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AskReddit/c1ip29i
fu722
What are your best "truth or dare" dares?
On the bus ride back from a weekend trip in High School. The "alpha male" (Could get any girl in school, Quarterback, placed in all track and field events,etc.) of my high school dares himself to make out with me. People said he couldn't do that so he dared someone else to do something. Then the next girl dared him to make out with me. An interesting way to end and very interesting weekend with that guy. Did i mention I'm a guy? Oh and I'm gay. This happened senior year and I'd been thinking of how to come out, and who to come out to since the beginning of the year.
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explainlikeimfive/c8j1klb
18y72s
How do contact lense work?
Contact lenses work exactly the same way that glasses do. Depending on whether you are near or far sighted, they will either bend the light towards or away from your retina. The reason they can be so thin in comparison to glasses is because of the distance between your retina and the lens. The smaller the difference, the less change has to be made to the path of the light.
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AskReddit/e3kp79b
94fq4l
As a kid, what was something you thought would be a much bigger deal later on in life?
Not necessarily a much bigger deal but when I was 6-10 I didn't understand that even though my mom was a size small in clothing I would eventually stop growing. So I demanded that tee shirts that I loved be purchased for me in XL-XXL sizes so I could wear them as pajamas as as kid, then when I was "grown up" I would finally fit into them. Sure enough I stopped growing but have some awesome Splash Mountain and Charlie Daniel's Band shirts now that are still pajamas.
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explainlikeimfive/cu1pdcw
3gv21d
How can economies with large debts of over 100% of GDP like Japan still able to get more loans and manage to run without crashing?
One special thing I'd like to mention about Japan is (according to my Prof I don't have factual source on that but I believe he is an expert for obvious reasons) that most of their loans they took from citizen within their own country and not from other countries. That really lowers the pressure on them since they are indebted to their own people.
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AskReddit/cf25aof
1wi12q
Is it better for you to drink a six pack, or eat a pint of Ben & Jerry's?
Not sure on the calories. But 6 regular, 5% beers is probably around 500-800 calories, while a pint of b&j is possibly 500-1000. So roughly the same calories, id day the ben and jerrys is better because at least youre getting some nutritional benefit from it (not much) without the damage from alcohol.
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askscience/c1u1ay7
hb83c
Would anti-matter react with virtual particles?
>Would anti-matter react with the virtual particles that pop in and out of existence. Probably not in the way you are thinking. I think what you mean is that if I have a positron (an anti-electron) stored properly, could an electron (created from a vacuum produced e+/e- pair) then annihilate with my stored (real) positron. If that is what you mean, then the answer is definitely no. For a virtual particle e+/e- pair to be produced, it also means they have to annihilate each other, and they can't go off and annihilate with some other real particle. If this was possible, we could count this as a measurement, and virtual particles are unmeasurable because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. It's also lucky this doesn't work, because otherwise people studying antimatter would have their hands full.
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AskReddit/d8rm2bm
57fwzz
What is the most cheesy pickup line you've ever used and got results?
Take a sugar packet from a restaurant that says SUGAR or PURE SUGAR in big, obvious letters. Find a chick you want to hit on. Drop Sugar packet near her feet on the floor without her noticing. Walk up to her, make a show of picking up the sugar packet. Hand it to her and say, "Excuse me, Miss, you dropped your name tag!" Average results: I get a big smile and a little bit of conversation. Exceptional results: I've gotten two chick's numbers with this as my opener.
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AskReddit/du36ixv
7wtyaw
How would you feel if a grocery store was legally required to donate all of the food that it couldn’t sell to the food bank?
The grocery store I work at already donates a lot to the local food bank. Many try to donate as much as they can because the company can use the donations as a tax write-off. We also donate to several local schools and group homes. And most all the perishables that can't be donated are collected and composted by a local farm, not trashed.
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explainlikeimfive/cmun79e
2p9tof
Why does windows still have non 64 bit versions?
Intel's first generation of Atom processors was 32-bit only. This means that there were 32-bit processors sold until 2010. It's a bit early to cut off support for them. After people complained about Vista's requirements, Microsoft decided to put some effort into keeping the system requirements low. The Windows 10 technical preview has exactly the same system requirements as Vista Home Premium, meaning any computer running Vista (other than the "Intel was mad that their graphics chips sucked too much to run Vista so lets remove features until they work" Home Basic version) can upgrade all the way to Windows 10.
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AskReddit/c2ou0d0
l0okw
What is one band/artist that, through multiple albums, has never ever disappointed you?
LCD Soundsystem. I have all three of their studio albums, 45:33, The London Studio Sessions, and their final concert at MSG on my iphone and I can listen to all of it without skipping a song.
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AskReddit/cpecmo0
2yzdsk
What are flirty things to tell/ask a girl?
Nothing you're going to find on the internet. I can guarantee that. Being flirty is not about random quips or what you think counts as wit, it's about knowing what buttons to push to get a reaction. Those types of things are always person specific and only come after learning a bit about someone.
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explainlikeimfive/dg0erp4
6499su
Why do women's cycles align when they are around each other a lot?
They don't. That is a persistent myth. There are two things going on: Put enough women in a room together and eventually the odds are that at least two of them will have a cycle that is very close; this is just like how if you put enough people together eventually you know that at least two of them share a birthday. That doesn't mean something happened to match them up, it's just the odds are it will happen eventually. Cycles are not perfectly 28 days. Some women have slightly longer or slightly shorter cycles. Sometimes the cycles get temporarily changed by stress or birth control or something else. If you take two cycles of anything that do not have the same period, eventually they will happen at the same time. Think about car blinkers at a stop light: they blink at different periods but eventually they'll blink at the same time once, then get out of sync immediately again. 2.5: menstruation doesn't last for a day, it can last anywhere from a few days to a week, sometimes longer if the cycle is disturbed. They are probably going to overlap a little. Does that mean they are in sync? Between the two (and a half) things above, if you have a large enough group of women together for long enough, at least some of them will be menstruating at roughly the same time at least once during the time they're together. That doesn't mean their cycles are aligned, it means that several of them accidentally happened to occur at the same time this one time and probably will again later eventually probably. EDIT: Point number 3: usually this is observed with adolescent or young adult women, like in high school or in college dorms, when their bodies are still experiencing hormonal changes that will affect how long the cycle is and how long menstruation lasts, so the cycles end up changing a lot more, giving more opportunities for them to accidentally line up once or twice. This is also often observed on athletic teams, where stress from exercise is also affecting the cycle so it changes more often. Point number 4: you probably didn't notice all the times the menstrual periods didn't match. That's Confirmation Bias and the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy at work.
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AskReddit/eh1gfcu
atjt3v
What did you do when you felt the life is frustrating, and you can't studying and can’t keep moving forward?
Studies are required just to get through school. In the real world, your work ethic and your discipline plays the biggest role and learning these two qualities require you to study, at least enough to get a good percentage. But studies definitely don't determine your whole life
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explainlikeimfive/cx1smfd
3szjxc
How does crystal meth give people 'superhuman' strength?
Your body usually doesn't use most of its strength in order to protect itself. Your muscles are actually strong enough to rip your tendons off your bones, but your body typically doesn't let you do that in order to protect itself. Meth can remove a person's inhibitions to the point where they appear much stronger than when they're sober. They may be damaging their bodies by exerting that much force, but they're way too far gone to feel it.
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explainlikeimfive/eeat2ov
ah1ql5
How does a USB or another small storage device keep so much data on it?
there isn't any kind of special answer to this. Data is stored in binary format. Inside the chip are tiny "floating gates". These tiny gates can hold an electrical charge. They can be flipped on or off, for ones and zeros. The reason we can pack so much data into USB chip is because we can make these gates very very small. I think its interesting, that we are still not even close to the data storage of DNA. DNA stores almost a gigabyte in an area smaller then the tip of a pencil.
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AskReddit/dfntwxc
62n5l7
What's something the founding fathers dropped the ball on by not adding it to the Constitution?
Establishing restrictions which ensured that government positions were a short-term public service and not a lifetime career. The reality of the situation is the founding fathers didn't realize anybody would WANT to be a career politician. The concept of one was never established at that time. We only had term limits added to the U.S. Constitution for our President back in 1947. All areas of government need some level of term limit. Whether it's two terms or three terms or a single term of a decade (courts) We need something to establish a flow of new blood into the system. Where old blood stagnates, rot forms.
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AskReddit/dml40gh
6y749u
What is your favourite smell?
I have an odd one. It is the smell of steel being welded. Its a fairly unique smell. I think it is because 30 years ago I was an apprentice welder and that was my favourite job of all time
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askscience/c19fni9
engoo
Are there any theories or examples of Physical Laws that are not static or immutable, and may have changed over time?
It's not that the laws themselves have changed, but the relevance. In the early universe, the equation of state for the quark gluon plasma was highly relevant; nowadays gravity is the most relevant phenomenon on the universal scale. One example is Hubble's Law and Hubble's constant, where Hubble's constant changes with the age of the universe.
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AskReddit/csjty37
3b8hpg
What games are best played while drunk?
all of them. every single game is improved by drinking. also, chores. and conversations. pretty much anything not requiring motor skills or judgement to keep you breathing.
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AskReddit/elofzuq
bgyaru
What everyday phrases are overused and worn out?
Not phrases, but literally and technically. Also amazing, awesome, and hilarious. No, Kayden, your coffee doesn’t technically look like a White Walker and it’s not literally hilarious.
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AskReddit/dywsk5k
8j445g
What paid android games are worth the money?
I've gotten a bunch via HumbleBundle. Shadowrun Returns is pretty good. Most of the controls translate decently through touch. I haven't really played it, but I do have KotOR on my phone, too. Bloons TD 5 and Guild of Dungeoneering have been fantastic. I've gotten a lot of playtime out of those two. They're pretty good for a quick session or for eating up an hour or two. Best for last? The Room. Oh my goodness. Yes. I have that and The Room 2, and both are fantastic. I need to pick up the third installment. The soundtrack is appropriately creepy, and the game is just slightly unsettling. Two really well done games. Hope some of this helps.
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AskReddit/cryw4cn
38ypu5
Is a degree in economics/business economics viable today, and would an economics major be able to work in finance?
I have no experience in the field. I do fully enjoy most books i've read from economists though if that's any help. I have heard that its a crowded field though. I recommend you read/listen to "Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt if you're interested in this field. Its not really about finance but you can get a general idea of the skills that a degree in it will teach you by listening to some of the data crunching done by the author. That would give you a general idea of the type of work to expect.
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explainlikeimfive/diigu1k
6fioz5
What is the purpose of a role model, and do we actually need one?
A role model is considered important because it is usually more efficient to follow in the footsteps of someone deemed ideal, than to puddle around finding the ideal path. Are they needed? Not by everyone. Some people will find an idea way to exist by themselves, or with the influence of many people rather than one. But others may live somewhere where everyone is awful for one reason or another, and there is one person who is actually worth being like, in which case it's good to have that person around.
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AskReddit/es0mmy5
c59fgr
What talent or skill is worth developing?
Communication is probably without a doubt the most important skill you can have. Communication as in being able to convey your own thoughts and feelings in an efficient manner and being able to listen to and thoroughly understand other people's words and body language. Good communication is the difference between a happy couple that never fights, and two bitter people who grow increasingly passive aggressive each day until their inevitable divorce. Good communication is the difference between getting the job or being eliminated from the line up for someone who is more of a smooth talker, whether it be for collaborative team work, speaking to clientele, or giving reports and presentations to executives. Good communication is the difference between being able to smooth over a problem that crops up between you and a family member, or resorting to juvenile hostilities and name calling. Good communication is the difference between being able to negotiate for a raise because of the improvements and skills you've developed over the past year, or staying at the same rate + a small bump for inflation at most. Good communication skills is the difference between being able to have a civil political discussion with your grumpy uncle at thanksigiving dinner where both of you learn something (or perhaps at least you do), or a ruined holiday. Because even if he gets mad, good communication skills can help you address his language while keeping yourself composed. Good communication skills helps you maintain friendships for decades instead of just years or months. Good communication skills establish networks and move your career along. They make your academic life easier, they make your family life easier, they make your romantic life easier, honestly I can't think of a single aspect of your life that communication skills don't improve in some way. It's a skill you use every day. Be good at it.
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AskReddit/cxdd4q0
3uartu
What got you fired?
I didn't get fired but I kinda got my buddy fired. He just got a job doing data entry for some company and on his first day at work I sent him a text saying "Congrats on the new job!" He replies "Thanks man" and I guess someone saw him on phone and within 15 minutes he was escorted from the building. I felt pretty bad when he called me later and told me.
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AskReddit/dzc5q4u
8l1oj2
What are other 'Moon Landing' moments in human history?
Fall of the Berlin Wall. First nonstop transatlantic flight. Yuri Gagarin as the first human in space. Apollo 8 as the first manned craft to orbit the moon and return to earth. Apollo 13 astronauts making it back to earth. Voyager probes. Hubble space telescope in operation. ISS. Landing NEAR on an asteroid. Mars rover landing. First private ship to reach space. SpaceX successfully lands rocket.
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explainlikeimfive/dx12y0s
8arvum
Should we wash fruits and vegetables before refrigerating or right before we eat them?
Before eating. Generally speaking most fruit and veg live longest being kept in a cool, dark and dry place. Washing them before refrigerating increases the risk of you putting them in the fridge slightly damp which will (generally) speed up quite significantly how quickly they spoil.
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AskReddit/e3xo0uh
96485e
What left-leaning political YouTube's do you watch?
Vox has interesting, in-depth coverage on news but also larger political topics. Vice News on HBO and the YouTube clips are quite good. On the other hand, their Facebook page is clickbait drivel that will lead you to question humanity’s intelligence.
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AskReddit/e56wto4
9bzgbw
How far down the rabbit hole of a pyramid scheme have you gone?
If 1% is just listening to guy trying to get you to join the pyramid scheme, and 100% is you losing all your money in that scheme, then I'd say I've gotten as far as 15% (I went to 1 meeting and never went back).
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AskReddit/cpn7yw3
2zxic4
What's the best and easiest ways you have ever made money?
My friend asked me and my other friend, we'll call him Jason, if we wanted to do this quick little job for some cash. We accepted and the task was to place fliers on people's windshield and hand them out. Now Jason and I at first thought it sounded easy enough, until we actually got the large stack of fliers. We both didn't feel comfortable handing fliers to people or putting them under people's windshield because we wouldn't have liked it if we were on the other end of the equation. We still put some on people's windshields, but after a short while we walked to the local mall and threw away the rest of the fliers, which was still a quite large stack, and got Chipotle instead. At the end of it, our friend called us and asked if we were done, got picked up and got our money the next day. Easiest $50 made, despite it being a little dishonest.
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AskReddit/egw3ivv
asr029
When have drug companies screwed over sick people for profits?
Funny how consumers seldom exercise their right to not buy a product or service they think will make them less sick. Medical services and medication is almost a captive market. Best group of people to screw over for profit.
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AskReddit/dvu2go6
851jpa
What are some moments in your life where it was difficult to swallow your pride?
I had moved in with my dad after breaking up with a guy. Walked out of my job. I had to not only ask my dad if I could move in with him but if he could support me for a while. I was 23 and had been on my own since the moment I graduated high school. I wanted to prove to everyone I could do it on my own but pride doesn’t pay the bills. Luckily my dad is a sucker for a damsel in destress.
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AskReddit/cciezjh
1ngpgn
How and why has a random stranger made a lasting impression on you?
I think about a girl I saw one time in the parking lot at my university. She was crying her eyes out and had her fingers in the open passenger window of a car, begging the guy inside not to drive away. He would not even look at her and just kept saying "let go". She looked so desperate. I really wanted to go up to her and gently pry her fingers out of the window, tell her to pick up what was left of her dignity, and go home. I didn't, though, thinking that it might just further embarrass her when she got out of the heat of the moment and realized that she had made a bit of a spectacle. I thought perhaps she might prefer to think no one had seen her do that, so I did not approach. I sometimes wonder if I should have.
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AskReddit/dq3g039
7e9vv0
Where do you get your news?
The BBC and New York Times are my two main sources, backed up by various other sites. I prefer to cross-reference news stories from multiple sources to filter out at least some bias and get extra detail.
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AskReddit/c3s5twy
ptiev
What's the dumbest thing you've ever seen anyone do because they were dared to?
I was dared to hide in my buddies science class. I did it. I hid behind one of the lab tables for an hour walked out with everyone at the end of the class without getting discovered by the teacher. Mildly impressive but it was horribly boring.
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Ask_Politics/cx9tzwa
3tvlr3
Why is there such a deep divide between the political opinions of the internet and of the whole US, particularly with Bernie Sanders?
Posting content online or discussing politics online is a form of activism. Activist, while very important to political organizations, make up on a tiny fraction of the American electorate. They don't represent the whole of the American voting population. A national poll should have a randomized sample - meaning all people have an equal chance of being selected to participate in the survey. The websites you visit, or your Facebook friends or the people you follow on Twitter, etc. are non-random. Hillary Clinton has a political brand that has been built over 25 years in the national spotlight. Most Democratic voters have paid zero attention to the election thus far, but they know the Clinton brand, and at the very least "know" to Hillary is. The same cannot be said for Sanders. Name recognition heavily influences peoples' stated candidate preferences in political polling - people will choose a name they are familiar with when they don't have anything else to base their decision on.
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askscience/cr7ktj9
35o210
What happens to a beam of light shot out from inside a black hole perpendicular to the surface of the event horizon?
It will bend backwards toward the singularity and never leave it. The problem with a black hole is that, because of the infinite gravity, space and time coordinate flips and every direction OUT of the black hole points in the past and never in the future. To get out of the event horizon you should be able to travel backwards in time. If you travel forward, you're going towards the singularity no matter what.
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askscience/c43sveu
r8nra
Is time dilation present when there is a high density/intensity of fundamental interactions other than gravity?
The idea of time dilatation in gravity is the following: the way gravity interacts with particles is by changing their effective metric. What that means is that in the presence of a gravitational field, this particle will measure distances/time differently, according to how strong the gravitational field is. None of these other interactions have the ability to change the "effective metric" of the particles. Or in other words, an observer far away and another observer very close to an EM field will always agree on the time measured, if you ignore gravity. What actually happens is that strong fields carry lots of energy, and if this energy is considerable, it will backreact on gravity and effectively you will have time dilatation. Not because of the interactions themselves, but because they feed a gravitational field that will no longer be negligible. I'm ignoring some technical issues with the strong interaction, because it's a "strongly coupled theory", which makes things much harder, but in sum, that's it.
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AskReddit/c1panhf
gph30
Why do so many people drink Tomato Juice on Airplanes?
Is it possible that tomato juice consumption is actually far higher than you anticipated, and the article you read was bullshit written by someone looking to fill space with psuedo science to justify a theory they made up while bored on a 6 hour flight? I find tomato/V8 juice to be pretty tasty, but I forget that I like it until someone offers it to me.
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explainlikeimfive/ci6phac
282czf
Why does McDonald's have such a bad reputation for having processed, unhealthy foods, when places like Taco Bell and Steak N Shake don't?
Last time I checked, Taco Bell and Steak N Shake weren't known for fresh, healthy food. I believe McDonald's has a pretty commanding lead when it comes to global representation (around 19k restaurants internationally). I think fast food in general has a (deserved) bad reputation for having processed, unhealthy food. McDonald's just happens to be the biggest player in the fast food restaurant business.
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explainlikeimfive/cn4fedq
2qat3u
Why television and media cameras are so big, despite the same level of picture detail being achievable on much smaller devices?
Much higher quality sensors and optics. In order to fit a small camera on the back of your phone, there's a lot of compromises that need to be made so that it will fit in that limited space. That will affect the sharpness, clarity, and detail of the image, and when you're getting paid for top quality shots, a camera phone just doesn't cut it.
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explainlikeimfive/chnbu87
263luq
Why can butter stay on the counter for months without going bad, while milk and yogurt goes bad within a day of being left out?
Butter is saturated fat, which is less susceptible to oxidation. So butter will stay fresh much longer. Other milk products contain lactose, which is broken down by bacteria to lactic acid and goes stale.
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AskReddit/da3d1rk
5dbysz
How would I go about selling my soul to Satan?
Satan needs. certain assurances that you will actually complete the transaction. One who would sell their soul flippantly and without thought, would usually balk when exposed to the reality of a universe in which the Devil was present. So those who have the chance to sell their souls are usually those with nothing to lose, or everything. Satan does not bestow gifts for mediocrity.
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AskReddit/csgl698
3aweff
What was the best concert you've been to and why was it so good?
Van Halen's 1984 tour was good; real good. They were the kings of bubble-gum kind-of-metal-but-not-really pop music. The best was Bruce Springsteen’s "Born in the USA" tour. Yes, I know it wasn't his best album, and probably wasn't his best tour. But it was the best concert I've been to. (Another good one was seeing Violent Femmes in Richmond VA in a skeezy, divey bar in the early 80s.)
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AskReddit/ehnk1v3
awma81
What is one glaringly obvious point that voids a common conspiracy theory?
For the conspiracy theories about people, like Bill Hicks being Alex Jones or Avril Lavinge dying years ago and being replaced by her body double Melissa, yeah someone would have sold out and told that real story if was true.
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explainlikeimfive/cphu67f
2zdbjp
Why do cars depreciate and houses appreciate?
Cars get hard to maintain after 15 years, are hard to upgrade and are easy to make more of. Houses can be maintained for decades, you can upgrade yours for less than buying an entire new house, in many places more land is hard to get.
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AskReddit/dzapmbc
8kuy7m
Why is long hair considered feminine and short hair masculine ?
Evolution Women with long healthy hair are considered more youthful better suited to make babies. I don't care what a woman wears, does to her hair. I just know I find longer hair more feminine and I like feminine women so I won't date a woman who chooses to cut her hair short.
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explainlikeimfive/csunys6
3cdyd6
Why do many birds risk their lives by flying low and through traffic when they can seemingly fly a few feet higher to avoid such danger?
First and most importantly, birds are not as smart as humans, and cannot tell that cars are 'dangerous' the way adult humans can. While many bird can fly quite high, most urban birds species do not do so regularly; they live their lives in shrubs, bushes, and relatively short trees. As a result, they fly in a from bush to bush, often at a relatively low level. Highways are commonly lined with bushes, shrubs, and trees to combat carbon dioxide (and also for the aesthetics; most people who rather look at greenery than moving vehicles). Birds make their homes and shelter in this greenery, and fly between them in a (relatively) direct line - right in front of cars which, again, they are not truly smart enough to recognize as inherently dangerous. Birds do, however, recognize changes in air pressure as potentially dangerous; they indicate a fast-moving object, which could be a predator. As a result, many (arguably most) birds do get out of the way before being hit by a vehicle, as they sense the change in air pressure being pushed in front of the vehicle. Some birds, unfortunately, are not fast enough.
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AskReddit/dsh3z0h
7peb7i
What is something that was normal in your childhood, but now you realize was weird/not okay?
Well it is not that weird, but throughout my childhood i thought that most families lived in houses. I grew up in a village, so everyone lived in a house. From the age of 6-12, i was the only kid in my class who lived in an apartment. It always made me feel like the black sheep. It wasn't until i was a teenager and moved to a bigger school that i really realised that my living situation was extremely normal outside of the "countryside bubble" of every family owning a big house. Cultural diversity is such a popular topic these days, but even something as silly as seeing different living situations could've really helped with my bad confidence as a child.
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AskReddit/c5n7f6v
xkm9d
What scientific fact are you completely baffled by?
The Origin of the Universe. There are two possibilities: 1) The Universe has always existed. How can something exist without a start? I am baffled. 2) The Universe has a start date. What existed before? How did it start? I am baffled.
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AskReddit/en8849m
bnqg08
What is the most annoying song that you heard in your life?
7 Rings. I hope it stops playing on the radio so I wouldn’t have to worry about hearing. There are many other annoying songs I dislike, But I tell you it’s a long list for me.
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askscience/c441dn4
r9n6e
Is it possible for the asteroid belt to eventually accrete into a single rocky planet?
No, for 2 reasons. The total mass of the asteroid belt is ~4% the mass of the moon, or ~22% the mass of Pluto (which isn't even a planet anymore) Jupiter and Mars are close enough to influence the belt gravitationally, so that any accretions are broken up and/or ejected from the belt entirely.
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AskReddit/ctwan8j
3ga9eh
Which song lyrics shout out the strongest social criticism in the world of music?
"War"- powerful message with blunt force lyrics. I'm old enough to have forgotten that it was a Motown hit with Edwin Starr in the 60's long before Springsteen covered it in the 80's.
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AskReddit/dm9z2nm
6wqi5n
What is something everyone should research?
People should always read up on who they're voting for. Do research and fact check, don't just believe campaign ads or the candidate's own websites. Even Especially small government and midterm elections.
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askscience/c4kq5gh
t9o44
How long would it take for this machine to run for the final gear to take one complete turn?
Three things matter: Tooth ratio between the small gears and large gears Number of gears Motor speed The ratio seems to be about 3/20. There are 24 gears. The first large gear seems to make one revolution every 4 seconds. The final gear will make one revolution every 4 x (20/3)^24 = 237612768254196538671 seconds, or 7.5 trillion years. At which point the concrete will fail; it's very brittle, and can't sustain much shear. Concrete is great in compression, but not tension or shear.
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askscience/ceier2r
1uhj3o
How is it that people can "taste" food that enters through jejunal feeding tubes or infusions that go in through intravenous lines?
For intravenous drugs, this altered taste sensation has been observed with a variety of drugs; some drugs not all drugs, in some people not all people. Sometimes the taste is described as "metallic". This hasn't been researched much and the explanation is not known. There are theories. It seems that when giving an intravenous drug rapidly the altered taste, if it does occur, is noticed within 1-3 minutes. This suggests it is the drug circulating around the body that is the cause. As the drug circulates there are a few places they could interfere with taste. The drug could be having a action on the taste receptors in the tongue. The drug could be acting on the sensory branch of the facial nerve and glossopharyngeal nerve, both cranial nerves that carry taste perception. The drug could be acting on the olfactory bulb at the front of the brain (which is involved in perception of odors) Or the drug could be acting on the taste centres of the brain (Gustatory cortex) To be honest I don't know which is the mechanism and I have never heard a specific explanation. Sometimes people have general anaesthesia report taste change before going to sleep. That suggests to me that the taste disturbance is not due to an effect of the drug on the brain. Enteral feeding may cause a taste if there is reflux of feed, but this is of course more a problem with gastric feeding not jejunal. Whilst a "shadow taste", a milder, briefer taste is described, I don't know of a good explanation (mostly people guessing).
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AskReddit/cff4xuq
1xw3c8
What movie was so bad that you wanted to or did walk out of the cinema?
I Know Who Killed Me, that Lindsay Logan horror flick. A friend made me watch it in theaters with her. I'm usually a huge wimp when it comes to horror movies, even bad ones, but I just flat out burst into pitied laughter at the final scene.
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AskReddit/dlbbj8s
6sapu6
What is a necessary evil?
"Evil" is subjective, and I'm not gonna call anyone who does this is a bad person. The important part here is the necessary part, that being said, my answer: Unrestricted Abortions. In order to allow the women who need abortions for varying reasons, we must allow the idiots who use it as a form of birth control, and end up getting many multiple ones, instead of just learning to use a condom.
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AskReddit/c1arhyw
etb78
Would you consider a user like me to really be part of the Reddit community?
Dude, I've added nothing to anyone's life in my 33 years of existence. And I post all the time. Of course you're welcome here and part of the community. Post away man, just post away.
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AskHistorians/c5j4dq8
x3mbd
How did Hitler handle the fact that he was Austrian?
One of Hitler's main goals in World War II was to unify all of Europe's German speaking people in one country. I think he saw absolutely no contradiction in being an Austrian leader of Germany, since he thought Austria should've been unified with Germany in a greater German state all along.
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AskReddit/cv6vg6x
3ljvgu
What is way better in the morning?
Exercising. I used to think it would royally suck having to get out of my nice, warm bed to go jogging in the cold (OK fine, it still does), but it's actually not that bad once it becomes routine. Nowadays, I find myself basically sleep-walking through the motions of pulling on sweats and going out the door. Don't really "wake up" until I start moving. Prior to this, I used to try working out at night, but I would often be so tired physically and mentally after the whole day that I'd brush off exercise in favor of TV or gaming. Could never establish a habit because of that, so I toughed it out in the mornings until it stuck.
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AskReddit/can6ib5
1grsw1
What's your favorite "instant" food?
Not quite instant or my favorite, but the freezer bags of frozen vegetables has made eating tasty veggies with my meals really easy. Basically you just place the bag in the microwave for 6 minutes and you have steamed seasoned veggies.
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AskReddit/cvumvfi
3o76mo
What's the last time you were scared?
My husband texted me to say he was leaving from work and on his way home. Two hours passed, and his commute is usually about 45 minutes. An hour at most. I was so worried that he was in some kind of accident. It turned out that he was just caught up doing something before he left and it took longer than he'd thought. When he came home I pretended like I wasn't scared, and just asked if there was traffic or anything. I just didn't want to make him feel bad after a long day at work. But I was completely terrified really. He means more to me than anything else and I don't know what I'd do if something happened to him.
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AskReddit/d2ex3wo
4g67fx
What is something that starts out fun but quickly stops being fun?
Drinking with your coworkers. At first it's fun, you talk about non-work topics but eventually the topic turns to work. Inevitably the gossip starts. Then you realize if you weren't there, the gossip might include you.
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explainlikeimfive/ckcpnxi
2ftmbc
Why do baby mammals freeze when picked up by the 'scruff' of their neck?
Kittens of most cat species (and some adults) have a parasympathetic nervous-system response to getting picked up by the neck. Meaning that their body reacts without deliberation. The response is primarily a release of endorfins. Endorfins are chemicals in the brain with an effect not unlike opiates: calming and pleasant. This instinct exists to allow a mother cat to move her young quickly and efficiently from one hideout to another. Unlike humans who have to contend with squirming, screaming toddlers who want to be put down in the middle of the road crossing.
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AskReddit/dvoe2tx
849xd4
What is your Tinder horror story?
Tinder itself is a horror story. I'm not great looking, but good looking enough to at least get some matches. No one ever responds, and if they do, they are as boring as a brick wall and can't carry a conversation. Is the impetus on me to ask all the questions and keep coming up with new topics?
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askscience/cggcukh
21rqi3
Are there more "forces" on your body in the backseat of a car vs. the front that would make a person more likely to get car sick from sitting in the back?
The difference is more in what they are looking at and less about the forces. Car sickness is from a discrepancy between what you see and what you feel. Looking out the front window helps prevent motion sickness, while looking out the sides or reading a book makes it worse. As far as forces go, think about the path of the tires on the front vs the back. The back ones always take the inside of the turn following behind the front steering tires, so they should experience more g-forces in the back too.
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askscience/djsuf72
6lc2s0
How Does Your Body Know how to Repair Itself to its Original State?
You're right about the "unseen blueprint", only those are better known as genes. Every cell in a human's body contains the the same set of genes, but not every gene is expressed in all the cells. Gene expression depends on various factors like the functions of the cell, the location, etc. For example, the beta cells in your pancreas express genes which produce insulin, whereas the parietal cells in your stomach don't; they produce acid instead. When there's damage to tissue, the damaged tissues release chemical mediators which promote inflammation, which leads to repair. Here, the stem cells in the skin get activated and they multiply and express the specific genes. Each cell produces proportionate amounts of keratin. This leads to preservation of the fingerprints. But, if the injury was deep enough to completely destroy the stem cells, the fingerprint would be lost and would be replaced by scar tissue.
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explainlikeimfive/d1beo16
4bq4u3
Why are a lot of the designs from 50s so good and considered timeless?
It's important to distinguish what you mean by "good design". In a lot of ways, the functional things in the 50's are not as well designed. Our cars are more efficient, safe, and comfortable for instance. If you're talking about purely that 50's retro look, America suffers from a sort of cultural nostalgia for the 50's. The 50's is often presented in this dream like vision of the perfect America, men were men, women were women, people had big back yards and barbecues, drove their cars for fun. Life is depicted as being simpler back then, and that affects our perception of the designs. The 50's were also a time when consumerism was becoming a huge thing, as in part of your identity was about what you owned. This was spurred on by a rapidly growing middle class that could afford luxury gadgets like a TV. There were more products being made in larger quantities to more people and that stuff needed to look nice.
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AskReddit/d047xy7
46dc57
What profession has a lot more to it than you thought?
Nascar driver. I, like most people, thought it was really dumb, and just involved driving around in a circle for a while. I have type 1 diabetes, and every summer i go to a summer camp for people with diabetes. They have a guest speaker every year, and one year it was a guy who races professionaly. He explained to us how hard it actually is to race. When you're going at 200+ miles per hour over a long period of time, you're putting a lot of G-force on your body. At some points, he's supporting three times his own body weight. There have been times where he noticeably lost weight over the course of a race.
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AskHistorians/c8mh23l
19aqob
How did the poor white Southerners in the US (i.e. those who had not owned slaves before the Civil War) feel about the Reconstruction policies?
There's a pretty convincing argument that racism was essential to the psyche of the poor white in the South. He had little or no land and was realistically living in poverty and getting by from year to year. Racism elevated him. Instead of being the lowest of the low- poor, uneducated, no say in government, and having poor land holdings- he was elevated above the black population legally and socially. In some Southern states, that was 50% or more of the population (Virginia by 1850 for example). Race was his social status and sense of self worth. To threaten that position was to threaten his entire self worth. Whites were also scared shitless of an armed black populace. The Stono slave rebellion and other acts like it created a South that was paranoid of slave revolt and blacks being able to congregate and possibly come up with plans of rebellion. Racism was a huge part of Southern society and most whites bought into it and the South did not support Reconstruction policies. The KKK was composed of whites from all social classes and other terror groups like it. I think they would have been more on board for property reform, but Johnson squashed that idea quickly.
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AskReddit/dj556n5
6ic83v
What is the nicest thing you've ever done for a complete stranger?
I used to do a fair bit of work for a charity back in high school every weekend. We would take all these unwanted, but perfectly usable items that companies and people had no need for, and would have otherwise been thrown out. For example, where I live, a lot of the top hotels would change out a lot of their nice furniture once every few years, and in some cases months if it's interacted with often (and therefore scratched / superficially damaged) by guests. So we would take all this lovely free stuff, pack it into containers and ship it across the world where things like that were needed. We got all sorts of nice stuff--you name it, someone at some point has donated it. Children's books, computers (I think I saw a 8800 GTX sitting on the donation pile once), electrical equipment, furniture, etc. Once I spent seven hours stacking and arranging new tiles (that a construction company had no need for) into a shipping container, which was shipped to the Palestine. The downside is that I never got to know how useful the items were, but I'd like to think I made a difference.
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AskReddit/eb6zebu
a3kbrm
What is a small upgrade you can do to your car that will go a long way?
Probably not the type of upgrade you meant but; I keep a bag in the back with a towel, change of undies, shorts, shirt, jacket, first aid kit, pocket knife, baby wipes, toilet paper roll, pen, pad, lighter and a deck of cards. It comes in handy way more often than I thought it would. Planning on adding a small fire extinguisher to this too.
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AskReddit/c2tdycg
lkdeu
What would happen if Americans collectively stopped paying all of their debt as an act of protest?
Protesting what? There's no reason to protest debt. We choose to go in to debt. I owe close to 20K in CCs and student loans. I can't protest something because I'm a dumbass.
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askscience/c1onr8x
gmks6
What is the evolutionary purpose or reason for eyebrows?
The obvious purpose is to keep sweat, oil from your hair and forehead, and rain from getting into your eyes easily. Also, eyebrows enhance the "faces" you make with certain emotions. Imagine trying to send someone a quizzical look without eyebrows. Exactly. The cornerstone of that "face" is raising an eyebrow.
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AskReddit/dmmxp3w
6yfjn8
What is the strangest phobia you have and how often does it affect you?
I have a phobia of other people leaning over balconies or coming too close to precipices. When people do it around me, it affects me physically - it is actually physically crippling. This doesn't apply to me leaning over balconies or standing near precipices, though. I guess it's the lack of control I have over others that triggers it.
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AskReddit/cw05n6z
3osof4
Have you ever met a stranger that utterly fascinated you?
A current guest of mine. I am a hotel receptionist and I see him every week. He is so handsome and much older. I am 21 and he is 51. He is married and I have a boyfriend but I can't help but be fascinated by his gorgeous smile and the looks he gives me. I don't plan on acting on it, but I can tell he wants me too. I get so flustered when I talk to him or even just think about him.
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askscience/c8phel5
19myps
Will self-driving cars eliminate the extra wait at a red light?
That's really going to depend on how the cars are programmed; however, in general computer's reactions times are superior to that of humans. If everyone has self driving cars I'm not sure if you'd need red lights at all. Not only would the device itself be redundant with no human drivers to observe it, but cars could be designed to avoid causing congestion by altering their speed on the fly. Then again, they might be useful for crosswalks, but on the other hand maybe you would just be able to walk into traffic, confident that all cars will avoid you. It's all speculation.
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AskReddit/ekax9of
bae8to
IF Tom Cruise is considered short, why is he often one of the tallest characters in his films?
Dude watch the new mission impossible. It’s hysterical to watch them film the whole movie around the fact that he needs to appear tall. And also his sidekick is super tall so he’s always like ten feet behind him haha it’s really funny
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AskReddit/ck4y5u5
2f19iz
If you could have a child with anyone, who would it be and why?
My husband, our first three are wonderful successes so far, (7, 5, & 3) next 2 didn't make it and I would love to have at least 3 more kids. Since my lady parts won't cook them anymore we will probably foster to adopt. Edit Forgot the why; I love being a mother and the everyday challenges of raising children and my husband is a wonderful father. Even if we don't adopt any kids I really want to be a foster mother so I can at least be a nice, peaceful, loving stopping place along the road for some children.
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explainlikeimfive/cn8td1w
2qrhew
How come whales produce sounds that can travel for thousands of miles underwater, yet aircraft black box beacons only emit signals that can be detected from a couple of miles away?
There are a few reasons. It takes a lot of energy to make a sound that loud, and black boxes just don't have enough. Whales don't make long-distance calls in any old part of the ocean. There's a layer in the ocean where there are different temperatures of water, and the sound reflects off of the border of that (called the thermoclyne), which lets the sound travel a lot further. Instead of losing energy to the atmosphere, it loses a lot less energy bouncing off the thermoclyne and the ocean floor -- much like how you can hear a soft sound clearly through a long tube, even though you cannot hear that same sound without the tube. (fun fact, submarines can hide from surface sonar by diving below the thermoclyne). So whales? Use a lot of energy and position themselves optimally to be heard at a distance. Black Boxes? Cannot position themselves at all, and don't have a whole lot of energy they can use to scream "here I am"
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AskReddit/ef1gp15
ak4kd1
If you were disguised as your 5 year old self for a day, what would you do to freak people out?
Convince my older brother that when I got lost that one time, I wound up here in the current day and whoever he spent the last 20-something years thinking was his brother was an imposter. I'd also act like my sister was the one who lured me away in the first place. She wasn't born until I was 7, so I'd drop clues hinting that it took 2 years for the imposter to bring her from the dark place I originally wandered into. I'd try to separately convince my mother that I was her secret grandson looking to find my dad who I look just like a 5yo version of. She'd get to be a grandma for a day and then brow beat adult me to death so win-win.
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AskReddit/cd77gob
1py15t
What do you guys wanna see from a gaming channel on YouTube?
Benchmarks on next gen games on different graphic settings. Proof of next gen titles like BF4 are playable on GTX 400 series cards and older. How to clean/maintain your console/PC, keep it cool and running at optimum performance for years Game and bug fixes for newer games and how to get pass all the error codes that might come up It doesn't always have to include me sitting and watching you play a game. Infrormative videos are helpful for the gaming community. I am still to see a gaming channel that covers all the above topics.
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AskReddit/dtk2clv
7ufybs
How has your life changed after being diagnosed with a mental illness?
I was diagnosed with depression. The only thing that changed is some of my family stopped taking things like I didn't want to talk or I was kinda just.ill (like in a bad mood) as personally and I tried to be more aware when it happens and just tell them, "Hey I'm having a bad day today."
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AskReddit/dlc0042
6sdnlz
What food can you not stop eating until it's either gone, or you are sick?
There's a dessert called "Chocolate Delight" that is layers of cream cheese, whip cream and chocolate pudding chilled in a dish with a crunchy pecan crust. I always make myself nearly sick if I encounter that in a place where I can eat as much as I want without judgement.
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askscience/c3f0rav
o7ltb
Can our DNA be used to guess at our fingerprints?
Not much is known about the specifics, but enough is known to answer your question. We know that there is a genetic component to fingerprint formation. For instance, a mutation to the regulatory gene SMARCAD1 can yield adermatoglyphia--a rare condition that results in no fingerprints forming. We also know that environmental factors must be at play in the womb, as identical twins do not have identical fingerprints.
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AskReddit/eeebfju
ahfytc
How do you know you’re not actually a person with a severe mental disability who is just being treated nicely by everyone around you?
I asked my mom when I was in kindergarten if I was retarded because the other kids treated me like they treated those kids. She said no, but as an adult I've been wondering if I'm autistic. Obviously "retarded" is an outdated word and autism doesn't always come with developmental delays, but as far as the mob at school was conserned I may have been pegged as one of Those Kids.
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AskReddit/c30ff63
mf8xf
What's the best, most bullshit job title that you've ever actually used on a resume?
I am essentially a janitor at the company my dad owns. Official title = "Chief of Operations." I've been the Chief for four years. Im twenty. That title probably got me into university.
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AskReddit/dni7w75
72ft06
When is the customer not right?
I recently learned that "the customer is always right" is just part of the saying. If your product isn't selling, the product is wrong; the customer is always right. It has nothing to do with whether you force your employees to smile and try to please any customer no matter how rude they are.
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AskReddit/e53rujg
9bl69t
What changes should be made to the current education system to improve it?
Teach practically. Not all students are going to go to college. Provide graduating seniors with a mandatory class that teaches them how to "survive" in the real world (home loans, insurance, filing taxes). Require more physical education and better taught mandatory nutrition classes. Make fine arts a priority. You learn so much from reading and playing music. Don't let parents run the system. If a student fails, there should be solid repercussions, parents should not be allowed to talk a teacher out of failing a student. People who have not been teachers should not regulate education law.
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AskReddit/cg4i6ls
20lrf9
What's your most humiliating NSFW at work moment?
What I did isn't really NSFW, but we had been opened when we did it my boss would've fired me on the spot. I worked in a bakery/cafe, and we were closing up. I was walking towards my coworkers, shaking a roll of plastic bags over my head and singing, "Peanut butter jelly time! Peanut butter jelly time!" Right in mid peanut-butter-jelly, my boss walks through the doorway, and I froze with the roll of bags held over my head. She was not amused.
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AskReddit/dk874h1
6nbcdi
What is something you secretly hate, but all your friends like?
For me it's going out. A few years ago I jumped at the chance to go out and get drunk with friends on the weekend. Now I'm married, settling, and completely content reading on the couch on a weekend evening. It's like a switch that randomly flipped on at some point.
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AskReddit/dk2r41s
6mmplr
What's the best YO MAMA joke?
Yo mama is so disappointed in you, because she took eighteen years to raise you, feed you, clothe you, and try to prepare you for the world, and you squandered that by thoroughly failing to live up to your potential. She had a bright future and a real shot at a great life before you came along, and she hoped that her sacrifice would offer you better and more exciting opportunities than she could have ever imagined. Now, here you are, a layabout who can't even be bothered to express gratitude for the precious gift that you have thus far wasted. You should call yo mama.
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AskReddit/c4l3vqk
tb5eo
What did your parent(s) prevent you from doing growing up that you still resent now?
not resent exactly, but. i have severe scoliosis, and when i was younger, surgery should have fixed it up rather quickly, but my parents refused to let me get the surgery for various reasons (some good, some bad). now i have a severely deformed spine which has led to lung/heart complications. and i always wonder how life would have been different if i had gotten the surgery as a kid.
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AskReddit/dk6in73
6n3vdh
What is the difference between an AC motor and a DC motor?
D.C wound field motors are constructed with brushes and a commutator, which add to the maintenance, limit the speed and usually reduce the life expectancy of brushed D.C. motors. A.C. induction motors do not use brushes; they are very rugged and have long life expectancies. The final basic difference is speed control.
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AskReddit/c8dajij
18bdye
What is the worst thing people do on public transport that drives you crazy?
Putting bags, luggage, feet, whatever on an empty seat when the train is packed with people. I couldn't believe the number of times I'd see people taking up two seats when there were a bunch of other people standing. Drove me crazy!
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AskReddit/c2l5vow
kl68t
When the technology becomes available, would you replace your various body parts with robotic/synthetic augments?
I'd willingly replace anything on my body. Now things that I really want to replace are my eyes(bad vision), I'd like some kind of USB to brain thing for education, and maybe some nanobots(if its an option) that would clear out the body of viruses and other bad things for it.
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AskReddit/ddejbyy
5se6k8
What is something common that you have never experienced?
Happiness. Like, real, true, honest to God, happiness. The only happiness I've ever experienced has been fleeting and met with doubt and anxiety and then it instantly goes away, never to come back.
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AskReddit/dpo4phc
7c96rk
What is your favorite food to eat when you’re drunk?
When I was on exchange in Eindhoven there were these frozen snack packs of deep fried snacks that were AMAZING to eat while drunk (or high). They consisted of mini meat and potato croquettes (Bitterballen), breaded noodle patties and these awesome Dutch minced meat hot dogs, Frikandellen. I really loved the Frikandellen, especially with the speciaal sauce (mayo, curry ketchup and raw onion) God, I would really love to have some Frikandellen right now.
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AskReddit/dvy0r1v
85jotp
Which movies have aged surprisingly well?
The special effects in Fifth Element still hold up. A lot of older movies start looking corny over time. Not this gem, still going strong 20+ years later.
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