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askscience/c2ugtqj
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lox15
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What happens to balloons after they fly out of sight?
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As the balloon rises the outside pressure drops causing the balloon to expand, eventually the balloon either bursts or obtains neutral buoyancy. Also, it sounds like both parts of your problem- make it stay in sight and come down rather quickly could be obtained by having a very slight air leak.
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AskReddit/d01wg3c
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462nd1
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Can federal employees invoke Jesus Christ in a public setting which includes people directly involved with a local public school system?
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Your question is a little vague, so I'm not entirely sure, though I would tend towards yes. If the public setting in question is school property while school is in session, or public school students (minors) are required to attend, then probably not.
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AskReddit/dqvlx0m
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7i2773
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What was the worst pain you have ever felt?
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The worst pain that I ever felt, Was when my grandpa died. He was a man of substance, So on that day we cried. He was a farming boy, From the country learned his trade. So when his friends went off to school, It’s with the fields he stayed. He taught himself to read, He taught himself to write. He woke up early to milk the cows, And taught himself at night. His one escape was this: The game of baseball where, He hit like Ruth, and stole like Brock, Like Willie, caught what’s fair. He had his one old glove, For 50 years he played. It was the one he loved, And in the family stayed. In fact it was to me, He gave his glove to keep. And that is why this is, The pain that makes me weep.
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AskReddit/cqkh06l
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33fpuq
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What is something you've learned so far in 2015?
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I learned about North Sentinel Island, thanks to Reddit. This island which is part of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean is home to these mysterious inhabitants who might be direct descendants from the African continent 60 000 years ago. Apparently they speak a language that no one else on earth understands.
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explainlikeimfive/dat5s3j
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5glfau
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Why does corn 'pop' while other grains and vegetables burn/cook?
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1: Corn is not the only seed/kernel that pops. Some other grains that can pop include: amaranth grain, sorghum, quinoa, and millet. 2: The casing of the kernel of corn is impermeable to the water and oils inside the kernel, meaning they can't escape. The outer kernel is also very strong. In other vegetables and seeds, the casing of the seed is not nearly as strong and impermeable as a corn kernel. Most often, the outer surface of a vegetable is permeable to water, and as the water inside vaporizes, the steam escapes. Never is it more explosive than in corn kernels to make popcorn. 3: When heated, the water and oil inside the kernel vaporize and begin building up pressure. This increase in pressure and temperature turns the inside of the kernel, a hard-type starch, to a hot, foamy mush. 4: When the pressure finally blows open the kernel, that hot, foamy mush expands as it literally explodes outwards and rapidly cools into the popcorn shape, solidifying into the much less dense version of the kernel. Some corn are specifically bred to give better popcorn than others.
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AskReddit/d6fc9hm
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4xgmzg
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What is the weirdest thing you've seen at a gas station?
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Not really a weird incident but a weird thing I noticed. Worked at a gas station in a neighbourhood with a lot of shady motels, which meant lots of hookers. When I was working the evening shift they'd start coming in between 8-10, always in pairs. Always bought the same thing. Condoms and pre packaged cupcakes. Condoms and cupcakes condoms and cupcakes every time. Nothing else, ever. Strange glimpse into their world
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AskReddit/ca8k226
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1fb6av
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How many hours of training would it take for an average high school graduate to learn to perform your current job well?
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I currently work in a deli so a high school graduate may be overqualified. I suppose the only training I would recommend would be to slam your head in a car door five to ten times depending on your intellect, then let go of your dreams.
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Ask_Politics/d43i885
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4nexpt
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Has r/politics moved from a pretty 'left' community to a pro-Trump community?
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What I have noticed recently (using RES these things are easier to track) is that in every single topic rising story you see the same handful of names commenting amongst themselves. I know it doesn't mean much, but I find it funny when they are just constantly agreeing with each other and acting like that is the general consensus. If you look further you will see that another good portion of users have accounts that are only a few hours or days old and have 50000+ karma, so something strange is going on there when most of it is from the_donald and hillaryforprison, so make of that what you will. There have also been instances of those subs trying to manipulate the voting in politics which has been documented. One other thing that I noticed is that many posters are also not from the US. Especially the pro-sanders people. If you check history they will be from somewhere in Europe and make comments like "there is no way I will ever vote for Hillary!" Then try to argue they aren't misrepresenting themselves when you point out that they cannot vote for anybody, because they didn't technically say they are voting. You can interpret all of my "data" however you want to. Just keep in mind that Reddit is not a representation of the country at all, and of the 3 million people subscribed, it appears that only a few thousand put time into voting and commenting there.
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explainlikeimfive/ccsv6v4
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1okoyy
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When a movie has a $100M budget, and flops and only grosses $30M worldwide, who takes the loss on that?
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The studio normally will file a loss if the movie doesn't make up the difference within a given period of time, but the problem is most movies do make their production budget back well before that time passes, thanks to the home video market
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AskReddit/caqma5q
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1h41t8
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How do you decide when to spend money and when to save it?
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Prioritize. Save a little money gradually for things you want while the rest goes to necessities such as bills, food, water, etc. Organize things. Make sure you are aware of future events (and if that future events costs money, save up gradually) and the possibility of emergencies that may cost you upfront. For example. I'll be eighteen next year. I want to move out and have a sufficient amount beforehand. What do I do? I save up and place emphasis on savings towards rent rather than the latest item. Maybe spend a little here and there, but keep most of it towards the things I find most important. Make a budget.
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AskReddit/cbhhypz
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1jr93o
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How do I stop making negative comments?
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Don't stop, but learn to balance it. On a regular basis, like at least once a day compliment someone on something simple. "I like your shoes" "Thats a really smart thing to say" etc. Make a habit of this and people will tend to think your negative comments are even funnier because they'll see you as a nice person not a malicious person.
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explainlikeimfive/c75eg03
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13mep7
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How do laser thermometers work?
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When you turn on the stove and it gets hot, you see it turn orange. It turns out that all thing give off "light" when they get warm, just some of this light is invisible because our eyes can't see that wavelength. This is called radiation. The laser thermometers measure that "light" and calculate what the heat must be. I'm using "light" in quote marks because technically light that's outside the visible spectrum isn't called light. It's more generally called "electromagnetic radiation."
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AskReddit/dekujks
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5xu3wz
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Are houses expensive everywhere or just in the USA?
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Here in Australia we have spots 2 and 6 on the most expensive cities in the world. Behind Hong Kong at No 1 is Sydney at No 2 and Melbourne is No 6. The median house price in Sydney is $1,123,991 that is US 852,277. That is middle of the range house price out in the boondocks, not most expensive house, just your basic house. You Guys have it amazing in the US with your house prices.
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explainlikeimfive/e3kyyiu
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94h2oz
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Why doesn’t the US use/switch to the Metric System?
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It would be a gigantic hassle, basically. The laws are set up so that if a business or private entity wants to change, the government won't impede them. And in a lot of areas related to things like commerce and science, we do use the metric system. So while there are a lot of reasons like local politics, or how we really prefer to only make federal laws in really specific circumstances (mostly leaving states on their own to determine their policies) ultimately it would just be a gigantic hassle for everyone to switch over, since we already have a system in place and quite wide-spread.
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AskReddit/cu6y7wk
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3hfqyw
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If <insert presidential candidate> is elected, what's the worst that could happen?
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Bernie Sanders gets elected he reveals his true self as Colonel, THE Colonel Sanders shuts down medicinal marijuana stores to make more KFC testicular cancer in America goes down
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AskReddit/cqqmb4h
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342e6j
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What is the most terrifying sound you have ever heard?
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Some great answers so far. I have literally gotten chills from some of them. I guess I should share one of mine. Me, my son and his friend were all outside at my dad's. There is woods surrounding three sides and a field on the other. It was really dark outside. I was talking on the cell phone to my husband when all of a sudden I hear a blood curdling scream. It sounded like a woman being murdered or something. I thought it was my son and his friend playing some kind of trick on me until I see the both of them running as fast as they could across the field looking quite scared. We go in and I tell my dad, who tells us that it was more than likely a bobcat. There are several in the area and he said they can sound just like a woman screaming.
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AskHistorians/c7zqbzl
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16v65s
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What life like at night before the advent of electricity?
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You may go to sleep earlier, but you'd also wake up at dawn, so you'd be up earlier. In terms of candles, they were much more expensive than say electricity bills are today, only the richest could afford them. In rural areas there really wasn't any reason to be up past dark, because you were working much longer days, dawn till dusk and the like, it's only really in cities, with culture that the night became useful, either in terms of drinking, planning and further working, or in terms of crime. It's cities that really used the night, as much of the work was done inside and didn't need a huge amount of light, such as reading or simple meetings could be done in a sort of half light, obviously today we'd say it was straining our eyes, but before it wasn't necessary. Gas lighting later on was used frequently in cities, before electricity it was the main way of lighting cities at night, and this happened up till the late 18th Century, with later gas lights being self lighting. Inside lighting during the day wasn't especially used, in smaller towns or rural areas, you'd most likely be working outside, as a farmer or the like, cities usually had more open rooms, with more windows as to let in more natural light, skylights were much more difficult than you think as they would compromise the structural integrity, and nobody wants their roof falling in, whereas a wall falling in is more manageable. Night time was used for pagan rituals, or night time ceremony's, the moon especially was often linked to things like plant growth and the like, with Babylonian astrologers even placing more importance on the moon than the sun (due to it's apparent size). Isis too was worshipped at night, who was a fairly major goddess across Europe after the fall of the Roman empire. Other than that, night time was a time for criminals, as I've already said.
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AskHistorians/d01cms7
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45yepu
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Have scientists/doctors inadvertently learnt anything unexpected about nuclear technology (and the effects of radiation) from the likes of atomic bombings or nuclear meltdowns?
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The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the inadvertent contamination of the Marshallese with fallout, and accidents like Three Mile Island all present what scientists call "experiments of opportunity." They were not planned experiments, per se, but they did result in opportunities to study a lot of scientifically-interesting phenomena that is otherwise difficult to do (since experimenting with radiation on large populations is unethical). Basically all of our epidemiological information on the effects of radiation on human beings comes from a handful of these kinds of sources (another was data on uranium miners exposed to radon gas in the American southwest). There were other scientific discoveries in the wake of things like mushroom clouds. The element Einsteinium was first discovered as a byproduct of thermonuclear blasts. If you are asking, was anything discovered that totally changed our view of the universe? Not really. But most of science does not do that — it advances very incrementally. If you wanted to make a somewhat more extended argument, you could look at all of the science that was funded as a result of the nuclear complex. We know a lot about coral atolls because we tested nuclear weapons on them, and the Atomic Energy Commission wanted to know how the weapons affected the ecosystem. We know a lot about the ocean floor and other aspects of oceanography because it is relevant to submarine warfare. We know how to get the Moon in part because because we developed long-range rockets for delivering H-bombs. The Human Genome Project was initiated by the Department of Energy as part of a long-standing funding of genetics research that comes out of the initial question of the impact of radiation on populations. And so on. Is that a "silver lining" or just the flip-side of dual-use research and the military-industrial complex?
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AskReddit/e1co6el
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8u52zx
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Where do you never want to spend a week?
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It may be all of the Anthony Bourdain I've been binge watching, but I think there's probably some good to be found in a week just about anywhere. I mean we can take this to the extremes of "on death row" or whatever, but if we're talking "where would you turn down a free vacation to?" that list is pretty small. Case in point, I've spent my entire adult working life at 2 major corporations that for some odd reason have loved to send me to Detroit. When I got my first assignment to go there, I had visions of Robocop minus the cyborg good guy that might actually protect you. Having racked up several months worth of visiting there, it's a cool town with a very unique vibe, where you just need to exercise a little caution and common sense.
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AskReddit/deh0x3k
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5xcm4y
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How much power does the Libertarian party have?
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The American Libertarian party has in recent years gotten more support than any other 3rd party, in terms of popular vote in presidential elections. However they don't have anybody in the US Senate or House of Representatives and are unlikely to get any such seats in the near future. Their largest impact on national politics is if they draw votes away from the Democrat or Republican parties. If in any given state where the Democrat & Republican turnout is about equal they draw enough voters away from one party this will cause the other to win. It is customary to assume that Republicans will lose more of their base to the Libertarian party.
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AskReddit/czxldir
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45eg2x
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What changed your life?
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Being told my mom had chronic progressive multiple sclerosis. She went from a normal healthy person to the person she is today, bedridden and on hospice care. This process took decades. I turned to self medication to deal with the pain for a few years. I went from being a teenager to being a caretaker who changed chucks, tampons and diapers. I love my mama though, and I'd do anything for her.
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AskReddit/djwldq7
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6lu91h
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What are the best and worst things to do in the shower?
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i read deep in a shower thought thread about a guy who brings raw spaghetti into the shower and holds it and waits til it's al dente and eats it before washing. and i think that's the best thing to do in the shower. my wife and i do this a lot now and like to invite other couples over to have pasta showers with us. NO SAUCE.
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AskReddit/ca60grf
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1f1xm4
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What do you think about parents that prohibit cursing/swearing?
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As others have said it's her house and you should respect that. I think it's a good thing, I think I'll be fairly strict with my kids when it comes to swear words, although I use them a lot with friends. Growing up I'd get into trouble if my parents heard me swear, now I'm a 23 year old man my Dad's language is worse than mine and my Mum doesn't have a problem if I let slip the occasional swear word (like if I hurt myself or something). Because I grew up never (actually never) swearing around my parents; although I did a lot around friends, I find it very easy to switch between how I would speak with my male friends (lots of vulgarity) to how I would around family, most girls, co-workers etc.something that some of my friends have trouble doing.
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AskReddit/caaaraf
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1fhfz6
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What would be in your opinion the best U.S. city to move for an European, and why?
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Boston is one of the oldest cities in America (1630) and some of it still has a European feel, especially in terms of architecture. The people can be rude sometimes though, especially compared to cities south of DC.
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AskReddit/ek58jsv
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b9kxrc
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What is the weirdest/scariest thing that happened to you while trying to fall asleep?
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I was falling asleep when I saw a huge yellow and black spider slowly inch itself down to my face on a thread of silk hanging from the ceiling. I jumped out of bed so fast, only to calm down and realize that it's not possible that a spider would be that vibrant in the dark. It was only a hallucination.
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AskReddit/crqk4pu
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37x9xg
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What is the weirdest thing you have learned from your research on a school paper?
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Yeah It definitely made the school work feel more relevant to my life, in a weird out-of-left-field way. But yeah it was exciting and led me on to learn more about my family, which has been amusing and enlightening.
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AskReddit/d1253kc
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4aonkp
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What positive change are you making in your life?
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I have stopped drinking pop (haven't had a glass/can/bottle since january 22nd( and stopped eating fast food (haven't eaten fast food since january 22nd as well) and I've put myself on a really strict high protein diet and I drink a gallon of water a day. I also walk to and from work now (its only a mile each way) and I work out at the gym 5 nights a week for an hour and a half then Saturdays I do 30 minutes of cardio and Sunday I rest. Also making sure to read more, I try to read for a minimum of 30 minutes a day.
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explainlikeimfive/cqtya5l
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34el7h
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What are the financial dynamics that allow Pacquiao/Mayweather to make 100 mil for one fight, when the highest paid players in the most popular sport (NFL) take home 20 mil for the whole season?
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The simplest way I could think about it is like this. Your NFL team might generate 20 boxes of cookies over the course of a season, but the cookies in those boxes have to be split between 60+ players (roster and practice players) and a lot of staff members. There are also years in which the players can only take home a certain amount of cookies because of a cookie cap. This fight might only generate 10 boxes of cookies, but all of those cookies are being split between 2 people. There is also no cap to how many cookies they can take home with them. Nevada also has no cookie income tax, which means what they get more or less is what they can take home with them. Most other states have a cookie tax, so an NFL player does not get full value from their cookie contract. edit: I'm surprised so many people liked my explanation. Just keep in mind that there is obviously a lot more that goes into the finances of how much money (I mean cookies) they will take home, but I tried to keep it as simple as possible since that is what this reddit is designed for.
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AskReddit/dwwkve5
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8a7wge
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What is the weirdest or most suspicious thing you have caught a neighbour doing?
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Downstairs neighbors in my complex were constantly throwing away and getting new mattresses. Well I say new, but they weren’t really new - they were dumpster mattresses. It was the freaking weirdest thing. I would see them swap mattresses at least once a week. The only thing I could come up with that would possibly make sense was it being some kind of weird drug deal.
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AskReddit/c098h5r
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8gusc
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What is the deal with men in their 20s who would rather be on the computer/play video games than spend time with their attractive, intelligent, sexually charged girlfriends?
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If you're in your 20's, are attractive, smart and sexually charged, I'll be double damned if I'm going to help you fix your relationship with him! I want to get OURS started and on the right track. One quick thing though, seeing as how the attractive thing could be a matter of perspective and subject to personal taste, can I see a picture first?
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explainlikeimfive/c955l1i
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1bapgg
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Why does BitCoins have value?
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Why does any currency have value? Bitcoins have value because people are willing to pay for them (and of course, people are willing to pay for them because they have value). You have some companies dealing in bitcoins (i.e. selling and buying), and some places only accept bitcoins. Since some places accept it, there is a market for it. Since there is a market for it, it has value. Easy as that.
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explainlikeimfive/cz2kojc
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41ibvy
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Why are frozen foods so adamant that you not thaw and then refreeze?
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There are a small number of bacteria and bacterial spores in the food. If you keep them frozen, then won't be able to reproduce. When you cook them, you'll kill most of them off, and your immune system will handle the few that survive. But if you thaw them, they have enough time to reproduce a ton before you refreeze them. Then when you cook them, more will survive, and more will end up in your body. The quantity of bacteria you eat is a good predictor of whether you'll get sick.
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AskHistorians/dcpfefj
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5p4xaq
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Did soldiers really get spit on coming back from Vietnam?
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Generally speaking, the idea of Vietnam veterans being spit on is considered to be a myth. That's not to say that it never happened (that's next to impossible to prove), but most of the stories are undocumented, didn't lead to arrests or specific newspaper articles about the incident, happened to "a guy i knew's cousin", etc. While there was a lot of anger about Vietnam toward the end of the war, much of that was directed toward government officials (over things like the Tet Offensive and the bombings in Cambodia and Laos) rather than the soldiers themselves. Jerry Lembcke argues in The Spitting Image that these stories of protesters spitting on returning veterans were fueled by the Nixon administration as a way to de-legitimize the anti-war Left/youth movements, and to prevent a political alliance between anti-war protesters and the veterans themselves, many of whom were also disillusioned with the war and with the government. In general, Vietnam led to a lot of ideological battles over who was "to blame", whether it was actually a loss, etc., and the "spitting on soldiers" myth appears to be a major piece of that puzzle. Sources: Jerry Lembcke, The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Vietnam Also, see: Michael Allen, Until the Last Man Comes Home: POWs, MIAs and the Unending Vietnam War for more about Vietnam memory
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AskReddit/ds40hg6
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7nrfxn
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What’s your favorite food combo that everyone else thinks is disgusting?
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50% coke and 50% milk. Everyone who I have ever said this to thinks it is disgusting until I ask them if they like Ice Cream Floats (Ice cream and soda). Even after admitting to liking Ice Cream floats, about half still think replacing ice cream with milk is disgusting. Tip: pour the coke into the milk, not the other way around. If you pour milk into the coke, it fizzes over. If you pour coke into milk, then the bubbles get trapped inside the mixture creating a delicious creamy and surprisingly refreshing drink.
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AskReddit/dkzegi5
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6qr3cq
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What's the most unrealistic aspect of Star Trek?
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Single most unrealistic event I can think of: Voyager escaping a black hole through a crack in the event horizon. That's. nonsensical. The event horizon isn't a physical barrier that could conceivably have a crack, it's just the term given to the plane beyond which light can't escape. (FTL things actually could conceivably escape from inside an event horizon, but . not because of a crack!) Edit: apparently this is incorrect; see below! It's like saying "I got from South America to Canada without crossing the equator, because there was a hole in the equator." That said, that wasn't a particularly significant event to the overall plot. The most repeatedly significant Trek element that I had a problem with -- that I felt didn't fit very well in SciFi and is really more of a "Fantasy" thing -- is all the psychic stuff goin' on. Vulcan mind melds and such originally, but then even moreso with the Betazoids (Troi and Lwaxana). Like, there was a lot of stuff less realistic than the psychics, but I can't think of anything that had as great a combination of unrealistic-even-in-the-future and plot-relevent-quite-often.
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explainlikeimfive/ciqdxch
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2a0rhd
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What is the feeling that I experience when I go down a steep drop on a roller coaster?
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Essentially, you are feeling weightlessness. Your organs are not being kept in place by any force(gravity etc), so they basically float a bit (very small bit), but it is enough for your body to detect the change, and you feel "your stomach drop".
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explainlikeimfive/cft3ah1
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1zf3b4
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Why is my dog so happy to see me when I come home?
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Because to him, you are the world. You provide him with food, companionship and a home. He is happy to see you because it's activity and they are social animals. In the wild, they would live in packs, so being alone is strange for them, they are at their happiest when there are lots pack-mates. Hence why dogs go ballistic when there are lots of people.
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AskReddit/e595shr
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9c779k
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What’s the worst lyric ever written?
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Life by Des’ree has some gems. Life, oh life, oh life, oh life, Doo, doot doot dooo. Life, oh life, oh life, oh life, Doo, doot dooo I'm afraid of the dark, Especially when I'm in a park And there's no-one else around, Oh, I get the shivers I don't want to see a ghost, It's a sight that I fear most I'd rather have a piece of toast And watch the evening news Life, oh life, oh life, oh life, Doo, doot doot dooo. Life, oh life, oh life, oh life, Doo, doot dooo I'm a superstitious girl, I'm the worst in the world Never walk under ladders, I keep a rabbit's tail I'll take you up on a dare, Anytime, anywhere Name the place, I'll be there, Bungee jumping, I don't care! Life, oh life, oh life, oh life, Doo, doot doot dooo. Life, oh life, oh life, oh life, Doo, doot dooo Life, doo, doot dooo Doo, doot dooo So after all is said and done I know I'm not the only one Life indeed can be fun, if you really want to Sometimes living out your dreams, Ain't as easy as it seems You want to fly around the world, In a beautiful balloon Life, oh life, oh life, oh life, Doo, doot doot dooo. Life, oh life, oh life, oh life, Doo, doot dooo
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AskReddit/cvvnvl0
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3ob7ax
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What is your reoccurring dream?
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I have this reoccurring dream where I'm a kid again, living in a house that my family lived in for about two years. It starts out with my parents leaving to go to the grocery store and I'm being told to take care of my siblings. I agree and lock the door behind them, then we all sit in the living room to watch a movie together while we wait for our parents to come home. Then all of a sudden, there's two men in our backyard trying to break into our house and all of my siblings start crying, but I am frozen in place from fear. I go back to look at my sister and when I focus back on the two men, they have dog collars on and they are on all fours going through obstacles. After that, I wake up.
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AskReddit/e40drea
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96h4yt
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Why should we be Super educated in this modern era where every information just one click away?
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Has that really made people more informed? All kinds of information is a click away, including false facts. Being educated gives you the ability to question what you hear and seeing other sources to verify it's true. Also, a true sign of intelligence is being able to understand your weaknesses and admit when you realize you were misinformed.
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AskReddit/dh16ycl
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68tfht
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What is the dumbest question you have heard someone ask?
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"Are you from North Korea or South Korea?" - A girl to a South Korean intern I guess it's not the dumbest question I've ever heard, and it is definitely possible to meet people from North Korea, but the way the question was said made me die a little inside.
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AskReddit/e3p9081
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951fe2
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Why do policemen and soldiers always need to carry a weapon on duty?
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Because when you need it, you need it NOW. It’s not really practical to stop fighting with the suspect, go back to the car, open the trunk, get the weapon, load it, go back where you started and then pull the gun. As far as military, my understanding is they only carry in a combat zone where the bad guys are carrying too. If they’re at a quiet, calm military base back home, there’s no reason to carry constantly.
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explainlikeimfive/ckeifm0
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2g0npg
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Why do toasters have ridiculously high settings?
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Its usually for toasting this that are frozen or not completely cooked, first you need to defrost, then begin the toasting process. Like when i make eggo waffles, on my toaster i put it second to the highest heat setting and it makes them perfect.
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explainlikeimfive/e0rkg1y
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8rih4e
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What causes hyperactivity in ADHD?
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Well, its all about where in the brain you're talking about. Low dopamine in one area might cause depression and apathy, but low dopamine in another area is seen in Parkinson's. Dopamine modulates things, its not strictly "increase" or "decrease" but both, and it depends on what's targeting. Our understanding in the brain is pretty rudimentary at the higher levels, and its not so simple that we can completely narrow down what's going on. But the hyperactivity we're seeing isn't the same as hyperactivity that's more "physiological" like hyperkinesia. It looks like its "higher up". Executive control is an important part of everyday life. It's done by prefrontal cortex (in many models) which is the very front part of your brain. It connects with other areas, which have to do with cognitive function and motivation (like ventral tegmental area). It basically acts like your mum when you were 6. It tells you to not do certain things and inhibits parts of your brain to do that. In ADHD, people usually have problems with executive function. Because of this, they can't suppress urges that stop them from doing things that they need to do. And that leads to poor focus. But it also leads to the hyperactivity, because normally these urges to move around are suppressed by executive control. Removing that suppression means you get a lot fidgety behaviour that the person feels as an urge.
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AskReddit/e9e07dj
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9vp1bm
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What's the craziest thing you've seen at a bowling alley?
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An old dude (65-80 yrs) with his own tye-dye-looking bowling ball constantly getting near-perfect games. It sounded like the pins shattered when he bowled.
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AskReddit/d7tcny9
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53h6lr
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What's the strangest page you've found yourself on after a trip down the Wikipedia rabbit hole?
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Can't link as on mobile. A few weeks ago I found myself reading the entry on 'toast sandwich' at about 3am. Can't remember how I got there, but a few paragraphs in I realised that if I'd gone this far then it was probably time for bed.
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AskReddit/c0m395d
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bco94
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Why do a lot of women from the ages of 18-24 want to get married/have kids so bad?
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18-24 is prime child-bearing age. Millions of years of evolution have tuned their brains to want to reproduce in this time frame.
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AskReddit/es7p33b
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c6c77d
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What are warning signs that you should watch out for at a tattoo shop?
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You look through pictures of their artwork and they suck. The prices are low. You get what you pay for at a tattoo shop. They don't use new needles - like you need to watch them open up a new one. And they don't wear gloves. They don't seem too concerned about listening to exactly what you want. They want to free hand it (there are some good ones but you need to see people with good stats from them and have people recommend them. It's really important that they do the stencil so you see exactly what it's going to look like and the placement. You're drunk and they don't care. They don't offer a free touch up or 2. It just doesn't look sterile in there. You get any sort of bad vibe. Best if you ask around and get good recommendations from people who have good looking tattoos - in the style you want.
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explainlikeimfive/eubj4nt
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cfpalb
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Why do goats have horizontal pupils?
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Wider field of view, I believe. It's like how predators have vertical pupils, it narrows the light coming in so they don't get distracted as bad since their periphery vision is so small. Goats are the opposite, and having wide set, wide pupil eyes means they have a maximized horizontal field of vision, which means they can best see if a predator is sneaking up on them from any angle.
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AskReddit/drb7add
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7k36c0
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What was your school’s cafeteria food like?
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If you mean high school it was kind of crappy like most American high school cafeteria food. They'd have stuff like chicken or sandwiches or pizza with those smiley fries that sit there taunting you
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AskReddit/eb17x9l
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a2ttfx
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Do people hear when my stomach is growling or my throat making weird sounds?
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If it’s loud enough, Once my stomach made this really weird noise and it sounded like a fart and everyone turned round to stare at me, They didn’t believe me when I told them it was my stomach, I wanted to throw myself out the window after that
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AskReddit/dhkkw9y
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6b7xbv
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What are some things that scared you as a kid, from supposedly child-oriented stuff like cartoons, movies and games?
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Not scared. but made me extremely sad When the bear in the big blue house would sing "goodbye good bye good friends good bye" I would literally start crying cause I was so depressed that he was leaving
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AskReddit/e0n2yua
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8qykr2
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What was the most common insult you got as a kid?
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It's not a specific insult, but kids made fun of me for not being good at math. I'm now a senior engineering student with a decent GPA, so I'm quite proud of myself.
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AskReddit/cbdstsu
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1jea72
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What is the most insensitive thing you've ever heard?
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Somewhere in a past thread someone said they heard a 5 year old call their mom a "glassy eyed slack-jawed troglodyte". Easily one of the best/worst insults I've ever heard of.
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AskReddit/clagrhl
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2jc5ku
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Have you ever started repeating an annoying saying or phrase so much you accidentally adopted it into your vocabulary?
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I went to college in California. My friends and I started saying "hella" jokingly, and it slowly changed to just saying hella as part of our vocabulary. The one remnant of the joke is that I still use it incorrectly sometimes, like saying "that movie was so hella." This really annoys my wife who is a native Californian.
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AskReddit/eqcxk9r
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by5ifx
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What is the dumbest thing you've ever heard someone say to you?
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The dialogue went like this; Me: "So if you're a Christian, where do you get your moral barometer from?" Her: "I get my entire moral beliefs from the holy bible" Me: "So you've read the bible from front to back?" Her: "I've never read the bible myself"
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AskReddit/ewg3n23
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co5vns
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What is your lame claim to fame?
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I think I have the world highscore for the flick kick football app. I once scored 863. once you get passed about 200 it gets pretty easy to keep going. I did it one family Christmas and looked up high scores online. couldn't find any to beat it? Presuming someone has but I can't find it so I am claiming the fame.
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AskReddit/c0d8bmd
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9l8ex
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What is the most profound thing your parents taught you?
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If you'll pardon the religious reference, they taught me the meaning of, "There but for the grace of god go I." This taught me to have compassion on others. Nothing in this life is certain, nothing is promised for tomorrow, even tomorrow itself. Life is too short to look at others and see their faults and shortcomings, as I may be in their position tomorrow. I don't know if that made sense or not.
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AskReddit/e3q3ptt
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9557zz
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What do movies and TV shows get wrong about dating, marriage, and raising kids?
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(Hereditary SPOILER) Raising kids: The love is unreal. It’s unexplainable. It’s heartbreaking. I don’t think it’s possible to understand unless you’ve experienced it. The closest depiction of that kind of love I’ve ever seen is in Hereditary when the mom finds the daughter dead in the car and is wrenching in pain.
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AskReddit/dq3qs8v
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7e8lg1
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What are some recent interesting projects that fall in the same category such as The Philadelphia Experiment, The Montauk Project, or MK Ultra?
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Not very recent, but probably the most well known experiment in psychology, the Stanford Prison experiment. A Stanford researcher took a bunch of volunteers, split them into prisoners and guards, and put everyone in a makeshift prison in the basement of the research lab. The experiment was supposed to last several weeks, they had to stop after six days. Gave us a lot of insight into how authority affects us, both the people with authority and the people under them
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AskHistorians/cizt9ve
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2axlsg
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How useful is "Oral History"?
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I imagine you could plausibly conduct your research without doing oral history work, depending of course on what angle you intend to take with the project. A top-down focus on policy or global economic shifts would be much less likely to benefit from oral history work than a project done from the bottom-up. That being said, that Taylor quote is absolute nonsense. What it suggests to me is the way in which Western-trained historians sometimes tend to fetishize the written word. Yes, oral history interviews need to be contextualized, corroborated, and verified. But if you're not doing the very same thing with your written sources, you're doing it wrong. Oral history interviews can not only shed a different light on your project -- depending of course on the nature of the event and source material -- but collecting those interviews can be a profoundly empowering experience for you as the historian. After having spent some six months squirreled away in an archive, it was a thrill and a relief to start doing oral history interviews. I no longer have to wait for the sources to come around to my topic -- now I can ask outright. Now, there is some valuable recent work on the nature of historical memory, and it's certainly worthwhile to be familiar with the potential pitfalls in actors reframing narratives about themselves. But to my mind that still falls within the realm of reading any source critically -- and it's certainly no reason to avoid collecting oral histories altogether. If you think it would be worth your time and contribute to the project, do it. But if it's not necessary, don't feel guilty about skipping the interviews this time.
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AskReddit/d8unt6x
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57t1zv
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What is the absolute best game you've played for PS4?
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The Last of Us Remastered. I've not played a single player game for more than 3-4 hours in the last 15 years, and TLOU is the only game that has managed to change that. Completed it all over a 2 day binge. What a great story.
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askscience/c58ih3c
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vxk0j
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Will Fish evolve to not bite hooks?
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Obviously the fish doesn't think it is a hook (/bait) but an insect, small fish or whatever (depending on the species). For fish to evolve to avoid biting hooks they must be able to distinguish between the bait and a real/normal source of food and/or have an alternative food source (avoiding the bait-like-looking food) (and possibly) a large enough portion of the fish must be caught in order to have sufficient evolutionary pressure (or the fish is simply fitter because of other genetic reasons).
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AskReddit/cdra9ca
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1ru42q
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What is the most inappropriate thing one could shout at climax?
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My ex told me a story I don't think I can forget. We were 16/17 at the time (me being 17) and she said her friends a grade or two lower were playing truth or dare and the boyfriend in the story picked truth, and the girlfriend asked him "what's one thing you don't like about me?" "You have terrible grammar when you climax." Doesn't entirely fit the thread, but wanted to share.
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explainlikeimfive/ct99l29
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3dwbud
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Is it dangerous to take a bath in an electrical shower during a storm?
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Not anymore than any other shower. If there is a lightning strike you are more likely to be shocked by the standing water in the shower than from the overhead unit. Water droplets are just not going to pass the shock to you. Lightning basically jumps from point to point. With water droplets those points are spread out and do not offer a good path for the lightning. The water in your drain and on the bottom of the bath though is all pooled together and offers a great path for the lightning to travel.
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AskReddit/d67jcoh
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4wjq9e
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What is one small, easy thing you can do everyday, that will ultimately make your life better?
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When out in public, do random kind things for strangers. Simply opening a door, saying thank you, making small talk, or even just smiling at a stranger can make their faces light up with joy. You never know how or who you're helping, and overall it'll make you feel like a much better person. Also, fapping is fun
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AskReddit/dmzu8c3
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702hrq
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If curiosity kills cats, what kills humans?
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Curiosity only kills white people. Didn't you ever watch "Comic View" on BET? White people always be like *nerdy voice* "Did you hear that Jessica? It sounded like a hungry grizzly bear. We'd better go check it out."
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AskHistorians/d0iozbh
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489yvk
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When and how was February 29th accepted internationally as leap day?
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The ancient Romans originally had ten months, the forerunners of March - December. (this is the reason the later months have names which correspond to latin numbers two less than you would expect). Originally the season of Winter was outside the calendar, its days were undated, but eventually January and February were invented to allow all days to have a calendar date. There was now a problem, however. Remember that a Month lasts around the time it takes for a Moon to turn full then turn dark again. However, it does not do this an exact number of times during the year. So some years, on an ad-hoc basis, they would end February a few days early and have a whole new month called Intercalaris in their place. March would then follow Intercalaris. A problem was that there was no set mathematical system for deciding this, instead a religious official would make the decision. Now, imagine this was happening today and the official was a Republican while the current leader was a Democrat. Since they'd want to keep the leader's term as short as possible, the temptation is to decide not to add the Intercalaris month. Now imagine both the official and the President are Democrats. The temptation would be to add the Intercalaris to keep him in power longer. When Julius Caesar took power, he shook quite a few things up. One of them was to end the idea that a Month correspond exactly to the lunar cycle. Instead of adding a whole month after February (which, remember, is the twelfth month if you start counting from March), he simply lengthened a festival towards the end of February by one day, every four years. Technically, the day he added was the 24th day of February, not the 29th, but in modern times we only think about the numbers rather than the ancient Roman festivals. Technically they made an error and added the leap day every three years instead of every four, they realised their mistake after about a generation and corrected it. This calendar was the Calendar of the Roman Empire, so as the Romans spread across Europe it was introduced to places that previously had no calendar. When the Roman Empire fell, the calendar remained among its former subjects.
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AskReddit/ee90pgr
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agtv46
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Who is the coolest person you have ever met?
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Shaq. I met him when he was on the Live with Kelly and Ryan show a few months back. He was there filming his segment and when he got finished, he was kinda hanging around. My family was on the front row. I guess he saw me or something, but he motioned for me to get up and stand next to him. He was really chill and really tall.
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AskReddit/eqerzwj
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by8b46
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If I sail to Antarctica and decide to set up a town, who’s going to stop me?
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Well, I suppose if you have your mind set on it, no one is going to stop you per se. You might have trouble passing through some local waters, but you may be able to stay in international waters undetected. Perhaps. Nonetheless, I'd think that your own common sense and logic would stop you. First of all, I suppose if you want to set up a town, you might. But who's going to join you? I assure you I won't. You're going to need a lot of people to keep your town running, good luck getting volunteers. What are you going to do about food? That's probably the biggest one there. It's too cold to grow anything there, you'll starve to death before too long. There's a lot of other things you haven't thought of. What about heat/electricity? Utilities? Transportation? Medical care? Basic infrastructure? You might want to think this one through, very thoughtfully, before you go any further.
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AskReddit/ehu0htm
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axk4hy
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Why are people religious?
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Not religious myself but go to a youth group. There's a girl there with a pretty messed up childhood by the sound of it. I think believing someone is watching over helps them. For example they'll pray for something to hope it comes through and when it does they feel like someone has their back. Bassicaly a reassurance for people.
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AskReddit/cimgnlb
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29mumm
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What unusual crime can you commit with a pinky?
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Sexual assault, paedophilia, necrophilia, zoophilia, theft (rings), vandalism, possibly murder, insurance fraud (if it's not yours). The question is, what crime can't you commit with your pinky if you put your mind to it.
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AskReddit/cnojppl
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2sdwrp
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What is the most brutal car accident you've ever been involved in or saw in person?
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I once saw a car accident where a car flipped throwing a man out of the window, just the impact of his head breaking through the window broke his neck, and his body landed right next to his upside down car, it was so ridiculous I had to rewind it just to watch it again
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AskReddit/d1bh61p
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4bqfye
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What is a hobby that you were really big into, but have completely stopped, and why?
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World of Warcraft. I used to play six or more hours every day after high school with friends. We all eventually went to college and got too busy to play or too poor to afford it. Eventually we stopped. It's just not as much fun playing alone.
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AskReddit/ecnau14
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a9xspv
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What do you judge people for most often?
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Washing their hands after using the bathroom, especially if they are a guest. I’m at the point where I will call people out on it if it’s not in a public restroom. I still judge the public restroom people though.
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AskReddit/d5asnl3
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4so5z0
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What are some ways to cope with a parent having a mental illness?
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Setting clear boundaries. I've struggled with my mother my entire life. No matter what I did to try and help her, she always goes back to her old ways. She was never a truly good mother, there were some highs but mostly she's like a child to me and it's hard. Talk therapy REALLY helped me come to terms with her problems and that I can't fix her. Therapy also helped me accept that taking steps to protect myself (boundaries, set rules, not letting myself be walked over or taken advantage of) is not selfish. It's still hard to be honest with her when I need to go no contact for awhile, but treating her like a child by the rewards and punishments system works. When she's respectful and nice, we talk. When she starts lying and being mean, we don't. Tl;dr: talk therapy and boundaries. I can't stress these enough.
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AskHistorians/cdxtag5
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1shxws
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How well/unwell developed was Dakota during the American Civil War?
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You've got two big misconceptions to start off with: Firstly, the Confederate States were less industrialized, and somewhat less densely populated than their Northern counterparts, but they were not in any meaningful sense less "civilized" (whatever that much misused word means) or more lawless; and I'm not at all clear what it would mean for them to be more or less "European". Secondly, the western part of the country (except for California and Oregon, which were staunch Union states, although their distance and low populations prevented them from playing a major role in the conflict) was not in any sense "neutral states", first and foremost because they were not states! The territory that the US had acquired from Mexico, France and Britain over the course of the first half of the 19th century had been almost empty of European settlement. Those areas that did have significant European settlement were formed into states, and the remainder formed into territories under the jurisdiction of the federal government. So the territories were firmly in Union hands (to the extent that they were in anyone's hands), except for certain border areas in modern New Mexico and Arizona that were raided by small Confederate forces. So to answer your question, the Dakota Territory was not at all well developed. There were a small smattering of forts and trading posts, but precious little that you could call a town, much less a city before the 1850s. It was so undeveloped, that the federal government didn't even bother to establish an administrative structure for it until March, 1861, right as the Civil War was starting, and when they did, the capital of the territory was a town that had only been founded two years before.
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AskReddit/cm3lr4l
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2mf1w5
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What's the weirdest idiosyncrasy or peculiarity that you find really attractive in other people?
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I find women who don't shave their legs/pits attractive. Not because I find it aesthetically more pleasing or that it feels better, but because I think having the oves to reject such a standard (and kinda silly, ISTM) expectation is sexy.
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AskReddit/cbhz38f
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1jsy2v
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What excuse can I make up for not answering two important calls from the same person in one day?
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The thing to remember about phone calls is that they are not a summons, they are a request for an audience. That ringing phone means "may I please talk to you?" You don't have to answer. So you didn't answer the phone. That's your prerogative. Call her back, say "I'm sorry I missed your calls," and leave it at that. Excuses make you sound like you did something wrong, and you didn't.
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AskReddit/e1f3w9m
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8ufsc1
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Why don’t people in high cost of living areas move to lower cost of living areas?
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Family, friends, roots. I personally have moved to a high cost of living to a low cost of living (California to Virginia) and HATED it. It’s so worth the expense to live somewhere where you don’t have to drive 45 min to the nearest movie theater or grocery stores
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AskReddit/cagis74
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1g41cx
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What is your biggest life goal?
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My life goal is to finish up my 20 years in the Navy, go to golf college and, eventually, be a Head Pro at a nice golf course with my small house nearby. I've already checked most things off my "to do" list.
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AskReddit/c92y1p8
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1b2fbt
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What lie have you told to cover up a dumb thing you did that made you look dumber?
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I was 13, playing Halo 2 Vista, I wasn't doing pretty good so the rage swelled up in my insides. I lost control and repeatedly began (and rapidly) to punch the computer screen until I saw a big red starburst crack. I told my parents I used a rock to kill bugs that were landing on my screen (which I would occasionally do) My dad thought I was retarded
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AskReddit/ct42cj1
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3ddhrg
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What TV shows were you absolute favorite at the beginning season and then went down hill like by a 90 degree?
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30 Rock. It was my favourite show for the first 4 (maybe 5) seasons. Then, episode by episode I continued watching and resenting it for no longer being the thing that I once loved. Same goes for Community.
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AskReddit/c73sj6k
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13goac
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What are the stories behind your scars ?
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The one on my forehead is from hitting a marble coffee table when I was 4. The one on my wrist is from me putting my hand threw a glass door at age 7. The one on my lip is from my dog's claw going through my lip at age 19. The one on my stomach is from my child at age 22. I also have multiple scars on my scalp covered by my hair from breaking an antique light cover, and the glass going into my scalp.
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askscience/c6hkrfo
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10xuee
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How can you calculate sea level rise from a given melt rate of glaciers?
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Well it can't be that hard to work out. The water would form a spherical 'shell' of water in the areas of the earth that are covered in water. Volume of a sphere = (4/3)pi *r^3. Imagine there are two concentric spheres of water, one with unknown radius, and the other with radius defined by current sea level to distance of the centre of the earth. Subtract one volume from another - now you have an equation that defines a hollow sphere with undefined thickness. Multiply that by the area of land which is sea covered, and you have an equation linking the increased volume of the sea by an undefined thickness. Mass is related to volume by density=mass/volume Combine these equations to get one in terms of the undefined quantity - the added thickness of water, and you will get your answer. (Assumptions - the earth is a sphere; the density of water is constant around the earth; that water would be spread out uniformly).
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explainlikeimfive/ctspw5g
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3fx0jq
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Why don't we point our high powered space telescopes at North Korea's prison camps and get footage of the horrible things that go on so they no longer can deny it?
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Our space based telescopes are not good enough at resolving images on the ground to actually be useful for that. It would be hard to do and probably not be the most efficient way to get that footage. Regardless, the other issue is that everyone already knows and doesn't care that they're falsely denying human rights abuse allegations. Publicizing (further) proof of that wouldn't change much.
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AskReddit/cikbqgb
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29ezdd
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What makes your job fun?
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Seeing a good person/family take home a cat that's been here forever/special needs/senior or just generally having any quality that makes it not as popular. Nobody ever seems to want to listen to me when I tell them that this adult cat is the sweetest thing and and just because he has one eye doesn't make him ruined, plus he will be a lot easier to handle than the kitten with no distinct personality yet who will most definitely destroy everything you own and is not even old enough to be out of danger from catching the diseases that kittens are most susceptible too
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explainlikeimfive/c8iewv6
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18vrg9
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In Islamic countries, how are women who wear a face veil identified for official purposes?
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As I live in an arabic country, I can tell you, that on their passport, or official ID card, women have a picture of their face. This is taken by a female photographer. At official purposes (such as imigration on the airport) they lift it just enough that the officer can check and the camera can scan the face.
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AskReddit/cm5iuq8
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2mm08b
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Why are we prescribed medication which has the possibility to make the situation worse?
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Every decision a physician makes is (should be) based on a risk / benefit basis. Any medication could cause unwanted side effects. Just because a symptom is a reported possibility doesn't make it a likely possibility for the majority of users. Drug companies are required to disclose the results of studies that indicated increased risks of certain things, but it doesn't mean the drug is bad. If the risk of side effects outweigh the expected benefit, the drug is a bad choice. For most people, it doesn't work out that way.
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explainlikeimfive/dhseohh
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6c6tz7
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Why are there so many sub-genres of heavy metal?
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Imagine metal as a house. Metal Haus. This is where all metal lives. Doesn't matter what genre. In the main room you have your radio friendly and more public metal. This living room is where you are connected to the rest of Metal Haus. Go this way a bit and you see brighter colors and hear faster music.cocaine is smeared on the walls and underwear is lying on the ground next to a denim jacket. A sign above a door is hair metal, next to it Glam metal, Speed metal, and so on. They're all friends but they're different. They hang out from time to time and go to the living room to hang out but they live away from everyone else. Go in the opposite direction and things get darker and slower. This is feels like mud. A sign scratched into a door says Doom metal, and next to those rooms are Sludge metal, Doom and Gloom, and more. They smoke a lot of pot and post on Reddit. They go all over the place but like the other faster metals, they like to mingle but largely stay together. Now imagine hallways in Metal Haus reaching out to all of these other genres and having their own hallways and rooms. Sometimes hallways connect like Black Metal and Doom Metal but are still in their own areas, like a secret passage. If you want to pigeonhole yourself you can, and you can hop genres, but you won't get a lot of support if you don't stay until that hallway because the living room is also where all the genres meet and argue who should or should not be allowed in Metal Haus, like KoRn and the nümetal crowd. So listening to one genre gives me other chances to find other music. I LOVE Type O Negative and was listening to them on Spotify when On A Pale Horse came up on discovery. Not the same genre but close enough that I liked it a lot. Never heard them before but since I was in that "hallway" I got to hear it. Hopefully that makes some sense.
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AskReddit/ej9rcif
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b4xgqe
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How did you get over a failed relationship when you felt that you loved the person more than the air that you breath?
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2 year relationship ended with “I tried really hard to love you but I just couldn’t anymore”, still, there’s no remorse or anger for him in me. I just got the entire floor swiped from underneath me. Saving this post for advice.
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AskReddit/e2zt1a5
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91ob80
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What is the craziest thing you’ve seen/heard a college professor say/do?
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Not thaaaat crazy but I always found it entertaining. In journalism school the professor who taught ethics had a reputation for sleeping with students. This was the cause of two divorces for him. His third wife was a former student 24 years younger than him.
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AskReddit/cuvov5t
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3k98pi
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What is the best prize you have won?
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A "lifetime supply" of Grave Dirt in middle school. Every Friday the culinary kids made those pudding, whipped cream, crushed oreo, gummy worm parfaits and sold them for a buck or two each, and I won a contest (as in bought one and found the winning spoon) and got them free for the school year. Used to give them away as a gift to cute girls. Everybody loved Grave Dirt, it was an obsession.
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AskReddit/de74l9p
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5w45qt
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When a journalist cites a source as anonymous, how do we know they're not making it up?
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Journalist here. If a journalist has a source that wants to remain anonymous you have to present your case to your editors as to why you should be able to quote them anonymously. It is not ideal and avoided in most circumstances, but when a story has an anonymous source then it likely means the news outlet weighed all of its options, vetted the source and had many discussions in the newsroom before publishing/broadcasting. I've never been allowed to use a quote from an anonymous source in my career.
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AskReddit/cgquw5y
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22vs6k
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What is the creepiest phone call you've ever received?
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Call I accidentally made instead of call I received, but here goes. When I was younger I had one of those stupid landline headset phones that were marketed towards kids. It had a little switch wheel on the side that let you either increase the pitch of your voice or decrease it. One evening I was calling one of my friends and their mom picked up. I didn't realize the switch was all the way 'low' and so she heard a very deep voice ask if her 12-year-old daughter was home.
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AskReddit/cu8yf1y
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3hnovx
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What is something that you waste way too much brain power on?
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I waste too much brain power worrying about people hating me or things going wrong, basically just spending it all on anxiety and not enough on appreciating things or taking care of myself.
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explainlikeimfive/djub99p
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6lite8
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Why did the Grenfell tower not fall like the WTC?
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Grenfell tower was a typical British tower block, basically a big ugly slab of concrete. The core of those towers are a concrete lift shaft which is also a large portion of the strength of the building. They were not designed to be beautiful, or to be engineering achievements, they were built to be cheap easy housing for large numbers of poorer people built by semi skilled labor. The WTC on the other hand was a framed tube construction, much of the strength came from the outer walls. It was also designed to push the limits of engineering and to be a design statement of look how much bigger and better we can build than anyone else. With Grenfell and the other UK housing estates they would just build a thicker wall rather than work out precisely how thick it needs to be. With the WTC they took great pains to cut as much excess as possible.
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AskReddit/cueptio
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3iaei1
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What song will you always hear at a wedding?
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Cha cha slide. Cupid shuffle. The wobble. Love shack. At last. We are family. Shake it off. Thinking out loud. Blurred lines. Billie Jean. Everybody, Bye bye bye, Wannabe, save a horse ride a cowboy, country girl, aint no mountain high enough, i want you back, i can't help myself, respect. I DJ alot of weddings. This is just some of what you'll hear at almost any wedding
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explainlikeimfive/cbfgj5r
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1jjf2b
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Why do people have stutters?
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Speaking, like all physical actions, requires practice and skill, and there's a minority of people who can't get it right after passing the threshold of early childhood. I was injured in my teenage years, for example, and couldn't speak properly for a time, and I developed stuttering as a result, and it took five years of practice to get rid of it.
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AskReddit/cnhnhh4
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2rnqxn
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If you suddenly discovered you had only 5 hours left to live, what would be the first thing you would do?
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Call my family since they are over 7 hours away. Message a few friends. Order some delicious food and have a few beers. and update my picture on facebook, I think it's about 5 years old.
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