 208 |
askscience/dfxikez | 63vd10 | What's the difference between formulas, algorithms and equations? | An equation always has an "equal" sign in the middle, and declares that the two things on either side of it are equal. A formula is a type of equation. An algorithm is a defined series of instructions.a recipe or procedure. | 13 |
explainlikeimfive/dzil0ig | 8luwla | Why must our economy grow all time, isn't it possible to stop economic growth, keep it constant i size instead, and still live a good life? | Since population is increasing, the economy should grow at the same rate just to keep everything equal per person. Since some people are still poor, growing the economy is an attractive way to reduce poverty. (Other option is to take from the rich, which they don't appreciate.) | 2 |
AskReddit/d434f9r | 4ne4eq | What is the most interesting thing you can tell me about the Human Body? | Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleoside triphosphate used in cells as a coenzyme often called the "molecular unit of currency" of intracellular energy transfer. Metabolic processes that use ATP as an energy source convert it back into its precursors. ATP is therefore continuously recycled in organisms: the human b... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ddn39nd | 5tjx7d | Why does everyone hate Nickelback so much? | I don't hate Nickelback, I just prefer not to listen to them. Same goes for Kanye, Beyonce, M&M, Taylor Swift, Drake, and Ed Sheeran. They are all successful artists to varying degrees, and get a little respect for that. They all have their own fans, of which I am not one. As to my reasoning behind my Nickelback prefer... | 3 |
AskReddit/dhvxn39 | 6cnjts | What is the most inappropriate question you've been asked at a job interview? | Can you teach English in spite of being an Indian? (Hinting at the idea that a non white person isn't good at English; because other Eastern European people who applied for the same job weren't asked that question.) Was disappointed to face racism in a country like Japan. | 7 |
AskReddit/dsph5sn | 7qiqyx | When hanging out with a guy you already hooked up with, do you make a move first or should you wait for him to? | If you're a girl, he probably isn't certain if the last time was just a random once off or if you might be keen again, so he'll be hanging back to see what happens. Make the first move girl. Plus if he wasn't interested in the same thing happening he wouldn't have come over. Guys a pretty simple. | 9 |
askscience/cacjoah | 1fpfjo | Why do my shoes squeak when they are wet? | In dry conditions the difference between dynamic and static friction are not that far apart. The sole of a shoe will transition between the two regimes (stick to slip) rather gradually. In wet conditions a large difference between static and dynamic friction develops. When static friction breaks into dynamic friction, ... | 13 |
AskReddit/c87u0gn | 17q4uf | Is it possible to have a positive experience with a health insurance company? | Our health insurance covered all of my husband's recent brain tumor removal surgery with the exception of a $918 co-pay, of which we will get back from the account we've paid into. They also have paid for all of his previous doctors visits and MRI's. going forward, I expect that they will also pay for the bulk of his c... | 2 |
AskReddit/enu6g59 | bpjr49 | What situation made your heart sink the heaviest? | There's been quite many ngl, hard to make one of them "most heart skinking" But most recent one would be knowing that after I moved away from home, my mom, her husband and my sublings are in desperate money issues due to company problems. It just kills me inside to know they're in need of large amounts of money that th... | 2 |
AskReddit/evfk1g5 | cjsglk | What are some of your memories from childhood that you are unsure if it actually happened? | When I was a kid, me and my mom lived in a shelter home. And one day when we were sleeping (bunk beds). I turned to my right side, and I see this tall black figure lady. Like this pitch black lady standing over us and she was tall because her eyes were on my level. (Top bed). This wasnt sleep paralysis because I could ... | 3 |
AskReddit/c45d0o9 | rf47f | What can I read, watch, or do that will make me more attentive to details/able to think like Sherlock Holmes? | You could try the Jewel Game from Rudyard Kipling's book 'Kim': set out a dozen or more small random objects (jewels if you happen to have any lying around, household miscellany, photos, whatever). Look at them for as long as you like, then cover them with a cloth. Write down what they are and as many details as you ca... | 2 |
askscience/ebk51x6 | a54qak | How do satellites like Voyager 2 know where to aim their lense? | There is very very little for Voyager 2 to take pictures of. The cameras are long since disabled to conserve energy and keep the probe running for as long as possible. But, in general, probes need to stay oriented to communicate (they have a really narrow antenna and low output effect of the radio). The orientation is ... | 19 |
AskReddit/d19v9vs | 4bk8lj | What is one thing you want to tell high school students? | College sophomores view high school seniors as they view high school freshmen. College seniors view college freshmen as they view 8th graders. | 5 |
Ask_Politics/cx54bvr | 3tco7z | What is the US' process for vetting and approving refugees? | On mobile but state department has a bunch of fact sheets on this. Basically the first step is getting refugee status from UNHCR (united nations). The US also takes some direct refugees from special programs, like Iraqis who are persecuted for helping the US or minors in central America with a parent in the US who is a... | 3 |
AskReddit/e2xo95u | 91fnd4 | How do you make good connections? | Go to events, parties, meetups, even get social when you're waiting in-line somewhere or sitting on a bus/tram etc. it won't work all the time but it's crazy how many people around you are connected to things that you have interest in, even if small, it's still a connection, and it all adds up in the long run. You just... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dvgcml6 | 83ak7f | Why are buses not designed in a more aerodynamic way? | Aerodynamics only matter at high speeds. Drag is proportional to velocity squared. If your travelling at low speeds (like city buses typically do), it's better to optimize for carrying capacity than for aerodynamics. If a bus was designed to be more aerodynamically efficient (rounded front, tapered back), it wouldn't h... | 34 |
AskReddit/cz1vy5j | 41fdah | Can a guy and a girl actually just be friends? | Can bisexual people be friends with anyone? Can gay people be friends with the same gender? Of course. Are you attracted to every single member of your preferred gender, including family members, babies, and the elderly? | 11 |
AskReddit/e2bdpx5 | 8yjtt6 | What's the most NSFW thing you've seen in someone's home? | I was at my friend's house and I had got a small cut on my finger. His mom saw it and she told me to wash my finger and put a bandage on it. I asked her if I could have one and she said it was in the bedroom closet and I could take it myself. My friend was playing fortnite and I asked him to show me where they were but... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d9rdfo3 | 5bu3a1 | Why did Hammerhead sharks develop that specific type of head? | I saw some documentary that mentioned them being able to make sharper turns in the water. It compared them with other sharks and found that their turning radius was much tighter. It began as just a random mutation, but it proved to be very beneficial for hunting and catching prey. | 2 |
AskReddit/e82hxjh | 9pl0x0 | What are some films that had a great concept but didn't do it justice? | The Harry Potter films. So much potential and endless possible interpretations of the magical world created and contained in the books. The movies were just awful. Wooden acting, underdeveloped characters and leaving out or condensing important sub plots for the sake of special effects. If anyone has yet to read the bo... | 4 |
AskReddit/et8iolw | cag2g9 | What is free that people don’t use or know about? | I think a lot of people are unaware that they can get a library card for free if they live within the city limits (at least that’s how it works at mine). It gives you access to pretty much everything. Libraries are very under appreciated | 4 |
AskReddit/ci4gmae | 27u9yz | What is the single most awkward or embarrassing moment from your childhood that still makes you cringe? | I was in 2nd grade and we had a Halloween costume contest. My mom was a single mom and didn't have time to make me a costume, but she had drawn out plans for one. My teacher made me go up on stage in front of the entire school and describe the costume I was supposed to be wearing. | 414 |
askscience/cgpge1m | 22pmoq | What would happen if you left a steak on the Moon? | It will freeze-dry at night and boil in vacuum during the day. With a bit of practice, salt and spices you could probably do a decent beef jerky. Be warned that the surface of the moon is rich in calcium oxide and other basic compounds, which are bad for you and will make the steak taste bitter. Use only clean surfaces... | 12 |
AskReddit/dpmdqtm | 7c13q5 | What’s one thing you feel an older generation just can’t understand? | Difference in social customs between generations. The social norms between my 60+ aunt's generation and 21 y/o me and my generation are vastly different, I think because of the advent of the internet. And it's such small things too, like I know everyone likes to talk about older people not understanding about walking i... | 6 |
AskHistorians/dkqrefd | 6pkmy8 | How come hard cider isn't the quintessential American drink? | There's a combination of factors but I would like to point out that Hard Cider is by far the fastest growing alcohol type today in 2017. That said apples were brought by literally the first settlers to the USA. In the USA fruit growing ran into a problem of high maintenance. In England large-scale deforestation was alr... | 28 |
AskReddit/do2mrnz | 75147i | How did you meet your friends? | First one, met her 19 years ago because my pediatrician believed that I might've had prader willi syndrome and she was the only other person in my city to have it, so she thought that we should meet. Even though I don't have it, we're still pretty good friends to this day. Second one, met online four years ago. He's de... | 2 |
AskHistorians/d0ugkk0 | 49pqm6 | Are Scandanavians and Slavs Related? | What are you looking for when you say related? Even if you ignore the fact that all humans are related by blood if you go back far enough, there's also the fact that the Scandinavian and Slavic cultures are both Indo-European, so the link is stronger than say the link between the Chinese and the Slavs. | 3 |
AskReddit/c17tpsh | eg35c | What's the worst movie line you've ever seen? | Arnie back-hand throws a combat knife so hard it impales a soldier to the wall in Predator: "Stick around." Strangely, this is also one of the best lines in any movie. | 5 |
AskReddit/d0n61wo | 48wn67 | What app do you use most on your phone? | I personally use my music app most, becase it is running in the background. Aside from that, I use the phone and messages app most. I don't get why you would do stuff on your phone you could do a million times better on a pc, even on a laptop which is also portable. | 5 |
AskReddit/d2kd7tp | 4gsl67 | Is everything energy? | It is because everything is made up of either matter which is based of atoms which are electronically energized (energy) or spiritually (a flow of circumstances), which much less understood, is by even common understanding a form and/or source of energy. | 2 |
AskReddit/es8u45q | c6i5bc | How did you meet your partner and what was the thing that got you two together? | We met at a party and as cheesy as it is, we fell in love instantly. We talked about music all night and I invited him to a gig. We lived an hour from each other so we decided we would have a short term, casual thing and end it after the gig. We've been together 2 years this September. | 3 |
AskHistorians/eedplkn | ahb0m2 | Did Captain Ross, Ernest Shackleton or their men undergo any training before attempting polar exploration? | By training do you mean physical exercise like marching and calisthenics to get in shape for the haul or training in how to move over ice with sledges? Shackleton had been with Scott on the Discovery expedition in 1901-1904 so he had some experience hauling sleds, but I don't think they trained before and expedition to... | 2 |
AskReddit/cwt6hyz | 3s1ift | Could a snake survive a fall from an airplane? | My dad reckoned they don't survive a fall from a hawk, so an aeroplane is going to be worse. He used to tell me about watching the local hawks fly high with snakes and drop them onto the road to kill them. This was in Burma in between lugging 25 pounders up mountains during the last war. | 2 |
AskReddit/dwx8ef0 | 8ab2t1 | What is your best memory from the worst time in your life? | The day we buried my grandfather. It had stormed the whole week and throughout the funeral. I had the worst time letting him go because he was like a father to me. After we had said goodbye to him at the cemetery, the clouds broke and it had stopped raining. My family went to my grandparents' house afterwards, and I we... | 5 |
AskReddit/ei7jq1b | azgar8 | Why do you stay in contact with your abusive parent? | I send cards on birthdays/ Christmas etc, see them randomly (3 times last year, but nothing for the 3 years before), and always on neutral territory so we normally have a meal in a pub and keep to very shallow topics. I found that having zero contact with them made them pursue me and bother me, they have a mental image... | 11 |
AskReddit/efmrc9m | aml7nn | What is your best advice for a college freshman? | Go to class. Sit in the front. I advise freshmen at a college that I coach at, and the biggest issue kids have with it is them thinking that mastery of the material is all that matters. But if you’ve missed a bunch of classes for no reason, and then an actual emergency comes up sometime, the professors will have absolu... | 3 |
AskReddit/d269p6t | 4f68dt | What are the qualities that make women jealous of men? | I wish I was big and strong. I'm tiny and while some men are too they are just naturally still stronger than me. I hate having to ask for help with things that I know how to do I just physically can't. I spent forever trying to get a chainsaw started and at the end my arm was as sore as if I'd already completed my work... | 2 |
AskReddit/cy3y70a | 3xegzv | What was it like the first time you met your SO? | Honestly it was great. My sister set us up. (Thanks sis) unbeknownst to me, she was talking me up a few nights before i actually met her and sneakily invited me over for lunch one day and didnt tell met she invited her as well. I spent the whole day talking with her and after we said our goodbyes, she texted me as soon... | 3 |
AskReddit/e919edi | 9u3ypz | Who or what was the biggest fraud of the last 100 years? | Just about a hundred years ago there was a famous mail arbitrage/investment fraud scandal. It's nothing compared to the great swindles and schemes of nowadays, but we all know the kind of game it was now because it was orchestrated by Charles Ponzi. | 2 |
AskReddit/d5lqqg5 | 4ty28v | What fact did you think was complete bullshit until you looked it up? | I was 9, heavily indoctrinated and I thought evolution was a trick from Satan. A complete, recent encyclopedia sat in our little library, so I went and looked it up. I was stunned. I asked my mom.she shushed me, took me aside in private and confirmed everything. Then she took me to a museum and showed me fossils and di... | 459 |
askscience/dirgypo | 6ghto4 | Why is moving water white? | When water is disturbed in those ways, air is mixed into the water so that the water is broken up to a degree. Now when light passes through this air/water mixture, it gets refracted at all kinds of different angles (every air/water boundary causes the light to change direction) and is essentially randomized, which jus... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d8l2ljs | 56oram | Why does medication predominately gets flavored in cherry or grape? | They're really sweet strong flavors that can mask how gross medication actually is, and they give you a reason to make medication brightly-colored, which also makes most kids more willing to take it. | 8 |
AskReddit/c107nqe | dhbc6 | What eating habits of others really gets on your nerves? | Food snobs. "OMG this food is not authentic/organic/spicy/non-GM/grown in some small town no one has ever heard of in Italy, therefore I'm not eating it and I will look down upon anyone who likes it." | 11 |
explainlikeimfive/c3mno4b | p5bib | Who do males have nipples? | It's "more difficult" to make the males significantly different than the females, so the default is to make them similar. There's no disadvantage to males having nipples, but females need nipples, so everybody gets nipples for simplicity sake. | 4 |
AskReddit/ed6yfq4 | accu2s | What is the dumbest thing you did that got you arrested? | I threw an ashtray at a wall of my apt cuz i was angry. My no w ex called cops on me and i got arrested for domestic abuse. Apparently abusing my home is illegal. Was gonna fix it. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d0sg2s3 | 49k1w0 | Why do babies always try to eat their own fists when they're happy? | It's not just when they're happy. They just sort of do that. my son does it all the time. EDIT: and to try to do better than the junk below: babies do this because they have a sort of odd sensation in their mouths that they are trying to put pressure on. it usually signals that they are going to start teething or they ... | 70 |
AskReddit/cdwwhwc | 1sex2n | How would you describe a liberal and a conservative from your point of view? | Liberal: Looks for injustice and tries to right it. If it has to include spending money, it does. Associated with being evil in a religious sense, and spending too much money, by Conservatives. Conservative: Tries not to let things change (there's a good reason why things are the way they are and it's dangerous to chan... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ducnnie | 7xzy9m | How are allergies able to be acquired as people get older? | Allergies are caused by our immune system mistaking food or innocuous particles like pollen, for invading pathogens. How does this happen? Well, all cells and viruses have chemical markers on their surfaces call Antigens. Our own cells can recognize each other by reading their antigens, and our immune cells are the sam... | 83 |
AskReddit/ev91cnb | cit3xb | What is the best way to solve the problem of crony capitalism in this world? | Crony capitalism is just capitalism and libertarians are economically illiterate The only way for capitalism to function properly is with government regulation Leave 6 big companies to their own devices and they won't compete, they'll collude. It's more profitable to fix prices than compete fairly | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e4d1iv7 | 981zha | Why do we need to drink water? | A number of reasons, The chemical breakdown of molecules themselves often requires water molecules (hydrolysis). Life relies on taking molecules and rearranging them into other molecules; this often can't be accomplished without "loss" of water molecules to hydrogen and oxygen that binds to the molecules to break them ... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/c3u5l20 | q2fci | When is it OK to kill another living thing? | Death is an inevitability of being a living animal. It's only recently that humans have had the theoretical ability to refrain from killing animals. Farming wheat and vegetables still requires killing animals, so you can never have a truly "death-free" diet. Technology requires extracting materials from the earth, whic... | 3 |
AskReddit/c818hrz | 17167p | Why has it become a social norm to put down people for smoking as detrimental to their health, but when bringing up the topic of being overweight its considered insulting? | Because smokers tend to be my downstairs neighbor whose smoke drifts up into my room, through closed windows, while fatty mc fat fat doesn't negatively affect my quality of life like smoking does. I also don't hate smokers. I only hate the downstairs neighbors. My so called 'friends' are smokers and I don't mind. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/cq02zyx | 31bgjx | Why is Cyanogenmod getting such a bad reputation? | Well as a programing student, who knows exactly what they do, here is my perspective. In the early days, Cyanogenmod was a bunch of developers getting together for fun coding a custom version of Android. They would just do it for "beer money" as they called it. As the user base grew, they needed more devs. One Dev coul... | 2 |
askscience/dgt95d7 | 67rf54 | Why are severe allergic reactions to peanuts and other nuts so common compared to other foods and potential allergens? | I'm hoping someone else chimes in on this because I'm definitely not an expert on this, but some things to point out. The foods that have the highest rates of allergies within the US are all high-protein foods (nuts, milk, soy, shellfish, etc.) and from my research, that is thought to have a big role in it. Also, the r... | 6 |
AskReddit/e9iddoc | 9w7jsz | What are the main signs a girl likes you? | Here's some that I have noticed: She constantly wants to be around you. She tries to get the two of you alone frequently Does nice things for you without you asking Remembers the little things that you have told her She compliments you She's very touchy Confides in you about personal things * Makes frequent eye contact... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/d7oipdv | 52z0is | Why are fighter jets "scrambled? | Fighter planes aren't generally in the air, in constant combat air patrol, except in certain areas or situations. The pilots and crews assigned to combat air patrol are generally hanging out in their waiting area or doing other work. When the alert comes that they are needed, the pilots and the support crews scramble t... | 3 |
AskReddit/cr43vfl | 35g65b | Which scene from a book did the movie/tv show depict the most incorrectly and why? | The end fight scene in the last Harry Potter movie between Harry and Voldemort. They took out all the fantastic dialogue and replaced it with this silly wand connecting stuff. I have never been so angry in my entire existence | 2 |
AskReddit/di9loko | 6ee6cg | What unique privilege do you enjoy? | Ok, so this is not really that 'unique' in the world but for me it's been a drastic change, and truly feels like a privilege. Six months ago I got a new job, and the location is literally 3 blocks from my home. I've lived and worked in the city for about 26 years but I've always had to commute at least 20 minutes to do... | 2 |
AskReddit/cbrd1yq | 1kpqn9 | What are your crazy experiences with adrenaline? | Not my personal experience but I was donating blood one time and the tech who was a combat medic told me that he and his buddies took a shot of adrenaline before a 2 mile pt run, said he did it in like 11 minutes and puked for hours afterwards | 3 |
AskReddit/db5oij9 | 5i5tcs | What would you say makes someone an adult beside things like being a parent or being financially responsible? | I usually split "adulthood" into two camps: the practical adulthood, like you said, making money to take care of yourself or someone else, being able to keep up and pay for a form of transportation and living in whatever form it takes, etc, and then emotional adulthood, which I think is often underrated. The ability to... | 2 |
AskReddit/cn9jpwk | 2qu8uy | What is an activity that technology made obsolete that you miss doing? | I actually miss renting movies. I got excited about going to Blockbuster and browsing new movies. I miss the thrill of making sure you get there early to snag up the last copy of a highly anticipated new release. | 5 |
askscience/c7q9ys8 | 15vwle | Is it possible for a moon to have a moon? | Theoretically, yes, although I'm not sure of any that we know of currently. What you seem to be asking for is a satellite for a satellite, and a number of examples of that already exist. The moon orbits Earth, as the Earth orbits the Sun, and in turn, our Solar System is spiraling round the Milky Way. It's a chain of c... | 1,156 |
explainlikeimfive/cukfmsa | 3iwxoc | Why do we get a second wind when staying up in the middle of the night? | I've heard that if you ignore your body's "sleep" signals long enough, your brain assumes there's an important reason that you're staying awake and helps you out by giving you a period of alertness. That could have been complete BS though. Honestly, taking short naps is better than pulling an all nighter if that's what... | 587 |
AskReddit/cogyla8 | 2vermi | What was your best / worst purchase of 2014 and why ? | Best purchase: the really cute hat and mittens I bought and then decided to give to a homeless woman in the subway (I live in Canada so they are very useful). Worst: the OneDirection album (it was a dare, and I was curious, okay?) | 2 |
AskReddit/eak8c55 | a0tmac | What's the biggest screw up at work that you were responsible for? | A buddy of mine worked at a Harley dealership in our city. Only lasted two weeks. Dropped two bikes. First one, already wrecked and getting restored so no big deal. But the second one, Brand New and right in front of the customer. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cbxdh5f | 1la344 | How come the US is so quick to intervene in the middle east but ignores conflicts in Africa like the War in Darfur? | Simply, because the US has interests in the region. There are too many separate interests to go into here, but two big ones are terrorism and oil. There is a precious natural resource controlled by a very small but powerful minority of folks in the Middle East, and conflicts like this that destabilize the region impact... | 2 |
AskReddit/et91sf9 | cajbi0 | What is that mistake that your parents made which then they tried to blame on you? | One time, my stepmother came home to find the shower curtain had been pulled down onto the floor. I was probably 10 or 11. She confronted me about it, yelled at me for lying when I denied it, called me some pretty horrible names (which was pretty standard at the time) and made me go to my room. Then she found out it wa... | 2 |
AskReddit/dfmszfb | 62i8xh | What movie always makes you cry? | Iron Giant. I would add a quote from Roger Ebert where he describes when he cries at movies: >What I experience is the welling up of a few tears in my eyes, a certain tightness in my throat, and a feeling of uplift: Yes, there is a good person, doing a good thing. Requiem for a Dream is horrific, and Marley and Me is s... | 7 |
AskReddit/elgp4na | bfvxe6 | What smell makes you feel depressed? | The smell of Oreos. They were my dads favorite cookie before he died it was like his defining trait. Idk if this is weird or sweet but every year on his birthday my brother and me eat 1 oreo that’s the only thing we eat the entire day. Edit: we haven’t made a rule about not eating anything else but my brother doesn’t e... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/e9ob81a | 9wx686 | Why do the election recounts take longer than the first count? | Absentee and provisional ballots can only be counted by hand, and they often have to be validated before they can be counted. That takes extra time. Regular ballots are counted by machine, and if the margin is great enough for the other ballots not to matter, the election is called without the other ballots, which are ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dfjs8d9 | 624i0a | When you are driving through an unfamiliar area, what's the surest sign that this is NOT the place to stop for gas and a quick bite? | Typically low income areas populated mostly by African-Americans. These places are usually near downtown areas. (well at least where I live.) Also places in the middle of nowhere straight out a horror movie. | 4 |
AskReddit/emlxthj | bl63sa | What's a short saying that changed how you think or how you view life? | "The only thing constant is change." - A variation of one of many short verses from The I Ching that has stuck with me. Change used to drive me crazy until I realized how it is inevitable. The was another quote from a Khalil Gibran book that goes something like, "They (Joy & Sorrow) are inseparable. Together they come,... | 2 |
askscience/c9l0w17 | 1cxy8g | What causes vacuum instability, and what causes "spontaneous" symmetry breaking? | > Vacuum Instability There are two genres of vacuum instability. The vacuum is the field configuration that minimizes the potential energy. We can have a situation in which the vacuum has two minima, one lower than the other, kind of like a tilted "W" shape (but smoothed out). If the system happens to have settled into... | 3 |
AskReddit/e7poy9t | 9nxaii | What are the best works of art made by artists while they were going mad? | David Bowie made an entire album while drugged,cocaine probably replaced the salt in his body due to the amounts he did(he didn't remember making the album at all,even chunks of his life were erased) Marilyn manson's trilogy albums were good and used anger and drugs as fuel | 2 |
AskReddit/evjffn9 | ck5k4z | What did you last dream about? | I have no idea why, but I literally dreamt I was cuddling my friend. I’m still confused and lost, but I feel like it’d be awkward if I told anyone so I’ve just been sitting in my mind confused all day. | 3 |
AskReddit/eaf3p72 | a071m1 | What's the most gruesome murder story that happened in your area? | Homeless man in his early 20’s was parked 5 minutes from my house. He slept there every night and was respectful. Someone jacked his car and murdered him then ditched the car. Must have been over drugs. This just happened a couple weeks ago | 3 |
AskReddit/dsh7xq0 | 7ph97q | Why is the Republican party determined to destroy this country for 99% of the population,specifically the poor? | Why would you assume that? Do you assume that 99% of this country is poor? Do you also realize that if there's less people, the ones who remain have a greater portion, which would reduce the need to destroy people? Your heart might be in the right place but you seriously lack some critical thinking there OP. And I'm pr... | 2 |
AskReddit/cjpf4ja | 2dgw4k | What is the best thing to hear from your loved ones after a terrible day at work? | Every time I walk in the door, whether I'm getting home from work or just walked outside to get something, my 2 year old son acts like he hasn't seen me in a week. He yells "Daddy" and runs to me. I don't know how long that will last, but it makes my day every time. | 2 |
AskReddit/emy0ll5 | bmngkr | Why do SOME women get moody when asking them if they’re on their period? | The person asking is implying that the person is moody by asking if they're on their period. No one likes being told they're being moody, even if it might be true. It's also no one's business. Also, it invalidates your emotions. I can only be moody since I'm on my period, and not because I'm genuinely having a bad day,... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/czos9w8 | 44aupq | Why have I seen lightning in rain storms but never in snow storms? | It can happen from time to time, but it's rare. Lightning takes a lot of energy to generate and usually gets this energy from heat. That's why so many storms start in the evening, the storm is using the heat of the day. In winter the cold doesn't have the energy, so it's much harder for lighting to form. If you get a h... | 5 |
AskHistorians/deqqo00 | 5yhce0 | What did the Nazis di with the hair of female gas chamber victims? | The hair was to be repurposed as industrial felt and thread. SS-WVHA, the main economic arm of the SS, sent out directives to the camps in 1942 to collect women's hair, which was often long enough to be collected and processed into felt. Auschwitz survivor testimony claimed that the hair was placed in the crematoria lo... | 5 |
AskReddit/cxpoqo8 | 3vq0us | What is the dumbest scam that people fall for? | Randos calling claiming to be with the IRS saying you owe back taxes and need to wire money or go to jail. Older people fall for the grandchild scam. Young sounding person calls older person and conversation goes as follows: Grandma: Hello? Scammer: Grandma it's me, I need your help. Grandma: (Name), is that really you... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ddc8oqm | 5s43nt | How are farms that have a winter season able to afford staying in business year round? | For cattle winter state farmers need twice as much grain field and they stock up for the winter. If they cant afford that much land they need to buy feed and have it brought in. For produce farmers some things grow better in the north or dont grow well in the south. They make their money in the before winter. | 2 |
AskReddit/e7vgivi | 9onzhh | What benefits did you notice after losing weight? | I lost a significant chunk of weight this past year. The feeling of putting on any outfit I want and not instantly thinking I look horrible is amazing. The fact that I can go shopping and try things on now without getting upset with myself is so relieving. People have started treating me much differently as well though... | 1,386 |
AskReddit/e929ngy | 9u7vzy | What’s the best thing that has happened to you today? | I'm not used to the time change so even though I know it's an hour earlier than what it really is I'm still acting as if it's later, so I've gotten a lot of things done really early today. I don't mind, I'll have a really nice long evening of doing nothing tonight. | 3 |
AskReddit/e9l6ln8 | 9wjwjf | What celebrity death affected you the most? | I've never been affected by any celebrity deaths past the point of reading the headline and thinking "Huh." then moving on. Good on the people who can cry over stuff like that though, they must have really liked their work. | 4 |
AskReddit/e8jbhzi | 9rs581 | Is there anyone else who finds it impossible to sleep with socks on? | No. I only take socks off for sleeping when it is hot. But I find it impossible to sleep unless I have at least a light sheet. Doesnt matter how hot it is. Could be literally asleep on the sun and I need something covering me. | 308 |
AskReddit/ch1y03w | 23yzyk | What's it like to live in a Second-world country? | Depends on where you choose to live in the second world country. I chose to move to a third world portion of a second world country. I went from living in a 8 foot by 14 foot room in an illegal rooming house and being one missed Social Security disability check from the street to living an upper middle class existence.... | 2 |
AskReddit/dsen74j | 7p58ob | Are you a male or a female and what would be your feelings on dating a bisexual? | AMAB MtF attracted to females, but dating a pansexual GNC AMAB just because we mesh so well. Try and wrap your head around that one. Edit: AMAB-Assigned male at birth GNC-Gender non-conforming | 2 |
AskReddit/c9lwsea | 1d19cg | Why so much animosity and disrespect nowadays towards teachers? | Because they took the canes away. The teachers can't so much as touch a pupil without being accused of molestation these days, how can they do their job when they are unable to back themselves up with any kind of real punishment. Kids have no reason to listen to them as they see it. It's all very stupid. | 2 |
AskReddit/c4c8yfa | s9qik | Does anyone else feel like the internet has made our generation inherently lazy and un-motivated in comparison to the last one? | Not really. the interent is just a tool, its how you respond to it. I know many people who have a globe-trotting, super active lifestyle only because of the web. I mean, if you think about it, from where you are now you can look for a job in Tokyo or South Africa, book a plane ticket, and even make a few contacts in th... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ce411t8 | 1t3tay | Why would the color green be racist against Hispanics? | To be authorized to live and work in the US legally you must be issued a permit of legal residency, commonly referred to as a "green card" due to its color. Many Hispanics are in the US illegally due to the porous border with Mexico, leading to the connotations of selecting Hispanic people based on possession of a gree... | 3 |
AskReddit/cbjwzb9 | 1jzvcd | What are some weird, technology-based laws that you see being put into place 100 years in the future? | This will come up sooner rather than later but piracy/copyright laws involving 3D printing. Edit: Read the question wrong. Thought it was "in the next 100 years" not 100 years from now. My answer is still semi-relevant though. | 2 |
AskReddit/ckxh8go | 2hzo4l | What was that one thing that, even though everyone else was doing it, your parents wouldn't let you do? | My parents wouldn't permit me to date until I was in college. I grew up in a town where most people were "stuck" and they both wanted me to get out of there. They were concerned that if I started dating someone and had a relationship I would choose a college based on that other person's plans. While it sucked at the ti... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cb2jfpb | 1iadxz | Why do routers sometimes need to be reset in order for a wireless person to connect to it? | A router is a mini computer, with a small CPU and small amount of memory, something like 16Mb. They often run a customized version of linux. As with any computer, the operating system can get "confused" or lock up, can run out of memory, or just run out of resources. A reboot, just like restarting Windows, clears out t... | 9 |
AskReddit/c9onmda | 1db3t7 | Would you wither, manage, or thrive living with your clone? | Manage, but painfully. I feel like as a super type-A person, I could not ever thrive with my clone but I'd be too stubborn to let the resources of another me go to waste. Just think of how efficient we would be! So much more joint time for work and organizing and cleaning! I find that I tend to get along best with peop... | 2 |
AskReddit/c6isb4h | 112lov | What are some breathtakingly beautiful animated films? | Titan A.E. it is a bit dated but the space scenes are beautiful for when it was made. The Thief and The Cobbler, amazing techniques all done by hand over the course of a few decades, Vincent Price is in it as a bonus. The Triplets of Belleville, quaint French film, the art seems almost cozy. If you are in the mood for ... | 25 |
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