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explainlikeimfive/cv1k1w0 | 3kxcws | Why do horses have to be put down if they break a leg? | Horsies have bodies built to always be able to stand or move around. They're not meant to lay down a lot. Now, if a horsie breaks its leg, it has to rest that leg for it to heal. But if it rests that leg, the horsie will get sicker and sicker. Remember, the horsie's body is not meant to rest its legs, it's built assumi... | 50 |
askscience/d77nciu | 50v9fk | How much pollution did nuclear weapon testing cause? | The 50s and 60s have been posited as a potential start to the potential Anthropocene epoch, partly due to the fact there is now a sedimental record of when nuclear testing began. 1952 is approximately the time this record became global rather han concentrated around test sites | 2 |
AskReddit/c9rixr5 | 1dlqtg | If all the gangs in the U.S.A. united, would they be able to take over the country? | Playing Devil's advocate. Don't forget, that just because the gang is located in the US, that doesn't mean they don't have members, support, money, and arms from other places. The Mexican gangs we have in the Southwest and West Coast are aligned with the major Mexican drug cartels ( and look at all the havoc they are c... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/c9hhfwy | 1ckunj | Why don't we just trow radioactive waste into space instead of storing it? | In addition to what other people have said, radioactive waste wouldn't be first in line for the space trip. It stops being dangerous eventually; lots of other kinds of waste stop being dangerous never. | 2 |
AskReddit/edra3pv | aeoyug | What do you hate the most about people? | I hate that people know better, but don't do better. ​ Example: Global warming is bad. Planting trees would (probably) fix it. You could plant an entire rainforest and some moron would come along and turn it into a stack of paper. | 3 |
AskReddit/d9ghwth | 5ahh1j | What do you do when you cannot sleep? | Severe insomniac checking in. I have a few methods, but YMMV. Focus everything on the feeling of your toes moving. If you've done any meditation you might be familiar with tactile visualization. It's basically that. Just let the sensation of your toes and how they feel against the covers (or the air, if you're a monste... | 9 |
AskReddit/elk3ak4 | bgdeac | What is your worst breakup story? | Not a successful breakup story, but definitely the worst one for me. My bf threatened me with a knife cause I hadn't allowed him to leave my flat to kill himself with said knife and blaming it on me in his suicide letter. I ended up having the worst panic attack in my entire life and staying with him. | 2 |
AskReddit/ebfig3p | a4lhae | How would you react to seeing someone in real life that you knew was being harassed as a social media target? | If I knew about it, I’d give them an encouraging smile and try to do something to cheer them up a bit (depends on where we are, as an example; in a coffee shop I’d offer to pay for their coffee or something similar) | 2 |
AskReddit/cfdgrcd | 1xpew8 | What's something you should know and remember easily, but often forget? | Left and Right associations of my first two languages. English being my third language I can remember them fine (Private school, reading books, watching movies) but I always forget which side is which for my first two languages and for so many years I've tried different tricks to remember them but i cant. Left and Righ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ddw9z26 | 5ure2r | What's the best/quickest way to access the dark web? | Download tor browser and Google the hidden wiki. Super basic dark web stuff but it's a start. Be careful though. It's an FBI honeypot | 2 |
AskReddit/dlr6j1d | 6uam5o | What company does everyone hate that you have had actually good experience with? | Pretty much all of them. My internet is fine and it's a good price. My airline flights are uneventful. The only place I consistently hate going is Walmart. | 4 |
AskReddit/cfl49ct | 1yjqhn | What was your worst job interview experience? | Very first interview. Was 16. Applied for a catering place down the road from my house. Note: very nervous anxious kid. Got dressed nicely, filled out application, answered a few questions (probably poorly, mind you). Interview then flip my application over to a side I did not know exist. You feel like a special kind o... | 2 |
AskReddit/erj73xb | c2c49p | What is the highest amount of alcohol you've consumed in a single night? | Only time I've been black out drunk: tool about 12-14 doubles shots which equaled about half a bottle of vodka. Drank beer throughout the night and played about 5 rounds of pong. Plus pulled about a quart of a bottle of sugar cane rum from a bottle that was being passed around. I was still drunk at 10AM. Never again. | 2 |
AskReddit/eb6c81g | a3hz3f | Why are woman's pockets smaller than men's pockets? | Probably based off of design conventions from a past time. Maybe figuring all women had purses and cell phones weren’t a thing? I’m spitballing but it seems ignorant bigger pockets aren’t commonplace | 2 |
AskHistorians/cj7d2qp | 2bnrwf | Have you heard of mercury filled hollow swords in the US prior to the Civil War? | In researching this, it seems almost unanimous that such blades have never been manufactured in enough quantity to be used in warfare if even manufactured at all. On a similar note, and one that might have caused the original thought of mercury filled blades, there have been blades with ball bearing filled channels cut... | 8 |
explainlikeimfive/eucismk | cfu3ab | Why can some plants grow roots from a cutting, yet Florist flowers cannot? | Florist flowers do not grow roots after being bought because of two things. First, and most commonly, they are not fresh. They have probably sat for weeks in fertilizer infused water, which makes them look and smell fresh, but kills the buds of the roots IIRC. If you bought them specifically fresh, and they don't sprou... | 14 |
AskReddit/errzkst | c3n4b0 | What made u happy today? | My aunt just passed away and my family has been having gatherings to support my cousin and uncle . My dad and I have been setting up food stuffs, tbh it's one of the things I'm semi competent at and it's something I enjoy. It made me happy to have a place in this event even though we are not close. | 3 |
AskReddit/ebl031h | a59ok4 | What is the creepiest phone called you have ever made or received? | Telemarketer called during dinner. Kept on jabbering even though I tried to be polite. So I got creepy with her. Asked her what she was wearing. Started getting real personal with my questions. When she tried to transfer me to her boss I told her I would only talk to her. When I stepped it up a notch (down maybe? Into ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dycguca | 8gks6c | What's your favourite TV show nobody has heard of? | The Young Offenders, sort of a sequel retelling of some bits of the movie (on UK netflix) but the TV show is about two wee lads from Cork, hilarious, heartfelt, best Irish comedy series since Father Ted for my money. | 2 |
askscience/c65wzfl | zmhky | Would this design for a lava boat work? | There are quite a few problems with the concept of a lava boat. I'm no engineer, so I won't comment on the design, but even a perfectly crafted "lava boat" would be wholly ineffective. Lava is much more viscous than water. A lava boat wouldn't float in it so much as it would sit on top. Further, the lava transferring h... | 28 |
askscience/cfukhqw | 1zkvhi | Why do we accept absurdities when we're dreaming? | The prefrontal cortex in your brain is responsible for rational decision making. When you dream, your prefrontal cortex experiences decreased activity. Because this cortex isn't firing as it normally is when you're awake, you lose your sense of reality and are more willing to accept absurdities. In some people, this co... | 10 |
AskReddit/ej8tq6g | b4s4qk | What is the scariest/weirdest thing you have ever seen that no-one believes you about? | Not scary, but weird. When I was like 4 or 5 I swear a duck flew by my family's front door and looked in the little window on it's way by and said my name in a weird quack, like the aflac duck. Everyone says it was probably a dream, and makes fun of me for it. But I'm still convinced it really happened. | 9 |
AskReddit/c4vka4p | ui458 | What's the worst super power that exists/that you can think of? | The ability to give everyone but yourself awesome super powers. The best thing you can do is make everyone in the world immensely better than you, and when you achieve that they won't need you any more. You could still make a lot of money and stuff, but I can't even imagine the burning jealousy. | 2 |
AskReddit/e2l9o7z | 8zsie8 | What’s a full meal that is relatively easy to cook, but will impress people? | Salmon. Literally get olive oil, put it on the fish, season with salt and pepper and put in the oven. Literally so easy. You saved a trip to mcdonalds to eat a healthy meal. | 4 |
AskReddit/exce69a | cs3iac | Why didn't Thanos from Avengers Infinity Wars just use the Infinity Stones to create more resources and planets for living space? | Because using the stones to kill half of all life was never his original plan. He saw the effects of overpopulation on Titan and suggested a mass cull, then set out to kill half the population of planets manually. He wasn't actively searching for the stones until much later, and only as a means of speeding up his exist... | 26 |
askscience/c6cgu2n | 10cwlh | Why do we get food cravings for really specific things like ice cream or french fries at seemingly random times? | Our hypothalamus activates when it senses a nutrient deficiency, causing us to start seeking out new and different food sources in order to supply the needed substance. Unfortunately for us, our hypothalamus doesn't know what foods contain what nutrient - only calming down when the deficiency is remedied. Experiments i... | 2 |
AskReddit/c93ictt | 1b4j2x | Why do you identify Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? | Pro-lifers would be much easier to tolerate if they took a different approach: allow for choice, advocate life. I mean seriously, how hard would it be to stop harrassing people at clinics, etc? Pass out literature about options for adoption, INSTEAD of pictures of dead fetuses. Conservatives really need some new "brand... | 4 |
AskReddit/dgw8tsx | 6876xp | Why do people say that traveling around the world makes you a better person? | Because you experience more. You see and feel other people's cultures that are different from your own. You have the potential to gain an understanding for what it is like to be different, to live as other people live. On a different level, simply being around and witnessing the beauty that the world has to offer is up... | 2 |
askscience/dyq9pop | 8i7fnj | How does a person develop a sense of humor? | Humor is a good indicator of IQ. If you laugh at someone's jokes, chances are they are of even or even slightly greater IQ. Of course, this varies from social setting to personal backgrounds. For example, a low IQ person, perhaps a baby, would find fart noises and googly eyes funny. But if you did that to an adult, lik... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ewgo8zf | co8ojq | What factors caused India and China to have such large populations? | It's more geographical than historical. You need to feed a large population. India and China have lots of suitable farmland. Farming takes a great deal of labor so the more people in your family, the better you can farm, encouraging a large population. Nowadays with modern farming methods and fertilizer, you can produc... | 403 |
AskReddit/exk0cyc | ctchuc | What’s your favorite memory of the hardest time in your life? | God, the hardest time for me was when I tried to kill myself. Took more pills than I could count. Depression is a sneaky demon. Went to try to die in my parents bed, the thought of never hearing my mom laugh again knocked me off my delusion. I called someone in time. I’m grateful that I was saved that day, I hurt for a... | 2 |
askscience/cjkzz76 | 2d0vq7 | Are their stars and galaxies in all directions? | There are stars and galaxies in all directions. However, the astronaut would only be able to see them if there was enough visible light coming from those stars and galaxies to light them up bright enough to be seen. And the light has to reach the astronaut in the first place too. So there are many more galaxies out the... | 3 |
AskReddit/elrmi5g | bhc4ta | What’s your “small world we live in” experience? | I live in a tiny town in Pennsylvania. I was on visiting Oxford in England with my mother. A woman approached me and asked if I was from “(my county) in Pennsylvania.” I said “Er. Yes?” And she proceeded to tell me that her husband’s family is from the town ~40 minutes from mine, so she recognized my accent. I had hear... | 3 |
AskReddit/cyo2p4n | 3zq6db | How long should you wait before moving in with you SO? | I moved in with my now wife after 6 weeks. We've been married decades since then and have a wonderfully loving relationship. Relationships aren't about timing, they're about communication, transparency, trust, honesty, understanding and tolerance. As long as you're both comfortable to moving in together the timing is i... | 5 |
AskReddit/capq4d9 | 1h0uk0 | What is a food creation that you came up with that tastes delicious, but sounds gross until you try it? | Wasn't me but I had a table order a shot of Kahlúa (coffee flavored liquor) and mix it with a Shirley Temple (sprite and grenadine). He had a name for it, but can't think of it at the moment. Black Shirley temple? I don't know. Anyway, asked the bartender to make it, he said he's never heard of it. All of my coworkers ... | 14 |
AskReddit/chbkd2v | 24xach | What is your best story from any of the Fallout games? | Not really a story, but in fallout 3 I saved JUST before you leave the vault. Now whenever I play I just load that save and relive the magic of leaving the vault and experiencing the ruthless wasteland. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/df7cx7d | 60ld0x | Why do you get that weird vortex sound when you let both of your back windows down when driving? | I don't do that, but I've found that if I open the front passenger window a little bit and the window behind it a little bit, there's a nice (fairly quite) circulation in my car, with a slight breeze on the back of my neck. Anyone here do what OP said? | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/e1ya6mi | 8wtnvv | If the moon has an effect on tides, why does a small body of water not move, like a puddle or a bath? | The short answer is that ponds and baths do have tides. The effect is just tiny. Really, in general, the effect of the moon pulling on water is a very very small one. It's just that the oceans are so huge that these small effects add up into a noticeable one. | 2 |
AskReddit/dol61sj | 77e9yd | What question have you always wanted to ask lesbians, but haven't had the chance? | Ok, so you are a lipstick. Is your wife also a lipstick? Curious, is all. My main friends were lesbians long ago and I was the lucky enough to be considered the cool guy. I did notice back then(90’s, Usa) that there were defined ‘gender’ roles for most couples.and I use that term for lack of a better term, sorry. Butch... | 8 |
AskReddit/c436g3s | r61jq | Is age really just a number in a relationship, or should people date people who are close in age? | In reality, it just doesn't work. If you have an 18 year old and a 40 year old, there are generations between them. The see the world in vastly different ways. Not to mention the psychological issues that seem to be present when someone wants to date someone twice their age. But if they can make it work, more power to ... | 5 |
AskReddit/ecbitan | a8kx8g | What's a place you've revisited that you find, sadly, isn't the place that you remembered? | When I was little there was this great science museum in my city that had a really cool dinosaur exhibit. I remembered these gigantic life size replicas of dinosaurs. Went as an adult and I was taller than almost all of the dinosaurs, which were cheap looking animatronics. They were so much more impressive when I was s... | 4 |
askscience/eld52xz | bf9qie | Has nuclear weapons testing had any appreciable effect on the planet’s background radiation and/or surface temperature? | > over 2000 nuclear bombs were detonated in unpopulated areas Only about 200 were detonated in the atmosphere. The rest were underground. > We know that the bombs in Nagasaki and Fukushima I assume you mean Hiroshima. > blasts would have dissipated across the planet and its atmosphere Fallout from atmospheric tests did... | 4 |
AskReddit/cvhu7zx | 3msumq | If "Kent State" happened today, what would be the outcome? | Lots of cell phone videos of the incident. Within 24 hours we would have the complete background on anyone involved including any stupid thing that they ever posted on social media. There would be thousand different narratives about what happened. Instead of one unified story that everyone could agree on and rally arou... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ex4m3a4 | crfumr | How do batteries store power? | Batteries contain chemicals that, when they react with each other, produce electricity. The exact formulas vary by battery type, with Lithium Ion, lead acid, and Nickel-metal hydride being common types, the latter best known for rechargeable batteries in the AA shape and size. All the different types have their own adv... | 2 |
AskReddit/d4s54zu | 4qcymb | What was the biggest lie of your generation? | "We will fund the NHS with this £350m we currently send to the EU" Granted, they said that it 'could be used' to fund the NHS, but the implication was strong enough that the majority of the country would vote to leave the EU. Pretty big lie (more misleading than lying) that will affect this generation indeed. | 218 |
AskReddit/c37826o | n92c2 | What the most funny/memorable or unpleasant winter holiday experience you've had? | Our good family friends came over for Christmas (per tradition) and brought along their grandfather who, uh, died just after dinner. That was fun. A week later, my girlfriend dumped me. Ah, Christmas of 08: the shittiest Christmas I've ever had. | 2 |
AskReddit/e7lu5mi | 9nf8j1 | For those who no longer believe in "blood is thicker than water", what is your story? | Random Fact: The full phrase is: Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb. The actual phrase meant that the friends you choose will stay at your side longer than your family members. | 16 |
explainlikeimfive/dcbhbde | 5ndw3s | What neurologically is happening when a song "gets old" from hearing it too often? | Your brain wants you to live, when you hear/taste/feel something it considers 'good' for you the brain rewards you and thats actually why you feel good. Next time it gets this stimulus its not quite as needed/exciting so it makes you feel slightly less good, everytime it gets less and less untill its just normal, or ev... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/dqhkta1 | 7g9q71 | What is that falling feeling that you suddenly wake up too when you are sleeping? | It's called a hypnic jerk or "sleep start" it's the result of a mechanism of the brain that is engaged during sleep. The motor cortex of the brain basically goes offline for conscious movement, IE we are paralyzed while sleeping. This is to prevent a person from dreaming they were running, and actually running as they ... | 5 |
AskReddit/cwh0ant | 3qoqri | How do you cope with dreadful colleagues? | That one is a though one, I feel sorry for you as I know how that feels. Sometimes one needs to analyse just WHY our colleagues are dreadful in the first place, are we talking plain evil here or are we talking someone who just don't like you? In my case - I've come to notice I'm something of a size for people to handle... | 5 |
askscience/dtg6gg0 | 7txhup | Do deep sea ecosystems follow the normal seasons? | They are much less exposed to change. Most of the changes in ecosystems like reefs occur due to diurnal - crepuscular - nocturnal - crepuscular - diurnal shifts along with the environment being much more open to variable processess like erosion and sea forces. In deep sea areas, we don’t see a lot of change due to cons... | 16 |
AskReddit/cs7jv1u | 39wojc | If you could leave a Yelp style review on your ex, what would it say? | INITIAL REVIEW Item in decent shape, slightly worn but that is expected with 2nd hand/refurbished product. Exterior mostly attractive. Product was initially useful - emotionally supportive, spontaneous, understanding and patient. Unfortunately over 6 years the wear and tear became too much to deal with, item no longer ... | 3 |
AskReddit/eu7bpmg | cf4zwj | What is your funniest childhood memory? | I have stared into my screen trying to find a funny memory for way too long so I'm just gonna say the first thing that came to mind, my cat jumped up on the couch to be in my lap and he jumped right onto a plate of food lol | 3 |
AskReddit/c1dotpb | f6mg6 | What was the worst mistake you made, socially? | During my junior year of high school I finally got to go out with a guy whom I had had a crush on since freshman year. At first it seemed like a dream come true but as the year went on he became more and more insecure. I ended up avoiding some of my closest friends for almost the entire span of our relationship (which ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/doasmwi | 760y8u | Why is grilling associated with men while cooking is associated with women? | Cooking isn't really associated with women. As an industry it's dominated by men. However as a house chore it was traditionally the woman's job, because the man was working. Bbqs are seen as a chill time with the boys, usually on a weekend when the man actually has time to cook, thus it's seen as manly. | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/dezxmhg | 5zpciv | Why does our "real" voice sound different to other people rather than sound like how we think it does when we speak? | You are hearing the sound waves created in your body THROUGH your body. Your vocal folds vibrate inside of you and that's what you hear. Try plugging your ears and speaking. You can still hear yourself AND feel the vibrations of the sounds you are making. So what others hear is only the sound waves escaping your body. ... | 11 |
AskReddit/cjeq3u5 | 2cenhj | What's the biggest lie you have told under oath? | Given the divorce rates. This is probably the most common lie under oath. I, , take you, , to be my lawfully wedded(husband/wife), to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. | 2 |
AskReddit/cgimrql | 22111g | What's is the most ridiculous thing that you've ever been reprimanded for? | When I was in Grade 3 my class spent a whole month focussing our lessons around the First Fleet and settlement in Australia. We drew maps, we read stories, math lessons were made about food rations and passenger numbers etc. It was kinda fun. At the end of the month we had a day where we all had to dress up like 1700's... | 2 |
AskReddit/cqjo5w3 | 33cxr8 | If insurance companies draw a profit, wouldn't we be better off on average just saving the money we would've paid towards insurance in case of that emergency? | Some people with a lot of money already do that. It's called evidence of financial responsibility and they can have that in lieu of liability insurance (although those people often have something called umbrella coverage to help protect their assets). However, if you don't have an extra $500K-$1M lying around then you ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dajkt8q | 5fbw8j | Who are the worst kind of Redditors? | The kind who will read your reply to a reply and avoid the context, then twist your words out of the context and basically call you a racist or make it seem like you have a problem with a group of people. For example: Not even an hour ago I was responded to a question about why door greeters at places like WalMart jobs... | 4 |
AskReddit/cz4wfpg | 41swex | How do you get over losing your best friend? | You realise that everything happens for a reason and that it's not worth living in the past, it's time to focus in the present. Open your eyes to other people in your life who spend energy on you and care for you. I'm assuming by 'losing' you mean growing apart and that they didn't pass away, either way best wishes to ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cum8hfx | 3j4oia | In chess, why is the king given the least steps to move i.e. one step at a time? | It's a matter of game balance, which is critical in most strategy-based games of move and counter-move. The king is ultimately the most IMPORTANT piece because his defeat is the only way to win. If he were one of the most POWERFUL pieces on top of that, able to move large distances across the board, the whole strategy ... | 2 |
AskReddit/dpbx8ic | 7apxkl | What country would win a food fight? | USA hands down, our food and portion sizes are huge compared to other countries. I mean can you imagine getting hit in the face with a 36 oz. T-bone steak with a naked potato on the side? | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c81gtzu | 1721rz | Why does psychological stress increases the risk of a heart attack? | Psychological stress raises blood pressure. Fun Fact: psychosomatic illness (illness caused by the mind) is a real thing and can cause many different type of maladies, including heart attack. | 7 |
AskReddit/caicota | 1gajra | How do I help my dad realize that an important event I may get to go to cannot be skipped? | Can you arrange travel and all logistics to your event with a teammate/coach or are you reliant on your dad/family to make this happen? If so, I would just go and deal with the consequences later (if it really is a once in a lifetime experience as you say) | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/c5gfbe8 | wtzmv | How are McDonald’s burgers so cheap? | i cant really tell you how the burgers are cheap, but i know they arent high profitable. fast food restaurants make most of their profit from fountain drinks. they sell those things for a couple dollars, but it only costs them a few pennies for the supplies to make one. that is their big money maker. thats why they alw... | 118 |
AskReddit/ci3dv44 | 27q65m | What was the tipping point that convinced you to quit your job? | There were multiple reasons I quit one of my last jobs. I was promised a raise that was double what I was making, and didn't get it. My favourite manager quit (one of the only reasons I stayed as long as I did). I worked more hours than the new manager, was the store's trainer, and one of the only people with a key to ... | 11 |
AskReddit/cx4abuj | 3t8r3z | What are some of the stupidest but also funniest white elephant gifts you've ever given or received? | Work white elephant was supposed to be $5-$10. I picked a big box. It was a coffee maker, way over the price range but not a fancy coffee maker. I don't drink coffee generally, never owned a coffee pot. Lady had bought it but it didn't fit where she wanted it or some such. Thought about using it for tea, but never got ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/clyc83c | 2lurx6 | How do space crafts gain velocity as a result of another planets gravitational field? | The trick is that you approach the planet so that its orbit is bringing it towards you, and leave travelling in the same direction that the planet is orbiting. Relative to the planet you leave at the same speed that you approached, but relative to the rest of the solar system you've gained speed. Think of a ball bounci... | 14 |
explainlikeimfive/disqsqf | 6gsrnh | When some gave devs make in game trailers, how finished is the game/product used? | Generally a little bit of trickery and A LOT of careful selection. A significant portion of a game's life is spent on refininement, polish, bug fixing, etc. It's not too tough to make a game look good for five minutes (not even five consecutive minutes, just a few nice clips) and then edit those clips into a trailer. I... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/ee9l282 | agwt9c | Can you just keep recycling hydroponics water rather than adding more water to the system? | You could, but you would have to take some things into account, most of which could be solved reasonably easily: 1) as plants do their thing, they lose water from their leaves and transfer it to the air (called transpiration). This would reduce the amounts of water in the hydroponic reservoir. As plant on Mars would be... | 4 |
AskReddit/e1ocyt2 | 8vlpaj | What Is something you thought would be a much bigger problem in adult life than it turned out to be? | Marriage proposals. I seriously thought there was one person out there for you and it was your mission to find them. Made me wonder how you were supposed to know they were the one when they proposed. what if you accepted the wrong proposal? What if they weren't your soul mate? I guess this is what Disney movies did to ... | 3 |
AskReddit/e79hkhv | 9lu8gi | Does slavery exist in the modern world and what can people do to stop it? | Human trafficking affects men, women and children so yes, it’s very real. It happens everywhere, even in first world countries. We first have to bring awareness because a lot of people don’t even give it a second thought. Then we need to take action. Make it a big enough issue to bring up to your representatives, donat... | 41 |
AskReddit/dt23nlj | 7s5imy | What was something that you believed to be "common sense" that turned out to be complete false? | You never have right of way on the road. It's common sense to drive defensively and expect the unexpected. But I have seen enough videos of people just knowingly getting themselves into accidents because they had right of way. It's insanely easy to kill and be killed in a car. Just have that in mind when you get behind... | 2 |
askscience/c6cbxdy | 10cpak | When we sometimes glance at an analog clock, why does it seem that second is much longer than usual? | It's known as the Stopped Clock Illusion. Basically, when we move our eyes, our brain recives a messy blur, and sorta dumps that bit of time from our stream of consciousness. So when our eyes focus, our brain is tricked into thinking we've been looking at the clock for longer than we really have. Super cool! | 16 |
AskReddit/d49wg0j | 4o55jq | What is the weirdest/creepiest thing you have found out about anyone in your family online? | In my mid twenties I started having trouble passing background checks and credit checks. I was turned down for several good jobs. Later, I tried applying for a department store credit card and was informed I already had a line of credit with them. Confused, I had it canceled, since I knew it wasn't mine. When I was thi... | 393 |
askscience/cgl80k3 | 22b9zj | Why doesn't Einstein's logic to equate gravity with spacetime curvature apply to electromagnetism too? | I'm only going to address your title question: The difference is that the gravitational charge carried by matter happens to be exactly equal to the inertial mass of that matter. This is an amazing "coincidence" that makes Einstein's argument possible. The same is not true for electric or any other kind of charge. Mathe... | 5 |
AskHistorians/csla3jj | 3bdu23 | Has a US supreme court justice ever been removed from office? | Abe Fortas was asked to resigned by Earl Warren instead of facing impeachment. He was even put forth as a potential Chief Justice nominee, but later became embroiled in several ethics controversies regarding possible bribes. He resigned in 1969. William Douglas also came very close to impeachment in the 50s and 60s. Tw... | 72 |
AskReddit/c9djv67 | 1c6p4h | What would you do if you were locked in a room with someone who is guilty of animal cruelty? | I would sit down with them and calmly explain why what they've done is wrong, how the animals can feel pain as well, and how they should consider how they would feel if such things were done to them or the ones they loved most. Then I'd give them a moment to let what I've said to them sink in. After that moment passes ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ekm9g8a | bbxk7y | What are some things that mark the transition of a teen to a responsible, mature adult? | For me it was the first time I bought groceries without buying anything with excessive processed sugar in it. But I was like 24 when that happened, so I wasn't exactly going from teenager to adult. More, immature adult to responsible adult. | 2 |
askscience/ctz8o4f | 3gkmwi | What is the difference between a 'filled Julia set' and a 'Julia set'? | In the dynamics of iterating a complex rational function, the Julia set is the complement of the Fatou set. The Fatou set is the union of basins of attraction of attracting or neutral fixed points. So the Julia set is where the dynamics are chaotic, while the Fatou set is where the dynamics are regular. If the function... | 2 |
AskReddit/cav2xyp | 1hk1t6 | Should sexual preferences be normal conversation like hobbies when dating? | Depends. Do you foresee it becoming an issue? Then yes. For instance, I am in the grey area between sexual and asexual. For me, sexual attraction is rare, and only after a very strong relationship has been formed. Since I don't even know going into a relationship whether I will be attracted to the person or not, I feel... | 2 |
AskReddit/d6il400 | 4xuwfl | What words or sayings have had their meanings changed based on their connotations? | My folks used to take in foreign exchange students. They don’t call themselves that though. I guess the word “foreign” has bad connotations or something. They always wanted to be called hostages. | 2 |
AskReddit/e8dwmta | 9r3l1q | What’s something that is likely to exist and commercially available in 15 years that most people think isn’t possible? | A conversational AI that passes the Turing test (can't be told apart from a real human). 15 years may be optimistic but it's certainly possible with the incredible rate of AI innovation the last 5 years. | 3 |
askscience/d1fd3ch | 4c3znf | Is there a standard formula for obtaining a new diameter for a sphere where its mass remains the same but its density is changed? | Volume is mass / density. And the volume of a sphere is just 4 pi r^3 /3. The formula follows from substituting the equation for the volume of a sphere, into the equation relating volume mass and density, and then solving for r. | 8 |
AskReddit/cw8kwsn | 3pqmhy | What motivates you to keep living? | My chronic illness has taken me away from my job, school, social life, any chance of finding a partner willing to love someone with a chronic illness, and I now live with my parents who care for me and pay all my bills .I often think how easy it would be to give up. .but then I think of my brothers and how they will lo... | 3 |
askscience/d9m3qwm | 5b4zv2 | Is there a difference in temperature change in a 100W monitor vs a 100W heater? | No, you cannot escape the inevitable conversion to heat. The difference in temperature of the room once the system has reached steady state will be negligible^1 . They have different heat capacities though so the initial temperature rises will differ.^2 The temperature change of the objects themselves will be different... | 7 |
AskReddit/c0g4gbd | a6uzm | How many of you type out a comment but never post it because you realize that you are in no way qualified to be making comments about the issue being discussed? | Actually, I have the opposite problem a lot of the time. I'm very qualified to post about certain controversial topics. After reading extremely biased articles about these topics and the (often) totally passionate yet completely ignorant comments pertaining to said article, I start writing out a well-reasoned comment s... | 81 |
AskReddit/copxsym | 2wdvwm | If you won $2 million, what would be the first 5 things you would do with it? | 1.)Buy my grandmother a headstone. 2.) Buy my mothers home and her and my brothers cars. 3.) Pay for my grandfathers sister to come see him. 4.) Pay for my brothers college education. 5.) Make it so my mother/grandfather never has to work again in her life. | 2 |
askscience/c2kwzab | kk373 | What is the part of the Brain that controls Sexual desire and could it be safely removed? | There is no one part of the brain solely responsible for sexual arousal and desire. Sexual desire stems from many interacting subsystems of the nervous system, including the visual system, the somatosensory system, the limbic system, the prefrontal cortex, and numerous high-level processing areas. And no, the neural sy... | 5 |
AskReddit/esg9z6m | c7m5hl | What was the last straw that made you quit your job? | Was already quitting as I'm moving to another city in a month, but this made me focused on never returning (even though I had agreed to work a little whenever I'm in town. It's a tennis club. I've been working with coaching kids. I've accepted extremely bad working hours and a lot of stuff working there over the last y... | 2 |
AskReddit/cosv6dv | 2wp7zv | What inanimate object that you can find in your home would be the most difficult to fight if it came to life? | Any small particle. Breathe it in, works its way into your bloodstream & into your brain.blood clot. You're done for. As far as actual objects go, idk, that award might go to my well pump & piping. It would hit me with scalding hot water, flood my home, might electrocute me at worst or short-circuit everything I have a... | 2 |
AskReddit/e1ti7yi | 8w862u | What are some movie/TV cliches you're tired of seeing? | I can’t even think of a specific situation, but it happens all the time in movies and TV. When a situation could be cleared up in a few minutes by the characters actually communicating, instead of one person storming off or misunderstanding. I hate having to sit through unnecessary drama that sometimes lasts for half a... | 3 |
AskReddit/c0ws8jf | d186u | Why are all cop cars not unmarked? | Much of crime prevention comes not from being able to observe crimes but being present to deter them. If all cars were unmarked, then much of that deterrent effect would be lost, as police cars would not be easily identifiable. | 19 |
askscience/dqqylmw | 7hfyz1 | How are jet engines able to pump compressed air and fuel into an extremely high pressure compression chamber without back flow? | The pressure drop across the turbine is about the same as the pressure rise across the compressor. The difference between the two though is the volume of gas passing through due to the temperature change. The turbine passes several times the volume of hot gas and hence produces more work than the work done by the compr... | 4 |
Ask_Politics/d56ckly | 4s3ng6 | If the earliest predictions were right and the final general election was Hillary vs. Jeb, how would the race look like? | Polls would be a lot closer for one. Clinton would barely ever mention Jeb's name without attaching George W Bush's to it. Jeb will go after the e-mails and her terrible approval ratings. Clinton's main advantage will be that Democrats like her more than Republicans like Jeb. So Clinton's job will be to keep maintain e... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/dybirvz | 8ggjuv | How do imports and exports between countries work? | It is both government and business trading. In some countries there is no difference between the two. At the macro level it’s not hard. Goods made in one country get sold in another country. Once you start digging into specifics it gets more complicated. Global trade usually benefits both countries economically and pol... | 5 |
AskReddit/dg5cz8d | 64vkce | What's your favourite fact about bears? | Bears are a great example to teach the topic of evolution to people who don't really get it. A lot of people seem to think that evolution is is a conscious choice towards survival. Something along the lines of "ocean levels are rising, we'd better evolve gills". Brown bears are the original creature in their evolutiona... | 3 |
AskReddit/e8gf7m3 | 9rf9lp | How much money do you spend on food per month? | I spend around $300-$600 a month mostly eating out at restaurants. I could half that buying food in bulk and cooking meals each week, but that's way too time consuming. | 3 |
AskReddit/eiv30y2 | b2uidy | What is the most basic thing you forget all the time? | Usually my water bottle before I leave for work, everything else I have down to not mess up. Even if it means checking my pockets and bag five times before I leave, I still manage to forget my water bottle. Which really sucks on morning when I go to the gym. | 2 |
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