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AskReddit/e10m9qt | 8sm4fp | What is your first memory? | My first clear memory would have to be when I was around 7. My great uncle, who was the closest thing to a grandfather I ever had, was in the hospital. Mom had taken me up there to see him and say goodbye because she knew he wasn't going to make it. Seeing him laying there in that hospital bed with all the tubes attach... | 2 |
AskReddit/elvro2c | bhstil | What is the WORST way to let someone know a loved one of theirs has died? | I was 13. My twin and I were at my grandmas house for a school vacation. Our aunt died and my grandma told me. She then told me it was my job to tell my twin. I told her at breakfast. I said "aunt Betty is dead here are your pancakes". Needless to say 9 years later my twin is still pretty traumatized by this. So my ans... | 16 |
AskReddit/esogigb | c8p8vl | How dark does the dark web really get? | Imagine an idea (like drug selling or hitmen) being a western product. Then imagine all these Chinese knock offs (most dark web websites) trying to capitalize on the success of the idea. Sure some Chinese knock offs work but most are fake. | 3 |
AskReddit/cs64zem | 39sif6 | What is an 'odd' eating habit you have? | I hold my fork/spoon differently depending on what Im eating. If it's spaghetti it's with the whole fist, if it's soup it's properly between the index and middle finger with the thumb to balance, and with cereal it's holding onto the end of the handle with the most relaxed grip and no thumb to balance it. Im basically ... | 2 |
AskReddit/c99pczw | 1bss55 | What random social experiment do you catch yourself regularly conducting with no apparent reason why? | I am going to guess that "conduct social experiment" is code for "act like a jerk for no actual reason and pretend it's for science because that makes it seem more high minded even though I am not actually doing anything scientific and am just bothering or hurting people for my own amusement" | 3 |
AskReddit/eisr6z1 | b2hkcl | What’s something you’re so glad you did? | eh, might not be as relatable to everyone, but I am so glad I switched majors in college. I entered since I scored straight As in Chemistry in high school, and even did well in my first year. But I realised my heart was in the social services, and figured there's no point in spending three more years studying Chemistry... | 128 |
AskReddit/cb6flye | 1iod3b | What is an event that has happened to you that makes you question everything? | I left my house at the age if 16 and moved away to a different city in my province. The reason I did this was because I was failing every class in highschool and I needed a fresh start so i could graduate, move back home and help out my mother who was struggling to make it on her own with welfare. Well fast forward to ... | 2 |
AskReddit/c17inqr | eejzm | What do you think other people believe about where you live? | I live in Munich. I imagine people believe the germans are giants that drink beer all day. They would be correct. I am from the town that The Waterboy is based in. I imagine that is exactly what most people think we are like. | 2 |
AskReddit/d0cj52o | 47fhhb | What's the best day trip you can do with 20 friends? | In my area, due to some good ones being only about an hour away, it is common for groups to go on day trips to the wineries. The vineyards are all set up for such tourists and have cellar door shops and wine tastings. | 2 |
AskReddit/c212r68 | i5gct | Are naps beneficial, or are they bad for me? | I usually hate taking naps because I feel sick after I wake up from them. Then again the only time I don't feel sick after I wake up is if I get like 9-12 hours of sleep, which: a) almost never happens except on weekends, and b) ruins my day because I miss so much half of it. Typically this is because said 9-12 hour se... | 2 |
AskReddit/eip3x6z | b1yz59 | As a 17 year old soon entering the real world, what is some advice you could give me that would really make it a lot easier? | Have fun and enjoy your youth, but remember to never make life altering decisions without putting serious thought and consideration into it. Buying a car, taking on a job, getting married, having kids, choosing a place to live. All of these things can potentially alter the outcome of your life well into your late twent... | 114 |
askscience/c611jf5 | z2rfn | What happens to a molecule when one of its constituent atoms undergoes radioactive decay? | It depends on the type of decay, and the molecule in question. Alpha decay (the emission of a helium nucleus) is rather violent and will likely have enough reverberation to destroy the molecule. If the reverberation does not destroy the bonds then the molecule must still be able to share bonds between its atoms. Beta d... | 39 |
AskReddit/eq01ap6 | bwstgm | What makes you feel less lonely? | Just being in public and around people will make you feel less lonely, even if you don't talk to them. Take up an outdoor hobby to give you a reason to be out in public. I fish fairly often and I've met tons of people, some that I still talk to because they ask if I've caught anything yet. | 2 |
AskReddit/drwonmr | 7jwvck | What's your story from a tabletop role-playing game session? | Ah, coming in a little late, but here's one of my favourite stories: We were infiltrating a garden party, mostly by pretending to be performers. Our brawler is arm-wrestling other partygoers as a strongman act, when one of the most powerful NPCs in the game saunters up and asks him for a wrestle. This guy is, like, a 1... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ccmrtdk | 1nwurp | If both Nuclear Fission and Fusion generate energy, why don't we have infinite energy? | You don't use the same elements in fusion and fission. The whole reason the respective processes can generate energy is because the nuclear reaction results in a nucleus that is more stable than the starting nuclei. You use a heavy element - such as uranium - for fission, while you use a light element - such as hydroge... | 8 |
AskReddit/dwnznqu | 88xoxi | What is something you hated but now love? | Overwatch. Played the beta and hated it. Thought it was hot trash on a stick and I didn't understand the craze. Gave it a few days and my friends were into it so I said fine I'll give it another go amd try to actually learn the game for what it's supposed to be. I preordered it 6 hours later and had a painful week of w... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cyskob5 | 409lkv | Why are some sounds only audible through headphones ? | That particular video has poorly mixed audio. The glaring error that you've found is that the vocals are mostly out-of-phase between left and right so that when summed to mono, the vocal drops drastically in level. Whatever you first listened with was mono, the headphones were stereo allowing each of the two vocal sign... | 13 |
AskReddit/ccl7bt1 | 1nr1jm | What was the event that made you believe in God? | Wow, I guess I will try to make up for these rude comments. I actually don't believe in God because all evidence that supposedly supports a god existing is either guesswork, assumptions, or just loosely translated ancient writings & random interpretations of those translations. And these things are presented as facts w... | 9 |
explainlikeimfive/c5ska0z | y5q32 | Why do things like metal and water feel cooler than the room temperature when all other things are at same temperature as well? | What you feel isn't temperature, but heat transfer. Metal and water transfer heat better than, say, wood, so they feel colder at the same temperature. (Below your body temperature, at least; above, metal and water feel hotter than wood at the same temperature.) | 103 |
askscience/c2w2770 | lw26i | Why do rainbows form in an arch? | Related question: how far into/past infrared and UV do rainbows go? It can't be primarily just in the visible spectrum, can it? Is the rainbow actually much, much wider than the visible light would suggest? | 8 |
AskReddit/eloq8kq | bgz0ud | What’s the craziest thing you’ve heard your neighbors yelling about? | Lived in a townhouse where we shared a wall with our neighbor, a wall that extended into a courtyard outside. I had my bedroom window open one day and heard a guy outside, loudly crying to his friend about how his wife had grabbed the kids and run off with some other guy to Puerto Rico. I told my roommate later and she... | 2 |
AskReddit/cb2dv51 | 1i9tl0 | What about your appearance makes you the most insecure, and why does it make you feel this way? | Yup weight. I'm a curvy girl, few pounds over curvy, but I can pretty easily hide my tummy and thighs and arms with certain clothes. Makes me feel bad for my boyfriend when the clothes come off, it's like haha just kidding, your girlfriend's body is not as nice as you may have thought. | 2 |
AskReddit/da62ng3 | 5dny9t | Which movie plot was genuinely so confusing that you still don't have it entirely figured out to this day? | the original Ghost in the Shell. It's been a while since I watched it, I was pretty young too, but I think if I watched it right now I still could not tell you what really went on in it if you asked me. .and while I am talking about confusing anime, the show Serial Experiments Lain. | 8 |
explainlikeimfive/c3s4yon | ptmkt | If it costs more in legal fees to fight a ticket than to actually pay it, why don't cops pull everyone over? | Firstly 5mph over the limit is still breaking the law, I don't think you can really argue that it isn't; and 5mph is actually a significant value. - You may have a case if you can prove that your speedometer and/or the cops was faulty (or any equipment they use) and you had adequate reason to believe they were reading ... | 5 |
AskReddit/d7qyzb7 | 538ruj | How does one become more extroverted? | A single extroverted friend can make a huge difference especially if they care about you even a little. They can introduce you to people and groups of people but still be there for you to chat with. More often than not the people you meet are somewhat introverted themselves. Everyone is trying dude. | 2 |
AskReddit/c28v33j | j3nk1 | How can one not make a generalization/stereotype without making conversations incredibly long? | Our brain uses a lot of heuristics (shortcuts) to assess the world. One way it does that is by making assumptions based on experience. In terms of group stereotypes the most prevalent heuristic is called the availability heuristic, which basically means that we make assumptions on what a person is like or what a group ... | 2 |
AskReddit/ec7hl57 | a82lrn | What's the unluckiest chain of things you've experienced or seen? | I had a week in which I had a chemistry final, a presentation, and then a math final tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. The weekend before these exams, someone bumped into me while I was carrying boiling tea, leading to bad second-degree burns on my left breast. I got it taken care of, had to keep it bandaged and ointmented... | 3 |
AskReddit/ek7d7wo | b9wdve | What was the weirdest instance of deja vu you’ve experienced? | A few years ago, I was standing in line one morning in a local coffee shop. I’ve never frequented this particular shop, but I was short on time and it’s closer to work. Anyway! I was two or three people deep in the line, and could hear the conversation that the cashier was having with the customer at the head of the li... | 2 |
AskReddit/dxj6fpf | 8czc4f | What are Americans good at doing? | Hypocrisy. I mean really: we founded a constitution based on "all men being created equal," as long as that wasn't Native American men, slaves, etc. For a 100 years we where that way, until it became too embarrassing and we had a civil war over it. Slaves where freed and for about 10 years we where true to our word (Th... | 4 |
AskReddit/dl26taf | 6r4fbs | How do help someone that has a problem with alcohol? | People with alcohol problem usually have pain to kill. Kill the pain, kill the problem. Personally, I never had a drinking problem, but I still gave up alcohol after LSD. LSD made me see alcohol in a different way and I decided I didn't need it in my life. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/e7hwp63 | 9mvrfx | How are background checks conducted? | At the basic level, any time you have any interaction with law enforcement this meaning arrest or criminal action. This is entered into a computerized database. Note this is all public record. So say a company is hiring you and wants to check your background. They take your information and give it to a company who uses... | 5 |
AskReddit/dtgabcp | 7tyryl | If life was a video game, what level would you be? | The level where in an RPG you finally get through the linear parts to the open world and you’re just overwhelmed like Holy - side quests galore and yet you still have to kinda do the main quest since the game keeps prompting you to make progress? Usually like level 20 something. | 5 |
askscience/cg1qgvs | 20bqp0 | Does all lead come from decayed uranium? | All lead does not come from decayed uranium. Lead is also be formed with the other heavy metals in a supernova, through various different processes. There are different isotopes of lead that are naturally occurring, forming from both supernovae and uranium decay. | 9 |
AskReddit/c6sxyse | 1284hy | What do you consider the statute of limitations on re-posts? | I think that people who are concerned with the statue of limitations on re-posts are the kinds of people who are considerate enough to not re-post frivolously in the first place, and thus not the kind of people that I am concerned with stopping from re-posting. | 2 |
AskReddit/c13k4eg | dwz6b | What makes Ubuntu, RedHat, Unix, Solaris, and other similar operating systems so special? | Part of it is the technology, but a lot of it is the philosophy. They are open source, meaning anyone can read the code used to implement them. They are also developed openly and collectively rather than by a single company in the dark. The reason you don't know about them is that they are generally a wee bit behind, a... | 2 |
AskReddit/d1na7ue | 4d1sqb | What movie would make an awesome video game? | Despicable Me. Not so much the characters or story but rather the theme of competing freelance supervillians building and managing their secret bases, recruiting minions, developing superweapons, pitching for venture capital from competing secret evil organizations and rogue despotic governments, running missions/crime... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ctj6v0n | 3ex4ts | Why do we only remember the good parts of a relationship? | Chemicals / Hormone dependency no doubt. But it's not really true is it? After a while Jack starts to not miss Jill, because his addiction to her wears off. Then he starts to mostly remember how manipulative and abusive she was. Eventually that level of frustration dissipates as well, and Jack begins to realize that he... | 3 |
AskReddit/dtomicu | 7v0v2g | What type of customers do you despise at your place of work? | I've been working professionally as an artist for years now. The customers that scoff at the prospect of being charged more because they asked for 10+ different revisions that look nothing like what they originally asked for. Fortunately they are rare. | 8 |
AskReddit/c11d8oa | dmruo | How do you snap out of depression? | You don't snap out of it. It's just that you try to improve from day to day (often you will fail) and then one day you look back and realize how much better life is now compared to 3 months ago. Here's what worked for me. (Note that I have no real experience with clinical depression. I will leave that to the profession... | 5 |
AskHistorians/diu4rsk | 6gymx8 | Why do we never call our parents by name? | This may be a better question for r/Etymology or r/AskAnthropology depending upon which piece of the question you are truly concerned with. For the origins of words and the social dynamics of families, respectively. But, as you asked: As to the origins of "Mother" and "Father", specifically, in English they come from P... | 17 |
explainlikeimfive/cttjju6 | 3g04zz | Where are all of the foreign domain names? | Generally, they're used by people who speak that language, and you presumably are reading English content. If you're making English-language queries on google.com, for instance, you'll be shown results that are in English, which are far more likely to be hosted on English-language domains. If you were to search google.... | 14 |
AskReddit/diwbb9e | 6h8jjc | What hobby did you start/buy a bunch of stuff for only to hate it, quit, and never look back? | I bought a bunch of stuff for needle felting, immediately overdid it on the first day and gave myself tendonitis so bad I had to go to urgent care the next morning because I thought I'd somehow broken my hand in my sleep. I haven't tried it since. | 3 |
AskReddit/c3h61zl | ogzrv | What's one thing that other people spend money on, and you'll never understand why? | The paid items on iPhone/Facebook games. Why? You're paying real money to get an overpriced, usually unnecessary item in an unimportant app. Why? edit:I think some people misinterpreted me. I don't mind the games themselves; some (plants vs zombies and fruit ninja in particular) can be worth it. But some games require ... | 302 |
AskReddit/eaor6kz | a1d2au | What’s good value for the money at a grocery store? | Eggs, pasta, peanut butter, bread, tuna - all make filling and/or protein filled/adequate "meals" (sometimes ya just gotta do what you can with the money you have) for some of the best prices in the grocery store. My local walmart has 2-18 packs of eggs sold as a single unit for $2.50 or less at all times. Two eggs for... | 2 |
AskReddit/dtz83rj | 7wcbs8 | What movie is hilarious despite not being labeled a comedy, why? | in spite of what the Golden Globes will tell you, Get Out is not first and foremost a comedy, and it's still a hilarious movie. Blow this off as an "I'm not racist. I have black friends" thing to say, but I don't care. I'm still going to say it, because I see it as relevant. I'm a white guy who's always been an avid ba... | 4 |
AskReddit/cwkcgdr | 3r2hce | What is the single most unhealthy food that people eat regularly? | Certain types of bread. Some white breads are practically loaded with sugar and contribute more to people's weight than more traditional culprits like cheese. People should cut down the amount of bread they eat or substitute it for better varieties. | 2 |
AskReddit/e8goz1c | 9rgdaw | How much does someone’s smell (good or bad) affect your opinion of them? | For me it greatly affects my opinion of someone, I get people work all day and sweat which becomes BO but seriously wear some deodorant I don’t wanna smell your day when I’m at the pub having a few beers after work | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dj6vd22 | 6iiv3s | What physically happens to your body when you get a second wind? | Your body's ability to produce energy has a momentum-like effect. The process of going from a relatively energy-efficient, low power consumption mode into a mode that is able to quickly convert stored glycogen and other bodily compounds into quick energy takes time to ramp up to full speed. If you're relatively relaxed... | 1,192 |
AskReddit/db44w7v | 5hzec0 | What is the best quote/phrase you've ever heard that has always stuck with you? | "The comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there." I'm not entirely sure who to attribute the original quote to but I read it once, of all places, in a text post that accompanied something that Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson posted on Instagram. It stuck with me though - I'm a person that plays it safe a... | 2 |
AskReddit/dep2h0h | 5yd2j6 | Why do so many Reddit users suffer from depression? | I think a lot of people suffer from depression, period. There seems to be a lot of stigma surrounding the disease, so people don't tend to announce the fact that they're depressed every chance they get. I know absolutely nothing about depression, just my two cents. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cvd6som | 3m9mhl | Why are the majority of America's roads fenced in? | Almost no roads near me have fences, unless there is a farm. Where did you get this "statistic"? I think most fences beside roads are to "fence in" the land adjacent to the busy road, not to fence in the road. | 9 |
AskReddit/dox9rhd | 78wqdd | What do you have absolutely no tolerance for when you are in a bad mood? | Nagging. It always boils down to this: Oh, I see he's in a bad mood today, better nag him Oh, that nagging upset him. Better let him know how unfair it is to get upset with me for purposefully nagging me when he's in a bad mood. Better make sure to hammer in the point that if he just read my mind, or did what I asked h... | 3 |
AskReddit/djj7f50 | 6k498u | What are some productive things to do over the summer for high school students that can help with college admissions? | Almost anything except just hanging around doing nothing-- job, internship, volunteering, summer classes in some random thing you're interested in, etc. One idea: look up your local elected officials-- like city council or alderman or whatever is in your area-- and ask if they need someone for the summer. You learn all... | 2 |
AskReddit/ejzn0d3 | b8qbao | What’s your best “prank phone call” story? | A girl I went to college with liked to prank people. First, imagine a thick southern televangelist accent. Think Tammy Faye Bakker. Now imagine this call: >“Hello. This is Mary Beth McAllister of the Communion of Angels and Saints. I’m calling to inform you that we have selected your name from thousands to receive a fr... | 2 |
AskHistorians/can3mte | 1grgpm | Is there a date generally accepted for the end of the Catholic Church’s political power in Europe? | I am not sure just what you mean by "political force" or "political power." The Vatican continues to be a nation, with diplomatic representation and a small bit of land. If you want to go back a bit further, one deliniating line would be the end of the Chirch as a territorial power, either in 1861 when Italy was unifie... | 16 |
AskReddit/dd6bjtc | 5rcijw | Which classic Twilight Zone episodes are "must-see"s? | There's "must see", to know the pop culture reference, and "must see" for personal enjoyment. must see to know the reference: "To Serve Man" and "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" are classic Twilight Zone. It's the outline of what you expect from TZ. Not that they are the best episode, but they are the best to u... | 5 |
AskReddit/c998hoy | 1br3uf | Why are game companies trying to push "Always Online"? | Because they think pirates will find it harder to crack and eventually give up, resulting in more profit to the company. What they dont know is that they are encouraging pirates by doing this, they are giving them a challenge. The hard thing about pirating an always online DRM is that you need to emulate a whole server... | 3 |
AskReddit/cynwgcm | 3zp9z6 | What are the advantages of using the Imperial Measuring System? | Edit: Misread the question. OK, devil's advocate time: The imperial system keeps things down to simple numbers. You can't count higher than twelve before going back to one. Twelve inches become one foot, etc. It also has the advantage that a lot of measurements the system produces will arguably be easier to divide by 2... | 3 |
askscience/cjxy4sp | 2e8397 | How does the physiological response triggered by watching a horror movie compare with a 'true' horror response? | As a general theoretical rule, it's not the situation itself that elicits an emotional response, but our interpretation of the situation (e.g., Siemer, Mauss, & Gross, 2007). For example, if I think mice are disease-ridden, then I might react in fear to mice. On the other hand, if I think mice are cute, then I might ha... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/el1lkms | bdxl4t | Why in modern architecture does it seem not possible to construct certain buildings? | We can but we use cheaper and faster methods in our regular building. After all, we restore these buildings so we have to be at least somewhat capable, yes? The methods used in those buildings are labor intensive with expensive material that just takes significantly more time. But that's why the building itself is like... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dtd2k2w | 7ti5yr | Why does the body feel sharp pains differently (or less tolerant) in the distal parts of the body like hands and feet? | If what you're saying is that these areas are more sensitive to sensations then yes you're correct. The somatosensory cortex, or the part of the brain the processes tactile sensations have larger areas that are dedicated to the hands, lips etc. This is represented graphically by what is called the sensory homunculus. | 2 |
AskReddit/dzmur30 | 8me72m | What are your favorite movies based on real life events? | 13 hours based on 6 GRS operators who get attacked for 13 hours straight 2 die but mostly everyone one survives with minor injuries except 1 who's arm was hanging off | 4 |
AskReddit/estuscs | c97kza | Who do you regret rejecting when they asked you out? | My current gf. Yeah that was kinda awkward. She asked me out in the first couple months of knowing me, I told her I wasn't looking for anything serious and I asked her our 5 months after that. We've now been together for 2 years. | 2 |
AskHistorians/c83370u | 177r06 | When did doctor and lawyer become prestigious jobs? | On Downton Abbey, their problem with him being a lawyer is that it is still a job. They wanted their daughter to marry someone like themselves, who was born rich and whose only job was managing that wealth. Marrying a lawyer would be a large step down for her. Anyone who wasn't a noble would have been fine with their d... | 23 |
AskReddit/cx3oba3 | 3t718y | What album would you rate 10/10? | I'm not sure how many people will know about it, but Slint's Spiderland is my favorite album of all time. Some other one's I'd rate 10/10 would be Laughing Stock, Marquee Moon, Kid A and London Calling. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c4t40z2 | u81uh | Why are dimes smaller then nickels? | I entered your query into a google search and got this: The coins retain their size due to tradition. At one point in time the size was based on the value of the metals. A nickel was made out of 5 cents worth of nickel. A dime was made out of 10 cents worth of silver. 10 cents worth of silver is smaller than 5 cents wo... | 21 |
AskReddit/c7lmkku | 15e24m | How do cemeteries not smell putrid despite the fact they are full of decomposed bodies? | Bodies are placed in caskets and most of the caskets are inside another concrete box called a burial vault. Between the casket and the vault, there isn't much room for the smell to get out and the 6 feet of dirt helps beyond that. | 4 |
AskReddit/c4021yz | qse1u | What's the funniest thing you or your friend(s) have said when under the influence? | hmmm. not sure I can remember the funniest but something I do remember is it was starting to rain and I walked up to this really heavy set girl wearing a blue dress and asked if we could borrow the tarp she is wearing so we don't get wet. | 2 |
AskReddit/dm3z9j3 | 6vyajk | What food is delicious but a pain to eat? | Any sandwich on a pretzel bun. So delicious, but you can't compress it down enough to bite easily and the filling always squishes out the back when you try and it cuts the top of your mouth so everything hurts to eat for the next few days. But I will always order anything on a pretzel bun anyways. | 11 |
explainlikeimfive/cdbsojc | 1qdswh | Why do dogs/cats like to be by themselves when they die? | Cats and Dogs are pack animals. They feel vulnerable and weak when they are getting old and are about to die. They hide in order to make sure they do not attract predators, who will sense their weakness, to the pack ensuring the safety of their family. | 4 |
AskReddit/eleifpw | bfl5tu | What will you choose: IQ of 200 or $20 million dollars, with proper explanation? | $20 million. Easy. An IQ of 200 comes with a lot of extra baggage. To begin with, you can’t relate to the general public. It’s like watching a bunch of 3 year olds as a high schooler, except it never stops. And it often comes along with anxiety and depression for life. It’s not fun to always be mindful of the worst cas... | 4 |
AskReddit/de04b0t | 5v8uie | What is your most glorious "I told you so" moment? | A couple of friends decided that it would be a good idea to cover the changing room's floor with soap and slide around naked. I told them that they would get infections. They got infections. | 3 |
AskReddit/cc4m1uj | 1m0k24 | Why are things so much funnier when you drink alcohol? | Alcohol affects brain chemistry by altering levels of neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that transmit the signals throughout the body that control thought processes, behavior and emotion. Neurotransmitters are either excitatory, meaning that they stimulate brain electrical activity, or inhibi... | 3 |
AskReddit/cetlift | 1vm3h1 | In your opinion, what is the most important invention in human history? | I know it's a fairly new invention, but mine would have to be computers/the internet (if I could combine those two). With the help of those, we're able to easily communicate with anyone in the world. We can also simulate insane things with computers. We've managed to simulate a whole new universe inside a computer! Sur... | 2 |
AskReddit/c4ah9lq | s26gy | Is working nights bad for your health? | I also work nights (ironically at a sleep clinic) and the real problems occur when you're doing different overnight shifts each fornight/roster etc. for a long time. I've met shift workers who have done it for 25 years, trapped because they then become reliant on the money that night work brings in, and their sleep is ... | 3 |
AskReddit/crm8uxz | 37fgoi | What is the tiniest change in a choice you made in your life that would have created the most vastly alternate reality for you? | Had every reason not to go out to the bar one night with my bud. I just got back from an exhausting work trip, still had pulled a few 8am-2am work days once I returned, and on top of that my buddy and I had hardly any cash to spend that week. Yet we still went out. I spent the last $16 until the following week's payche... | 3 |
AskReddit/ccsg564 | 1oiydr | What's an album you love that has one bad song? | The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine Unretrofied is the typical alt rock song used to promote the album to people who've never listened to music outside of their comfort zone. The songs before and after it are brilliant and chaotic and force you to listen to them, and they've thrown this boring track in to please t... | 2 |
AskReddit/eebin51 | ah4qwi | What do people in other countries think of President Donald Trump? | He exemplifies the most trashy, meanest, most sociopathic parts of the American people. Every American that resents having to pay taxes so children can have school lunches or poor people can access health care or want to destroy the environment so they can buy their third house is encapsulated in one man: Trump. And ho... | 9 |
AskReddit/dekjgn8 | 5xshkj | What is your 'Go to' fun fact to kill awkward silence ? | Sea otters and baby seals are adorable, right? Did you know that sea otters rape baby seals to death, then return to rape the corpse for up to a week afterwards? Goodbye awkward silence, hello horrified silence! | 93 |
AskReddit/es0fi23 | c58f94 | What was the meaning of "It's not your fault" in Good Will Hunting ? | "It's not your fault," means, "Someone horrible forced you to believe that this dark road you've gone down in both behavior and self image was the only path available to you; don't feel ashamed for taking that road that now that you are glimpsing other possibilities for who you can be and where your life can go." | 3 |
AskReddit/dwhj70u | 883f2m | If you had to choose to be blind or deaf, which one would you pick? | I lost my hearing at 23. I've found a way to be just fine in life and even before I got an implant, I made it work. I couldn't imagine the challenges of being blind. I'd go deaf again in a heartbeat. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cna54aj | 2qwcgr | Why do people spend so much time creating/obtaining, maintaining, and uploading pirated content when they gain nothing from it? | What they gain is a reputation within the community. It's similar to Reddit. Karma has no monetary value but the majority of Reddit want it. Imagine you're the first guy to get a HD rip of a new film, you upload it. You get the attention and praise. It's like Reddit where if you're the first to submit a breaking news s... | 10 |
askscience/c6m6xzz | 11g71p | Can a plants' growth really be affected by different types of music? | Well plants have no way to hear anything, so it is really in the vibrations caused by playing the music that may affect the growth rate. This is a common science experiment in 5th grade or so, which is ironic because we really still don't have any real answer. Some are leaning towards classical and slower or calmer mus... | 2 |
AskReddit/ds0rcbu | 7ncd3h | What's a good thing to do for a 30th birthday of someone who is sad about turning 30? | Take them out of town and tell everyone in the restaurant/bar that it's their birthday but pick a year that's off by 10. I had a great time at 30th birthdays publicized as a "Happy 20th birthday!" or a "Happy 40th birthday!" It helps the birthday person realize that age is no big deal, just keep living. | 2 |
AskReddit/crxd4bc | 38r2qw | How do we perceive time In a day? | I think a more balance day would help. If I have an eventful day planned I start it early to spend more time doing the things that make me feel time moves too fast. | 2 |
AskReddit/edikdpn | adn86f | What ridiculously unbelievable thing happened to you that sounds completely made up? | Im pretty tall, 2.13m, and i have a bad habit of not looking down when walking between lectures. So the one day i turn around a corner, and a girl took the corner from the other side. She was so short she didnt register in my peripheral vision, which is what normally happens, so i walk straight into her. So much so it ... | 3 |
AskReddit/edpfzvb | aeip0v | How can a introverted guy ask a girl out ? | Introverted just means u like to be alone most of the time, doesn't mean you cant magically ask a girl out. If you're shy i would just do some things to build confidence like working out,meditating, cold showers, talking to more people, volunteering, finding a job, and then it will magically happen. Good luck. ​... | 5 |
AskReddit/eb9apa8 | a3u6l1 | What is the most shameful and desperate thing you've done because you were hungry? | Not so much shameful but definitely desperate. I found freezer burnt burgers, chopped them up as I cooked them and put 2 cans of beans with them. The result was the worst chili of my life. I thought the beans would mask the horrible taste of freezer burnt burger but I was wrong. Should've just eaten ramen 3 days in a r... | 4 |
explainlikeimfive/e0xl0yx | 8s9l06 | What is the US Supreme Court's rule of four? | To appeal to the Supreme Court one applies to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari(which basically means you ask the supreme court to order a lower court to send up the case for review). The Supreme Court has its own set of rules. According to these rules, four of the nine Justices must vote to accept a case and ... | 5 |
askscience/c4k0dkz | t6mjn | Why did humans evolve into bigger versions of their ancestors? | Actually, the trend is for evolution towards larger size, not towards smaller. Most of those examples that you give are not of a single lineage growing smaller; they are examples of a small lineage evolving large size and then going extinct. There were smaller versions of each animal in your left column when the larger... | 2 |
AskReddit/eer4zlr | aiwjxa | How do you stop being sad and also how do you do things for people without them thinking you have some motive? | Everyone has some type of motive for whatever they do. First step is deciding your motive, next step is communicating that motive clearly and simply. Whether they believe you or not is up to them , but honesty and clarity are usually appreciated and respected. I’m sorry you’re sad. Talking about it is a good way to sta... | 2 |
askscience/dp86a99 | 7a7pbw | How does an electrical signal in the brain know where to go to cause a movement in the body? | Most of the peripheral nerves in the human body are actually 1000s of nerve fibres in a bundle. Each of these fibres would be a projected axon from a neuronal cell body in the spinal cord, which is connected to the axon of a neuron in the cortex of the brain that descends as a tract through the midbrain, brainstem and ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c9nxaez | 1d8jbc | How is housing an inmate cheaper than the death penalty? | The cost of years of appeals involved in the death penalty is often greater than the cost of long term imprisonment. Lawyers, judges, investigators, and clerical workers cost more than prison guards and cheap food. | 12 |
AskReddit/c0q9y5r | c5oix | In your opinion, what is the best credit card to get? | If you can, try and gain entry into a credit union. While big banks offer prompt customer service-they normally screw the consumer over. Credit unions won't offer you fancy incentives like iPods, plush dolls, t-shirts, or exorbitant rewards cards-and also their process of posting checks & card transactions are slower, ... | 2 |
AskReddit/cjznph6 | 2ehvn8 | Why did you not go to college? | I'm a high school senior, so I can't actually speak from my actions (since I haven't taken them yet), but I'm not planning on going to college immediately after high school because I know that I am not prepared to go to school and succeed academically. I want to take a couple/few years practicing responsibility as an a... | 2 |
AskReddit/dsseldx | 7qwe91 | What’s one thing you miss about being a child? | How I could stay fascinated by one thing for not only hours on end, but days or weeks. I'd play the same video game for months at a time completing every last little thing. Now I skip most sidequests and as soon as I get near the ending and I have enough context of the story to put two and two together, I just kind of.... | 3 |
AskReddit/duw6bnq | 80jwlk | What convinced you that we are not alone in the universe? | I'm not convinced that we're not the only life in this universe. If the multiverse is real, then it's possible that life forming is so mind bogglingly rare that it happens on average less than once per universe that has conditions that can support life. I don't know if it's the case or not, but I feel the multiverse ma... | 3 |
AskReddit/ecbr5s5 | a8lfo1 | What’s the most ridiculous thing you have bought? | At one point in my life, I quit my job and moved to Florida. In the following months, I ran out of money. I racked up $6,000 in debt to my friend (future wife), who was giving me part of her student loan money so I could support myself. Eventually I got a decent job and found a way to get the rent down to a manageable ... | 28 |
AskReddit/crp6lrb | 37r9vi | Has any past love ever came back to your life? | I was a vegetarian for seven years, then I abandoned all my morals and went back to eating greasy pork on those sharp squeezers you get at barbeques. They were my first and only love, and I'm glad they returned to me. Or rather, I returned to them | 2 |
AskHistorians/c66nsnf | zpnba | What exactly was the role of the emperor of Japan prior the Japans defeat in the second world war? | "Prior to Japan's defeat in WW2" is a pretty broad period. Even if we just start from Meiji it's three emperors in very different periods of their nation's development, during an era of massive change overall. And most of my study of the Meiji to Showa period has been the evolution and continuity of Japanese industrial... | 4 |
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