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AskReddit/eg01936 | aod88k | What are simple things we can do to appreciate life more? | Remember what you have right now. Sure you aren’t parking your Lamborghini into the garage of your multi-million dollar house. But if you take a look around you, notice you have a roof over your head, you aren’t struggling to get food (hopefully) and you’re able to breath fresh air. Don’t take the good things in your l... | 3 |
askscience/c31c8fp | mj03g | Would it be possible for a disease to come from space, for example on a meteor ? | Unlikely, though I suppose it's just barely on the outer edges of possibility. Here's what we know: Bacterial spores and things can survive in space, for a few years at least. We've found this by looking at our own spacecraft. This is the main thing supporting this theory. Now for the things that make it unlikely: Your... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cphgpgw | 2zbsbx | How the political election system works in Israel? | In the elections, Israeli citizens vote for the Knesset, Israel's legislative branch. The Knesset has 120 seats. Each citizen casts a vote for one party, and then the parties get seats in the Knesset proportional to the percentage of votes they received - for example if a party gets 30% of the votes, they get 36 seats.... | 2 |
AskReddit/c5259xs | v8416 | Why do pants have front pockets on the inside but back pockets on the outside? | Basically, because you'd tear the seat of your pants if they weren't a solid piece of material. You stretch the rear fabric over your rear by bending forward at the waist, but rarely stretch the fabric where front pocket cuts are. Missing citation, I believe I leaned that from The Straight Dope. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cn7h2z7 | 2qmmfh | Why does phone voice quality still suck, while Skype and FaceTime sounds like the person is right next to me? | Telephone systems were deployed many decades ago and it was important that different systems were able to communicate with each other. Regulators defined standards for how these systems communicate with each other with a particular focus in ensuring that call quality was minimally clear while allowing as many conversat... | 3,452 |
explainlikeimfive/d1bsj44 | 4brmuq | Why do aircraft that have been built long after smoking was banned on planes have ashtrays in the toilets? | Because people are always going to break the rules. Knowing that fact you have 2 choices. Don't provide an ashtray and risk that an improperly disposed of cig is going to cause a fire and kill everyone. Or build an ashtray. One of those is clearly the better answer, so that's the one that we choose. | 546 |
AskReddit/dpdukas | 7axymt | What is the best way to make friends, as an adult? | Find a group of misfits who love baseball and befriend them. Bring a priceless ball to play a game with and lose it over a fence. Then one of them will retrieve it from the clutches of a monstrous beast and you'll all be friends | 2 |
askscience/c6fvcrr | 10qvdm | What causes cross-polarized gravitational waves? | Is your question why we can have "plus" and "cross" polarizations? Let me backtrack to talk about EM waves. Electromagnetic radiation is dipole radiation, and so we get linear polarizationw. We can have linear polarization along any direction perpendicular to the wave. We can build up an arbitrary polarization, then, b... | 2 |
AskReddit/dkr8v5k | 6ppwlt | When did you not speak up, when you know you really should have? | I do this every now and then. To be honest, there's a lot of moments in life, when you will feel like it would be in your best interest to speak your mind. But you have to think about two things first. How does it help the situation? You might gain something, but you might also end up TAKING something from the other. O... | 2 |
AskReddit/c3v2u6z | q6ctq | Why is Africa so under developed? | It's a variety of things. Like you mention the Imperialism of the 19th century was a significant factor. In the long term I believe as saute has referenced Guns, Germs, and Steel holds the answer. I may be wrong, but I believe the fact that these societies never needed to band together to farm holds a lot of the reason... | 2 |
AskReddit/cetuhke | 1vmx9o | Why did people stop wearing formal-wear clothes to everyday situations in the 60s? | It started with Kennedy. Seriously. He didn't like to wear a hat and almost never did. Once he set the fashion for men to go bare-headed, the rest of the country followed, and then it was just a slippery slope down to people shopping at Wal-mart in wifebeaters and PJ bottoms. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/cmq1k0d | 2osb3n | How come the dollar and euro are worth more than the NOK and yet the economy of Norway is doing so well? | The price of one currency in another currency is not in any way an indicator of the relative strength of the economy. Let me ask you a question. If the US government decided tomorrow that they were no longer going to measure things in dollars but instead would be using pennies. Nothing of substance would change, we wou... | 8 |
AskReddit/cpvg2xw | 30stal | What's the worst movie or TV show to watch on an airplane? | Final Destination. You're on the plane, and a movie starts up about a kid who glimpses into the future and witnesses a horrid plane crash, you finish it, as the plane is about to take-off in real-life, YOU wake up from your nightmare, and you look to the screen ahead of you, and realize that the movie they're about to ... | 6 |
AskReddit/e8t57ho | 9t1rhd | What are some of the creepiest paranormal occurrences that you know of or have personally experienced? | I live in rural Maine. There's lots of old houses, old farms, areas where native tribes used to roam, so there's always somebody with a story. The creepiest, and this has happened a few times, is when all the sounds of the forest stop. no birds, no insects, no wind. That's when you know it's time to leave. | 5 |
AskReddit/dw39xfy | 868z3c | What is your most cringe-worthy "middle-school dating" story? | Couples in my middle school would do this sort of walk where the guy would stand behind the girl and the girl would put her feet on his and they would just. waddle in a forward direction together. This wasn’t an uncommon occurrence either | 4 |
AskReddit/cfea8ig | 1xsrjb | What rumour was spread about you that didn't make any sense to you when you found out about it? | I once got burned pretty badly when I failed to put the boiling water inside the teacup instead over my hand. So I had to wear a bandage for quite a long time. At about the same time, a guy and I broke up when he decided to go back to his ex, and someone at school started to spread the rumour that I was so mad at this ... | 5 |
AskReddit/dtvh81f | 7vvo2x | What two shows would have the best crossover episode? | They passed each other by, so there wasn't ever really an opportunity for a crossover as such, but I always thought that as awesome as 'The Wire' is and was, but if actor Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch had ever appeared in character in that character, it would have made this show even more awesome than it was a... | 2 |
AskReddit/e33atlm | 925pva | What’s the biggest mistake you think parents make with raising their kids? | Forgetting that they aren't raising kids, but they actually raising future adults. Some parents forget that childhood and teen years is the time when you learn how to be an adult, try freedom and responsabilities, and with failure that seems big at that age but actually have very little consequences. And parents can fi... | 11 |
explainlikeimfive/ct9cjfx | 3dwjm7 | How did pilots know where their airfields were prior to the advent of GPS? | Others have mentioned manual methods which are still used today. But also prior to GPS aircraft used variations of radio direction finder (RDF) systems. There were and are a variety of ways these were implemented but basically radio transmitting antenna were positioned in locations and your receiver on the aircraft wou... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cybnn80 | 3y9l7g | Why it is so painful to bite on tin foil when you have fillings? | Think of your body as a battery. Believe it or not, there is an electrical signal running through it. (This is why you are able to interact with touch screens and conduct static currents) So keeping this in mind, biting into tin foil completes an electrical circuit in your body, and the energy runs through the sensitiv... | 6 |
AskReddit/eisypwr | b2jec6 | What are some common mistakes you've seen people make when judging whether a particular food item (produce, in refrigerators or in grocery store) is good or bad? | People throw away food when it reaches the best before date. It’s a guideline only. Trust your nose- If it smells bad, it probably is. Also you can put most fruit in the fridge. People think they can’t most likely because of old wive’s tales. | 2 |
AskReddit/dyg5bam | 8h01d0 | What is the most chilling book you've ever read? | Many years ago, I read a novel in which a Native American scalped a toddler. It was a disturbing scene, written in a disturbing way. The title of the book is on the tip of my tongue. | 2 |
askscience/c7k0lap | 157dnt | When I sit in a chair, am I placing less stress on the chair than when I stand on it? | First the feet: If you rest your feet on the floor then some of your weight will be borne by the floor. I'd guess only about 10% of your weight, so we'll ignore the legs for now. Sitting and standing will both put the same amount of weight on the chair (feet off the floor). This means that in each case the total stress... | 2 |
AskReddit/dht23mh | 6ca1zg | How come people drink Espresso instead of normal coffee? | Espresso is just one way of brewing 'normal' coffee. Some people like it because the flavor is concentrated. Some people also think it has more caffeine, which is does per volume but since you're drinking a smaller amount typically, there's actually less than a cup of drip coffee. | 6 |
AskReddit/dsgo0l2 | 7pet3u | How to stay hopeful when you have been single for a long time? | It's difficult. I was single for a long time tried to concentrate on friends, hobbies and myself worrying to much doesn't help. I was actually going through a stage of not forcing myself to go out when I met my fiance in a local pub. Here we are now 6 months away from our wedding. Never though i would be were i am now ... | 5 |
askscience/cm8fsbh | 2mwax4 | Do Photons Exhibit Interesting Qualities at High Wavelengths? | A photon leaving a white dwarf or an almost-black hole will be redshifted, not blueshifted, by the escape. Photons, while not fundamentally different from energy to energy, do exhibit interesting properties. For example, you can collect radio waves with something as simple as a metal rod, since the radio waves oscillat... | 2 |
AskReddit/cll3xgu | 2kgom2 | What is the hardest job you have ever had and why? | Deck Hand on my Dad's commercial fishing operation. Even though he was the best, most reasonable boss ever the job sucked hard. My job was to handle everything on the open-air deck meaning hauling 50 pound weighted traps, chopping rotting fish and crab for bait, picking and cleaning traps and literally swabbing the dec... | 6 |
AskReddit/co7ebj1 | 2uc0sk | What's something everyone should keep in their car at all times? | Duct tape! I needed it several times! Some guy passed my car and a piece of his car just fell off! I made a u-turn, ran over with duct tape and he went on his merry way! | 2 |
AskReddit/d5ewnvk | 4t6cue | If the Presidential race was actually a footrace, which of our presumptive nominees would win? | Clinton would drive a car to the finish and pretend she didn't. Donald would loudly declare himself the winner regardless of if he really won or not. Johnson would actually try to follow the rules correctly. Stein would ignore the race and start handing out flowers to people on the side of the road. | 7 |
AskReddit/dqa5gbl | 7f89q4 | What are we willing to do to fight back and protect ourselves if net neutrality does get repealed? | Repost of my own, but meh. What about a cooperative (crowd funded even?) ISP that self imposed net neutrality? If everyone deserted the other ISPs, then perhaps they would be forced to follow suit by market forces. | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/dustgty | 804587 | How does an unborn fetus/baby breathe while in the womb? | They don't. They live off the oxygen they receive from their mothers through the umbilical cord. While in the womb, their lungs are full of amniotic fluid. In the period leading up to their birth, they begin to practice breathing by taking in and pushing out this fluid. | 4 |
AskReddit/cdlxorp | 1rcu3f | Why is Israel allowed to have nuclear weapons but Iran is not? | Technically Israel isn't allowed and officially they don't have nuclear weapons. They don't admit to it. Why nobody bothers Israel about it is because of USA, GB and France are permament members on the UN security council are allies of Israel. | 4 |
AskReddit/c9p7smu | 1ddbx9 | What percentage of the internet is duplicate data? | De-dupe studies for mail back-up at corporations show something like 95% is duplicated. By the "internet" do you mean all storage attached to all servers in the world? Including all of our desktops and laptops and pones? Including millions of duplicate copies of Apps? Add to that things that are intentionally mirrored ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/e8jg0qx | 9roz1z | How much of Alexander exploits are actually true? | The Mutiny at Opis is an historical event, as described by Arrian of Nicomedia in his Anabasis. The speech given by Alexander in the video you have linked is largely the same as is recorded by Arrian, though, the video, to its credit, does point out that the content of the actual speech is unknown and instead Arrian's ... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d1w2oqz | 4e10u3 | Why do we lose muscle mass faster than fat? | You lose muscle faster than fat if you don't exercise and you eat too much. This is easy to do. You lose muscle slower than fat if you exercise and eat slightly less than you need. It is hard for most people to motivate themselves to do this. | 4 |
AskReddit/c82weok | 177fy6 | What's the most terrifying nightmare you've ever had? | I'm walking in an impossibly huge, pure white empty space. No floor or walls in sight, just an expanse of nothing. It starts to rain, but instead of water, it rains black lines. I look at myself and realize I am 2-dimensional. I start to feel sick with dread, but keep walking because there is nothing else I can do. As ... | 3 |
askscience/euhqzp5 | cg64rn | Why can an organ, like the cornea, lung, or a heart be transplanted but a body “part” like an entire leg or arm can’t be? | The answer is: they can. It's just very difficult. The many difficulties include finding a donor, keeping the body part alive for long enough before everything can be connected, and doing the connecting. These problems are unique to each kind of body part due to the anatomy. However, as surgical techniques improve, the... | 9 |
AskReddit/e29wmgu | 8ycuxv | What do some people complain about in a partner that just makes you think "Then, why are they even dating that person"? | When their partner is obsessed with them in the sense that they try to isolate and try to make them solely depend on them. My friend can see that somewhat, but since she’s his first girlfriend, he’s being /sentimental/ because he doesn’t know any better and that he really likes her so it’s normal despite him guilt-trip... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d0h23qu | 4845u9 | Why is voting turnout in US Elections so low? | Thought experiment: your allergic to seafood. Your at a restaurant that only serves seafood. Do you order the lobster or shrimp scampi? Both parties are ineffective, many people don't see a point in voting. Our political process has become so polarized its impossible for more balanced candidates to get support from eit... | 3 |
AskReddit/c6feovi | 10p5vi | Is it really necessary to dry clean a dry-clean only dress? | We are in the same boat. I find that I can get away with hanging most vintage 'dry clean only' garments in the bathroom when I take a hot shower and the steam seems to help revive them. I will occasionally handwash them depending on the fabric. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/copds02 | 2wbvj2 | How does the pump at the gas station know when to turn off when your gas tank is full? | If you look down the nozzle of a gas pump, you'd find there is a smaller tube, about the size of a straw, within the main tube. Gasoline goes through the main tube, the smaller one allows air to escape from the tank as it's displaced by the gasoline being pumped in. When liquid reaches this tube, it triggers the shut-o... | 16 |
AskReddit/eup6nvc | ch4pmf | What are the Pros & Cons of having Long Hair as a Guy? | Pros: is about as unique a look as you can get as a guy, dynamic and expressive. Maybe even attractive, if you're lucky. It can even lend you a darkly masculine edge. Imagine Snake Plisken, John Wick. Cons: women do not sweat nearly as much as men. You will OFTEN be TOTALLY MISERABLE in the heat. Perhaps just as bad, l... | 4 |
AskHistorians/crjag63 | 371g8e | What are some good, historically accurate children's books? | I don't know if these books are for the stage your daughter is at, or if you've already used them, but the Horrible Histories series is quite good. Again, I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for but they cover a wide range of history and children seem to enjoy them. | 2 |
AskReddit/d5mb1bo | 4u2rmx | What keeps you going when jogging or running? | When I have a set distance I usually start off thinking about the scenery or my music. When I get tired and everything in me wants to quit I think about running to save a family members life or my girlfriends life. Keeps me motivated and even if I slow down I don't give up because they wouldn't give up on me. | 3 |
AskReddit/ccnxfgb | 1o19id | Is it the right time to buy a home? | Home prices are pretty low right now, so generally speaking it's a good time. Are your jobs dependent on the federal government, or is there something else specific to your situation that you're worried about? If your income is stable and the house is comfortably within your means, yes, it's a good time. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/c7uk48g | 16bnka | How do teams work in bicycle racing? | Let's talk about the most popular and prestigious bike race, the Tour de France. The Tour de France has a mix between flat stages and mountain stages, as well as a few time-trial days as well. A team is constructed to maximize success at all levels of this race. The "main" rider is the best overall rider on the team. T... | 14 |
AskReddit/cf462up | 1wp1uj | What is your favorite off-menu item to order and which restaurant do you receive said item from? | Baja Fresh, burrito Dos Manos. They stopped showing it on their menu (probably because of pressure to reduce portion sizes). My awesome local branch still lets me have it. It's my favorite thing on their menu and I would never order anything else. | 2 |
AskReddit/eit25fk | b2jxki | What is a good way to stop being nervous temporarily? | Address the immediate nerves head on. What are nerves? They stem from anxiety and fear of the unknown. And you are what you think. So making it a habit to address them straight away is a great tactic to stop being nervous. Just tell yourself everything will be okay. And even if something goes wrong, odds are, you will ... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/c7or01u | 15py7y | How do touch screens work? | Touchscreens can come in two variants: resistive or capacitative. I know a little more about capacitative touchscreen that are in most phones today. They are composed by a normal LCD underneath and a digitizer placed on top. The two components are completely separate in fact, you can even remove them yourself. The digi... | 5 |
AskReddit/eymg7gq | cxoosg | Why do you think you're ugly? | Facial expressions. When I see myself on pictures or videos, or even look at myself in the mirror when I'm talking, I just hate how I look. I can't smile without looking just plain ugly. My lips move asymmetrically when I talk. I often have a double chin on photos, and I always look like I'm uncomfortable and awkward. | 4 |
Ask_Politics/eqmd09p | bys2fl | Why do we allow non-Americans to buy land in the USA? | >Shouldn't one have to be an American to own part of America? Since basically every nation state on the planet subscribes to the international law that they are sovereign within their own territory who owns the land is irrelevant, because ultimately it is still the country. No matter who owns land in America, it is sti... | 12 |
AskReddit/co3c5v7 | 2ty13b | What's the best costume for a Soviet themed party? | The best costume in a Soviet themed party is definitely a prisoner from the camps in Siberia. Try not wearing any clothes because many prisoners were left naked or barely dressed to work in the snow. Gulak with your costume! | 3 |
AskReddit/dzwm15d | 8nm193 | What do you most admire about your parents? | My parents have always understood when something is important to my siblings and I. For example my younger sister loves to dance, she’s loved doing it since she was very young. My parents spend a lot of money for her to dance, too much money in my opinion. They do it because they know how much it means to my sister and... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cih0dp8 | 292shw | Why do they add artificial coloring to soft drinks? | They tried a clear cola with "Crystal Pepsi" and it bombed because it didn't match consumers' expectations. It's the same reason they put lots of food coloring in ketchup, because the actual color would be less appealing to consumers expecting bright red. | 2 |
AskReddit/diz4zzb | 6hl1fi | When was a time you just couldn't hold back anymore and finally just blurted out what you know everyone was thinking but too polite to say? | I blurted out that this guy at church and told him he stank. I was straight about it. I told him he had the worst BO. The the others around kinda started to agree with me. The guy had no idea. He used soap and took a shower every day. We finally had him hooked up with dial soap and deodorant. We told him he had to rewa... | 59 |
askscience/cao83t2 | 1gviu0 | Why do multiracial people usually "split the difference" of their parents' skin colors instead of inheriting one or the other? | The model of genetics taught in high school biology, and that used by Mendel in his formulation of genetic theory is an overly simplified one. Mendel was lucky to pick traits in his peas that were controlled by one gene each. In humans, complicated traits like skin color, hair color, height, etc. are the results of num... | 9 |
explainlikeimfive/cgi4biu | 220etr | Why is the largest bill in circulation $100? | The really big denominations began to be taken out of circulation in 1969. (There was a $10,000 bill, a $5000, a $1000, and a $500 — and even a $100,000 note used by banks.) It's harder to transport and hide suitcases and duffel bags full of hundreds so it makes certain types of criminal activity more difficult. You al... | 2 |
AskReddit/dm8lmre | 6wk7o3 | What is a skill you can learn in the next 6 months that you can consider yourself to be an "expect" and charge well for that knowledge? | 6 months isn't too long too learn a language by immersion. People who speak second/third/fourth languages are extremely valuable both in customer service where they can talk with customers who have poor English skills, and as translators for people | 2 |
AskHistorians/d883krv | 552z9o | What was the relationship between the two royal dynasties of Sparta like? | There's a lot about the Spartan dual monarchy (or, if you're not a fan of oxymorons, the dyarchy) we don't know. Its origins are shrouded in myth; its early generations of kings are nothing more than names to us, and our sources disagree on some of the names. We know little about the personal life of any Spartan king d... | 11 |
AskReddit/cuwn5w0 | 3kdx3m | What are some signs that he's really not interested? | He will seem distracted from normal conversation, or all conversation for that matter. He will respond mostly with "Ok." "Yeah" or similar one worded responses. If he won't engage you in any meaningful discussion and shows no emotional responses to you, he's probably not interested. | 2 |
AskReddit/eeh023o | ahqfol | What’s your method for conquering the fear of failure? | Honestly, I think failing has been how I've overcome it. When all your plans and efforts fall apart, you find that your fear really wasn'tt justified; it's never as bad as you thought it would be. Or if it is, you find time heals. I've really learned the necessity and value of failure, it's cliche but you can learn a l... | 2 |
AskReddit/cph5hbw | 2zal4v | What scene from a T.V. show or movie always makes you laugh? | Ross: "Joey, do you have a minute? I need to talk to you about something that makes me a little uncomfortable." Joey: "Sure.uh how about.you showering with your mom?" Ross: ".I actually had a topic in mind." | 1,031 |
explainlikeimfive/c3sglr7 | putld | Why can't I remember my birth/childhood? | Most people can't remember anything before about 2 years old because it's believed that language is important to memory formation. Since you didn't have the language skills you have now, the way your memory was encoded before is inaccessible to your brain now. Think of it like file formats. Before your brain was encodi... | 10 |
AskReddit/cn25jdo | 2q29ok | How would a money-less society work according to you? | To give you some perspective I use to live in what you would probably consider a money less society. We all grew our own food on our own plots of land but we were lucky because our land was fertile and could support us all. We didn't realise have a desire for materialistic things because we simply had never been expose... | 6 |
AskReddit/erquioq | c3gnby | What are your thoughts about parents posting pictures or videos of their child’s vulnerable moments on social media? | it should be illegal to make a social media post that is entirely focused on someone else without their consent imagine growing up and finding out that all of the dumb, weird, private stuff you did was publicly available when you are old enough to understand what social media is | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/eq241b0 | bx0awo | How do animals survive in the middle of a desert? | They have adapted different strategies to conserve water. Many animals can survive on the water they get from eating. Lizzards, snakes and Spiders are haematocryal. Their body temperature depends on the surrounding temperature. They don't have to keep it on a constant level like humans (or all other mamals) so they do ... | 3 |
AskReddit/emqqeiz | blrf7i | What are great ideas in theory, but can’t be done because people are too stupid? | No traffic. In theory, red light stop, green light go, turn signal merge, speed limit, all that jazz. It should work flawlessly. People are dumb. | 5 |
askscience/c1es03u | fbpim | How would one estimate the elemental composition of the Earth's core? | Magma would only give you the composition of the mantle it came from, and there are many factors involved that would give you hints about the interior. From my understanding, we suspect what the composition is based on a few reasons (as some are listed below), but the 2 reasons that stick out to me is the density diffe... | 2 |
AskReddit/e1jnncj | 8v0miy | What is something you've seen, that can never be unseen? | This chick I barely knew was over at my house drinking with me and some other friends (who I had just met a few days prior so I didn't know these people too well.which of course was the point of drinking and talking on my porch). One girl starts talking about how she's going to jump off the balcony. I was like "maaybbb... | 9 |
askscience/ddhusju | 5ssyeh | How long do solar panels last before needing to be replaced and is this currently a barrier to investing in solar in terms of cost efficiency? | Typical consumer warranties on panels are for 25 years. The panels will likely last much longer than that-- panels made in the 1970s are still in use. Their output declines slowly over time, but they have no moving parts and are made of very durable materials, so they just keep right on chugging. The inverter will fail... | 22 |
explainlikeimfive/dqapffm | 7fbgpb | How come nuclear waste storage facilities need to possibly last longer than civilization? | > I understand that it stays radioactive for thousands of years but what warrants the construction of storage facilities that need to last longer that civilization on Earth? We don't really plan for civilization to end. If you know how long civilization is going to last then by all means let the rest of us know, becaus... | 3 |
AskReddit/cofi81c | 2v8ugn | What's a food that you hate and can taste in a meal, ruining it, even in tiny amounts? | Not really a food but I can taste aspartame in any diet or artificially sweetened drink. I don't even have to know it's diet (I can smell the differences between soda flavors, especially diet) or know that it has artificial sweeteners to know I'm tasting aspartame. | 39 |
AskReddit/e0kzrb6 | 8qpasc | What can we do to be more productive with our free time? | I always set minimum 'requirements' for productive things and maximum requirements for unproductive things. If I've got 5 hours of free time, I might say I'll spend at least an hour on x, at least 30 minutes on y, and no more than 2 hours of z. | 3 |
AskReddit/c2kx2mr | kk3to | If two people with different accents were stuck in a room for lifetime, would their accents change over a period of time? | Their accents would change over that period of time, yes. Sociolinguistic studies have shown that people change their 'accents' depending on who they are talking to, how that person speaks, and their relationship with that person. In a one-on-one situation like this their accents or idiolects would probably change very... | 35 |
AskReddit/dkj4e95 | 6op0ml | What was your favorite video game growing up? | Tetris. What People in modern times sometimes seem to Forget. Video Games are far longer out there, than you give them credit for. Even a 50 year old guy might have been an avid gamer in his youth. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dw0e744 | 85vjxk | Why do soccer players act overly injured so often during games? | "Because it pays" is the short answer. If a player can convince the referee that an opposing player has committed a foul, his team gets an advantage: the opposing player can get a warning (yellow card) or his team gets a free kick or a penalty shot (if the "foul" happened in the penalty area). They get away with faking... | 93 |
explainlikeimfive/cx94tvl | 3ttvzy | Why can some overweight people lose weight with no excess skin, but others skin doesnt go away? | It depends on how fast the weight loss is, how long the person was overweight, the method of weight loss, and then genetics. If someone was seriously overweight for 30 years before finally getting lipo, they'll have excess skin. If someone was seriously overweight for a short period of time but lost weight through diet... | 153 |
askscience/c75jr6q | 13noly | Why is the cell membrane more permeable to Potassium ions when it is bigger than Sodium? | It's a matter of ion channels. By way of ion channels, nerve cells are able to perform their functions. These channels pump K+ into the nerve cells, kicking Na+ out, so, essentially, they work against each other. When the potassium channels open, the potassium rushes in, making the cell more positive, which then stimul... | 6 |
AskReddit/c18done | einf4 | What are some cancelled shows that you would love to bring back to television? | In before it happens: Fringe I love that show, but hopefully it will not end up like Dollhouse or My worst Enemy. Also I am still in disbelief about "Heroes". I wish I could erase the last 2 seasons from my memory and restart fresh. | 2 |
AskReddit/c4g3cs5 | sq5xz | What would you guys sell your soul for? | I don't believe in souls, but I'll work with your assumption here. Assuming that by selling my soul, I am damning myself to punishment for all eternity after my death. Since this is for all eternity, it is infinitely bad. therefore I would only trade my soul for something I could take infinite satisfaction from. I don'... | 2 |
askscience/e0m3jtx | 8qoifm | What evidence actually exists to support the theory of the unconscious mind as postulated by Freud and Jung? | Unfortunately, Freud and Jung both postulated an unconscious mind that is by definition inaccessible and buried behind layers that obscure its action. Freud and Jung laid out no scientific criteria to confirm their hypotheses, and as such, it is not a scientific notion. That is not to say that it is not useful for the ... | 17 |
AskReddit/d0t8wf8 | 49nfn0 | If you become a vegan and don't tell anyone, are you really a vegan? | i don't get all the hate for vegans. let's just acknowledge the fact that there are people who have empathy and boycott this whole absurd animal abusive system and that's great. of course they want to spread the message and that doesn't mean they feel superior they are just morally consequent. and no, i'm not vegan | 10 |
AskReddit/ddwrfar | 5utjd4 | What country are you from, and what are the pros and cons of living there? | The Netherlands Pros: The sea is very close Roads in very good condition going pretty much everywhere Dutch Herring You learn a lot of languages in school Great, cheap healthcare and education Super low homicide rate and crime rate in general Everything is close-by People abroad seem to almost always like the Dutch Con... | 2 |
AskReddit/dax7qmv | 5h3v4l | What is your spice tolerance like? | My spice tolerance goes to eleven. My favorite is going to Mexican restaurants and getting the "awh, we'll make it 'white boy spicy' for you" and I'm like "no, I want poncho villa child soldier spicy" I heard a story that Pancho Villa would feed extremely hot peppers to kids and send them into battle as the hot peppers... | 3 |
AskReddit/eex31m8 | ajo71v | Why are phone screens so expensive to replace? | So serious reply here If u actually take apart your phone you'll realize that in order to replace the screen there are a lot of electrical components that also need to be replaced as these are attached to the back panel of the screen and cannot be reused so these are expensive and hence the high cost | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cknpgcq | 2gxxra | Why do I see advertisements on television when I am paying for the TV company's service? | It used to be the case that basic cable had advertisements and then premium channels didn't because you payed for them separately. Then did some market research and found people were mostly paying for the exclusive shows and not so much for the ad free experience. They tried adding ads and people still payed for the se... | 2 |
AskHistorians/e82x6y0 | 9pn5oe | What to do when a seemingly well-written answer is removed from a post after reading it? | An answer can be well-written, logical, cite several sources, and still be incorrect. Often moderators leave a comment telling the redditor why their post was removed, although on very busy threads it isn't always possible to do that. Moderators also sometimes work with the redditor about how to improve their answer. O... | 50 |
AskReddit/c0bbmv1 | 93ouc | What is your story of complete idiocy?/Who is the dumbest person you know? | I took a friend of a friend camping years ago. He was very vain and stuck on himself and his looks. We were way out in the middle of the woods on a mountain top, and the next morning I woke to find him wandering around the campsite. He was going from tree to tree with a blow dryer in his hand. When I asked him what he ... | 6 |
AskReddit/e0grjah | 8q60u0 | What would your life be like if you had an option to work the same career that is Friday-Sunday and is 12-13 hours a day? | I did this for a little over a year. Two 14's and a 12. I got so much done during the week, saw my family a lot. Social life kind of sucked. It usually wasn't that busy (data center, essentially I was a babysitter). The one thing I hated though, was if I wanted a weekend off, you were basically blowing a full week of v... | 2 |
AskReddit/csyijxp | 3csgmc | What are arguments against a vegan lifestyle? | I'm a vegetarian not vegan. As a vegetarian the only thing that annoys me about the 'lifestyle' is militant nature of a small portion of vegans and vegetarians. If people want to eat meat then let them eat meat, if people don't then that's their decision too. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/ctlqqfn | 3f5pn7 | Why is pink treated as it's own colour when light blue and light green don't? | I suspect that someone can explain it in better detail than I can, but here goes. As others have stated color "perception" has to a far amount to do with culture/upbringing. Which is correct. Particularly in how colors are "divided", or what a color is exactly. A classic anthropology/sociology test shows participants a... | 3 |
AskReddit/e28eb5f | 8y5x9e | When did you find out Santa wasn't real and how did it change your childhood? | I was 11 (yes, 11-years-old). It was July and I was drawing a Christmas scene and suddenly wanted to know the truth. I asked my mom, “Is there really a Santa Claus?” She said, “No, and there’s no Easter Bunny or Tooth Fairy, either.” I was a little sad but not devastated. My brother was in the room and he was 9, but he... | 2 |
AskReddit/duk21x4 | 7yyke9 | What’s the best way you can improve on your studying skills in college? | Routine, and discipline. I found the only way I could get through my masters was by having set study times, that I absolutely had to stick to. If you have a sporadic schedule with work or family, you need to simplify and organise it. It’s tough at first, sure, but once the routine sets in, you’ll find yourself being ve... | 2 |
AskReddit/cabyx3t | 1fndhz | What movie has taught you the most about life? | The Lord of the Rings. It teaches you the strength and importance of the little things in life as well as reinforcing the value of bravery, selflessness, and courage. The ideals presented in LOTR have stuck with me since I first read the series, and were further reinforced by the movies. It may seem lame but I do often... | 34 |
explainlikeimfive/e9ijivz | 9w7z4k | Does every digital device with UI have an OS? | No to maybe depending on how you define OS and UI. The simplest User Interface would be some buttons and status LEDs. These devices probably wouldn't have an OS. If you meant a Graphical User Interface that can draw some sort of complex graphics on a screen many of these devices would be running QNX or Linux, but that ... | 3 |
AskReddit/d132ero | 4as09i | How did you lose your best friend? | This is a long story, so I'm sorry. Me and my best friend were best friends from the age of 8. Everything was fine until I moved an hour away for uni. I mean, it was an hour away on the train, not a difficult commute, but I was broke from trying to support myself on a small student loan and she was busy with uni, so ou... | 2 |
AskReddit/cvx84q1 | 3ohipk | Who are some people who are known for succeeding through hard work and dedication but no talent? | Sid Viscous he dedicated his liver to be constantly working at all times, and put a lot of hard work into drinking and he sucked at playing bass. | 2 |
AskReddit/ee41vwg | ag79dm | What is the most heartwarming experience you’ve had with a pet, or any animal in general? | When my ex-wife and I were looking for a cat for her to have as a therapy animal, we went to an intelligent pet themed store to check one out that she had found online. I had said I would know the right cat when it curled up on my lap. (I’m not a huge pet person, btw). The employees get this cat out to play, and after ... | 3 |
AskReddit/c17ya09 | egnkb | What's the dirtiest way you've ever made money? | Honest would be a pick and shovel laborer in a mine. Dishonest would be being a relief bookkeeper for one of the NY mob families'' numbers racket. No, probably the dirtiest would have been being the bookkeeper for a hillbilly whoremonger in Vietnam who had six to ten whorehouses. | 6 |
AskReddit/d5ec3a7 | 4t3jyc | Why are darker skinned people considered inferior in almost every single culture? | I think in some cultures, or historically, it has to do with ideas about working outside. If you are darker-skinned it means you work outside and therefore do manual labour/farming. If you are lighter-skinned, you can afford to stay inside, or work inside, and are therefore richer. Just to be clear, these are not my vi... | 21 |
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