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AskReddit/e8bwb32 | 9qujle | What do you think is too late for you to do now? | Become an active, confident, and funny person that is nice to look at and people enjoy being around. Its too late for me to experience teenage heartbreak and those playful years of being young and “in love.” And it’s too late for me to become an animator. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dqzpqrr | 7iltma | Why do airlines make you put your phone in airplane mode/turned off despite it being repeatedly proven to have no interference to the aircraft? | It hasn't exactly been repeatedly proven: there's just no conclusive evidence, although there is some anecdotal evidence of problems occurring. But now that pretty much everyone has a phone, there is a potential problem simply from the sheer number of phones in the average airliner today. When a phone loses a signal, w... | 2 |
AskReddit/dt97rf0 | 7t1wxn | How well can you visualize pictures in your mind? | I have aphantasia. I don’t have a minds eye. I can’t visualize images in my head. No counting sheep for me. I know some people can also hear sounds, recreate smells and tastes. I can’t do those either. It’s just black and silent when I close my eyes. But I can dream lucidly. I’m curious how well everyone can visualize.... | 4 |
AskReddit/e53wlmx | 9blmy7 | How do you feel about putting an elderly family member in a nursing home or assisted living facility vs. taking them into your home to live with you? | If they were just elderly and couldn’t do some stuff, I’d move my parents in with me. But if they were completely reliant on me, Alzhiemer’s, dementia, or something else that’s terrible, it would be assisted living. It takes a huge toll on somebody to be the sole caretaker. If you don’t have siblings, it super sucks. M... | 3 |
AskReddit/cyjzu7s | 3z802q | What is that high pitch squeal you hear sometimes in your ear? | I'm assuming you want a serious answer. It could be tinnitus but if you're referring to a high pitch sound that occurs when you're in a quiet environment, that would be fleeting or intermittent tinnitus brought on my damage to a hair cell in your inner ear. When hair cells are bent or broken they do not repair, which i... | 2 |
AskReddit/d424o1v | 4na8hn | What is good marriage advice that no one ever tells you? | I feel like no one ever tells anyone to have fun. So, have fun, damnit. My wife and I joke around with each other all the time and do stuff we both enjoy. Also, when you go to buy a house, don't buy a house that costs the amount the bank approves you for or you are going to have a bad time. We bought a cheaper house so... | 2 |
AskReddit/ddjj9tl | 5t252u | Why is global warming objectively bad? | It's not the warming itself, it's the speed of the warming. A lot of life isn't going to be able to adapt. We're already seeing coral reefs dying because of it. Sea levels will rise affecting coastal communities negatively. This will be felt much worse in poorer communities, and there's even been some islanders forced ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e6n14r0 | 9iwyjw | What are some true consequences people have paid for mistakenly thinking they would remain anonymous while posting online? | I'm in the military and I've seen people get in trouble for stuff they posted "anonymously" online. Usually it's something drug related and someone brings it to the attention of their leadership. I've seen firsthand and heard about people losing rank or being kicked out completely. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cgjcmwv | 224ru6 | Why do you feel burning hot then freezing cold (back and forth) while running a fever? | When you are having a fever, your body increases its internal temperature to help promote your immune response and to slow down the spread of what infected you. First, your body temperature increases so your body feels hot. More slowly, your body adjusts its "base" temperature. This means that even though your body is ... | 5 |
AskReddit/c0u6a6l | cp56p | How does the 3d in movie theaters work? | The glass have differently polarized lenses. One is polarized vertically, the other is polarized horizontally. The movie uses two images on top of each other. The lenses in the glasses cancel out the other image, so you wind up seeing two actual images. The only way to see true 3D is with two different images. The next... | 5 |
AskHistorians/dd8c0x6 | 5rg61e | How prevalent was anti-semitism in the Muslim world prior to the existence of Israel? | The Ottoman empire regarded the Jews as important subjects, not least for their commercial ties throughout the world. For example, after the Jews were expelled from Spain during the Inquisition, the Ottoman Sultan sent a large naval contingent to 'rescue' the Jews and take them to constantinople. In my opinion, anti se... | 3 |
AskReddit/czjzemd | 43pwt1 | Does a minimum wage hike REALLY warrant an immediate increase in the cost of good? | If you want to keep the same staff, then labor is part of cost of goods sold so in order to keep with profit margins, budgets, and investor satisfaction, you will increase prices. More likely that staff will be reduced and the class of workers who need the minimum wage jobs will be hurt by the hike. | 2 |
AskReddit/d35vd8c | 4je515 | Who is the most underrated character in your favorite movie/tv show? | My favorite movie is The Shining. Everyone goes on about the creepy twins, or the rotting woman in the bathroom.but Joe Turkel as Lloyd the bartender never gets brought up and I think he's incredibly creepy. He never does anything outright malicious, just smiles, stares, pours you a drink and makes small talk, yet ther... | 2 |
AskReddit/e999hhc | 9v4ag4 | What is your dream car? | Audi R8 quattro for super cars and Shelby GT500 Supersnake for muscle cars. My realistic dream car is the Buick Grand National SS, the most fun car I've ever had the pleasure of driving. | 2 |
AskReddit/dweptpe | 87q025 | Why do some people sneeze so loudly while others can sneeze quietly/quieter? | I sneeze quite loudly for a girl and I hate it. I am a quiet person in general, but usually the sneeze just comes out of nowhere and I sound like a rottweiler barking into a megaphone. If I tried forcing the sneeze to be silent, I'd probably pop my eyes out or something. Well, at least I cover my mouth so it's not that... | 2 |
AskReddit/cl4vzmv | 2iryao | In US, how do you know which neighborhoods are to be avoided? | I think most people just hear about it by word-of-mouth. Visually, there are plenty of clues such as: the amount of garbage in the streets and side walks, the number of homeless people, seeing drug deals, street-walking hookers, how the people in the area dress, the types of cars on the street, bars on windows, run-dow... | 6 |
AskReddit/cuywbb9 | 3knhfs | What were you proud of when you were younger, but have now realized you shouldn't have been proud at all? | I won a race at a sports day when I was young, I mean absolutely destroyed everyone. I was proud of this until recently when I mentioned it to my Dad and he let me know that I was actually racing against children 2 years younger than me. | 1,845 |
AskReddit/c542twf | vfqjn | Will a dismissed public intoxication charge affect employment? | If it's dismissed it means that the state either chose not to prosecute or lacked the requisite evidence to convict you - your record is clean as far as a records search by a prospective employer would go. | 2 |
AskReddit/c1zb9n4 | hy18j | Is the story of the Jewish mother picking between her two sons in a concentration camp true? | It was between her son and her daughter and it was the premise of William Styron's novel, "Sophie's Choice". As to whether it ever really happened, I'd have to say that, given the extent of concentration camp atrocities, it could never be dismissed as not happening. Pure evil. | 2 |
AskReddit/c750r6m | 13lm23 | What awesome/crazy stories have your parents/grandparents/other significantly older relatives told you that made you wish you could be as awesome as their younger selves? | Stories of my late great-grandfather amaze me. He was such a sweet but reserved man who hardly ever spoke so most stories about him come from other older relatives. He never bragged or did one wrong thing to anyone. He was an amazing artist who worked with Disney. He started a couple of his own businesses which are sti... | 2 |
AskReddit/dffbuaw | 61knq7 | Why are humans so obsessed with "the end of the world"? | In most fictions, apocalypses aren't end but rather a clean sweep for something new to start. It allows for a completely different society to emerge, with different rules than ours. From the top of my head, the only universe I can remember where the apocalypse is indeed the end of humans is The Walking Dead's. | 2 |
AskReddit/c6cfkqt | 10d124 | Is there any point in applying to jobs in a big city with almost no work history? | Of course there is, assuming you are looking for a job! Play up what you have done, in classes or clubs or sports. Seriously, leadership and accomplishments in those count. Also, applying for jobs gives you practice and introduces you to new people. Ask them for advice, either at the interviews or if they reject you. T... | 2 |
askscience/dj9lttv | 6ivtfv | Do you sink faster in salt water or fresh water? | The dissolved salt increases the mass of the water without increasing its volume, so salt water is generally denser than fresh water. This means the buoyant force on a submerged or partially submerged object is greater in salt water than in fresh water. In other words, it's easier to float in salt water than in fresh w... | 16 |
AskReddit/c5kfeg0 | x9oic | What's the worst thing you've ever wasted money on? | After finishing college I bought myself a $350 light meter so I could start my career as a filmmaker. I never used it and wound up selling it on EBay a few years later for 50 bucks. So. yeah, college. Worst thing I wasted my money on. | 3 |
AskReddit/cil2cuo | 29hxh5 | What do you, as a local, like to see foreigners do or say upon arriving to your country? | I like it when foreigners come to the US and make a conscious effort to see something besides New York, Florida, and California. They're fine places, but you really can't say that you've experienced this country if all you do is hit the touristy hot spots. This isn't unique to the US, really either. I know tons of peop... | 3 |
AskReddit/cltto3e | 2ldpzb | How to decide on body location for a first tattoo? | >What are the cons? You will always have a Lego Batman on your body. Yes, I know it is subjective. Yes, I know this will get buried with downvotes. I'm not saying tattoos are wrong or that the subject matter is any of my business. What I am saying is that right now you have a blank canvas. You can't get that back. In 1... | 2 |
AskReddit/dcinlix | 5oebn8 | What language do you think in? | I think in English. However, when I switch to Spanish or German I dont really think about it. Its until I come up on a word in conversation that I kind of pause, think in english, think in the way I can best describe it in those languages, and then ask. For both I'm a non-native speaker though. | 2 |
Ask_Politics/d7t16a5 | 53gy5y | What level of participation can indicate electoral fraud? | That's kind of like asking "what temperature can indicate fire." It depends on the country, because each country has a different culture for voting, different setups (logistics are a huge part of turnout), and different laws regarding voting. For instance, Australia makes it mandatory to vote, so participation is alway... | 3 |
AskReddit/cc2pgqq | 1ltlu4 | How often do you guys wash the following: Sheets, towels, etc? | Sheets/pillowcases: Every two weeks or so; pillowcases more often sometimes Comforter/blankets: About every month/6 weeks Towels: After about 3 or 4 uses Bath Mats: Rarely, I keep it off the floor except when I'm in the shower so it doesn't really get dirty Shower Curtains: Maybe once every two years? Jeans: Totally de... | 2 |
AskReddit/dvyvaop | 85nzac | For people that work in the medical industry, what is the creepiest thing you've ever seen? | I worked on a department were people stayed that had Vaginal cancer. So they were operated “down under” and we had to take care of the wounds. Well, there was a lady once. and her wound wasn’t healing AT ALL. And it even got so far that there were actual flies coming out of the wound. Sorry if I ruined someone’s appeti... | 9 |
AskReddit/dqfhrgw | 7fzn1b | What is the most annoying thing about the holiday season ? | I work at a restaurant that can host big parties. The most annoying thing for me are those people at a work party who never really go out the rest of the year. They get hammered on the free wine and act like fuckwits. Either being rude and annoying or spewing up all over the place and falling asleep in the toilets. | 2 |
askscience/dohhxoj | 76w7oj | Is the energy of an object depleted if it reaches the center of a gravity well? | It loses all its potential energy with respect to that one gravity well. It may still have thermal energy, mass (which can be converted to energy), chemical energy, etc. It is also being gravitationally attracted by other matter in the universe, so it has potential energy with respect to every other gravity well. | 8 |
AskReddit/d40e3o6 | 4n2wco | When have you been certain you were about to die? | One time my friends and i were walking around the town. I was eating some candy and one of my friends showed us a video from his smartphone. While i was watching it my mouth was full and i started laughing because the video was funny. Almost died because i couldnt breath, started to hit my friends so they would realize... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/dapkce1 | 5g51j0 | How did early humans survive without weapons and how did they go from no weapons to weapons? | Every species you would call human had weapons of some sort.fashioning tools is one of the defining characteristics of human intelligence. They likely even predate humans, going back about 2.5 million years to late Australopithecus species. How did they learn to use tools and weapons? Gradually. Many animals use tools ... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/cxxo6ld | 3wo7s5 | How does Satellite Radio broadcast album art and the song info for all of their stations? | HD Radio is capable of album artwork as well. I'd have to assume it's a bandwidth issue, the regular method wouldn't be able to broadcast effiencently if it had to transmit the data for artwork as well. | 3 |
AskReddit/co00d20 | 2tl6qh | How do schools (colleges) know how long you have lived in a state in order to receive in-state tuition? | It is not that hard, if you can't prove you've been living in the State at least a year you either a) can't register at all or b) can't register as an in state student. When registering for college they requires you to provide several different forms of ID, if you lived in the State for at least 6 months you should hav... | 2 |
AskReddit/eebzwhe | ah75wl | If you're dating someone and they show you a pic of them standing next to a big game kill in Africa, how do you react? | I ask about their experience. Honestly, I’ve never personally met a big game hunter; only seen pictures on Facebook intended to trigger people one way or the other. I would hear their experiences, their reasons, and learn about their outlook. I put aside all the noise for a while and let them speak as an individual. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/cj39atu | 2b9s6m | Will our Milky Way galaxy one day be consumed by the black hole at its center? | No it wont, Black Holes are not hypermassive vacuum cleaners, this is a movie science idea. They will suck things in that get to close or have unstable orbits just like our sun will or even earth does (see meteorites), but stable orbits (in this case the entire galaxy) are perfectly fine until something else disturbs i... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cnxj4gn | 2tbnqw | Why do police use no knock warrants on non violent offenders? | Theoretically, a no knock warrant is only for cases where the police know that violence is highly likely. These would be things like gang hideouts, stash houses, etc. Knocking on the door and presenting a warrant would only give the people in the house time to mount a defense. Unfortunately, mistakes are made. Wrong ad... | 3 |
AskReddit/c1ugp94 | hd39d | What is the worst delivery food experience you've had? | I used to live at a place that for some reason no pizza place could ever find. The strangest thing was that it was a street directly off of one of the main roads in the city (over 100K people population). Anyway, I had already ordered from the same Dominos store several times. After the inevitable question of how to ge... | 2 |
AskReddit/djgmhec | 6js9qm | If there were patch notes for your country every year, which major changes would they contain for the past years? | United Kingdom Patch Notes 2016-2017: Major Changes Began open beta for new Brexit expansion. This expansion is intended to bring new freedom to all UK players, reducing their reliance on the EU faction. The finished expansion will not be optional and will affect all tiers of play, but most noticeably those in the lowe... | 3 |
AskReddit/c6iw8r2 | 11372f | How difficult would it be for USA to change from imperial to metric system? | Well, a lot (or almost all) of our products include measurements in both the Imperial system and the metric. For example, a lot of our food products will be measured in both gallons and liters and a bookshelf will probably be measured in both feet and meters. I see a few big problems (all of which lie with the people, ... | 2 |
AskReddit/d7i3pwm | 526dll | What is the WORST date that you have been on? | I'm pretty sure I was someone's worst date. In 2007 a good co-lawyer friend of mine and I decided to go to the worst bar we could think of- Yates' Wine Lodge in Leicester Square. I flirted with a girl and a jealous boyfriend came out of nowhere and tried to smash a glass on my head. Luckily it was a solid whisky tumble... | 24 |
AskReddit/e8o51pd | 9sdala | What do you have less of than the average person? | Dates. To be fair, I’m more limited than the average person since I’m gay, but my best friend goes on dates every week and when she asks me why I’m on dating apps I tell her you kinda need them as there’s no way to know who is on my team in real life. | 3 |
AskHistorians/enw6s9x | bl2k3a | Is the current Emperor of Japan related to first Emperor of Japan? | Japanese imperial narratives claim that Japan has the world’s oldest monarchy and as you say that the Naruhito can trace his lineage to Emperor Jimmu. Nevertheless, there are numerous issues with the historicity of such claims. Early imperial narratives are mythological in nature. Jimmu for example is literally describ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cxosr0i | 3vmimn | Why is plant diversity a non renewable resource? | Extinct species can't be recovered, and it often takes thousands of years for new plant species to come about--the rate of human-driven extinction is much faster than that of the natural increase in genetic diversity. It's sort of renewable, in the same way that oil is renewable if you wait until the next geological er... | 3 |
AskReddit/cqbe2xz | 32hzvh | What's the worst decision you ever made? | While there are other decisions that I regret, probably the one I still regret the most is from ten years ago. I was walking my dog Brownie, and didn't hold onto the leash tightly enough, so when a car came he bolted after it and was immediately squashed. Then it got even worse because the lady who hit him got out of t... | 16 |
explainlikeimfive/dz32ykd | 8jww6m | How do slot machines work, and are they truly random? | Past ones had a physical mechanism that would spin the reels by you pulling the lever. Modern electronic ones work the same as any other computer, with a random number generator (which is technically pseudo-random, but for all intents and purposes is essentially the same as "true random") running in the background that... | 15 |
AskReddit/eoj43uu | bs5pyb | What is the weirdest thing a teacher ever did to teach your class something? | I had an economics teacher that would let students argue over test answers. Right or wrong if you could make a case as to why your answer was right, he'd give you the point. It was kinda weird spending the entire day after a test watching and listening to people argue but to his credit, I learned a ton. | 6 |
AskReddit/dn535h4 | 70pi76 | Which movie would've been so much better if it had curse words/had been R rated? | The Martian wasted its one PG13 F word on a lame moment. It would have been way better R rated with all of the F words in their natural and hilarious places. I say this as a bit of a language prude. I take the Simon Tam approach to swearing. Edit bc autocorrect | 98 |
AskReddit/c18k47k | ejkvc | What's a hyperbaric treatment like? | My mom had many Hyperbaric treatments. I'll give her a call after I get off work and ask her for any input and update. This was about 5-6 years ago, but what I remember off-hand is that she felt claustrophobic. But physically it was refreshing. She was receiving it to try and make a wound on her leg heal and unfortunat... | 2 |
AskReddit/cc5q1yv | 1m4cdg | What's your top joke for a best man wedding speech? | Semi-related, but I'll put it down anyway. My father told me a story of a wedding of a close friend of his that he attended. He was not the best man, but the best man didn't exactly do things well. He was elected to choose the placements, and being drunk at the time, chose ones with. shall we say censor-able pictures o... | 2 |
AskReddit/eidzwfm | b0dy63 | What's the best thing a Hispanic man taught you? | My hispanic best friend (not a man) taught me about oriental markets. She introduced me to lumpia and flan and anime and coconut water. She also taught me about self confidence and empowerment and friendship. It's hard to choose what's been the best thing. | 2 |
AskReddit/drsf2r1 | 7m9w75 | What’s the difference between “Top Comments” and “Best Comments”? | Best takes into account that a comment posted later will not have as many upvotes as it hasn't existed as long as other comments. Basically top = most votes, best = highest votes/minute rate. though the algorithm is a bit more complicated. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cng3ctg | 2ria4f | How are programming bugs made? | There are different types of bugs that can come about in different ways. Here are a few examples: The user enters something in a format which the programmer hadn't expected There is a particular combination of events which, individually, work fine, but when combined cause the program to take a path which the programmer... | 12 |
AskReddit/c4g5lrm | sqmru | Why should women have a post-birth option to opt out that men do not? | The post-birth abandonment covers women who can't/won't take care of an unwanted baby so that there's no risk of women killing a newborn or leaving it to die because they feel they have no choice. The same situation could apply to a couple under the same conditions in the time immediately following birth, but it would ... | 858 |
AskReddit/c23ahkv | ifd32 | Are DNA-based geographic ancestry tests worth the money? | The thing is if you are looking for extreme detail its not really what you are looking for. Basically they will tell you what heritage you have in your blood and if you throw up the extra money they can tell you where your ancestors came from and where they traveled by tracing the DNA taken from all over the world. Its... | 3 |
AskReddit/dry1gd5 | 7n072u | How would you rate President Trump’s presidency so far this year? | On a scale from 0 to cakeday, I'd rate it "worse than any would have imagined." Lots of good things have happened, and will continue to happen, throughout the four years of his presidency, but very few of those things will have anything to do with him being president. Unfortunately, lots of bad things will continue to ... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/c8ipux1 | 18wqdu | What is electromagnetic field? | A guy named Maxwell figured out that electricity and magnetism are related. If you run an electric current through a wire, you create a magnetic field that circles the wire. Shaping the wire into various things (like coils) allows you to do cool things with the magnetic field, especially when it comes to making things ... | 2 |
askscience/c1mw6k2 | ge3n9 | Is there a way to consciously control the exact moment when we fall asleep? | This isn't science based but rather something I do to help myself fall asleep. Once I'm ready to fall asleep (I can't keep my eyes open while reading) I close my eyes and starting counting my breaths. When I lose count, I know I've slipped to a lower level of consciousness. By remembering the last number I was at I at ... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/cp38ixl | 2xtih8 | How does wireless charging work? | Induction. There's basically a coil with a magnet in it in the charger, and magnet in the device being charged, and electricity can pass across them (I'm not sure how that bit works, I'm not a physicist.) EDIT: It works because the electricity in the charger generates a magnetic field, and the magnetic field generates ... | 3 |
AskReddit/c2o8gl3 | kyb8o | What's a movie/tv show that gets something about your profession egregiously wrong? | Not a profession but almost every time you hear or read Spanish in a movie. WTF Hollywood? They spend millions of dollars making a movie. There are millions of people who can speak Spanish in the US. Would it kill them to hire someone to check the grammar, spelling, pronunciation, etc.? | 2 |
AskReddit/ccp5o7w | 1o6aus | What is it about dying that frightens you the most? | The dying part. What I mean is, while I'm being facetious, I am being serious. I am unnerved by the possibility of having a slow, long death. It doesn't scare me, though. I am scared by that threshold, that final jump. What happens? What does it feel like? Does it hurt? How long does it really take? Everything after th... | 3 |
AskReddit/de494yz | 5vr9qk | If you were hired to create the "Human 2.0", what subtle changes would you make and why? | Human 2.0 Patch Updates: Immune System has been reworked, in particular allowing for user to update "allergen list." Disease and poison resistance has been increased. Metabolism has been updated, so random decreases in efficiency for some users won't occur, allowing them to continue to eat 3 hamburgers without excessiv... | 6 |
AskReddit/ctcge9s | 3e81jv | What DON'T you like about Bernie Sanders? | My only strong opinion about Bernie Sanders is that his first name is not very presidential. Weekend at Bernie's really ruined that name for me forever. I can only picture a dead guy with sunglasses. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dbw71so | 5ljd6j | Why are some things transparent when in liquid form but not in solid form? | It all depends on the bonds forming (this is actually more of a chemistry question). When a thing changes states (like solid to liquid) the way its molecules bond changes and these bonds might form structures that bend light in a different way. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d1qm6jq | 4dg9yi | What does code compilers actually do and why does a language like python doesn't need any compilation? | It's the difference in implementation between "Interpreted" languages and "Compiled" languages. The reasons and pros/cons are way out of scope but the long and short is that some languages are designed from the ground up to be ran through an "Interpreter" - such as Python. These languages are considered "Scripting" lan... | 26 |
AskReddit/cel18e1 | 1urctq | What movie could you watch every week, and not get sick of? | There is not a single movie I could watch every week without getting tired of it. Even my favorite movie in the world. The same goes for my favorite song and my favorite book. My favorite song I need a few weeks in between to keep it fresh, my favorite movie, probably a few months. My favorite book I can read once a ye... | 4 |
AskReddit/erfl8xd | c1u6ju | Do you feel like you're doing something wrong when you leave a store without buying anything? | Kind of there is always the feeling that someone think you stole something (Most often when you walk past the cash register on the way out) and especially if I have a rucksack with me. When this happens by my friends I stay close to them to signal that I’m just a tag-along and don’t run like I robbed the place. | 3 |
askscience/cjx5g6l | 2e8a4h | Why is it possible to take a cutting from a plant, but not an animal? | The major reason is that plant cells stay in one place due to no circulation and cellular migration. So plants don't have to really worry about cells proliferating and growing in the wrong places etc.- what we would call cancer in animals. The plant cells can all be more "stem-like" since the threat of cancer is not th... | 6 |
AskReddit/carsci7 | 1h8958 | What is one moment where you seriously thought you were going to die? | I was about 10 years old I was never really taught how to swim properly. I could tread water, but not very efficiently. I was only about 10-12 feet away from my dad and sisters and I became exhausted and started going under and went into panic-mode. I knew I was drowning. Neither my dad or sisters heard my water muffle... | 2 |
AskReddit/cc7tmrc | 1mc820 | What not so scary movie terrified you as a child? | Jurassic Park. It's a little scary cause of dinosaurs, but I was seriously TERRIFIED of raptors. They were smart, they could open doors. And unlike other movies, Jurassic Park was science based! It could happen! I swear I was convinced I was going to wake up to being eaten by raptors for weeks. | 206 |
explainlikeimfive/cyvay9u | 40kf8j | Why did Iran test ballistic missiles in December? | It was not a violation of the nuclear agreement, and those who say it is are just opposed to the nuclear agreement and looking for any excuse to undemine it. The nuclear agreement says nothing about ballistic missiles, and iran has been testing them for a long time since as a defensive weapon, it is cheaper than an air... | 3 |
AskReddit/emix2vm | bkqqtl | Why do you Ask Reddit a question and then never interact with the post ever again? | Oddly enough I quit lurking on reddit and made an account just to reply to a Russian lady who would make an OP and then try to reply to everyone who commented on her post. Every OP she made went to the front page of reddit and her replies were hilarious. I wanted to get in on the action so I joined reddit. Then a week ... | 6 |
AskReddit/d0knc8l | 48m256 | What should be a degree/major that has not yet been created or only very few schools offer it? | Office Studies. The art and science behind skillful office work. A lot of companies have low-skill office positions they need occupied by people with college degrees. But they don't necessarily want people with an education that would lend itself to making a lot because they don't want to pay these workers too much. If... | 3 |
AskReddit/ca3gged | 1et1sc | To help someone who just turned 21 (USA) & has never been to a bar, what is your favorite drink, and how do you order it? | I used to be really into gin and tonic in my early drinking days, but the taste isn't for everyone. At a bar I would usually order it as "Tanqueray and Tonic" so I wouldn't automatically be given their cheapest gin (Although by no means "top shelf" I feel like I could tell the difference). But hey, if it's someone's fi... | 3 |
AskReddit/engfget | bohst6 | What's the worst thing you've done with 5$? | I gave some kid in my class 5$ to give me the answers to a homework assignment, later to find out that the homework was just test to see where everyone was at reading a book we were supposed to read for class. So it didnt count to my grade even if i didnt do it | 2 |
AskReddit/dat7v51 | 5glvq8 | What one special skill do you have that you're not proud of? | I can tell, within about 95% accuracy, whether a car is a Honda based off how the starter motor sounds. It helps with absolutely nothing aside from getting weird looks from why wife when we're in the parking lot and I scream "$5 SAYS THAT'S A HONDA" | 3 |
AskReddit/exm08ih | ctn5g0 | What do you hate hearing people complain about? | I have a friend who is in chronic pain from some auto-immune thing. He takes pain meds. He is ALWAYS complaining on Facebook about how hard it is to get the legit meds he needs because of the opioid epidemic measures insurers and pharmacies are taking. OK, you're in pain, I get it. But, I don't need to hear about it ev... | 3 |
AskReddit/c34tfmu | my2tv | What advance would make you feel that the future had really arrived? | For me, this already happend - and just this week. On Monday, I purchased a Samsung Galaxy 8.9 tablet. I realized that in that thin shiny rectangle, I was holding virtually all the information in the world. I can read every book ever written, watch every movie ever made, contact every single one of my friends and famil... | 2 |
AskReddit/dzcgvi5 | 8l31np | When did life actually work in your favour, despite the odds being stacked against you? | Had a blood clot, torn pancreas and a IV that was turning my arm yellow at Texas children's hospital back when I was 14. The clot could have made it to my brain and was told I was not able to heal. Turns out life gave me a second chance. Now life is working against me I'm almost 29 working 13 hours a day 5 and 6 days a... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cgiu2ey | 222w80 | How does a gun actually propel bullets? | The gun doesn't. All the gun does is activate the bullet. Inside the bullet though is gunpowder which combusts, releasing a lot of gasses and creating a very high pressure area, driving the bullet. | 5 |
AskReddit/drsy8d3 | 7mchoo | As far back as you can remember, what is your earliest vivid memory? | I have a vague memory of being at the official torch relay during the 2000 Sydney Olympic games. I remember complaining to my parents that it was boring and I didn't understand the appeal of watching someone run by with torch. I was probably 4 at the time. | 2 |
AskReddit/e1ujtml | 8wd6rq | What's the meanest insult you've ever heard/said? | To an ex-friend who watched a movie a group of friends agreed to watch in the cinema with her new boyfriend the night before without saying anything and cancelled on the day of the movie I said "I hope you think back on this when THIS ONE DUMPS YOU TOO." She had recently been dumped by a guy she loved more than anythin... | 2 |
AskReddit/cqalnly | 32f010 | What's the funniest thing you've heard someone say? | Some people I don't know were talking about this other guy I don't know. We'll call him Vince because I forgot his name. They were talking about how weird Vince is. One was like "yeah if you like a girl, don't be shy about it. Just put it out there. That's one thing Vince does well." "Oh Vince likes someone?" "Yeah. [p... | 2 |
AskReddit/cwclfhb | 3q6xwi | If time travel were real, what would be the most trivial thing you could change to have the most catastrophic butterfly effect? | Obviously, the further back you go the less effort. So, I'd go back to the moment the first microorganism appeared and kill it. Even if another appeared five minutes later it would be totally different. OTOH, some have conceived 'the law of conservation of reality' which states that the time line would self repair and ... | 2 |
AskReddit/du2jrbx | 7wr11d | What position do you sleep in at night? | Ultimately I have to sleep on my back. I don't know how people do it any other way. Sleeping on my side in any way crushes my shoulder. My neck is uncomfortable sleeping on my belly, cocked to the side like that. But still, I TRY all the other positions for some reason. Always end up on my back. It's not my ideal for c... | 2 |
AskReddit/d8177sg | 54eqkg | What are some ways to make money in college? | Bartender is almost always a good time for good money. I miss it honestly. Find the local bar that your type of crowd gathers at and you're golden because you'll make friends too. They will try to squeeze you for free drinks though so it's important not to be a sucker. If you're too young then work tables. Most states ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ce3xnwe | 1t3fcq | What exactly is eczema, and why can't it be treated? | Eczema is a skin condition where the moisture barrier breaks down and causes red patches of skin (dermatitis- inflammation of the skin). There are a few different types of Eczema ranging from mild to severe. There are also types that run in families. Eczema can be treated with special and sometimes expensive lotions or... | 47 |
AskReddit/cbii9k2 | 1jur6s | What TV series or movie is the closest to how life actually is? | I thought Napoleon Dynamite was the closest depiction I've ever seen of being a teenager. Awkward, not knowing what to say to the opposite gender, limited transportation options, little money at your disposal, limited geographic scope of where you can go, and adult relatives who tell you what to do, embarrass you, and ... | 7 |
AskReddit/cx4vbyh | 3tbw3i | What method do you use to prevent impulse buying? | I have a whole convoluted system to stop me because I'm such an impulsive person. I have two checking accounts, but a debit card attached only to one. I deposit ALL money into the non-card account and keep only a small amount for emergencies in the card account. This way I need to manually transfer money over before bu... | 3 |
AskReddit/cu1nd6p | 3gus8c | What TV show did you enjoy so much that you have watched it multiple times? | The Sopranos. Despite the dubious ending, that show is so entertaining and each time I watch, I still find out things I didn't quite catch before, and it just enhances it each time. Plus, I find that while I watch the show I actually become a bit more aggressive IRL. Edit: I say dubious to refer to the general dislike ... | 275 |
AskReddit/capo25x | 1h0n8q | What is the stupidest thing someone has asked you? | My 17 year old sister asked me why she needed a passport to leave the country. She honestly believed that if she said to Border Patrol "I'm an American" and acted like a cute, little blonde girl she would be allowed into the country with no proof of her identity. | 7 |
AskReddit/dilzaou | 6fybgj | What are some simple tips to lose weight? | Best tip? Subscribe to r/fitness and r/loseit. Read the posts and learn what the subs have to offer. Make real lasting changes in your lifestyle and diet. There is no "6 minute ab hack" or "secret fruit hollywood doesn't want you to know about". Every person you see that is in good shape (don't read as skinny, but actu... | 5 |
AskHistorians/csfrn8r | 3as1mf | Did ancient people believe in extraterrestrial life on other planets but weren't gods to them? | I'm afraid the previous poster may have slightly missed the mark on this question. Lucretius, writing in the 1st century BC, professes belief in the probability of alien life in De Rerum Natura (II.1055-7; 1074-8): "It is in the highest degree unlikely that this earth and sky is the only one to have been created . Noth... | 58 |
AskReddit/d80nwdy | 54cgwz | What is the best coop game to play with a friend with 8 hours to spare and a lot of alcohol? | Gauntlet is a great multiplayer. Local or online, dungeon crawler kinda game. Not sure if it's been released yet but I played a game called overcooked while it was in beta at a small expo in my home town. Really good game when I played it, worth checking out. | 2 |
AskReddit/eughr5e | cgeck8 | What are some good non-traditional lullabies? | I'm 7 months pregnant and my husband has been singing "The Parting Glass" (look up the Assassin's Creed version) to my bump. It's beautiful and I want to find a good lullaby to sing to our baby. I don't like the usual lullabies and I need help. The only one I'm really liking right now is "The Last Goodbye" by Billy Boy... | 2 |
AskReddit/cvf806p | 3mik6z | Should homeless people have dogs ? | Homeless people often don't have friends (for obvious reasons), so a dog would probably be a life saver to them. I'm pretty certain the homeless persons would share every meal with them, and go head over heels to make their best friend well fed. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dxfby5t | 8ci8ox | What happens to chemical weapons if they're hit by missiles? | First chemical weapons are generally not stored in the weaponized form, many chemical weapons have very short shelf lives, are risky to handle, etc. So generally they are stored as an precursor chemicals that are mixed when the weapons is used. Second the weapons we know Syria has or has used are chlorine and sarin. Ch... | 12 |
askscience/c50vkgo | v31sd | Why does blowing on hot things cool it down? | The air around something hot is heated by the object, which in turn cools down in the process. This works better if the temperature difference between the object and its surroundings is greater. So, if you speed up the removal of the hot air, and replace it with cooler air, the object can give off its heat more quickly... | 3 |
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