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AskReddit/cfz7ph9 | 202gso | What's the weirdest thing you've seen in the woods? | One night I was with some friends and we were trying to spot red deers on their mating rites (they roar witch is a very unique sound) when I suddenly hear some disturbing noises. I stood dead still and a grown wild boar ran straight past me. Another time I was hiking in the alpes and a European badger passed in front o... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/cfjs3nx | 1yehmf | Why do big-budget movies, especially non-action ones, have such a long film shooting process? | most films have a 3 month principal shooting time. Of those 3 months, they'll deal with getting areas to shoot (if outdoors) and deal with weather and municipalities and natural lighting. They may only get a few minutes of actual shooting done in a given day, and they may need to shoot that scene several times before g... | 2 |
AskReddit/d6in6wg | 4xv1r2 | What's something that makes you smile every time without fail? | Recently it's been all the gifs of Olympians winning. Seeing these athletes smile and/or cry for winning a medal because they have trained their whole life for it just makes me smile uncontrollably. I'm so proud of anyone who can set a goal and achieve it. It's even better when you get to share that joy with the entire... | 2 |
AskReddit/e2ixlek | 8zhaem | What is the creepiest thing that has ever happened to you that you can’t explain? | I was asleep on a school night back in high school when I suddenly saw a really bright light flash in my eyes. I became really nervous because I thought that bright light was from the sun and that I had overslept but when I opened my eyes, it was still nighttime, around 3 AM. In general, I get cold very easily, so I ne... | 11 |
askscience/edklk6o | adtfsa | Why do red and purple look similar when they’re at opposite ends of the spectrum? | Your perception of color is related to the wavelengths of various visible light, but it's not a linear scale, the information is translated into color to emphasize important distinctions you might see in the world, rather than give you a precise accounting of wavelengths. Somewhat separately - violet and purple are not... | 6 |
AskReddit/dgt3n9d | 67tbto | How did you improve as a person between the beginning and end of high school? | I don't think I improved much, I was probably worse. I was popular, and it went to my head. I improved and matured more in the next two years after high school than I ever had. I was forced to face the real world and it was hard. Sorry, I know this isn't exactly the answer you are looking for, but I feel like it works ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/c8f4g0e | 18gvyg | How surprising were gas attacks in WWI? | Just to add to Monty725's good reply, a great book to read about this is Canadian historian Tim Cook's No Place to Run. Most historians of the war argue that poison gas on the battlefield was a failure and usually measure its effectiveness based on its lethality. Cook argues that this may be true in that gas was not a ... | 2 |
AskReddit/copkg05 | 2wcilb | What's something that people do in public that makes you automatically think differently of them? | Those mouthbreathers who play music off their phone and pretend that holding it to their ear makes it somewhat better. Like dude, just get a pair of cheapo headphones and have some sense of decency you shitsipping frittata. I immediately assume that you are an uncultured swine with 0 knowledge of basic social construct... | 2 |
AskReddit/chb1zwm | 24uvsb | What unites the whole world? | I believe that there is a universal phrase that does unite the world: Hakuna Matata. I am friends with people from all over the world (Europe, Asia, Central America, South America, Middle East, and Africa). Whenever any of these friends may share something that just purely sucks, and I don't know how to provide adequat... | 2 |
Ask_Politics/crm6o0n | 37f1u8 | What are some reasons why northern California and southern Oregon splitting off and forming a new state named Jefferson would be a bad idea? | It's not practical. Do you really want to see every state break up into little homogeneous political zones? You can't make everyone happy in a state, especially one the size of California, but trying to break off from a state because you disagree with the government just won't happen. | 10 |
AskHistorians/dxxh67v | 8eoyu2 | What was Cambodia like before the Khmer Rouge took over, and how did it compare to neighboring Thailand and Vietnam? | That depends on the time frame you are asking about. In the five years between 1970 and 1975 (the year the Khmer Rouge took over) the country was embroiled in a civil war between government forces led by Lon Nol and Sirak Matak against the communist armies of the Khmer Rouge and the North Vietnamese / NLF. This period,... | 95 |
AskHistorians/d66i4ku | 4wbswf | Was the last Roman-Persian War (602-628) the biggest war in Antiquity? | Preface: I don't know anything about China so I'm not going to factor it into my post. There are also larger numbers for battles in various Greek sources but I'm no expert on those and I don't really believe most of them so I'll just talk about Rome. There are lots of possible to answers, as huge numbers are often thro... | 5 |
Ask_Politics/cb9jtc6 | 1iz3a8 | Is there a political issue that can't be understood by the left/right dichotomy? | That depends on how you conceive of the left-right spectrum. Some prominent political scientists (eg. Phil Converse) have found that very few people actually think about politics in ideological terms and have only a cursory (or worse) understanding of what "liberal" and "conservative" actually mean. Colloquially, in th... | 30 |
AskReddit/cwm1jfr | 3r9c8k | How did you decide to have or not have kids? | I'm 29 and I've been with my girlfriend for 9 years now. We're both really ambitious in our careers now and think that kids would be a distraction. My rule is I don't feel ready for a kid until I've got a Lamborghini in the garage. | 2 |
AskReddit/cvnu77o | 3nghvs | What is the best movie you have ever watched stoned? | Pine Apple express, every single thought of the two main characters made complete sense to me. It's the most l've ever related to a movie as both main characters represented my rational and non rational stoned personalities. | 2 |
AskReddit/db6bjce | 5i8sag | How did you find yourself? | Without sounding like I have it figured out, I will tell you how I "found" myself. I just want to be clear, though, you are asking two very different questions. The first question you are asking is: how do I figure out what I want to do for a career? The second question you are asking is: how do I figure out who I am. ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e3xk9ro | 963qkn | Who among you feels like you’re the only one that remembers to clean out the dryer’s lint trap? | Me. I use my mums dryer on occasion when we have the kids over at her place. Check the lint trap and there's like a months worth of lint in that thing. Her belt snapped the other day because it was running too hot (belt expanded too much). And apparently the whole blower was gagged full of lint. Smh. | 6 |
AskReddit/dlslbdl | 6uh4xu | Why are you maintaining a relationship with a sociopath? | People who end up into and hold on to relationships with sociopaths tend to be people who are easily manipulated, very forgiving, and have anxiety and other real issues when faced with separation. That's my theory. | 4 |
AskHistorians/ch62und | 24d156 | Were the Jews actually exiled by Romans or is it a myth? | So it depends on what you mean by "exile". It's relatively clear that some people were displaced. Josephus references 90,000 people being brought to Rome after the Great Jewish Revolt. And during the war it's exceedingly likely that at least some people fled the conflict to more peaceful areas. There are references to ... | 9 |
askscience/coyd6qw | 2x8m52 | How fast can a wheel theoretically spin? | At some speed the forces on the outside of the wheel will overcome the strength of the material and tear it apart. Better materials, manufacturing, and design will mitigate this and allow higher speeds. If we assume an infinitely strong wheel spinning in vacuum, then I suppose you could go until the outside was approac... | 3 |
AskReddit/eq0silg | bwvzil | How can a teacher protect their students to the best of their ability in the event of a school shooting? | At an active shooter training we were taught Run, Hide, Fight. Get the kids to run with you first, hide if you can, fight as a last resort. I work in special education and a lot of our kids would freeze, panic, and be difficult to get out of the classroom with us in that situation. A coworker asked the cops training us... | 3 |
AskReddit/c87jo8h | 17p6sf | What are "rookie mistakes" a lot of people make in buying a house? | They spend at the top of their budget. Buy something a little cheaper and only plan to be in it 5-7 years. You will learn what you like and dislike by then. Bust the budget on the second house. That's the one you'll stay in for 15-25 years. Edit: grammar | 142 |
askscience/dbf5u6k | 5j73xi | Is the scalar inflation field from the Big Bang still around / capable of doing anything today? | Inflation is very much an active area of research. For obvious reasons there is a lot we don't know about it. One of the big questions that observers and theorists are working on is the type of inflation - I.e. what kind of inflation field caused the universe to grow the way it did. Popular models quite often involve "... | 3 |
AskReddit/c70jgku | 133q6n | Has either the U.S.S.R. (or Russia) or China ever actually engaged U.S. troops in close combat? | The Archangel campaign 1919. U.S. troops fought the Bolshiveks. 240000 Chinese "volunteers" crossed the Yalu to attack UN forces in Korea. The Son Tay raiders in Viet Nam encountered caucasian troops when securing one of the outlying camps during their raid. And there were numerous sea & air incidents during the cold w... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d11nbm8 | 4alxjc | Did the movies of the 1920's - 1940's portray voices and language accurate to the way common American people spoke at the time? | In the early 20th Century, regional dialects were still quite pronounced. You could not only tell if someone came from Buffalo or Baltimore based on their accent, you might even be able to nail it down to what part of the city they came from. As mass media started to reach larger and larger regions, this presented a pr... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/ca3oaoh | 1et8wd | What is usenet and why should i be using it rather than torrents? | Nobody here, as far as I can see, has actually explained what Usenet is. Usenet is a one-to-many text messaging system that used to be the dominant form of content available online. Each user could post a message to a channel on a local server, provided by your university or ISP. That server would share the local posts... | 12 |
AskReddit/dz4pg07 | 8k4f8z | What did an authority figure say to you when you were little that still affects you to this day? | When I was like 4 or so COPS was on TV and I remember saying it seemed like only black people tended to get arrested. My mother came over and said that wasn't true. She then sat me down and said to me, "Anyone that will show or teach you anything will always show and teach you in a way that agrees with how they think a... | 11 |
AskReddit/ecid5hk | a9d7sl | What do you miss the most on Christmas away from home? | I'm home for Christmas for the first time since 2013. My parents divorced in 2016, so this is the first Christmas I've had to split between their houses. They only live 15 minutes apart, but still. I'll never have that everyone home together for Christmas again, I'll miss that the most. | 2 |
AskReddit/dxn08v0 | 8dgv70 | What’s your favorite story to exaggerate that people always eat up? | I don't exaggerate it but I have a long story about a time I thought I was having a paranormal experience. People who believe in god/ghosts just love the story and are enthralled, until the end where I reveal what really happened. TL;DR of my story is that text messages set off K2 meters. | 2 |
AskReddit/es9fsi7 | c6laeh | Why US get criticized for illegal immigrant dying crossing the border? | Because the immigration policies and the specific ways immigrants are treated at the border (such as detention and separation of families) not only contribute to but motivate the despair that makes people think trying to cross the river is a good idea. For those seeking asylum, it's not a matter of whim, but of surviva... | 2 |
AskReddit/cbknme2 | 1k2ds1 | What is your worst or craziest strip club experience? | I was super hammered in an already shady strip club, ended up puking violently all over the bathroom stall and blacking out on the floor. Was literally thrown out by bouncers | 2 |
AskReddit/c3cr69n | nxmqf | What was your greatest accomplishment of 2011? | I pooped on a girls car I dont like. I dated an older chick. Oh and I made deans list at my first semester in college (I dont consider graduating high school that great of an accomplishment). 2011 really wasnt too bad for me. | 37 |
AskReddit/ca6vo3l | 1f53vj | What old things have you found that you thought were lost forever and how did you find them? | I found many of my old toys (as in toys that were bought at some point but never got to play with) in the back of my grandmother's closet when we sent her off to the loony bin. We found more strange things in there that did not belong to anyone in the household. She was a strange woman. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/e2eg15b | 8yxef8 | How does the U.S voting system works? | Each state has a number of electors, when you vote for the presidential candidate you want elected, you are actually voting for who you want your states electors to represent in the election. Presidential elections are "indirect votes" in this sense, since America was never meant to be a direct democracy, but a Republi... | 3 |
AskReddit/dc4nhby | 5mmh6d | Why do so many Americans accept socialized education, highways, libraries, and police departments, but reject socialized healthcare? | I am not sure I can answer why some are accepted, but generalize in asking, "where do you draw the line in expanding bureaucracy?" In many instances, the government is inefficient and even wasteful with public money. Certainly there are exceptions. As a public educator, I see a lot of wasted money and red tape that pre... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/d1moqrs | 4d00wv | Why is there a 'whoosh' sound when you drive past parked cars? | The moving car in your example emits a lot of different noises, the engine, the tires on the pavement, and the wind, they all 'come out' of the moving car and bounce on the parked cars and back to the moving car, that's the 'whoosh' you hear from the moving car, your own sound bouncing back. | 3 |
AskReddit/dwl63bg | 88k669 | What language do you think in? | Sometimes when I’m playing games and something unexpected happens, I stutter out random French words. Dunno why. I think in French sometimes when I can’t think of the English word, which is weird because English is my first language. | 3 |
AskHistorians/cgstcqc | 231q5z | Was UK more successful in negotiating its colonies independence than France? | The French decolonisation process was a disaster. Algeria is, of course, the most famous one but the fact is that there are many other examples of this. My favourite is that of Guinea where they stated they would be gaining independence and refusing to retain any ties so the French, in reaction, left but not before cut... | 5 |
AskReddit/cfvvtmc | 1zq2mx | What are some of your most vivid dreams? | When I was in grade school, I had a dream I was being stalked all day at school by Goro from Mortal Kombat. When he finally captured me, he just spanked me with his four arms. Looking back at this one, I just have to laugh, but it is definitely one of my most vivid/memorable dreams. | 7 |
AskReddit/cixg2zf | 2ap5ny | Why are horse girls always crazy? | Horses are really easy to project one's feelings onto. These girls grow up getting most of their emotional needs met by an animal that conveniently thinks and feels about them exactly what they need to hear, because they're doing the projecting. They have a close physical and emotional bond with something that can't br... | 6 |
AskReddit/d5y2own | 4vfw82 | What is your favorite poem? | "America" by Allen Ginsberg. In the 1950s America was probably the best country in the world. It's middle class was exploding. It's was arguably the most influential member in WW2. It had nuclear weapons. Despite all this Ginsberg laid out it's faults in a frank manner, and I think it's still relevant today. It's not t... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ery5a18 | c4s1ug | Why does snot change color from clear to yellow or brown when you are sick? | Yeah it's just excretions from the battle going on. From what I remember, yellow is dying white blood cells, green is bacteria, brown is usually blood that's been up there awhile? Color change is good for when you're sick it means stuff is happening. | 6 |
AskReddit/eaqgrzj | a1k9kw | What’s the weirdest thing about modern life that people just accept as normal? | most people accept as normal Modern medicine. Like oh your back hurts? Swallow this pill and you’ll feel better, but don’t take too many because that could kill you. And if it still hurts I can open you up and look to see what’s wrong. | 6 |
AskReddit/evxeow8 | clqs5f | What are some odd things to hear from a talking doll? | There was a group of people that once bought a bunch of talking GI Joe dolls (the large dolls not the action figures) and Barbie talking dolls. The dolls had similar voice mechanisms so they would swap them and then return them to the store being careful to make it look as if the doll's package was unopened. This led t... | 2 |
AskReddit/ewitedh | cojjmi | What is something you can’t believe is so ‘normalized’ in today’s world? | gofundme campaigns for medical expenses in the US. This is basically how public healthcare works in other countries. Can't we just pool our taxes together and pay for everyone? We wouldn't need to pay for medical insurance then. So, it's not like we would have an added bill to pay. Our money instead would just be put e... | 7 |
AskReddit/ccfmumi | 1n5eof | If you were a serial killer, what would you leave as your calling card at each murder? | I would leave business cards with links to different subreddits. The investigators would have to follow them to find out their relevance and then slowly all their time will become consumed by reddit. They'll get no where with the case and then when they turn to reddit for help someone innocent will get blamed and I'll ... | 39 |
AskReddit/cvavjsv | 3lykj7 | What event in history deserves it's own HBO Series? | I am ridiculously late to the discussion, but I would sell a kidney for a series about Hatshepsut, the female Pharaoh who ruled in her own right. Or maybe one about Ahkenaten, the Pharaoh that tried to change the state religion to be monotheistic (also King Tut's father and Nefertiti's husband). I'd also love a show st... | 9 |
AskReddit/dlfitg3 | 6su6fd | What topics would be more interesting if a dog explained them? | The reason I'm asking this is I have a YouTube channel called The Dank Dog and it stars my Westie Jax. And I've always wanted to start a series called a dog explains, but I can never think of anything funny or interesting that would work. That's why I went to AskReddit. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dc6mpcq | 5mv7st | Why does the monarchy remain a thing in the UK nowadays? | As the powers of the monarchy were gradually whittled away, republicans (people who want to abolish the monarchy) gradually became less interested in abolishing it, because most people's problem with the monarchy is that it's undemocratic: supreme power is granted to someone merely because of who their parents were. Bu... | 3 |
AskReddit/eq3fgtd | bx4ykn | Why do some people want big government/high taxes when the government has historically been horrible at managing virtually everything? | Infrastructure, healthcare, education, parks and Rec, law enforcement, welfare, social security, etc. are all paid with our taxes. Local taxes, gas taxes, state taxes, federal taxes. IMO, a successful society is a well maintained, educated, healthy society. That’s where my taxes should go. It is the price to pay for a ... | 17 |
explainlikeimfive/eb88y29 | a3ozsg | How do farmers keep pests away but at the same time allow bees and insects to pollinate their crops? | I'm an organic gardener. I use substances that are essentially benign except for certain types of insects. For instance I use horticultural oil to kill scale insects on plants. The oil goes on the leaves and branches and coats the insects causing them to suffocate. By the time flowering season rolls around rain and wea... | 3 |
AskReddit/e3ndj7k | 94sa67 | What business in your town is definitely a money laundering front? | There's a restaurant in my town that's been open for years, even longer than I've lived here (which has been a decade now). I've never seen their parking lot full, or even close to full. They always seem to be open but never have customers inside. They have an old vintage, rundown looking pickup truck that has sat in t... | 2 |
askscience/c2k0krg | kfzuz | Does rubbing vinegar into the scalp eradicate dandruff? | Not exactly, no. Dandruff is dry skin flaking off of your scalp. Vinegar doesn't remove the dry skin. I've heard that rinsing your scalp with vinegar can help to close the follicles / alleviate dryness. Most of the suggestions I've seen were for rinsing with a 3:1 blend of water to apple cider vinegar after you wash. T... | 2 |
AskReddit/e7xfosi | 9oxeh2 | What was an embarrassing moment you had when you were younger, but now look back upon it and laugh? | I slid down the concrete ramp by the dumpsters outside of my uncle's bar when I was 5 or 6. It ripped a hole in my shorts, and my Snoopy underwear could be seen. My parents took me into the bar anyway, because they weren't going to let my foolishness ruin the night. I was so embarrassed that I didn't leave my chair the... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cm892qs | 2mwn7z | If Humans all started in the same place, why did we develop different languages? | The simple answer is that migration happened long before any extant languages were created. In some cases, migrations could have taken place before language at all. After they were separated, the languages changed and developed over centuries to become different. Just look at how different British English and American ... | 8 |
AskReddit/eq97wg1 | bxrm3q | Which nation will benefit most of the trade war? | None, the trade war is decreasing welfare for every country involved but you can make an argument that Japan might benefit because the Japanese yen is a safe haven currency or at least has been in the past. If investors move their money to Japan the yen will appreciate and Japan will have a stronger currency. | 2 |
AskReddit/ccvlz9r | 1ou3ws | If I was a customer of your business or company, what are some unknown facts I should know to save money? | Be pleasant, you never know if you are taking to someone who has the authority to give you a discount, and with many smaller shops, even the checkout people could give to something small, vouchers or a freebie. Being that douche that haggles over price, complains about pennies and returns used items because of a price ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e5od0bl | 9ef2yh | What are you proudest about in your country? | It’s really hard to be proud of a country that won’t offer universal healthcare, gives away money to oligarchs, subsidizes worker pay for greedy corporatists, and has been at war for 20 years. At least we have freedom, not the rest of the developed western world /s. | 3 |
AskReddit/d1urbxe | 4dvua2 | What's the most creative way you've seen someone use a tool? | My mechanic is a 20 year old guy who lives on his parents farm. He loves being outside and working on our Trucks and off-road Rigs. I asked him if he could make me a heavy duty wrap-around tubular rear bumper for my truck, Instead of going out and making a pipe bender he got some old sheet metal and welded his own 90 d... | 2 |
askscience/dygbgjd | 8gxpg8 | Is there Uranium on Mars and how easy/hard is it to extract and prepare for use in the Kilopower fission generator? | There is uranium in martian soil, it's hard to say how easy it would be to collect without knowing how deep it is, but several articles suggested the surface soil contained trace amounts with "hotspots" around the planet, in which case it would be fairly easy to collect. On the downside, it is extremely difficult to pr... | 6 |
AskReddit/csj6npn | 3b61e3 | What is the best shelter to give away my two small dogs? | I've got two dogs that I adopted from a rescue shelter and that's the only way to go. The county dog pounds will keep your dog for a certain amount of time and then euthanize them unless they are adopted or taken by a rescue shelter first. At the rescue shelter I went to many of the dogs were kept at foster homes while... | 2 |
AskReddit/ejjv55e | b6eczq | What ever happened to the band FUN? | You had me curious, so I did some looking. Here's an official statement. Fun was founded by the three of us at a time when we were coming out of our own bands. One thing that has always been so special about Fun is that we exist as three individuals in music who come together to do something collaborative. We make Fun ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dv8ml6k | 82aixj | Do you want children and why? | No Honestly, I don't think humanity has too long left to live comfortably. I wouldn't want to subject my offspring (and any other generations) to whatever might happen. I do this out of love Also children destroy relationships and dogs are great | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/c7a5xyo | 145t90 | What is the problem with the US deficit? | rahul55 gave a pretty standard version of the popular conservative viewpoint on the federal debt and deficit. The problem is, that viewpoint is wholly ignorant of macroeconomics or what "money" really is - at least modern fiat currencies like the dollar. It assumes that Federal debt works just like microscopic (e.g. fa... | 8 |
AskReddit/d5b3th9 | 4spauf | What is the most important video game of all time? | Kind of a silly question. There are many games that are important, all were important for their own time. Pong was the first mass produced popular home video game and created the home console market. Collosal Cave Adventure pushed both text parser games and the adventure genre into the public sphere, then Mystery House... | 3 |
AskReddit/elotodo | bgzv30 | What's something you do on autopilot that you probably shouldn't? | Drive home from work. I've lost count how many times I all of the sudden realize that I have no memory of how I got from the last 10 miles to where I am when it happens. I go on autopilot and completely zone out | 12 |
explainlikeimfive/dcmdajm | 5ovbs5 | Why is it impossible to make/say a word without using vowels? | It isn't, rhythms would be an example of a word without vowels. In general,a vowel sound is made with your tongue pretty unobstructed, while with a consonant it is somehow constrained by teeth or roof of mouth or being pressed down. Alternating between constrained and unconstrained tongue helps our listeners to differe... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c5peimr | xre8k | Why is black associated with evil? | One thing tho, many of you seem to think that "black" and "dark" is the same thing. It is not. IMO, the color black doesn't necessarily have anything to do with darkness. Any other color can also be dark - dark red, dark blue etc. I don't know the direct answer to why black is associated with evil, but that is not the ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cdqsly0 | 1rtqli | What will become of gas stations once car owners can 'fuel up' at home? | You will always need gas stations (which will eventually become electric stations) because people drive far away from home and can't exactly just pull up to other peoples houses on long trips. Also, we all need someplace for Arizona tea, condoms, and BB guns. | 2 |
AskReddit/eu2kh4p | ceh1yt | What makes you ashamed of being a human being? | The way that so many of us don't think about the consequences of our actions. Whether that's about sustainability and our environment, the "fast-fashion" industries that abuse their workers and pay them unlivable wages, or intentionally reckless drivers. sometimes it really makes me question the humanity of others. | 2 |
AskReddit/e5ds1rr | 9cwxv0 | What’s a restaurant or food you hate but everyone loves? | Asian food in general. I have a really hard time finding something while everyone else describes the different instances in which they tried each dish on the menu. Also I really don’t like beer (but I do love a good cider). | 3 |
AskReddit/doe5ovl | 76i4yo | What is the worst car you have ever driven? | I'm sure someone else on here has driven a Yugo or something, but for me, it was a coworker's old Dodge Ram. I borrowed it to pick up a desk that I'd seen on Craigslist. The truck's steering wheel was so loose that I had absolutely zero feedback as to which direction the wheels were going. I weaved all over my lane on ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e79dy7h | 9ltm01 | What's it like to be an introvert intuitive (someone who is very good at, and naturally drawn to understanding themselves on a deep level)? | It means I’m incredibly comfortable being alone and silent. Sitting with my thoughts reenergizes me on a deep level. I enjoy deep thought and daydreaming. I have a husband who respects my personality and doesn’t bother me when I need that reflective quiet time. Over the years, I’ve come to have a deep understanding of ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cg9bysb | 213no9 | What ad completely turns you off from its product? | Its usually the volume of ads, not a particular ads. i realized that the more a company spends on advertising, the more they are probably ripping me off to afford all the advertising. In Canada, every second ad is for one of our evil cable/internet/cellphone overlords who charge 100 month for something that a municipal... | 2 |
AskReddit/c0mbbjs | be2rf | Why is it easier to tap my fingers from pinky to index finger instead of the other way? | I read your post title wrong and started tapping my index finger and pinky together. I then realized that I was having a completely new experience with the hands that I have been using every day for 31 years. Upvote! | 2 |
AskReddit/edy82x8 | aff89w | If we lost all memory of Photoshop, which pictures would be the hardest to explain? | Honestly, even if that happened, we'd deduce that Photoshop exists just from the sheer number of ridiculous shopped pictures. The hardest stuff to explain would be the subtle edits that are just tame enough to look real. | 12 |
explainlikeimfive/d20ip0t | 4eixjw | How can I avoid ever having to get a root canal? | Ehm, take good care of your dental hygiene. Brush your teeth and floss them! Visit the dentist regularly (like twice a year I think) to check for cavities. And when you do need one, get your tooth pulled out instead, if you really don't want a root canal. | 6 |
AskReddit/evu78qs | clbdg9 | How many balloons do you have to tie to a baby to make it float away? | According to HowStuffWorks.com it takes 5 liters of helium in a balloon to carry 5 grams, the average baby weights 2,500 grams-4,000 grams. So between 500-800 balloons | 29 |
AskReddit/dsshnpp | 7qucyh | What is the biggest false signal of Intelligence that almost everybody falls for? | Explaining something using complicated, un-relatable terms. The biggest signal of intelligence is being able to explain complicated concepts in plain language so anyone can understand. A good example is the half-A press tutorial about Super Mario 64 on YouTube. | 3 |
AskReddit/dh0d15b | 68pucg | What is the greatest video game of all time? | Counter strike 1.6. The mods and different game modes were a revolution to my pc gaming back in the day. Smoke a j and hop on VoIP with some buddies was the best time ever | 2 |
AskReddit/c812q26 | 170k3b | What would be the absolute worst news, ever? | You have cancer, it's un-treatable and you have about six months to live. That's the news my first wife received. The six months was a bit too accurate. That's a long time to dwell on your short life and contemplate death. To this day she's the bravest and most courageous person I've even known. Edit: Ok, that's the wo... | 2 |
AskReddit/d5p3b1i | 4uet0e | Why is mental illness stigmatized? | Mental illness is stigmatized for a variety of reasons. Negative stereotypes of the mentally ill as dangerous or completely unable to manage their lives abound in the media. Also mental illness (unlike other diseases) has the potential to put others at risk. I.e. if you have a bad liver or heart no one else is at risk ... | 3 |
AskReddit/ca2xkpf | 1eqezl | What's the most offensive thing you can say to another person? | Sit down kids, it's story time. I was in my Econ class and we were being divided in to groups. The teacher pointed to designated areas that corresponded to the number that we were given. I was zipping up my backpack and because of this my full attention was directed towards the floor. A disembodied voice asked "Is this... | 7 |
askscience/c6kk6kf | 119s43 | How does the ISS maintain orientation when using the Canadarm2? | Canadarm2 engineer here. The ISS temporarily disables the attitude control system when the Canadarm2 is active. This is to prevent the two control systems (ISS attitude and Canadarm2 motion) from interfering with each other and creating unwanted oscillation. In addition, the attitude control system is designed to respo... | 17 |
explainlikeimfive/d26ve77 | 4f8j4o | Why has been there no massive multi-national effort to end global hunger? | There are so many questions that complicate it. How much food does each person get? The bare minimum to keep them alive, or a greater amount? What kind of food do they get? Where does this $40,000,000,000 come from? Where will the food be grown - most countries suffering from famine aren't prime farming territory, so w... | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/cvq7bt0 | 3npz9d | What are eyebrows for? | To prevent sweat from entering your eyes. And they produce a wide range of facial expressions that give information on your current mood. Long live eyebrows! | 42 |
AskReddit/dxaqbap | 8bytzk | How is the british royal family perceived by other countries? | Despite its expense and lavish lifestyle, the British royal family seems to be a source of endless fascination - a tradition, despite its foibles and controversies, that shows no serious sign of ending. | 6 |
AskReddit/d8rpqmf | 57gemc | What can we all do to help with things like climate change, disaster relief, etc? | Support politicians who support nuclear power. Volunteer with the appropriate agencies. Stop thinking you're going to change the world by making a dent with feel good gestures. Going vegan and recycling your coffee cups isn't going to do anything. But doing things like building wind turbines, reseeding natural areas, a... | 2 |
Ask_Politics/dsxfe8h | 7rj2cz | Would the the Pay our Military Act of 2013 still apply if there's a shutdown now, or was that act only applicable on the 2013 shutdown? | No. The PMA of 2013 only applied to FY2014. A new bill would need to be passed and signed into law to ensure the military is paid in full and on time if Congress does not pass a funding bill. | 5 |
AskReddit/e331j8k | 924ggh | What is the worst Halloween costume you ever put on? | I went as a slutty stick of butter for Halloween last year. I made the entire outfit myself. It was supposed to be a tongue in cheek commentary on how sexy Halloween costumes are ridiculous. Instead I just ended up enjoying it. I called myself "slutter". It is my legacy. | 3 |
AskReddit/ed4ot04 | ac1yqv | When you were in high school, what were some huge lies you told your parents? | My mom was super chill and trusting. One of her only rules was that all boys had to leave the house by 10 PM when I was in high school. By 10 PM she was usually in her bedroom getting ready to go to sleep. I would open and close the front door and loudly say goodbye and make some tapping sounds with my shoe on the tile... | 4 |
AskReddit/czogwyz | 4495uv | How do you and your SO deal with your sleep incompatibilities? | Well, at the moment we rarely sleep at the same time since we have different schedules which means we have different sleep schedules. And the biggest incapability we had in the past was solved when I got diagnosed with sleep apnea and started the CPAP machine to deal with it. All the other little sleep issues are easy ... | 2 |
AskReddit/d62cwjl | 4vy1is | What's the most blatant lie you ever told that people actually believed? | I have an identical twin - and when I say identical I mean /really/ identical. Same face, almost the same hair, even dress similarly, etc. I visited my twin at uni where we went to one of her friend's parties. A mutual friend of hers who didn't know she was a twin came to the party and asked if we were twins. We lied, ... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cadfiab | 1fsrfn | Why was the US willing to invade North Korea in the Korean War, but wasn't willing to invade North Vietnam in the Vietnam War? | Because they're connected in that the UN invasion of North Korea and the intervention of the Chinese that came as a consequence became one of the reasons for why the US chose not to invade North Vietnam. The US didn't want to risk triggering an even larger conflict than they were already involved in. A US invasion of N... | 38 |
AskReddit/cggur0e | 21vbrh | How have you accidentally ruined someone's life? | accidentally let it slip where a friend of mine that owed a lot to shylocks was staying. as a result of my big mouth they found him and beat him so badly he spent 6 weeks in the ICU barely holding onto his life. Still uses a cane 20 years later. | 2 |
AskReddit/eov1mmg | bt92pw | Did you ever had a creepy or maybe beautiful sign of someone who just passed away? | I went to the cemetery for the first time after my Nonna had passed away. It took me months to go because we were really close and it hurt so much. As I'm driving up to the cemetery, the radio started playing Queen (who are my favourite band of all time). I park, go see my Nonna and about half an hour later I get back ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ek9iu9p | ba7c42 | What are some psychology experiments with interesting results? | Anything Elizabeth loftus has done on false memories is super interesting and eye opening. Particularly the experiment where people viewed a video of a car collision and were then asked leading questions about it. Like some were asked how fast the cars were going when they “bumped”, “collided”, “smashed”. And the peopl... | 2 |
AskReddit/c29boxi | j5jb8 | Could a bright light harm your camera lens? | No. To be clear: to affect the lense, it would have to heat it up so much that it started to deform or soften. It is feasible to overheat the sensor, however. That can happen if you point your camera at a high energy light source for a long time, such as the sun, or a raging furnace. | 4 |
AskReddit/cjekr7a | 2ce5yi | What social clique were you or are you part of in high school and what kind of people were in it? | My school only had around 165 students so there weren't many social groups. The main ones for my year were the 6th year girls, 6th year guys and the 6th year smokers. These were the the ways people grouped themselves during lunch. I hung out with a group of misfits who were from all years. It was mainly made up of peop... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cbg5fv3 | 1jmkat | Is there any chance of finding substances on other planets that are completely new colours that we haven't experienced before, and would our eyes be able to recognise it? | There aren't going to be frequencies of light that are completely outside of our well understood physics, no. There are all sorts of colours we can't see, but that's not the same thing. Ultraviolet, radio waves, infrared, microwaves, etc: all 'colours' of light that we can't currently see. | 6 |
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