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AskReddit/cyu9jm9
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40hrqn
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Do you think the shake-weight people knew they made an easily sexualized product?
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Yes, the fact that ti was sexualized created advertising for the product itself. People looked twice and spoke of it. It was a brilliant product to make in the fact that it marketed itself to some extent.
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AskReddit/cg68b51
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20s5to
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If everything you had ever lost showed up at once, what would you be most excited about?
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I lost a wallet while overseas at age 13. It had my bank card and all of my money in it. I was on a student trip and my parents were across an ocean. 400$ cash would come in pretty handy right about now.
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askscience/dnvlasi
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744w7q
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What are the main complications stopping us from using nuclear fusion?
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(Edit: Wow, thank you for the gold, stranger. I didn't even think this was one of my better answers. Also, I have edited the post to clarify and correct some things based off some very good comments I received. Thank you all.) Fusion involves taking charged particles and ramming them together until they fuse. This releases a ton of energy, but it's like trying to push the same pole of two magnets together. You need to overcome the resistance first to get them to "touch." This requires an enormous amount of energy. The only way to really confine and squeeze the gas tightly enough to do this is via electromagnetic fields. More specifically, confining it inside a magnetic coil, like a cylinder. Most commonly, we then twist the cylinder back on itself to form a torus, and have the gas zoom around in circles inside the coil. But now you get into the problems: 1) The amount of energy needed to drive the magnetic field is enormous, and the current will melt any standard conducting cable or metal. The only thing that won't heat up when that amount of current goes through it is a superconductor. There are no known room temperature superconductors, only those operating at very cold temperatures. So you have to keep the entire thing constantly cooled with liquid helium, and it's prone to break a lot. The Large Hadron Collider has the same issue and has suffered some high profile breakages this way. 2) As the gas starts to collide and fuse, a plasma is formed. This is a good thing. It's what you want. But plasmas are highly conductive. As the plasma zooms around, it starts to form its own electromagnetic current and fields, which start to mess with the fields you're using to try and contain it. This is extremely difficult to detect or model and very hard to adjust in the split-second time frames needed to keep it stable. We're still figuring out the exact shape required to get the plasma's currents to self-contain in a nice stable way with the others. So far we can only keep the plasma going for about 100 seconds at the very longest recorded. 3) Energy extraction. We still haven't quite figured this part out yet. All that energy in the plasma is "real," but how do you get it out? The only simple and practical way we really know right now is using the heat to boil water and use the steam to drive turbines. (This is also how fission nuclear plants work.) This part is taken as a "we'll do it easily once we get to that point," but we still aren't even to the point of stable long-standing plasmas so nobody's really invested much into it. The good news is, we have gotten very close to getting more energy out of the reaction than we put in at this point. The JET reactor hit 70% efficiency -- 97% efficiency if you don't count the initial startup spike. ITER is gunning for 1000%. We are confident it's doable at scale, now. 4) Fusion is much safer than fission, and does not leave as many crazy exotic radioactive isotopes everywhere. This is because most of the radioactivity is confined within the plasma and does not ionize the surrounding material the same way. The "fuel" also does not naturally break down into dozens of exotic, long-lasting radioactive isotopes. However, fusion does produce neutron radiation, which by having no charge, can't be contained via electromagnetic field. These neutrons bombard the vessel walls and slowly irradiate and break it down over time. It's currently unknown how exactly we will avoid having to replace the entire reactor semi-frequently due to this, but like the above problem, it's considered a "cross that bridge when we get to it" issue that will be solved by some kind of new material or exotic layer of shielding like beryllium. The trick is making whatever shielding we use also compatible with energy extraction, because those neutrons are a good chunk of the energy that comes out.
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AskReddit/etg3i6b
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cbkc0l
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What are YOU waiting for?
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To get deep I'm waiting on the Lord. I used to be very religious, but it came to a point where I asked myself, "Do I really believe in this?" and I realized that I had to leave the religion to truly make my way back. The way I describe it is, I was raised a certain way, but now I have to choose that way. So now I'm just trying my best to finally become a believer again, it may not make much sense to others, especially for those who have left a religion and never want to come back. But for me I'm just waiting for the belief to come back.
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AskReddit/c0c9pzy
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9creh
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Does anybody else see fractal/geometric shapes when you tightly close your eyes and apply pressure with the back of your fingers for about a minute?
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I have a relative who is blind ( blinded in an incubator at birth) and these color patterns are all that he has ever seen. He has pressed on his eyes all of his life ( he says not all of his life yet but you get the picture) He has pressed so many times in order to just 'see' the color patterns that he has squashed his left eye completely out and yet he still does this behavior, sticking his finger now pretty far into his skull Just passing that not too pretty picture along.
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AskReddit/ey294wu
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cv75ua
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What is the weirdest place you have fallen asleep over the age of 15?
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At a Dio concert in the mid eighties. I was so loaded with the flu I only managed to watch the support hand Warlock and the first couple of Dio songs before I fell asleep. My mates woke me at the end of the gig
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AskReddit/e2scnsf
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90q36d
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What was the biggest mistake in your life that ended up having pretty great results?
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I started as an EMT at 17. I did it for five years. While I did some good, it fundamentally changed me as a person. At one point I was suffering from some pretty serious compassion fatigue, I was gaining weight, and my outlook on life was pretty depressed. It looks really good on a resume though, and it has been fundamental in getting me other jobs going forward.
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AskReddit/drewzx1
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7kjsiu
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How do you get back that sense of everything being somehow more magical that you had as a child?
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I'm not joking at all when I say marijuana. It's the only way I can return to a childlike sense of wonder. Candy tastes better, movies are more magical and more creative, my imagination is more fluid, and it's specifically amazing to watch old Disney movies.
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AskReddit/e0evq4g
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8pxs76
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If you don’t believe in a god, when did you stop believing and why?
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Neither of my parents are religious, nor most of my close family (cousins and such), so I grew up in a nonreligious household. So Ive never actually believed in a god or gods at all, mostly because I don’t see any physical evidence of there being any such thing
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explainlikeimfive/c78sk3h
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1409w9
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Why do people kiss?
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Some people think it's a test for finding a compatible mate. You go in to kiss someone and they smell, or have bad breath or bad teeth and you know they're potential as a mate isn't that good, or in going in you sense they are sick, you're going to reject them. I would also think as you kiss and you touch each other it also signals attraction and compatibility of the two partners, or may give subtle signals that turn you off (aggressive, grabby, or maybe the other side of the spectrum and are shy or hesitant in their touch).
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askscience/ccxqo2x
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1p1669
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Why is an object in focus at the focal point of a lense?
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This is a truism, but the focal plane corresponds to the plane where all rays originating from a particular point on a source converge on a single point on the focal plane. The big deal about this is that it is the only surface where you can get an image where each "pixel", on the image plane, sharply correlates to a single "pixel" on the origin plane. In the case of an image not cast on the image plane, some of the rays from the origin will end up scattered upon different "pixels" in the image plane. This results in an averaging effect where pixels in the image plane are hit by rays from multiple rays from the origin plane. If the object in the origin plane is say a high contrast white line against a black background, and is out of focus, pixels near the edge of the object will have rays that land on multiple different pixels in the image plane which result in an image with fuzzy edges.
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AskReddit/e50ftfg
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9b529z
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What's your opinion about gap year?
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Unless you’re traveling the world or starting a company I think it might be a waste of time if you’re serious about college. I have a couple friends that did gap years but they ended up either not going back to school or it delayed them a long time because they just lost their school form and couldn’t quite get it back.
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AskReddit/czg7mxz
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438139
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How do you sit on your bed in order to be comfortable when watching TV shows off of your laptop?
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Laptop in the middle of the bed, sitting (Indian? sic) style, or propped on an elbow. Always wind up with a kink in the neck if I'm against the headboard, or the laptop slides off of the pillow on my lap, then bounce from the bed to the floor. Hate when that happens.
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explainlikeimfive/eq177ko
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bwx0jo
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How do antidepressants cause weight gain?
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A side effect is increased appetite. It won't make you gain weight, but you will find yourself eating more if you don't pay attention. It's different for everyone. I think it's a possible side effect for many, many medications, but that doesn't mean it WILL happen for you. In fact if you eat to self-sooth, you may find that when you feel less awful, and are able to go out and do more, you end up eating less. I know plenty of people who avoid anti-depressants or birth control, or whatever important drug, because they are scared of weight gain. It's different for everyone. And antidepressants work differently on everyone. So if anyone is considering taking one, but worried about side effects. The only way to found out is to take one with the supervision of a good doctor, and let them know if any side effect is really too much. Fatigue in the beginning is common, but if it's been months and you can't get out of bed, then you need to switch to another drug. There are lots to try, and you have to find the one for you.
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AskReddit/e5m7y1x
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9e543w
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What's the dumbest mistake you ever made that ruined you financially?
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When I was in my late teens, I picked up an odd job that made me a one-time payment of a lot of money (relative to my usual income, like $7000), and in my excitement I made the mistake of telling my friends and coworkers at my usual job (a fast food place where we made about $7.25/hr). I had a lot of plans for the money in regards to paying for college and saving, but I soon became inundated with requests for "loans" from my coworkers that all seemed perfectly legit to a 19-year-old. Lending someone a couple hundred so they could fix their car, paying for meals here and there. And then one of my coworkers got arrested and told me he'd lose his job if he wasn't able to bail himself out of jail. I used the last of my money to help bail him out, and took a cash advance from my credit card to cover the remaining amount. Out of maybe $5k "loaned" out, I probably got paid back a couple hundred dollars, and it took me years to pay off that credit card because of the high interest rate on the cash advance and my low income at the time. I wasn't able to go to college until I was 23. I completely understand how people who are low income (and spend their time and are surrounded by other people who are low-income) can lose ridiculous amounts of money after winning the lottery or making it big in some field.
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AskReddit/d5hqfhd
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4tj4wr
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Why do most people not believe in open relationships?
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General insecurity. Wanting the stability and simplicity of dealing with only one other. Societal norms and general prudishness. I would not be okay with an open relationship myself,since I am both massively paranoid and a bit insecure. Personally, I think that the reason why a lot of people cheat is because they are nonmonagomous and don't know it.
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AskReddit/d9khatx
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5az395
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What's the most disturbing thing you've ever seen on the internet?
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A news article on Lina Medina. No, I was not searching for that sort of thing, and no, I will not elaborate on why she made the news. I've seen plenty of disturbing things in my many years on the internet, and that was by far the worst.
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AskReddit/ec4z7b5
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a7qgi5
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What is the scariest way you think the world will end?
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Social and Economic collapse is by far the scariest yet plausible way the world could end. It would be terrifying to see your friends, family, and neighbors start turning on each other for water and supplies. I think the desperation to survive would bring the worst out of everyone you know.
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AskReddit/c1wvdfq
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hnst5
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Why does my entire family have different color eyes?
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My mom has green and my dad brown. All my siblings have blue. I asked about this and was told (and I'm sure someone will leap to correct me if I'm wrong) that since green and blue were both recessive, it's possible to get one from the other. Also, my eyes were brown when I was younger. The older I get, the greener they get. Right now they're very hazel. Some of these colors you have could have come with age.
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AskReddit/c80ol0x
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16ygnm
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What are some little known online stores that you shop at regularly?
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www.plndr.com -Great semi-unknown online clothing shop associated with Karmaloop, they have a lot of great up and coming designers. Plus their sale items are unbeatable.
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AskReddit/da7ijft
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5duzek
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What gifts do you get for your mom for christmas when you are struggling to make ends meet?
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Grandpa checking in. Anything you could possibly buy me, I already have. Any hobbies I'm into, you don't know what to get me. If I know money's tight, I'll wince if you spend money on a gift. My favorite gift ever was simply a letter from my son. If you have a hobby (baking, painting, whatever), make the present yourself. If you must spend money on me, spend it on an activity with you -- dinner somewhere, an escape room, etc. Really all we want is to see more of you face to face.
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AskReddit/c3oxqr5
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pfi5o
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Does anyone know how Facebook decides which friends show up on your page's sidebar?
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It's based off recent interaction. Also, if you have cateogorised your friends into 'close friends' or whatever, half of them will be from that group. Similarly, with your chat, you'll notice the people you've spoken to recently appear at the top half of the list, whilst other people that are online appear in the 'more online friends' bit.
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AskReddit/e7zvsvj
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9p95sl
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What was that one annoying habit your Ex had?
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Used to somehow get into bars, get drunk, call me late at night demanding that I pick her up otherwise she'd claim I raped her. Super annoying. She died of a drug overdose though, so all's well that ends well, and all that.
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explainlikeimfive/cjdhpmr
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2cabio
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What is science and why does it "work"?
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Science is a pretty difficult concept to define. Most accept that a field in which the scientific method is applied is a science. The scientific method is a group of techniques put together to produce empirical evidence of phenomena. Its basis is that by by providing repeatable experimental verification, the mechanism behind phenomena can be discovered. The scientific method works as such; An observation is made. For example, the Earth goes round the Sun in an ellipse. Produce a hypothesis as to why this is happening. For example, there is a force the Sun exerts on the Earth to make it orbit Produce a prediction from your hypothesis. For example, the orbit of another planet. Test this prediction. Measure the other planet's motion. Compare experimental results. Do they match? If so, move on, if not, start again with a new hypothesis. The next steps are peer review and reproducibility - others need to be able to check your work to see if it's right and be able to reproduce your results, so we know it's correct. Science works because it's a methodology, not an ideology. It can change, adapt and advance.
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AskReddit/cxdl5xp
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3ubx8d
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Which key is the useless on the keyboard?
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Scroll Lock. I have never once used the scroll lock for its intended purpose. Every other key I have used, to my knowledge. It seems Lenovo have cottoned on to that fact and removed it from the model of keyboard of which we recently received 80. Which is great, except my KVM switch requires a double-tap of the scroll lock to change screens. So I had to revert back to my old keyboard instead of a shiny new one.
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explainlikeimfive/ck6xbpp
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2f8how
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How are the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki habitable today, but Chernobyl won't be habitable for another 22,000 years ?
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Nuclear Bombs and Nuclear Reactors are very different animals. They're barely related in that they use the same elements for fuel (though usually different variants) and some related processes. A nuclear reactor cannot go off like a nuke. Reactors basically work by taking a very hot, very radioactive piece of uranium or some other fuel and using it to boil water. When it melts down, the structure of the reactor literally melts and exposes this very hot/radioactive (abbreviating to "hot") stuff to the environment. If you look up the half-life (in effect, the measurement of how long things stay "hot") of various nuclear fuels, you'll find that they have plenty of time to stick around, pumping radiation and other generally bad stuff into the surrounding area. Nuclear bombs are different. The fuel isn't as "hot" and doesn't stick around as long, which is why you can stand next to a relatively small nuke without having a massive reactor structure between you and it. Also, when the nuke detonates, it effectively vaporizes the fuel into very small particles and spreads it across a very large area. In the case of those two cities, some fell in the cities, some in the surrounding country side, the ocean, etc. A chunk even made it into the jet stream and got spread around the world. In such small concentrations, the fuel poses virtually no risk. Not to say that it's not significant. There is a noticeable difference in ambient radiation of the world between now and before nukes were invented. But after a couple months, a nuked city could potentially livable again. Source: None really. I just find the topic interesting and have read up on it a bit TL;DR: Nuclear Reactor: fuel is very radioactive, sticks around for a long time. Nuclear Bomb: fuel isn't as radioactive, gets vaporized and spread very far and wide.
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AskReddit/eqt0pzu
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bzkamu
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Why can't there be true peace in the Middle East?
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Unless you can magically convert everyone in the middle east to the same religion and ideology, then it will never happen. Jihadists hate infidels, and their source is Islam, though not all Muslims are jihadists. At the very least, you would need to reform Both branches of Islam to be more tolerant of other religions, and they'd be as peaceful as the rest of the world.
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explainlikeimfive/elx4ead
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bi0ki7
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Why does pickling things preserve them?
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It's fermentation - the same thing that turns milk to cheese, or wheat water into beer. Every living thing has two basic needs: food that goes in, and waste that goes out. The reason rotten food is bad is because certain fungi/bacteria have already digested the food and left their waste behind. That's why raw honey is bad for babies - trace amounts of bacteria have already digested the honey and left behind waste that is toxic for humans. More on that later. Pickling is a form of fermentation that uses acidic/salty brine to kill off bad bacteria, and let the good bacteria grow faster. Acid is especially good at killing bacteria, which is why adults stomachs can deal with raw honey without any concern. The good microbes tend to be the ones that don't produce poisons, like how yeast turns sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol. By eating the sugar and turning it into safe waste, harmful bacteria don't have a chance to grow and produce toxins. ​ TL;DR: pickling stops bad bacteria from growing on food and making it go bad.
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askscience/elegnbm
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bf875o
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Why does the Notre Dame cathedral and other churches take so long to build?
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There's 3 main reasons from what I can tell. Building a building from scratch is far easier than rebuilding a building that has partially collapsed. They need to go in and see what the damage is and see where the structural integrity is good or not. When they do this they can't use any of the doorways because it's unsafe so they'll have to go in with cranes to get people in through the roof. Then once they figure out everything they need then they need to start planning how to actually replace the pieces which can be pretty tricky. These buildings were built a very long time ago with materials that we don't have and techniques that are difficult to replicate or not up to codes which means its not allowed. Much of the rebuilding will have to be done with modern techniques but they also have to try to maintain the historic aspect of the building so they basically have to make up new techniques as they go and get everything approved. Cathedrals have gigantic open spaces which is not how we build buildings anymore. We build them with a bunch of smaller spaces which gives more freedom for structural integrity options and other safety precautions. So basically they have to replicate something that doesn't exist anymore with techniques that they either can't replicate or they aren't allowed to replicate.
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AskReddit/ec3f8y0
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a7j9pk
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What is the worst Christmas gift you’ve ever received?
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It was my parents. My aunt was an alcoholic (she’s been sober for years now). However, about 8-9 years ago when she was beginning her sobriety she decided to clean out her liquor cabinet by gifting them to her family and other relatives. We got a big bottle vodka. Probably not a ‘worst Christmas gift’ like you’d expect but my folks don’t drink hard liquor and the bottle sat in our cabinet for awhile until we decided to regift it again.
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explainlikeimfive/cjex4sg
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2cf67f
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Why is it when we cook nuggets in oil, it's crispy but in water it gets soggy?
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When the oil is at a high enough temperature the moisture in the food almost instantly turns to steam and steam wants to escape the liquid. This steam forms a protective barrier around the food that keeps the oil from penetrating the food. There will come a point when the food looses enough moisture so that it can not maintain the steam barrier and then the oil penetrates but this usually occurs after the food has been terribly burned and is gross. Tldr : high temperature oil frying causes a protective steam blanket pushing oil away from the food. Take away: If you get soggy oil logged fried food at a restaurant then most likely the kitchen is cooking with the oil on a lower temperature to keep the oil from breaking down and helps it last longer. But it creates gross food.
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AskReddit/cegcdin
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1ubdk5
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What is the dumbest way you've ever lost money?
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I was a shift manager at a fast food joint when I was 17. Cashed my check from the nightly drop and put it in an envelope. Somehow then lost the envelope. $300 in the ether, but at a time when I had no real bills.
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AskReddit/cgok37s
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22nkcd
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Who is the smartest person you know and what made you realize that he/she is the smartest person you know?
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My Pop is the smartest & kindest man. He's a country fella that never pursued higher education & has been a blue collar worker his entire life, he knows about everything. While clinging to my library card, taught me how to self-educate at a very young age. The man can hold an intelligent conversation anywhere from rebuilding an engine, politics, aviation, bee keeping & everything in between. If I'm 1/3 as smart as him & raise my punks to be 1/3 as wonderful as him, then I've served my purpose well.
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explainlikeimfive/cxv7qm4
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3wcytl
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How is Mars international waters?
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There’s an international treaty saying no country can lay claim to anything that’s not on Earth. And by another treaty, if you’re not in any country’s territory, maritime law applies. So Mars is “international waters.” NASA is an American nonmilitary organization, and it owns the Hab. So while I’m in the Hab, American law applies. As soon as I step outside, I’m in international waters. Then when I get in the rover, I’m back to American law. Here’s the cool part: I will eventually go to Schiaparelli and commandeer the Ares 4 lander. Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this, and they can’t until I’m aboard Ares 4 and operating the comm system. After I board Ares 4, before talking to NASA, I will take control of a craft in international waters without permission. That makes me a pirate! A space pirate! Andy Weir, The Martian
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AskReddit/ceoquyx
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1v4bft
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Why are people more compassionate towards pets (dogs and cats) than other human beings, even children?
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I am one of these people. Truly, I feel more pain seeing a squirrel get run over by a car than I do hearing news stories of violence. I've tried to think honestly about what causes it, and it seems to be a few levels of psychology. I'm not saying it isn't messed up, but it's me. First, as others have mentioned, animals are innocent. They are deceitful or evil. They are pure like a baby, but with none of the protections given to them. As humans, we ruin their natural environment and then kill them for being in our way. (Case in point, hunters claim to have to kill deer to keep them from getting in the roads or running out of vegetation to eat.) Also, I don't fail to acknowledge that humans have messed with my mental state from time to time, but animals have helped me pull it back together. When I think of the darkest times of my life, I remember laying on the floor with an arm over a dog who comforted me just because. Finally, I feel like I am desensitized slightly towards the horrible things that humans have done to each other and continue to do. In saying this, I am still a humanitarian, and my job entails me helping impoverished children. I volunteer at homeless shelters and live a non-violent life. (Pacifist vegetarian) So I am not one who will ignore the plight of humans, but it is the pain of animals that makes me feel a stabbing pain in my chest.
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AskReddit/cguaxdw
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237t2d
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Did everywhere smell like cigarettes back in the day where it was legal to smoke indoors?
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Basically. I experienced a lot of second hand smoke as a kid. Everywhere. When I got my first job at a public library in the 80s, it was still kosher to smoke in public buildings. I never went in the break room because it smelled like an ashtray all of the time. Restaurants had smoking sections, but it didn't matter much because you smelled it everywhere. Oh, and planes were awful- no ventilation to speak of and smoking was permitted everywhere. Trains too. it's amazing everyone alive back then didn't end up with emphysema.
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explainlikeimfive/cjy9626
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2ecw2t
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Why is Ebola such a big deal when there are more deaths from common diseases like the flu?
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Because it's a scary disease where the majority of people infected die( 60 - 90% death rate ), they die really quickly and they is no known cure. (There's a small number of serums under test and used to treat some victims, however, the actual effectiveness of there are still unknown). EDIT: Most of what you see on the news is just scare mongering. The main problem in Africa is ignorance and a lack of education. The disease is spread by ingesting infected animals which many have been warned not to eat. They are reluctant to allow doctors near victims and even remove victims from hospitals and return them to their homes. Any first world country can manage the disease pretty well by isolating victims. So almost all victims outside of Africa have been infected while in Africa. Very few have been infected while outside of Africa(if any at all).
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AskReddit/c2rpqqz
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ld8l5
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How safe are my files from someone with physical access to my computer for a day?
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More volatile than you think. With limited information I found out your name is likely Josh and you live might in Indiana. That was without breaking any laws and took about 5 seconds. Give someone that knows what they're doing a full day and physical access as opposed to remote access, you're screwed.
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AskReddit/cbo8nej
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1keyhq
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Do you let your pets sleep in the bed with you at night?
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My dog slept on the bed when he was a puppy. By the time I tried training him to break the habit, he was smart enough to know that he just needed to wait until I fell asleep then hop up. He's a heavy sleeper though so it's not too annoying.
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AskReddit/c6n8x0x
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11kh6k
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Is it appropriate to send a former teacher an email, apologizing for causing grief when I was her student?
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Definitely. I emailed one of my old high school Accounting teachers and apologized for being such a reckless and bothersome student. I told her I should have appreciated the subject and her teaching because in the real world, this knowledge will come in extremely handy.
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explainlikeimfive/e6eaq6s
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9hsgrt
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How do surgeons remember every little step for every surgery they may need to perform?
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It’s interesting that you mention checklists. Because Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon, wrote a book, The Checklist Manifesto, extolling the importance of checklists for everyone, he provides examples of how surgeons do mess up when they don’t use checklists—that everyone is more error-prone when they don’t use checklists. And he gives an example of a famous plane crash that happened due missing a step, which had led to the required use of checklists.
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AskReddit/cia6bqf
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28ekge
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What are your easy to cook, but delicious recipes?
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Thick steak, sirloin or your preferred cut. Season it with a little pepper. Little oil in the pan, wait until it's very hot. A handful of minutes on the first side, flip it and sprinkle a good amount of thyme on the cooked side. Melt butter in pan and then baste the steak with it. If cooked medium rare this is literally the most delicious and simple dish I've ever had.
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askscience/d2eyth4
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4g09e3
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How long does DNA last?
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Usually 5-10 years but can vary a lot depending on what the DNA is exposed to, i.e sunlight and water denature DNA. 521 years is considered DNA's half-life. There is such thing as ancient DNA (aDNA). This has often likely been preserved somehow. However, there are common issues surrounding aDNA because mutations are likely to occur over long periods of time and thus changing the original structure.
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AskReddit/dgh2a6i
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66aupv
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What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
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The Naked Gun. If I feeling even the slightest bit sad, it amuses me back to good humour. Plus if I find out that anyone I know hasn't seen it, then I make sure it's the next film I watch with them. Must have seen it hundreds of times by now. Sometimes I watch the sequel though. For a little variety.
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AskReddit/ckl2cjz
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2gokbv
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What is the consensus on Snowden, is he a traitor to the majority of Americans?
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I think there are some pretty mixed views about the guy. A lot of Americans think he's a hero because he has exposed government monitoring capabilities, which has created a very healthy debate about privacy in the digital age. The other side is that he stole and disseminated classified materials to foreign intelligence and the world. As a result, all of "bad guys" such as drug cartels, pirates, terrorist groups, domestic and international radicals have adjusted their behavior. The result has made it a lot harder for military and law enforcement to do their jobs, putting people's lives at risk. While I believe the discussion about privacy is a healthy one, he went about generating it in the most dirtbag way possible. And the longer he stays in Russia, the more I feel he louses clout with his argument.
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AskReddit/d7ru5v2
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53cl9a
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What single change in your daily routine had the biggest impact in your life?
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I cut out soda completely after drinking a can most days for years. It was part of a much bigger change in terms of diet and exercise that led me to lose 60 lb two years ago, but it was the fundamental "big change" that I used for continued inspiration. To this days it's one of the best changes I made to my lifestyle.
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AskReddit/c0yc6wb
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d8hc4
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If you were to kill yourself, how would you do it?
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I would update my site to v4, sell my soul to big publishers and kill the hopes and dreams of the userbase I started causing them to revolt, retaliate and ultimately abandon me to die a horrible painful death.
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explainlikeimfive/cucxshv
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3i3c77
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Why do towns in US have enclaves?
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While not what was pictured, enclaves usually happen because of how cities are formed. When a new city is proposed, those within the proposed city limits vote on whether or not to form a city. So when it is known that a particular neighborhood or area is strongly opposed to incorporate, sometimes they are left out of the proposed city. Also, sometimes the would be city leaders may want to avoid including certain areas because of responsibilities the city would assume from the county, i.e., transportation ,law enforcement, etc.
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AskReddit/eiuzahm
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b2tkpd
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What are the best ways to travel cheaply for an 18 year old after high school with dreams of seeing the world?
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Step 1 Go to Lebanon (or any place with cedars) Step 2 start cutting out the trees Step 3 start building a bireme Step 4 travel the world Step 5 realize that you were captured by the police somewhere in step 2 because you were cutting trees in natural preservation Step 6 exit after 7 years and find that your bank account now have tons of accumulated money and you are now rich Step 7 hurray now go and travel the world
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AskReddit/dt6zw5g
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7sq84i
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What is the weirdest thing a teacher/professor has done in your class?
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This wasn't really weird but I had never seen a professor do anything remotely close; While talking about religion wars, my history professor pulled out $100 and offered it to any person who could explain the difference between a Presbyterian and a Methodist off the top of their head. No one person out of about 90-100 students was able to answer.
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AskReddit/cauw8oz
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1hj5kn
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Where is the most unusual place you've ever slept?
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A few years back I, and the rest of my hiking group, slept on a suspension bridge. This sounds retarded, but the majority of us were worried about wild animals. So we did this, and rotated shifts for guards at the ends of the bridge. The bridge was stable, chain and metal, etc. Not one of those wooden places-to-die. We also had sleeping bags, so freezing in the night wasn't a big concern.
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AskReddit/edp0vxf
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aegg42
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What is cool today that was lame 10 years ago?
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Board & Card games. Feels like that sort of time it was limited to just the typical family-breaking run of Monopoly or Scrabble but in the last 10 years a variety of adult-focused games have come out or risen to attention that it’s become a more normal social activity
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AskReddit/czwabfq
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45a4kb
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What will happen when the oil runs out?
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I see that so far most of the responses assume that oil's only, or nearly exclusive use is as fuel or an energy source. That's entirely too one-dimensional to understand what would happen if oil supply effectively runs out before demand is reduced to a negligible level. Look around you, anywhere you are. Almost anything made of plastic is now on a 'death watch'. If it has to be made of plastic, when it fails, you're going to have a hard time replacing it. Much of the same case with anything rubber. Next is lubricants. Even if you can run an engine on alcohol or biodiesel, you need to lubricate it. Machinery that uses electricity or steam still need lubrication. Before we started leveraging petroleum to extract fuels, we used it for the lubricants. There are some alternatives here, but with nowhere near the breadth of capability we get from petroleum derived lubricants. Oh, and 'synthetic oil'? Where do you think most of the base chemicals to make it come from? One of the easier things we can overcome is having to switch energy sources. We advanced a great deal without petroleum energy, for centuries. What we didn't have was the petrochemical advantage that made so many advances possible. Our biggest challenge is to replace those non-energy products of petroleum.
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explainlikeimfive/co4r2bz
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2u22wt
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Why is it rude to ask a woman about her age?
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Not an answer, but a funny story I have about that. When I was like 17 or just about 18, I met a really cool Korean girl before work in a coffee shop. We kind of chatted for a bit, and really hit it off. I got her number, we text back and forth for a while, and eventually settled on a date. I figured she was around my age. But I knew about this "rule" where it's rude to ask a woman her age, so I never really bothered. Through our dates we didn't really talk about work or anything, so I really had no reference for her age in terms of degrees or anything like that. After a few dates, she invites me to her home. I was expecting, y'know, the norm for college students around here. Living with your parents, or in a small apartment with roommates. Instead, she picks me up and we drive to her house, as in she owns it. But I still wasn't putting two and two together, in terms of age, but it did raise a few questions. So through conversation that night I found out that she was like 25 or 26, working as a head nurse for a local(ish) mental hospital, making 6 figures a year. We stayed together for a few years. 10/10, would be sugarmomma'd again.
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AskReddit/c37r7uc
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nbeud
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How do you approach a stranger to ask him/her on a date?
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I used to be terrified too. Then I realized.what's the worst that is likely to happen? They say no? Oooh no, end of the world! /sarcasm. So, I started by just walking up and saying hi to guys (I'm a straight guy so this was just getting over the fear of talking to random strangers part). Sometimes conversations started, sometimes they didn't. Ether way, though, I quickly found that it was very rare that anything bad or even uncomfortable would happen. So I expanded my "hi" experiment to women. That's when I got a real surprise in that I ended up going on dates with some of the women I just wanted to say "hi" to, after short conversations. So, it's not a matter of just "walking up to them and asking them on a date". It's a matter of not being afraid to just walk up and start a conversation.
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AskReddit/conve4x
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2w5rsb
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What personal experience made you think "Yes, there is a God"?
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I am an agnostic with atheistic leanings, but one time I had a pretty profound experience in my car. It was late one Saturday night and I was driving home when I came to a stoplight that was red. I sat there for a moment and for some reason, the thought popped into my head just then that I should wait when the light turns green to make sure no cars are coming. I don't usually have thoughts like that, but for some reason it popped into my head just then. When the light turned green, I didn't go and looked left and right. Sure enough, about 2 seconds later a car blew straight through the light. I was definitely effected by that experience, but it's still a long step from a late night hunch on a notorious drunk driving day to saying "god did it".
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AskReddit/cph9y09
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2zb1gs
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What was the first song or artist that made you feel music for the first time?
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My dad uploaded tons of music on my first mp3 player back in the day. The Cranberries, Blind Melon, DMB, and Foo Fighters were all in the mix of the 100 or so songs I had. Mind you, I was in. 6th grade?
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AskReddit/eqbvvnx
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by2h7u
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What’s something little that means the world to you?
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About a decade ago I was working retail and Manning the self checkout on a closing shift during a snow storm. Basically it was horribly slow and boring af. I was also having a particularly awful day. A customer came up and checked out, first customer id seen in an hour. On his way out I did what I always did, say “thanks for coming in, have a nice rest of your day”. This guy stopped, looked me in the eye, stuck out his hand and said in an earnest tone “Hey, I sincerely hope you have a nice evening”. I have no idea why it meant so much to me at the time, but another individual taking the time to slow down and have an honest moment with me meant so much at that time. It’s 10 years later and that guy still sticks out to me. I’d met thousands of customers before and after that, but this one guy I’ll never forget. Sometimes it only takes 10 seconds to change someone’s entire day, or maybe life. I still stop now and then to make sure I treat people the way this man treated me. Or at least try my best.
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askscience/cewtzdk
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1vwttu
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Could dark matter black holes exist?
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A black hole formed out of dark matter is possible, but it would be virtually identical to any other black hole. Like you say, a black hole is characterized by its mass, spin, and charge. Most black holes formed from ordinary matter in the universe will be roughly neutral because the ordinary matter in the universe is on-average neutral (atoms are neutral, the earth is neutral, the sun is neutral, etc, roughly). Of course, most ordinary black holes in the universe are expected to contain a lot of dark matter, because the universe contains a lot of dark matter. But again because black holes are characterized by their mass, spin, and charge, it doesn't really matter what went in to them. Dark matter alone isn't expected to form black holes very often, because it isn't thought to self-interact enough to slow down and form big clumps. But there are plenty of theories of self-interacting dark matter, however unfortunately there are just too few experimental constraints to guide us. It is a wide-open field at the moment. But even if a black hole was mostly formed from dark matter alone, is would be unlikely for it not to be "contaminated" by ordinary matter floating around and being gobbled up by it.
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Ask_Politics/chagjbj
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24t6sj
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What is a good example of an intergovernmental negotiation?
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At what level and country? Locally, you'll find examples of intermunicipal bargaining over shared projects or responsibilities like public transit that crosses a municipal boundary or common services like a regional dump or police service. Regionally, there are different county, region or state-level governments negotiating over the management of river systems and allocation of water rights. Internationally, all the negotiations that go on around the rules for international trade are a fine example of intergovernmental negotiation. And then there is all the negotiation, formal and informal, that goes on between different levels of government.
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explainlikeimfive/dc8qf9v
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5n3o78
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How bad is global warming right now?
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It's mostly referred to as global climate change AFAIK. For good reason too. Just one instance of evidence would be climate and weather patterns becoming more 'extreme' worldwide, not necessarily temperatures rising universally. More frequent and more severe droughts, floods, forest fires, tornados happening where it never occurred before. It's pretty bad but probably manageable if world leaders cooperate.
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explainlikeimfive/ctvnm5s
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3g7qdy
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Why does france deserve veto power in the UN?
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France was a very major world power for a long time, and when the concept of veto power for a few nations was introduced it made sense to put France on the list. It still does in some ways, France is still a globally influential nation because of their contact with former colonies and wide business interests, and France is one of the very few nations to use military force globally (something economic powerhouses like China Japan and Germany have long been reticent to do).
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AskReddit/e7f8ebj
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9mk9fd
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What is the craziest story that happened in the neighborhood you grew up in?
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Its not crazy but once when I was 12 I took a bunny home and it escaped from the box he was being transported in and started to run anround the neighborhood. It took 12 kids 30 mins to get him
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explainlikeimfive/df88vwd
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60pjsm
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How does paying off a loan early save money?
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Your math is wrong. To put it simply you wouldn't be paying 1200 total. Interest is calculated every month (actually it's probably calculated every day). Your monthly payment ASSUMES you aren't paying the loan off early. This means that in the early months you'll be paying more interest and less principle, and in the later months you'll hardly be paying any interest at all. However, if you pay $600 early, then your principle goes down a LOT. Your remaining payments will shrink. Instead of paying $100 a month you'll pay much less since you won't be accumulating as much interest.
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AskReddit/chx5kit
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273w4l
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Who's the craziest person that lives in your neighborhood?
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There is a woman that lived on the corner of my street back home that would accuse every babysitter of abusing her (obnoxiously spoiled) children, both physical and sexual abuse. At some point she ran out of other girls in the neighborhood to ask and it came time for her to ask my mother if I would be interested in the job. Nope, nope, a thousand times nope.
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AskReddit/cqrcig3
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3455rz
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Why do people always loot during the riots in USA?
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People riot for lots of different reasons, but I grew up in American ghetto's and I can imagine a younger version of myself engaging in this kind of behavior. It's difficult to explain the mindset of someone who doesn't have anything. Saying that when you have nothing you have nothing to lose is a bit of an over simplification but it gets to the heart of it. When you don't own anything and you live your life constantly in the red the concept of value loses its meaning. Imagine if you've never owned a car, and the one person you know who owns a car is literally the richest person you know. Maybe that's hard to imagine but that's the world I grew up in. I lived in New York City by the way, so it's not like I never saw cars, but if you had regular access to a car then you lived in an entirely different world. So that's one aspect of it, when that's your financial perspective burning a car and burning a building are pretty much the same thing. The other thing about being really poor is that you never really look at your life at the macro level, it's really all about getting through that day. There isn't a lot to look forward to when even if you have a job you already owe someone your paycheck. When you put those things together looting becomes an almost logical conclusion. As I'm writing this a common refrain is coming back to me, "get yours", basically when you see an opportunity take it regardless of the consequences. It's the mantra of people who have nothing, get anything you can by any means necessary. It's cynical, but when you're looking around at everyone around you going nowhere and statistically you're not likely to make it to 25 before death or prison it looks like the logical choice.
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AskReddit/dodl3yg
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76fi59
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What experience - good, bad, or just plain weird - with a substitute teacher stands out for you?
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Had this substitute teacher in english for a few weeks of 10th grade. He spent alot time during the lessons talking about how he was an extra in some movie filmed in the outback once, had to chop wood, got 500 bucks for it etc., he was heaps proud of it and always managed to come back around to it somehow. His shoes were never tied properly so he was always trying to lean over and tie them up, he was a large man so that may have made it harder to do. On top of that, he never let anyone go to the bathroom! It got to the point that all the girls in class (myself included) skipped class as a group and went and complained at student admin, which led to the principals office which led to him finishing his contract early.
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AskHistorians/cpy7yi1
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311wn6
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Why didn't the current royal house of England simply give Richard III a horse, and inherit the kingdom that way, rather than fight costly wars?
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At the time, the war effort was creating a severe shortage of available metals, which made life difficult for many professions, including blacksmiths. As a byproduct of the need for weapons production, most smithies would were unable to produce objects even as small as a horseshoe nail. The lack of nails led to a total inability to shoe horses, meaning there was no properly equipped horse to provide to Richard III. The story of Richard III's request is just one of the many struggles caused by the lack of horseshoe nails at the time. Another lesser-known account tells how the lack of properly shod horses led to the loss of a rider, which in turn caused the loss of an important tactical message, and eventually led to the loss of the entire kingdom, all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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AskReddit/c8tpd64
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1a3bpy
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What's stopping the North Korean military from rebelling against Kim Jong Un?
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The entire philosophy of North Korea, "Juche", is based on the idea of putting the wants of the military before the needs of the rest of the nation. North Korea is basically a military dictatorship that enslaves the rest of the country to benefit the military.
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AskReddit/dpfqjfj
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7b6xdo
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Which kids movie would have the best R-rated remake?
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The Secret of NIHM Mrs Brisby is now mouse Ellen Ripley, half the rats are on the verge of a coup, and the great owl ate Mrs Brisby's first set of kids.
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explainlikeimfive/dg73xgv
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6536nu
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How come the radiation from Chernobyl has made the region uninhabitable for thousand of years to come but people are living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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Bombs are designed to cause the fission of as much radioactive material as possible, because that's how you get a big blast without wasting anything. So there are really quite small amounts of radioactive material left over. Power plants are designed to slowly fission the fuel so that you get a nice controlled reaction. A downside is that at any given time, they have large amounts of awfully radioactive intermediate products. If these leak out, as they did in Chernobyl, then you're in for a bad time, because these things can take thousands of years to degrade significantly (but if they were in a bomb, they'd be degraded instantly).
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AskReddit/ckt6til
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2hjbm2
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Are there "retarded" animals ?
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Sloths sometimes think their arm was a branch. They hold themselfs at their own arm and thinking they're safe they remove the arm previously wrapped around the branch. As expected they fall down from the tree. Tricking yourself on being a tree and fall of is quite retarded. At least they're fluffy. Edit: spellingz
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AskReddit/c94ca5p
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1b7n1f
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How old are you and what's your plan for Friday night?
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27, probably run Crysis on max settings to test out my new gtx660 (a gift). i'm married with a kid on the way, can't be wasting money on Friday night.
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AskReddit/ca7yw5p
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1f93bt
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What song puts you into deep thought, almost like a trance?
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"It's raining men" - God, just imagining all those falling men filling the streets with dead splattered corpses running with blood. What kind of monster thought of this song.
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AskReddit/e591bul
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9c9b83
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What's your grandpa's craziest war story?
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Not from actual wartime but this story hit me hard. My grandfather fled present day NKorea before the war broke out. He owned a good chunk of land and the government seized it from him. He and his family knew what was coming and noped out. They fled by boat and security was tightening up. On that boat were a couple other families. They were near a coast guard ship. A baby on board started crying. They had to throw that poor thing overboard to save the rest of the boat. To throw in a war story though, my gramps fought for the south and got shot in his torso but the bullet went all the way through out his back and so he had an entry and exit wound which I got to touch.
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AskReddit/elx2xo5
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bhzu39
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What is something that happened to you, that no one ever believes to be true?
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Seeing a guy with an axe swinging it at cars. I drove past twice to get a description for the police and the second time he threw the axe at my back window which it didn’t hit. Nothing ever came of it. No one believes me that it happened to this day
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AskReddit/d2i3fr5
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4gjjlj
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What is the single most disgusting thing that's happened to you?
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Back in high school, my cat was once pregnant, and then all of a sudden she wasn't pregnant. We figured she must have miscarried or something, and didn't pay much attention to it. Fast forward to a few weeks later, and the basement is really starting to smell putrid, so I decide to do a full clean up. I moved the little two-seater couch, and lo and behold, the most disgusting and saddening thing I've ever laid eyes on: four distinct little piles of fur that had become writhing masses of maggots, all of who were trying to inch-worm their way to another dark and safe place. I wretched, I cried, I vacuumed up dead kittens and maggots and air-freshened and disinfected for at least an hour until I could be sure that I had removed any trace of the disgusting incident.
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AskReddit/c0g0jf1
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a647g
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How much do you usually tip?
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10%? What country are you in/from? I aim for 20% unless the service is REALLY bad, in which case I might go 10% or lower. I can't think of a time I've had service that bad in recent memory though. For standard service, 20%. I usually err on the side of more. That said, I don't generally tip at coffee shops or sandwich shops or the like where there is a tip jar by the cash register. (I do tip at the neighborhood coffee shop I frequent because I like the owners.)
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AskReddit/dmipu52
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6xsqkt
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What first name is not used anymore?
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Most of the names listed in this thread (except for Adolph and some of the truly odd ones) are still used here and there, they just don't rank in the top 1000 anymore. Most names take several decades or even a century off, then start to rise again. Mildred, Ethel, Clarence and Barney are seen as really old and dusty now, but I'm willing to bet you that in 10 or 20 years they'll start rising again. Just like in 80 years or so, parents will rediscover names like Tiffany and Brad, while Ava and Mason will be considered incredibly outdated grandparent names. Although, two names that I can't EVER see coming back are Phyllis and Bertha. They're very unpleasant sounding to me.
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AskReddit/dlen4i9
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6spxxv
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What is the outcome if North Korea strikes Guam or anywhere near it?
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45 declares war on North Korea. If he respects Congress, he moves to nuke North Korea. If he's just himself, he orders a nuclear strike on Pyongyang, then lauds himself on Twitter as having disabled Kim Jong Un's regime while simultaneously ignoring the poor North Korean citizens maimed by the nuclear fire.
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AskReddit/dr96ayi
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7ju1r0
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What movies from ~1940 to ~1970 are fantastic even today and deserve being watched by everyone?
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some of my all time favorites from this time period are: the third man- one of the best noir films i've ever seen. some like it hot-a comedy with Marilyn Monroe about 2 men on the run from the mob and dress up as women and join an all women's orchestra the Dictator- Charlie Chaplin's comedic take on Hitler and fascism. Chaplin plays two characters in the movie and he played both parts so perfectly that i kinda forgot he was 2 different characters until the end The Maltese Falcon- a crime caper with Humphrey Bogart, a favorite actor of mine Casa Blanca- Bogart again, Key Largo- Bogart, visits war buddy's hotel and finds a gangster has taken over, oh and there's a hurricane Gaslight- origin of the popular phrase today, a woman is tricked into thinking she's going insane. i know out of your year range, but i can't recommend All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) enough. an amazing war film about german soldiers in ww1
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askscience/cqvvgqs
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34k73n
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What keeps the water in the ocean from sinking into the ground?
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I can answer this one. The floor of the ocean is basaltic rock, which is much more dense than the water above it. On land, water sinks into the ground because the topsoil is porous and lights, as it is for the most part not compact. At the bottom of the ocean, however, the crust is very dense and already has it's maximum water content. That was a geology-class worth of information. If I'm off on anything, feel free to correct me
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explainlikeimfive/dfjeulf
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623f82
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Why is America so far behind other countries when it comes to things like PTO, maternity leave, etc?
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The United States is much more laissez-faire in regards to the economy than most other places. Anecdotally, a common response I've heard is that "why should I have to pay for your decision to have a child?" This refers to public sector (one's tax dollars are paying for it) and private sector employees. It's also arguable that businesses have much greater influence in the United States vs. other developed countries due to their ability to extensively lobby members of government. These businesses, of course, would be opposed to being required to provide PTO and maternity leave. Another reason is culture: in the US, many people don't use their existing PTO due to responsibilities at work. We as a culture make it acceptable to obligate ourselves to our work even when we could temporarily leave that job while getting paid. Significant social pressure could theoretically shame companies for pressuring individuals to not take their PTO and make this much less likely. This culture can be traced back to the US as a wide open "land of opportunity" where significant effort is/was the only thing keeping you from any level of success you desired, or at least that's what we celebrate. It also doesn't help that many of the immigrants during the formative years of the country were from northern Europe, themselves known for work ethic, specifically the "protestant work ethic," in which "god helps those who help themselves."
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AskReddit/ed9ux9c
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acpwiu
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If you had access to donald trump's twitter, what would you tweet?
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“I, Donald Trump, am resigning from the presidency. I’m also taking Pence with me. I may forget this decision in the future so please take whatever actions are necessary to remove Pence and myself from the White House permanently no matter how much I fight back.”
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AskReddit/dcjahd3
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5oh34z
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What's the biggest lie you told that you got away with?
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i'm ok. i'm just a little tired. It's not a big lie, but the most frequent one i use. I'm the kind of person that people share their burdens with, so i'm a listener. I usually only get a question, are you ok?, and on they go with their problems. It came to that, that when i say i've got a problem, people just ignore it and start talking about their personal stuff. i don't mind. i'm ok.
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AskReddit/encrhxi
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bo74i2
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What's the first video game you remember playing and really enjoying it?
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I love sharing this. So the first video game I ever played was a joy stick star wars where you plug in the av cables. My mom bought it for me for my birthday when I was 8. From that day forward I loved video games. They. kinda help me cope with things. if that makes sense.
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AskReddit/c2hukv7
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k6fmw
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How to cope with death?
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Some people would say to you that "death is a natural part of life". All of those good times that you've spent with your friend wouldn't have mean anything if there wasn't an end to them, and we couldn't fully appreciate life without ever experiencing the feeling of grief and sorrow. Sounds good, right? However, while my rational mind understands this concept, deep inside I could never accept death as a natural part of life. I still can't help but think it is a horrible, unthinkable burden, one that is almost impossible to find peace in. But you know what else is not a natural part of life either? Endless mourning and lamentation. I always knew that moving forward and guarding our common memories is the choice that my once loved ones would be the most happy to see. That's how I could cope with the empty feeling, and though I can't say that it's the "best" choice, I can safely say that it's the least worst. I'm sorry about your loss, and I wish you good luck to find your peace.
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AskReddit/d8l8f80
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56pf55
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What is legal but still feels incredibly wrong to do?
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Driving 85mph on the toll road. Even though that's the speed limit I find myself slowing down before I crest a hill in case there is a cop. I know it's right but it feels so wrong
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AskReddit/ca82x39
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1f9b8d
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What is the most unusual thing you have ever eaten?
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Dried eel strips. I lead a boring life and try not to eat weird stuff for stomach reasons. Went to Japan for a study abroad trip. My last night there my classmates took me out to eat and ordered a bunch of stuff. I'd had most of it before so I didn't question anything. They put this bowl of dried. things. in front of me. I kinda just looked at it before grabbing one and tasting it. Kinda like a potato chip. My friends all busted up laughing since they knew I don't like eels. They're gross and creepy and freak me out. I ate half of them. Delicious for gross creepy things.
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AskReddit/djryfia
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6l8pv9
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What is the economic system in the United States?
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The United States has a mixed economy. It is a combination of a free market economy and a command economy. Compared with most other countries around the world, it is more towards a free market economy and less towards a command economy. In most ways, the US has a market economy. People can pretty much do what they want to do economically -- they can go into whatever business they want, make whatever they want, etc. But there are aspects of a command economy. There is a minimum wage, for example. Also, there are environmental rules and safety rules and other such things. On the whole, though, the US is pretty much of a free market economy.
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AskReddit/ew1kivp
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cmdfvp
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What is something you wish people wouldn’t make jokes about?
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Suicide. Having lost a parent to it, it's hard to joke about. Specifically when people think "kill yourself" is a funny morbid comeback I really cringe. It's not funny or edgy to me. It comes off as petulant and as contrived morbidity.
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AskReddit/czlobq5
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43x619
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What is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to you?
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I made the decision that I would OD intentionally. Went out that night and bought tons of drugs, parked my car by the lake, did said drugs, and passed out. It was late November and was stupid cold out. at about 5 am I shot up from my seat, blue, dried vomit on my shirt and gasping for air. Luckiest thing that has ever happened to me. Been clean ever since.
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askscience/cpeq1b8
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2z0m5v
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If charge is quanta-sized as a quantum of charge is equal to 1e, why do we have top and down quarks with fractional charges like (+2/3)e and (-1/2)e?
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It's worth noting that charge only changes in increments of e, even if elementary particles have fractional charge on their own. For example, a down quark decaying into an up quark goes from -1/3e to +2/3e, which is a total change of e. I don't know of any reason why a particle could not have an arbitrary amount of charge, as long as all of its interactions result in charge differences of integer multiples of e. This is analogous to how we have spin-1/2ħ particles, even though spin is quantized in units of ħ. All that means is that interactions which change the spin change it by integer multiples of ħ and no less. A spin-1/2ħ that reverses its spin is changing by exactly ħ, so there's no problem.
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explainlikeimfive/ci7be50
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284iqr
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What stops companies such as Apple or Abercrombie suing people in places, such as in Turkey or India, who are selling fake merchandise or claiming to represent them?
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Time and legal costs really. I mean disney could theoretically sue all those people using their trademarks without approval, but most of them are small time businesses, printing shirts or making mugs. Going after them isn't really cost efficient and isn't worth the trouble and time spent on doing it
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AskReddit/dyssazc
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8iluu3
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Why is Israel bombing Iran's troops in Syria?
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I don't think they are. Reports I have read state that they bombed the sites that launched missiles into Israel a couple of days ago. There were a few deaths, but the attacks on Israel were unprovoked.
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explainlikeimfive/cixfieh
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2apdmt
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If we're having problems fitting smaller and smaller transistors on processors, why not just make bigger processors?
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Because a) we want smaller gadgets, or same size gadgets with more processing power and b) if the size is too large the distance electricity has to travel increases making fast processing more complex.
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AskReddit/ch802x6
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24kgq2
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What's The Worst Teacher You Had/Have?
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My 7th grade English teacher was the worst. He was an old horn dog who would give any girl an A+ if she wore low cut tops or short skirts. He was also coach of the football team. One day, his star player thought it would be a great idea to tape a row of tacks on the inside of the door handle to prank a kid who had gone to the bathroom. A lady who worked in the office ended up coming in the room first, and she ripped four of her fingers open. The teacher, wanting to protect his star player, blamed the prank on the kid who had gone to the bathroom. This teacher eventually got fired for paying a student to beat up another student, who the teacher didn't like. I'm pretty sure he works at a prison now.
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AskReddit/c20xnrq
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i4wxv
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What is the strangest rumor you've heard about yourself?
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There was a rumor that I murdered the entire fire juggling ensemble of Cirque du Soleil and buried their bodies in the crawlspace in the garage. If they're so dead, how come I can hear the plaintive moaning of limber French Canadians as I struggle through another night of fitful sleep?
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askscience/etx4b5s
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cdoot7
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How do man made structures get naturally buried and forgotten over time?
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I saw an exhibit explaining this in a Roman Excavation / Museum in Hertfordshire. It's not a perfectly flat landscape but there's nothing approaching the definition of a mountain or even a really large hill for 500 miles around. No volcanoes, mudslides, landslides, avalanches or river deltas that could bury a town in silt. Just a Roman Villa and mosaic buried under a few feet of mud under what was due to be a new block of flats. They said the first step is obviously for humans to leave. Not counting major incidents like Pompeii there's no way for a house to be buried under layers of mud if people still live there, they'd just clean it off before it got buried. Foundations, floors, fireplaces, hearths and sometimes walls are made out of stone but roofs are made out of wood or straw or sometimes clay tiles. If a house or a Roman Villa is abandoned for some reason and falls into disrepair, eventually the roof will start to leak which will damage the wooden timbers and lead to the roof collapsing. This happens a lot quicker if some sneaky swine comes and steals your roof tiles. Then you have walls with no roof, maybe some of the wall is damaged and collapsing as well, but the important thing is the roof is gone. Now it's definitely abandoned and you'd need a very dedicated craftsman to rebuild it and live there again, especially as the original reason for leaving is likely still there. (Plague. Angry neighbors. Local villager burned down so no local trade. Etc) Now the house is free to collect leaves blown by the wind and be home to wild animals making nests in the pile of ruined roof beams. After a couple of years leaves rot to mud, grass and weeds take root and the whole place gets overgrown in plants. The next step is a bit of a logical leap. Somehow a house with crumbling walls and no roof needs to be completely swallowed up by plants. If it's in the countryside and there's no more local farmers and no one cutting down trees for firewood then eventually the land will become woodland. This makes leaves and mud grow up around the walls even faster until what's left of the walls (which are usually a stone foundation then wood higher up) gets buried. Jump forward a few centuries and someone chops down the woodland and ploughs the field to grow crops. And by now the original floor is three feet down and waiting for be rediscovered. What confuses me though is how this can happen in populated areas. Theyre forever finding long lost Roman ruins under car parks in European cities. How can a city keep on bustling while a Roman building gets buried in leaves? Wouldn't someone sweep out the leaves and use the foundation to rebuild a new home?
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AskReddit/ddzd0um
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5v5b5a
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How does the "Resist" movement make any sense when Trump was elected democratically?
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I should say first that I'm not an American, but I have an opinion all the same. Trump is obviously a President who was democratically elected in line with the rules - I think the system is broken if somebody can get 3 million more votes than their opponent and not win, but that's a story for another time. Long story short, Trump was elected and people should respect that. However, it's in no way undemocratic or disrespectful to make your voice heard and object to policies which people think would be harmful or unfair. Just because Trump is now President, that doesn't mean that he should be able to dictate without fear of protest, criticism or people generally exercising their rights by marching, signing petitions, writing about him, etc. Opposition is a vital part of any healthy democracy, and it's pretty obvious that despite winning, Trump is a contentious figure with possibly more objectors than fans.
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