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AskReddit/c0od9fb
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bsnxb
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If a time travel machine was turned on today for the first time, what do you think would be sent back from the future?
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I wish I could find the article, but I read a great one somewhere about how time travel is impossible because it would create an infinite loop of "time refugees", eventually destroying the past and thus the present.
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AskReddit/dnu3qvq
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73ye37
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What made you realize that this is what you wanted to make a career out of?
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I have a strong sense of justice and a way with people, so I wanted to utilize it and become a police officer. I wanted to help those in need and bring those that hurt others to justice. Policing didn't pan out, so I added my love of arguments into the mix and now I'm working my way towards Law School.
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explainlikeimfive/cbw9fmm
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1l6qnn
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How do archaeological things like houses, pots etc end up underground?
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> Like if I put a load of plates on the grass in my back garden, how would they end up underground in thousands of years? Weeds grow up around them, snaking tendrils of roots and such over them. You would likely see this in a single summer. Weeds die, are replaced by new weeds, until the plates are under a thick cover of decaying plant matter. A nearby river overflows one year and coats the area in several inches of silt. More plants grow and die, rotting into more mulch over the silt. Wind gradually blows in dirt from elsewhere, and is caught in small drifts against the plants. Gradual rains bring material from higher elevations down over the area. Over thousands of years this ends up with the plates well below the current ground level.
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AskReddit/e4hp2bd
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98oz24
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If you had to participate in a historical war, which one would you choose and which side would you fight on?
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It’s a little controversial but I would go WW2 and fight for Germany if I get a command position. Only because, on grand strategy games set in WW2 I like playing as the Germans cause they lost and I have won that war for them so many times it would be nice to give it a go in real life.I will deal with the whole fascists racist stuff later on.
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AskReddit/cyciya7
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3ydfcg
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How long after you realized you and your SO weren't going to work out did you continue it, and why?
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A few weeks. About 3. She was living 2500 miles away. We broke up the day she moved back home. It was about a week ago. We're still the best of friends, and will continue to be. The closer it got to her moving home the more we realized we had both changed a lot since she moved away. We love each other, but aren't good for each other in a romantic relationship.
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AskReddit/dagi4b3
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5f0hmc
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What are some of the most important things you've learned from college?
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I learned that simply by being on the same wifi network as someone else is dangerous. I learned how to Linux and make games. I learned how to fight the system. I did not learn how to do my taxes, get a loan, or win against the system
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explainlikeimfive/e440h3b
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96y4er
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What happens inside of our Body and Brain when we start to get tired and our vision gets blurry?
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Your brain has a complex system with a lot of factors involved, that determines whether you should be going to sleep right now or not. Once it decided it's sleep time, it releases the chemical (a hormone) that makes you feel tired and gives this feeling to your eyes. Coffee suppresses certain factors in this system, so the brain thinks it's not yet time, and doesn't release the hormone.
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AskReddit/dk48ju4
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6mtudj
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Which is your dream car?
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Subaru WRX STi. I live on a gravel road, so this would be a car I can still drive fast with, can actually afford and won't get destroyed by a small bump in the road. I drive a Crosstrek now, so I can dream.
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Ask_Politics/d5rty78
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4up49y
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How does the democratic party plan to deal with undocumented citizens?
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Obama said he would support a path to citizenship that "allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens." Hillary and other Democrats So in other words, if an illegal immigrant has committed some additional crime above and beyond entering the country illegally, they could still be deported. If they have otherwise followed the law and behaved like a contributing member of society, they would be penalized financially and given an opportunity to become full citizens through the standard process. It does not mean there are no background checks or that the US forfeits its right to vet future citizens.
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AskReddit/ey9af0n
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cwaahb
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What are some time optimization techniques for College Students?
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Not really optimization but if you want to spend more time doing “x” remember that you will need to spend less time doing “y”. I fell into the trap of saying I was going to do something more but not thinking about what I would cut out. I would also recommend writing down how you spend your time and anything you could try cut out and then have that information as visible as possible so you remember it and don’t procrastinate etc as much
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AskReddit/cijki7e
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29ciey
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Does Oregon Gov take 100% of tips earned by employees?
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They do not. Whoever told him that is lying and stealing from him. Tell him to call the labor board. Edit: What can be deducted is the tax on claimed tips. That should only be in the neighborhood of 10-15%, I forget the exact amount it's been a little while since I've been in a restaurant.
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AskReddit/dewq9o8
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5za9qa
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Which video game character would make the best U.S. President?
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i'm going to go over the rules a bit and say funny valentine. who is he you may ask? a character from jojo's bizarre adventure who wants to make AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! by getting an ability to divert any bad luck to anywhere else. had an awesome ability of destroying anything (complicated, involves dimensions) and has better motives than the protagonist (I WANNA WALK-johnny joestar protagonist of steel ball run) but you may ask "isn't he from manga?" BUT HE HAS A GAME, so shut up VOTE FUNNY VALENTINE 2020
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AskReddit/eb04bah
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a2ox19
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What is your favourite video game from the past decade?
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Fallout 4. Before I met my bf I never played any of the fallout games but i have finished the story on fallout 4 3 or 4 times now in the past year we have been together.
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AskReddit/d4is19y
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4p7sf7
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What current event really scares you?
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The election doesn't really scare me. People overestimate how powerful the president is, and if Trump is elected rest assured he does not have many friends in congress. He would almost certainly be replaced in a primary challenge in 2020. And if he isn't, then that probably means he's no worse than any other president in modern history, and if he's no worse than any other president, we'll make it out OK. Hillary will just be pretty much the same thing as the past eight years. whatever, we're still here. What really scares me, honestly, are Russia and China. We take this relative peace between us and them for granted. Their economies are houses of cards waiting to tumble, they're getting more aggressive militarily, and they're still incredibly authoritarian regimes. that have a terrifying degree of popular, or at least indifferent support. The loose nukes in Russia are a terrifying prospect and an economic collapse in China would be devastating for the United States. I don't think the cold war ever ended, it just took a break.
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AskReddit/d8pswwd
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5785x2
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What was your weirdest teacher like?
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Weirdest looking? I had a law teacher who looked like a very fat Count Olaf, gray balding with the sides spiked up and he even had eyebrow hair that stuck up halfway up his forhead
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AskReddit/dmsgd34
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6z3lkb
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What are you 'famous on the internet' for?
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Lol, this doesn't make me famous, can't prove it, but it is true. Back in '95 or 96' I got a home computer with dial up internet. Started up with Yahoo chat and chose the username Gogonut. Had the email address too. It went pretty much viral overnight with dozens of accounts that played on the "gogonut" theme. I even got a custom car plate with that on it. I did away with the car plate in a few years cause I saw two young guys debating what it meant, LOL. In my mind at the time, it was just me, a single mom taking care of two kids and constantly on the go. You can still find the term on the web today. Just a funny anecdote now.
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AskReddit/egbxy86
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apxuq5
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Why are women's nipples more sensitive than men's?
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Physiologically, women’s nipples have more “erogenous zone” receptors, which are receptors for sexually arousing tactile stimuli. They also have more in their lips, tongue, and ear lobes.
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AskReddit/erdh4wy
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c1iexy
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What super power would you pick and how would you use it in everyday life?
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Humans are scared of what they do not understand, for this reason I wouldn’t pick something like flying or super strength, I’m to scared of being captured by scientists and studied like an alien. Possible even worse than that, I would probably not have very many friends. Social interaction is basically the only way I could stay sane, so I might go crazy. Anyway, this might sound weird, but I think that I would like to have the power to adjust my vision. I am very near-sighted, and sometimes I actually like this, as it can help me focus. When I wear corrective lenses, I am too overloaded with information to process it all (side note, I also have ADHD which doesn’t help). It would be nice to ba able to see however, as a student and photography enthusiast it would help a lot, but I can’t stand wearing glasses because of sensory stuff, and I have a lot of trouble putting contact lenses as well. If I could switch between perfect vision and near sighted at will, it would be really nice. Also, I could cover it up by just telling people I got eye surgery to fix my vision. I don’t know if this is included in the super power, but it would be a cool extra if I could also change my color vision. I could experience what it’s like to have tetrachromatic vision, also well as seeing what it’s like to be color blind. If I was a graphic designer or a game developer, it would be useful when creating accessibilty features.
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AskReddit/dvaam8x
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82hzv9
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How accurate are all the "College" movies?
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They never really focus on the studying, class, power tripping TAs, or the stress associated with all of that. But I was in a fraternity at a large US university and I've been to plenty of parties that looked like ones from movies.
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AskReddit/d9p0a1w
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5bidki
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What minor things make a person dislikable?
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Parents that are constantly competing about everything. The kind of parents that wants stuff for their kids, even when it makes no sense. I had some parents that ticked all the "special accommodations" boxes even when their kid doesn't have a latex-allergy, egg-allergy, nut-allergy, etc. and then starts complaining to everyone when their kid is the only kid that got a colouring book instead of the party-pack all the other kids got, because their kid is the only kid with all the allergies in the world. Thank goodness, from next year onwards, we're going to need doctor's certificates for the special accommodation section because the above thing was starting to get out of hand. It sucks for the other parents who's kids have genuine intolerances, etc. but well.
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AskReddit/d57ptdv
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4saa9h
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Why does our breath smell after a night of sleeping?
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Ah, you must not be paying the toll. If you leave $7.65 (Can$10.01) under your pillow at night, the morning breath fairy won't spray-fart hot diarrhea in your mouth.
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AskReddit/d3vdzir
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4mfsdw
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What's that one movie you'll never mind watching over and over?
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Oh brother where art thou. I first watched in high school after we read the odyssey. I've watched it multiple times a year since. I love that movie.
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AskReddit/ebj1tdd
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a515a5
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How was the love different for each person you were in a relationship with ?
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I discovered a new, simple but deep, platonic but powerful, long-distance but yet so close type of love with my best friend. It wasn't like any other love i felt for anyone and she is the only one for whom i felt like this. It's different from my first relationship with a girl. You'd think because it was a romantic relationship that i would have felt more attached to that girl; but that not the case at all. Till now, my best friend is definitely the only person i have ever loved more than anyone outside of my parents and brother.
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explainlikeimfive/c7re6o6
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15zxg7
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Why is it that Jews do not believe Jesus is their Savior?
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The concept of a messiah is not nearly as central to Judaism as it is to Christianity. However, a good case can be made that Judaism accepts the idea of a messiah-like leader. Among the requirements for being this individual are the following: Being a descendant of King David Restoring a Jewish land of Israel Gathering all Jews within this Israeli kingdom Rebuilding the temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem And freedom from violence and oppression from other groups of people Simply put, Jesus never did any of this besides being listed as a descendant of King David. Christians got around these qualifications by claiming that Jesus will return in the "second coming" to complete these tasks at a later date. However, since Jesus has so far failed to do things like rebuild the temple, he does not fit in with a Jewish concept of a messiah. Also, the idea of God having a son, even if it was easy to believe, is not sugested by any Jewish holy text, so the whole concept of a son or God is met with skepticism.
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AskReddit/c9wsg43
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1e4fxx
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What is the worst thing you've done in your sleep?
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Okay, so my boyfriend snores extremely loud. Extremely. Loud. It goes on all night, from the second he dozes off to when his alarm goes off in the morning. And after living with it for so long, it has just sort of incorporated itself into my subconscious so I can sleep through it. Except now that means I'm so used to it, when he stops snoring in the middle of the night I wake up immediately. I don't wake up enough to know that he probably just shifted or something and that has cleared his airways. Instead, my hazy mind tells me that he's stopped breathing and he's died. So in my panic, the only thing I can think of to do is smack him. Obvously. He wakes up, I'm reassured he's alive, and I fall back asleep. So depending on who you talk to, I save his life multiple times a week, or I viciously assault an innocent man when he can't defend himself.
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AskReddit/cb2olkr
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1iavan
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How do you respond to someone questioning your sexuality?
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Depends the manner in which they do it. Don't ever be offended or embarrassed, because them questioning it can't make you change it or something! And no sexuality that doesn't harm others is a bad thing! I tend to just make light of the issue. As a heterosexual guy, if for some reason another guy accuses me of being gay, I'll play along with mock exaggeration until they themselves become uncomfortable. If they were a gay guy teasing me, then I might suggest that it's true only in their fantasies.
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AskReddit/cuqfydi
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3jmdha
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If you could remove a company from the face of the earth, which one would it be?
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De Beers Consolidated Mines Company. Historically they have been responsible for some of the worst atrocities and divisions in colonial history, never mind their current carry-on. And if we're also allowed wipe the company's founder off the face of the Earth allow me to cleanse the record of Cecil Rhodes.
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AskReddit/d3x8p9j
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4moqrd
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What's your dad like?
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My dad is a wonderful person. He's pretty much Dan Conor from Roseanne. He's quick witted and obnoxious in a good way. He used to lie in front of the tv next to the front door, and when he ripped a horrific death-fart insisted it was a barking spider. His favorite fart story was the time the cat walked past just as he ripped one, and it made the cat throw up. Did I mention he's classy?
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AskReddit/dz9rrul
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8kqivt
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What’s worse for your heart, in terms of longevity, sugar, or various fats?
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It's difficult to say. Normally, heart tissue burns oily stuff. But there is a drug, called Preductal, that allows the heart to burn glucose. I would say that sugar in excess is much worse, and animal fat in excess is, again, not so healthy.
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explainlikeimfive/djmuj8r
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6kk6hk
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Why do you experience an increased urge to pee when experiencing temperature differences?
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Because when youre out in the warm air the pee in your body gets the same temperature as the air and when you get home the air is cold and the pee is then more pressurized than the air around it and will therefore expand and make you feel like you need to pee .
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AskReddit/e3f5trm
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93qixg
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Which episode of a show would make a really bad first impression on someone who has never seen the show?
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Whenever I recommend Black Mirror to someone I always warn them to start with any episode but.well, the first one. (It is an anthology series so it doesn't matter what order you watch it in.) I get that the intent behind it is to weed out anyone who might not be able to handle the rest of the show but I have seen some people say that that first episode just turned them off the series.
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AskReddit/egypscs
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at4hia
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What is the scariest/creepiest thing that has happened to you when you were home alone?
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I was home alone with my toddler, getting ready for bed after putting her down for the night when I heard her call for me. So I went to her room and she was fast asleep. Weird. Maybe she had woken up for a moment and then passed out again. Got to then end of the hall before I heard her call for me in a panic. Rushed back in and she was still asleep in the same position. Sat with her for a few minutes and then made my way to bed when I heard my husband call my name. Must have come home from work early? So I go to him but he’s not there. Call him and confirm he’s still at work and decide I must have hear a neighbor or something. Crawl into bed and hear my husband call for me again and then continue talking as if he’s having a conversation with someone. Then hear my child calling me again and rush into her room. Still asleep. This goes on for awhile until I decide I must really need some sleep and go back to bed with the lights on. Too freaked out to sleep, I was staring at a picture hanging on the wall when it disappeared. Like the wall just ate it? Look at another wall hanging and the same thing happens. They would reappear when I looked away and then be eaten by the wall again when I looked directly at them. Decide I’m officially an insane person and call husband to come home. Fall asleep eventually and wake up and everything is normal except my heartrate can’t decide on a pace, swinging up and down between 30s-180s. Head into the hospital and I’m having a hypertensive crisis. Turns out it was the beta blockers I’d started recently. Nobody had heard of that reaction so they kept me for a couple days until my numbers stabilized. No hallucinations after the first night other than hearing dogs bark randomly for a couple days. Not good times.
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AskReddit/ccdvefu
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1myvyq
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What would the earth/society/technology/daily life be like if human beings only grew to be 6-9 inches tall?
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Well, assuming that we actually managed to survive and grow to the current technology level we currently have, we would probably be a lot better off in regards to resources. A single tree could be used for 1000's of homes. A single fruit or small animal would be more than enough for a whole family. Still, I see our rise to the 'top of the food chain' kind of debatable at that size, considering even small animals would now tower over us in size. Entire towns could be crushed by a large animal or herd traveling through the area, or even by a rainstorm, or a tree falling over. I think it would be impossible for our daily life and society to function like our reality in that kind of scenario.
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explainlikeimfive/df9llus
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60vipq
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How was Germany during World War 2 able to build so many ships and Uboats in such a short span of time?
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It seems the most of them were built before ww2 and deployed in Spain waters during spanish civil war. When ww2 starts, german army focus on air and land development.
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explainlikeimfive/eanuiz3
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a194jl
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Why is Mexico not as developed as the USA or Canada?
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It depends on what you mean by "developed" If you mean, are they not as technologically advanced, I can assure you this is not the case- being in a Mexican city the only difference between them and an American city is the majority language on the signs. If you mean, why are the areas between cities not as wealthy, that's down to corruption or a lack of government initiative (eg: road building, subsidizing construction, effective combating of crime) you can certainly find small towns in the US that are as bad off as some small towns in Mexico, though not necessarily for the same reasons.
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AskReddit/dbl5zri
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5k3wsp
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When would be the worst time to start a "U-S-A" chant?
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When foreign exchange students arrive to your class on their first day in the states outnumbered 40-5 and the teacher starts the chant cuz he thought they said America sucks when in fact they just had heavy accents and were misinterpreted. I cringed so hard.
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AskReddit/dhuecq3
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6cg3s4
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What would your current job be if you were in a medieval fantasy setting?
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Being a homeless beggar, pleading for alms. Ain't no Job Centre or Jobseeker's Allowance in Medieval Fantasy Land. But assuming I managed to get myself gainful employment, I think I'd make a good clerk or scribe. Maybe I'd copy and illuminate those ancient books like a monk. Or run the Medieval Fantasy Library and study magic in my spare time. Being a wizard's apprentice sounds fun.
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Ask_Politics/c8xtfp3
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1aiutd
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What's the logical argument for Libertarians like Sen. Paul to want to ban abortion?
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The logic is very simple. First you have to understand that Libertarian's do not want the removal of all laws, nor do they think all laws regulating individual behavior are bad. Libertarians agree that individuals should have the freedom to do whatever they like until that freedom interferes with another person's freedom. At the point where individual freedoms conflict is where law is appropriate. As an example I have the right to go where ever I would like, but my neighbor has a right to private property. The conflict is resolved with trespassing laws. In the case of abortion the conflict is the woman's right to her own body and the baby's right to life. This argument comes down to its core elements of is a fetus a person? If no, then it is a medical procedure and nothing should prevent it. If yes, than termination should never be allowed outside of a health risk to the mother. (My personal opinion is no abortions with the exception of the mother's health concerns and rape where an abortion would be legal)
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AskReddit/e6pfu8y
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9j8b9r
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What are some good, reliable ,non-bias online news outlets?
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I like to read news sources from both sides, and whatever is the same is 99% going to be true and reliable. Phillip de Franco is also pretty good. He's biased for sure, but he states all of his biases and connections.
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AskReddit/cety155
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1vn9k7
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Why do they refer to a Plane on the ground as "Being Taxi'd"?
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It stems from taxi drivers driving slowly whilst looking for fares. Since aircraft generally only move very slowly on the ground, at some point during the early 20th century the phrase "taxiing" was coined for aircraft.
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AskReddit/dgsttg2
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67s80s
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Why is sexual education often informally called "the birds and the bees"?
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In 1836 before access to sexual education classes were a thought. Young youth would become explicitly aroused due to their increased amounts of testosterone or estrogen commonly associated with puberty. Without the presence of modern day electronics, teens would resort to playing outside in the woods, fields, and pastures frolicking chasing animals and seeking sexual pleasure from the native birds and bees species from dawn until dusk. This prompted a reaction from parents during this time explaining that birds and bees were not proper sexual outlets for young teens but that instead they were to find and mate with a person of the opposite gender. This ultimately paved the way for American sexual education programs and encouraged an open forum of communication between parents and their children about safe sexual practices that is so common in America today. This led finally to the creation of the idiomatic expression that we hear so often today, "Teach them about the birds and the bees." Hope this helps answer your question! Remember to always use safe sexual practices!
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AskReddit/c4np236
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tl8mk
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As a shy guy who is soon going to college, is it better to work on beating my shyness or embracing it?
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Absolutely you should mold your new self. But don't think of it departing from your real personality; what you should strive to do is to become a more true version of yourself. Shyness is not your defining characteristic, it's just what has always held you back from showing people your real personality. So take this chance to throw off shyness and embrace your true self. College is the chance to start fresh, around a whole new group of people. I spent all summer looking forward to college, to the chance that it represented. I had always been shy, and just starting over alone wasn't going to change that, but getting away from the classmates who had known me for years as the quiet, shy guy felt enormously freeing. I didn't succeed 100% at not being shy that first year. I didn't even succeed maybe 75%. But I did better than 50%, maybe even 60%. And it felt great. I felt more like myself. (This next part was really callous, but it's the truth.) After rushing a selective house that first year, I did it again. I walked away from all of those freshman year friends and started over again, making little tweaks to how I presented myself based on lessons learned. This time I was maybe 90% successful at avoiding shyness, felt 100% like myself, and was really happy. Absolutely you should start psyching yourself up now for the awesome opportunity that heading off to college represents, to be less shy and more truly you.
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explainlikeimfive/cremerj
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36jy9a
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What are the differences between a salsa, chutney, relish, etc?
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A relish is a cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item typically used as a condiment in particular to enhance a staple. Chutney is a family of condiments associated with South Asian cuisine made from a highly variable mixture of spices, vegetables, or fruit. Salsa is a popular form of social dance that originated in New York with strong influences from Latin America, particularly Cuba and Puerto Rico.
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AskReddit/dhj1n2u
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6b1j43
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If AHCA is officially passed, how will it affect you specifically?
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In a very theoretical world where the Senate passed the AHCA without any change, it's likely that my employer-provided healthcare insurance would still exist, it would just cover fewer things. On the other hand, my parents probably wouldn't be able to afford their health insurance if they could get it at all (likely, my dad's back issues would prevent him from getting insurance that didn't have an astronomically high price).
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AskReddit/c2651h4
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irvgv
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How many closeted gays, bisexuals and lesbians do we have?
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Some people care more about maintaining relationships than flaunting their sexuality. I would say it is akin to not talking with your friends about how you're into BDSM or something else that may cause a rift. I personally don't see anything wrong with that choice and I think anyone who does is the kind of gay person who gives gays a bad name.
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AskReddit/ecwdcup
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ab00qc
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Why do fire stations use the Dalmatian breed of dog?
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The tradition of Dalmatians in firehouses dates back more than a century. Nowadays they mainly serve as mascots, but before fire trucks had engines, Dalmatians played a vital role every time firefighters raced to a blaze. It all dates back to when people used horse-drawn carriages. But, at first, the dogs didn't have anything to do with fire fighters. People realized that Dalmatians would run alongside horses, keeping pace even when sprinting long distances. The dogs would even defend the horses from other dogs or animals that could spook or attack the horses during the ride. Dalmatians often ran in pairs, with one on either side of the coach, or close behind the horses. English aristocrats during the early 1700s were among the first known to use Dalmatians to accompany their carriages, according to Trevor J. Orsinger's book, "The Firefighter's Best Friend: Lives and Legends of Chicago Firehouse Dogs." The dogs became a status symbol of sorts; the more Dalmatians you had running beside your coach represented your social standing. The use of Dalmatians carried over to the horse-drawn wagons that firefighters rode to the scene of a fire. When a fire alarm sounded, the Dalmatians would run out of the firehouse, barking to let bystanders know that they should get out of the way because the firefighters' wagon would soon come roaring by. Once the wagon was out on the street, the Dalmatians would run beside it. The brave, loyal dogs also served an important purpose once the wagon approached a fire. Horses are afraid of fire, and the Dalmatians' presence could distract and comfort the horses as they pulled the wagon closer to a blaze. The Dalmatians also stood guard near the wagon to ensure that no one stole the firefighter's belongings, equipment or horses. You would think that with the invention of the automobile, Dalmatians would no longer be needed by firemen. Some firehouses, however, have kept the dogs around as friendly companions in order to preserve the tradition. Dalmatians continue to guard firefighters' possessions, but instead of running alongside fire trucks, they ride inside of them. The dogs are also known to catch and kill rats that have taken up residence in firehouses.
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askscience/c45mu66
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rgdnm
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What kind of technological limitations would prevent the laser beam generated by the National Ignition Facility to be directed outside of the building, up to a series of satellite based mirrors and directed anywhere on Earth?
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The laser would spread slightly as it travels. Over shorter distances, this is negligible but when traveling to satellites and back the laser would disperse enough to loose much of it's strength. It doesn't matter how perfect it is at first, scattering through air will contribute to the spreading. Also, it would be near impossible to calculate a perfect trajectory that left and re-entered the atmosphere because slight variations in weather conditions would change how the laser refracts as it left and entered the atmosphere.
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explainlikeimfive/eifbuzo
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b0lddc
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How do we decide the meter to be it’s specific length and how did we keep that length consistent over the years?
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Originally, the meter was arbitrary. It was chosen as an arbitrary real-world distance and represented by a specific piece of metal. That representation was some chunk of gold or platinum in some vault somewhere that was the meter. But that's no bueno for scientists because we like things to be constant and consistent. Metals, even ones that don't corrode like gold and platinum, will still change length at different temperatures. So that chunk of metal is only a valid meter at say 20 Celsius. Any other temperature and it's going to be slightly larger or smaller. Also if you want to measure anything you've got to go to that vault first and double check that your meter is the same as the meter. So that's no good either. Scientists decided to base it off of a something naturally occurring so that anyone anywhere could just go check on that natural phenomenon and say "yup, that's a meter." So where does length occur naturally? Well, plants and mountains and rocks and stuff have length, but it's not constant. What about a constant speed? Speed is distance per time, so if we time how long it takes something to move and we know how fast it's going we know how long the distance it traveled is. But what speed is consistent and ubiquitous enough? Light's a pretty good one because it doesn't really change that much in different materials. It turns out that randomly enough, the meter was pretty close to 3*(10^8) meters/second, which is a nice, round number. And that's how they defined it. Edit: more clear wording about original meter.
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AskReddit/c37wsal
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nc3k2
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What do you think is the most pleasant smell?
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This is pretty tacky maybe, but it seems the two times I've had very strong feelings comparable to the term "True love" both women smelt astonishingly pleasant. I remember specifically that it wasn't a product either, just their natural respective scents. I've wondered if this fact is in any way correlated to my feelings for them. But yeah, certain women? Guess that's my response.
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AskReddit/dyj1k83
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8hdhff
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If your life was a book, what would some of the chapters be called?
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If I ever write an autobiography, it would be called 'It could have been me' and each chapter would be about someone who I crossed paths with at a particular point in my life, where at that time, we had a lot in common. Rather than be about myself as such, each chapter would be about a time I shared with that person, and a bit about where they came from and what happened to them after the time in our lives we shared together, with some personal reflection on how easily 'it could have been me'. For example, one of my best friends from school came into a lot of money just as we were drifting apart. He blew it on gambling and drugs and now rents a little flat with his girlfriend. One of my girlfriends from school got accidentally pregnant within a year of us splitting up, and decided to keep the baby. We were 16 at the time, and it's scary to think that a couple of months of a difference and I could have been the dad. I'm openly gay now and living abroad. Someone I went to uni with went into TV production work and he's had quite an interesting life. So I suppose, if I were to use real names, each chapter would be the name of the person it's about. If I were to use pseudonyms, rather than name each chapter the newly assigned pseudonym, I'd probably go through a list of archetypes. 'The Vampire' would be a chapter about a friend from uni who seemed more interested in living up to his parent's and friend's expectations rather than ever seem to genuinely enjoy anything himself, and seemed to copy and absorb parts of other people's personalities, phrases, interests, and so on. He even listened to music by himself because someone he liked/looked up to listened to that same music. I suppose I'd have to write a glurgy prologue saying a little bit more about how the story of my life can be found by reading the stories of these other people I met in my life, since I'm the common denominator character who appears in every chapter, and it's my first-person perspective from which each story is told. Then a glurgy epilogue about how writing about myself would be quite boring, because I'm nothing without the friends and family I've loved, lost and yet to meet. EDIT: Spelling
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AskReddit/cciprrn
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1nht0f
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What movie must you watch any / every time you happen to see it on tv?
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Kill Bill, either one. Just something about the spaghetti western/samurai/kung fu/action combo makes it absolutely interesting and fun to watch every time it's on. I've never skipped it when I'm browsing TV.
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AskReddit/dvwsx16
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85ehnd
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What are some good pains?
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pains? as in bread in french? I like baguette and rye bread. Or pains as in a plural of pain? In that case a therapeutic massage, the pain when your muscles are getting relieved of tension.
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AskReddit/ej0e1rz
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b3l84c
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What’s the dumbest game you played as a kid?
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Me and my friends used to play a game called knuckles where we plant a hand knuckle-down each on the same table and take turns sliding the biggest coin we had at-hand at the other persons knuckles, trying to damage them to the point where the other player forfeited. It was pretty dumb but it was something that last from like 8 years old to 16 before we realized just how moronic it was
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AskReddit/d9cnfop
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59zvq6
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What are some memories you hold dear to your heart?
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I was close with my great uncle. When he passed away, even though it was expected, I was heart broken. I knew from his stories he loved this woman, Mary, who lived about 5 hours away. They hadn't seen each other for years but they spoke every day on the phone. I never met her, they were too old to travel when I was older. Well, my best friend is from the same city and had her wedding there this year. Since I was going to be there, I gave Mary a call and she was happy to have me over. (She knew of me from my uncle and mother). We spoke for about 2 hours and she was the sweetest. She told me about her life and indulged me in stories of my uncle. By the end of it she said "we did love each other but we knew it wouldn't work" which broke my heart. But she didn't seem to have regrets. I'll always hold that memory close because I got to see why my uncle loved her so and hear some cute stories.
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AskReddit/d4233g1
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4na10c
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What are your honest thoughts and opinions on Transgender persons?
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I really have no problem with them. I'm not going to judge them for the choices they make during their OWN lives. They are just people who are trying to find happiness, the same as everyone else and that doesn't make them any less of a human being. As long as they don't force their opinions on others, I'm happy. That could be said about everyone though.
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askscience/cuyehdz
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3kb00g
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Do wounds continue to heal for some time after death?
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> So, does the blood clotting mechanism continue to function after that point? Blood does continue to coagulate, because that is a chemical process. It doesn't require life. Blood plasma contains lots of enzymes and other protein molecules that just float around in suspension. The enzymes can become activated on contact with damaged tissue, or by certain nonliving factors (e.g., contact with glass). The triggered enzymes take floating proteins called fibrinogen and convert them into a tough, insoluble mesh of protein called fibrin, which solidifies into what we call a clot. Remember that blood will coagulate even when taken out of the body. No input from the body is necessary to make the reaction occur. > If somebody died with a small cut, would the wound continue to heal until all cells involved die? Theoretically a small amount of healing activity could still occur, but it would be so tiny that you couldn't measure it. Some skin cells may live up to 24 hours after the heart stops, but they won't be doing much. Without blood flow the cells will be deprived of oxygen and nutrients, which would at least greatly impair their activity, if they do not cease function entirely. The most healing you could possibly see would be a tiny fraction of the healing that normally occurs in a day. It wouldn't be enough to close even a small papercut.
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askscience/cwnyquk
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3rgup8
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Can a side effect of global warming also be more extreme winters?
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What does more extreme winter mean? More snow but similar temperatures? Colder weather in your backyard? An "extreme winter" is more or less relative to the observer, a local phenomenon. Climate is a global phenomenon. Yes, climate changes could affect the amplitudes of jet stream dips which could cause winters to be more extreme in some areas. More evaporation and water vapor in the atmosphere could mean more precipitation and thus snow. But in short, we don't know for sure. Climate change could cause more extreme weather across the world, but we don't have enough evidence to say for certain it will.
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explainlikeimfive/djf0q8i
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6jkrkb
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How do we know how to sing the correct notes when our voices sound deeper to us than to everyone else?
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> Wouldn't, for example, a C note sound deeper to us when we sing it than it would to anyone else listening? There are two separate things you're conflating here, those being the note, and the note's timbre. Regarding the note, let's not think of it as a C, but instead as 131Hz. That's a fixed frequency, and whether you hear it from someone else or from yourself, it will be the same 131Hz frequency. You wouldn't hear it as a 123Hz B note just because it came from within you. This brings us on to the note's timbre. Specifically, harmonic content, and how it's presented or processed. Have you ever listened to music on different devices (different sets of speakers, different sets of headphones, etc) and heard a difference in how the music sounds? You may, for instance, have listened to something on your phone's fairly tinny-sounding build-in speaker, and then on some excessively bass-heavy headphones. Notice how much deeper the audio sounds through the bass-heavy devices? You can play a musical instrument against these to test if you like, but what you'll find is that the pitch or the notes never changes, but the timbre does, and that's what makes the (in this example, anyway) headphones sound so much deeper than the phone, or your own voice so much deeper than it sounds to everyone else.
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AskReddit/e1ag7rl
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8tv1ps
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What is something that is bad, then good, then bad again?
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Enchiladas Bad: They're messy and time-consuming to make. Good: They're delicious. Bad: You ate too many. Now you're sick, and you have to run to the bathroom.
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AskReddit/dzfzbrn
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8lifdi
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What do people not care enough about?
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Most people don’t care about anything. We the people are the ones with the power to change the world, we are the majority, not the minority. We put the government in place and we the people allow the government to get away with fuckery time and time again. If the government was threatened by the majority of the people, who would they rely on to defend them? The army. The army are ordinary people like us. If we all really cared about changing the world for good it would happen. People are too passive, living their own lives, not caring about their neighbour to realise that we’re all in this together, if we all worked together and stood up for what we believe in, together as people we can make this world a better place to live.
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AskReddit/c0b7syj
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92lvz
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What is your oldest memory that has to do with computers?
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Before I had a conscious thought I was surrounded by computers because my grandfather was an engineer that built tubes for the first major computer (ENIAC) - as an aside his tubes are in the Smithsonian - and my Uncle was a computer programmer. I got every hand-me-down computer, including the laptop I'm typing on right now. It began with a Commodore 64 where I learned some basic BASIC when I was 2 years old - enough to get some games running off cartridges, tapes, and floppies. That is my first real memory since we had it when I was in preschool. then it just went DOS, Win 3.1, 95, 98, XP, Linux. I always took the computers apart and put them back together. I even got suspended in middle school for "hacking" into the Faculty. solidfying my reputation at school as a big nerd. We also had the Internet when it first became widely available to the public - I remember waiting up the night before AOL's released their AIM client the first time so I could chat with my one other friend who had an Internet connection. Being in the cold-y generation and having grown up with computers and remembering what it was like before the Internet. My sister who is younger cannot remember a world without Internet.
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AskReddit/d6xechc
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4zo3xp
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What's one item you can bring that's guaranteed to make an adventure or road trip more fun?
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When on a 14 hour road trip with my wife and kids. They were 7 and 3 at the time. I installed a Fart app on my son's nook. 14 hours of fart noises was real fun. My wife refuses to take road trips now.
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AskReddit/d4cwq6w
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4oin10
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What personality trait of yours is both a blessing and a curse?
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I'm good at reading people very quickly. From first seeing someone I can make a pretty good assumption on what type of person that is, within a 30 second introduction I normally figure out if they're someone that I'll like or dislike. Clothes, hair, the way they talk, what they say, body language, demeanor, eye contact, posture, their perceived status etc. It all happens so quickly but combined it paints a pretty vivid picture. Blessing, as I know quickly whether I'll get along with someone and can avoid people I'm not fond of. Curse, I've made right assumptions more than wrong assumptions and find it hard to forget my first impression.
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AskReddit/eooasfl
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bslrej
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What is the dumbest thing that you’ve ever argued with someone about?
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I wish this wasn't real, but I argued with a ex about my own sexuality because he was so sure he knew it better then me. I repeatedly told him I was bi-sexual and his come back was "Well you are with me so no you are straight. You chose a man there for you no longer like women." Jokes on you dude I'm actually gay.
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Ask_Politics/cl14foc
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2idcty
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Can someone argue to not be drafted if they haven't been able to exercise their freedoms upon turning 18?
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Well the draft isn't really a thing anymore. Legally it still exists, but practically speaking -- unless something drastic happens -- a draft will not be called. You are eligible to be drafted once you turn 18 and have registered for the draft, which all males 18+ are required to do. It has nothing to with whether you have exercised your rights or been given an opportunity to do so. If there is a draft and you're drafted before the first election you can vote for, and assuming you are deployed, you would go through the same process for voting as anyone else -- registering and voting absentee. If you're drafted and still in boot, you would be able to register and vote in whatever state / location where the base is. EDIT: To clarify, since everyone seems to have commented that the draft still exists. I realize that. You are legally required to register for the selective service, I know this. As emkay said below, there is no longer a peacetime draft in the US, but it is possible (though extremely unlikely) that someone who has registered will be called up to serve.
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explainlikeimfive/dcpi5js
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5p9gpz
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Why do we remember things happening differently as a child than they actually happened?
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Memory isn't like a video recorder. When you try to recall something, your essentially recreating the situation in your head, and there are ALOT of stimuli that the brain doesn't bother remembering. So what ends up happening is your brain just fills in a lot of the blanks which ultimately causes errors in memory.
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explainlikeimfive/cijluik
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29btbe
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Why do spiders get trapped in tubs and sinks yet they can otherwise defy gravity by climbing up walls and crawling across ceilings?
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spiders climb using tiny hooked hairs, not unlike velcro. porcelain and a few other things lack the proper surface geometry to allow those hooks to find purchase.
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AskReddit/e88w35q
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9qfz74
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What is the stupidest thing you have been banned for?
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Banned for life from an Irish pub in Coastal SC for carving my name into a table. But I didn’t carve my name into the table. It wasn’t even my name. Showed the manager my ID to prove it wasn’t my name. He stated, “No one carves their real name into things!” Then he said he had video evidence of me vandalizing their property and being told police were on their way. After about twenty minutes of back and forth, I finally said I would call the police myself so they’d hurry up and get there. Then the truth came out! Manager admitted there was no video. They didn’t even have cameras. He didn’t call the police. He admitted the table had been vandalized before I arrived, he just wanted someone else to pay for it. Still banned for life though. Dumbass.
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AskReddit/di8cnww
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6e8bac
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What cover version is better than the original song?
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Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Buckley's version set the standard for how that song is usually performed now, and most people are a lot more familiar with his version than Cohen's original.
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AskReddit/drbqbii
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7k5i4b
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Why are US cities in the west and cities in the east on the same latitude viewed so differently?
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This is a good question that I have thought a lot about. There are a couple of things. First, physical climate on the East and West coasts are different because of the ways the oceans circulate. Cities on the east coast of Asia, for example, tend be climatically similar to cities on the east coast of the USA. West coast cities benefit from the clockwise flow of the oceans that bring up warm water. Cities tend further north tend to be warmer and are often be rainy. The Pacific Northwest and Ireland are both known for being green, right? Culturally, cities in the west have always seemed to me to be just as ethnically diverse as the ones in the east but less divided culturally. I think that is due to migration. In the East, people arrived from the old country and settled into neighborhoods surrounded by people just like them. Their culture endured and the neighborhoods solidified. In the West, the only places you find like that tend to be Chinatowns. Otherwise, for white people at least, people moved west, depended on one another, picked up new spouses when the old ones died, and just generally mixed and matched. We got all intermixed and the cities and the cultures tend to reflect that. Race or cultural background tends to be less of a "thing" out west.
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AskHistorians/drdfq94
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7kcv52
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Why are catacombs revered and not seen as mass graves?
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You are failing to differentiate the semantics between cemeteries and mass-graves. Cemeteries contain the bodies of those that have died over an extended period of time, typically decades or centuries. Mass-graves contain the bodies of those that died over a short period of time, typically plague, massacres, or genocide. The Paris catacombs are actually cemeteries that overflowed their surface square footage. By the late 1700s Paris had grown to a size that the local church graveyards could not contain the dead. To make room, the bones of the long dead were excavated and placed in an ossuary to make room for the newly dead. As ossuary sites in Paris ran dry in the 18th century, bones were relocated to the abandoned limestone mines beneath Paris, leading to the catacombs we now know.
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AskReddit/cukjbst
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3ix0p7
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What are some lesser known TV show gems on Netflix?
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Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23. One of the most fun shows I've come across on Netflix. Also, Eureka. It has become one of my all-time favorites. I loved the characters so much I felt like I had lost a friend when I ran out of episodes to watch. edit: ugh apparently there's only the 4th and 5th season of Eureka on there anymore. Lame.
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AskReddit/di92jl2
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6eb1fu
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What has been your experience coming out as mentally ill and fighting stigma?
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I used to be really sensitive about it, but now that things are under control I'm really comfortable talking about my illnesses (bipolar disorder, anxiety, ADHD) and do so whenever it feels right. I get the whole "Really? But you're so. normal." thing a lot. I like to take that as an opportunity to remind the person that there's no one way to have mental illnesses, and that it's very possible to deal with them and not show any outward signs. I think it's important for people with mental illnesses to be reasonably visible where they can. When people who can pass as neurotypical closet themselves, they contribute to stigma in a way. When high functioning individuals are open about their experiences, it shows those who don't have any experience that you can't make assumptions. It shows those who are struggling that there's hope for a better future. Everyone learns that you can't impose limits on people because of a label.
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AskReddit/cnvuffd
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2t5byg
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Has someone ever unintentionally made fun of you to your face?
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My dad (about 6 foot 4 inches) was making fun of how puny Jon Stewart is and how it's unmanily to be as small as Jon Stewart. He was laughing about this with my equally tall brothers. I am the same height as Jon Stewart.
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AskReddit/dmk18i9
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6y1slf
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What did you think was awesome at the time but are now glad you gave up?
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Skyrim - I didn't have a lot of self-control at the time and it was the best game I'd ever played when I bought it on release-day. A week later I gave it to a friend because I felt myself getting addicted and slacking in my personal/professional life lol
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AskReddit/dgblwwj
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65n4si
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What kind of AskReddit questions would we see if Reddit was used solely by the homeless?
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Probably questions about unconventional shelters or resources. police patrols. places generous with food and goods. good begging spots. day labor. medical. drugs etc.
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AskReddit/epyrhrx
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bwnozn
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What’s the worst thing your parents have said to you?
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My parent's told me i was gonna be a failure and a deadbeat i proved them wrong got uni degrees in mathes and accouting and make more then them combined and happily married
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explainlikeimfive/ce9rb5r
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1tns81
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How are cryptographic hashes like MD5, SHA one way?
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Here's a very simple one-way hash: count the number of letters in a word. bob = 3 apple = 5 orange = 6 You always get the same hash from the same word, but you can't possibly guess what word I used if I just say '7'. One-way hashes lose too much of the information to get back to the original text. Remember, a hash is not a cipher or an encryption.
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AskReddit/cli4tsl
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2k5m4z
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Should medical professionals be allowed to assist people with incurable degenerative diseases to end their lives when and how they choose?
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Absolutley. You shouldnt have to live in pain if you dont want to. I watched MS tear my aunt down to nothing. Givin the chance i totally believe she would have opted for assisted suicide, as shouldve been her right.
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AskReddit/d31fqdl
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4ivlqy
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How come the front page of Reddit is essentially exactly the same as it was when I first checked it 8 hours ago?
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There's a crop of 30 to 50 questions that get asked with alarming regularity. Edit: my bad, I thought you were talking about AskReddit. not your front page.
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explainlikeimfive/eaa50nn
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9zkqnb
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Why shouldn't you freeze, thaw then freeze meat again?
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It can be a safety issue, but not always. Specifically, most food borne pathogens multiply rapidly at temperatures between 4° and 60°. Food should therefore always be at temperatures hotter or colder than this range, where possible. When heating food from cold, you should heat it rapidly through this range. When chilling food from hot, you should chill it rapidly through this zone. This minimises the amount of time that the food is exposed to dangerous temperatures. If you repeatedly heat and chill, then reheat and rechill food, you are taking it through the danger zone repeatedly, which amounts to exposing the food to the danger temperatures for more time. The temptation when thawing meat is to try and accelerate the process with warm water, or leaving it sit at room temperature, or the microwave etc. etc. This allows the food to warm up into the dangerous temperature range. You can generally get away with doing this once, but if you've heated the meat above 4°C while thawing, then it is somewhat dangerous to refreeze it. Alternatively, if you can thaw your meat without exceeding 4° (ie by thawing in the fridge), then you can refreeze it and re-thaw it as many times as you like.
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explainlikeimfive/de3i6qv
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5vnv6t
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Why is it such a big deal to require voters to provide photo ID when it is expected for other daily tasks?
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There are lots of people for whom this is not true (needing it for daily tasks) and for whom getting an ID is really not as trivial as it probably sounds to you. Do you think getting an ID is easy if you are: old, sick, physically disabled, without a mode of transportation, homeless, or living far from a photo center? Voter ID is also seen as the first step in an obvious ploy to make voting more difficult so as to discourage those who often don't have the ID (typically people voting for Democrats) from doing so. Not to mention, the fact that voter ID solves a problem that doesn't exist. There are a statistically meaningless number of fraudulent voters in a typical election, yet voter ID laws put up obstacles for thousands of legitimate voters. For the record, I don't care if there is a voter ID as long as it is stupidly easy for absolutely any citizen to get one. I've yet to see a Republican call for voter ID along with funding transportation to photo centers, or some kind of mobile I'd vehicle. But in many states it's simply a plain-as-day scheme to make it more difficult.
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AskReddit/c1ktmb3
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g4f7y
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Which has more value, a sincere apology or an unbroken promise?
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I put more value in an unbroken promise. If you're sorry, that's great, but it's no guarantee you will be good to your word the next time you make a promise. An unbroken promise though allows for unquestioned optimism that the next promise made will also go unbroken. I've always placed a high value on promises. I go out of my way to keep the ones I make, even when doing so is massively inconvenient for me. I don't want anyone to ever say I am a person who doesn't do what he says he will do.
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AskReddit/csutpjm
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3ceq4o
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What do you guys do when you have sleep paralysis?
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During sleep paralysis, I would focus on moving. Absolutely anything. A finger, a toe, my tongue, whatever. When I was finally able to move, it helped slowly transition to waking up. When I started taking melatonin nightly, my sleep paralysis incidents pretty much stopped.
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explainlikeimfive/dtk5e1e
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7ugi2d
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Can biological cells only divide or can they also be create/assembled?
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All cells come from other cells. However some cells can produce cells that are not exactly identical to the original cell. For example type two pneumocytes can become type one pneumocytes. Even though they have similar names these cells look and function very differently from each other. Another example, Stem cells can “create” other types of cells as well. Though the word create isn’t quite right - it is probably more accurate to say that cells with this ability differentiate, or change, into other cell types. Hope that helps.
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AskReddit/cucuo3x
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3i33uw
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What moment at work made you think, I'm paid way too much for this?
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i run a service shop/gas station. were not doing any vehicle service today, so basically im getting paid to sit at a desk and about once an hour take someones money to pump gas. I've been redditing and watching mock the week all morning
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AskReddit/dgbdosc
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65m9bo
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How can you disprove the theory that you can always get what you want if you work hard enough?
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With the fact there are probably millions of people that work hard to become actors or singer that never made it big. You can't say all of them didn't work hard enough, some just weren't good enough. We are all born with different aptitudes and go through different experiences, all of which help get us to where we end up.
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AskReddit/ecanc7m
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a8halv
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What are people’s most common misconceptions about you personally?
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Being “bitchy”. My friends have told me that their first impression of me was that I seemed like I didn’t want to be spoken to. It’s because I’m INCREDIBLY shy and really quiet. Unfortunately that means people think I’m not a nice person.
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AskReddit/dem34zp
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5xxba6
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How many cups of coffee do you have a day?
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10-13 every day. Due my office job, I had a strange headache every weekend. This went on for years before I decided to go to my doctor. He asked me if I have a office job, I reply "Yes, you think it's due airco?" he asks about my coffee usage. Turns out it's a common problem here (NL) and that many people have headaches in the weekend because they don't drink that much coffee.
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AskReddit/d5qssdx
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4ulqln
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What's the deal with hippies and crystals?
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Having something that is supposedly a source of power or positivity that you can carry in your pocket can be a huge boost. Crystals aren't my thing but if I'm having a bad day I carry around a little statue of my favorite figure, Ganesh. I know these crystals, pendulums, incense, and such probably don't have any special powers, but just carrying something that is supposed to bring joy to people or make the world a better place helps me out.
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AskReddit/e9uenm5
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9xquo4
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Where does the superstition around the number 13 and Friday the 13th come from?
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Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year, for example in 2015, on Feb 13, March 13 and October 13.
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AskReddit/di1f1bn
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6dbvay
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What movie scene made you laugh when you shouldn't have?
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mandatory "not me but." story A few years ago, my mom went to the Lion King remake/remaster with my at the time 6-8 year old niece. Along comes the Mufasa death scene, and the entire movie is silent, except for a few sniffles, both from the kids and the adults with them Suddenly out of nowhere, my niece yells out laughing "HAHAHA THAT ONE IS DEAD"
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AskReddit/chg67kf
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25dqqb
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What would happen if North Korea as we currently know it ended?
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I really doubt it would be annexed by South Korea. At this point the countries are so culturally dissimilar that it would be a nightmare. Add in to the fact that the south is unlikely to want that scale of cleanup and the massive negative economic impact and you've got them washing their hands of the situation. A far more likely scenario is that they would be annexed by China, who has always had close ties with them anyways. As a much larger country with a much larger economy, they'd be more able to help the north recover and transition. In return, China ends up with some fairly impressive natural resources, as well as a massive, nearly empty city that they'd have no trouble modernizing and filling up (Pyongyang).
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AskReddit/ei79rhn
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azevkg
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What's your favorite piece of clothing you own and your favorite clothing brand?
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Unless shoes are classed as clothes I don’t buy branded clothes. But id they are it would be vans and their TNT advanced prototype shoes (black/white/red). I got them for Christmas and they are the best shoes I’ve ever worn. The insoles are so comfortable and for the first few months it always felt like I was walking on snow or sponge.
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AskReddit/elb9wq1
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bf6mv8
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Why do you believe in the paranormal?
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I used to be skeptical about the paranormal before I had a ghost experience after moving house. My mum was qualifying as a vicar at the time and ordinands often experience what’s known as “spiritual attack” which means they’re likely to have encounters with spirits and the like. Anyway we moved in and after moving stuff around I started to notice that I would be waking up at a regular time each night and after a while I noticed a figure that would stand in the corner of my bedroom. It wouldn’t move or anything but would really scare me. It looked like a man, dressed in a large coat, similar to a soldiers uniform (my house is built on an area that used to be a prisoner of war camp so this made sense afterwards). I thought I was just making it up but it obviously scared me and stopped me sleeping well. My sister asked me why I wasn’t sleeping because she noticed I was tired and I explained what had been happening, expecting her to laugh at me, but instead she turned pale and explained that she’d been experiencing similar things, except it was worse for her as she has a bunk bed and sleeps on the top meaning she saw this things face, which apparently looked slightly non human. We then spoke to our mum who explained she’d felt someone standing over her at night and said that our cats and dog would then start behaving strangely whenever she felt the sensation. Naturally we were all pretty scared and the next day we had a priest come and bless our house. He said he thought it was a “restless spirit” who was drawn to mum due to her religious training, and was seeking peace. It went away after that but I didn’t sleep well for a good few weeks after! Scary! Turns out our family have had other experiences with ghosts, maybe were just that attractive to them lol.
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AskReddit/ckbktlk
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2fpxlf
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Why is it socially acceptable to throw cigarette filters out your car window?
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Although the question of social acceptability is one that deserves an answer, I think a more important question is whether it is right or wrong. 160 years ago it was socially acceptable to own another human being. Didn't make it right.
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AskReddit/due4qqp
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7y6lh1
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What was your biggest epiphany?
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My biggest epiphany was the night I was lying in my bed pulling an elasticated belt around my neck. That's the point where I consciously realised how depressed I really was and how it was affecting me. I stopped myself and asked myself what I was doing. The following morning (after not sleeping at all) I went to see my gp and got medication and sought counselling. 5 years later I look back at that moment every time I'm feeling down and I look at how much I have accomplished in that time to make myself feel better. TL;DR I got depressed, then sorted myself out. Edit; this is actually getting more responses than I expected. Thanks to all for the congrats. And if anyone does have any questions I'm happy to answer:)
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AskReddit/e89d72g
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9qi007
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Who's final words were memorable to you and why?
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Not final words total, but final words to me at least. My grandfather. Great man, pillar of the community, retired pastor, role model, etc. He had spent the day at an event for a church that he had actually founded across the state from the town where we lived and had seen a bunch of old friends and all. They lived right next door and got home that Sunday night at the same time we did so we all stood outside and talked for a few. As we were ending the chat and walking away he told me, "See you later, have a good night." Last words he said to me. He died peacefully in his sleep that night. His was the first real family death I'd experienced and we were all devestated. I remember thinking about that last exchange and it brought me great comfort when I realized that he had gone "up yonder" as the song says, and if I followed his example, I would see him later there someday. It was almost 15 years ago and I still strive to follow his principles.
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explainlikeimfive/d9cqv3m
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5a0et5
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Why do heating pads help alleviate period cramps?
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Period cramps are caused, for the most part, by cellular signaling molecules called prostaglandins. One of the abilities of prostaglandins on the uterus is muscular contraction, and alterations in blood flow. Since period flow is death of the inner lining of the uterus due to a lack of blood, the process has a lot of inflammation going on in order to curb the blood loss and start the healing process. This process of inflammation involves the release of prostaglandins to alter the local tissue to make it more conducive to healing. A side effect of these prostaglandins can be uterine contractions to push out the dead tissue, but for the most part it's thought to be due to ischemia, a reduced flow of blood to the uterine muscles, because of the contractions and prostaglandin. This is the reason why period pain is often medicated with smooth muscle relaxants and pain killers. Heating pads work by warming up the region, which causes the blood vessels to open up to take away the heat and prevent cellular injury, which in turn improves the blood flow. This increased flow means that the uterus is getting enough blood, so the ischemia decreases and relieves pain. It makes the inflammatory process a lot easier on the blood vessels.
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AskReddit/eaizdl6
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a0mpw6
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What is the most embarrassing text you’ve accidentally sent to a crush/significant other?
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this is the most embarrassing thing someone sent to me. (I've really got busted sending embarrassing text.) This girl that like me was playing xbox with me. She started talking dirty to me, which was totally cool, only problem was. I had mic voices playing through my tv speakers. so everyone in the room could hear her saying how she wanted to give me head. x_x
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