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explainlikeimfive/dpv9q74
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7d60sq
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Why do certain drugs make your pupils change size?
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Pupil change is due to two muscle groups-- the iris sphincter (contraction) and the iris dilator (expansion). The sphincter response is linked to the parasympathetic nervous system, activated when we are in a relaxed state. The dilator response is tied to the sympathetic nervous system, involved in the fight-or-flight response. Drugs which activate these systems will cause their typical impact on pupil size. For example, when someone consumes MDMA they are activating their sympathetic nervous system, which triggers the iris dilator to widen the size of the pupil. In contrast, a drug like heroin, typically known to cause a relaxed state, will activate the parasympathetic nervous system, thereby triggering the iris sphincter to contract the pupil.
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AskReddit/ch32mbb
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242uic
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What is your first memory?
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I was in the middle of learning how to use the toilet. I had most of it figured out, but wiping was still difficult, so my mom still helped me with that part. So there I am, dropping a deuce like a big kid. It comes time to wipe. I call out for my mom. No answer. Again, same result. My dad yells back that she isn't home. I ask my dad to help me. This is where the memory is really vivid: he responds, "figure it out yourself." And thats pretty much how our relationship has been ever since.
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AskReddit/cg1ffe2
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20atn3
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What are the upsides to online dating?
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Its just a pool of people to sort. You do the same thing anywhere you date. You sort the prospects and make selections based on what you like. On line you get to do it with a larger group and with the assistance of computers. Also, its only online dating till you meet. Then its just dating.
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explainlikeimfive/ey6wro5
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cvwixh
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What are the reasons that made homosexuality no longer a mental illness and got removed from the DSM?
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APA removed homosexuality from that list 46 years ago stating “We will no longer insist on a label of sickness for individuals who insist that they are well and demonstrate no generalized impairment in social effectiveness.” ELI5 answer: They don’t consider it a sickness because there is no evidence that these people are sick in any clinical sense and has been the case for 46 years.
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AskReddit/ckw1czl
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2hu2aq
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How do you get over loss?
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I'm sorry to read this. The truth is that nothing prepares you for it. You can read tons of stuff on the Internet and even anticipate the fact that you will feel bad. However, that feeling you get when it happens is most of the times way different than you anticipate. Time heals in the sense that you get used to the idea that it happened and you need to move on. Friends and family are definitely a support you might to look for in these times. Please, don't be alone or let your family members be alone. When I lost my grandmother, we all knew she would eventually pass away, but when it did happen, everything fell apart. I personally felt really bad, hugged my dad, who was truly affected but tried not to show feelings at that time. Another truth is that ,in order to get over with your loss, you need to let everything out. Don't refrain yourself from sorrow or lament, express your feelings. It will help you to think through it. My best wishes for you and your family to find peace.
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AskReddit/ecf1205
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a8ypem
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What's your favorite go-to recipe when cooking for someone?
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Texas cheese fries! It's so simple and can be ready in like 15 minutes! Just make your favorite fries in the oven as if your making ordinary fries. upon being fully cooked, pour them into an oven-safe pan sprinkle Mexican blend cheese all over that bad boy (and jalapeños, bacon, or whatever else you're into) put the pan back in the oven and SUPERVISE the pan until the cheese is thoroughly melted take it out and serve! Easy
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AskReddit/dr61uvh
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7jftdg
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What would have happened if you hadn't gotten hired at the last place that hired you?
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I probably would have never moved to the Pacific Northwest, which I love. But more importantly I wouldn’t have discovered that I absolutely love physical therapy and want to spend the rest of my life doing it. I would have probably spent another 20k pursing my Nursing degree instead of PT and although i would have had a fulfilling job. I wouldn’t be as happy as I am doing therapy. Found out after a year of being at the job, the two directors who hired me actually wanted to go with another girl. She was an LPN going back to school for something else or was burned out of nursing shifts, something like that. Either way, over qualified for the position but perfect for it. But I’m told, instantly after my phone interview they both said I was the one. Apparently they liked my BSing enough to hire me. I’m grateful for it. Saved me a lot of debt.
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AskHistorians/chgsamh
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25frxs
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Did the people of ancient times stand in awe of nature, as we often do?
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There is huge variance in this. While some cultures do not have a strict divide between 'natural' features and 'constructed' places, in most cultures this divide (which we inherited from Aristotles philosophy) was given meaning differently. This means that a natural feature, like a hill, could be interpreted, and valued, as an ancestral monument, for example, analogous to how certain places still have meaning in Aboriginal Australian Dreamtime. A good prehistoric example can be found in one of the Iron Age burial mounds of Oss-Zevenbergen, the Netherlands, where a natural sand dune was selected to construct a huge barrow, and the natural hill is treated in the same way that Neolithic burial mounds (for which they probably mistakenly took it) were treated. Similarly, in Central Sweden Vendel period peoples have treated and expanded natural glacial rock features like drumlins as if they were divine places. In the hill fort of Hummelsta, Anders Carlsson has suggested that this location was particularly chosen because the glacial rocks formed a ring, suggesting this was actually a hillfort built by mythological 'giants' which was merely re-used by contemporary mortal men. Further reading on this can also be found in Richard Bradley's The Archaeology of Natural Places. So in conclusion, yes, ancient peoples would probably be equally in awe of nature to the same degree as they would have been in awe of human-constructed monuments. However, whether a feature is worthy of respect is highly culturally determined.
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AskReddit/c13tdk9
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dy2o0
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What nonsense did your friends tell you as a kid that you actually believed?
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When I was in sixth grade I missed class on Friday due to being sick. Two of my friends told me that our homework for the weekend was to memorize the Gettysburg Address. That weekend was a blast.
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AskReddit/du6pncn
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7xagdf
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If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?
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The fact that I was indoctrinated into my parents' religion, how that affected my social and romantic development, and my college choice as well. It's not all bad, but the psychological issues are literally part of who I am now. I have to work hard on changing them (and I am) but it would have been so much better to have had been raised in a nonreligious environment. I prefer coming to conclusions about reality on my own, not having them force-fed through years of church during a time of my life where I am incapable of rationality.
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AskReddit/erfcq9o
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c1supq
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What seemingly small decision at the time turned out to be a major deciding moment of your life?
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I was almost against my will doing post-grad at a Uni I did not want to be at and reluctantly registered at the last moment I could. They ultimately granted me a full bursary that more than covered my tuition fees and I had enough money left over to pay off my preceding student debt, enabling me to start my working life debt-free.
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AskReddit/dsyd60z
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7rntqt
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How much does rent for a 1 bedroom apartment cost in your city/town?
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I live in Logan Square, a neighborhood in Chicago. You could find a really bad garden/studio apartment for $900 a month. 1 bedrooms range from $1200-2000 depending on the amenities/location.
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AskReddit/e5qi25a
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9epfzn
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What is your favourite/least favorite music genre and why do you prefer/dislike it over others?
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I would say country/Christian rock are tied for least favourite. I find that their lyrics are painfully, painfully predictable and uncreative. I don’t really have a favourite genre, as I like aspects of most music, but at the moment I’m listening to a lot of cinematic-instrumental music
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AskReddit/dp0t1mp
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79ccxt
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What is the fantasy you always go back to?
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I've always had a weird secret crush on my ex's sister and when me and my ex were going out, she had a boyfriend, but there was always this subtle kind of mutual attraction between me and her. One day we were by ourselves, my ex was out shopping and her bf was at work, so we were casually lying on the couch together, watching tv, not making it a big deal, because you know.everyone was in a committed relationship. She was hot af so my favorite fantasy to go back to is that particular evening turning out into something more.
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AskReddit/eb8nrpz
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a3rpvw
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What piece of media was so emotional you began to cry?
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The giraffe scene in The Last of Us. In a game filled with horror and violence, this tiny little quiet moment of beauty was an emotional release and made me cry. Also the song Fiddler's Green by The Tragically Hip. It's a song about a child who died at a very young age from heart failure. I can't imagine what that's like and the song is beautifully heartbreaking.
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AskReddit/defjdyw
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5x655c
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If you could freeze time for 10 seconds 5 times a day for the rest of your life, what kinds of things would you do?
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Move people's monitors slightly, give people wedgies, throw things at people and wait until time unfreezes for it to seemingly come out of nowhere and smack them in the face
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AskReddit/crg6xsp
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36qljm
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What's the best advice you don't follow?
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Let bygones be bygones. Don't let little things ruin relationships. Let things go etc. Great advice. 10/10 would recommend. I do not follow this advice. I can hold a grudge.
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AskHistorians/cc09fnz
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1lkxle
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Did large battles with hundreds of knights and soldiers clashing swords ever occur?
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Large battles with hundreds or thousands of soldiers certainly did occur. The vast majority of them wouldn't have swords; In the Viking age spears and axes where more common. They wouldn't have ordered their army to charge with no purpose either; shieldwalls were very good at counteracting this sort of tactic. More likely both sides would have formed shieldwalls, and press against the other then retreat, before doing so again. Other tactics were also used, such as the pig snout. This basically involved making a sort of arrow head formation to break the shield wall. Once it was broken it made killing the enemy much easier. And if they fled, then thats would be when the real massacre would start. Casualties in the shield wall were likely reasonably low, with the majority of casualties occuring once one side fled. Sorry that I can't answer for later tactics, but generally it is Viking age battles that are accused of being every man for himself type charges.
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AskReddit/edit9sp
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ado7ih
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How difficult was it to take a CS Class as a non CS student?
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I have a degree in CS. If you're allowed into the class (without bypassing prerequisites), you should be okay if you're willing to put in time (minimum 2 hours per week per unit).
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AskReddit/cw3y7p2
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3p82az
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Which YouTube channels deserve more attention than they currently get IYHO?
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They are fairly popular, but Funhaus produces the best content from all the shows/groups in the Rooster Teeth family. I rarely watch anything on the Achievement Hunter/Let's Play channels anymore since Funhaus was brought on.
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explainlikeimfive/dim9wn0
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6fzhv3
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Why is it good for our body to flex our muscles?
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Our body is very adaptable to any life situation. The mechanism this works is that when an organ gets damaged from overuse it does not only repair the damage but also adds strength to the organ. But if you do not use an organ it slowly decays. This means that the human body will shape itself to whatever situation it is in. Archaeologists can see from the skeletal remains if a person were an archer, a food soldier or a horseman as the body would adapt to the hours of training each day that professional soldiers got. And similarly today, if you sit a lot in an office and type on a keyboard all day then the body will adapt to this and make the muscles as small as possible to do the daily work. And this also extends to the heart, lungs and spine. The problem is that if you get any hardship you may not have enough strength to overcome this. A body that have adapted to training multiple times a day can make life easier by not straining itself if it gets ill. However a body that have adapted itself to a life without training can not do much to make life easier.
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askscience/ccmvokg
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1nwgek
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What's the output impedance of gates in a typical CPU?
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I don't know specific numbers off the top of my head, but there are a couple things to keep in mind: First, when people say FETs have high input impedance they usually really mean high input resistance. There is substantial capacitance as well and the capacitance, not the resistance, is the main thing that limits performance when cascading logic gates. (Because of the time it takes to charge the input transistor gate capacitance given the limited output current available from the preceding gate.) Second, during a switching transition it's not so useful talk about impedances because the behaviors of the output and the input are nonlinear and neither has a single, well-defined impedance. Once the signal is fully on of off they do, but that case is not as interesting except in very low power applications where you care about the static power consumption.
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explainlikeimfive/cid5niw
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28pcn6
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What is so special about Tesla Motors?
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Aside from the obvious (electric car with the most mileage), they're the safest car on the road, is a luxury ev which has never been done before, innovative, well designed and focuses on it (like Steve jobs) and doesn't need to heavily market the product, and just recently released it's patents to improve the future. Also, this is the first time in over a decade where a US auto company reclaims it's spot on the top of the auto industry. To top it off, Tesla Motors makes it competitive for other car brands and makes them think about improving if not starting EV lines.
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AskReddit/c51r40h
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v6dwy
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Why is gas sold in 9/10 of a cent increments?
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Has to do with how gas used to cost cents back in the 20's, an increase of one cent would of been huge so they invented 10's of a cent to fairly raise the cost. And yes I got it from the Roosterteeth Podcast
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AskHistorians/ci5fqlp
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27wx70
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Which of Crash Course history videos should be avoided due to mistakes?
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I prefer academic lectures on video. YaleCourses has a YouTube channel that has the entire lecture series for several history courses. There are also links for downloading syllabi, handouts, etc.
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AskReddit/dwd8mdd
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87jddm
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What piece of advice can you give that would make the financial advice sub lose their minds?
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Actual advice I heard someone give: >"It's not hard to make money in the stock market. Say you invest $1,000. Just take out $1,000 as soon as you've made more than that. That way, you're guaranteed profit."
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AskReddit/ce8ximt
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1tkr7d
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Have you had any upsetting experiences with Sleep Paralysis?
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I've had a couple of experiences with this. Usually, mine are not nightmare-driven, but being paralyzed and not being able to breathe is very scary. I get the choking variation and it really feels like you're going to die. I'm getting uncomfortable just thinking about it.
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explainlikeimfive/cs81q4g
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3a01jz
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If water can be a conductor for electricity, why doesn't a lightning strike in the middle of the ocean instantly kill everything?
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Two reasons, the first of which is that the energy will dissipate as it goes out, much the same way as heat from a candle. Think of a lightning strike as rush hour for electrons, at 7 in the morning there are too many electrons at home and not enough at work, so they all leave to go to work (from the cloud to the ocean) then once they arrive they go to their desk and stay there. The electrons aren't eager to run around the city, they just fill the gaps that existed, which rapidly decrease as you expand outward. Also, water doesn't conduct electricity, the minerals in it do. They are what build up the excess or lack of electrons.
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AskHistorians/ct9c08g
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3dw94k
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Why was Lincoln's Gettysburg address so heavily criticized and brushed off as nothing special at the time?
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The comments that were critical of the speech were from political opponents of the speech, Republican papers were as full of praise as Democratic papers were full of criticism. Just as a speech by Obama will be panned by conservative pundits and speeches by Bush were panned by liberal pundits, you have to keep in mind the bias of the critic when reading the contemporary comments. As time has passed, the political positions Lincoln espoused in the Gettysburg Address have become generally universal in American politics, and the speech is praised for its eloquence in putting forward those positions.
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AskReddit/erro9vg
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c3l3uf
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Why can’t the government plant fruit trees everywhere for homeless people?
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In my city they planted fruit trees, but residents complained about rotten fruit falling on the sidewalk. The city poisoned the trees to prevent them from baring fruit in an effort to avoid lawsuits (from people slipping on dropped fruit). Vigilantes retaliated by grafting fruit-baring limbs onto to now-barren trees.
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explainlikeimfive/cvzepaa
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3oq53e
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How is it legal to have unrestrained animals in the car while driving?
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animals are consider property, as far its safety is concerned, having an unrestrained dog in the car is like having an unrestrained laptop they could be dangerous to other people in the car, but so could a bag of groceries.we don't have laws about that, either
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AskReddit/cpm30sr
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2ztb9u
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Is it fair to say that the USA has the best healthcare in the world - and the worst?
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it was better at one time,seems to be getting worst,to much greed from the insurances and the government involvement has created problems for some doctors,Also we are not having people interested in become a doctor,so we are importing other doctors from other countries,some are good,But i feel something is missing culture,anyway with mine,medicine and culture .
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explainlikeimfive/egj4ycf
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aqwskl
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Why is crying physically exhausting?
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I’d say it’s not physically exhausting but instead it is mentally exhausting. Your brain secrets a lot of chemicals when you are very emotional. When you are upset and crying you brain runs low and needs to replenish. You brain makes you feel tired so it can rest.
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AskReddit/ccfx5gn
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1n6xwt
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Do you think military service should be mandatory?
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Not exclusively, but I think Military Service or Public Service should be. I joined the British Army at 18 and it is, without doubt, the reason I changed from an angry young man to a functioning member of society. However, I also believe strongly that I fought for people to have the freedom to choose not to. I think that the mandatory Public Service should be run in a regimented, disciplined fashion, but that it should involve caring for our elderly, maintaining public property, working to improve society etc. I think that being taught a decent work ethic as a teenager is crucial to that persons future attitude towards life. As an aside, I also think it would be a good idea if the mandatory Military / Public service was for three years, at a reduced wage (although food and board would be covered) but then after those three years, any further education (university / trade courses) would be funded by the state in repayment for the service.
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explainlikeimfive/dh2wkze
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690s3e
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Why is it that we sometimes feel revolted at the sight of certain food items, but if we're unaware of the presence of said food items in the dish, we're not bothered with consuming it?
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The thought of your spouse cheating on you might be upsetting, but if they were cheating on you and you never knew, you wouldn't have any reason to be upset. Ignorance is bliss. Food is very much the same. Many of our reactions to certain foods are emotional responses that aren't grounded in logic. There's nothing inherently inedible about dog meat, for example, but the thought of eating dogs makes many people upset and even angry. That feeling of certain foods being revolting is just that: a feeling. But it might be perfectly edible and even tasty food, if you don't know you're eating it.
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AskReddit/co505u3
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2u4at3
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How would you "prepare" yourself if your internet would be shut off for one month?
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I was without internet for a month when I moved this past year. Comcast. That's all I'll say about that. I read a lot and watched some of my old dvd collection. My recommendation is to load up on a bunch of long single player video games if you know you'll be without ahead of time (I did not unfortunately).
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AskReddit/ejartzz
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b52ep8
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What moment in your life would you like to forget, but it truly was a necessary thing?
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my daughter attempted suicide twice in 3 months my husband didn't take our family issues seriously. when our daughter tried to kill herself, it's was like life put a mirror in front of his face we did months and months of in-home family therapy. we faced all the things we'd all been afraid of. my daughter is now happy and doing well. my marriage altered to the point it's almost like i'm married to someone else. our other 2 children are thriving. and NONE of it would have happened if not for my daughter
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AskReddit/egt2jp7
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asboj1
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How painful is freezing to death?
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From what I can remember, after a while, your body will make it feel like you are really warm, making you want to take off your layers of clothing, making you freeze faster, and making it even more painful. So it's as painful as it is when you aren't freezing to death in the cold, but even more so
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AskReddit/cufw4x6
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3if7mh
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How would you go about sending a banana to the moon using two clowns, a bag of potatoes, and a small parrot?
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Step 1. First clown exposes his bare buttox. Step 2. Second clown holds up the banana and says "I'm sending this to the moon." Step 3. Second clown places banana between the cheeks of the first clown's buttox.
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AskReddit/d05g0fg
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46if1y
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What's the laziest science fair project you remember seeing from your childhood?
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I remember in 2nd grade I built a solar system model with art supplies and another kid literally just borrowed the plastic model out of the library. It was the "Gifted Class" science fair to boot!
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AskReddit/de4o55e
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5vt9fo
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Why is math so much more difficult than other classes?
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People who think math is fundamentally difficult at the high school level had bad teachers. Math learning is structured to built on itself. If you don't have your fundamentals set right when it matters, you're going to find math hard. People whose fundamentals are strong find math challenging, but not hard.
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AskReddit/cx7yt52
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3toxcp
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What questions would an alien ask that a human wouldn't because they are obvious to us?
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Why is your language so simple? Consider it, there's only so many sounds a human body can produce vocally, an alien may have a far greater range of sounds to express itself with due to more vocal chords or additional tongues or it may simply have a larger, more complex language for expression with far more rules than english.
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AskReddit/ebefz57
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a4h952
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What is the most intense pain you’ve ever felt?
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Mine seems minute compared to the other replies so far, but tonsilitis. Every time you swallow it feels like you are being stabbed in the throat and ear with a pencil. I've only had it twice, but my word of advice to people who have never had it: if your throat starts to hurt on ONE SIDE ONLY, get to a medi centre so you can get on antibiotics immediately.
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AskHistorians/c7e88om
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14llle
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How did America come to respect its military so much?
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Connected to this question, would any 20th century experts be willing to shed light on the effects of the 1960s and 1970s social developments, including but not limited to the Vietnam War, on popular perceptions of the US military? And then could that possibly be contrasted with any changes as the result of the rise of conservatism and the New Majority in the late 1970s and early 1980s? My suspicion is that the modern perceptions of the military which are so respectful are a more recent development than people give credit for (not that there wasn't a tradition of reverence and respect before, but rather that it's been a fluctuating process and not a linear progression). Obviously I'm no expert so I'd love some more intelligent input. TL;DR Hooray! I'm asking a question for once!
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AskReddit/cdbwqcs
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1qe16o
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What is the coolest thing that happened to you because of Reddit?
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I found out from a thread on Reddit that I probably have a sensitivity to sodium laurel sulfate (SLS) in toothpaste. I went from getting bad canker sores every month or two to zero over the past 2 years. Perhaps not "cool", but definitely had an impact on my life.
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AskHistorians/c8sxsmu
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19ztql
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How are historians able to piece together battle diagrams of ancient/historical battles?
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They draw pictures based on multiple accounts. For example, I recently researched John Barbour's epic poem "The Bruce" which includes an account of the Battle of Bannockburn (June 24, 1314). One of my sources (Barrie Goedhals, "John Barbour, 'The Bruce,' and Bannockburn," 1968) includes a map of the battle that he says is "reconstructed from Barbour's account and those of other chroniclers." I assume that this is a fairly common method creating diagrams of any historical battle. There are often multiple accounts - at least one from each side - that talk about what happened, what the battlefield looked like from their perspective, who stood where, etc.
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explainlikeimfive/cuxhhy6
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3khnb4
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How do microphones record sound?
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Microphones look very different from loudspeakers so most people never realize how similar they are. If you've read our article on loudspeakers, you'll already know how microphones work—because they're literally loudspeakers working in reverse! In a loudspeaker, electricity flows into a coil of metal wire wrapped around (or in front of) a permanent magnet. The changing pattern of electricity in the coil creates a magnetic field all around it that pushes against the field the permanent magnet creates. This makes the coil move. The coil is attached to a big flat disc called a diaphragm or cone so, as the coil moves, the diaphragm moves too. The moving diaphragm pushes air back and forth into the room and creates sound waves we can hear. In a microphone, there are almost identical parts but they work in exactly the reverse way.
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AskReddit/drehod5
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7khxkp
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What jobs will never be taken over by robots?
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Any creative job. Sure a robot can build a thousand sturdy kitchen tables in a day for $50 each. But there are still craftsmen out there that make hand carved tabled for $5000 and make a living doing this. Why would anyone spent $5000 on a table when there is a perfectly suitable $50 one?
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AskReddit/cbq26t3
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1kl85g
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What's one thing you've been called a computer genius for, but really someone with no brain can do?
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Hooking it up. My mom asks me every year to set up the computers in her classroom. I've even color coded all of the cords with stickers and she still asks for my help. Although part of that is I don't think she wants to crawl on the floor behind the computer table.
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AskReddit/c33znce
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muoyi
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What movie do you find really difficult to watch, but still think is really good?
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127 hours. It is a great movie, well shot, edited, and directed. But I couldn't help but turn away while watching many scenes in the film. Not for the faint of heart, but a great movie nonetheless.
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AskReddit/d301zgo
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4ipw8i
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What's the rudest thing a stranger has ever said or done to you, for no reason?
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I just remembered something and got so mad thinking about it. I was walking past some venue and asked a group smoking cigarettes if they had a spare, a girl offered me one and I said thanks and lit it, and then asked who was playing because I was thinking about going in. She just stared at me in like a whiney furrowed brow way and said, "Oh my god, am I like going to have to talk to you too?" I was like, "Wow. Ok." and walked away. Now when I think about it I wish I'd insulted her or something because it makes me so mad. Who does that to a stranger?
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AskReddit/c9l2snw
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1cy4et
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What is the most creative pet name you have heard?
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If I'm going creative I'd have to say Bark Wahlberg. But the stupidest name I've heard would have to be a cat I heard named Kitty Cent. Ha, the first ones pretty stupid too actually.
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AskReddit/dmj4ybs
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6xurum
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What person alive today will be well-known 500 years from now?
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I think the list will be much bigger than you think. We can't rely upon on the current standard for who will be remembered by looking 500 years in the past. We're only a decade or two into the age of the internet and recorded history is a whole new ball game now. A fitting analogy would be, "where the shoreline ends and the ocean floor begins". We're standing on the cusp of what could be the greatest period in human history.
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AskReddit/crw6o54
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38mqpz
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What are the most "cringe-worthy" things you've done on a date?
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I recently remembered how incredibly cringeworthy my first "date" was. When I was in middle school, a girl I liked wanted to see a new movie. I read every possible signal wrong and mistook what was very clearly meant to be a date for a casual get together. Due to that fact, I invited my other friend to come along. He ended up awkwardly third wheeling the entire night. Next, I looked up the movie times for the wrong day so we couldn't watch the horror movie we wanted to watch and ended up settling for some very lame animated movie that I can't even remember. The icing on the cringe cake though is this, as we were leaving the theater to grab some food, my date looks over at me and notices my hoodie. She mentions how it's kind of cold, my response: "should've brought a jacket." Then she reaches her arm over close to mine like she wants to hold hands, instead I give her a high five and continue walking. This was back in middle school but I will remember that date until the day I die.
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AskReddit/cz9fr1e
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42dcz5
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Why has USA no law for Winter tires use in winter?
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The USA doesn't have any laws at all like that. Each individual state sets their own laws. Some states may have laws that require the use of snow tires, although I'm not aware of any. Most tires now are marketed as "all weather" tires. I don't know how you'd enforce a law requiring snow tires without stopping cars at random and checking them. Nobody's got the time or money for that.
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AskReddit/dn3j9cm
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70j8m7
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What band did you see that you thought you liked, but left hating them?
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I first started listening to Rage Against the Machine less than a year after their breakup. I was thirteen then. When they got back together in 2006-7, they did a show at Alpine Valley in WI. It's a giant amphitheater with grass hills, and is really quite a nice venue. But it had been raining all day. And as show time approached, the wasted Rage-Bros decided it would be a really fun and sweet idea to go to the top of the grassy hills, run, dive, and slide-tackle everyone in their way. I got knocked down multiple times and lost my sandals. Then Rage started playing, so I figured, eh, whatever, it's been my teenage dream to see this band play and I'm finally here. The same group of guys slide-tackling people then tried to start a mosh pit. I couldn't escape it. I was eventually able to get out with multiple broken toes, intense pain, and a new sobering hate for that breed of Rage fans. It's not RATM's fault, but I haven't listened to them since. They got me into politics and philosophy, and after that concert, I just felt completely disenchanted with the idea that music and politics is a romantic combination.
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AskReddit/c2hkukm
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k545l
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Do different blood types have different boiling points?
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no. and no. We are warm blooded, as for the boiling point, blood types are based on the antigenic properties of cells, basically, the kinds of "edge" they have, and how they interact with other blood cells, everything else about them is the same.
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AskReddit/e18i4ut
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8tlzss
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Why do buffets have a bad reputation?
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The food is usually not very good, and also left out a little too long. People are gross and cross contaminate, and generally don't care about food safety. You pay to serve yourself and usually can't take anything home for leftovers It's really not worth it when most buffets cost 10-15$ when you could just go to a restaurant instead and get a really good meal for the same price.
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AskReddit/c1kmz66
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g3fc2
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What are some of your personal victories?
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Okay, first off, that IS impressive. If I don't loose them, I put them through the wash. Personal victory. I made the perfect omelet once. Only once, I haven't managed it since. It was delicious with all the cheese and the bacon and now I'm drooling.
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AskReddit/d86m3n8
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550pqt
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What's the biggest advantage of marriage over a live in relationship?
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Everyone is saying taxes, but here's the biggest thing I noticed immediately: respect. When you're not married folks don't respect your commitment to your partner, and they don't respect or acknowledge your partners commitment to you. After getting hitched (at 8 years into our relationship) there was a palpable shift in the way people reacted to us. Its frustrating because we were always committed to each other, being married didn't change anything, but it's also awesome to finally get acknowledged for your dedication to another human. Now comes the part where we get snide remarks for choosing to be childless. And now THAT'S ok because we're married, and married people are supposed to reproduce. Nope. Not gunna happen.
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AskReddit/esft8pb
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c7kmrw
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What secret menu item should we absolutely try?
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Ask a starbucks barrista for a Grande Dopey Perplexed. Insist that you heard it from a reliable source that it is a legit drink, and tell them to check their secret menu list for how to make it.
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explainlikeimfive/diw7r37
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6h6my3
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Why does music provoke deep emotions in some people yet does nothing for others?
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The human brain is infinite in its variation. Some people respond most emotionally to their auditory senses (like music), some to their visual senses (like art), some to olfactory senses (smell), some to written language (reading), some to kinesthetics (body movement). And this is mediated through their life experiences which may push them closer or further to interest in one particular area. Have you cried, or felt a chill, at a short story or painting ever? Why/why not? Have you ever become emotional because of a smell? Why/why not? Perhaps your friend has an emotional connection with another aspect of their senses that means nothing to you.
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AskReddit/cmz0c9i
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2pq7ft
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What is the best way to explain a broken foot?
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A few years ago I had surgery to remove excess bone from the top of my foot and correct some hammertoes. This resulted in having pins sticking out of the ends of my toes. While wheelchairing my way around the mall one day, somebody asked me what happened. I casually and nonchalantly explained that I had had a lawnmower accident while mowing a hill shortly after a rainstorm. They bought it, even though it was in the dead of winter in upstate New York. The point is, it's all about your delivery.
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AskReddit/c4pp4go
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ttz95
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When you meet a girl and notice she has a tongue piercing what do you automatically think of her?
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I generally don't like, but, thats like, my opinion man. I don't think worse of people who choose to get them pierced, but i don't think i've ever looked at a girl and thought "yeah, that tongue piercing suits her".
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AskReddit/ds0yyph
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7nd9nh
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What things has your dog/cat taught you?
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They've taught me extreme patience. As my dogs have gotten older I've learned that they are, without a doubt, a lifelong commitment. One of my dogs is 18 years old now; she's deaf and has trouble seeing and getting around, so I have to help her stay on a schedule; she can't hear me, so I have to work on getting her attention. I have to put more effort in making her food she can chew. I need to make sure she gets vitamins for her joints and back. She has more accidents, and I can tell she doesn't know why she can't make it to the bathroom anymore but she's trying. She's given me all of her life and love, so the least I can do is help her in her final years.
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AskReddit/envzdon
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bpp7jh
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What is the creepiest urban legend of your area?
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We have an urban legend ( not that scary ) that this specific homeless lady at night would go up to a house with a open window and stare inside thinking about what life would be like if she wasn't homeless. One of the signs you knew she was near is her heavy breathing and to this day I keep my windows covered
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AskReddit/dzbpuv9
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8kzo7h
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What question can you ask to find out the most about a person?
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If you could invite 3 celebrities to a dinner party who would you choose. Hypotheticals such as this are fun and give the person asking a great understanding of the type of person they are talking to. It can then spark a conversation between the two of you. You may find something you really bond over or, on the other hand, find out you don't want anything more to do with this person.
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AskHistorians/cd2yual
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1pjeit
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What did musicians of the time think about the piano when it first was invented?
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I don't have enough expertise to answer the question, but keep in mind that there is a long history of a wide variety of keyboard instruments. There were church organs and harpsichords, as you mentioned, but those had a fundamental problem; volume if impossible to control. On a harpsichord, additionally, the string is plucked, meaning that there is less control over the sustain of the note (how long it takes to stop sounding. A harpsichord note will fade pretty quickly). An organ has the ability to control the sustain and also aspects of the pitch, but they are huge and very expensive, preventing them from ever becoming a household instrument like the piano is. The "piano" emerged around 1700- this would be during the end of the baroque era, but before Mozart. The instrument is notable because it hits the strings instead of plucking. This means that hitting the key with a different force will create a different dynamic. Now it could be played quietly (piano), or loudly (forte), leading to the clever name of "pianoforte," or piano for short. A similar thing did exist already with the clavichord, but that was to quiet to be played in concert, so was used only as a sort of home instrument. Bach composed much of his music on a clavichord. This to me indicates that any opposition Bach had would be with the specific problems that early pianos had, and not with the idea of the instrument (one problem is that while modern pianos have the key strike multiple strings at once, early pianos would just have a single string, giving a much weaker sound). I can't talk about historical reactions, but I can say that Bach (who died in 1750)never wrote anything for the piano specifically- many of his works are played on piano, but were written for harpsichords or organs. Haydn is probably the first big name to write specifically for a piano, starting in the 1760s. Mozart began writing for piano in the 1770s. By that time, there wouldn't be any widespread opposition to the piano.
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AskReddit/epor0v3
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bve9pw
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What smell instantly makes you want to vomit?
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Old bay. Didn't used to get sick smelling it, but a couple years back I caught a 24 hour bug and vomited up my guts the whole night. My mother had also made a huge pot of old bay shrimp, so I was smelling that the entire time I was sick in the bathroom. Now thanks to that association, the scent of old bay immediately makes me nauseous.
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AskReddit/efpf0u3
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amxxik
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What ‘Awkward Moment’ memory are you thinking of when you can’t sleep?
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So I’m a first generation college student and did not know much about how the whole college thing worked. I was already a nervous person and being somewhere by myself did not help much. Anyways, the awkward moment was my very first conversation with a professor. I had seen them at the local mall while I was with my family but since I knew they would not recognize me, I didn’t approach him. The next day of class that I had with him I decided to get to know him by approaching him after class and my very first question was “How old is your kid?”. I don’t really know what possessed me to ask that question but I probably sounded very creepy. Thankfully my mind did not completely freeze and that moment and I was able to say that I saw them at the mall, etc. After that, comes another awkward part. At the end of the conversation he asks me what my name is and I said “What is that?”. I probably came off as the weirdest/most awkward person on Earth but I was just so nervous I couldn’t even think straight. I should probably say that English is not my first language but I have spoken it for a bit now so not really an excuse but I like to believe that I am much better at interacting with professors now.
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explainlikeimfive/chxa0hm
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2744ex
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What exactly happens when I poison an ant colony?
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Ants have different jobs. Some of the worker ants bring food to the queen and move the eggs around. If no queens are alive, they just do their other tasks like making tunnels and bringing food to the nest. The ones who would be really sad about a dead queen are the drones whose job it is to mate with the queen. But I guess if they were necrophiliac drones it would be ok. Anyway, the ants natrually die off if there is no more poison, and there are no new ants because there's no queen to make eggs.
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AskReddit/dlf5sq0
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6ssi5h
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What would happen if Pinocchio said "my nose will grow now"?
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One of two things will happen: His nose grows. His nose grows in response to him telling a lie. A lie, of course, is defined as anything he says that contrasts a truth he knows. He knows his nose grows when he lies. Therefore, saying his nose will grow is a lie. However, the lie is in the words and the moment, not in the aftermath. His nose can still grow even if his lie ultimately becomes a truth. Or his nose doesn't grow. If he truly believes his nose will grow, then it will not grow because he did not lie. Again, the lie is in the words and the moment, not the aftermath. His nose not growing does not invalidate the truth of his belief.
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AskReddit/d82fh3m
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54jq5o
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If you were 20 years old and only had 10 more years to live, what would you do with the rest of your life?
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Save up and train to travel literally everywhere during the last 2-5 years. Sign me up for rainforests and dangerous creatures, small remote islands, etc. I'd probably have some blog about it or something. Hey, if I'm going out guaranteed in 10 years, might as well take a shot at dying to anything else in the meantime instead of in some hospital.
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AskReddit/clnwh56
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2kr0ey
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What movie was better then the book?
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Beowulf. Didn't like the movie either, but the book was my first real experience in the way reading can be painful. Hardest book I've ever read. Oh and Angeline Jolie naked didn't hurt the movie.
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AskReddit/ch4f1c6
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247qub
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What are some ways that you can help a friend who is going through depression?
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Depression is a complicated disease which claimed the life of my Grandma & attempted suicide of my uncle. My uncle is now disabled as a result which is a living reminder of what can happen if left untreated. Neither seeked professional care. I suffered badly from it last year & found myself blaming everything & everyone around me. I couldn't get out of bed some days. It really was a dark time. Luckily have a supportive partner who stuck by me but unfortunately it didn't matter what he said, he couldn't help me very much but he did do things with me that I liked more often to help get me out of the house. That definitely helped & it's something you could do. Your friend should definitely seek professional help but he/she needs to want that help for it to work.
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AskReddit/e3yx6i4
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967p7o
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What are some essential items you would need in your first apartment, but would only think of them after settling in?
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Plunger Dish rack Carpet cleaner and scrub brush If you have a cat or any other creature that uses a litter box and it has to go on carpet, get a plastic painter's tarp ($2 for a giant thing) - fold it up, put it under the litter box and where they're going to walk away from it. Will make sure the smell or possible misses don't get in the carpet. Not an item, but make sure you video tape your entire apartment, slowly and carefully, room by room, with a time stamp of the date and a newspaper or something with the date. Shows what damage is real when you move out. Learned this BS the hard way. Renter's insurance. Can opener
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AskReddit/d9l860n
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5b2b5j
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How did you die in your past life?
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Given the theory that our birth marks tell how we died in our previous life, I'm going to go with rabies, or a snake bite, most likely. My only birth mark is a small blotch on my hand roughly sized like a small animal bite, and the correct shape for it.
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askscience/cllt7ar
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2kg8li
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Do people having warts (say 5 to 10 at a time) have a higher risk of other forms of tumors?
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No, because the strain of HPV that causes warts (normally types 2 and 4) is only specific to the squamous epithelium of the skin or genitals. It has receptors that are specific to these types of cells, and therefore cannot infect other cells in the way a different strain might.
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AskReddit/cyt0smx
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40c5t0
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Why do people make their beds in the mornings?
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I've read that it's actually more beneficial if you leave the bed unmade. During sleep, we all perspire, and leaving the bed unmade allows the sheets to air out. Also, fewer germs are trapped, making your sleeping area less unhealthy. My very reasonable excuse for not making my bed.
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AskReddit/dggeh7c
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667zt9
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How do you find meaning in life?
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There is no fundamental "meaning". It's created by each individual based on experiences. Mistakes are made and we learn from them, and eventually move on. We're just here, so find a way to make it worthwhile for you personally.
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AskReddit/clhgsq8
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2k35lh
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What will you never understand?
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Why some internet feminists would say that "men and women are equal in every possible way". While speaking for equal rights is a good thing to push for, claiming that we're literally no different seems completely obtuse to me. I'll never understand that perspective.
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explainlikeimfive/contvng
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2w5qfa
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What sets Anime apart from other animated styles?
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How do you mean? In terms of art style or content? In terms of art style, it's the characteristic anime style - the big eyes, level of detail, facial expressions and use of color. In terms of content, it mainly boils down to the fact that anime doesn't pretend animation is only for children, and anime movies/series often tackle adult humor and deeply involved, serious plots that other kinds of animation generally steer clear of.
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Ask_Politics/e97zdno
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9uy4f4
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Why are libertarians wrong?
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Libertarians are actually pretty influential in both the Democratic and Republican parties. It's a tantalising idea when you first encounter it, but it's fundamentally misguided. Libertarians want to largely do away with government regulation, but good regulation actually makes an economy more efficient because it accounts for the parts of an economy that aren't part of a contract between two parties. These are what economists call externalities. Sometimes government will price these externalities and charge businesses a fee. Sometimes they can convert the externalities into property rights. Sometimes they just make a rule like "every building needs to be built according to this code". Libertarians tend to either dismiss externalities entirely or want them all to be managed via property rights or lawsuits. Much of the time more conventional regulatory approaches to externalities are just cheaper or simpler to implement. Libertarians tend to deny this and say that everything must be handled as property rights. Another thing that libertarians tend to take on faith is that a perfectly free market would create the economic climate and incentives for poor people to "lift themselves" out of poverty. This is simply doctrine; the reality of poverty is that it's much more complex, not so easily addressed and not just a matter of poor incentives. Libertarians put a lot of faith in charity as opposed to government welfare, but there's little evidence that money people spend on charity is more effectively spent than government welfare expenditure. Just think how much charity money goes to megachurches and Ivy League universities. At its core libertarianism is the ideology that private property is sacrosanct and so taxation is effectively a form of state violence or theft. This privileges private property rights above all the other competing human rights that many more socialist ideologies want to consider. The libertarian focus on property rights is rooted in the idea that property is a just and fair reflection of ones own skill and efforts. In reality ones financial success very often owes a lot to luck, to externalities such as land value increases or even to economically destructive practices like corruption or abuse of market power. Libertarianism is popular because of its focus on the empowered individual, its mistrust of government, its simplicity and because it suits the very wealthy to promote an ideology that limit the ability of governments to regulate their activities. It's popular but it's fundamentally misguided.
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AskReddit/crwvkw1
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38pvh0
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What film had the most misleading trailer?
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Drive, maybe. I know there were a lot of people who were massively disappointed. But for me, it was the opposite: having seen the trailer, I had no desire whatsoever to see that film. But enough friends whose taste and judgement I trust persuaded me, and I was totally blown away by it.
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AskReddit/c1bb0k5
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evkun
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Isn't life just one big Rpg?
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If you're a gamer, life is one big RPG. If you're a narcissist, life is The Truman Show. If you're the president, life is a game of RISK. It's all very personal.
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AskReddit/es8nx4p
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c6h17a
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Why is this generation so anxious and depressed?
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I think every generation has their own unique set of issues. This generation is particularly “anxious and depressed” due to a number of factors: social media; lack of job security; difficult economy, and so on. That, combined with the fact that awareness for mental health issues is increasing, means that more people will end up diagnosed.
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AskReddit/d42fp14
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4nbhcb
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What is your most dreaded thought?
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Losing my Mum/Dad. Think about it all the time, don't know why but it bothers me, massively. I've only ever really lost my granddad, and that hurt a lot. I guess just the thought of not having them there makes me think how much I still rely on them, even though I'm 21 and have moved out, I'm fully aware that there's no person in the world who's advice I value more than theirs
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AskReddit/cnowiia
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2sf359
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What is the best prank to pull on an enemy?
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If you can get access to your enemy's car for a few minutes, you can always wire their horn to their brake lights. For even better results, rig up a capacitor that will only overcome resistance after about thirty seconds of sustained charging or so. That way, your victim will only experience the effects of your prank after sitting at a red light (or in traffic) for awhile.
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explainlikeimfive/d1ob8on
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4d706e
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How do Fish die when you pull them through water backwards ?
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Fish have something called "counter current circulation". Their blood flow in their gills flows opposite of the direction of the water flowing through their gills. This has an effect of increasing the surface area and allows better oxygen absorbability. Pulling a fish backwards counteracts this feature.
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AskHistorians/dv7atoc
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821uk5
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How did Islam influence military tactics in the Middle East?
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Islam didn't exactly have "religious military tactics". It did have many "rules of engagement", that can be generally summarized in "Don't harm people who can't, or don't want to fight back", but for actual military tactics, there are some broad advises, staying brave and united in battle, preparing whatever force you can to face the enemy, etc. Such things obviously apply today and across all history. That said, there are some interesting tactics that Muslims came up with, there are many examples, some in the "Sunna", during the life of the Prophet, and some in the many centuries after that. But these are tactics Muslims used, not "Religious tactics". Some useful and relevant morals can be extracted out of them though.
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AskReddit/cpgpnah
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2z8zq1
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What's the best/worst/most awkward thing you or a relative has announced at a holiday meal?
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Not really a statement or an announcement, but I had a phone call at my grandpa's birthday party in which someone accused me of stealing their wifi. Funny thing was, I live in Seattle and the call originated in Georgia. Most awkward moment I've ever shared with my family.
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AskReddit/ee0sze0
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afqxxp
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What is the worst pizza you have ever had ?
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One night after a party, my roommate and I were looking to order a pizza. There was one place open that would deliver to us that late, a place called Pizza Pros. The were far from pros. The crust was stale and you could actually taste the freezer off of it. Toppings where of the worst quality. Like, frozen mini pizza quality. Turns out, the pizza shop was a front for prostitution, so I guess pizza wasnt their main concern.
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AskReddit/e2b3glt
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8yi80i
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If most people were very short, how would tall people be treated?
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Worshipped as gods until one day, a very short person suggests capturing the statuesque creations. The majority of very short people agree and the tall people become slaves to the very short people. The tall people's grandeur quickly fades. Soon after, the tall people slaves become known as the "Reachers". News of their ability to reach things on the top shelf or anywhere else up high, spread throughout the very little people's homes. Until, one day, a "Reacher" suffered a blow to the head from a cabinet door. Other "Reachers" noticed and collectively began rebelling against the very little people. It was quite the battle. And, in the end, "Reachers" regained their status of gods. And, the very little people were humbled.
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askscience/cnu9iiy
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2sx1pw
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How can we run out of oil when organisms have died continuously from the period of dinosaurs?
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First of all, while we like to make fun of dinosaurs becoming oil, they actually don't. Most oil we get today came from microscopic plants and algae. That being said, not all biomass becomes oil, it requires special conditions. First these micro-organisms must be trapped in sediment. Then they must be pulled or buried deep in the crust where the heat and pressure is high enough to allow the remains to basically cook. Generally the higher the temperature the thinner the oil will be, with the hottest producing natural gas. All of these happen in small pores, they must leak out of these pores into larger areas where they can be collected from. Modern versions of collection like fracking tries to break up these pores artificially to get at resources we could not before. So as you can see, a very small percentage of biomass actually becomes usable hydrocarbons (things we burn for fuel).
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explainlikeimfive/cbmnb9n
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1k99g9
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Why do we prefer temperatures around 20 degrees cooler than our body temp?
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If the air is body temperature it doesn't mean you will easily stay their, unless of course you don't do anything (aka dead). Your body makes heat just being alive, if you can't get rid of it you will die as it only has a narrow range it works at. When the air is the same temperature you don't loose any heat so you overheat. Too cold is also bad as you loose too much heat and you start to drop out of the lower range at which your body works. It just happens at around 20C your body seems to loose just enough to neither overheat or under heat. Hence you stay body temperature (without any added effort like sweating or shivering to control it) Why this temperature? Look at the average temperature of the planet. Seems only logical for us work best near this.
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askscience/clno9rx
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2ko6oe
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How is matter created using energy, and vice-versa?
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In the case of a nuclear weapon, energy (the blast) is "created" (read, not actually created but transformed according to e=mc^(2)) via fusion (smashing two atoms together) or fission (ripping two atoms apart). What happens in a fusion process like fusing two hydrogen atoms together, for example, is that when the two atoms combine, they become bound and release some binding energy. This binding energy comes from the shared mass of the system. Before the two atoms combined, the total mass of the system was twice the mass of an individual hydrogen atom (because you have two atoms of course), but once they fuse, the total mass of the "daughter nucleus" will be less than the mass of two individual hydrogen atoms. The "missing mass" has been converted to energy via e=mc^(2). A fission process is essentially the same idea, except that you get energy by ripping two atoms, uranium for example, apart. The "mother nucleus" is slightly heavier than the sum of two individual uranium atoms. Once you rip it apart, the "missing mass" is again converted to energy.
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AskReddit/c0iitgv
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anrx5
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What's so great about college?
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"Put up or shut up" comes to mind. It's not college, it's you. Somehow you keep expecting college to be great, but you describe some of the most advantageous times as "not my thing." Any activity is what you make of it. College allows you the free time and the people, but you have to put the effort into making it great. Get to know the area; get to know the people and organizations. Once you know what you have to work with it's easier to get some fun times going. Join or start a club, get to know some interesting people, go to the dangerous parties (i.e. the you-know-you-need-to-get-out before the cops bust it up type). Also, give it time. My best time didn't start until Junior or Senior year. By then I had many friends and tons of acquaintances. Connections help a lot.
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AskReddit/ex9pbxu
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crv24i
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Why do you consider Fortnite to be a bad game?
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A real answer: The optimum strategy in Fortnite is to avoid all fights you possibly can and hide in a bush until close to the end of the game, only fighting when absolutely necessary. This gives you the best chance to win. Nobody wants to play this way, though, people like running around shooting at each other. As a result, they spend lots of time running around gathering resources, and then die long before the end, and do this over and over. The vast majority of people would be better off playing some more traditional game mode like team deathmatch, since running around shooting people is what they really want to do.
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AskReddit/cazwotp
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1i11k7
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Why is the government keeping interest rates low for loans, but the rate for student loans just doubled from 3.4 to 6.8%?
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>still.should we be helping students go to college more? No. At least, not by subsidizing student loans. The "helping" that the federal government has already given has directly caused tuition to skyrocket, putting millions into a lifetime of debt.
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AskReddit/d238agw
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4etkh6
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How do they get telephone poles set up in very remote places, like mountains?
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If a 4x4 line truck can't get in, mule teams can drag the pole in. Then you can raise the pole with a gang of guys. You put the base at the hole and "walk" the pole up with those lance-style things (I don't remember the name; I only did it once - not in the mountains; just a spot we couldn't get a line truck into).
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