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AskReddit/di5iid9
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6duqev
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Who is Seth Rich?
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Seth Rich was a DNC staffer and Bernie supporter from Nebraska working on voter data. He was murdered outside his home in DC in a robbery where nothing was stolen. The supposition is that he was the source of the WikiLeaks DNC "hack" but since no effort has been made to solve the crime of his murder, and for some reason his laptop is in the custody of the DC police department, all we have is a mountain of circumstantial evidence that he was the leaker, and a panicked political-media machine trying to bury the story and the lack of investigation.
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AskReddit/c0t3lw3
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cjw7e
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What's the worst damage you've caused?
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A couple years ago, I was living at my mother's house and my sister left her neurotic rat terrier with me for a week while she and our mother went on a business trip. The dog was used to going for 4 walks a day and being coddled and spoiled beyond all description. I was going to school and working nights, so his needs were far beyond my ability to provide. I walked him before school, fed him, and left, then would walk him between school and work. After a couple days of this treatment, the dog expressed his displeasure with me by crapping all over the house. I was frantically trying to clean it up before being late to school and I just spread borax paste wherever he'd left a mess, figuring a dog (like a cat or a small child) is smart enough not to eat borax. I was wrong. When my sister came home from her business trip, I was at school and her dog was almost dead. I got the ream out of my life as she rushed him to the vet. The dog lived but by then I was so freaked out by almost killing my sister's furry child and the subsequent reaming, I packed up and moved out when her back was turned a couple days later. So not only did I almost kill a dog, I then caused more havoc when my family interpreted me moving out as me commiting suicide.
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explainlikeimfive/eejnvqe
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ahzgpy
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Why on videos of Jupiter can you not see cloud movement like you can on earth?
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The cloud bands you see on Jupiter are huge. The red storm you can see is larger than the entire Earth. Even with very high speed winds, the distances involved mean that the clouds are barely going to look like they are moving. When a single pixel represents 100 miles, a cloud moving at 100mph is going to take an hour to show one pixel of movement.
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AskReddit/crk2pd8
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376e0t
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What one company's products are actually consistently good?
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In gaming I would say Blizzard does a pretty good job overall. They have scraped long term projects simply because it didn't meet their high standards. EDIT: It's really hard to answer this because the more really different SKUs a company has the harder it is for them all to be good.
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AskReddit/cefk6jq
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1u8mnw
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Do you fear Death?
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On the day i die, there will be countless beautiful places, interesting people, amazing events, great books, movies and musical pieces i didn't experience. I only hope to reduce this number as much as possible. So you could say i fear a early death
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AskReddit/cd5ksil
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1psl56
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What is your stand on genetically modified products?
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whats wrong with genetically modifying things? I mean, it's absolutely different than putting chemicals in your food. The result is something that is completely natural in it's substituents, it would just be a mix of things that are already natural.
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AskReddit/cfv7c0c
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1znhzi
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What are some fun traditions on your college campus?
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My college had a pretty relaxed drinking policy that allowed us to drink openly without getting in trouble as long as you didn’t act like a complete idiot. The dorm I lived in was known as the party dorm and we had a thing every week called “Malt Mondays.” Around 9pm, a couple of people would go around knocking on people’s doors and took orders for 40’s of malt liquor. When they’d come back from the liquor store, we’d get our 40 and hang outside drinking and listening to music from speakers set up at the window of the 2nd floor. This would go on for a few hours until security would come and then we’d just move it inside to the 4th floor lounge and keep drinking until the early morning. It was one of my favorite things about my dorm and college experience. We also had a thing called a “Bell Run,” which was basically streaking from the residential side of campus, to a bell on the academic side and back.
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AskReddit/c2fhsdq
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jvn2y
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How can it be illegal to film a cop yet legal for 24 hour video surveillance on citizens?
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You're going to hate this answer, but it's a big part of it. Audio. "Wiretapping" laws in most states are actually audio recording laws. If you go shopping for professional security cameras you'll find most have no audio. It's not a cost savings measure, it's a legal one. For the most part you can record video of any public place (where no one has an expectation of privacy) 24x7x365, which is how surveillance cameras are legal. Depending on the state you either need 1, or 2 party consent for audio. In the ultra-conservative states, a surveillance camera doesn't even qualify as 1 party consent. In the 2 party consent states no chance. So when you record with your cell phone, or cam corder they are invoking wiretap rules on the audio portion only. An interesting grey area is if you are using a device that is capable of recording audio (e.g. a camcorder) but has the audio disabled (e.g. a dummy plug in the audio input), that hasn't been throughly litigated. Bottom line, if you record with a camera that has no audio function what so ever you are on much, much firmer legal ground. Still doesn't mean they won't arrest you and make your life miserable, but that is why all professional security systems have no audio function.
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AskReddit/cwazh8y
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3pzj0m
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What typically happy song creeps you out or makes you feel uncomfortable and why?
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Happy together, by the turtles. Ever since the super smash bros 64 commercial I've associated this song with thinly veiled animosity and unrepentant violence bubbling up through the peace and kindness that society imposes on us all.
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AskReddit/dbfrjce
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5je5n4
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What is your favorite thing under $5?
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None of those plebians said the only true best thing for under 5 bucks: A Döner. Now, I live in germany, NRW to be specific. The average price for a Döner is around 4 euros here, which is depending on your döner place either way too much for the quality you get or it is just perfect. The best Döner I've eaten so far costed 4.30 € and no other fast food can compare.
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AskReddit/ew6inqn
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cn3k59
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How would you want to die?
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Would like a slow death but basically when the sun is setting and me looking over the horizon, reflecting the short journey I called life and took for granted. Thinking about what I missed out on and just as the sun sets, a rush of euphoria will overwhelm me and I’ll realise how perfect everything was after all and how I wouldn’t want it any other way, then as the stars come out the people who were invited to my cremation start a fire on the beach just as the sun has fully set and while I’m burning I become one with the flow on energy and join my ancestors that died before me
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explainlikeimfive/cs5n3hj
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39qzhh
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Why does the Turkish government secretly support ISIS?
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It's not so much that Turkey supports ISIS, it's that ISIS fills a need for Turkey. South west Turkey is PKK territory, a Kurdish rebel group that has been at various stages of war with Turkey since the mid 1980s. ISIS has been fighting Kurdish territories in Iraq and Syria, and it's drawing a lot of the Kurdish fighters out of Turkey into Iraq. It's really an enemy of my enemy is my friend. If ISIS starts aiming at Turkey, then Turkey's support would probably quickly evaporate.
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AskReddit/ccn00st
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1nxo9s
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Why is considered acceptable to the general public for parents who pay child support, to not have the ability to claim the children as dependents on tax returns?
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Because not only one parent pays child support. Both do. One pays it to the other parent to offset that other parent's greater direct payments on behalf of the child, usually resulting from the fact that they have the child in their care more of the time. When you realize this, you realize that its not only acceptable, but generally correct for the non-paying parent to be claiming the deduction.
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AskReddit/e78e6qo
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9lpdcf
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Why would your insurance company drop you if you are not high risk, drinking and driving, or making late payments?
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I am 29 years old and this is my first accident in 13 years of being licensed. I have had 1 ticket in the past 5 years for turning right on red. I have been with my insurance company for over 3 years and have never had a late payment. Also the accident involved 3 cars at low speed, no one was hurt, and my vehicle was a crappy 09 Dodge Durango that they totaled. With the type of accident, my driving history, and excellent payment history the fact they are dropping me just seems absurd!
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AskReddit/d7a4pnp
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518nxf
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Why is Reddit so full of pretentious people?
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Because Reddit is the easiest place on the internet to surround yourself in an echo chamber. Do you believe that GMOs are a form of mind control being used by the government? There's a sub for that. Believe that white males are purposely and actively perpetuating a patriarchy of silent discrimination against everyone but themselves? There's a sub for that. How about that vaccines are really created by the pharmaceutical industry to slowly kill you and make you reliant on drugs once you it your mid 40s? There's a sub for that. So once you get into the echo chamber, it's easy to surround yourself with people validating you, and making you feel like you're better than anyone else. I won't call out any subs, but I've had to unsubscribe from plenty of subs I was interested in, because the user base was just the worst.
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explainlikeimfive/e7uvy1l
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9ol9vd
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Why can't Medicare negotiate drug prices?
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That's easy. Medicare provides a lot of funding for drugs, meaning it has massive leverage to negotiate lower prices which it could pass on to make healthcare more affordable. However this would also eat into profits for pharmaceutical companies. These companies have lobbyists which buy your elected representatives nice meals and fund their election campaigns.
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explainlikeimfive/c4y3tqy
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us7wd
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What's really going on in Syria right now?
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The cause of the Syrian uprising is similar to the other Arab Spring revolts, in that the populace is seeking freedom from an oppressive regime. However, unlike Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen, the regime of Bashar Al-Assad has been able to hold control, for a number of reasons: Unlike the other countries, which were almost entirely Sunni Arab, Syria is quite diverse. Al-Assad and his regime is Alawite (subsect of Shia) Muslim, while the majority of Syria is Sunni. The Sunni majority feels as though it has been persecuted by the Alawite regime, and is trying to take control. There also exists significant Christian, Kurd, and Shiite minorities, which fear a Sunni-led Syria more than Al-Assad's regime. Assad has been able to keep support (or at least prevent open revolt) from the minorities by playing up fears of backlash and tyranny by a Sunni led government. Assad has significant international support, mainly from Russia and Iran. Russia, with an oppressive regime of its own, disdains what happened in Libya, where a dictator was removed by an international coalition. Fearing a precedent that could be used against it, Russia has rejected any UN plan that moves towards the removal of Assad. Iran, the Shiite power, sees Assad as a key ally against Sunni hegemony in the region. If democracy were to takeover in Syria, a Sunni president would almost certainly be elected, enacting a severe blow to Iran's influence. Lastly, the population density and geography of Syria makes it difficult for a rebel army to form. Libya is far larger and has a population density 1/30th of Syria, which gave room for the rebels to form in the East and create a somewhat clear battle line. Resources and weapons could then be easily supplied to them by NATO forces and NATO air forces could bomb the regime forces. However, Syria is significantly more dense, allowing Assad to keep an iron grip on the population. As most of the population lives in and around the two cities of Aleppo and Damascus, it hasn't been too difficult for regime forces to keep the opposition splintered. Assad has also been able to keep an iron grip on his regime, without the mass defections that crippled Qaddafi and Mubarak's power in Libya and Egypt, respectively. Because Assad's regime is almost entirely Alawite, they fear backlash from the Sunni masses and very few have broken off. Thus, the military and intelligence forces have stayed very close to Assad. So basically, the Assad regime is currently trying (and succeeding) in keeping the rebels splintered and without a firm hold on any territory. Assad is also trying (in part with the massacres occurring recently) to frame the conflict as a sectarian battle between Sunnis and the minorities. As long as Assad can continue to play up fears amongst the Alawite, Shiite, Christian, and Kurd communities, he can hold onto his regime. Without a firm opposition and without international (specifically UN and Arab League) support, Western intervention is highly unlikely and would probably just exacerbate the bloodshed anyway.
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AskReddit/c7vrxum
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16gfv1
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What are the chances someone else has drunk the same water you drink?
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In a class once, my professor was talking about this. He said we are drinking the water that at least 3 other people have drank in the past. He had facts and stuff about it, but it was some time ago I don't remember it all.
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explainlikeimfive/d5ud396
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4v0cuh
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What is the significance of the order of the alphabet?
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The Alphabet we use today is a mutation of mutation of Greek. The Greek when dealing with Phoenicians observed that their use of a standardized character order aided greatly in business transactions and thus adopted a similar practice. The exact order is not clear though likely arbitrary for both the Greeks and Phoenicians. As did the Greeks, so did the Roman who adopted their own alphabet (taken from the names of the letters Alpha and Beta) and it evolved from there to English Lettering, French, Spanish and so on. The alphabet continues to evolve in odd ways as well. In the 1600's we lost a major letter in the alphabet because of the printing presses at the time were made by Germans who lacked the Þ (thorn). Today we have more modern and complex lettering working its way into our language thanks to computers using Unicode. Arguably emoji could also represent an evolution of our language, but for now let's scoff at that notion :eggplant:
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AskReddit/egd4ycy
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aq37ce
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Who broke your heart ?
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Which time? I feel every one of them. Each took it's little piece, chipped away at the veneer. It's hard to get hopeful anymore. When something good comes along, I end up questioning how it will end up being too good to be true until one day that is reality. Maybe I'm broken and that's why. Maybe it's them. But a broken heart will always show the cracks, it will be missing a piece here and there. I just hope that when she finds it, she loves it for what it is, cracks and all, and not find herself wanting for what it once was.
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AskReddit/cxsqogo
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3w2did
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What is something you thought was a myth until you found it is true?
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Dire wolves. I thought they were just made up for the Song of Ice and Fire books, then I found out that they were a real animal that went extinct ages ago.
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AskReddit/c1eupgo
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fc7k0
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Has anyone ever ridden a Concorde jet?
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I've been preaching this for years, but no one ever listens to me. No one has ever ridden on a concords. at least and lived to tell about it. They used the concordes to transport dinosaurs across the atlantic. People who rode on them got eaten. The dinosaur flew on them because they don't do well being out of water for long periods of time, but as you know, free mason meetings must be done in person.
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AskHistorians/cd0hxxf
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1p9rz0
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What was the UK's prison population at the start of WW1 & WW2 - Were prisoners released to fight?
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I don't have a full answer to your question, but I do have some related information that might be interesting to the topic. In "The Great War 1914-1918", Marc Ferro writes about how the war was draining the human resources (i. e. draftees) in all the involved countries. He gives lot of information about France and mentions the other countries, but nothing in particular about the UK. He does mention that in 1916 the French government "authorized" prisoners to be drafted. In the book, he writes that from the initial 3,600,000 men the French army had in 1914, 2,636,000 had been killed, wounded or gone missing by early 1917. Because of the lack of soldiers, the men who should be drafted in 1917 were drafted by late 1915, and a while later the men of 1918. They also brought fighters from the colonies, but these were "less valuable soldiers", and commanders considered them "incapable of fighting in an European war". As an example of how chaotic things were, it is mentioned that in 1918 a dead soldier was drafted.
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explainlikeimfive/es9ivdy
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c6ktmf
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What actually IS happening when we experience tinnitus (ringing in ears) and why?
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So there are two types of tinnitus: the one where only you hear the sound (which can be ringing, blowing, thistling, swishing, etc., called “subjective tinnitus”, and the topic here) and the one where OTHERS can also hear what you’re hearing (e.g. a build up of plaque in one of the arteries that feeds your ear, so you and others hear the sound of turbulent blood passing - called a ‘bruit’ - and is known as “objective tinnitus”). Objective, because there is something veritably causing the sound heard. But this is much rarer. Unfortunately, as with much of medicine, subjective processes remain the most elusive, because only the patient appreciates (initially) what is the matter. The answer eludes you because it eludes everyone currently. The last 3 years have seen new pathophysiological theories as to what causes the tinnitus. The leading theory for a while has been that damage to the FIRST part of the cochlea - the part responsible for hearing high-pitched sounds - results in the brain bemusingly trying to compensate by now producing that sound. Frequently. And continuously. And that can be and is incredibly irritating. The damage could be due to toxins (certain drugs), loud sounds, an ear infection and/or effusion, an autoimmune process, etc. or simple “age-related hearing loss” - called presbycusis. (The reason that high-pitched sounds are lost first in presbycusis is also the reason that tinnitus is the most common first sign of hearing loss). We will eventually figure it out but it remains frustrating nonetheless. Tinnitus is readily understood when there are other symptoms present, but isolated tinnitus - if not due to age-related hearing loss - remains poorly understood.
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AskReddit/ctvrr4y
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3g87xw
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Why do I suck at reading aloud?
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You're struggling to use different parts of your brain simultaneously-- your language center to pronounce and emphasize words and punctuation, your imagination to process and picture what you're reading, and your social skills to read cues from your audience.
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AskReddit/c1bl646
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ewyfv
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Has anyone's kids asked what the "save" symbol is in Microsoft Office programs?
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During one of my SAP training courses, the instructor regaled us with a tale of the save icon. This was an introductory Business Warehouse reporting course, and the instructor was walking a class through the basics of creating a query to report from a simple InfoCube. After a rudimentary query was put together, the instructor told everyone to click the "floppy icon" to save their work. A handfull of the younger students there (just out of college) stared blankly at her. "What … is a floppy icon?" one tentatively asked after a few silent moments. "You know, the one that looks like a floppy disk." blank stare The instructor walked over to the students desk and turned to face the workstation. She extended her hand and the tip of her index finger rested just below the floppy icon in the toolbar. "This. Click this." "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," the student sighed with dawning realization, "You mean the Honda symbol." "The … the what?" "Honda symbol. The Honda symbol," explained the student, "See? It has the 'H' an all that, just like the Honda logo." The instructor was dumbstruck. "Honda symbol?" she gasped incredulously, "No, no, no. That is a floppy disk." "What's a floppy disk?" "You know, the thing you put in the computer to save files onto." The student grinned and reached into his messenger back to retrieve something. "You mean this?" he said, thrusting a USB thumb-drive into the air. The instructor opened her mouth to say something, but decided that this wasn't a battle worth fighting. She silently turned around and went back to the front of the room.
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AskReddit/cakagnp
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1ghe4r
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Why is your relationship with dad "complicated"?
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There is nothing wrong or traumatic that happened between us. We just don't talk to each other. We don't really have a relationship between us any more. I've lived with him the past 6 or 7 years. The biggest thing that gets me is that I never had a lot of father son talks with my dad, and as a result there were a lot of life lessons I had to learn on my own or from my friends. He has also never really been proud of anything I have done or accomplished, even though he says he is.
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explainlikeimfive/ckjdm2k
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2gicib
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If extremely hot places such as the sun and the center of the earth are hot enough to melt almost any thermometer, how are we able to measure their temperatures?
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we don't measure it, we estimate it using thermo, matsci, chem, heat transfer, fluid dynamics(convection) sciences. we know the temperature of the surface of the earth, how much the sun contributes and a bunch of other givens. we use these numbers to guess the temp range of the core
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AskReddit/ek5vqik
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b9mxfn
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What song makes you happy every time you listen to it?
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Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone. Archer didn't come out until I was 21 - but my dad was in the Navy and had to serve extra sea time for filming. Granted, he had to do with reactors and was somewhere below the waterline. It's a ridiculously peppy song with a strong bass line, about fast airplanes. Good clean fun.
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askscience/de987ue
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5wc2g9
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Will a magnetic compass react faster the closer it gets to the magnetic north pole?
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Actually I think you are mixing two things. Indeed the closer to a magnet, the faster the reaction (because the magnetic field is stronger). However the earth's magnetic field is not generated by a giant linear magnet, rather by the moving molten iron-ish core (which I would assume is more or less spherical). Therefore you are not closer to the core depending on your location on earth, so not closer to the magnet. I don't remember enough of my electromagnetic courses to give an affirmative answer but I think the strength of the field is mostly dependent on the distance to the whole core rather than to the resulting poles.
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explainlikeimfive/crjxgre
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375q46
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Why do computers overheat?
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In general, overheating is caused by improper maintenance. CPU heat in most desktop computers is removed by forced convection. A fan blows air across the fins of a heat sink attached to the CPU, removing heat. If dust is allowed to build up, it can impair air flow through the heat sink and the fans, impairing the heat removal. This can be exacerbated by intensive processing, which generates excess heat. A simple cleaning once in a while (vacuum or blow out the dust) will go a long way to keeping your CPU at design operating temperature.
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explainlikeimfive/deh8fe3
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5xdlea
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If sound is air escaping things, why does hitting a metal fork against a glass sound different then hitting a plastic fork against a glass?
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Sound is not just air escaping things, it's a wave travelling through air. It is characterised by compressions and expansions of air, which vibrate our eardrums allowing our brains to interpret it. Things sound different because they produce different waves. Real life waves are not the simple sine waves you commonly see diagrams of - they have numerous different components which define the texture of the sound. This is why different instruments playing the same note have different sounds, even though the dominant frequency is the same. A plastic fork vibrates differently to a metal fork, which in turn produces a different sound wave.
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Ask_Politics/cz2rcv7
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41jcs1
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Why did it matter where Obama was born if Ted Cruz was born in Canada?
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IIRC its cause of a requirement that the mother have lived in the united states for a certain amount of time (I think 5 years) before her son gains naturalized citizenship when born abroad. Obama's mother would not have fulfilled that requirement. Cruz's mother had.
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explainlikeimfive/coyefk5
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2xalry
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Why does everything you mix together turn brown?
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Pigments absorb some colors and reflect others. Mix a bunch of different ones together and it ends up absorbing most of the color and then reflecting some of the light so you get a dark mass of brown
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AskReddit/ebyveka
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a6xwao
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What is something that only rich people can get?
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I work in asset management now for very wealthy. ($500mm minimum net worth), I will talk about individuals first then institutions. Access is the answer here. there’s a lot of politics to any person or institute with money so understand these are sweeping generalizations: Billions said it right when they described Bobby axe as a planet. These people work with and talk about sums of money that are larger than developing nations GDP’s. Most of their deals start in the $250mm These are side projects. These are ventures that very rarely sell under the $1bn mark. If they want meetings. They get meetings. Day, night. You need to talk to a CEO friend of theirs who can fix your supply at 4am? Done. You have a passion project that needs $20mm? Done. They want to invest $100mm now instead of $10 because the wind changed on Tuesday. Nothing is off limits. Yes they buy toys. But it doesn’t really get anyone’s rocks off anymore. These people create global money making machines from their cell phones because they want to get throbbing erections (ladies too, there are plenty at the elite level), just looking at a balance sheet. After $500mm in personal worth. (Actual assets, not just paper equity shares) the size of the deals expands, but the process remains relatively homogenous. You are just entirely global in your projects, and can create pipelines to support your endeavor. VS domestic+established international pipelines only. Now let’s talk about institutions. Because if high networth individuals were planets these things are black holes. I talk fairly regularly with the CISO of a company that deploys $100-$200bn in assets (i won’t give exact numbers to keep deductible id info to a minimum) Deploying $100bn in assets opens all doors. No country is off limits. No project. No industry. No labor practice. You are untouchable. You can collapse economies. You can influence any market you need. If there is competition you absorb it. They have corporate structures so intense it would take decades to pick apart. All of it totally legal, all of it very transparent in filings. The bottom line is they get what they want. Period. The scale is nearly impossible to really comprehend. I know I’m still amazed. There is an important distinction here between extremely smart and extremely rich. However, I’ve found that even those of average intelligence, were extremely talented in business. All of them are charismatic, and you want to like them. They build reliable networks that can deploy experts they can trust, very quickly.
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AskReddit/dd0myru
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5qnm2b
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What is the darkest work of fiction ever made?
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It's hard to say "darkest" for sure, but Cormac Macarthy's "Blood Meridian" paints a very bleak, violent, and morally vacuous picture of human life.
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explainlikeimfive/d9weqt2
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5ch3zy
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Why are there types of vegetarians that make exceptions for certain types of animals?
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It completely varies by the individual and this is the type of question you'd need to ask them directly. Some people are impacted by the "cuteness" factor and are more willing to forego eating cute furry animals than, say, fish. Some vegetarians do it for environmental reasons, and will make exceptions for meats with less severe environmental impacts. Cattle farming, for example, is one of the biggest reasons for deforestation and cows are the least energy-efficient source of protein. Some vegetarians are concerned with animals' quality of life, so they'll pick animals that typically have a better quality of life, or make exceptions for meats from farms that treat their animals better than average. Some vegetarians are against farming animals in general but might make an exception for meat hunted by a family member. etc. etc. etc.
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AskReddit/da4nxj4
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5dhvf0
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What's the most memorable time you had in college?
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My first time going to a club. I went to college out in middle of no where east Texas. The "club" was literally a big metal shack with concrete floors big fans and a Dj. The bar was a table with coolers full of bud light that were $5. And there was just a group of people fighting outside.
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AskReddit/eicpaex
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b089kn
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How can you badly explain the plot/characters of your favourite video game, without giving up the name of said game?
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A British lesbian, big gorilla, gay old guy, short old guy, angry ghost guy, and many other absurd characters team up to fight robots
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AskReddit/d2a65sn
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4fmvo9
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What was the last thing you stole?
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When I was a young kid. 13 or so. I stole a 10 dollar necklace from Kohls I think. because I wanted to impress my friend (who was an active thief). Felt so guilty about it that I sent them an envelope full of all the change and money I could find (about 15 bucks). Didn't include a letter or return address incase they sent police after me
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AskReddit/e1j0gus
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8uxv0f
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What are the subs a great photographer can benefit from?
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This is not for me. I recently commented on a pic from r/all yesterday, and found out the OP wasn’t actually the creator. It was one of the only times I’ve actually commented on a picture, and the imposter literally thanked me. The imposter deleted his name, after the real OC called him out. So I want to help this artist who is new to Reddit. The user name is u/mattherberg and I want to help, because I appreciate the work they did. So outside of r/pics and r/earthporn - what other subs are great for a photographer to post in?
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AskReddit/ewv8okj
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cqc68j
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Why does ice water taste SO MUCH better than plain tap water?
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Beyond just hydration, a cool drink helps with temperature regulation. If you are running around in the summer heat, you are sweating and generally overheating. A cool drink just feels amazing, as it cools internally the way sweat evaporation cools externally. It's short-lived as the liquid warms up quickly in your gut, but it's definitely a factor in making it more refreshing and it tasting better. Also, keep in mind that humans evolved to drink from big water sources such as wells and freshwater rivers. Those waters are very cold, even on a hot day. Only smaller bodies of water such as a stagnant puddle will really warm up in the sun, and those stagnant pools were also linked to more disease and parasites. The safer waters were naturally cooler. So perhaps humans developed a taste for cold water as it was linked to possibly being healthier for us.
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AskReddit/cpaoc4i
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2yllny
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What are some good ways to spend time without electricity?
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Mow the lawn fix a car go for a drive do a puzzle go for a walk spend time with your family Kill someone make a campfire cook the flesh of your victim eat the cooked flesh of your victim
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AskReddit/cr9qqzf
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3612mm
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What is something you believed as a child that you now realize was absurd?
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I believed the fights on WWE were real. Believed babies are born at random times when your mom goes to pee after marriage. Believed picking on people was fun. Believed I could be a professional soccer player. Believed being rich was the ultimate aim in life.
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explainlikeimfive/e8hmyzo
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9rkxxc
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How do antacids neutralize stomach acid?
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Antacids contain a mild base such as calcium carbonate. Acids and bases neutralize each other and leave salt water. Try putting a very small spoonful of baking soda (mild base) into a cup of vinegar (mild acid). The bubbling is the acid & base reacting to form water and salt. Add another small spoonful and you will get more bubbles. Keep adding small spoonfuls and the bubbling will stop. At that point all of the acid will be neutralized.
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AskReddit/exd0gsl
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cs7fg9
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What’s the meanest thing a sibling did to you?
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I was being really annoying and did what little kids do, repeat the same thing over and over until the other sibling gets angry. It got to the point this one time where my little sister grabbed a knife from the kitchen and came at me saying I wouldn't have a tongue anymore if I said it one more time. Let's just say I was fairly quiet the rest of the night.
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AskReddit/ec9mmv0
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a8cuvb
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What is the scariest movie scene you watched as a child that continues to haunt you as an adult?
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The Fire Babies or whatever those red dancing puppets were in The Labyrinth (with David Bowie). That movie is still my favorite movie to date but even now, as a 25 year old adult, I have to fast forward over that scene. They are terrifying and still give me nightmares if I see it.
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AskReddit/cl69ziz
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2iueyw
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Why is the Atheist community in Reddit so volatile and antagonizing?
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I don't think it's just Reddit. Most atheists I've conversed with anywhere seem to love to get into long drawn out debates about God or something else where they can lead the conversation into God and religion. They're way more annoying than any religious people I've encountered. Once you tell those people you're not interested they typically move on. I think it's something embedded within their brain that forces them to be 10 times more annoying than any religious person they've encountered as a way to get back at those people.
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explainlikeimfive/ed4m4cs
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ac1oji
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Why do online or open world games tend to more “buggy” than other genres of games?
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Short answer: there's more to go wrong. Longer answer: Having a game with online and open world elements both make it more complex and open up more opportunities for bugs. Having an online game requires the developer to deal with networking. Networking is unreliable in the best of circumstances. I once had an engineer tell me that 0.1% of all packets on the internet don't make it to their destination (on average). So, even if you make no mistakes in your networking code, you need to deal with an inherent unreliability. With networking you also have to deal with timing problems where things appear to happen at different times for two different players because there is delay in communication. What do you do if one player has a drastically slower connection than another player? What do you do if a player is intentionally feeding false data to your server? Dealing with these questions introduces more chances for bugs and just general weirdness. Open world games also introduce more possibility for bugs. Instead of being in a constrained environment where everything can be tested, your players can now go anywhere. The number of possible interactions jumps by an order of magnitude. It's going to be impossible to playtest every possible interaction and more bugs will slip in that won't get caught until release.
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AskReddit/dpqz07y
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7cmc9h
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What did they use before they invented the horse?
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They walked. The American natives never invented horses until the European colonists introduced the technique, so you can look at stories about them as examples. The Inca empire especially built all their mountain cities using human labour.
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AskReddit/ew0mhe5
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cm8ldq
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What would animals sound like if they had brains capable of understanding and creating language, but the same mouths/vocal chords they have now?
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Technically, with the same mouths/vocal chords their sounds wouldn't change. And their brains are capable of understanding and creating a language. The sounds we hear from different animals are actually their local "languages". So, yeah, don't underestimate animals
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askscience/c97tevk
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1blpck
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What processes occur that prevent us for bringing someone back to life?
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Those that are 'revived' have never died. In the process of heart transplant, the arteries and veins of the body is reconnected with a machine that does mechanical pumping of blood. This is how we keep the cells from dying. But that isn't 'bringing someone back to life'. That's preventing death. The human brain is made of a network of unstable chemical compounds. This destructive process isn't a decay for dead organisms like a dead animal being eaten away by bacteria. It's a chemical process like oxidation of iron into rust (which is no longer iron and have completely different chemical and physical properties). The constant supply of oxygen through your bloodstream prevents this happening. The moment oxygen stops being provided, your brain immediately suffers damage and become something completely different (a dead brain, which is chemically different from a living brain). We do not know how to turn a dead brain into a living brain. It's like trying to revive a pile of ash to what ever it was before. But nobody knows what it was before it burned down and how to turn ash back into living matter.
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explainlikeimfive/dgs4l65
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67p442
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Why do we sometimes forget things that we are very familiar with?
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Our memories are like links on a chain. If you start at one end of a chain, you can keep pulling it to get any associated links but it is difficult to jump directly to the middle of chain. For example, for most people, it's difficult to compare two letters on the alphabet without singing the alphabet song (starting on the alphabet song chain). Things we are familiar with are regularly used links on a memory chain. We often unconsciously go through them on autopilot without even thinking about it. However, if we try to think of them directly, it's difficult for us to find the starting point on the memory chain to get us to that link since we're so used to doing or knowing it unconsciously so we end up forgetting it.
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explainlikeimfive/cppxjt8
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307w30
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Why do dogs go alone when they feel really sick or near to die?
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Actually, a lot of animals go off somewhere to be alone when they feel sick. I think, though I'm not exactly sure, that it has to do with feeling vulnerable. When an animal is sick, it is weak and cannot protect itself, so it goes somewhere quiet / secluded / safe where it cannot be bothered by other animals.
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AskReddit/cdqg7ya
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1rs8zt
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What can we do about the NSA?
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You personally can call your representatives and let them know how you feel. If there is enough public support for something like a defund, there is a good chance it could happen. Much of congress is unhappy with how little they were told and a defund of the NSA almost went through earlier this year. I am inclined to believe that any measures proposed by the president or current supporters of the NSA will be half measures and mostly ineffective, especially since we don't know exactly how the NSA has been interpreting the Patriot act. This makes me reluctant to trust anything short of a defund or repeal of the Patriot act. In general, we need to stop paying any attention to mainstream media. They are no longer investigative or interested in journalism. The fourth estate has been castrated in the name of ratings and political theater and is no longer trustworthy. If they were, they would nail the politicians for all their retractions and lies but they say nothing. Glen Greenwald (The reporter who is breaking the news with Snowden) has won much respect for The Guardian, and also himself. I haven't listened to a real news network for a long time, but his new project is very exciting.
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AskReddit/c0m5vjc
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bd1ka
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What is the worst case of religious fanaticism you've seen IRL?
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Any atheist I've ever seen tell a person that god doesn't exist. Also, my friends uncle who is a Jehovas Witness, telling me about how they are going to put a chip under my skin and it was the mark of the best. No, I would never get a chip under my skin, but that was not the reason. This was in the 1990s
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explainlikeimfive/dej2ts2
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5xls7g
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Why does the human body's own immune response make your own body swollen and painful?
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Pain is mostly a protective thing: if a body part hurts you, you tend to use it less thus reducing mechanical stress and strein for faster healing. The swelling is due to the increased flux of fluids carrying what you need to heal: immune cells, chemicals, water, blood.
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AskReddit/c827atn
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174q13
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What little things keep you productive and energetic during the work day?
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List 3 things to do at a time, even if they're small things like sending an email. Cross those things out as you do them then write down 3 more. As you go on you get a sense of accomplishment and you feel as if your day isn't wasted.
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AskReddit/cj3xi3b
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2bb117
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Which actor/actress will always be "that guy/girl" regardless of any other roles they've done?
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I think most of the Harry Potter kids will always be Harry/Malfoy/Hermione/etc just because they started those roles as young teens and grew up onscreen as those characters in a hugely successful franchise. Kinda hard to escape that.
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explainlikeimfive/d60ttsd
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4vrme6
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What prevents services like Spotify from being available in all countries?
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The streaming service has to make agreements with the copyright management system in each country it works in, as they ahve to pay royalities for use of material. IF they haven't got the agreement, the service can't operate. This is also why different offerings are available in different countries; the rights for different things are managed in different ways and licensed region by region.
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AskReddit/ctm80dn
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3f7kba
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If I had a crush on you, how would you want me to tell you?
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My friend explained this concept to me when I asked him when is the right time to try to kiss a girl, I think it applies to telling someone you have a crush on them. There's no "perfect" time or way to tell someone you have a crush on them, it's about reading their body language and interactions with you. Invite your crush out to do fun activities with you that you know you both enjoy, and if they accept, that's an indicator of interest. She could have said no when she didn't. If you can do something innocuous like touch their knee when you're laughing and they don't recoil away or appear uncomfortable that's another indication that they might like you. If they laugh too hard at your jokes, slightly touch you for no reason when they walk by, pay attention to you more than others, etc. they are probably interested in you. Pay attention to how they act when you do these types of things and gradually move forward with becoming more physical and intimate. That's how you tell someone you have a crush on them; by reading if they have a crush on you and slowly testing the waters between each other physically. Don't make it super awkward coming on way too strong. Stating "Would you like to go on a date on Friday?" is 0-100 way too fast for most girls and a huge turn off. The intrigue is in them wondering if you like them as a just a friend or more than that. Make your intentions and affection known through your actions at a comfortable pace, that is reciprocated by the other person.
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explainlikeimfive/dc0yk1d
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5m5j2p
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Why is it easier to push than to pull?
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When you push on the door, you are leaning forward, using your weight and gravity to assist you. When you pull on the door, you are just using your arm muscles. You could grab the handle and lean back, but it would be awkward and uncomfortable.
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AskHistorians/d82seth
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54eh71
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What did the Roman empire send back along the silk road?
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Gold, according to Roman sources. And the Roman government hated this fact. The Chinese--and the numerous middlemen along the silk road--weren't particularly interested in Roman exports, so often the only way to get Chinese silks were by paying for them with hard currency. This made for a trade imbalance, wherein the Chinese (and again, numerous middlemen) were sitting on piles of Roman gold and all the Romans got in return were rich people in fancy clothes. Pliny the Elder: ". at the lowest computation, India and Seres [China] and the [Arabian] Peninsula together drain our empire of one hundred million sesterces every year. That is the price that our luxuries [silk, spices] and our womankind cost us." Archaeology has disproved this somewhat, as the work of Roman artisans has been discovered in China. Glassware, pottery, etc. However, I think it's safe to say there was a trade imbalance. The Romans just didn't have anything that was a) hugely in demand b) unavailable in China and c) light and resilient enough to make the trip. The issue got bad enough that the Senate tried forbid men to wear silk. The ban didn't work.
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AskReddit/cavzu9t
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1hnfkm
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What was the worst birthday gift you ever received?
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I was living in a house my parents owned. Renting it from them. The garbage disposal was broken. For my birthday they bought me a new garbage disposal. That I had to install. In their house. My mother is the WORST gift selector ever.
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AskReddit/cmw2gbw
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2perfp
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Who do people say you look like?
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When I was a kid "that kid who played Anikin Skywalker." As a teen people told me I looked like Rupert Grint. Now people tell me I look like that homeless guy who lives in the park.
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AskReddit/e9c11bw
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9vgnh9
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What's something you only noticed once you were in a relationship?
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I noticed women are more willing to give me a compliment when i'm with my girlfriend. The only thing I can figure is women figure you can't then try to ask them out or make the compliment last longer than it was intended to last with additional conversation because you're with someone.
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askscience/dl28qrt
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6r3zd3
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Why is the August 21st eclipse going to move from West to East across the United States?
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The totality of the eclipse is very fast, it takes the shadow 1h and 30 minutes to sweep across the US. The US is more than 45 degrees wide (that's more than 3 hours). Therefore given that the shadow of the Moon is traveling faster than the earth is rotating, you're able to see the eclipse West to right.
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AskReddit/edhjxah
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adjqko
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How above and beyond have you gone to pull a prank?
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After graduating from middle school and just starting high school, a few friends and I met back at the middle school on a day when we had a half day (no school that morning). We blended in with the other students and walked into our old middle school right into the homeroom of our old teacher. She blanked and talked to us like we were supposed to be there. It was only when she started calling attendance that she realized we graduated. It was fun. Though I wouldn't pull the same prank nowadays, at least not in NYC. Very high chance of getting into legal trouble.
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AskReddit/dvmg6jm
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843e3f
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What product won’t you buy no matter which celebrity endorses it?
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Any kind of external media by YouTube celebrities, like Gabbie Hanna’s poetry book (only used as an example because my girlfriend bought it). I just feel like the quality is on average a lot lower because YouTubers just earn and earn and end up publishing. Plus, although I make an income from it, I don’t really like YouTube all too much.
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explainlikeimfive/d44osux
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4nkdoh
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How did humans come to discover which drugs "worked" throughout history?
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They probably watched how animals reacted to the plants and tried them themselves in curiosity. Most animals react at least somewhat similarly to most of the drugs known in antiquity, so if a deer ate this random weed and got a little loopy, the hunter watching this happen might have been curious enough to try himself. Also, never underestimate the twin powers of starvation and desperation. A person lost in the woods might have tried eating literally everything until he accidentally found something that made him super high. If he survived the experience, he could tell the rest of his folks back home.
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AskReddit/c2xmc1c
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m2s3h
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What is the most outrageous thing you would do if you had unlimited money?
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Don't tell anyone about my unlimited money. Live life how I live right now. Go to college, be that awkward guy, go home, sit on the computer. When someone does something really nice or generous for me, they would receive an anonymous donation the next day.
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AskReddit/cjjvyam
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2cx35j
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What is something that made you really mad today?
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I joined reddit yesterday and today I made a comment that received 3000 karma up votes.upon realization it's worthless I was mad for like a 5 seconds. :oh look a picture of kitten:
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AskReddit/d5utsgt
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4v20il
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What is the worst kind of candy out there?
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“The worst kind of Halloween candy is any candy made of pure sugar, like Skittles, Pixy Stix, Airheads and candy corn,” says Jennifer Willoughby, registered dietitian at Cleveland Clinic Children’s. You might think candies like those are relatively healthy options, since many are marketed as “fat-free,” but manufacturers don’t need fat to make a sticky mess of corn syrup, sucrose, gelatin, wax and artificial flavors.
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AskReddit/d3ndpiw
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4lhpsj
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What are you ashamed that you like?
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Pain. Like ingrown toe nail? The swollen taste bud? Muscleaches, bruises, ulcer, lip crack. Okay now I'm just boasting. But I am ashamed cos everyone else thinks I'm crazy. There are some pain that I love and some I hate.
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AskReddit/es77xol
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c6a7bu
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What game soundtrack or song that features in a game, makes you want to replay the game again?
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Temple of Avo from the original Fable soundtrack. It's a super chill song that, to this day, helps me chill out and even fall asleep. Has a lot of good memories attached to it
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AskReddit/cba9dax
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1j1w3j
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If all the time-keeping devices known to man suddenly stopped working, how would we be able to figure out the correct time to reset the watches?
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Well the longitude line known as the 'prime meridian' in Greenwich England is well marked: I guess we would observe sun rising in the sky there (ha ha - sunshine in England) and call the time the sun hits its highest point 12 noon GMT, and then work from there. Would that perfectly match our 'current' idea of the correct time? I'm not sure. But if all the clocks on earth went out of commission for a while, I imagine it would be good enough.
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AskReddit/e9uph33
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9xrxw5
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What are some stories you have of people who were too stubborn and proud to admit they were wrong?
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I did pretty lasting damage to myself (knee issues) by being too proud to admit I really hurt myself in high school and it resulted in a long and painful recovery later. Surgery 6 years after the fact was more complicated than it needed to be, it made getting around college a pain, and that leg still bothers me frequently. All because I was raised by chronic hypochondriacs and I didn't want to go to the doctor and let them be right.
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AskReddit/er7e0yz
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c0toop
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What good experience came from drinking?
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Well, I've had four drinks over the last five hours, and I feel pretty nice, and I am enjoying listening to songs I grew up with, and talking with my wife. Drinking doesn't have to be a drag. You can still do it to non-lethal levels and get some enjoyment out of it.
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AskReddit/dengy7u
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5y5ies
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What was something that happened to you or that you witnessed was so insanely ridiculous that no one would believe you?
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A guy was crossing the road one day and a car came speeding down a road at about 50 mph, he got hit and the car continued. The guy was on the floor for about two minutes, then got up, and kept walking on like nothing happened.
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explainlikeimfive/ecw62c2
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aaz3dp
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How does an Ice age occur and what happens to the energy?
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There are several ways ice ages can occur. The climate is very unstable as there are several things forcing it to be either hotter or colder. One of the stronger forcing effects making it colder is that snow and ice is white. This reflects most sunlight out into space instead of being absorbed into the ground.
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AskReddit/c49si14
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rz3ta
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What is good onomatopoeia for the sound of racing horse?
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For a general horse I would use: >Cloppity Cloppity Clop. For a racing horse, that is in full speed: > Da da da, da da da - very fast. For a dying horse: > NAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyy.
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AskReddit/c0hgcxk
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agjx4
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What are some movies that would still be good if done entirely with stick people?
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A Hard Day's Night. The plot isn't amazing, but it's charming anyway. And the music will always be good, stick people actors or not. And it would just be funny to see little stick people with Beatles hair and instruments.
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AskReddit/cmkvnl0
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2o96ji
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Why is the devil giving humans critical thinking a bad thing?
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It is a strange passage; as I read it it's not so much critical thinking as self-awareness and morality that the devil gives us. You could read it as saying, the Devil essentially gave us our humanity. If we didn't know the difference between "right" and "wrong", we would basically still be apes, and free to do as we wished. Now, knowing that difference, there is an added burden as we have to consider everything we do in this self-aware light. So the passage basically implies that ignorance is bliss and that animals are in a sort of paradise. At least from one interpretation.
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askscience/cu0xnvu
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3goxio
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If energy cannot be created nor destroyed, how is the universe "dying"?
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Questions like this get asked quite a bit, and I think there is a widespread misconception about conservation of energy. Generally speaking, energy conservation holds only for systems that are described by a Lagrangian (or Lagrangian density) invariant to time translations. For most classical problems that do not involve some obvious external forcing (like a forced harmonic oscillation), total energy is conserved. But we when we talk about the universe, we have to be more careful. In an expanding universe, the energy tensor is defined on a background that changes with time, so there is no reason to expect energy to be conserved. (Energy in this last sentence might be interpreted as the integral of energy density over a region, in co-moving coordinates.) Indeed, for matter-dominated energy density, the total energy is constant, but for radiation-dominated density the total energy decreases, and for vacuum-dominated density the total energy increases. In general, do not expect global conservation laws to hold in GR. As for your question about the universe dying, I assume you are referring to the "heat death" of the universe. This concept arises from treating the universe as a system subject to thermodynamical laws (which is debatable, particularly because there is no good definition for the entropy of the universe). Heat death refers to the idea that for large enough time, the entire universe will equilibriate, and so there will be no temperature differences. Thus the free energy is zero, so all thermodynamical work stops. That is, energy is not exchanged between local systems in any meaningful way.
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AskReddit/embo72m
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bjvdbt
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What's the dumbest thing you've cried to?
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Just recently I rewatched Cars and Cars 3. I cried over McQueen and Doc Hudson because of the characters and their relationship. I watched this multiple times when I was a kid, just realized today what some of the things meant.
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AskReddit/crw0rm4
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38ll2m
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What are you're favorite board/card games?
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Cards against humanity This game is originally amazing, but beware it gets less fun each play through. That being said it's still one of my favorite games. Settlers of Catan. Just a great modern board game, kicked off the modern board game revolution. Trains and Trains 2. A Japanese designed deckbuilding/board game which solves a lot of the gameplay issues that other deckbuilding games like dominion had. Eclipse. It's a space exploration / civilization building / armada fighting game. I haven't played this as many times as the others, maybe 4 or 5 times, but every time was a really good experience.
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AskReddit/coiciiw
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2vk5ho
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How is the United States Government allowed to bomb and drone attack ISIS without officially declaring war on them?
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The president is the commander in chief of the United States Military, and can use them as he wishes. Declaring war is the power of the US legislative branch, and is not necessarily required in order for the US to take military action. In addition to declaring war, Congress is able to authorize military action, which is what they did in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a matter of fact, the last the the United States formally declared war was almost 75 years ago during WWII in 1942.
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AskReddit/eivg6wk
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b2v6y3
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What is a special feeling you wish you can feel again?
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You know, 3 years ago I was with my gf in our way to watch a movie at the cinema. We stopped at subways for buying some sandwiches. Then we realized we we're a few minutes late for the movie, so we ran together while laughing. ​ The thing is, it was a long distance relationship, so we could only see eachother for 10~ days each year. But that moment? While we were running together while laughing? That second was the happiest moment in my life. After 3 years I can remember every bit of feeling I had in that second. I've never felt the same way again. ​ She dumped me one year and half ago. We were together for 6+ years.
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AskReddit/cixgtvw
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2aphsg
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For those of you in customer service, what are some things customers do, that they are oblivious to, that are extremely irritating?
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I don't really do customer service anymore, but I do work with users sometimes. I've gone through a long evolution when dealing with error messages (I'm in IT). When the user realizes the error message is actually important and gets the courage to try to read it, over the phone, with an IT professional, they start acting like they're sending an SOS message for a captured soldier somewhere. It is the most important thing in the world. They forget to breathe. They start yelling unintentionally and reading like the dumb kid in class -- but with a purpose. Anyway, I already know all the error messages that pop up on the users' screens. The worst thing an end user can do is exhaustively read the very common but very long-winded and menial Windows error messages like they're reading from a long lost holy script for the first time in generations. We didn't get here because we were born with IT skills. Most of us got here because we consider error messages a social problem instead of a technical one. edited a word
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AskReddit/e319ogf
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91vz6h
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How do American accents sound to British people?
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Like American accents? I'm not sure how to fully answer it because Brits have grown up with American TV and films, so it's less jarring than, say, watching Frasier and having British actress Jane Leeves attempt a North-West England accent (in particular, a Lancashire accent, she's from an area in the South that's more "Queen's English" in accent) that just doesn't sound right.
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AskReddit/c5987ic
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w0o6m
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Are children's charities pointless?
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> In the first case, intervening to save the life of a child with a rare genetic illness - thus allowing that person to survive to a reproductive age - would only increase the incidence of the defective gene in the general population and make the disease more common. We are effectively thwarting natural selection for the sake of our emotions. Does anyone else see this going very badly wrong for us as a species in a few hundred years? Not really. Genetic testing is becoming cheaper by the day. I'd expect that cheap and easy genetic tests will be able to be performed to check for possible genetic risks in a given couple, probably by the time a kid currently born with something hits reproductive age. You also have to consider, if genetic illnesses have survived to the current day, it would seem they likely have had some purpose, otherwise natural selection would likely have weeded them out. We know the same defect that causes sickle-cell disease if you get both alleles of it, provides a protective benefit from malaria if you get one allele of it, hence why it is very common in malarial areas. Who's to say that other genetic diseases might not have similar purposes? Additionally, allowing such a person to survive to a reproductive age, doesn't increase the incidence, it keeps it constant. Killing them prior to it would decrease the incidence. At worst, we're halting natural selection, not reversing it. > In the second case, providing food, water and healthcare to third world countries would increase the number of children surviving and consuming more resources - which they are already short on. Given the extremely high birth rate and lack of contraception I imagine this sort of thing could be a real problem. The resulting famine when the western world grows tired of donating would be utterly devastating. Families in impoverished areas often have 10 kids, because sometimes 9 of them die before coming of age. The only way to guarantee a next generation to carry on the family, is to have many kids. Improve health and people don't need huge families to be sure there will be someone to support them in old age. Contraception is helpful, but not even entirely necessary to cause large declines in birth rates, most people know how babies are created and how to at least reduce the chances of getting pregnant. Withdrawal and Rhythm methods have been practiced for thousands of years, and while not perfect, can be quite effective.
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AskReddit/cgencp6
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21n61d
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When do you think that the next large scale war between major powers will take place?
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Despite constant saber-ratting, I'm hesitant to say we'd ever see another war between super powers or a World War multi-nation scenario. The global interconnected economy has grown exponentially since the era of the World Wars and even since the end of the Cold War. There's just too much money at stake for the largest nation players on the world stage (and, more importantly, the wealth that backs them) are too interdependent to really want all-out war.
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AskReddit/eawpny2
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a2bbu4
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When was your first bee sting, and what do you remember about the experience?
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I was 4 or 5, playing with a fly in the window. My parents kept telling me to stop, but I was stubborn. Yeah, it was a bee, and it stung me. My parents knew it was a bee, and figured I learned not to mess with them anymore.
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AskReddit/dpomw5k
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7cactv
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What is your favorite "secret menu" item?
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I didn't see anyone mention this but I do know a secret menu item at Arby's. It's called the Meat Mountain. It's quite literally every single kind of meat they have (and cheese) on a sangwich. It's 13 dollars for the sandwich alone but holy jeez it's amazing. Oh and it's like 1 lb. Source: knew a friend who worked there and I ate it.
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AskReddit/ep4helw
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bty95b
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How do you prevent yourself from being jealous?
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I just tried to think about it rationnally, not being jealous is what causes the least pain. Jealousy hurts people in every way possible, it's horrible. I just put the things on the table straight away : "Do whatever you want with whoever you want, because that way you will be happy, and being jealous won't prevent you to do it anyway, or it's gonna make you frustrated and unhappy. Do what brings you happiness, and if our ways go into 2 different directions, it was meant to happen. Nothing wrong about that, sadness is temporary, it will go away eventually"
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AskReddit/d8l4800
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56o4z0
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What movie becomes more interesting when the main character is replaced with another from the actor's career?
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Replace Tom Cruise from Cocktail into Days of Thunder. At first he was a cocktail maker, he was pretty good cocktail maker, then he has a crisis in confidence until he meets a beautiful lady who convinces him to be a better cocktail maker. Now he is a race car driver, he is pretty good race car driver, then he as a crisis in confidence until he meets a beautiful lady who convinces him to be a better race car driver. Ok, lets replace him with his character in Top Gun. He is a pilot a pretty good pilot until he has. No. lets replace him with his character in Minority Report. he is a cop in the future, a pretty good cop until. ok, how about the Last Samurai. He is a soldier a pretty good soldier until he has a crisis in confide. he plays the same guys all the time. -Rich Hall.
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AskReddit/dxt7js1
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8e8b3n
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What effect would your crush having a pretty severe mental illness (such as depression or anxiety or schizophrenia, etc) have on your decision to pursue a relationship with them?
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I would like to say it depends on how serious (I could deal with depression or anxiety but couldn't deal with schizophrenia), however if that illness in impairing their life (not taking medicine, counseling or whatever to get better) then I would not date them. They wouldn't be ready for a relationship because even if they hide it things like that show. On the other hand, if they were a crush then I would already like them despite what they have and would be able to look past it/ work with them to get better.
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explainlikeimfive/cnfrobx
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2rgyu9
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How do blind people use computers?
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There are software tools that read the text and convert it to speech as well as a host of other functions that help the blind use computers. The thread you referenced actually has some links to more information in it.
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explainlikeimfive/e4pyznk
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99raz1
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How does the body produce a seemingly unlimited supply of snot when you’re sick?
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The body has an enormous amount water in it. It stores the vast majority of this water as blood. When water is needed, it's pulled from blood vessels in the area that it's needed, and utilized there; in this case, it's converted to mucus in the sinuses and nasal cavity. The proteins and other nutrients that make up the mucus arrive in a similar way. The body can handle losing a massive amount of water before shutting down (hypovolemic shock). The fluids you drink while sick make up for a lot of this. What isn't replenished immediately will likely have a negligible impact on your body.
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Ask_Politics/ekez5lr
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baxqa0
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How is the Supreme Court limited by public opinion?
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When they care about the institutional standing of the Court. On the one hand, they shouldn’t—life tenure is meant to insulate them from public pressure and ensure their independence. On the other hand, and on some level, the Court’s public reputation underpins its legitimacy and influence. It is theoretically the weakest branch, unable to exert real-world force (unlike the executive) and lacking the legislative power and warrant to make law (unlike the legislature). All they have is the judicial power: the power to referee disputes, to resolve cases and controversies. They can only decide what is put to them, and have no freewheeling remit to ‘make a play’ or to ‘set the rules.’ When push comes to shove, the executive holds the guns, and the legislature sets the rules: Congress may strip the Court of jurisdiction under the Exceptions Clause by setting the rules to eliminate judicial review of a large variety of cases (apart from those affecting ambassadors, consuls, and cases in which states are party to the controversy). Because Congress may ultimately curtail the jurisdiction of an especially unpopular Court, the source of its authority and legitimacy are in some sense reputational—and susceptible to diminishment if the representatives of sour public opinion so will it: an unpopular, hated or despised referee is also a diminished one. ‘Institutionalist’ members of the Court who wish to maintain its institutional standing to preserve its influence may therefore care about public opinion more, while robust advocates of judicial independence might reject such ulterior motives as having no place in a judge’s decisional calculus: only the correct interpretation of the law matters, not whether it’s popular or not.
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