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AskReddit/ct1nvob
3d4gez
Is it morally sound for us to give medicine to kids with mental disorders (such as ADHD, bipolar, etc.) to make them behave like "normal" kids?
If they have an actual mental disorder, of course it should be treated. The problem is people overdiagnosing things like ADHD because they don't understand why little timmy has trouble sitting still for 16 hours a day.
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AskReddit/djqpxyl
6l2n7k
When you think back to high school or even earlier as an adult, are there any teachers you had that could have gotten in trouble for what they did or allowed?
my first year in public school (third grade), i wasn't allowed to go to recess and instead was made to sit for an hour every day and take other kid's tests and evals for them because i was one of those early bloomers/gifted kids who becomes an average adult later on.
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AskReddit/dg1qcfy
64fjan
What trend are you happy died out?
Personally, I'm happy that those stupid E cards from the early 2000's died out. Nothing seems less sincere of a way to congratulate or remember someone than sending stupid flash animated card with an annoying midi quality noise.
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explainlikeimfive/dgudfaq
67z3dy
Why does the standard tuning of a guitar (EADGBe) sound terrible when you strum the open strings together?
Classical traines classical guitarist here. It's completely ergonomic. To start out, all of your Barre chords are mathematically formed. Your strings go up by a 4th, another 4th, another 4th, a major 3rd, and then another 4th. This makes your chords completely mathematically and easy to find. When you make a barre chord, the E Barre chord is the same shape as it is to make the A major chord on a open set. You just have to raise the top string of the chord one half step in order to to maintain the same intervallic relationship. It's basically a way to be able to play any chord you want using the same barre shape all the way up the guitar. The basic D chord is the same shape as the basic E chord, but because it has moved up a couple of strings, it looks different because of the Major 3rd interval between G and B and not a 4th, like the rest. Another thing is that historically, original Spanish gut string guitars sound of open strings paled in comparison to fretted. Play a B note on the 4th fret of the G string sounded better than the open B string, so they needn't worry about how open strumming sounds like Tl;Dr it's mathematical and ergonomic and people didn't use open strings often when the first guitars were made
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AskReddit/d5rv19s
4uq8cr
What does hit it from the back mean?
Don't listen to these perverts, it actually has a very deep meaning rooted in politics. "Hit it from the back" refers to the back door shenanigans that politicians do with taxpayers money. For example, "Bill was hitting it from the back while Hillary was off denying the holocaust."
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AskReddit/c3rmqm3
prela
Is there a reason people haven't domesticated foxes?
Some foxes have been. It only takes a few generations. I think around 1% of foxes are alright with humans in adult hood. The rest are either shy or aggressive towards people. If you keep breeding the 1% that are friendly with each other, it'll take around four or five generations, usually, I believe. EDIT - Also, typically, all it takes for the eventually domestication of an animal is that it's a social animal and at least some of them are naturally neutral when it comes to contact with humans.
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AskReddit/ds6qmrp
7o4mw3
What's your favorite movie sound track?
Queen of the Damned, not a song on there that I don't at least like, several that I love. The movie wasn't the best- book was much better, but that sound track. If you're a fan of alternative rock I recommend giving it a go.
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explainlikeimfive/cqnsxxh
33rrge
Why does food or drink sometimes randomly irritate your throat, prompting a coughing fit?
It happens when you try to breath and swallow at the same time. There is a flap of skin called epiglottis that prevents food/liquid from entering the trachea. When the swallowing and breathing don't sync up well, a particle of food might stick to the epiglottis, causing you that irritation you feel. Cough is a natural reaction to blast air through the trachea in an attempt to clean.
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AskReddit/c8ob87n
19iegh
What is one small thing that your brain wont let you do, and it drives you absolutely insane?
I'm not sure if it's small or not but I can't make the suicidal thoughts stop. I've suffered severe depression my whole life but in the last decade the depression and the anxiety have gotten worse. I don't own a gun, which is good because the one thought that occurs the most is the desire to put a bullet into the back of my brain just over the spinal cord. Instant death and no time for pain.
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AskReddit/cy59nmq
3xjowh
What incident or event would actually cause a worldwide revolt against the current political and monetary systems as well as the military industrial complex?
In all likelihood, nothing. The current establishment is built on money. The news is in their pocket. Revolutions aren't simultaneous events, they're ignited. A singular event so heinous inspires the populace. But they have to hear about it. Any event so heinous to inspire a comfortable and apathetic populace like ours to rise up will be spun as something entirely different. For example, let's say a peaceful protest against corruption is ruthlessly gunned down by a police force involved in the corruption. The news will report that the protesters were violent, that they were outcasts, or unemployed, on drugs, or something like that. They'll say a protestor threw something dangerous, like a brick or a Molotov. Then they'll say that there were communication hangups inside the police, that an order to hold fire was misheard as an order to fire. Then they'll spin the whole thing as a tragic mistake. A somnambulant populace will move onto the next celebrity gossip and forget.
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explainlikeimfive/d37boi5
4jkb9d
Is there real scientific evidence that marijuana has significant medicinal properties or is unreliable information being promoted in the interest of legalization?
Yes. It can be effective against seizures, and provides low-level pain relief for which other drugs may not be appropriate. That's not an argument for legalization--cocaine, methamphetamine and opioids all have legitimate medical use, and most people don't want to legalize those. But it does suggest a need for legal reform, especially since federal penalties for the possession and sale of marijuana are increased based on it being listed on Schedule 1 under the Controlled Substances Act, which is intended for drugs with no legitimate medical use.
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AskHistorians/d167obs
4b51lw
Is there any connection between the word Abraham and the Vedic word Bramhaa?
Assuming you mean Brahma: etymologically speaking, no. The Vedic (Sanskrit) word is Indo-European, while the Hebrew word is Afro-Asiatic. Rule of thumb in these kinds of situations, unless you can make a really strong case for derivation, is that similar words in different language families are coincidental.
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AskReddit/e5w8s0d
9fg5s1
What should everyone have done at least once in their life?
Partner with a therapist once a week for a month. Even if you’re not going through a life-shattering event, it’s good to learn stress coping mechanisms from an experienced, licensed professional.
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AskReddit/cn7p6wn
2qne78
Was anybody else just emotionally wrecked when their parents told them about Santa?
I was so crushed the first time my brother told me, that he later took it back and told me he was kidding. Family tried again the following year, and I was just as crushed, but they just let me mourn and move on. Vowed never to feed my future kids that Santa bullshit.
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AskReddit/dan15ze
5fts17
What is something people take too seriously?
Esports. You know how most normal human beings have their favorite sport they watch? Baseball, football, soccer, whatever? Nope, can't be interested in any of that (despite being a die-hard baseball player up until college). I watch esports nonstop. I watch streams to put myself to sleep. I'm up to date on pretty much everything pertaining to the LCS, and love hearing about the trade drama, changing rules and regulations, etc. I think the reason I'm so into it is because it is still new and budding. SO MUCH has changed in the 4-5 years I've followed it, and I love seeing players getting a guaranteed minimum salary, seeing teams get mandatory lifestyle coaches, and I just want to see more and more positive change within the community. Most pros are 17-23, so all this is happening in years that will heavily influence the rest of their lives, and I like to read about/advocate for changes that will help them become better, successful people through their experience.
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explainlikeimfive/ckipbws
2gfo9v
How much legal authority do HOA (Homeowner Associations) actually have?
In the legal field. HOA's can foreclose on homes/condos for not paying their freaking HOA fee. People literally lose their home for not paying a $500 HOA fee. They're as ruthless as banks (if not more, cuz banks are extremely slow/hesitant to foreclose). There are law firms that do this for HOA's all day.
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explainlikeimfive/duy31fc
80srbd
How are Mormons able to learn a language so quickly before their missions?
Most missionaries spend a few weeks to a few months at one of several training centers, and for those learning a language, that's a big part of their time. I think it comes down to a few principles: Motivation: they know that they'll be thrown into the deep end soon enough, so they're giving it everything they've got. Also, most of them are deeply committed to their mission assignments and a trying to do their best regardless. Focus: They learn how to communicate within a pretty narrow band of topics. They're good at them, but far from fluent if the topic leaves religion. Most continue getting better as time goes on, but the focus on one set of topics and related "communication objectives" both helps them learn faster, and lets them seem a bit more fluent than they actually are. Dedication: in the training center, they're in class, either being instructed or studying nearly 12 hours a day most days. It's very intense, and there are ZERO distractions. No visitors, regimented schedules, etc. It's a very intense experience. Source: was a missionary, and taught at a training center.
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AskReddit/cu4akzc
3h4z7y
How do you feel about the appearance of your naked body?
I'm a guy and I feel 6/10. I don't exercise presently and I'm overweight (not obese), partly due to depression and PTSD, though I've always been somewhat overweight compared to my height. I think women in general, perhaps both due to biology and also culture, are more critical of their bodies. But both sexes/genders experience pressures and have to deal with cultural standards. I used to hear people talk about "accepting" yourself and think that it was BS. I thought you had to hate yourself in order to be motivated to change. And I used to think that accepting yourself meant you claimed that you were perfect. But now I know it's not true. I think you need to accept yourself first because if you're gonna change a body that you hate like poison, you will torture yourself instead of working with your body and listening to your body. You will end up hurting yourself. I knew a girl who was anorexic and I sometimes thought that she saw her body as an ugly beast that must be tortured into submission. It frightened me to think that I might have any such thoughts about my own body, or of the consequences of such relation with one's own body.
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AskReddit/c3c1e1w
nuj5k
What's something that you've said that was meant innocently/jokingly but looking back was a horrible thing to say?
My doctor was checking my throat with a tongue depressor and apologized, saying that he knew it made people gag. When he was done, I said "That's OK; I'm used to having things stuck back there." Awkward silence. I was referring to the fact that I'd had an eating disorder in college, and I thought he was being tactful by not discussing it. I didn't realize until after I left what he probably thought I meant. Idiot.
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AskReddit/dafjj75
5eu5w0
If you could listen to any 1 band/artist for the rest of your life, who would it be?
I would easily listen to daft punk forever. RAM is the album I recommend. Everyone knows get lucky but there are so many amazing songs in RAM like Beyond, Touch, horizon, and give life back to music.
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AskReddit/d4bjkkc
4ocb9c
What's a sure sign you're in a bad neighborhood?
The surest sign I ever got was as I was walking through a neighborhood from one part of town to another and one of the residents of said neighborhood ran up to me with a hugely concerned expression and told me in no uncertain terms to turn around and take another street.
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AskReddit/daaw8dr
5eai3p
What is the best conversation you've had where you pretended to know about something?
My neighbour is a very sweet man, but he's in his 90s and a little senile. He has had a fascinating life and loves to regale me with stories. Unfortunately, he often starts a conversation in the middle of his train of thought. I don't want him to notice my confusion and feel embarrassed, so I just smile and nod and pretend to understand until I have enough context to figure out what he's referring to, and then the conversation is perfectly nice. But especially when I was first getting to know him, a lot of smiling and nodding happened.
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explainlikeimfive/c2imafe
k9leu
Why does smoking marijuana cause the "munchies"?
Tetrahydrocannabinol the stuff in marijuana & hash causes an accelerated metabolism which makes you more hungry. The same stuff also makes your brain think it hasn't had food in a while. (source: i'm dutch) Also why are you smoking marijuana at the age of five?
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AskReddit/cc3ud80
1lxzen
What's a example of music where the cover version or remix is better than the original?
'All Along the Watchtower' always comes first in mind for me. While My favorite one is the Dave Matthews Band live versions of it, Jimi Hendrix is pretty epic as well. I never realized till a bit after that the Hendrix version was a remake of the original by Bob Dylan.
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AskReddit/cqwahw7
34ncml
What in life crushed your soul but, in the long run, made you stronger?
Being raped at 18. My boyfriend at the time (who didn't know) left me 5 weeks later. I couldn't handle it. About 2 months after he left I started working as a call girl. My GP calls that a manic episode. Whenever I manage to see a therapist she'll say the same. It turned me into a MUCH stronger person, a lot less vulnerable than I was before. Plus it made me realise that I'm seriously mentally ill so now, years later, thanks to my fiance who I met through my job I've finally got a reason to seek help.
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AskReddit/dpy7h07
7dizt4
What's your feeling when you get gifted a gold Reddit membership from a complete stranger?
Like the way snow feels when it lands on your cheek for the first time. Like the smell of fresh summer rain. Like the taste of the warm gooey center of a chocolate brownie. Like. honestly, idk. I've never been gifted gold.
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AskReddit/eaw5z8s
a292g5
How bad is racism in Mexican culture against Blacks, Asians, and Whites?
Mexicans are pretty ruthless when it comes to racism but God forbid someone call them out on it. I've personally have caught my father calling black people some pretty nasty things and when I call him out on it he says "what its true" I am not defending neither his attitude nor his actions, however as immigrants we didnt have money to live in a nice suburban area, and so where we lived it ended up reinforcing those stereotypes
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AskReddit/c13vvzq
dyjux
Do I tell her that I never got the money?
Be upfront, don't treat it as a matter of friendship, treat it as an issue of business. It's hard working for people you know, much less without a contract. Be honest, you don't know if there even was money in the card. So talk to her.
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AskReddit/evs9vks
cl1a6x
What are dumb reasons your parents have been disappointed in you for?
I have a christian mum who, while is still pretty modern and accepting of stuff, definitely has phases of disliking stuff she doesn't understand (but will at least come round to it usually, unless it's something actually bad). Anyway, she didn't like a lot of the music I listened to in my teens, specifically metal, whether it had harsh vocals or not. She went through a phase of thinking it would negatively affect me since she assumed the lyrics were the stereotypical "death and satan" type stuff, and seemed disappointed when I didn't leave it behind. Once she realised I was serious about studying music, and listened to the way I would explain certain things about the music we would listen to, it seemed like any fears she had about the music "influencing" me was gone. Now I have a music degree, and even my dad (who is less interested in music than my mum is) asks me for music recommendations he may like. tl;dr christian mum disappointed I was listening to devil music until she realised I took music seriously and fully supported me in it.
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explainlikeimfive/dc84ox7
5n1nsc
Why are professional video cameras so much larger than professional photography cameras?
I think the question you're trying to ask is why professional movie cameras are much larger compared to a professional still camera (for example a DSLR)? A few factors: Image sensor/film size. A larger sensor or film format will require a larger unit and a larger set of lenses. Note that both still and video cameras come in a variety of sensor/film sizes. You can get a professional still camera that's bigger than a professional video camera. It all depends on the application. Flexibility. A movie camera lens typically needs a wider zoom range than a still camera, particularly still professionals using primes (non-zoom) lenses. This means bigger, heavier lenses. Ergonomics. A movie camera needs a greater degree of smooth control over the camera so you can do smooth zooms, smooth pans, smooth tilts etc so there's additional control and mounting hardware. Movie cameras tend to have a viewing screen as opposed to a small optical viewfinder. Storage requirements are higher for movie cameras.
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AskReddit/cqv4d5l
34j3e9
If you could rent any human being for a day and have them do whatever you want, who would it be and what would you have them do?
I suspect I'd probably rent Obama and have him issue a few interesting executive orders. Maybe have him acknowledge a micronation I'd create, and declare it an American protectorate. That'd be kind of cool.
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explainlikeimfive/dcql1t2
5peo3m
How do ticket-less rallies like the Women's March calculate attendance?
Although the task of determining how many people attend something as large as say, a political rally or a protest may seem like a daunting, almost impossible undertaking to do with any accuracy, with some basic information, it's actually not that difficult to get reasonably accurate results. The most well-known method of estimating the size of a given crowd is simply called "The Jacobs' Method" as an ode to its inventor, Herbert Jacobs. Jacobs spent a few decades working for the Milwaukee Journal before retiring into teaching journalism at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s. He thought up his very simple crowd size estimate method after observing numerous Vietnam War protests outside of his office window. Jacobs noticed that the area the students stood on had a repeating grid-like pattern, meaning he could very easily count how many students occupied a certain amount of space by counting how many students on average seemed to be able to stand inside a section of the grid. By doing this, he soon noticed some patterns. For example, Jacobs found that in the most densely packed crowds, each person took up approximately 2.5 square feet. We should note that this is the absolute upper limit of a how dense a crowd can safely get, as in, you simply couldn't fit more people into a crowd this dense without someone being trampled or worse, which is probably why most, including some scholarly articles on the subject we read, simply refer to it as "mosh-pit density". In a dense, but more manageable crowd, Jacobs observed that participants had a comparably more roomy 4.5 square feet whilst those in a "light" crowd had a positively breezy 10 square feet to themselves. In any event, once he had the approximate average number of students in each grid, he could then easily calculate the number of grids in an area occupied at a given density, and quite quickly come up with a very good estimate of how many people were in a given crowd. Thus, the now Gold Standard, and remarkably simple, "Jacobs' Method" was born. This may sound like an overly simple solution but the truth is, it's strikingly accurate when done by non-biased observers, and modern technology has only made it easier. For instance, tools like Google Earth have made learning the exact size and area of a location, as well as dividing an area into grids, an almost trivial feat for just about anyone. And thanks to ubiquitous media coverage, any large gathering of people is going to have video or photographic footage (if not just scanning the Tweetosphere for people in the crowd who may have gotten a good shot and posted it online). So breaking things down from there is relatively trivial. Of course, one could get really fancy and take a photo of an entire crowd and use a bit of custom designed image processing software to programmatically count the people in a crowd for a more exact number, but the extra level of accuracy here over the properly executed Jacobs' Method isn't really typically that much, nor all that necessary. Of course, when giving estimations, sometimes the news media or the organisers of an event do like to fudge the numbers a bit. Perhaps the most famous example is that of the Million Man March- a mass gathering of African Americans (mostly men) that took place in 1995. As you can probably guess from the name of the march, event organisers afterwards were very insistent that at least a million men had attended, with estimates going as high as two million. However, the National Parks Service disagreed and offered up a much lower, but still extremely significant figure of around 400,000 individuals. But when something is called the Million Man March, 400,000 seems a bit of a letdown, even though it's logically very much not; getting 400,000 people (about 1.2% of all African Americans in the United States at the time) to show up at such an event in Washington DC is really quite a feat. Nevertheless, the NPS's estimate incensed a key player behind the march, Louis Farrakhan, so much so that he threatened to sue the NPS. As a direct result of the brouhaha that followed, the NPS is now banned by congress from estimating the size of crowds in Washington, at least publicly. As they noted, if the President asks them for how big a crowd was, they're happy to crunch the numbers given footage of the crowd. They just aren't technically supposed to use tax payer dollars in this way anymore, so wouldn't share that information with the media who, of course, could quite easily come up with their own estimates. So how many people actually attended the Million Man March? While an exact figure is impossible to discern, most researchers are in agreement that the original estimation of the NPS is pretty accurate. For example, in 2004 a pair of researchers, Clark McPhail and John D. McCarthy, worked out that in the location of the gathering there would have been space for a maximum of 1,048,206 people assuming that every inch of the crowd was as densely packed as safely possible at 2.5 square feet per person. In the end, from the pictures available of the gathering, they determined that the NPS's estimate of about 400,000 was quite accurate.
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AskReddit/d92s9xn
58rwo5
If ghosts go through walls, why don’t they fall through the floor?
They do. depends on who you ask and if you believe in ghosts but they walk the building as it was while they were alive if you believe in that sort of thing. There is actually a ghost downtown where I live that walks with it's knees at floor level because they renovated the building and increased the height of the floor.
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AskReddit/c1hun0g
fqe11
Can anyone help me out with a legit work from home job?
There's not a lot of options for legit work-from-home jobs, and almost 90% of them are pure scams with no actual possibility of profit for you. Just remember, if you have to pay ANY money to start working for somebody, chances are their job is selling stupid people work-from-home kits. Your best bet is something creative; knitting, scrapbooking, writing, that sort of thing. But your profits will be dependent on your efforts, and you will definitely not have a dependable steady income from it. Plus, you've got to be your own sales department. Stay away from the 'sell your friends this stuff' style of things. They have nearly no profits for you, until you step up a level to a recruiter; then you're making money off the people you put in the position you were just in (where you weren't making money, remember). Its a pyramid scheme with a nice Tupperware party face on it.
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AskReddit/e3xlksc
963wzs
What’s the most interesting thing you’ve seen while watching the sky at night?
I was watching a movie at a drive in and I saw that meteor that passed over the USA a year or 2 agi. It was so pretty and I’ll never forget it, I was right under its direct path and it glowed a bright green
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AskReddit/ekbhzae
bahhay
What is your favorite word?
Hmmm. wait no my favorite word isn’t hmm dude I was just thinking with a hmm oh my god I just lost my one chance to declare my favorite word to the whole world now everybody thinks that my favorite word is hmm now I will look like I’m stupid af oh no oh god why did I do such a stupid thing this is unfair I think I’m about to cry oh nooooo
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AskReddit/ecmkwy8
a9ujh9
Who else "feels"/sees shapes, in their mind, when tuning ( playing too, but let's stick to tuning) an instrument?
wow dude. I also tune my guitar insanely fast but I just get a feeling in my chest, when I‘m tuning stuff and hearing the note. If the note is too low, I get a numb feeling in my chest and if it‘s too high it spiken‘s up until it rly hurts. When it comes to playing music being it any instrument, then my mind just wanders off into srsly just random thoughts and I don‘t listen to the music. I don‘t even care about how my fingers move. It just gives me time to calmly think about rly random thoughts. but shapes no. I just get a feeling in my chest for whatever I need to tune and adjust the string accordingly to how it normally feels
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AskReddit/cf4cro1
1wq50k
What are you most proud of and why?
After almost dying, extensive brain damage left me partially paralyzed. Although I had a lot of help from physical therapists, I'm most proud of the fact that I went from the edge of death, and back to my life in less that a year. Nurses and doctors said that if I didn't die (and I was extremely close to it), I'd never walk again. I'm proud that I can now stand and walk without assistance.
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AskReddit/e02n3zp
8odwlv
What is the stupidest law you've ever heard of?
Well a lot of stupid laws made sense when introduced but were just never rescinded. For example: In Pennsylvania it is still illegal to "Pilot a horseless carriage at night without a lantern bearer." In Virginia it is illegal to spit on the sidewalk. In Ponca City Oklahoma it was still on the books that upon approaching a railroad crossing you were legally required to stop, exit the vehicle, fire your shotgun once in the air, then upon crossing the tracks stop and fire your pistol twice in the air. This remained on the books until a group of teenagers realized this, and proceeded to drive into town obeying said law at 2 am.
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AskReddit/doizn4v
774h3x
If the US had an equivalent of Mexico City, where would "America City" be?
Los Angeles. It's the center of culture in America. If we're naming a city "America city" that seems like a good place to do it. Alternatively, we could do New York City, the center of commerce in the country or DC the political capital.
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AskHistorians/c6wba8c
12mc0m
What did continental Europeans think of the English Civil War?
I think you might be referring to the German states coming to the aid of Louis XVI. Well when the English Civil War was going on the Germans states were still very weak, it would be another 100 years before Prussia would become a power. Also most of continental Europe was still in tremendous pain from the 30 years war.
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AskReddit/cmskktb
2p1p37
What are some ways to make mornings less dreadful?
DONT PRESS THE SNOOZE! It will only leave you more tired and your morning dreadful. Instead, as soon as your eyes open sit up up right away and jump out of bed and turn on the lights and open up those blinds. You will be cold and blinded for the first few minutes on the morning but awake and alert for the rest.
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askscience/cbyztl3
1lg4vo
Is there a reason why adipose tissue is stored in specific areas the body?
One of the roles of adipose tissue in the body is as insulation against injury, which is why fat accumulates in the abdomen (to protect internal organs, including the kidneys). Also, as noted above, there are hormonal differences between the sexes. Since these hormones fluctuate as we age, the distribution of adipose tissue also changes as we age.
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explainlikeimfive/e7541z7
9la0le
Why does being submerged in water feel significantly colder than walking around in the same air temperature?
Specific heat. Water has a higher specific heat than air so water will take more energy from your body than the air will. Remember, the world wants to equalize temperature (which is a measure of kinetic energy of the molecules). Specifically temperature is proportional to how fast a molecule vibrates and if you put two molecules at different temperatures together then they will exchange energy on interaction until they are both vibrating at the same frequency. Water takes a lot of energy to change how fast it vibrates and as such your body loses a lot more energy when heating water than it does when heating air and as such it feels colder (as we feel temperature based on the exchange of energy, if we gain energy then it feels hot and if we lose energy then it feels cold).
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AskReddit/cdmkxhy
1rf01f
What CGI has aged the worst over time?
If you have not seen lawn mower man, do yourself a favor and spend some time with this relic. It not only has the worst CGI but it also uses the word cyber the only way people in the early 90s could. Absolutely fantastic.
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AskReddit/etnp5v0
ccg7jt
What is a sexual question you have always wanted to ask but never had the right opportunity?
Do women get sexual gratification from being cummed in? I know it’s a super crass question to ask but I’ve always wanted to know. Not every woman who says she’s allergic to latex or isn’t able to have kids for whatever reason just wants to have kids do they? I mean it’s way more common than you’d think for a woman to want you to come inside of them. So do they?
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AskReddit/c24fil4
ika9n
Is it true that you can't die in dreams?
I've been killed in my dreams, with the dream continuing after I've been "removed". It doesn't happen a lot, but I've had plenty of dreams where I am not involved at all and its more like watching a movie.
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AskReddit/dmaezv7
6wsmje
What is the creepiest thing that has ever happened to you?
So, this one time I was at a party, a woman came into the room I was sleeping in (it was my buddy's room) and started flipping the bean right beside me. Didn't strip me down or anything, just went to town on herself while I was sleeping. The only reason I know this happened was because her moans woke me up, and when I asked her why, she said she needed someone to look at while masturbating.
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AskReddit/e6u168g
9jsg2a
What's the worst thing you've ever seen at a funeral?
Not worst exactly, just strange. My cousin was a pilot who died in a plane crash. At the funeral he had an open casket, and everyone was quietly gossiping about how good of a condition his body was in, considering how he had died. I overheard snippets of conversation like "wow, he looks great!" and "sure, but I bet his legs are broken, or his arms, or his neck." and other morbidly curious comments/speculations. People seemed more intrigued and mystified than sad or upset. It was surreal.
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explainlikeimfive/etooose
ccqq9r
Does the temperature outside effect rate of tanning?
No, temperature isn't what makes people tan. They aren't being baked like biscuits. The relevant factor is sunlight exposure and a similar intensity will result in similar tanning reactions.
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AskReddit/esz15wz
c9j67h
What is your favorite informative YouTube channel?
A lot of my favorite more science-based ones were named so I'll throw another one out there: ForgottenWeapons - Really chill dude going over the history and engineering of a bunch of different firearms. Has a video almost every day. I appreciate it for being one of the few firearms channels that isn't overly political, hickish, or snobby.
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AskReddit/em5zcky
bj7wmu
What's the dumbest possible horror movie villain you can think of that Hollywood somehow hasn't gotten around to making into a movie yet?
I remember that Stephen King wrote this short story about a man battling with a long finger growing out of his toilet and I am waiting for Hollywood to come through and make my dreams come true.
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AskReddit/c10clh7
di2lf
What Makes a Woman Bad In Bed?
You know how a woman who knows what she likes and is willing to tell you if your not doing it the way she likes? How a woman is comfortable in her skin and is willing to show you this? How a woman will communicate effectively and doesn't create misunderstandings out of spite? Yeah, that's what makes a woman good in bed. Flip it around. That's everything that makes a woman bad in bed.
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explainlikeimfive/c4plc7p
tt9dx
How did Turing prove that most numbers are incalculable?
Ah, I love these kinds of posts. Repetitive, perhaps, but fun to explain nonetheless. Basically, a number is computable if there is an algorithm that can find its value up to the nth digit, for arbitrarily large n. For instance, pi is computable, because there are algorithmic ways to get as many digits as you want of pi, given enough computation time and space. It so happens that there exist more real numbers than there are algorithms. Each algorithm can only compute one number (assuming the input is considered part of the algorithm), so that means that there are some numbers that are not computed by any algorithm. Most of these numbers aren't very interesting the way that numbers like 1.0000. and 3.14159. are. They have infinitely many decimal digits, and most of them have no intuitive special significance. The ones that do are usually significant because they describe things about computability itself. The fun part is to show that there are more real numbers than algorithms. Every algorithm can be represented as a finite sequence of commands/instructions -- a program -- and these in turn can be represented as one big integer (like the sequence of bits forming a source code file). Cantor showed that there are in fact more real numbers than there are integers. Both the integers and reals are infinite of course, but here we mean that there are "more" reals in the sense that, for any way you could find to pair each integer with some unique real number, you would use up all the integers but still have some reals left over. The full diagonalization proof is a little bit past ELI5, but not by much. Here's a variant specifically for uncomputable numbers: Let p1, p2, p3, . be all the programs/algorithms that exist. Each one computes one number. Make an infinite 2D table, where row 1 is for program p1, row 2 is for p2, etc. Let column 1 hold the 1st digit output by each of the programs in their respective rows, let column 2 hold the 2nd digit output, and so on. So each row i holds the (infinite decimal representation of) the number computed by the ith program. If there is a number that does not appear in this table, then that must mean it is uncomputable, since it's not the output of any program. We can find such a number by looking at the diagonal -- the digits in row 1 col 1, row 2 col 2, etc. -- and stringing them together to form a number. Take this diagonal number, D, and form a new number D by changing each of D's digits by adding 1 to them (wrapping over from 9 to 0). If D appeared in the table in some row i, it would have to be different from itself in the ith digit, so D* must not be in the table, and is in fact uncomputable.
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explainlikeimfive/d8m4rew
56t5s5
Why does it take up to 30 seconds to process and authenticate a credit card transaction using a chip but under a second with the mag swipe?
It takes just as long with a mag swipe. However with the swipe and the pin the terminal have all the information necessary to conduct the transaction and can do so in the background. However if you use a chip the transaction is conducted by the chip and not the terminal so you have to wait for the transaction to complete before you can remove your card.
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askscience/cf6g1vz
1wy78l
What does one mean when they say "Time is the fourth dimension", does it function like the other spatial dimensions?
It means you can specify the coordinates of an event with three spatial coordinates and a time coordinate. 5th Street and Third Avenue on street level at 5 PM is a coordinate in four dimensions.
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AskReddit/cdofv31
1rljik
Who is your favorite TV show character and why?
Hank Schrader from Breaking Bad. His character development was great, he went from being a meathead comic relief character in the beginning of the show, and became a very serious and deep character, while still retaining his comedic ways. He was a good person and he always wanted to do what was right, even though he has moments of showing a dark side, making him not a complete hero, which in my opinion made him a better, more realistic character. He was by far my favorite character in the show.
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AskReddit/e1ofux2
8vlqgx
How well equipped are banks to deal with a robbery, how many people are needed to pull off a job?
The issue isn't getting the money. The banks are instructed to just give you the money you ask for. The issue comes from getting away without being followed/ID'd. You alone, right now, could put on a ski mask, walk into a bank, say "I have a gun, give me $200,000." And in all likely hood they will give you the money. BUT the cameras have caught your car or your face or your tattoo, or some other noticeable thing about you. The cops will have you in a few hours and they'll take the money back.
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AskReddit/dqjoj9n
7gk4j9
What seemingly regular, public place do you feel the most uncomfortable or out of place?
Any type of club where you're supposed to dance. I'm usually pretty social, but a this kind of club I feel out of place because I know I look retarded dancing, but I look lame if I don't try.
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AskReddit/enyvkko
bpxukn
What is something baby boomers say or complain about that isn't true?
Mostly about millennials My mom complained about them a LOT until my sister informed her that my sister and I are both millennials. My mom didn't believe that millennial is the name of the generation, the same way baby boomer is the name of her generation. She just thought millennial was a term for lazy, unmotivated people.
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AskReddit/c10qlnf
djult
Why do cats eat grass when they will just throw it up anyway?
Cats and dogs do this. The main reason is that the animal is eating the grass so they can throw up. The animals do it on purpose. Cats and dogs eat the grass when something they have ingested becomes indigestible. The next step is to eat some grass in order to induce vomiting. I'm not 100%, but I believe the reason that these animals vomit from grass is that neither animal can digest fiber. Also, I've heard that when dogs and cats get sick, they also induce vomiting to remove bacteria from their bodies. This is the same as the sweat it out trick that we, as humans, use to get rid of viral/bacterial infestations. Since dogs and cats do not have sweat glands anywhere but their feet, this makes sense.
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AskReddit/c99l1w0
1brn2s
What is your weirdest obsession?
My new weirdest obsession is lego sets. This is weird because I'm a broke guy because I've gone back to school. So I'll just have a hard day go home and just look at pictures of the sets on the site, or I'll just go up and down the isles of a store and look at the boxes and hold them and look at them. On the rare occasions I do get a set the bliss of actually getting to build it is hard to describe how amazing it is to me.
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explainlikeimfive/co8jl51
2uhuov
Why are so many elevators operating in a seemingly inefficient algorithm manner?
Well some systems may just be using an inefficient algorithm; always possible. Some elevators are running far older than you may expect. Assuming it's a decent algorithm the system probably believes that the other cars were more likely to be boarded and sent to a higher floor, or in fact it's possible they were already predisposed to going up and therefore the car on floor 6 was the best one to send for you. Quite often the ground floor passengers will select multiple floors to go to; a car at a low floor number, but above ground floor, is very likely to be in the middle of making its way up to drop off many passengers.
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AskReddit/eq2sj92
bx2u20
What's a lesson your parents couldn't teach you, that you had to learn from someone else?
"Wait a minute though.You're not poor if both of your parents have state jobs.why do you live here in the ghetto with us?" (because my parents sucked, that's why. They just told me that we didn't have things because we were poor, and I believed them)
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AskReddit/ci46kzy
27smba
What are you bad at?
I'm bad at statistics. I have one class in probability theory, two classes in statistics and two classes in econometrics to my name (all of which I passed somehow, usually with less than stellar grades) and I still suck at it. Yes, I know that humans are generally not very good at working with probabilities but most other students were able to remedy that natural deficit with some study. Not me, it I just can't wrap my head around it no matter how hard I try. It's like an entire field of study that's just off-limits due to the limitations of my mind. The only other time I encountered a similar feeling was with chemistry - but then I never took chemistry beyond high-school and chalk(ed) my lack of understanding up to simply not having gone deep enough.
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AskReddit/eus2jy1
chdzsh
How has technology made things worse?
Paying for things when the power is out. I work in retail, and this is always a hassle. It is impossible to make a transaction these days if the power is out. Does not happen a lot but when it does, stores loose money, and customers cant get what they want/need at that time
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AskReddit/d81cwdg
54ff2o
Why did you decide not to have kids and did you ever regret it?
Honestly, I'm kind of selfish. I want to go to sleep and stay asleep, and I want to be able to sleep in on weekends. I want to get up and go wherever I want to, when I want to. I'm also fairly certain that my mother having my half sisters when I was 17 ruined me as far as kids go, not that I was that keen on the idea in the first place.
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AskReddit/c0zsys5
dffe1
Does the Nutritional Value of fruit change as it ripens?
I would guess that the overall nutritional value change is minuscule for edible fruits and vegetables. That is, during the period which a fruit or vegetable is edible (ripe enough, not rotten) the nutritional content falls within a reasonably consistent range, and within the margin of error allowed by FDA reporting guidelines.
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AskReddit/chtqugr
26rb79
What did you name your computer?
I remember setting up my first new PC I bought after high school. I distinctly recall the question Windows asks. It asks you to describe your computer, not to name it. But you're actually naming it. So, that computer's name was "It computes stuff."
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askscience/c5mmwjs
xiea0
How large of a solar array would you have to have on top of your car to power it strictly or primarily through said array?
Speaking very simply, since there are many variables that I don't want to worry about right now, an average solar panel will deliver about 10W/square foot. 100HP = 74.57KW. So for a 100 HP car, you'd need 7,460 square feet of solar panel. As panels become fore efficient this will decrease, but I believe they are at about 16-20% now, so the best you could hope for (for 100 HP) would be still over 1,000 square feet. Even bringing down your motor size significantly will not really bring this into a reasonable range, as a 1 HP motor will still require more than 10 square feet of panel, and at that point you might as well be pedaling.
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askscience/c8z2y1s
1anpig
Could desert countries by the sea dig canal networks to let sea water evaporate around their cities to cool down their surroundings?
I've always wondered why they don't dig a giant trench to the desert and dump water everywhere. Would that essentially just create mud? Or would continued water being there allow things to grow?
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AskReddit/d2yoecy
4ijzr4
Why is Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare so disliked?
The majority of the community cried out for CoD to make another World At War type game. They said "Nope, you're getting another future game and you're going to like it!" That is why Infinite Warfare is so disliked as far as I can tell.
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AskReddit/e6vxc2p
9k0cim
When did you realize YOU were the toxic friend?
Started reading Understanding the Borderline Mother, and realized the way I was raised wasn’t normal. Had to take a hard look in the mirror and understand that although it wasn’t my fault, I had taken on some of her toxic traits (often referred to as “fleas”). It’s been hard. I spent so many years in my mother’s toxic Wonderland, that real life is really scary and overwhelming to me sometimes. However, I’m seeing a really great therapist now who is helping me shed a lot of those crappy world views and develop healthier ones. And slowly but surely I’m working towards closing the gap between who I am and who I’ve always wanted to be.
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AskReddit/efpl27d
amytu6
What's a fake fact that you believed for a long time?
My dad used to refer to the button that turns on the hazard lights in his truck as the “turbo button” and every time he “pressed” it he’d just speed up. I believed this until I was 12.
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explainlikeimfive/c9cb1st
1c29kx
Why do some cameras flash multiple times before taking a picture?
Cameras usually do this in low light. If the scene is rather dark, the autofocus system of the camera cannot see where to focus. By emitting a series of flashes, the autofocus system gets the information it needs to focus, and when it is done, the camera takes the actual picture, accompanied by a flash as well.
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explainlikeimfive/cfmoz8t
1ypy9l
If people die of old-age, what part of the body actually fails?
Exactly. Old age is not a disease, or a cause of death. When someone dies of "old age" they had a heart attack, or stroke, or liver failure, or cancer, or any of a thousand other conditions or combinations of conditions. We just find it easier to say "he was old and he died because of it" rather than probing to deeply into what organ or combination of organs failed.
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AskReddit/cabqkki
1fmig3
Have your morals/values changed from your late teens?
I'm not as rigid about some older fashion rules, but the basics (non-violence and sharing, don't harm people, help if you can) have remained constant since my earliest memory of having values.
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askscience/ceheqw5
1ues8h
What would happen if instead of bonding DNA strands with triple hydrogen bonds you fused the strands?
Well, fused doesn't really mean anything chemically, so I'm going to assume you mean replacing hydrogen bonds with covalent bonds. If so, life could not survive because cell replication couldn't occur. DNA helicase is the enzyme tasked with "unzipping" the DNA, and is specific to only be able to unzip DNA strands connected by hydrogen bonds. Covalent bonds are too strong for a macromolecule (DNA) that needs to be constantly unwound and unzipped to be replicated.
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AskReddit/cd544lc
1pr351
What is it like to be afraid of dogs?
When I was 2, a big German Shepard jumped on me and pinned me down. Luckily he only licked my face, but, being only 2, I was petrified. Since then I was completely afraid of ANY kind of dog. I'd start hysterical crying at even the sound of barking. It wasn't until I was 11, and my dad brought home a yorkie puppy that I started growing out of my fear. Now I have two pit bulls.
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AskReddit/dwxlbsv
8acpie
What do you do when you're feeling a little depressed and keep turning things over in your mind?
Talk to someone or just let the mind do whatever it wishes. When you say no it just does the opposite for me haha. Tho there’s no little depressed for me. Once something triggers me to go negative and angry or etc I just go full blow “sad” and yea
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explainlikeimfive/care8jm
1h6tff
Why Bill Clinton passed DOMA if he is a proponent of gay marriage?
It would have passed either way. The votes were 85-14 in the senate and 342-67 in the house. If he had vetoed, they would have overridden the veto which only requires 2/3. In the process, he would have angered the Republicans and a good portion of the country which would have torpedoed his reelection and any other business he attempted to do during his term. He would have become a lame duck President over a symbolic gesture. DOMA was likely also a compromise to prevent something far worse. With a 2/3+ majority, they easily could have pushed a constitutional amendment. It still required 3/4 of states (38), but considering 17 years later 37 states still ban gay marriage they likely could have gotten that too. If someone demands 20 from you but has the power to take 100, you aren't in a position to refuse or negotiate.
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AskReddit/e7vwz1n
9oqhjs
Who was the worst member of a group project you ever had to work with?
There was a group project in college, 4 of us working on it. One of the girls in the group was the worst I've ever worked with. At the time, we used the large floppy disks for saving progress. I dropped it off at her dorm, after another group member and I worked on it for several hours in the library. This was on a Friday afternoon. On Saturday I called her to follow up, and she basically brushed me off about checking the work. On Monday, another group member came up to me and mentioned that she (the other girl) had gone to our professor and was reporting that I, and the other guy had done no work towards the group project and that she was 'the only one working'. I was so angry, that I grabbed my partner and we sprinted to the prof's office. (side note, this was a relatively small private university so getting to professors offices was very easy and not at all unusual). When we arrived, she was just finishing up savaging us. I asked what the problem was, and the girl rolled her eyes and said that I had given her a blank disk on Friday and expected her to do all the work. I asked the professor if she could put the disk in the computer in her office and look. Sure enough the work was all there, contained in a file. The professor gave it a quick look, said it looked excellent and then said we'd have to work it out. The girl was so upset, and tried to say that I hadn't told her what file it had been saved in. There was only 1 file. It still makes me angry 25 years later.
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AskReddit/evce4y9
cjcisz
What projects/activities should everybody know how to do?
Ex: handyman projects, car projects, etc. My father wasn't too keen on teaching my brother and I how to do things like that when we were younger. I know there are youtube videos out there, but i would just like a base knowledge of where to start. I guess another question could be what things can easily be done without hiring somebody else to do it?
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AskReddit/c84vn4s
17eoex
What is the most awkward "compliment" you've received?
During AP Macroecon in high school, one of my friends turned around and said,"Daasianmang, I want you to know that I think you and -insert friend's name here- are the most handsome Asians in the school." Awkward because it was during the middle of a quiz, and I rarely receive compliments regarding my looks from other straight men. My school has at least 400 Asian guys, so that definitely boosted my confidence.
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AskReddit/csmhqwc
3bitx3
What is your scariest sleep-paralysis moment and how did you escape it?
The only way for me to escape it is for someone to hear me moaning in my sleep like a possessed Haitian zombie, when in reality I am trying to scream. I have a few reoccurring dreams. One is blurred vision and slow legs like I have been shot with a tranquilizer being chased by someone with a knife. The other is going down a hole really fast. I could literally feel the temperature become increasingly cold. Similar to a mine shaft.
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AskReddit/e0m75sw
8quty6
What's the coolest/most interesting place you've gotten laid?
Cliffs, woods and beaches are pretty cool. Up against a standing stone was cool. On the counter of an abandoned abbatoir (formally the workhouse) was weird. On an old granite grinding stone thing in the blazing heat was probably the most interesting.
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explainlikeimfive/ei7ta5k
azhpnd
How do scientists know the chemical composition of extremely far away objects such as nebulas or comets?
The light emitted/absorbed by certain atoms and molecules can be used as a spectroscopic fingerprint to identify them. By taking spectra of the far away stars, planets and galaxies, they can determine what the chemical composition is based on what wavelengths of light are observed.
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AskReddit/cwr48v9
3rsxpu
What compliments do people give you that you secretly take offence to?
I'd have to say compliments in the form of questions. If a person says "you're so smart" I say thank you. If a person says "O so you're pretty smart aren't you?" I don't know if I should say yes I am and seem cocky or say no I'm not and seem rude by refusing their compliment. For clarification I am an engineering major and usually get one of the replies above when people find out.
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explainlikeimfive/d4yzkmu
4r7y7u
How did the mafia start the trend for Las Vegas and how did they lose the control they had on it compared to how Vegas is today?
When the Hoover dam was being built in the 1930s, a bunch of mostly male labourers migrated to the Vegas area to work on the construction of the dam. Certain legitimate businessmen realized that there was money to be made by building casinos and brothels to entertain the workers. By the 1950s it was well known that the mafia operated most of the casinos but the government wasn't ready/able to do much about it. Howard Hughes actually bought an entire hotel in the 1960s because he refused to leave his room and eventually bought several more, which started to move organized crime out of Vegas. By the 1980s large corporations and Wall Street billionaires were buying land on the Strip to build gigantic, family friendly luxury hotels.
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askscience/cbthoao
1kwvyo
Does wind have any effect on the movement of tectonic plates?
Not directly, no. Perhaps indirectly, inasmuch as wind patterns control precipitation, especially along convergent plate boundaries such as the Andes, and precipitation in turn affects erosion rates, which feeds back into sedimentation rates along the subduction zone. Those erosion rates are one of the feedback mechanisms controlling the critical taper of the mountain chain, so it will affect uplift rates, internal deformation, stickiness of the subdution zone and the like.
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AskReddit/ep35f7l
btvlmi
What is love to you?
Acceptance, trust, respect, faith, intellectually being on the same wave length (not like both being equally smart, but like being able to properly talk with each other and progress through it together AND individually), physical and emotional attraction. Romantic love. Acceptance, trust, respect, faith are also key components for familial love imo.
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AskReddit/cg77f3q
20vrza
What opinion do you have that no one else has?
There's always someone who has the same opinion as you.especially on reddit. One thing I find few people in agreeance on is actually being totally neutral. I am super neutral on many topics that most people, people who care about it anyways, are usually super opinionated one way or the other. For instance, circumcision, I am wonderfully neutral on that one. Parents can choose to do it or not to do it and I won't attempt to persuade, I provide facts about cost and healing but that's it. It's so much harder to be truly neutral than it is to be opinionated.
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AskReddit/ey72k38
cvxhfs
Why isn't the world concerned with excessive toilet paper ply's as a threat to the environment, instead of just ordinary printing paper?
Ordinary printing paper in made from tree pulp, a resource both renewable and recyclable, though renewing it can take some time. Toilet paper is made from cotton, which is ultra abundant because it is a staple crop of most agricultural countries, and it renews itself every season.
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AskReddit/e01gofd
8o8hs2
What are your thoughts on a male changing a babies diaper in the womans restroom if the male restroom does not have a changing table?
I don't care. Changing tables in men's rooms should be standard practice, but I don't care of a dad needs to change his infant in the ladies room. I'd rather share a bathroom than have him change a diaper in the restaurant or produce section.
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AskReddit/chc1gfq
24yyaa
What goes through your mind when you're running?
I like to make up stories in my head as I run. Kind of like when you lay in bed at night and make up fake situations that could happen in your life right before you fall asleep. I just do this while I'm running. It makes it go by faster since you're not really thinking about the run.
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AskReddit/e4nwbow
99id8w
What have you seen get Reddit Gold that absolutely didn't deserve it?
I randomly got given reddit gold off a post that had 15 upvotes at the time (and only 30 by the end) because I said I liked a video. The person who gifted me the gold wasn’t even the poster of the video
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AskReddit/crexcj5
36l3xe
What book have I probably not read, that I probably should read?
One for all of YOU, lovely redditors: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. You really have to think while reading it, as the story isn't presented in chronological order, so some things appear to contradict themselves, but all-in-all it really is just a fantastic book. If you like a challenge, give Catch-22 a go.
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AskReddit/dosfwat
78b4ly
What is a skill you can “level up” in one day?
Cool topic OP. I hope this blows up! Drawing Personality can be leveled up (choosing to be more thoughful from here on out) Health: quit smoking from here on out. Thus improving your health Not really skills I suppose.lol I suck sorry. Let me come back to this in a bit. I'll get creative.
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AskHistorians/cjds83h
2c9ot9
Has Import Substitution as an economic policy ever been successful?
I'm citing an economist's work here, but I think it's valid. In "Kicking Away the Ladder" Ha-Joon Chang discusses how Western European nations did exactly what you talked about during the 18th Century, which helped enormously in their development and really spurred it along. However, the most striking example is the United States, which had very heavy tariffs throughout the 19th Century and defied Adam Smith's advice for them to focus on their economic specialties. The United States instead imposed tariffs and focused on developing an industrial base. It pretty objectively worked, as Niall Ferguson discusses in "Empire" (I always dislike citing it due to its Imperialist bias and my ambivalence about Ferguson, but in this case it's absolutely correct) by the late 19th century America had surpassed Britain, France, and Germany in industrial production combined. So yes, it's safe to say that Import Substitution has been very successful economically, since it basically resulted in the industrialization of Western Europe and America, leading to their ascendence as Imperial, economic, and military powers.
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AskReddit/cchnkl0
1ndwe6
What is one free app that you think everyone should have?
iPhone Total Downloader Pro (can download videos from any streaming site) iTunes University (can download full curriculum for a multitude of courses from different universities) AcePlayer (works on the apple devices like VLC works on Windows) Numbers, Keynote, and Pages (all three apps are free at the moment, and are the apple version of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) appbzr (finds free apps and price drops. a lot of apps do this, but this one has worked the best for me)
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