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AskReddit/c5mz0qv | xjrq6 | What was your worst experience with road rage? | I am guilty of road rage. I was really sick, and driving to buy food and painkillers. The guy behind me was tail gaiting me. I got angry, stopped the car, and when I got to his open window I threw up in his lap. | 2 |
AskReddit/c13mguu | dxaj3 | Do you like people watching? | People watching is my favorite thing to do on a date. If I can get the girl I am out with to start poking fun of random strangers under our breath, I know I have someone to take seriously. It might help that I live in a very attractive part of California, although people watching is good with ugly people too. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/du0cn1d | 7whbvn | Why does it look slow when we are flying very fast in high altitudes? | It's because of how far away from everything you are. It's like driving parallel to a mountain range that's 50 miles away. You may be driving 60mph but as you look at the mountains it won't look like you're moving. In the case of a car though you have many things very close to you which show you how fast you're actuall... | 2 |
AskReddit/elq23jw | bh50hy | When did you feel you were at the lowest point in your life and why? | I think this past January I was the weakest I have ever been. First year of college over a thousand miles from home (in a totally different climate), and it hit me one cold night how alone I really was. Far from my lifelong friends back home, far from my family, and far from my cats. I talked to one of my professors ab... | 4 |
AskReddit/di6ou71 | 6dzmrp | What is the most unhelpful/destructive advice you heard? | Got a few. Not said to me, but something one friend to another. "Well, if she cheated on you but confessed, that means she really loves you, and you should forgive her and just forget about it." I teach self defense, and I once heard a gun store employee (I value both hand to hand and weapon skills) tell a woman that s... | 66 |
AskReddit/dpzb6qr | 7dojlf | What is the craziest thing that happened at your high school/university? | Mass evacuation due to a chemical spill in high school. Only time a fire drill turned out to not be a fire drill. In college, they made a big deal my freshman year because students kept getting hit by a train. | 3 |
AskReddit/e22ql60 | 8xeqof | What are the current real world issues that the U.S. would face, if the US opened it's borders to the other countries in the Americas? | mass immigration from disastrously ran countries in the middle/south america of course. too many unskilled labourers that wont have the skills to be useful, but either will have to be cared for by the government or will drive low quality jobs to become really low paying. poverty will be their condition of life because ... | 3 |
AskReddit/e6i3u3p | 9iajpt | What was your favorite toy/stuffed animal as a kid, and was there any sentimental value behind it? | When I was too young to remember I was very good and for good behavior my mom took me to a local thrift shop and said I could pick one thing, and it could be anything. I see this 4 foot tall stuffed toy lion. I was in love. My mom said anything but that. Well after half an hour of looking and not wanting anything else ... | 4 |
AskReddit/dbpw4yh | 5kqucs | What is the biggest red flag you've ever experienced in a relationship? | I went on a few dates with a guy who is a high school history teacher. He was obsessed with status and how much he spent on things. He bragged about his $10,000 watch and his $40,000 car. He loved to tell me how much he spent on clothes and his TV. Now this type of personality is a major red flag. He is a teacher and a... | 3 |
AskReddit/cci8u1l | 1ng27a | Is my unpaid internship worth it? | Aside from the cracked software and crappy chairs, does the work they give you actually apply to what you want to get out of your career? Is this a company that you want to work for after you graduate? If so, then stick it out, work hard, and get noticed in a positive way. I did unpaid internships at a few different pl... | 4 |
AskReddit/eeur23t | aje65i | What have parents lost sight of in bringing up their children that is causing problems with the upcoming generations? | Tech, thats it, kids see parents staring at phones/tablets and they learn from copying. My daughter (7) has a tablet but shes not allowed it until shes done all her school work, read her school book or any other books. | 2 |
AskReddit/dip7qnk | 6gcla8 | What one comment by someone you liked, made you no longer like them? | In 4th grade I'd had a crush on this boy since like 1st grade. For him and his friend, I made pictures of their favorite sports teams. The boy I liked made a mean comment and has friend was really grateful. So I stopped liking that boy and moved on to liking the friend. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/colbeco | 2vvogp | Why does the iris have color? | So you aren't asking how.but "why" correct? This question would best be answered by looking at an iris with ocular albinism. When the body has significantly reduced amounts of melanin then most everything will be pale. Grey to pale blue irises, white hair, pale skin. This person won't function well in bright light and ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cqiskic | 339jx5 | What is the best non-sexual physical feeling? | snow skiing. That crisp fresh outdoor air. gliding down a beautiful snow covered mountain. Excercise, endorphins, adrenaline. Such an amazing feeling | 3 |
AskReddit/cq8dmu2 | 326mj3 | Does ice milk exist anymore? | Dairy Queen soft serve can't be called ice cream. It's made of vanilla flavoured ice milk and sugar mixed really fast and pumped full of air. So yeah, there's your ice milk. | 3 |
AskReddit/evxshp4 | clt8xb | What is a song that, no matter what you do, always manages to make you cry? | Fleetwood Mac - Landslide "Time makes you bolder, even children get older and I'm getting older too" The song popped up several times in my life around the death of family members and it forever reminds me of the temporary nature of the existence of loved ones. | 2 |
AskReddit/deqxr5d | 5yl9a3 | What inanimate object have you lost that has made you incredibly sad? | When I was 13 I begged my mum to let me wear my charm bracelet to a school dance. She really didn't want me to, it was a birth gift, 18c gold, with 13 charms - one with a diamond, one for my confirmation which meant a lot at the time, and one from Canada with jade which was a big deal because of my desire to travel - w... | 2 |
askscience/c294dfu | j4mcm | Which is theoretically faster: Optical Computing or Quantum Computing? | This a hard question to answer because it is both broad and vague. Each has lots of pros and cons. Both are still in the research phase, rather than development, and we just don't know yet. The current popular platforms for quantum computing are expected to be quite a bit slower than classical computers for problems th... | 3 |
AskReddit/e3vpy6f | 95vlql | What would you do if you won the lottery? | Depends on how much it is. I often fantasize on what I'd do if I won the Euro-Jackpot (about 60 Mil. €). I would defnietly buy houses for my siblings and my parents, so they wouldn't have to worry about paying rent anymore. Also give a huge sum to charity and to small businesses that I support via Patreon. And of cours... | 2 |
AskReddit/cj76pt0 | 2bnynz | What was your strongest emotional attachment to an inanimate object? | My silver locket. It has a picture of my mom and dad in it. I cherish it because my mom gave it to me when I was 10. My parents died in a car crash this past January. So now my locket has even more emotional attachment to it. I don't let anyone touch it or see what's inside | 3 |
AskReddit/d7q3hxx | 535d53 | What was the WORST concert/live performance you've ever attended? | I was witness to a live performance of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "coming out of their shells" tour when it first started. Even at like 7 years old I remember wondering what kind of train wreck I was actually watching. | 2 |
Ask_Politics/dw8a4sg | 86w01m | Why is it decades after the cold war, Putin / Russia has decided to stir the pot in world affairs? | I'm not sure when you think this "started" but countries have always been meddling in each other's affairs. Neither country is a victim seeing as they're the strongest militaries in the world. Every country has foreign agencies dedicated to pushing said country's national interest whether it be the CIA or FSB. They hac... | 4 |
AskReddit/ew0e39k | cm6xah | Can you show love to others without first loving yourself - Please explain ? | Totally, you can show love. But I don’t think you can really participate and fully enjoy your relationships before you love yourself. When you love yourself, you’ll have way more to give.it’s a better way to live! As a side note, I think that the quality of relationships will nosedive if one or both parties fail to lov... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dt2e5m4 | 7s6vdv | Why is there a discernible difference in the amount of red and or blue light seen when switching from left or right eye? | Are you sitting near a window? Is the windows facing your right or left side of your head? The light from the outside is more blue, forcing your eyes to reduce the reactivity to blue light, and making things appear more magenta in color. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/crkk4c5 | 378had | How do movies that are staged in the past find their props? | Prop suppliers. I knew one in Boston back in the 1980s. He lived in a massive loft full of amazing things, all carefully sorted by type and era so he could find them. Basically he was a hoarder with OCD who parlayed those traits into a business. | 2 |
AskReddit/drgfy0p | 7kqkic | What is the craziest thing that one of your teachers did? | In middle school, my ICT teacher was what you'd refer to as ratchet. She'd flirt with students and had an affair with a married man(she was married too with a baby). One day she got down and started twerking while screaming I don't care because a girl got(understandably) upset when this teacher in question wouldn't tak... | 3 |
askscience/conn92w | 2w2npc | Does the ampere's circuital law hold for a circular current carrying coil ? | Ampere's Law applies everywhere, but the simplified version you're referencing does not. Ampere's law is actually an integral equation and it involves a dot product. In words, it says that if you draw a circle somewhere (in your case, on the inside of a coil), and then you move around that circle and at every point you... | 2 |
askscience/c3yi2eo | ql5mj | How much energy is in a given amount of matter? | On a side note can someone explain how e=mc^2 is independent of atomic nuclei? A tightly bound nucleus like iron-56 will not gain any energy by fusion or fission so is it impossible to convert into any usable amount of energy? I suppose there is always annihilation with anti-matter, but is that it? | 2 |
AskReddit/etjmyh5 | cc0b9z | In Britain you can drink (alcoholic substance) from the age of 5, what do other countries think of this? | I'm Australian. According to my mum, my first steps were taken in a dash towards my grandfather's unattended beer. 5 doesn't seem weird, I grew up being allowed to have tiny drinks of wine or beer with dinner if my parents were having some. Once I was a teenager I was allowed to have a normal sized drink, and spirits f... | 2 |
AskReddit/cuyfhl6 | 3kllnp | What would be your weapon of choice in a kung fu style face off? | A couple of good 1911s would be my choice. Being serious, I like the Chinese War (broad) swords of the Boxer Rebellion era. They are light enough to use one handed easily, and powerful enough to cut through anything. Pretty fast too. Not much reach, but long reach weapons are clumsy. | 2 |
AskReddit/dbnygnc | 5khdyx | Why do you believe your religion? | I "believe" in atheism because there are more than 6000 religions all worshipping different god(s), and at least 5999 are wrong, what makes you think your religion is so much better than all the false ones? I was raised semi-christian (had bible school and stuff), but the bible conflicting basic sciene such as the big ... | 5 |
AskReddit/dfj5vub | 620hht | What is one thing that EVERY college campus has? | A statue on the main quad of the school's founder/first president/person the college is named after. Tour groups will always lead prospective students passed the statue to tell them about some tradition or legend related to the statue. Also, blue light phones for contacting campus police. Every single college tour I've... | 7 |
AskReddit/ddsqemj | 5ub91x | What's your best advice for meeting your SO's parents? | Firm handshake, good eye contact, answer questions honestly but don't go into weird detail and ask questions (but first let your SO tell you if there are any hot button issues to avoid). If things get awkward, ask questions about stuff your SO has already told you. DO NOT PLAY WITH YOUR PHONE. To me, of bigger importan... | 2 |
AskReddit/cb2dw8l | 1i9qqj | What's the most painful thing you've ever experienced? | I had a migraine so bad once, my eyes were rolling in my head, I was white and sweating, vomiting in a dark room repeatedly. I had weird pins and needles in odd places like the tip of my nose, and I tried to talk to my mum and completely random words came out. Scariest most painful experience of my life. I thought I wa... | 85 |
AskReddit/erkz47o | c2ljs3 | How tall is everyone and how tall would you like to be? | 6'1" and female. I'm used to it, though if someone had offered me, at age 21, an opportunity to magically and painlessly be 5'7" with everything in proportion, I don't think I would have turned it down. It's not that I dislike being tall, it's that buying clothing has never, ever been fun or easy. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/chrwu1w | 26klol | Why don't vinyl recorded songs get faster as the song progresses? | Because similar equipment is made to record the song onto the master. The recording needle moves across the record faster at the edge than at the center, just as the playback needle does. | 8 |
AskReddit/cb7vfdh | 1itf43 | What stupid things did you do when you were younger to try to look cooler? | When I was in second grade, my bus stop was fairly close to the next stop so I used to race my bus from stop to stop thinking I was impressing everyone on the bus with my speed. My bus driver got the biggest kick out of it and would actually let me win sometimes. She nicknamed me Speedy Gonzalez. Edit: Just to clear th... | 3,050 |
AskReddit/ccmluy4 | 1nw2s5 | Is Walmart in the USA as totally insane as the internet makes it seem? | Walmart is an extremely popular store across the country, and it's popular for being cheap. Of course there's going to be a few nutjobs, but you can say the same thing about any public place. The internet making it seem "insane" is selection bias. > terrible labelling errors, 'special' prices being higher than normal o... | 3 |
AskReddit/c4ie6u1 | skxbr | Would anyone like to talk to me about anything? | In a couple months, I'm going back to school to get my PhD. It's sort of a crazy move, though, because after finishing my undergraduate a few years back, I found a very good job handling financial/insurance portfolios for institutional investors. I've made 100k+ for the last three years, and I could easily continue wit... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e0mp2gd | 8qwu2u | How does making a professional song happen? | From my understanding this is what happens: A producer creates a backing track A ghost writer will write lyrics according to the backing track The producer and ghost writer sell the song to a singer like Ariana Grande or Beyonce. The singer will sing the lyrics to the song at the studio until they achieve an "ideal" ta... | 4 |
AskReddit/cp9t9vk | 2yig6l | What are the pros and cons of being in a relationship with you? | Pro: I offer competitive wages, a friendly work environment, and ample vacation hours Con: Limited growth opportunities. I don't like children. | 3 |
AskReddit/d97fw8k | 59cz72 | What is a lie you got told when you were a kid that you believed for a long time? | Not me, but my ex girlfriend was sick one time so I offered to make her some soup and pick up some medicine for her. She then asks me if I can get the medicated popscicles her mom always used to get her when she was a kid. I looked at her and asked that if she had ever actually seen them in any store in her adult life ... | 5 |
AskReddit/dk57qxu | 6mxzc3 | Who are some of the most underrated drummers of all time? | Nick Menza was Megadeth's drummer for 10 years. I never hear him brought up in the all time greats list, and even Megadeth fans tend to believe that Gar Samuelson (Megadeth's first drummer) was better. But Nick was an amazing drummer, for sure. | 2 |
AskReddit/e72bher | 9kwg12 | What was a seemingly tiny decision you made, that ended up having a HUGE impact on your life, for better or for worse? | I was planning to move from California to Denver a few years back. I didn't really have much going on here and I was depressed at my job so I figured I might as well start fresh somewhere else. Another friend told me that the local play house was putting on a rendition of Rent and suggested I try out. I had never been ... | 5 |
AskReddit/c7jlv3l | 1563do | How much do you remember when you wake up from dreaming? | I forget most of it after about 10 minutes of waking up. Oddly sometimes when I lay back down to go to sleep at night, I will start remembering parts of my dreams I had otherwise forgotten throughout the day. Is that normal? | 11 |
AskReddit/dlgnzbw | 6sz0kj | What things has a new acquaintance done or said that made you dislike them? | We were doing some bullshit "break the ice" game and the question she had to answer was something about gay people having kids. She straight up said it was wrong and blah blah. She even has lesbian friends and was saying how she doesn't really like their "lifestyle". My usually quiet and shy self got so angry that anxi... | 3 |
AskReddit/cjfq5ob | 2ci9ys | What word irritates you the most when people use it? | Mine is 'bespoke'. Geez, just say 'custom' or 'made to order'. I've always had a pretty good vocabulary and I don't mind learning new words but it just seems people go out of their way sometimes to obscure their meaning. | 3 |
AskReddit/cjdlmeu | 2caoxd | How did you explain/got explained how kids are made ? | I have always told my kids straight out. My mom had a daycare in our house for years. The state would send out people to educate her about child abuse and what to look for. She was told to never lie or have make up names for your private parts. I did the same with my kids. I wanted to make sure they were always comfort... | 2 |
AskReddit/co86nde | 2uginb | What is the strangest thing you've heard someone say in their sleep? | My roommate last year was fast asleep and manically began to laugh. He followed by yelling "Jerry, ready for a warm world!" and let out one of the raunchiest farts I have ever heard. He starting laughing again for another 5 minutes and went back to sleep. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/e6mmt24 | 9iu0h0 | Why do you experience a “crash” after drinking energy drinks, over consuming sugar, etc? | Insulin. This is the hormone your body releases which lets your cells take in sugar (glucose) as energy, and pull sugar out of your blood. When you consume a lot of sugar, your blood sugar level rises rapidly, because sugar doesn't take very much digesting, so it gets into your blood fast. This is something your body d... | 8 |
AskReddit/c453h3z | re4hr | What is the most un-appreciative thing you've ever heard someone say? | This was actually the worst thing I've ever SAID, even though I immediately recognized me wrong and felt so ashamed and wanted to jump out a window. Myself and my family had just hit the road headed home after a long, exhausting vacation at a five-star hotel in FL for one of my dad's business conferences. We stopped by... | 3 |
AskReddit/d59e1o7 | 4si07p | How much does genetics limit someone? | Genetics are typically only a limiting factor when you approach elite levels of performance. If you're just an average joe, you have no need to concern yourself with genetics for performance reasons. Hereditary disease however. | 3 |
AskReddit/cxgg6j1 | 3uo8gg | Who is the funniest person of all time? | Del close. Legendary comedian that taught the original cast of SNL. One of the creators of long form improv. He last words were "I am tired of being the funniest person in the room." | 2 |
AskReddit/ehql40a | awzr7o | What’s one ‘fact’ that all the evidence seems to support, but is not actually true? | That hot dogs cause cancer lol. Because they have nitrate in them in order to process them well enough, people link it to cancer. Which isn’t true, it’s just an assumption. No one will actually get cancer BECAUSE of hot dogs. | 2 |
AskReddit/egh8l97 | aqnmr4 | What distinct smell takes you back to your childhood? | New school smell. I can't describe it, but school always had a distinct smell the first day back from summer. Occasionally I'll be in a store or something and I'll smell the smell and suddenly I'm surrounded by lockers in my mind. | 4 |
AskReddit/euc9r5l | cfsycz | What’s the difference between a emperor and a king? | Emperors rule empires. Kings rule kingdoms. The difference between the two is that an empire can have multiple kingdoms under its control, all of which are lead by kings. Emperor>King | 2 |
AskReddit/c8ylvyk | 1alver | What acts of "common courtesy" do you really appreciate? | I didn't even know this common courtesy existed until I went to Japan. but it is a courtesy to stand on the right side of the escalator if you plan on just standing. The left side is clear for those in a hurry who wish to walk up the escalator. Now I always stand to the right on escalators. edit: I now know that this i... | 170 |
askscience/csuj5ms | 3cczum | If light behaves as a wave and a particle, why don't two intersecting light beams interact with each other? | Perhaps the behavior you're perplexed by will make more sense if you think of light in terms of a wave rather than particle. Remember, light is a field quantity; it is a ripple in the electromagnetic field. If you think of light as a wave, then it makes perfect sense that two waves can pass right through each other in ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dq5gpmw | 7ejuuz | How do they stop a large gas main fire? | >Just got me wondering how they keep it from going back up the line. Fire needs three things to continue: Fuel, oxygen, and heat. There's no oxygen in the gas line, so fire can't burn there. | 8 |
AskReddit/c1xwl69 | hs5au | What's the most awesome/helpful free software you've discovered? | Instead of posting the most awesome/helpful one, could people please post the most awesome/helpful one they think people don't know? I would assume that every redditor knows what Firefox is, so even though it does technically answer the OPs question, it is not as helpful. Thank you. | 8 |
Ask_Politics/d0ilkpp | 48cpog | Why do different states' ballots have different candidates for the primary? | Each State has its own laws about what is needed to get on its ballot. Usually it requires getting some number of signatures from registered voters in that State. The for-real candidates have big operations that make sure they go through the process in each of the 50 States. But, in each state there are some number of ... | 3 |
AskReddit/ed68kil | ac93iz | What superpowers could be incredibly powerful yet no-one even considers? | Being able to transport feelings from one person to another, let's call it "transmittable empathy". Like making a violent, evil, selfish person feel exactly what his/her victim feels. Or making an incredibly powerful person feel totally powerless. | 3 |
AskReddit/dfqm02u | 631fag | What's the most childish thing you've seen an adult do? | On multiple occasions, I've seen this guy who keeps showing up on my Twitter feed make up childish nicknames for his political opponents and insult them over and over again. Then he gets upset and throws a tantrum whenever they return the favor. He really sucks | 20 |
AskReddit/ctnr56x | 3fdyv1 | What's your idea for a business/company that you'll never make? | I am an entrepreneur and I practice "Full Disclosure" methodology. I don't bury my ideas and secrets, in fact I tell everyone. The way I see it there are only so many possibilities. 1- someone will steal it 2- someone will provide feedback 3- someone will endorse it In the first scenario, even if they steal it and make... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/conxmfz | 2w64gu | When sick, why can't we take all the antibiotics at once and hammer the sickness instantly, instead of taking 2 per day for a couple of weeks? | Bacteria reproduce constantly. The first few doses probably kill the majority of the infection, but the remaining rounds are there to make sure all of the bacteria are gone and prevent the infection from reappearing. Also a few weeks of antibiotics taken all at once would be a hazardous dose. | 7 |
AskReddit/ew3yld9 | cmqeg8 | What is your opinion of the death penalty, and has your opinion recently changed? | I'm anti-death penalty. It's a stupid idea. The amount of innocent people who get arrested under false pretences and sentenced to life is tough enough, but finding out you sentences an innocent person to DEATH? Not that great. Most of the arguments I see is from people saying we pay so much money to keep people in pris... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cpi8697 | 2zeqdq | Why do tea and coffee taste terrible when they go cold? | My post was seemingly deleted for being too short, so says a message I got from a moderator bot. I said: "Speak for yourself. I like cold tea. It's probably just your personal tastes. Why do some people not like strawberries?" You don't like cold tea, fair enough: some people do. Everyone has different tastes and thus ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dqksg5v | 7gool9 | How does throughput actually work on cabling? | Your question is less about throughput/bandwidth, and more about how bits are modulated onto a cable. That's a fancy way saying how is a digital quantity (one or more bits) represented in the real physical world. Trivial case is two different voltage levels. We'll use +10/-10 volts as an example. When a device wants to... | 12 |
askscience/d5d5eh0 | 4sws1w | Can a volcanic eruption poison a large area of land? | Absolutely, yes. In fact, forests around Mt St Helens have been the subject of an ongoing study by scientists to see how and in what way land recovers after a volcanic eruption--that might be something to research for your project. Volcanoes can change things on a planetary scale if the eruption's large enough so the s... | 2 |
AskReddit/dj3dv85 | 6i3rqv | What were you taught as a child that you later realized was complete bullshit? | I was taught and raised as a Mormon. I have found it to be the biggest bunch of crud ever peddled to anyone. All you have to do is to start studying the history of the church and you realize their original prophet was marrying other men's wives and girls as young as 14. There are multiple versions of certain key events... | 2 |
AskReddit/c8twrib | 1a45gw | Have you learned anything about your ancestors that completely shocked you? | Half of my ancestors were cannibals. They likes to steal peoples women and children, work them to death and enjoy a feast. human flesh was not only a delicacy but made surviving the cold winters much easier with scarce hunting! | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cceco6c | 1n0mf5 | How are nuclear reactions started? | More or less. Fissile material constantly emits neutrons, but when you only have a small amount of the stuff, most neutrons escape the bulk of the material before meeting another nucleus and causing another fission event. In this case, the neutron emission is only due to spontaneous fission because the material is radi... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/ciwouu3 | 2amnrw | Why are there so many startups from Israel? | The worldwide jewish community donates and invests BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of dollars in Israel every year.which creates a huge opportunity for funding. The government has a very friendly attitude towards startups with many programs in place to encourage such development. Additionally the immigration policies makes taki... | 4 |
askscience/duyv4wr | 80w650 | What is the impact of air travel on weather patterns? | I know Air travel and contrail contribution to cloud clover definitely changes surface temperature in cities. In the 3 day stand down of (almost) all air traffic in the days following the 9/11 attacks, there were measurable decreases in surface temperature . I can only assume the effect would contribute in other measur... | 3 |
AskReddit/et1uelz | c9rhrp | What do you users think of people classing themselves as "non binary"? | we live in societies where each of the two traditional genders has defined roles and expectations- that even cis people bend and break every day (men showing emotions, women being bold and outspoken, men being stay at home parents, women wearing men's clothing, etc). non binary people are just rejecting that antiquated... | 5 |
askscience/c7r0gzm | 15ygbj | Does the human body prioritize the healing of different wounds by severity? | EMT here. The body doesn't have a definitive prioritization with respect to healing wounds and their severity. In extreme trauma, the muscles around affected tissue will spasm in order to effectively reduce blood loss. However, as others have mentioned the body does increase or decrease blood flow to a specific area de... | 126 |
explainlikeimfive/dpp4iqw | 7ccxrs | Why do phones sound so much worse when on speaker? | The energy in a sound signal dies off pretty fast the farther away you get from it. This is fine for really small speakers that you put very close to your ears like headphones, earbuds, and telephone speakers. When you switch to "speaker" mode on a phone the speakers used are still very small and the power dies off pre... | 9 |
askscience/cqej4jy | 32tat1 | Do electrical circuits overheat in vacuum? | Yes. Power in a circut is I^2 * R (current squared multiplied by resistance). Unless you're running a DC superconductor, you have some finite resistance, which will produce heat in the circuit. In fact, a circuit is much more likely to overheat in a vacuum than it is in air. This is because vacuums insulate heat. The w... | 5 |
AskReddit/dtnu8zy | 7uwxgj | What tips help you to avoid losing your temper and saying the wrong things? | Stop what you're doing. Take a deep breath. Count backwards from 10. If you don't want to be around whatever situation is making you angry, go for a walk, get outside, and just step away from the situation to clear your head. You're not always going to be able to control your temper. Once you've taken the time to cool ... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/cr09806 | 352atu | Why do the soles of my shoes wear differently? | Short answer: Your feet don't hit on the exact same part of the shoe every-time. Slightly longer answer: You aren't the same on both sides of your body. You have differences in your hips, your legs, your muscles etc. All of these things result in your feet landing differently when you walk. If you want to check it out.... | 2 |
askscience/c648dhw | zfxqt | Why does heat rise? | It's important to note two things going on here: 1) gravity is important, and 2) in a gravitational field, lower density objects rise, not heat itself. You can even think of it as sinking or floating. In the described scenario, we have water, which is warmer than ice, suspended in ice. However, in the special case of i... | 6 |
AskReddit/dq9a5lq | 7f3r7f | What time in your life did you feel like justice was best served, whether to you personally or something you witnessed? | I was fired by a VP who thought I was moonlighting using company equipment. Then a week later I got an audience with the CEO and was reinstated. The whole thing was a massive misunderstanding thanks to an idiot coworker. If you've ever played Telephone, it was like that. At this job we were on the road a lot, so we'd t... | 2 |
askscience/cxqofcg | 3vt445 | Did scientists notice empirical deviations from classical mechanics or classical electrodynamics before Einstein offered a theory to extend them? | Maxwell's equations, which are entirely correct as far as we know today, predicted electromagnetic radiation would have a constant speed. That disagreed with classic mechanics, but experiment proved it was the right answer. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/cvs3ywl | 3nwxly | Why do road construction crews leave miles of pylons blocking a lane when there is no work in sight? | There are many good answers here centering on efficiency, and they slightly miss the point. Efficiency is NOT the goal in and of itself; rather efficiency keeps the total project cost down. Remember, this project is being paid for with YOUR tax dollars, and the contract was awarded to the lowest bidder. The lowest bidd... | 15 |
AskReddit/e38dc2o | 92tkal | To those of you that got bullied when younger, what are the PTSD-like symptoms that you still have today based on those bad experiences? | So many things. But I guess the worst is the deep well spring of anger that I've come to rely upon to get me through life. I'm normally fairly normal but when I feel I'm being attacked, it becomes a battle to choke down the aggression. Always has been; there was a time when I was young, as an example, where swallowing ... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dlx4j5n | 6v28tk | What happens during a Government Shutdown? | The government shutdown is a result of congress creating a budget with a deficit without increasing the loan cap. It is like a parent giving their kids too little lunch money for the week and then yelling at them on Friday for not getting lunch at school. So when the money the government have been given by Congress run... | 2 |
AskReddit/daqjnjx | 5g95bn | What is the biggest physical challenge that you have faced? | I saw on an online yard sale someone was giving their grill away because they got a new one. I sped over 20 min away to get it first. It was in a really fancy neighborhood and I suddenly realized this wasnt some cheap $20 grill. I pulled up and the thing was huge. Exactly how youd envision a big grill with a side tray ... | 18 |
AskReddit/ef56qzk | akiqlk | How would you describe the comedy in Seinfeld? | Seinfeld and Larry David were great at putting a spotlight on the inanities of life in a hilarious way--it's not that they wrote about nothing, or that nothing happened--but that they wrote about the insignificant moments in life that generally make up the lion's share of existence. Most shows at the time (and even cur... | 6 |
AskReddit/dq5lwfq | 7ekmes | In your opinion, what is harder to become: a star professional athlete or a famous actor? | So, I work for an NBC tv show, and I've lived with semi-pro and professional athlete roommates before. I'd have to say that it is harder to become a professional athlete because of the amount of daily training and upkeep required. In that way, it's a very difficult lifestyle unless you really dedicate yourself. As far ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cc7ii5f | 1mb6w0 | What's the most awesome thing you've bought online while drunk? | I was high, not drunk and an infomercial for the NuWave oven came on at like 5 in the morning. I was in awe with it. It makes the crispest bestest bacon I've ever eaten. No regrets. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cvfqkhw | 3mkktj | Does a company forcing you to change your password every 6 months (for example) actually increase security? | The theory is it limits the damage that can be done by people who knew passwords at one time to the window when the passwords are valid. In practice, not so much. Just for fun, try calling up your company's help desk and saying you forgot your password and need it reset. If they don't have some reasonably foolproof way... | 1,860 |
AskReddit/dz71eis | 8keiuj | What would be your best personal advice to a person who just got into driving a car? | If you can't fix your own car, don't drive like it will continue running forever. Learn to respect yourself behind the wheel. Be a confident driver, it will make you much more cautious by default. Make memories for your first car that you'll never be able to make again. You are responsible for everyone's life when they... | 2 |
AskReddit/d0a5ypf | 474lzp | What's the most unprofessional thing you've seen in your work office? | Not something I've seen, something I did when i was too young to know better. In my first job out of school, I worked in a high rise hotel where the manager lived upstairs, on the second highest floor. I was a waiter, barmarn, porter, toilet cleaner, storeman.I did a wide range of jobs. On this particular morning I was... | 5 |
AskReddit/elpjepb | bh2q4h | What is it like having an openly racist family member? | Mostly it's an endless battle of trying to avoid any related subjects, frequently extending into politics as the most extreme in the family also tends to be the most vocal. I have an openly racist step dad, as well as three uncles. When they get together, you mostly just want to avoid the surrounding area entirely. | 2 |
AskReddit/d2zs18i | 4iopcb | What is the best excuse to give your teacher for missing class? | I don't have one for missing class but I have the excuse my teacher once gave for not turning up to teach us. I was in Year 7 at school, first year in Secondary (Aged 11-12). We were stood in the cold outside as the classrooms in this building were all locked on the outside. Anyway, a class of 30 11/12 year olds were a... | 2 |
AskReddit/cltve8k | 2ldm0g | What is something real about yourself that people generally do no believe when you tell them? | That I genuinely like spending time out in the woods alone. I am incredibly social and have lots of friends. People try to figure out the real reason, think I'm hiding something, just cant understand it. I really do like being out in nature by myself. | 3 |
askscience/el0iobe | bdfhj7 | Why does life require heat? | Life requires heat because of the chemical reactions and enzymes/proteins which sustain life. Many chemical reactions and enzyme/protein processes are temperature dependent so the body has to maintain a temperature that lets these processes happen. This is also the reason you get a fever when sick. The body "knows" tha... | 6 |
AskReddit/eawt09y | a29y33 | How do you feel about the idea of cars, like planes, having crash data recorders to preserve information such as speed, whether headlights were on, tire pressure, radio volume, seat belt use, or even the last 60 seconds of audio, to aid in investigations and insurance claims, even lower premiums? | I think you're kidding yourself if you think insurance companies will somehow charge us less if we give them this info. ​ Their primary goal will be to use it to deny more claims. Don't be surprised if it becomes more common for both parties in a crash have their claims denied, because the insurance company asse... | 9 |
AskReddit/clyfpua | 2luxak | What's something you love to cook and eat, but no one else will touch? | I do not cook this. I prepare it. Some areas of the country will call it various things. cannibal meat, tiger meat, steak tartare. It's raw beef. I grind my own lean beer, like sirloin or top round, mix in salt, pepper and onions. Let it all sit in the fridge overnight, and eat it on saltines. It horrifies my wife and ... | 2 |
askscience/causkzn | 1hizio | Why water won't evaporate? | It's a well. Wells are supplied by groundwater, so even though there's water evaporating, it's continually replaced. Basically there's a huge aquifer down there, and this is just a small portal into it. Water for the aquifer comes from a variety of places, most likely rainwater filtering through the ground in this case... | 9 |
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