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Ask_Politics/ds3zjwn
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7nrksv
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Can the President of the United States legally launch a nuclear strike, or take any other kind of military action, without congressional approval?
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Yes, the President could launch military action without congressional approval. Google "War Powers Resolution" Officially he can't sustain it past 60 days (or really 90 days) without some congressional authorization / war declaration. However, the act may be unconstitutional and so Congress is unlikely to challenge it unless that use of military is extremely unpopular.
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AskReddit/eff58ac
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allsfr
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What did you find out about a coworker that made you look at them completely differently?
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Manager at a now out if business pizza place I worked at. Always thought he was super rad, had stretched ears and tons of tattoos, wore a beanie to work etc. so I just thought he was a laid back dude like most of my pals with a similar demeanor. He'd let the closing crew pop over to the liquor store next door and bring back drinks while they cleaned up shop, after the lobby closed. Four Lokos and rum, they'd get lit asf. But shortly after they went out of business I learned that he was stealing most of the money from the register every night. He'd ring someone up for their food, get the total after tax, then once he had the money in hand he'd cancel the order and pocket the money. Right before they shut down we got yelled at a lot for using too much of any ingredient, especially cheese. The head manager was angry and confused at the missing ingredients and negative profit margin. It all made sense once it came to light.
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AskReddit/dnvxpj2
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746fop
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What is the worst way to die?
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Having read 1984 and given that the governments of the world are probably reading this I think I have to say that the worst way to die would be quietly in your bed after many years of being forced to live in a penthouse, forced to eat a diet of pizza, sushi and craft beer surrounded by many beautiful and promiscuous women. Every day I would have to endure the torture of playing video games and watching Netflix. that would be the absolute WORST thing. please don't ever do that.
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AskReddit/clsirfz
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2l8v58
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What's the weirdest thing that has happened to you as a kid?
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I have really amazingly clear memories of visiting this area near a river when I was a child, probably 7 or so. I have the sense that I was there with family, but they weren't around me at the time. It was beautiful, all kinds of greenery, birds chirping in the trees, long silky grasses brushing against my legs, there was a warm breeze in the air. It was majestic, I have never felt so at peace. The problem is that years later as an adult, I have gone back to the river in the town where I grew up and I have not been able to find this place. There is only one river in this town and I clearly remember the way to this area, but having gone back and looked around, it does not exist. Sometimes I wonder if I had some kind of Alice in Wonderland type moment and fell asleep in a park and dreamed of it, but I vividly remember it as having actually happened. Maybe things just look cooler or more intense when we are young? Either way, it is a beautiful memory and I think of that moment when I feel stressed out and need to chill out.
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AskReddit/cqlpkcv
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33k8or
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What would life be like if every inanimate object had a 1 in a 100,000 chance of turning into a different random object when touched by a human?
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Nearly impossible. Try to count how many individual objects you touch every single day (like. your keyboard letters), as an individual, then multiply by 7 billion, then divide by your 100k. Everything would be everything else in short order.
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AskReddit/c7h4o34
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14wsc9
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What restaurants should I visit in your town?
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Sofa-King Juicy Burgers (Chattanooga, TN). Not actually open yet, but not too long form now I think. The guys who are opening the place have owned several fun restaurants before that had good food!
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AskReddit/ceeatlv
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1u42nb
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What is your favorite & least favorite Final Fantasy?
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My favorite is easily IX, just the combination of classic fantasy and, in my opinion, the best cast of characters, makes it hard to beat. I think 8 is my least favorite, sadly. Its not even the junction system or anything gameplay related, I just don't really like Squall, the story is alright, but its the one I never get really into. I haven't played any of the online ones, and I'm assuming you mean main titles, not including Tactics, which is up there, too.
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AskReddit/dio4uy8
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6g7s3i
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What is one thing a friend said/did that changed your life?
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I once ran away for an hour or two after a fight with my mom. When I came back, she told me she would never chase after me. That really hit 12 year old me. The idea no one would try to get me back if I left. I mean if your mom says she won't, then why would anyone else? It completely changed my faith in people. It definitely lowered my self-worth, and made me more cynical of others. I was being a stupid kid, and I know she was trying get me to not seek attention, but it had long term effects on how I see my relationships with people.
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AskReddit/elizbzt
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bg7t6l
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What's the deal with the female leg gap?
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Some people find it attractive, some don't. But a good amount of females see it as a positive body attribute and more appealing. Having a thigh gap can also be because of having wide hips, which again, is found as attractive. For me personally, they freak me out, but its all about perception I guess.
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AskReddit/c0kg1j1
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b1b3o
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Is anybody else worried about how desensitized to fire alarms they've become?
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Yes, my employer insists on testing the fire alarm every Monday morning at about 9:30am when I'm still half asleep. I have learnt to ignore it and continue about my business. It's quite funny - the one time the alarm went off for real everyone just sort of sat around looking at each other trying to work out if it was real or just another test.
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AskReddit/cdkk7k0
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1r88by
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What's the scariest thing to happen in the most unexpected place?
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Two nights ago I was coming home from work, walking up my apartment steps to my floor and this kid who lives above me is running down the stairs with a knife in his hands. I thought he was going to stab me by mistake. When I got into my apartment I heard screaming outside. The guy was trying to stab another guy. Scary thing is I live in a good neighbourhood. Nothing like that happens in my area of town.
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askscience/d5ts80s
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4ux7av
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Does voting third party necessarily make a bigger percentage difference in an election?
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I'm not sure what you mean. It makes a bigger proportional change in the number of votes the third party gets. That would cause second-order effects, but those are complicated and hard to predict. What it won't do is cause the third party to win. If there's a million people voting for two parties, the chances of a tie are order of one-in-a-million. Your vote almost certainly doesn't matter, but if it does it will affect a million people, and the scale will make up for the low chance of winning. But if there's a third party that only gets a small fraction of the votes, the chances of them winning are astronomical, and the effects are only slightly larger. All that being said, the US has a crazy voting system, and if you're not in a swing state the chances of your vote changing the election are astronomical regardless. The only way your state will have a tie is if the election is a landslide, and your state's vote isn't important anyway. In that case, the second order effects are all that matter, so you might as well vote for a third party.
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AskReddit/evbm2gk
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cj7l73
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What are some under rated video games that deserve a chance?
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I feel like both No Man's Sky and Star Wars Battlefront 2 got written off entirely after their respective launches. However both games have changed so much that if you were to compare it to their launch state it'd be unrecognizable. However, because of their poor launches (I actually didn't mind day 1 Battlefront 2, but that doesn't matter) some people will not give either game the second chance they arguably deserve.
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AskHistorians/dw6r50j
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86orur
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Why did Chinese men in the United States in the 1800s continue to wear their queues despite being far from the eyes of the Qing?
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First, they were not far from the eyes of the Qing. Second, the vast majority of Chinese labourers in the United States, and that's what most Chinese there at the time were, were not immigrants. They were migrant workers. The majority would go to the US for a year or more, but then return to the Pearl River Delta after that. Also, even if they were far from the Qing Court's influence/judgement at the time they were in the US (they werent), that was generally temporary, and for those who did end up staying, it was not usually the intention at the start of their journey. As those who stayed had children people slowly assimilated to a greater degree, as happens in most diaspora communities. But for the generation born in China, return was the norm, not the exception. As to why it's not the case that they were far form the eyes of the Qing: Throughout places like San Francisco and really any city in the world that has something like a Chinatown, there are what welfare associations, most often based on town of origin. These are everywhere. If you live in a city with a Chinatown, you can walk down whatever main street runs through it and you'll see signs consisting of a few Chinese characters, often ending with 會館 or 同鄉會 or just 會. The characters which precede that are generally place names in China. In other places, associations were based on trade. In others they were more general. These are small scale, but in some places, California being the typical example, such associations merged. So in SF's history you hear about the Six Companies, or the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. These are two names for the same thing, which is a merger of companies that has branches all over now. These associations still had ties with their counterparts in China, and in particular with the Six Companies in San Francisco, operated as unofficial embassies. The Qing government was in constant communication with the Six Companies and the Six Companies would represent the will of the Qing government on their behalf. China didn't do too much to help with diaspora communities compared to what people might expect based on how some modern nations assist expats, but also the reason people were leaving China in the 1800s to find work was because the Qing was in no shape to be offering such large scale support in the first place, and had numerous famines, revolts, civil wars and invasions to deal with. So anyway, thanks to the presence of things like the benevolence associations, people in California were not beyond the watchful eye of the Qing. Or of their relatives back home who would not have approved. But also, and this isn't really asked, you'd also have to assume people wanted to remove the queue anyway, and for the most part there's just not much indication that that's the case. Regardless of peoples feeling toward the legitimacy of the Manchu Qing rulers in the 19th century, things like the queue were as much a part of their national identify as their language was, and social pressure would have also likely prevented a sole individual from removing it even if all the other factors I described weren't there. tl;dr: They werent beyond the Qing governments gaze They were mostly only in the US and Canada temporarily for a few years to work There's not much indication anyone wanted to remove their queues at that time anyway, even if there weren't a dozen other reasons not to do so, and anyway, it was mandatory to have one if they had any plans of going to China again.
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AskReddit/dd3dx3m
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5qzvg2
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How can Eggland claim their eggs are the best eggs when a chicken is a chicken?
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The quality of an egg is linked to the health and diet of the hen. An egg from an unhealthy hen, or one with poor nutrition won't be as large, full, or tasty as a healthy one with good diet and hydration. Eggland believes their hens to lay the best eggs due to their standards of living for their hens.
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AskReddit/caxcegt
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1hs3zk
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How have you gotten fired?
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I was an assistant manager at a sub place and had been there for 2 1/2 years. No write-ups or customer complaints on me. I went to work one day and was fired for a "customer service issue." Yeah, okay. The store closed six months later. It still bothers me not knowing exactly why I was fired.
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askscience/cxdnmgl
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3ub4vl
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Why is using nitrous oxide while giving birth in a hospital a new thing?
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It's not really new. Many countries outside the US have been using nitrous oxide as analgesia during childbirth for ages. As far as why it isn't commonly used in the US? According to this review: Nitrous oxide for relief of labor pain: a systematic review. AURosen MA SOAm J Obstet Gynecol. 2002;186(5 Suppl Nature):S110. There is an analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials, which were with some patients receiving nitrous oxide and some receiving placebo (I don't know the sample sizes unfortunately), and the conclusion is essentially that although nitrous oxide is safe for and effective for some, there is no clear and definitive evidence that it provides superior pain relief to placebo. While I don't know for sure if this is why it is used less in the US, my guess is that when doctors have an option for definite pain relief in the form of opiates or epidural versus possible pain relief in the form of nitrous oxide, they would be more likely to recommend the former. Similarly most patients would probably prefer definite pain relief to possible pain relief. There are also some logistical issues, for instance, the patient holds her own mask and uses it as she requires it. This is generally fine, but if for some reason the patient becomes drowsy/sedated, or is unable to do so then the analgesia wears off very quickly.
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AskReddit/dygir3j
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8h17kz
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When you are angry at a company, how do you remind yourself that the minimum wage employee behind the desk isn't directly responsible?
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I used to be that minimum wage employee behind the counter/desk, and I couldn't stand when corporate-related issues were taken out on me. It wasn't my fault prices were raised or you were charged for add-ons. I was only doing my job, and the amount of customers who didn't understand that was baffling.
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AskReddit/cv35ng9
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3l4ljf
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What's the biggest impulse buy you've ever purchased?
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I bought one of those giant "Squishable" stuffed animals. The cashier didn't have a bag big enough and I still had to wait on my ride so I sat in a restaurant across from this giant stuffed dragon for a solid hour.
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askscience/cfqyp4x
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1z6crk
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When two waves destructively interfere, where does the energy go?
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Destructive interference occurs either at some moment of time or at some point in space. In time, if two waves meet each other and destructively interfere, then a few moments later they will have traveled some additional distance and will constructively interfere. In space, if two waves produce a dark spot at some point then there will be a bright spot at a different point. The energy canceled out by destructive interference is always compensated by the energy doubled up from constructive interference. EDIT: There seems to be some confusion as to how this works. The superposition cos(kx + vt) + cos(kx + vt + pi) = 0 represents two waves propagating in the same direction which cancel everywhere, which is a trivial solution to the wave equation. It means nothing was emitted in the first place. If you reverse the propagation direction of one of them, they will not cancel everywhere. This is what is meant by interference. EDIT 2: The reason this probably seems surprising is because wave interference is usually taught by considering only the spatial variables for simplicity. Using only spatial dependence means you have selected one particular moment in time. But apart from the trivial solution discussed above, total destructive interference cannot occur at all positions at all times. And this is the whole point of the question. If waves could simply disappear, energy would not be conserved. EDIT 3: sin(kx - vt) + sin(kx + vt + c) = 2sin(kx + c/2)cos(vt + c/2), where c is the phase shift.
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AskReddit/etsbknl
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cd8smy
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What's an easy way to look up threads about climate change 10 years ago?
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Google has an option to specify what time the search results should be from. So just search "climate change" and select from like. 2000-2009. If you want to read threads on Reddit for example, add "site:reddit.com" to your search
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AskReddit/dv5augr
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81tze4
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What do you do when you're hit with a wave of depression and you feel like you're living to work and no longer working to live?
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What you’re describing is basically mild depression. The fact that you’re cognisant of your feeling of it is probably a good thing. I have had the same kind of thing lately. Self treatment options, some obvious things like daily exercise and eating better, improving sleeping pattern (7-8hrs, not too much more or too much less). I’m also trying out taking a 50mg 5-htp supplement before bed and in the morning when you wake up. 5-htp is basically a herbal supplement, it is a precursor to melatonin and seratonin, so one in the evening should help you get to sleep better and one in the morning in theory makes you feel better.
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AskReddit/cn9xsk4
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2qvjfp
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Are most parents aware when they emotionally/mentally hurt their kids?
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I don't want to speak for everyone but my dad like emotionally bullied me because he was worried that other people would bully me. He grew up overweight and was teased and didn't want me to do the same so he tortured me about me weight. Except to him he was doing a good deed, he had no idea and died before I was mentally well enough to confront him about it.
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AskReddit/c1ryei9
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h1r8a
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Why does the stove fire turn red when you tap the pot?
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Perhaps something is falling off the pot into the fire which cools down the fire, turning it from very-hot-blue to less-hot-red. Or perhaps the movement of the pan disperses the gas, and less gas means less fuel means less hot. I don't know, I'm tired.
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AskReddit/dpim1ao
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7bk24x
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What is appropriate conduct after the cute bartender treats you to a drink?
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Many different responses in my time as a bartender, but one springs to mind. I admire a woman who knows what she wants and when one comes up to the bar and orders a stirred gin martini, and naming the exact gin she is interested in, i was jelly-like. I made the drink and mumbled the "it's on the house" cliche. She then took a sip, complemented the drink and put her number on a napkin. One digit was missing. She then said "the last digit is the number of times i visited this venue". Needles to say, i figured it out.
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askscience/cvwi8dl
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3oe77o
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Why does burning alcohol "levitate"?
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It's not the liquid alcohol that's burning, it's the vapourised alcohol mixed with air that's burning. The alcohol doesn't burn as soon as it turns into vapour, it has to rise a bit to mix with air in the right ratio for it to become flammable.
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AskReddit/ex03yru
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cqw6wc
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How do deaf people think?
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With their brains. Believe it or not, even hearing people dont think exclusively in auditory words. Deaf people are fully capable of experiencing complex concepts as written words, images, feelings, comparisons, and much more. Just because there's no audio file attached doesnt mean there's nothing there.
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AskReddit/cg69vti
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20s2j9
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What's the most addicting game you've ever played?
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Fallout: New Vegas and Darksouls. The first time I played them I was at a friend's house and he woke up in the morning to me still sitting on his couch playing. Exact same scenario both times.
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AskReddit/ehni1ef
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awkfh5
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What is a cheap hobby to pick up in college?
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recently i picked up ultimate frisbee. its super fun, it’s really easy to learn, and it’s one of those sports that a lot of people on college campuses play. all you need is a frisbee and a field
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AskHistorians/cynvlc6
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3zn1e8
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How did ancient and early medieval mercenaries compare to their non-mercenary counterparts, in terms of training and equipment?
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Xenophon says that Jason of Pherae said no city state can easily contend with his 6k mercenaries, for though some can match him in numbers, the mercenaries are in their prime and always training while the same can't be said of what's essentially militia forces that make up the forces of usual city states. Of course that's just his/Xenophon's opinion. Pherae was the strongest city in Thessaly, but did not perform so well when the other cities called in Thebes for help.
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AskReddit/ewqem3v
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cpmrms
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What kind of person are you, the one who puts the zip tie back on the loaf of bread or the one that settles for the ol’ spin and tuck?
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I always end up losing the zip tie. When I do, I end up spinning the loose plastic end then tying a knot. I remember years ago one day after I did this my dad picked up the bread to make a sandwich and defeatedly asked "Why?" Never struck me as knot being the perfect solution.
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AskReddit/dm402al
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6vyujc
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How do some people come across as naturally warm and make everyone around them feel comfortable enough to open up to them immediately?
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They're naturally open. Open in body language and thought. 99% of people walk around projecting their own narrow views of reality. They tune everything else out. If you can be the 1% that tones it down, that says to yourself, "Maybe I don't know everything. Maybe this person knows more than me. Maybe I'm not the best at everything. Maybe this person is really good at some things that I'm not so great at," you give them room to have value. They will sense that and appreciate it.
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AskReddit/exjvehp
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ctbrih
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What’s your secret recipe?
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BAKERY STYLE FUDGE BROWNIES Secret Ingredient Bakery Style Fudge Brownies so rich and chewy you'd swear they weren't homemade. But they ARE because you're a boss baker. ★ 5 from 1 reviews Secret Ingredient Bakery Style Fudge Brownies so rich and chewy you’d swear they weren’t homemade. But they ARE because you’re a boss baker. ​ Author: Sarah | Broma Bakery Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 50 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes Yield: 9 x 9 pan 1x Category: brownies Method: baked Cuisine: american SCALE 1X2X3X INGREDIENTS 1 1/4 cups salted butter 2 1/2 cups light brown sugar 4 large eggs, room temperature 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2/3 cup Bob’s Red Mill Whole Wheat Flour INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 9″x9″ pan with parchment paper and set aside. In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine butter and sugar. Microwave for 30 seconds, then remove and stir with a whisk. Repeat process 2 more times. Though granules of sugar will remain, the goal is to get the mixture to a glossy finish. Allow mixture to cool slightly, then add in eggs one at a time, whisking in between each addition. Whisk until the mixture lightens in color slightly. Add in cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla extract. Fold in flour until just combined. Pour mixture into prepared baking pan and bake for roughly 45 minutes, testing for doneness by inserting a knife into the center of the brownies beginning at 40 minutes. It might take up to 55 minutes for them to cook through depending on your oven
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askscience/cy0nz94
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3wy61g
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Is it impossible to solve a multi electron Schrodinger equation?
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It's not as though solutions don't exist; you can prove that they do for any well-behaved physical scenario. It's just that we don't know how to write them down in terms of elementary functions (an 'analytic' or 'closed form' solution, as this is sometimes called). I don't know that there's a proof that it's impossible to solve analytically, but it would be pretty unlikely; almost all differential equations, including Schrodinger equations, are impossible to solve in closed analytic form. You learn (nearly) all of the counterexamples (exactly solvable wavefunctions) in the first semester of quantum mechanics and everything else is learning how to do approximations. Usually there's one more exactly solvable Schrodinger equation that you've never seen before on your graduate qualifying examination. We have many many powerful tools to do these approximations, and with computers we can solve many-electron wavefunctions with just a little computer time. Future developments will make computer solutions better but won't suddenly produce a simple formula for (e.g.) the helium atom.
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AskHistorians/d2vg6io
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4i6dvq
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Did the cheese that poor people ate 100 years ago taste good?
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Follow up question: I read once that wine from 100+ years ago was much sweeter than now. Does this have anything to do with the change in flavor of cheese over time and/or when did wine and cheese become associated?
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AskReddit/d9mj82u
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5b8b85
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What is a good drink for you when you have a sore throat?
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I like warm drinks but since I'm trying not to drink too much caffeine, I'll drink several cups of decaf. I have also read that a really cold drink can help reduce the inflammation but somehow that never feels right when I have a sore throat.
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askscience/c6rgggf
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120z67
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Why can't you smell a burning candle wick?
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When a candle is burning cleanly, melted wax is brought sucked into the wick, where the heat of the flame vaporizes it, and it then burns when mixed with the surrounding oxygen. A little bit of the wick burns, but only if the wick becomes too tall for the flow of liquid wax to reach it. When you blow out the flame, you're left with a hot wick, and hot wax. It's still hot enough to emit many of the same gases it was when burning, but now there's no flame to burn them cleanly, and its actually emitting different gases and particles than it does while burning.
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AskReddit/dhndy0a
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6bk5f1
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When did you cause the biggest look of disappointment on your parent's face?
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When I told my parents I wanted to teach overseas. You would have thought I had gotten knocked up as a teenager or been caught doing heroin. Their disappointment was a bit over dramatic. Turned out to be an amazing experience, and I made way more money than I do now. I saved enough money to buy a house and put away a ton for retirement and savings. Then my parents loved to brag about my world travels.
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AskReddit/ditikzv
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6gv0j6
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What scene, from a non-horror film, scared you the most?
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No Face from Spirited Away terrified me as a kid. My dad tried to get me to finish it and told me a story about how he used to be afraid of throwing out the garbage because he thought someone would be outside waiting for him. So then I was scared of No Face and taking out the trash at night.
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AskReddit/dz039nw
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8jj6oq
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What do you think are some underrated movies and tv shows that people don’t know about?
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The Americans. Excellent show with great acting and writing. If it had been made 10 years ago it would have won tons of awards. But, in the golden age of TV, it just gets kind of ignored. Love the direction they are taking the final season too.
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AskReddit/duyyu25
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80y08c
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What is the most bizarre question a random stranger has ever asked you?
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I was waiting at a bus stop, outside on a clear, starry summer night. Someone walked up to me and asked for the time. I looked at my watch. "Eleven fifteen." "At night or in the morning?" I stared at them for a moment, and unable to speak, due to confusion, pointed at the dark sky and brightly lit streetlights, the closed shops around us. "What?" he stares at me blankly "It's.dark at night and bright during the day?" I offer, hesitantly. He scoffs and walks away. I am baffled.
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AskReddit/cw8ysee
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3psd74
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When did you feel the most alive?
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With my Mom and my brother, throwing some flowers into the ocean as a remembrance for my sister. Just standing on the sand, feeling the spray of the salt water on my skin. Smelling the air as it blew past me. Just looking out at the seemingly endless ocean. It felt good to be alive that day.
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AskReddit/ceb18jv
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1tslmt
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Will there be a point where we can no longer advance technologically?
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We as humans have limitations in our capabilities to interact with our technology. In order to fully utilize the technology we discover, at some point we're going to need an intermediary, i.e., we program the plane to fly itself because the pilot can no longer handle the level of g force the jet is capable of sustaining in a turn. It's generally accepted at this point that we will have given birth to our future robotic overlords.
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AskReddit/eoul5ed
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bt73gm
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What would make you break up with the love of your life?
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I moved 45 minutes away for a better job and to make enough money where she wouldn’t have to work past 25 years old and because I love this type of work and she says the distance was too hard.
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AskReddit/eli5wk8
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bg3f63
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What's the dumbest thing you do on a regular basis?
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I call my fiance finance since it sounds similar and still somewhat true. We're both think it's funny. She sometimes calls me that as well. Edit: sorry I thought it just said "a dumb thing" and not dumbest.
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AskReddit/c238sdg
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if650
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Why is a person entitled to a "good life" and "happiness"?
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The problem is that people equate happiness with money and posessions. As cliche as it sounds, money isn't happiness. So although everybody is entitled to the pursuit of happiness, this doesn't mean everybody is entitled to be rich
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Ask_Politics/cag8cx8
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1g2eak
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Is America actually getting worse (more of a police state), or is it an illusion of the media?
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The best way to answer this is that the US has gotten worse, but in a predictable fashion that has happened before. It is very normal for nations to violate their own ideals of liberty and freedom in times of crisis - take the Alien and Sedition Acts, or the Palmer Raids, or McCarthyism. The only notable thing about this time is that it is the first time a crisis has occurred after the spread of the Internet and social media, so this is the first time the monitoring of the Internet has become an issue. I have no doubt, though, that within a decade things will go back to normal, especially after a big scandal like PRISM. EDIT: Adding in Japanese internment. If you're saying PRISM is worse than that, you're crazy.
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AskReddit/e8qnd1e
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9sqcy2
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For those of you accused of a crime that you didn't commit, what is your story?
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This is definitely not dramatic but in third grade a bunch of kids accused me of murdering their Webkinz. I never played Webkinz and all of these kids just collectively thought that someone was killing their online pets with a virtual sniper rifle. I leaned into it and became the Webkinz murderer.
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AskReddit/czb57eb
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42l28h
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What's the biggest lie you've told yourself?
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That I am attractive. I would stare in the mirror and compliment myself. I would go out of my way to avoid any kind of photos or videos of me because I knew that mirrors are (for some reason) much more flattering than photos. I put a lack of any relationships throughout my entire adult life to 'not wanting to be tied up, or having kids, or having to do things with other people when I just want to spend time alone' when in reality it is hardly a decision of my choosing. It's okay though. I've recently started playing WoW again. I'll find an RP girlfriend on there.
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AskReddit/e6lp2r9
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9iqn7a
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Why does apple slows down its older phones once it releases new version?
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It actually slows down older models by releasing an iOS update just prior to new model releases. This was shown recently by spikes in Google searches for "why is my iPhone so slow". The motive is obvious. Sell more phones. The practice is heinous and evil, putting profit over public safety. People call 911 from iPhones when precious seconds matter in life or death situations. I will never buy an iPhone and neither should you.
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explainlikeimfive/cm6mb72
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2mqdw4
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Why do pregnant women with Ebola have a 95% chance of dying, (rather than the 40% chance of dying)?
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During pregnancy, the immune system is suppressed to prevent the woman from rejecting the fetus. This makes fighting virulent infections a bit difficult. This is also why many women with autoimmune conditions experience remission during pregnancy.
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AskReddit/d7vm4pc
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53rdvo
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What anime really touched your laugh box?
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Konosuba is one of those anime that doesn't take itself too serious. If you want a good laugh you should check it out. Amagi Brilliant Park is another good slow. Not as crazy as Konosuba, but it it has perverted alcoholic animals so that is a plus.
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AskReddit/e3mqd7g
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94pann
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If you date a person who has an identical twin, do you feel attraction to both or is it just the one you like?
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Was super attracted to both originally but personality plays a big part in attraction and eventually I was much more keen about one than the other. In fact, I no longer was attracted to the other twin. She was still nice, and pretty but not who I liked
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AskReddit/c7u2epl
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169x5y
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What was your biggest "Wow, this is amazing" moment with a piece of technology?
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I have to say assistive software programs such as Dragon Naturally Speaking, Kurzweil 3000, WordQ, etc. amaze me the most. These pieces of technology can be huge game changers for children with disabilities. One of the students I've worked with was in grade four, but read at a grade one level. He knew his reading sucked and he hated reading the grade one books because they just weren't interesting. He lost all motivation to read until he started using Kurzweil. Kurzweil allowed him to access grade level material that was interesting to him, and after some time, it actually contributed to a significant improvement in his reading abilities.
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AskReddit/ej7tbl4
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b4kldu
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What social norm do you personally not conform to?
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Female. I don't shave my legs or armpits. I don't wear make up or do my nails. I don't straighten my curly hair (I don't think this is so much of a norm as it used to be). I don't drink alcohol or caffeine (doctors orders) and I don't enjoy parties (stereotypical for 20s). I don't want kids. I don't really care to get married. I don't use most social media (aside from Reddit).
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AskReddit/d2obsgw
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4h8qa2
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If you were the advanced alien federation, what milestone or test would grant us humans entry into the mature alien club?
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Being able to work as a single species to further their advancement or work towards a goal. I would assume each member of this "club" would be identified by their planet of origin, so we would need to get to a point where we're defined first as "human" or "earthling" rather than Christian, American, Hispanic, etc.
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AskReddit/c0nwpnr
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bpal5
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Who here thinks that electronic paper displays will someday replace the backlit displays (i.e. LCD displays) that we have today?
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E-Paper will replace LCD when it has an integral rewrite/sense mechanism. Given the advances in printable circuitry for fabric that's just really an issue of miniaturization. That might take a couple of years to develop, but it's almost certainly going to happen. Once that happens it's pretty much a foregone conclusion. Passive vs. active power drain, much lower eventual production costs, better contrast and being able to actually work with it as we do with . paper, makes it very unlikely that any other medium will be able to compete with it. The only question is "how long does LCD have left?" Maybe 10 years? Hard to say, really.
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AskReddit/cfpz1q5
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1z2q5n
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How did you get that scar?
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When I was 5 years old in school my friend was playing with scissors and I went over to see what he was doing. He was just opening and closing them so I decided to throw some paper in between the blades. I did this a few times cus I thought it was funny but I was throwing it like such a dumbass. I was flinging my hand into the scissors and letting go and then pulling back at the last second. Then one time I didn't pull back fast enough and sliced my thumb open vertically from the tip of the nail to about an inch down. My teacher grabbed me and took me to the sink to run my thumb under the tap. She said "I know this is hurting you but I have to do it" as I was screaming in pain. I can't remember what happened after that but I think they must have bandaged it and sent me home. I imagine if anything similar would happen in a school today there would be a huge freak out at the school and the kid would get sent to hospital. 14 years later I still have the scar. ^it's ^really ^hard ^to ^see ^though
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AskReddit/dtrqxut
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7veuiz
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What makes you instantly become aggressive?
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When people vehemently get down on current Country music and the people who listen to it (aka me). There is nothing wrong with people enjoying a genre of music. Nothing. I don't care if you don't think it's "real country". I don't care if you don't like it, that's fine. I do, and it doesn't make me stupid. It makes me happy. I'll never understand what's wrong with that. But a lot of people seem to think something is. People get down on Country more than any other genre and it's incredibly frustrating. I don't like your music either, but I don't insult it or you.
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AskReddit/crjpv1o
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374wkk
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What was your first job and what was the worst thing about it?
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My first job was McDonald's, the worst part was at the end of the night you have to take apart and clean the fry station and under where they sit is this tray with pretty much ant hills of oil from the entire day. There is no way to clean it without getting some on you and my slacks from that job (I quit four years ago) still to this day smell like old grease.
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AskReddit/ci9efep
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28bqmg
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Why do people have kids?
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I got married when I was 28, and originally I wanted a lot of children. I've always loved kids. As my ex-husband became more and more abusive towards me, I realized having children with him would be a nightmare, and was very careful not to get pregnant. After we divorced, I didn't find the right guy until I was 48, so that ship had sailed. Our lives are very free, and easy. All of our friends have kids, and all of the heartache and joy that comes with raising them. We don't regret that we're childless, we accept that this is just the way it is. We do feel a sense of liberation that we can do what we want, when we want, and not worry about the responsibility of shaping a life. In hindsight, it is a huge responsibility. I'm not all that sure I would have been up to the task.
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AskReddit/e9xx7n4
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9y3iqh
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What's the craziest thing you've seen someone do while suffering with mental health issues?
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Convinced himself he was a competent musician while not actually being able to play any instrument. Weaseled his way into getting a gig at a local bar. Went with some friends to watch it unfold. Was on-stage for ~15 minutes before getting booted. It was bizarre, but at the same time the greatest concert I've ever been to. 100% lived up to the hype.
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AskReddit/cdyh2vg
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1skijt
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What was the most awkward toast given at a wedding?
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Friend of mine (22) married a woman on her 30th birthday. She had a twin sister. The birthday cake was bigger than the wedding cake. It didn't last long, and I think it was a case of 'I'm getting married by the time I'm 30 or else'. Bride says 'so happy I could share this special day with my sister, we've always shared everything' in her speech. Groom says, 'hey baby, you know how you like to share things with your sister? (bride is pointedly not paying attention) hey baby? baby? (bride is now preparing to leave the table) baby? hey baby? (bride is on her feet and heading to the bathroom at a rapid pace) baby, you like to share with your sister, right? (whole room is deathly silent, bride is hiding in the bathroom) ah, well, I was going to say she could share her brand new husband with her sister, but that's probably not a good idea, amirite?'
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AskReddit/djf6pne
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6jlk72
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What's the one thing you would change in your life if you can go back to 10 years into your past?
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Ten years ago I was 13, that's when I moved countries. I'd tell him to NOT act like I did before I moved. I used to be that non social kid who always got bullied. When I moved countries, I still acted like that lonely kid, but thankfully didn't get bullied. So I'd tell him to stop acting like a weirdo because I was just given a second chance.
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AskReddit/c4htj4k
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sxls0
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What do you think the most ridiculous lyric line in any Top 40 song might be?
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I have no idea what the current top 40 is, but the line that jumps to mind every time this question is asked is 'Now I get to watch her leave out the window, guess that's why they call it window pane' from Love The Way You Lie.
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AskHistorians/cymbfmw
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3zgy3r
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Was it just a coincidence that there was more than one place in Europe called "Galicia" and "Iberia"?
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The Galicia in Spain comes from the Roman province C/Gallaecia, which was named for a Celtic tribe, C/Galleaci that lived in the area. In Eastern Europe, Galicia comes from a latinized form of the city Halych (became popular after Hungarians conquered the area in the 1200s). I don't know the other one off hand. Iberia (Spain/Portugal) comes from the Greek term for the Ebro river, (H)Iberus, because the Ebro was (partially) used to differentiate Iberia and Gaul (along with other physical features like the Pyrenees). After searching for a bit, I couldn't find a definitive etymology for the Caucasian Iberia. One hypothesis I found derives the name from Armenian designations for Georgians. Another one derives it from the Colchi (a contemporaneous Caucasian region) word "Imer" meaning "country on the other side of the mountain" because a mountain range separated Colchi and Iberia. In all, in both cases, it is most likely a coincidence that the regions have the same names.
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AskReddit/c18rp83
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ekhcg
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Why are big protests so rare in the US?
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Pretty simple, I don't get paid if I don't go to work. Seems like most protests happen on weekdays, hence, I won't be attending. Further when I do have the rare opportunity to take vacation, it won't be to beat my head against a wall and take dumps in portajohns outside congress. Sorry, that probably makes me a bad citizen, but it is the reality of the situation.
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explainlikeimfive/crgtr53
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36supe
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Why do grocery stores have open freezers and refrigerators?
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Its not as wasteful as a lot of people think it is, but it is still kind of wasteful for the obvious reasons you've pointed out. The open refrigerator units have design features which allow them to hold as much cold air over the product as possible. Also, most of the products in those coolers are able to stand greater changes in temperature so the product and the cooler will be fine as long as it doesn't lose power, which will affect even the systems with doors because those doors are definitely not well insulated and the whole case isn't much better. Why certain products are placed behind the doors could be for a couple of reasons. One it needs finer temperature control. Ice Cream is a good example, yes if it starts to melt or just get too warm it can refreeze but it's quality goes downhill fast. Also the doors make it cheaper to keep it cold enough. Any cooler with doors around the perimeter of a market are usually because of a difference in cooling systems. If you can look behind the product and see a big space that means the shelves in the door are part of a cold lines storage unit which just chills the whole room which is actually a pretty cheap process to do and rather resistant to temperature change but requires the store to have that space set up for cold storage. These units have doors because in order for them to be affective they need to keep as much of the cold air in as possible. Now back to the open cases, not only are they designed to be as efficient as possible, they are also set up for convenience. So they have to keep most of the cooling system out of the way, usually the heart of it lives directly under the product which makes it even more efficient, since most of the energy transfer is going to be to the product above there isn't really any need to do anything special there. But to make sure it works there are long channels which pipe cold air over the top of the product to make a wall but they do it very slowly or else you'd end up with cold air going where it doesn't need to. Which is why it doesn't feel supper cold near the unit. Also, at least with companies that can afford big air handlers (most grocery stores) they will keep cold lines areas just a couple of degrees cooler than the rest of the store. It doesn't make a massive difference but does enough to make it worth it. TLDR: They are designed to be as efficient as possible or to meet certain needs of the space they are in or the product they contain.
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explainlikeimfive/eleqjx7
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bfm9gp
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If time is relative, how do we measure it?
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You are starting too high up. You need to define what you are talking about first. And that is a problem. Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest physicists ever, wrote a book about time. He tried in the last chapter of it to define what time actually IS. And totally, utterly failed. We all think we know what we are talking about. But when we start to look closely, it turns out that it could just as well be a very persistent illusion. As to how we measure it: Tick, tock is as good as anything.
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askscience/csyhsqc
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3criir
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Can animals grasp and experience the concept of a 'bad day'?
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Bad day is a concept, its a word-feeling association. To realize that you have a bad day, you have to have a word or emotional representation, that you use to recognize a pattern. Our conception of a "bad day" seems simple, however its linked to a lot of different feelings, emotions and social habits. For example its related in your brain to the concept of "having bad luck" and I'm pretty sure that animals lack the understanding of luck. So the main question is, if its possible to understand patterns without having language itself, which is a great deal in simplifying the concept creating process. Concepts are based on patterns, patterns on reoccurring incident. I'm pretty sure some smarter animals are able to create patterns from reoccurring incidents, but without words the only association they can create is bound to a memory. For example what I think they can feel is: "oh this fish escaped me just like yesterday" but are not able to create the standalone concept of a "bad day". We can even go on and ask, whats good in saying "this is a bad day"? Because we hate to blame our self, we don't like being cause of our own problems. Therefor we blame it on bad luck, bad day. So we can go on and ask, do animals blame them self? To be able to point any idea at yourself you need the same level of self awareness as you need to identify yourself in a mirror. Because then you are able to create the basic concept of the word "me" which is a basis of "i'm the cause if this and that". So my guess is, no they cant. You need words for that or a high level of conceptualizations.
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explainlikeimfive/c6c1e1k
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10bfbu
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Why is depression a disease?
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Diseases don't have to be a result of a microbial infection. A disease is anything that upsets the balance (homeostasis) of the body. Of course we don't pay attention to the minor chemical alterations in our bodies because, within bounds, fluctuations are normal. Even when our body goes beyond normal, it has many mechanisms to bring it back to where it wants to be. Everyone experiences depression. It can be a result of many factors (physical, mental, genetic, etc.) summed up as "stress". When you stress your body, it causes a change. In the case of mental depression, it causes a change in your brain chemistry (see the wiki article). With prolonged bouts of stress, your body may start accepting the fluctuation as normal leading to chronic depression. For the second part of the question, I think you mean "why does it happen to people with no apparent trigger?" because there is definitely a reason for it. It's probably because it's genetic then. Some people are just predisposed to developing chronic depression.
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AskReddit/eaci419
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9zwcfu
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What was your worst experience with social media?
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I wasn’t raised in America and I’ve always heard these crazy stories about racism, which truly had me afraid to live in the South for awhile. I’m not trying to discredit anyone’s experiences, but I’ve lived here for about 11 years now and have never had a racist encounter in person. But Facebook? I’ve been called the n word, a slave b*h, and other things I had to google just to find the meaning. I eventually deactivated my Facebook for that reason. I think some people let the worst come out of them on social media.
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AskHistorians/c4cnktt
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sbbzd
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How do historians deal with religious historical claims?
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We deal with religious sources the way we deal with all sources. We take into account its aims, biases, and the author's access to information, and we evaluate its reliability of those grounds. We also use other contemporary or near contemporary sources as an aid to this evaluation. Due to their genre, religious sources tend to be less reliable than others, but there are very few documents you can't extract some information out of.
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AskReddit/cptso7j
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30m2dd
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How would our world be different today if cameras never existed?
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Technology and science would be way behind our current level, a many forms of research require cameras. Astronomy would be extremely primitive, Pluto would never have been discovered. Particle physics would be almost non-existent too. Computers likely wouldn't exist because if you know how to make a cpu someone is bound to figure out how to make a CCD detector. (They're both made out of semiconductors). Global maps would be very hard to make since you can't use satellite imagery. Not very good things.
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AskReddit/cd24gk9
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1pgs5b
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What should I know about working in an office?
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don't underestimate how much it sucks to sit for 9+ hours a day. go out for a walk during your breaks, stretch your legs, and go outside for a while. this will help both mentally and physically. also, bringing your lunch most of the time will save you a lot of money. i couldn't believe how much money my coworkers blew on chic-fil-a, chinese food, burritos, and generally crappy food every week. i always brought my lunch in (unless it was a special occasion). also, if the weather permits, eat your lunch outside. it's such a refreshing time to yourself. since you're sharing a space with someone, try not to wear strong smelling lotions and/or fragrances. that's like an instant headache for many people and kind of an awkward subject to broach with a coworker. however, i always kept a fragrance free lotion at my desk because the ventilation system made our building super dry all the time. it was nice to have something to hydrate hands, especially during the winter. also, you start off your working relationships well by leaving a bowl of candy on your desk to share. everyone in my old office loved our candy bowl.
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AskReddit/ch2zrvq
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242nfp
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What's your idea of fun when out with friends?
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Honestly, a quiet room where my friends and I can just sit, talk, and drink. It'd be cool to have the comfort and privacy of drinking at a friend's house, and the booze and food of drinking out.
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AskReddit/e45tqm6
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976bpu
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What's the difference between pirating something and borrowing it from a friend?
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Think of it as a physical object. Let's say your friend has a guitar. When you are borrowing it, they cannot use the guitar. There is still only one guitar and the maker was paid for that one guitar. You have free license to use it or let others borrow it as you see fit as the owner, but since there is only one it can only be used by one person at a time. Pirating would be having a way to duplicate that guitar so there were two, but the company making them only was paid for one. Now, more money music can be made, but the company was not paid their share for creating the product.
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askscience/cnptc06
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2shh05
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Will it ever be possible to see beyond the "Observable Universe" barrier into what is "unobservable"?
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> Sure, new light is reaching earth every day, but this is simply expanding our notion of the observable universe very slightly. what about seeing beyond this barrier - seeing things whose light hasn't reached Earth yet? The de facto barrier right now is not due to distance and the speed of light, but due to the fact that the early universe as we see it is opaque because it is filled with plasma. See "surface of last scattering" (essentially the source of the cosmic background radiation). Neutrinos and gravitational waves might some day allow us to see beyond that barrier.
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explainlikeimfive/eq3aww2
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bx4m49
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Why can animals drink from dirty rivers/lakes without any issue yet when a human does they get ill?
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Oh, animals do not get by without any issue. Wild animals are riddled with parasites and susceptible to horrid diseases at a rate that far exceeds human beings. In fact, parasites from contaminated water are so common, there are vaccines available for domestic dogs.
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explainlikeimfive/c4tr63r
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uaila
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How can I properly convey the size of the earth/solar system/galaxy/universe to someone who just doesn't get it?
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When I was a kid I found directions to make a scale model of the solar system using a basketball for the sun. If I remember right, Pluto was a mile away from the basketball sun.
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AskReddit/efh2h2x
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aludty
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What is something you experienced where you literally felt your heart break in half ?
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I had my Rottweiler of 13 years all of a sudden go ill and I had to put her down. I had been struggling to make the decision to put her down and finally gathered up the courage to do it. I took a half day off work and drove to my mothers home where she was at (at the time my place didn’t allow pets so she was with my family) and I drove to her house where my mom would meet me so we could take her to the shelter to be put down. My grandmother was at home, in bed and I had brought her some food and we had a normal conversation. She was happy that I brought her some sushi and we joked around for a bit. As I went to go get my dog and feed her a last meal my grandmother asked for me in Spanish to cover her feet since she was cold. I laughed since she was already wrapped up in blankets, but got another blanket and tucked it around her legs. I went and got some chicken to feed my pup Kaila and say my last goodbyes. I heard my mom come in and so I went to talk to her and prepare to take Kaila to get put down. My mom and I had a brief conversation and she looked in to check on grandma and said “I don’t think she is breathing!” We look and sure enough she had stopped breathing and the rest was a blur. We tried to revive her but she had passed within minutes of me covering her in blankets. Those next few weeks were awful. I felt that I had lost myself having lost my grandmother and put down my pup. My heart had been shattered. In the weeks that followed the girl I was dating at the time broke up with me because she “didn’t know how to help me deal with my situation.” That felt like nothing compared to the feeling of losing two loved ones. TL;DR Lost my dog, grandmother, and had a GF break up with me within a week.
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AskReddit/cwc3jr5
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3q54cf
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Why does it seem like Republicans adopt a "total war" approach to every Democratic President?
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I'm going to say that Democrats do treat Republican presidents the same way. There was a movie about the assassination of Bush, Reagan is actively mocked to this day. Frankly both sides go after each other in nasty ways every time, every day.
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AskReddit/cz59wcm
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41umea
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What are some counter-intuitive true statistics too hard to believe?
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The Monty Hall problem is pretty counter-intuitive. I have three envelopes, two containing blank pieces of paper, one containing a check for a million dollars. I give you one envelope. I open one, it's empty. Do you want to switch? I'd think it wouldn't change the odds but it does. Always switch.
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AskReddit/eax6ekn
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a2ddjz
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If the internet disappeared today, how would your life change?
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Not just the internet but cell phones and cable TV too. It would be like it was when I was growing up in the 1970’s. Much slower and quieter. Kids would go back to playing games like Monopoly and Life. People would go outside and sit on their porches and say hello to friends passing by. News would come on at 6 pm. Afternoon newspapers would still be around. It would be terrific. I think people would be a lot happier. We’re too connected.
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AskReddit/ejsow9g
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b7mc1u
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What is a widely acclaimed movie and universally loved movie that you just didn’t enjoy?
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Interstellar. Hugely overrated movie. Nothing wrong with Nolan directing or Zimmerman's score, the SFX were on point, even McConaughey acted decently well and Hathaway was quite good. But the script SUCKED. It had so many plotholes and unnecessary scenes, like the Chinese drone and the moon landing conspiracy malarkey. And most importantly, the whole "love transcends time and space" bullshit. Agh. And apparently screw the guy's son, might as well not be in the movie at all.
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AskReddit/cbzbxjc
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1lholt
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What was your favorite year of school?
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Junior year of high school. All classes I enjoyed with my closest friends, not an underclassmen so I knew my way around and knew what teachers were cool & which to avoid, and not yet a senior so the stress of college and moving away weren't there yet.
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askscience/c3n5zpu
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p7hou
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Is it possible to predict the patterns of "Clicks" heard from an oven which is heating up from room temperature (with enough math)?
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it's roughly equivalent to predicting earthquakes, but in addition to that, you'll have to take air circulation into consideration, which probably behaves turbulently at some point of time in heating. even if you develop a very precise model, it'll be so unstable that you might, with expensive computation, tell a click some seconds ahead (and mind you, that requires a precise description of the state of the oven to be observed in a lesser timeframe, which is probably a bigger problem than computation). telling when the clicks will occur over a period of say half an hour of pre-heating based on the state of before you turn on the heating is pretty much out of scope due to the instability of the calculations.
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AskReddit/e46hd33
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977q3h
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What is something that you are pretty sure has only happened to you?
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When I was 10 I was playing in a Burger King play area with my 3 year old little brother. We were “racing” to see who could get out of the play thing and back outside fastest when he bumped me to get ahead. It turns out there was an exposed bolt (was supposed to be covered with foam or something) and my head went straight into it; surprisingly I didn’t feel a thing. So I stand up outside and start to think “hey, my left ear feels super warm” and touch it to see why. I pull my hand back into view and it’s just doused in blood. Long story short - I punctured my skull in a Burger King play area, had to be rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, passed out from blood loss, and got my head stapled back together. By the time my family got back to Burger King to take pictures of the place, they’d cleaned and covered everything up - denying it ever happened.
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AskReddit/dzse1se
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8n32um
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What is the chance of me actually dying or being injured if I join the USA military in the next 10 years?
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You have a greater chance of dying in a car crash. Getting injured in the military is sort of like winning the lottery though. During the troop surge I tried joining up to see if I could get a leg blown off or something but I can't pass the physical.
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explainlikeimfive/di90mg3
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6eb5bw
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How do major league sports sponsorships work for individual players?
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Rules for sponsorships are governed by the Collective Bargaining Agreement(CBA) that is negotiated between the League and the Players Union. Every major sports League in the US has one of these things. Both the League itself, the specific franchise in question, and the individual athlete might have sponsorship deals, some of which may conflict with one another. The CBA deals with who is allowed to wear what and when they are allowed to wear it.
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explainlikeimfive/ec1ix27
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a7asgc
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Why do some fish get frozen in a pond?
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Fish are cold blooded and their internal chemistry and reaction time slows down as the temperature drops. When their pond freezes over, sometimes they drift too close to the near-freezing water at the surface and become too cold and lethargic to escape. Some also died from other causes and floated up into the growing ice.
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AskReddit/c4albtk
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s2okn
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How terrifying is sky diving?
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If you're really excited to do it, the adrenaline takes charge of things, and once you take off in the airplane, the adrenaline also doesn't want you to be the only one to come back down in the plane with the pilot. Then, the instructor you'll most likely be strapped to guides you to the door, and pushes both of you out. This is when anything terrifying goes away because it is such a cool experience. You know how you really need a reference point to know that you're moving? Well, other than the feeling of air moving past you at ungodly speeds, the only thing telling you you're moving is watching the airplane disappear up into the sky. Do it, and I promise you'll want to again.
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Ask_Politics/ebqve7f
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a5zx2s
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What are the dangers for Americans / Canadians detained by the Chinese in response to the Huawei executive's situation?
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It’s worth pointing out that neither of the Canadians arrested are just tourists or random people, so if you are just a regular Canadian in China I wouldn’t be concerned. Also the point of arresting them is for the sake of leverage, which you lose if you’ve killed them for organs.
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askscience/erdxud4
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c1ac8g
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Do all moons look like ours?
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There are moons a lot bigger than ours, and moons so small they're just big boulders. There are moons made of rocks, and moons made of ice. There are moons exposed to the vacuum of space, and moons with a thick atmosphere, clouds, and rain. (Well, one anyway.) There are moons that are almost perfectly smooth, and moons with cliffs 20 kilometers high. There are moons covered with huge active volcanoes, and moons that have been inert for billions of years. There are moons with liquid water ocean inside, and moons that are solid to the core. There are white moons and black ones, yellow, orange, and grey.
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AskReddit/c124ck7
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dqa07
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What do you own that makes you feel futuristic?
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Laser Eye Surgery made me feel like I'm living in the future more than any gadget has. Friggin laser beams. Shot into my eyes. Fixed my vision. In 5 minutes. Lasers!
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explainlikeimfive/dxm8a6t
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8ddbih
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How exactly does a liver work?
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The liver has many cells that contain certain enzymes and proteins that breakdown and detoxify anything you ingest. To avoid eating poisonous materials, the liver has developed multiple enzymes and proteins to bind to said chemicals. The liver also helps metabolize any fat you ingest and creates cholesterol for you cells and sugar if your running low on sugar. The liver also stores some excess sugar you ingest. The liver has a huge role in your daily life and these are just some of what the liver is responsible for.
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AskReddit/c4utgye
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uf24n
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What would you tell yourself 5 years ago if you had the chance?
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Stop using credit cards - if you can't afford to pay cash for it, don't buy it. Don't take a "break" from school - stay and finish as quickly as you can. Enjoy life and the people in it as much as you can - 5 years will pass in the blink of an eye.
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AskReddit/cyothcz
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3zt4gc
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What's the best advice you have for someone turning 16 and trying to get a job?
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God, I can only imagine how hard it must be getting a job at 16 right now. Took me 6 months to find one at 22, so I can only imagine how long it might take for you. Just don't give up on it, try not to get discouraged when you get rejected (it will probably happen at least once), and call after you apply. A lot of places are only doing online applications, which really only makes it harder. It's easier to apply, but harder to get your name to stick. Make sure to call the place a day or two after applying, and if the hiring manager isn't there leave a message, ask when they will be there, and call back when they are there. Do that every few days until you get an answer, or you can also go in person. When you do get a job, make sure that you're saving at least a little bit of every paycheck. I really, really regret not getting a job and saving some money when I was 16! Also, if you find that you can't balance your school and your work, you need to cut back on the job, not on school. If you have to quit because of school, then do it. Your workplace will be understanding.
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askscience/c4hmzpa
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swt57
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Can you experience an opposite placebo effect?
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I'm going to disagree with the other answers here. It is entirely possible for the placebo effect to convince you that a real medicine is ineffective. Here's an excerpt from the excellent Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. > Gracely [1985] took patients having their wisdom teeth removed, and split them randomly into three treatment groups: they would have either salt water (a placebo that does ‘nothing’, at least not physiologically), or fentanyl (an excellent opiate painkiller, with a black-market retail value to prove it), or naloxone (an opiate receptor blocker that would actually increase the pain). > In all cases the doctors were blinded to which of the three treatments they were giving to each patient: but Gracely was really studying the effect of his doctors’ beliefs, so the groups were further divided in half again. In the first group, the doctors giving the treatment were told, truthfully, that they could be administering either placebo, or naloxone, or the pain-relieving fentanyl: this group of doctors knew there was a chance that they were giving something that would reduce pain. > In the second group, the doctors were lied to: they were told they were giving either placebo or naloxone, two things that could only do nothing, or actively make the pain worse. But in fact, without the doctors’ knowledge, some of their patients were actually getting the pain-relieving fentanyl. As you would expect by now, just through manipulating what the doctors believed about the injection they were giving, even though they were forbidden from vocalising their beliefs to the patients, there was a difference in outcome between the two groups: the first group experienced significantly less pain. This difference had nothing to do with what actual medicine was being given, or even with what information the patients knew: it was entirely down to what the doctors knew. Perhaps they winced when they gave the injection. I think you might have. This shows that a real, effective painkiller's effect can be masked simply by the doctor administering it believing that it is not a real painkiller.
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AskReddit/eha6pjd
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aurzgt
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What is your personal opinion on whether teachers are underpaid or overpaid?
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I know it’s unpopular, but around me they are paid fairly. Comparing it to other industries, starting salaries are reasonable and benefits are great. It’s not a career path that will get you rich, but it’s a fair salary with great benefits. That said, there are many areas in the country where teachers make terrible salaries and probably not many where they are overpaid. To have a job with great benefits and a full pension (at this time) is a rarity. Side benefits of having summers off is great. This is where it’s based on the individual too. There are many teachers that go above and beyond, and their work load is way harder than bad teachers who do the minimum to coast knowing they have tenure. I’d like to think those teachers are minimal when being compared to great teachers. The nature of the job though creates an atmosphere where there is no ability to get ahead or overachieve.
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