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AskReddit/d3x8iad | 4mp9ck | What's a historical fact that you find disturbing? | The Belgian king committed a genocide in Congo that killed 10 million people (more than jews have died in the holocaust). The disturbing thing: Nobody cares. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dzksiz4 | 8m4spi | Does eating a certain amount of food increases your weight initially by the same amount? | depends on the time frame really. if you drink 2 lbs of water, you will be 2 lbs heavier right away. But your body expels the water over time bringing you back to your real weight. eat 2 lbs of lard? and you might be working that off for a while. | 3 |
AskReddit/dpd9u61 | 7avfgk | What's a tradition you can't wait to see gone? | Couples celebrating "anniversaries" that aren't really anniversaries or even really milestones. "Look what my boyfriend got me for our two week anniversary!" "I can't come to your birthday, it's me and Sam's six month aniversary!" Anniversary means year. So it's stupid for that reason alone. But I also have to wonder a... | 9 |
AskReddit/e2dr7ky | 8yudac | What is so wrong about the stock Reddit client vs Apollo that makes people change? | I started using the Reddit app when it first released and it's okay, but then Apollo was announced and then started using the paid version sense it was released. They both or good apps, but Apollo is just way better with all it's gestures and it was originally designed for the iPhone X what I have. And the developer of... | 2 |
AskReddit/dwtvi39 | 89voag | What is the importance and reasoning in celebrating the day you were born? | I'm not sure if I'm interpreting the question properly, but I see it as a way of celebrating our lives, and all that we've been through. You could say that the meanings of birthdays have been lost due to commercialism, but when I'm with my two best mates on my birthday (and theirs') I feel like I can really reflect on ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ckt9jbl | 2hjn4y | What is your understanding of the nature of Pedophilia? | My understanding is that some people are wired differently than others. Some people for whatever reason are attracted to young kids. Some I hear it's a power thing, but others I hear they just straight up can't help it. That's how they get their rocks off. If they can't help the attraction, but don't actually touch kid... | 2 |
AskReddit/cffeh9l | 1xx66l | What can you do that you can't explain how to do? | Have a high pain tolerance. I'm not superhuman or anything, but i have an above average pain tolerance. A lot of it is just mental tricks to dissociate the sensory information from the fear/panic reactions, but I can't just tell someone else how to do it. It's like trying to teach someone a dance without showing them w... | 3 |
AskHistorians/ci3fa0p | 27pz6g | Was the Sherman tank a name resented by US soldiers from the south during WWII? | If this question isn't relevant, feel free to remove mods. Given the nicknames M3 Lee, M3 Stuart, M3 Grant, and M4 Sherman, why were Union and Confederate general names given to tanks, or any modern weapons for that matter? | 203 |
AskReddit/cpth49q | 30lcbm | What is the "strange kid" from your school doing now? | While the "strange kid" in my class/school was by far the weirdest kid I've ever known (tiny little guy with giant glasses, blonde curly hair, braces and a fashion sense like a middle-aged russian woman), with next-to-none social skills whatsoever, he was also apparently incredibly smart. He's now studying nano-technol... | 2 |
AskReddit/cspwqwu | 3bvniw | What are your unpopular movie opinions? | I hate Lord of the Rings. I've never seen Harry Potter. Game of Thrones is retarded. I despise digital filmmaking and most CGI. I don't like remakes very much or comic book movies either. I also don't like juvenile literature or any of the films made based upon juvenile literature. Most actors today suck. They might be... | 473 |
AskReddit/d77ulbt | 50w398 | What does the world need to move on from? | Tipping. Just pay your workers a decent wage and charge me an appropriate amount. edit, as people seem to keep missing this concept before replying: "a decent wage" tends to be higher than minimum wage. "An appropriate amount" would be however much money is required to pay your staff a decent wage. This is also not a s... | 742 |
AskReddit/ccmy4w0 | 1nxgsf | What movies that, when they were released, were considered flops, but later were recognized as great movies? | A Christmas Story. Released around Thanksgiving 1983, it was out of almost all the theaters by Christmas and only made about $19 million. Once it started getting air time on HBO in 1985, and Turner purchased the rights, it has become an acknowledged holiday classic. 24-hour marathons of the movie commonly occur around ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dhj050z | 6b1d1y | Why dont little boys do the voice acting for little boys in cartoons instead of grown women? | Some do. There are plenty of young people who do voice acting. The Charlie Brown series usually uses young people. In the general case, though, if you can use adults you do. Adults can work longer and crazier hours, and are generally easier to work with. | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/dbxlz5u | 5lpyjc | When game developers release patches that "optimize" code, what exactly are they changing? | This is a very general question that is hard to explain, but I'll give it a try. This analogy is relevant to all development, not just games. Let's say you are a computer and I ask you to find the name John Smith in a phone book. There a numerous ways to go about this process: You could start on page one and search eve... | 8 |
AskHistorians/cuaadk7 | 3hpils | When did green and purple become the unofficial secondary color palette used in Halloween decorations and motifs? | I don't see yellow as a primary color for Halloween. Usually orange and black. I always thought the purple (like the purple lights) was because it was the closest color to black and you can't have black colored bulbs. | 2 |
AskReddit/e98tgbc | 9v2hce | Why makes Ubuntu better than Windows, in terms of being user friendly ? | I may get some hate for this, but I don't think Ubuntu is more user friendly than Windows. Its definitely the most user friendly of Linux distributions I've tried, but if you go any further than just using a web browser, if all your hardware is fully supported, you're likely to have to do some things manually in the co... | 2 |
AskReddit/dtswi2u | 7vk1n4 | Why do Scandinavians keep writing O's and then just crossing them out? | I'm not Scandinavian but have visited all the Scandinavian countries. The crossed o is a distinct vowel pronounced like the schwa in English. The schwa is the English speaker's lazy way of pronouncing unstressed vowels as in potato. We don't say po-ta-to but puhtato. (Or in some dialects, puhtatuh.) | 2 |
AskReddit/dw0faiv | 85uxv4 | What are the best. and worst smelling locations on Earth? | I used to have to do foot patrols through a village of poor and vagrant locals in the Taji district of Iraq. This village was carved out within a massive landfill and the houses were made of garbage. And when they would burn fires. It was the worst. My eyes are watering up just thinking of the hot burning trash smoke a... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/c2ziuae | mb3hj | Why is history divided into BCE/BC and CE/AD? | The division between "BC" and "AD" wasn't actually invented until the middle ages. Until then, most people counted years since some major event, such as the birth or death of a famous ruler or a major war or disaster. The birth of Christ was particular relevant, though, to unifying calendars in Europe because most of t... | 12 |
AskReddit/dpcjtpa | 7asqws | What are the basic things you are doing to correct your posture? | Hyper-vigilance. Always be aware of your posture and always correct it as soon as you start to slouch. Adjust your workouts - your bad posture is almost definitely caused by muscle imbalances. If you work a sedentary job, try to get a sit/stand desk. You should be doing both, neither are good for you all day. | 5 |
AskReddit/c2525it | in1i6 | What's the best book you've read and why? | I know what you mean about A Thousand Splendid Suns -- it had the same effect on me. I'd recommend either Ender's Game, or The Brothers Karamazov if you don't mind a longer read. Edit: I forgot to give reasons. The Brothers Karamazov, according to Kurt Vonnegut, has "everything there was to know about life". It's a lon... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dmsv50q | 6z6b8u | Why are we groggy when we wake up? | The short version is that we sleep in cycles, that go into different "depths" of sleep. The deeper the sleep, the harder to wake up. Each sleep cycle goes from lighter to deeper sleep and back roughly every 90 minutes. Deep sleep is where REM happens, it is also when you do the most healing, and your body stops itself ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/c5jfpd2 | x5dld | How did polytheism transition into monotheism? | Monotheistic strands of thought have arisen within polytheistic cultures many times. Neoplatonism is a typical example, along with the strong henotheism of ancient Judaism, but you could also look at the development of Hinduism towards monotheism for comparison. Perhaps a more interesting question is whether it's a his... | 2 |
AskReddit/cy543tc | 3xh7sm | What is a harsh truth that many Redditors refuse to accept? | Your political beliefs are not "harsh truths" and there are legitimate reasons for disagreement other than "refusal to accept" them. If I'm wrong about this, you should publish your undeniable proof that solves political science forever. | 3 |
AskReddit/co4o3l1 | 2u2xjv | What are some things that are different when researched vs when they are understood intuitively? | To flip this around, somewhat, political issues. Politicians and talking heads alike live and die on the intuitive, gut reactions they get from people. For example, a conservative can really reach you by arguing the fundamental unfairness that your tax dollars are paying for some jobless person's welfare. It taps into ... | 65 |
AskReddit/dwkhvob | 88grpo | What are your best substitute teacher stories? | My Spanish teacher was absent the day before thanksgiving break. She left us with a lot of homework for break and the substitute (we all hated because he was mean) thought that was ridiculous. We spent the entire class period watching deep fried turkey accidents on YouTube. Sadly, he died the next day. | 6 |
AskReddit/dctj2yb | 5psmyd | What's the scariest horror movie? | You sound like me 5 years ago when I realised that horror movies aren't less scary, but we're just too old to actually be frightened by them. Conjuring, Sinister and Insidious (All 3) take the spotlight for me though. | 4 |
AskReddit/dup0jop | 7zlwdk | What was your last nightmare about? | My last nightmare was that my ex and her mother whipped a crowd into a frenzy and convinced them to lynch me because of who I am. That we are in the middle of a hideously ugly divorce doesn’t help, neither does the fact that they’re westboro-type Christians. | 2 |
AskReddit/ea22es5 | 9ykb1v | How do you become a more interesting person? | Nurture self-esteem, nurture relationships, find a balance between the two. Follow interests, stay true to yourself. Being interesting is relative. Be interested in your stuff. Being interesting is more likely to follow. Just care about your mental health first. Feeling uninteresting might be a problem of low self-este... | 2 |
askscience/c1hz1b2 | fqvw1 | Why does winter lead to depression? | Shorter days mess with your circadian rhythms if you're sensitive enough to available daylight, colder days mess with certain hormone and neurotransmitter levels. Combined, this can screw with melatonin and sleep cycles and lead to all sorts of horrid depression-like symptoms. Persponally, my appetite goes wonky, I bec... | 2 |
AskReddit/eqbpjab | by0xck | What's a film you love that never gets mentioned? | Interstate 60 usually gets very little mentions. A surreal roadmovie written and directed by Bob Gale (writer of Back to the Future), and with Gary Oldman, and a lot of cameos by actors like Michael J Fox, Kurt Russel, Christopher Lloyd, Chris Cooper, etc. I think the distributor went bankrupt just as the movie was fin... | 2 |
AskReddit/c8rp4ms | 19vle8 | What's the worst thing you've done to your sibling? | When I was 10 and my brother was 8 we would have Fart Wars. There were no rules to Fart Wars; your objective was to fart as close to the other one's face. One night I felt a stinker brewing so I chased my brother, held him down, pulled down my pants squatted over him, and went to deliver the game-ending Fart. Except I ... | 11 |
explainlikeimfive/dw7p518 | 86spsv | Why did Typhus disease seem to be most rampant and severe in German concentration camps in WW2 and not reportedly as bad elsewhere? | Because the crowding and poor sanitary conditions in concentration camps were an ideal breeding ground for the lice that cause typhus. It wasn't as bad elsewhere because no one else was packing people together like the German concentration camps. You see the same discrepancy today. Typhus is effectively non-existent in... | 12 |
explainlikeimfive/dewx51t | 5zc7xg | Why do people bother to black out license plates in pictures of their car? | I will explain why with a hypothetical example. Suppose Bob drives down a residential street, parks for 30 minutes, then drives off. During that time maybe 20 people see it, mostly people who live in the area who happened to be there at that time. What are the chances anyone cares Bob was there? Slim to none, they almo... | 4 |
AskReddit/cfzh8sa | 203m5o | If you had to kill an innocent person with your own hands to end world hunger, would you? | I would. Would you rather be the guy who killed some guy, and saved billions, or be the guy who had the chance to do it, and let people die? When it comes down to it, innocence is irrelevant because the morality is pretty messed up(either way, you're condemning innocents to die). Its just a numbers game, and the bigger... | 2 |
AskReddit/d1vyqpx | 4e0f4m | What is something nice that you can do for Mother's Day? | If you have a good relationship with them, call them and take them out for dinner once in a while, or something nice you know she'd like. Do it regularly, not just for mother's day. Just appreciate her cause she won't be around forever. I lost mine 6 yrs ago come October and it still sucks. Mother's day and my bday are... | 2 |
AskReddit/eis541y | b2e5me | How are you feeling about this coming week? | Feeling great. My boyfriend is willing to go skating with me for the first time ever, we just got engaged, and I started a new job at a company I am genuinely excited to work for. And my antidepressants just hit the 6 week mark, meaning I'm finally at a therapeutic level of seratonin and things should start bothering m... | 3 |
AskReddit/dny6vrm | 74gb5d | How did you finally quit smoking for good? | My best friend in college and I used to smoke cigs quite a bit, I looked up to him a lot. He quit after college. One night when I was hanging with him a year after graduation, I was trying to get a cigarette and he said "you don't need that man." And so I stopped | 2 |
AskReddit/dncdhig | 71oxjo | What do you miss the most from childhood now that you are an adult? | I miss not having lived up to my potential yet. Now as an adult, I look back and realized I've made some bad decisions that have hindered me to reach my full potential much earlier in life. | 8 |
explainlikeimfive/e2j3miq | 8zj1ir | How do scientists "program" stem cells in labor to act in a certain way? | I'm no expert, so I'm hoping that someone with more knowledge can chime in, but since I'm here. As I understand it, stemcells are controlled using hormones. The scientists expose the cells to different hormones at different times to make them develop as they want. Don't quote me though, I'm not certain I'm right! | 2 |
AskReddit/ef0unpw | ak1r6u | What are some things that parents do which are normalized by society, but are actually child abuse? | Talking about their children's personal info in front of friends and family. It seems normal in society because it's socializing for adults. They like to talk about their children as they love them. But it's a lot of psychological abuse for children and breaks a sense of trust with them. | 4 |
AskReddit/e2cm5m5 | 8yp0px | Why does it seem like adulthood is just a continuation of high school in so many areas of life? | Because people confuse petty drama with high school when in reality high school is just the introduction to the petty drama that will persist throughout our entire adult lives. | 6 |
AskReddit/dyk0dnh | 8hihwe | What did you eat that caused the nastiest, smelliest fart that you've ever farted? | I got high and ate a whole tin of jalepeno almonds. It wasn't just the farts it was burps too. Something about it making sulphur when it mixes with stomach acid. The tiniest fart would destroy a room for 10 minutes. I got sent home from work because they said I must be sick. | 3 |
askscience/c1zjd9j | hyuut | Can you guys think of science projects to do on the cheap for elementary-age kids? | Do you know anybody who is an old-school photographer? Using baking soda and (vinegar or lemon juice) to pop the tops off of empty 35mm film canisters is fun. Kids love explosions! There must be another source for a container like that, but the film canisters are perfect, and they're often available for free if you can... | 3 |
AskReddit/cjuwv8u | 2e0ns1 | What is your first memory? | I must have been around 3 or 4. My parents had gone out for the evening and had left me and my 1 1/2 year older sister with a baby sitter. We were in bed already and fast asleep when my parents left. The babysitter decided to have a party at our house. It woke me and my sister up. I remember looking through the crack i... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cx4dws8 | 3ta347 | Why is Microsoft SQL Server so difficult to install? | A lot of people would argue that it isn't. But for those that consider that it is in comparison to other software installations, it's because SQL Server is not meant for simple home use. It's a business product that often stores critical and sensitive information that is absolutely essential to the running of an enterp... | 11 |
AskReddit/dopfh6t | 77xmny | What is the difference between anger and abuse? | Anger is a feeling. There is nothing wrong with feeling anger, it is a natural reaction and it can be used righteously. Abuse is an action, it is when you decide to harm another person. It is the act of attacking them physically, or saying the words that attack their emotional or psychological being. Some abusers claim... | 2 |
AskReddit/dar39q8 | 5gcams | What are some neat little tips and tricks for successfully invading a nation? | I actually wrote an essay on this in high school, and it boils down to a few things: Portray your enemy as evil to their allies so they're less likely to assist them. Block their imports and exports to hurt their economy and leave them with fewer resources. Invest in propaganda for your cause and against theirs in both... | 3 |
AskReddit/emrrdq9 | blvszr | What has made your 2019 much better or much worse than previous years? | After spending most of my career as an employee and opened my own business at the start of 2019, and it is going better than I had thought it would. I'm my own boss, I enjoy the work, I make more money, and I'm growing. | 3 |
AskReddit/c3tl8zc | q00vh | Is it socially rude to assume a man is homosexual if he speaks with a lisp and that accent? | >or that you are gay if you do speak like this. That kind of is what you're saying. You're asking if it's rude to assume someone's gay because of the way they talk; ergo, the implication is that you think people who speak this way are more likely to be gay than people who don't speak with an effeminate tone. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dvajgb1 | 82jj87 | How do we know what the sun is made of and how much of each element makes it up? | Spectrography. Basically by looking at the kind of light that comes from the sun you can see what elements make them up. When looking at the spectrum of light from any burning object there will be little black lines. These black lines are fairly unique for each element. | 6 |
Ask_Politics/earq7nq | a1p4lv | Is there any evidence to say that Russian interference won Trump the election? | Agency indicates it’s ‘quite clear’ Moscow’s goal was to get him elected; president-elect mocks CIA as ‘same people that said Saddam Hussein had WMDs’ Russia actively intervened in the 2016 presidential elections to help Donald Trump win the race, not just to sow discord and undermine confidence in US democracy and its... | 3 |
AskReddit/e41x22r | 96o53s | What’s a legitimate “back in my day” of your generation? | Back in my day we had all of three television channels--four if you were lucky. And there was no such thing as a remote, so you had to actually get up out of your seat, walk over to the TV and change the channel on the set itself. And we loved it! | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/crwhc15 | 38o9n7 | Why are there so many new gender terms recently? | Because gender is starting to become more openly talked about and as we discuss things more, we are going to need new terms for things that previously went undiscussed. Just because it is a new term does not mean what it refers to is a new idea or sensation. Of course, on the flip side, some of the new terms that are b... | 31 |
AskReddit/chedgqv | 2578m7 | Do animals commit suicide? | Smarter animals do when they are unhappy with their lifestyle, usually living in captivity. Most house pet animals will not be able to think like that, or if they can, they choose to live because they love their life. Source: I'm Eliza Thornberry | 2 |
askscience/ctw6ef3 | 3g9iza | Where did the oxygen molecules on mars originate from? | The oxygen wasn't created on Mars, and none of ours was created on Earth. Like all other atoms they were either party of the original cloud of debris that formed the planets, or has since been deposited by the comets and meteors that have impacted over the millennia. Oxygen is a requirement of life (as we know it) not ... | 6 |
AskReddit/c1b05nn | eud03 | How to Properly Cook Steak? | The only real tip I can give you is to let the steak set for about five minutes after it is done cooking before eating it. If you cut into the steak too soon all the juice will run out. by letting the steak set when you cut the steak more of the juice will remain in the steak. wow three steaks in one sentence new perso... | 3 |
AskReddit/crc29m8 | 369vhs | When is the last time you were completely freaked out by something? | One time I was in my old apartment and sort of lucid dreaming. I was aware I was in the bed, but I couldn't move or speak and I saw a ghost sort of bracing itself against the dresser adjacent to the bed, just a few feet away. I think it was closer to me prior to that, but that's where I remember it being. It was starin... | 3 |
AskReddit/d6sbg7d | 4z2a28 | What was your experience with a squatter? | OK, story time. We used to have a house in a fairly urban area. We were getting our roof repaired when the idiot roofer caught the house on fire by using a torch on a windy day to seal some seams with tar. The fire department came right away but our house had major damage, mostly due to water damage they used to put ou... | 2 |
AskReddit/excfeuz | cs45wh | What are some interesting books to read? | In addition to the genre question, what’s your general age range preference for reading? Also, could you maybe list some of your favorite books/authors/story elements? Or are you just asking in general? | 2 |
askscience/cdiiymq | 1r0xju | Why doesn't total entropy decrease during the attraction between oppositely charged particles? | First: the state of a system encompasses the whole trajectory of its particles consistent with a given energy. One section of that trajectory moving to another part is not a change of thermodynamic state. Second: entropy is a statistical concept. The fundamental laws of particle interaction are time-reversible, and the... | 5 |
AskReddit/ce6op23 | 1tcyiq | How does your current life compare to what you thought it would be when you were 17? | 22 here. I thought I'd be more social. I've had the same friends since high school too which I never thought would happen. On the plus side I'm working side by side with the professionals I used to idolize. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice. | 2 |
AskReddit/di4rmmc | 6dr8e9 | What song/album from when you were growing up do you still frequently find yourself going back to? | The Wall by Pink Floyd. It was maybe the 2nd album I ever listened to? Concept albums blew my mind back then. I was like "Whoa, this album starts with a song and then there's a slightly different version of that song halfway through!" | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ckjw7o2 | 2gkcc4 | What's the difference between blackmail and extortion? | Blackmail involves threatening to release information about someone's doings, thoughts, desires, etc. Extortion involves threatening violence, arson, etc. Blackmail requires research, extortion requires a strong arm. | 3 |
AskReddit/ctpiou2 | 3fkqcn | What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever done on a date? | After flirting with a guy I liked in chemistry all school year, he finally asked me out on a date. We went to the movies, all was going really well and he went to go refill popcorn. While he is gone, my best guy friend sits in his seat and acts like that's not weird at all. My date gets back, friend won't leave or move... | 2 |
askscience/czyb59y | 45i045 | How much mass must an object have to be an effective electrical ground? | Essentially the earths size is so massive that it can absorb the extra electrons at a higher voltage state without changing the voltage of ground. Use the equation q=cv and assume the earth has infinite capacitance. The voltage of ground will not change with any addition of electrons. Voltage is similar to how many ele... | 3 |
AskReddit/dsdul5z | 7p1at6 | When did you feel extremely stupid? | All the time. In fact, I'd say the ability to cope with feeling extremely stupid is my largest competitive advantage. I can learn and churn out stuff based on a rudimentary understanding faster than my peers because I'm kind of ok feeling like an idiot. Many of them are smarter than me and will quickly be able to catch... | 5 |
AskReddit/ewwvg3f | cqj8j3 | What is the draw to open casket funerals? | Closure. My grandma's funeral is the only I've been too where if wasn't open casket, and it took a lot longer to feel real. It took her no longer being in my life to convince my brain, which inevitably took some time. It's been nearly a year and I still frequently go to text her or see something and consider buying it ... | 7 |
AskReddit/ce9etke | 1tmcoq | What is your favorite memory about a loved one that you've lost? | My great aunt reading to me until I fell asleep in the armchair with her. I woke up in her bed, snuggled between her and Brownie (her dog). I must have been really young, but I just remember feeling safe and liking how her bed smelled. Now that I am older I know it smelled like Chanel number five and lavender, but when... | 2 |
AskReddit/c95pa5w | 1bcl23 | How do you deal with loneliness when you've no one to talk to? | I have moved a lot in the last few years, so I've had a lot of experience with loneliness. Distractions like movies, games, or books are good for short bursts of loneliness. A few hours at the most (being stuck in a hotel room for the night, for instance). Problem with these is that when the movie finishes you're still... | 2 |
Ask_Politics/ckja01s | 2gi045 | Why is it OK in North Carolina that I will lose my financial aid if I register to vote? | What story are you exactly referring too? In general though it is probably a residency thing. A scholarship or aid may be based upon residence in a certain state. If you then go to school in another state and declare residence there you are in violation of your scholarship/aid. You should still be able to vote wherever... | 2 |
AskReddit/cuu1myk | 3k1bbt | What movie did you not appreciate until you were older? | Schindler's List. I was 13 when it came out. I think the next year or two, it was a big deal that it was shown on a big network, NBC, ABC, CBS, I don't remember, without commercials and unedited (because nudity, Puritan America). We have Jewish lineage, but are not Jewish. It was boring to me, because it was black and ... | 2 |
AskReddit/erbkk0s | c18jje | Why do you think nudity is censored more in the United States than violence? | I don't know if it's the correct answer, but at least from a central European's perspective the States seem to be a very religious country. And the average Christian sect seems to be more concerned with nudity than with violence. | 3 |
AskReddit/c39vsx6 | nkve1 | Has anyone ever been asked something so stupid at work you couldn't help but give a response pointing out their stupidity? | I work as a HR manager of a large corporation, so I have to be very politically correct. All stupid questions are answered patiently and thoroughly, with a smile on my face while I die a little inside. | 6 |
AskReddit/d50otwr | 4rened | What cancelled tv series ended on the biggest cliff hanger? | Torchwood! It's not exactly cancelled but since it ended there isn't anything else being planned. Not only was cliffhanger really important for what would happen in the continuation of torchwood but it also had potential to change the future of Dr Who (the show torchwood is a spinoff from) and the canon of specific cha... | 39 |
explainlikeimfive/ctpk4y3 | 3fkv5e | Why are some letters basically the same capital and lowercase (O, W, P) and some vastly different (G, E, Q)? | Our alphabet is derived from the Latin alphabet. The Upper case is essential the Latin. The lower case alphabet is derived from the Latin through an intermediate font called Carolinian minuscule. This is a smaller font derived from the Latin alphabet designed to be easy to read and quick to write. Changes were made to ... | 323 |
askscience/d8upk4y | 57sq8y | Why is it that when a bullet fully penetrates a target, the exit hole is so much bigger than the entry hole? | Dumbing it down: When you shoot a gun, the bullet is a nice aerodynamic shape, and easily punches a clean hole through your flesh. As it moves through you, it starts to bend and deform into shapes that are not so nice for piercing through stuff, and by the time it's coming out, instead of cleanly going through your bod... | 9 |
AskReddit/di3u645 | 6dkqlf | What uncommon word or phrase do you think should be used more frequently? | People frequently use the phrase, 'the early bird gets the worm' but I think a parody of that (which my friend told me), 'the second cat avoids the trap' (which basically means you're not the first, or an early comer, but the advantage to that is you can see whether they make mistakes and avoid them accordingly) should... | 2 |
AskReddit/ekre6re | bckgqf | What is the strangest deja vu you ever had ? | I've had deja vu last for days/weeks at a time. Even when I do something crazy like a sweet jump kick in the rain, the feeling continues. Makes you feel like you're not real. | 3 |
AskReddit/dsl20lv | 7px88p | What’s the dumbest way you’ve received a detention? | My school had “green slips” that were only given out if you had done something really bad. i.e. you caused harm to another student, or some other thing that caused damage to people or property. You had to have detention AND take the slip home for your parents to sign your infraction, and likely get in even more trouble... | 50 |
AskReddit/cios8u3 | 29uvpt | If you won the lottery, would you take the yearly payments or the lump sum? | Lump sum, invest it, and liquidate a stipend weekly. Like weekly payments on it, except I get more weeks on it. Unless it's one of those 100 million billion dollar jackpot wins, then I'd just lump sum, buy a pool, and fill it with Kraft Mac n Cheese, and just drown in it. | 2 |
AskReddit/d31hyzp | 4ivrqe | What messed up thing happened at your school and/or workplace? | Back in 9th grade, we had this Geography teacher. He had been teaching for decades, and was one of my father's teachers even. Everybody enjoyed his class. St. Patrick's Day came around and two girls decided that he wasn't wearing green so he should be pinched. They snuck up behind him and pinched him on the back of his... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cooyzq9 | 2wa6pu | Why do wounds heat up/get red/itchy while healing? | Increased blood supply to promote faster growth/healing. That increased supply and the damaged nerve endings healing makes it feel warm and itchy. | 2 |
AskReddit/dt3z5e7 | 7sdtiv | What can cats do that dogs can't? | Cats have a free floating collar clavicle bone, it's not exactly connected the usual way, AFAIK dogs don't. It's how cats can fit into weird and tiny places because they sort of disjoint themselves. | 3 |
AskHistorians/ds4uerd | 7np80f | How do historians draw general "rules" or find trends in empires, such as Rome and Britain, that can be indicators of rise, or even decline and imminent fall? | Cliodynamics is a relatively new field or framework that tries to apply mathematical models to patterns in history. Its reception has been mixed among historians, though archaeologists and anthropologists have been cautiously optimistic about it. The most relevant cliodynamic theory would be structural demographic theo... | 9 |
askscience/dg9vb6i | 65dixc | How do cells stick together? | Cells produce something called an extracellular matrix, which is a dense, complex network of very large proteins which stick to each other. The matrix surrounds the cells, and the cells produce proteins which attach them to the matrix. All cells do this, and in reality the body isn't just composed of cells holding on t... | 17 |
AskReddit/dj8mb7h | 6ippvp | What's your most mind-blowing fact about space? | At the center of a blackhole is a point called a "singularity." This is where the entirety of the mass of the black hole is condensed into a single infinitely small and dimensionless space. That one blows my mind. Speaking of black holes, another cool fact is that if one was orbiting a black hole and watched a friend g... | 3 |
askscience/c4lqurp | tdruw | How can anything be more than 13.7 billion light years away? | Things that were 13 billion lightyears away from us 13 billion years ago, whose light is just reaching us now, are now farther away because the intervening space has expanded sine then. | 3 |
AskReddit/e7c58cr | 9m5zoj | What are some innovative IT solutions between banks and customers? | Hi all, Currently I am doing research about innovative IT solutions for banks, more specifically to enhance customer experience. I am aware of multifaceted platforms and data utilization I was just wondering what are some neat new IT developments regarding customer service, maybe some more perspectives will help me out... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/chdd798 | 252wit | How do they determine the nutritional facts on the back of food labels? | Food Scientist here. So what everyone else in the thread said about the calories is correct but to get the other components is a bit more complicated. To save you the chemistry lesson, I'll just try to explain things in simple terms. For protein, you break down the food chemically until you can extract the nitrogen as ... | 5 |
AskReddit/eg1s7hi | aol2qp | What was one of the hardest decisions you’ve ever had to make? | I was dog sitting for my aunt when the poor boy got sick. He was an older boy with a hernia. He had surgery scheduled for the following week, but he just stopped eating and drinking the second day I was there. I took him to the emergency vet who said we need to do the surgery now (by extending credit in my name) or put... | 2 |
AskReddit/erjrpto | c2fnvq | What’s something you are addicted/obsessed with? | One thing that most seem not to know about autistic people is that they develop obsessions about things. My first obsession lasted around ten years and saw me consuming every ounce of the star wars expanded universe that my school and city library had, the next was pokemon and so on throughout the years I've had 8 diff... | 2 |
AskReddit/cbclvpt | 1j9x17 | What little-known historical event would make a great movie? | Palisade, Nevada. Just about everything people believe about the wild west is a myth. In particular, the notion that it was a violent place with nearly nonstop gun battles was purely a creation of the dime novels of the time. Actually, wild west towns tended to be generally peaceful, boring places. Most towns actually ... | 2,213 |
AskReddit/dz1q6x8 | 8jqra0 | What's a tell tale sign someone grew up poor? | Financial irresponsibility, whenever they get money they seem to spend it like that because they seem to have the mentality that if you don't spend it, It will be taken anyway, therefore a haste to spend it first. Source: Am poor(er) grew up south bronx to immigrant single mother | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/dqne29r | 7h1fdt | Why we feel cold at first when we touch something really hot? | So we have receptors for hot, cold, and pain in our skin. Usually they only trigger when their normal conditions are met. However, if a very strong stimulus triggers both hot and pain, for some reason, cold is triggered. If you wanna know more than that, good luck. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d6zl8kd | 4zxqok | Why aren't Asian countries being terrorized on the same level European and American countries have? | 1) Most do not have global influence either economically or militarily. They may be major powers locally, but only 1-3 depending on how you define things has any type of reach beyond the local region. 2) With the exception of South Korea the Asian countries all keep fairly tight control on their news networks so even i... | 9 |
AskReddit/e7ctauy | 9m8nbc | What went wrong at your wedding? | Bride got butthurt at someone wearing the same general color dress. Bridesmaids joined in the butthurt. MIL & FIL joined. Several friends joined. All in all it changed from a wedding to butthurt fest. | 2 |
AskReddit/cr59jba | 35kic8 | If you could re-experience ant video game for the first time, which game would it be? | Jak 2, first game I ever played on consoles. Star Wars Battlefront II, only if my old friend was there for splitscreen action. Fallout 3, just awesome. Resident Evil 4, no explanation needed. Bioshock, the story was so mind-blowing to 9th grade me. Ratchet and Clank Going Commando, I love this game. Probably most of al... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cu7185o | 3hfccy | Is a satellite orbiting the Earth (falling indefinitely) not technically a perpetual motion machine? | It is not, even if it orbited for all eternity its still not a perpetual motion machine because you cant do anything with it. The moment you try to use the orbiting satellite to do work you take energy from it which will slow it down and its orbit will begin to decay, eventually crashing back to earth. | 2 |
AskReddit/eqq377t | bz59gz | How would you describe humanity or humans in general? | The basic scenario is say some some aliens or a higher beings abducted you, and their decision to either destroy the planet/erase humanity or leave in peace rests solely on how you would describe the other humans that live on earth. What would you say for them? | 3 |
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