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AskReddit/dhoybu4 | 6brl28 | What's the strangest thing you've walked in on your significant other doing? | My ex had this thing she would do she called "prancing the cat". The first time I walked in and she was dancing in front of the rotund feline who was meowing at her in confusion, I worried that she might have lost her marbles. She said it was to communicate her feelings for him, since he didn't understand English. | 4 |
AskReddit/cdqaaw3 | 1rrzdy | To the many also in this situation, how do you cope with working random minimum wage jobs after graduating college with a 4 year degree? | It's tough to accept you got a degree that simply isn't in demand. Unfortunately, college is big business and the way they market programs is designed to convince you that as soon as you graduate with your Art History and Women's Studies dual major with a minor in Horticulture and Basket Weaving that high-dollar startu... | 23 |
AskReddit/cjwibwn | 2e64io | What have you overheard because people didn't think you could understand their language? | While on vacation in Mexico my brother and I overheard a French couple talking about sticking things up people's butts. They were about 3 feet from us and weren't being very quiet or discreet about it so I assume they thought we were Americans, not Canadians who speak French. We couldn't help but burst out laughing. Th... | 2 |
askscience/efa6b40 | al060e | How does underwater depth affect air bubbles? | Visibly, the bubbles would look and act the same. However, for each 33ft/10m of depth, the density and pressure of the air inside the bubble would be higher than at the surface (surface air pressure is 1 atm/1 bar, 33ft/10m is 2atm/2 bar, 66ft/10m is 3 as tm/3 bar, etc). Density of the air follows the same pattern. But... | 6 |
AskReddit/eeb0nc8 | ah32an | What are some things a person moving out on their own for the first time should know? | Make meal plans and don’t eat out a lot. I go to the store once every other week and spend maybe 50 dollars on food. It saves a lot and it can improve ones sense of self worth which can be damaged by moving away from home. Also explore where you live try and meet people that will always help with the transition | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/eb2zw43 | a3375s | What in the world does “long exposure” mean in terms of photography? | A camera takes a picture when the shutter opens a hole to let light in. The longer it stays open the more light it lets in and the brighter the photo’s exposure is. Shutter speed is how fast or slow that shutter is open for. Also the longer it is open, the more blurrier it gets from motion blur. If you take a picture o... | 2 |
AskReddit/dqzdqqw | 7ijbyx | What is the best way to mask the sound of a fart in company? | Make a fart noise with your mouth at the same time. Even if they hear the real thing they'll think you have a skill at dual-tone mouth farts. Might even get a compliment like, "that sounded real". | 3 |
AskReddit/dvc8qrf | 82nfpz | What are some thought provoking questions? | It is almost universally the case that difficult ethical decisions involve choosing between two or more 'moral imperatives,' e.g. autonomy vs. beneficence in medical ethics (allowing a person to choose vs. doing what is objectively best for their health). If ethical principles fall short of providing solid answers to t... | 2 |
askscience/d40zocj | 4n4rv3 | Why is insulin able to be injected NOT into a vein? | A lot of this has to do with absorption rates. Insulin injected directly into a vein would immediately take action. Your blood sugar levels would plummet dangerously. Injections into muscles are also quick, but not nearly as quick as veins. Injections into subcutaneous fat slow this action down, allowing for a gradual ... | 16 |
explainlikeimfive/d7mpn5d | 52ru5l | Why is gold valuable to governments? | Gold in hard to find and mine which means there will not be a flood of gold on the market anytime soon. It is also very stable in any condition which means you can store it anywhere without having to care about packaging it or keeping the right temperature or humidity. And lastly it is valuable on the consumer market. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cdyd9fy | 1sk61e | How do snowflakes get such amazing and symmetrical shapes? | Most of them don't - you only see the good ones in pictures. If you use the search, I know this has been covered a few times recently. The short version is that water molecules have a shape that only allows them to connect at certain angles. These angles are responsible for the shapes of good snowflakes. | 3 |
AskReddit/e1e35jk | 8ubb6o | What is something you love the smell of but hate the taste of (or vice versa)? | I love the smell of mint, but I don't like mint candies, chocolate mint ice cream, mojitos, and the like. The only mint things I do like are tooth paste and spearmint gum. | 2 |
askscience/c3kv4c5 | oxj7l | Could sign language take root and persist in wild chimpanzees without continued human contact? | I was interested in this idea, and asked a primatologist who had studied chimp behavior about it. She seemed to think it was relatively unlikely. Apparently chimps very rarely sign at each other, and the chain of behavioral mimicking is kind of one sided and dependent on social status. They also apparently don't tend t... | 54 |
AskReddit/dwqw20n | 89fgvn | Why should we praise people in the military? | You are not obligated in my opinion, people in the military are regular people who joined for variety of reasons and being in the military doesn't mean you are a hero or a good person by definition. You can support the troops, but not the mission. | 2 |
AskReddit/dt3wlmw | 7sd8g8 | What would you like to have done to your body after you die? | Organ donation. But not donation to medical schools. I'm in medical school and a volunteer for advance care planning, and I don't know what to say when body donation topics come up. My university is the only place to donate to in the state, so it maximizes use of the cadaver lab. I've had tutorials from pots (organ flo... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e56rhga | 9byukd | What do they do to cars when you get an oil change? | Lift your car up, unscrew the oil drain bolt from the bottom of the motor, let your old oil drain into an oil pan, put a little bit of new oil in and let that drain to get any residual old oil out, put the drain bolt back on, fill your engine with new oil. | 3 |
AskReddit/e06y29n | 8oxpg5 | What is your favourite insult from a language other than English (but translated to English)? | The word "Myre". Funnily enough the word has no definite meaning in my mother tongue which is Malayalam. In tamil the word means hair but here we translated it to Pubic Hair. Currently the word is not even an insult but something friends call each other. | 2 |
AskReddit/cjsubq0 | 2dt9ga | What is the last book you read? | The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. I liked it a lot. It read like a tv show would so im not surprised that they adapted it to tv. Im currently reading the second book in the series and it is moving at the same pace and I love it. | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/dfltnf9 | 62e8ml | Why do people say it is bad to skip breakfast? | There is no hard evidence to support the idea that eating breakfast is better than skipping breakfast, if you are not hungry, by any metric including obesity rates or learning outcomes in school. If you are malnourished, or for forced not to eat when you are hungry, this will obviously have adverse effects for a variet... | 3 |
AskReddit/dw74gd3 | 86qec3 | Why should Trump's ban on transgender troops in the military be supported? | You can be disqualified from military service for all sorts of reasons. Up until 2004 you couldn't join the military at all of you had ADHD. Even now the roles you can have are very restricted. You can't join at all if you have athsma or have ever taken antidepressants. Military service is not a right. The military can... | 6 |
AskReddit/czu64oe | 44yp2c | What's the most difficult video game you've played? | Definitely "The Lost Word: Jurassic Park" for the PS1. The velociraptor and T rex campaigns were nearly impossible in the initial release of the game. As a raptor you would encounter soldiers that would just SPAM gas grenades at you. The only relatively easy part of the game was the last stage, where you played as Sara... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/cdvun00 | 1sb5hs | Why is the radius of the observable universe NOT equal to speed of light times the age of the universe? | When you see an object, it's because light has travelled from it to your eyes. However, an object is further away from you now than when it first emitted the light, due to metric expansion. So what we can see - based on what light we can receive right now - encompasses a volume with a radius much longer than 13 billion... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cfn05k6 | 1yr3pq | How does Parliamentary Democracy work? | So, you know how in the United States we have midterm elections, then presidential elections? That's not how most systems work. Imagine if there were only the midterm, or congressional, elections. And they were not held at a regular schedule of every four years. Instead, they could be called by the ruling party at any ... | 3 |
AskReddit/ejroyq1 | b7g81c | What did you do that resulted in the longest "talk" from your parents? | Lost my virginity. Snuck over my girlfriend’s house when I was 16. Climbed in a window and had a great night. A neighbor must have seen me and told her parents. Next day I get called into the house and yelled at. Then we have to drive over to her house to get an hour long lecture from her mom about hormones while her d... | 1,371 |
AskReddit/dmq1s53 | 6ythap | What do you think the future will be like 50 years from now? | Driverless cars are out already, deliveries by drone coming soon, internal combustion engines banned in 5 years (in Europe), humans on Mars in 15 - 20 years, fusion reactors supplying safe free power, the future should be a cosy life for everyone. Unfortunately there are fewer and fewer super rich who own everything ye... | 3 |
AskReddit/ccmio0t | 1nvrbs | What are some good Metal bands? | I usually listen to joke-ish metal. But here they are. Horse the Band - Nintendo sounding, kind of funny. I See Stars - their new album is electronic metal. Psychostick - funny band, humorous songs. Protest the Hero - Metal/screamo That's just my music everyone has different preferences. | 2 |
AskReddit/c3rh19t | pqpjp | Why is it wrong to be grossed out by gay affection? | Im a gay male. I have lesbian friends. I'd see them kiss in my presence and I find it gross. I think it, but don't say it. I keep it to myself. And im sure they think the same when they see me smooching with my partner. Spose we all have things that turn us off. Airing it vocally can offend and can be considered rude a... | 26 |
AskHistorians/calgzbe | 1gku9b | Why did Canada fail to join in the US Revolution? | Links between the Foundaing Fathers and Canada, especially French Canadians, during this period is often disregarded by current historiography. Benjamin Franklin (who spoke and wrote very good French), was commissioned by the American Congress to try and convince French Canadians to join the Union. In 1776, he held a c... | 5 |
AskReddit/e5j3i2b | 9dpclf | What’s the difference between “cease” and “desist” aren’t they the same word? | Cease is more about "stopping" and desist is more about "not continuing" They are used in connection with each other because in court orders to stop doing something (usually copyright infringing) they want you to both stop making the infringing materials and stop selling the ones that you made already. | 6 |
AskReddit/efnx1bs | amqusw | Where is the best place to donate clothes (places that give the clothes away not resell them) here in the US? | A lot of churches will take donations to give to needy families or homeless. I donate to American Cancer Society. They do resell, but the money goes toward helping cancer patients. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d72nb8d | 509066 | Why does the KKK have fantasy things as their rank names? | The original Klan (Reconstruction Klan) emphasized the idea of scaring newly freed blacks by capitalizing on traditional slave fears. Former plantation owners knew of the superstitions and what slaves had traditionally feared. This is where the white sheet uniform appeared ghostly, horrific, and scary. The names add to... | 9 |
AskReddit/c9rkyrw | 1dlzcf | What is your happiest memory? | Not my happiest but still in the top 5. I live in a pretty bad neighbourhood. When i was about 14/15 i sat at a bench with some friends and we saw two guys in their mid twenties walking towards us, usually that means that you are going to get some problems. We had some experiences with situations like this, so we tried... | 3 |
AskReddit/dr3gthe | 7j3zyt | What can you not bring yourself to hate no matter what? | People. No matter how mean, callous, cruel, short-sighted, unpleasant, or insulting human beings sometimes get . I still really and truly believe most of us are good deep down inside. Even at our worst, I still feel a spark of compassion remembering that once upon a time each of us was an innocent child. I just can't h... | 2 |
AskReddit/cnhrwgn | 2ro6td | What is a food you hated as a kid but love now, or vice versa; what is a food you loved as a kid but hate now? | Hated as a kid: Peppers, love them now (any kind, green, banana, that sort of thing), I also hated coleslaw, baked beans and so on. Food I loved as a kid and hate now: Bologna sandwiches (unless the bologna is really really thin). | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dlg19g6 | 6swa6r | How did Saddam and Gaddafi trade Oil in different currencies and why did this anger the US Administration? | It's a conspiracy theory. The currency of Libyan and Iraqi oil transactions was not the cause of those wars, nor would there have been any major financial crisis from any supposed plan to transition Libya onto the gold standard. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c2hnds7 | k5exs | Why is the sky blue/water green or blue? | I can handle the sky. Light from the sun appears white, but is actually made of a wide spectrum of light put together. These different colors are each characterized by a different wavelength, or put very simply, how it moves from the source to your eye. These act differently through the materials it passes through to g... | 3 |
askscience/c18oszj | ek5pc | If I turn down my house thermostat 3°F when the outside temperature is 0°F, does it save me any more money than turning down my thermostat 3°F when the outside temperature is 32°F? | All other things being equal (amount of snow on house, wind speed outside, etc) yes you will save some money. The reason is that heat loss rate is proportional to the temperature difference. The smaller the temperature difference between inside and outside, the slower the rate at which you will lose heat. | 8 |
AskReddit/cq7cwl9 | 322py5 | What is the worst thing your family did while you all came together for a sick and dying relative? | When my grandfather passed, there was the usual 'who gets what' scenario. Except, my grandfather was a retired police officer who had six kids, so they were just barely middle class, i.e., no huge inheritances. So people were literally squabbling over little things like pictures, knick-knacks, things that were more sen... | 2 |
Ask_Politics/dffiy0a | 61lsuz | What would it take for Trump and Ryan to get ~30 Democratic votes in the House? | Maybe infrastructure funding. Maybe. The ACHA was explicitly designed and intended to repeal the biggest Democratic legislation in decades. It was never going to get a single Democratic vote, and neither the White House nor the House GOP ever pretended to try swinging any. I expect the same will happen to any budget or... | 12 |
askscience/dk59jnm | 6mv03n | What is the shape of protons/electrons? | Electrons are not made up of anything. They are electrons. As far as we can tell, with the current models of physics, they're elementary. Protons contain quarks like you said. What binds them? The strong interaction/strong force. None of these things have a "shape" though. Those pictures are just to make it easy for ev... | 9 |
AskReddit/da244d5 | 5d6c1i | How can a drug be available as a prescription AND as an over the counter medication? | Sometimes it's the dosage and sometimes the prescription version may be subsidised price wise for people who are prescribed the medication and have some sort of health cover for that type of thing | 3 |
AskReddit/ei4ynby | az3h28 | What is an species or natural phenomena that you find fascinating, which most of us may not have heard of? | Axolotls. They can regrow limbs. I’ve heard they turn their scar tissue into stem cells by nobody has figured out how yet. Honestly they’re just so cute as well, thinking of asking do one for my 15th (if that’s possible). | 3 |
AskReddit/ernzd3t | c31iet | What are some good tips to quit smoking? | I was thr complete opposite when quitting. For me it was dip instead of cigarettes but what I did was buy a fresh can of dip open it and just leave it beside me. It's a lot of ppl wouldn't recommend that but it was more of a I have power to say no even when it's right beside me. Dine this for like 2 weeks and by that t... | 3 |
AskReddit/cq9r5wd | 32bw1f | What single line from a movie makes you laugh every time you hear it? | Not really a single line, but the entire lion vs Tuna exchange in The Other Guys. "We will construct breathing apparatuses, out of Kelp! It won't be a lot, maybe 10, 20 minutes at a time, but it'll be enough to find you, and we will hunt you." | 25 |
askscience/csk7vc1 | 3b7np7 | Would a gun fire in space? | Gravity is not a factor in firing a gun on Earth, so it wouldn't make a difference in space. Gravity does effect the path of the projectile once it leaves the gun on Earth, but not the firing mechanism. Unlike on Earth, a bullet fired in space will continue on its course forever, at the same speed as it left the gun, a... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/cskyo2y | 3bcaa9 | Why do we have favorite colors, number, etc? | Humans seem hard-wired to make impersonal things seem personal and so try to personalise numbers by projecting something about themselves onto them. i think it is a way of feeling in control. Your personality seems to be an important factor in your choice, for example, whether you are superstitious or not. Certain colo... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ct14zmt | 3d1swd | Where does a snails shell come from? | Snails grow their shells the same we humans grow hair and fingernails. Their shells are made from calcium that gets excreted from their bodies. Because their shells house most of their vital organs, the shell cannot be removed without killing the snail. | 3 |
AskReddit/cauz742 | 1hjo48 | Why do people find it amusing to honk and scream at people who are walking on the side of the road? | This sounds like the tendency of less socially evolved humans to display their perceived superiority/dominance over others. I presume from their perspective pedestrians are inferior to motorists, and once spotted this creature takes great pleasure in debasing random people who happen to be walking. | 2 |
AskReddit/cealq45 | 1tr1sg | How often do you flirt at work? | I work at my family's business (a big old bookstore in NYC), and I'm usually alone on the 6th floor all day, except when my boss comes upstairs, who happens to be my mom . . . so, you know, I flirt like crazy in the hopes of getting a raise. | 2 |
askscience/cr5bugq | 35keke | When you're dead and can't produce mucus lining on your stomach, does your stomach acid burn through your body? | Stomach acid is actively secreted in response to ingestion of food. When you die this active secretion would cease (as would mucous secretion) so I doubt the problem you have highlighted is an issue. Having dissected a number of cadavers including their GI tract I have not seen any evidence of autodigestion post mortem... | 186 |
AskReddit/dwttv4n | 89tuer | Is there a device that can calculate how much power an appliance is consuming per hour? | I bought one on amazon years ago. You could enter your cost for power and it would calculate how much it cost to run. Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor | 2 |
AskReddit/c1vgj2l | hhls6 | Would you terminate an accidental pregnancy if your husband didn't want the baby (his) solely out of fear of losing him? | You made the decision that you did not want a child when you went on the pill. Your birth-control options don't end when an egg is accidentally fertilized. If you keep to your decision and don't have a baby, you've done exactly what you originally intended. No form of birth control is 100% effective. Failure is not a m... | 6 |
AskReddit/d8ac63t | 55ghka | How many texts can you send someone (without reply) before it gets creepy, and is there a length of time after sending those messages to wait before sending more? | I used work into the late night early morning. I would send my friends bunch of texts while she was asleep. She never thought I was creepy, I guess we were really good friends. Or she wanted the D, I mean d She'd actually reply to all of them haha cute | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ds97kwa | 7ofsoa | What is the importance of really large prime numbers, what sort of applications do they aid? | Really large prime numbers, the ones that set records, have no practical purpose, except perhaps testing computer software and refining distributed computing techniques. Large prime numbers, like in the hundred digit range, are used in a popular encryption scheme called RSA. It takes advantage of the fact that it is ea... | 6 |
AskReddit/c1cp3sx | f23c8 | Was dropping the Atomic bomb on Japan necessary? | You should google Einstein and his thoughts on his part in the atomic bomb but also spend some time researching the political climate and the war. Without a good, fundamental understanding of what was going on at the time, any position you claim to hold will be a bit silly. | 8 |
askscience/c29k6ce | j6jjk | Is black the absence of color or is it the concentration of color which absorbs all light in the color spectrum? | Firstly, when light is emitted from a source, it can basically do three things when it encounters matter. It can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed. Think about shining a laser pointer at a mirror. What you see on the wall behind you will be the reflected light. Now imagine you have a spear that's partially submerged... | 4 |
AskReddit/cs4gsbh | 39m1f0 | What is the meanest thing you've ever heard a student say to their teacher? | Some kid told our English teacher that he was just bitter because he'd be stuck there teaching high school English while his students were moving on to be more successful than him. The teacher quit the following year | 3 |
AskReddit/ddn00dk | 5tjlyi | How would 911 calls work if you're deaf/mute? | Sign Language Interpreter here. There are call stations called VRS (Video Relay Services) and VRI (Video Relay Interpreting); both of which connect a Sign Language user to a hearing (non-signing) individual through an interpreter. The Deaf/Hard-of-hearing/signing individual uses their video phone (sometimes provided by... | 3 |
askscience/ct7gsv7 | 3dpd0p | Why does an earthquake spread from one central location if it's on a fault line? | When an earthquake occurs only a relatively small portion of a fault moves (generally). Faults are complex shapes so jam very easily. This is why you get aftershocks; one part of the fault moves, stress gets transfered elsewhere along the fault, another earthquake occurs to release it, and so on. | 25 |
AskReddit/cq4zvjz | 31u3rx | What would happen if another country invaded America? | Who would it be? China? Russia? These could potentially be real threats. There would need to be a large take-over of infrastructure for communications. I strongly believe taking away the ability of the people to truly know what is happening would be an effective way to take over this country. | 2 |
AskReddit/elk15s9 | bgcpst | What eye colour do you find the most attractive, and could you explain why you find it attractive? | I've always found green eyes fascinating since they're less common. I think gray eyes would be the coolest, but I've never seen them in real life. I don't think I really have any true preference, although for some reason I'm starting to find blue eyes kind of.off-putting? Or something? I think it's because my boyfriend... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dh4haxr | 698510 | How does a computer know what device is attached to it ? | USB is more than just a connector, it's a whole set of protocols. One of the functions a USB device must support is the "Get Descriptor" request. The computer sends the Get Descriptor request through the USB, and the device must respond to it with a variety of information that identifies itself. The computer then looks... | 3 |
AskHistorians/cnuiwd5 | 2su54w | Did the Soviets develop their own doctrine in response to the US AirLand Battle? | I'm not a historian nor do I claim expertise in this subject, but it is one I've read and studied extensively over the years and lived through when it was an actual possibility. US Airland Battle doctrine was developed to offset the numerical superiority of the Warsaw Pact troops, frontal aviation assets, artillery, ta... | 8 |
AskReddit/ee7i17e | agnjbx | What cover song is more well known and popular than the original, but you prefer the original? | Behind Blue Eyes. You cannot beat The Who's version. Haven't heard a good cover of that song and anyone that thinks the Limp Biscut version is good should have their eardrums eaten by rabbits. | 2 |
Ask_Politics/cnu4h3o | 2sy0un | Is Obama's plan to provide free community college good for the economy? | Community colleges focus on job skills, so community college graduates these days are actually more likely to have jobs after graduating than those with bachelor's degrees. As a society, we've pushed too many high school graduates into universities. As a result, dropout rates are much higher than they should be, compet... | 9 |
AskHistorians/cbyznk2 | 1lgbfp | When segregation was legal in the US, how were prominent black people from Africa (or other non-North American countries) treated on visits to the States? | Segregation was quite a serious problem for American diplomacy. Washington DC is in the south, and African diplomats in particular ran into trouble with housing discrimination, segregated restaurants, and so on. It became a real issue under Eisenhower, since that was when decolonization created lots of new countries in... | 658 |
AskReddit/cvhcb55 | 3mqoau | What is the most heartbreaking thing someone has said to you? | There was this girl I liked for a majority of my life, about 10 years or so. I asked her out and she said yes! All was good for about a week until the phone call from her mom about how she had passed due to a drunk driver. That was definitely the most heartbreaking thing I have ever been told. Edit: Jeez, I didn't expe... | 1,743 |
AskReddit/dnr724u | 73li2f | How can we blushers stop blushing when we talk to girls? | I'm an (aging) fellow blusher and I can honestly say, girls don't mind. In fact, some like it, it shows a cute shyness. Don't let the blushing ruin your confidence, just let it be and you'll get used to it. And, when you feel yourself blush, turn it into a smile! | 2 |
AskReddit/c9yhniw | 1eb2od | When you were growing up what did you think was cool about being an adult, but when you became an adult you realised it really wasn't that cool whatsoever? | Being able to eat whatever I wanted.I did it for a semester my first year of university, went home, and realised how much I craved healthy, properly-cooked meals like the ones my mum cooked for me when I was little and I'd complained about! | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d86ctsg | 54zul5 | Why are power poles above ground? | No because you'd have to deep 6 a power line. If something goes wrong it's much harder to actually fix anything. Also zoning with roads would be a nightmare when you need to place new or unexpected powerlines underneath them. Feasibility. It's much easier to place powerlines on pools around the country than it is to di... | 2 |
AskReddit/e9ga28b | 9vz1dq | Why not simply remove all the stuff that's bad for people from the stores and ban toxic food by law? | “Bad for people” is extremely subjective. Attempts to regulate morality by banning substances always backfire as they only create a black market for the product, which tends to lead to organized crime taking over production and distribution of said product, and their quality control tends to be less stringent since you... | 5 |
AskReddit/c3pvx5m | pjo4w | If - by some weird miracle - the big content providers asked YOU how they could make more profit and reduce online piracy, what would you say, Reddit? | I'd say make their product more easily available for purchase online. And cheaper. DOnt keep the release of films from people. If you release it in the theaters. release it online too. available for purchase. Keep ads out of it, keep limiting DRM off of it as well. | 2 |
AskReddit/ee4ts6m | agaz18 | What's your most embarrassing moment? | This sounds ridiculous but it’s something I will never forget Not sure if it’s my MOST embarrassing moment but it’s for sure the first one I remember to have really been upset over . I’m 7 years old and am at a skating rink with the rest of the kids in summer camp We are playing red light green light. I’ve made it to t... | 2 |
AskReddit/dy7hoa1 | 8fytlv | Why do we never see protests at trade schools? | Because when you go to trade school, you know you're getting an education that will be worth something. The critical thinking you are taught is problem-solving, not how to create a problem where there really isn't one. There will be a job waiting for you, and you won't have to complain about lack of jobs for obscure de... | 8 |
AskReddit/cj7ctvw | 2bomjz | What do you want to happen to your body once you die? | If I ever get round to it I'll donate mine to SCIENCE! My dad did, and it meant that we didn't have to have a funeral within a short amount of time after his death. This worked well because he died in december and a lot of people wouldn't have made his funeral because of the weather. We held a memorial service a month ... | 19 |
AskHistorians/ddvcjlr | 5ul7x5 | What did naval battles look like before the Invention of the cannon? | The main purpose built warships from antiquity until the adoption of canon was the Galley. Galleys are shallow draft, single mast, oared rams. These ships were fast, maneuverable and independent of wind. But extremely expensive. Medieval commanders would often commandeer merchant Cogs and built simple battlements. Cog ... | 7 |
askscience/dtyzkbn | 7wamsc | How does the development of two umbilical cords(and placentas?) work when the body triggers twins versus one child? | The placenta and umbilical cord arise from the conceptus. The placenta develops early on in the blastocyst stage (the area that will become the embryo is within the part that becomes the placenta). The umbilical cord arises from the allantois (another structure within the conceptus) later in development. So with twins ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ck3ncla | 2ew113 | What food considered unhealthy isn't really all that bad? | While not considered unhealthy, a lot of people will stay away from fats so much as to even avoid good fats found in foods like peanut butter. I've explained many times the role of unsaturated fats to people who just read the label and say "oh this is so fattening" | 2 |
AskReddit/c3b76t5 | nqq67 | What are some stupid little things that make you boil with rage? | Licking popsicle sticks. If I accidentally lick a popsicle stick, I throw it on the floor in sheer horror and rage. Popsicle left? Oh well, now it's on the ground. WHY DON'T THEY MAKE THEM OUT OF SOMETHING ELSE? Splinters in the tongue? A likely scenario. | 4 |
AskReddit/d28dl7b | 4ffdcy | What US city is comparable to Pawnee, Indiana? | Muncie, Indiana. It's the town Pawnee is based off of. Except Pawnee is supposed to be in southern Indiana while Muncie is in the central part. Pawnee (on the show) looks more like central than southern Indiana anyway. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/do2ru17 | 751vcj | Why do we eat snails (escargot), but not slugs? | Slugs are eaten all over the world. There was a small town in Italy that had a slug eating festival at one point, slugs have been used as folk remedies for things like TB or a persistent cough, etc. The reason snails are chosen over slugs is that slugs are slightly bitter and the slime is harder to remove during the co... | 23 |
AskReddit/dvo2nl2 | 84ae89 | What is your definition of a good leader? | A good leader typically does not want to be leader. The only reason they keep the job is because they feel an obligation to the people they lead. Leaders who do it for fame and fortune tend to be narrow minded | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cbs4d73 | 1kscqz | Why does the Lockheed C-130 Hercules still use propellers instead of jet engines? | There's a number of factors that lead to the decision to use a turboprop engine over a turbofan engine (your typical jet engine). -Shorter take-offs. Turboprops perform better at short take-off and landings, which increases the versatility of the vehicle. Turboprops can handle lower air speeds better, thus the plane do... | 18 |
askscience/c6sn5nu | 126in0 | Is it possible to develop a sensitivity to light (or other eye problems) with repeated use of sunglasses? | I'd be interested to know this because I have pretty bad sensitivity problems in my eyes. I've always wondered if I was making it worse with my nice sunglasses or if it just seemed to get worse with age and I should simply wear them. It's to the point I can't even take photos outside unless it's completely overcast | 5 |
AskReddit/cetdm9c | 1vlbwc | What goals or tasks would you like to accomplish over the next year? | My goals aren't lofty, but then again I'm not like most people. My doctors suggest that I make small goals so that it pushes me to go farther once I see I can do the small things: Keep my house clean all year Go for a walk once a day Try to make enough friends so I'm not alone on my birthday Take my medications daily R... | 5 |
AskHistorians/dt3jo1s | 7s9hes | What was the impact of the Holocaust, if any, on Rabbinical Judaism? | First of all, a bit of terminology. "Rabbinism" isn't really a thing. "Rabbinic Judaism" is, but from roughly 1000 years ago until present the overwhelming majority of Judaism has been Rabbinic (Karaites have existed and still do, but after 1000CE they were only a significant minority of Jews in a few regions). So, you... | 7 |
AskReddit/c05xiru | 783a9 | Are you allowed to take a video camera into the polling booth? | Why doesn't someone capture these fuckups on video for evidence? I'm not from USA so I'm just wondering if it's allowed or not. In this day of youtube it's surprising no one has yet. Doesn't have to be huge, even the tiny hand held cameras can do video at a decent quality (or a mobile phone). | 6 |
AskReddit/e9s0baa | 9xe7sp | What is the most American word? | I'm telling yall right now here sitting in my Ford truck, drinking Yuengling, eating bacon listening to country. The most American word? Let me learn all yalls somethin. The most American word is FREEDOM! | 7 |
AskReddit/djemqtn | 6jj4us | What is the most intense physical pain you have ever felt? | Gout. It completely changed how I view the 1-10 pain scale. Gout is now a 10. On my old scale, it would be a million. Gout is little tiny razor sharp crystals building up in a joint. Usually starts in the big toe. Starts off feeling like maybe you stubbed your toe. Day or two later it feels like the peak of the pain th... | 6 |
AskReddit/dq37ude | 7e8iu0 | What problems in the Harry Potter universe could have been easily solved with Muggle technology? | The immediate get-out is that such technology doesn't work around magical people / places. Some of it is just silly though, Mr Weasley has no idea how a lot of muggle stuff works - surely reading a book would do it, or just ask Harry. | 2 |
AskReddit/e57bbvp | 9c0pyq | What is an indication of low intelligence? | Low standardized test scores and lack of an ability to solve problems. Intelligence is knowing information, wisdom is making the right choices. Bad life choices, gullibility, and unpopular political opinions stem from foolishness (lack of wisdom) more than stupidity (lack of knowledge). | 3 |
Ask_Politics/clz93st | 2lxvfq | Is there evidence that the implementation of the minimum wage caused a large amount of African American's to lose their jobs? | Yes, but the issue is a bit more complicated than that. The large number of African Americans that were left jobless were working sweatshop wages on farms in the South. Due to institutional discrimination, the black labor force was largely uneducated and the vast majority of them had less value as workers than the fede... | 8 |
explainlikeimfive/ebjvq97 | a54ug2 | Why, when travelling at speed, does it look like wheels are going backwards? | Look up "wagon wheel effect (it's 2 a.m. local and I'm too lazy to source) Basically, the "spokes" on the hubcap are slightly offset from when our eyes last saw them (because it takes time for our eyes to register each position), giving the impression the wheel is spinning backwards. You can get a similar effect starin... | 7 |
AskReddit/cxc10th | 3u5dfa | What's your guilty pleasure that you feel bad about? | My Cars actually. Just about everything else I'm good with, but in certain areas, certain States, being in a nice car makes me feel a bit conspicuous. But I love them, and I love driving them so. I still do, but honestly sometimes feel a little guilty. | 2 |
AskReddit/dqzee2q | 7ik9mi | When did you notice your weekends transition from let's party and get drunk to lets have a chill casual weekend nothing to wild? | I'm in my mid 40s now. A few years ago I realized I was going out on Friday and then spending the entire weekend recovering from my debauchery. It took me a whole day or sometimes two. Weekends just weren't any fun anymore. Now I'd much rather hang out, play a game (cards, board games etc.) and have a couple glasses of... | 2 |
AskReddit/ebfhnwt | a4lhqy | How many hours have you spent on one video game and what made you like it so much? | I'm 2000+ hours into Warframe. It scratches pretty much every itch. The shooting, the crunchy math to figure out optimal weapon builds, random loots, and so on. Mostly it just gets better with every patch though. I can think of 1 major patch that lowered the quality of the game (Spectres of the Rail) but that was like ... | 4 |
AskReddit/c2wqdxq | lz1j2 | How do you get rid of the hiccups? | I just breathe deep and slow, very focused. It will eventually re-set your breathing pattern and stop the hiccups. Edit: Oh, and my dad also has a trick where he will ask you simple math questions and as you answer them, you realize your hiccups are gone. So have someone run you through multiplication tables or somethi... | 2 |
AskReddit/d2oaa1r | 4h8eco | What business is the best in helping a third world country? | Logistics. Specifically the large scale long distance transportation of clean water. Third world countries do not have the infrastructure to make this feasible and getting someone skilled in logistics would be the first step. | 3 |
AskReddit/effa9qg | aln2ki | What was your first experience with Reddit and how it was ? | My first experience with reddit was a calm and comforting one. I was on a reddit that was a good community of people who all gathered around to talk about mental health. It was a super peaceful and understanding place. I was a lurker and didn’t have an account but I read through stories on there and would in solidarity... | 3 |
AskReddit/divfjh2 | 6h47bp | What do you do for a living, and what's your favorite and least favorite thing about it? | I am a vet tech. Favorite thing is drawing blood or giving meds I/V (love seeing the blood flash back into the syringe when you hit the vein lol). And of course, puppies! Least favorite thing is dealing with idiot owners who should never have pets in the first place. | 2 |
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