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AskReddit/c271qus
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ivtgl
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What is your favorite alternate movie theory?
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The James bond theory is laid pretty bare in the original Casino Royale in which an older bond (David Niven) retires and they decide to keep the bond name alive with multiple "impostor" bonds, among them Peter Sellers. The movie is a mess, but it's pretty funny and very groovy. Tons of cameos and a Burt Bacharach score.
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AskReddit/crrmt4z
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381tfx
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What's the worst remake of anything ever?
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The remake of the ford GT40 was pretty bad but the absolute worst is the new mini. Sharing nothing but the name, it's a mid sized sedan (I'm gonna ignore the backwards cap cringe that is the coupe) about twice the size of the original and half as much fun.
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explainlikeimfive/eqrxg4z
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bzet72
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Why do prime ministers and influential politicians ride public transport without security details, even at the risk of getting mobbed and possibly injured?
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I don’t think that they actually do. I would think that they do have security details, you just can’t see them. Many times security can be more effective if they are “under cover” or blend in with the crowd. That way they can have a bigger picture of what is happening than if they were right up near the person. I would be willing to bet they have people close up AND far away who are protecting them. I promise POTUS isn’t going anywhere in public without guys with guns. They just are being unobtrusive. Helps to perpetuate the idea that the political figure is a “man of the people”. They really aren’t.
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askscience/crpbzlh
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37rhdw
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How is possible that energy is being emitted in a nuclear fusion?
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Somewhere in the middle of the periodic table is the most tightly bound nucleus. Anything larger will give up energy in fission any thing smaller will give up energy when fusion occurs. Fusion only gives up energy when the atoms fusing are small and go toward that most tightly bound number/mass. Fission only gives up energy when it is a large atom under going fission. Splitting something small like Oxygen would take energy, not give it up and trying to fuse Molybdenum and Tin to make Uranium would take a lot of energy to make it happen.
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AskReddit/e559ycy
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9brytn
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What's the efficient method to learn a second language?
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Immersion learning. When studying the language, you should immerse yourself in literature, television, music and more in that language. It has to be several hours of the day for multiple weeks, otherwise you will only partially know the language and have no real basis for using it in a natural conversation.
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AskReddit/cicdrns
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28mqn8
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How to fix your sleep cycle?
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I ruined my sleep cycle last week. It was a longer weekend because of a public holiday, and I basicly ruined it by going to bed in 5am, waking up at 2pm the following day, went to bed at 4am, woke up at 4pm etc. I fixed it by staying up all night, not sleeping that day, and went to bed at 9pm instead of my usual 11pm on normal week days. Woke up in time to go to work.
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AskReddit/c2u6mpx
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lnuge
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Why do we hate the rich, yet all desire to be rich?
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You say we as if everyone has that desire. I don't want to be rich. I want to live sustainably. If I had everything I needed to live, and only needed to pay for a few select things (power, phone, internet, transportation), I would be a happy person.
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AskHistorians/c8nznhw
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19h4vp
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What language has had the most words spoken in it throughout history?
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The problem with this is that there's no simple way to tell when a language begins or ends. When did provincial Latin become French? When did Proto-Indo-European become Latin? Or is everyone in Europe still speaking a variation on the same Indo-European Language? But, to fudge around the difficulties in answering this question, I'm going to have to say some form of Chinese. With the fact that China has maintained a larger population than any other country throughout essentially all of human history, and with the fact that a stable, shared writing system has existed for the past 2000 years, I think it's fair to say that at least some of the many many Chinese languages could qualify as being "the same language" for a very very long time for a very large population of speakers.
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AskReddit/dkr34ps
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6ppbxf
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How can you tell it's time to leave a job or a relationship?
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Ironically, jobs and relationships are similar in that if you're bored and unhappy, you should move on from them. Sure, there's something to be said about a longterm job, or a long term relationship, but this is the kind of thing that leads to relationship or workplace disasters. When you're bored, unsatisfied, unhappy, or unfulfilled in either, you start to look for changes. That often leads to destructive behaviour at work or home. Sometimes you can work these problems out - Sometimes you can't. But these are early signs you should definitely watch out for.
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explainlikeimfive/cfe9i5n
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1xs3q1
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Why, when I'm wearing earplugs, do constant sounds like cars be blocked out, but I feel like I can hear my footsteps, breathing, conversations near me, etc?
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For sound (soundwaves) to travel, all it needs is a medium. This medium can be any kind of substance; liquids, gas and solids (probably plasma aswell). So by plugging your ears you only prevent air from pushing against your eardrum. But when you walk, the vibration goes all the way from your feet to your ear and it makes it move which results in you hearing your footsteps. If you like a demonstration, go to a swimming pool with a friend. Each be on a separate side. Now scream in the air first with your max capacity; you can hear eachother. Now do the same, but underwater (don't worry about the water, as long as you scream the flow of air will prevent water rushing down into your lungs). You will find that you were unable to hear eachother underwater. However, repeat the same at 1 meter difference, now you can hear him! The same trick can be done using a solid like a railroad track. Remember the old trick to put your ear on the railroad to hear if a train is coming? This is possible because sound travels faster through metal than it does through air, as such, you can increase the distance you can hear a train from significantly. And of course the complete opposite of a medium is no medium at all; a perfect vacuum. In this scenario it is impossible to create soundwaves as there is no medium. So if you are wondering what kind of sound the enemy spaceship is making when you hear it from yours; there isn't one (although space is not by definition a perfect vacuum, but the vacuum is low enough that you can not create soundwaves).
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AskReddit/e8e7dtf
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9r4tjy
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What are your top 5 subs that encourage deep thinking, intellectual exchange, and even debate?
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I don't know the names of half of the subs I visit, but there are a lot of science subreddits that have all of the criteria your looking for. Also there's subs specifically made for debating certain groups of people, like r/DebateAChristian for example.
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AskReddit/cdcet19
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1qfxkw
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When two people ride past each other on motorcycles, typically choppers, what's the hand motion they give each other?
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Chopper-Bikers in Germany (like myself) mostly drop their hand and extend the thumb, index and middle finger. (Mopeds or theee-wheelers are rarely greeted at all.) For Enduros or other high-seated bikes, the hand is normally simply raised slightly above the handlebar. Ride on!
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askscience/demr3re
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5y2sdg
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Will I generate more power if I focus sunlight with a magnifying glass onto a solar panel?
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If your magnifying glass is bigger than your solar panel you will get more power. The lens would collect over a larger area than what the panel is able to do on its own. However there is a couple of things to consider. First the solar panels efficiency drops with temperature. So usually a 2m^2 panel would produce more power than a 2m^2 lens focusing light on a smaller panel. Moreover panels have a maximum operating temperature before the semi-conductor stops to work.
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AskReddit/dkre2gn
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6pqjbe
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What are some shows you grew up watching that you make your kids watch today?
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I show movies to my (now grown) kids from before their time that they haven't seen, but not TV shows. I mean, if they wanna check out Gilligan's Island or the Brady Bunch, more power to 'em, but I don't care about it. I did make sure to show them the movie from the 60's Batman TV show. That's probably the closest thing.
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explainlikeimfive/c8h8gn5
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18r0u5
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What was the X-Files alien storyline actually about?
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The X-Files plot arc was about a group of people (The Syndicate) who were trying to negotiate with an alien species (The Colonists) that was intent on taking over the world, wiping out humankind in the process. First contact with the aliens occurred in 1947, when one of their spacecraft crash landed in the desert in New Mexico. In the face of the inevitability that the superior alien intelligence and technology would ultimately beat them, a small group of powerful men negotiated an agreement that humanity would be allowed to continue in the form of an alien-human hybrid. The Syndicate spent most of its time helping The Colonists develop the hybrids by keeping them supplied with human foetuses. However, they were also covertly working on a vaccine that would save humanity from this awful fate. Unfortunately, The Colonists had lied to The Syndicate about what their plans were. The Black Oil that was supposed to create a human-alien slave race, was in fact a virus that created aliens inside the human host and their true intention was to wipe out humanity and take the planet for themselves. The Syndicate's discovery of this betrayal led The Colonists to develop a race of Super Soldiers to ensure that the colonisation of Earth would not be prevented. The series ends with the revelation that the alien invasion is due to start in December 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar. So, I guess the 90s weren't wasted for me. EDIT: Wow! Thanks for the responses (and gold)! I'm glad my little summary was useful. EDIT2: Also, I skipped a bunch of details because I wanted to leave something to tell you when you are six.
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AskReddit/cidrzy2
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28rp0t
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If my child gets a disease that has a vaccine and it is determined that patient zero is not vaccinated, can I sue the parents?
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I'm sure someone will try it at some point. As long as we have freedoms there will be things that hurt others. Of course, if you hurt others, there may be liability. The problem here is that the liability is pretty tenuous. there's no intention to harm. So it would have to be based on some sort of reckless disregard theory. They're going to aim for an act of god theory, in defense, among others. /not your atty Edit: Where did you see that vaccinated kids were getting sick, though? I can't find that anywhere. Those that got sick in MN seemed to be either too young, unvaccinated, or, in one case, of an unknown status.
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AskReddit/emib6ze
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bkonas
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What's the hardest job that exists?
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Idk if its the hardest but my wife is an RN and the missing holidays, working 16-18hr shifts several days in a row, plus if you mess up you could cause a death. That job seems pretty hard
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AskReddit/euvj8a2
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chmyib
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What is a good way for someone who is very shy and introverted, but also very lonely, to learn social skills and meet friends (not romantic partners)?
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Volunteering. It functions as a job, so you have that layer of expected behavior and interaction scripts to follow, and it gets you in the middle of fluctuating groups of people. Where it's different from a job for this particular case is that you don't have the expectation that you'll stay there no matter what happens for the better part of your waking time. Short bursts of social interaction once or twice a week for 2 to 4 hours at a time are a good way to start building the social muscles. And assuming you volunteer in a setting you're interested in, you'll get to meet people who match your interestests in at least one field by default.
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AskReddit/dr1zrxx
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7iwfl6
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What is the most sexual thing you have seen your teacher do?
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We had this English teacher (why does it always seem to be English teachers? Lol) who was generally considered by the boys to be the most attractive teacher in the school (and one of the few under 30). She seemed to make a habit of always wearing super low cut tops and bending over in front of the boys. This being the early 2000s, she also wore very low rise jeans/trousers and she’d routinely have a whale tail/thong slip, Not that sexual I know, but lots of the guys would talk about it and there were rumours she slept with more than one 6th former.
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AskReddit/ehdd36z
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av8il1
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What is the strangest/weirdest thing that you've woken up to, and how'd you react?
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I once passed out in the backseat of a car, and a friend of mine (who was also less than sober) decided that the best thing to do would be to shove a handful of Skittles in my mouth. So I wake up, mouth full of sugar, drooling colours. And I manage to mumble out "whatthefugisinmamouf?" And she says, "the rainbow, jack! Taste the rainbow! You love the rainbow!" I ate the Skittles.
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AskReddit/dm0kt7n
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6vj2o9
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When did you try to save money on something, but because of that, ended up spending way more in the end?
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Tried to avoid a toll by going thru Baltimore city. Wound up very scared, was offered to buy drugs 3 times at stop signs and then ended up paying the toll anyway.
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explainlikeimfive/dh4pot8
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6992vi
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How does aging meats and things like cheese work and not just make them rot and gross?
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The facilities used for aging meat are kept at very certain temperatures, humidities and so forth to discourage the growth of unwanted cultures, bacterias, molds while optimizing the growth of preferential cultures, molds, and bacterias. Many kinds of cheese are sealed in a combination of cheese cloth and wax, which of course serve as a skin keeping unfriendly bacteria out.
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AskReddit/cw8o263
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3pr3cf
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How has the Syrian crisis affected your country?
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UK. Polarises people more than any other major issue. We don't see any refugees, but we probably wouldn't notice and/or care if they did arrive, at least not in London. Generally speaking you've got half the population, plus the Opposition, saying "What are you doing trapping these people in Calais and/or forcing them to return to probable death in Syria?" and the other half, plus the government, alternating shouts of "economic migrant" and "terrorist" until they get enough apathetics on their side to keep the border closed. But no, it hasn't really affected much apart from political debate. so far. It's probably also contributed to what appears to be mutual distrust between London (and to a lesser extent Manchester, Birmingham etc.) and the rest of the country. Generally speaking people who know more immigrants are less likely to want closed borders.
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AskReddit/dodtb2b
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76g31z
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What Album as a whole had the most influence on your life and why?
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Probably "Permanent Waves" by Rush. Spirit of Radio is the one that sticks out, as I've worked in radio since 1984. Glittering prizes and endless compromises describes it perfectly. Free Will covers the non-believer part of my life, as well as my youthful flirtation with libertarian thought (and isn't that always a youthful flirtation?) The album tracks like Jacob's Ladder, Entre Nous, and Natural Science were all in the same vein. Here was a band that was able to "rock out" and be thoughtful at the same time. You could tap your feet to the odd time signatures while contemplating lyrics that were above and beyond anything you heard on the rock stations of the day. I'm so glad I got to catch them on their final farewell tour.
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AskReddit/dvxyj28
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85k56i
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Do you eat food past the expiration date if it looks and smells fine, why or why not?
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Yes, but with varying allowances for "past date" - didn't have a lot of money/food growing up, so I don't waste much. EX: Dried product, like pasta? Good forever. Perishable product, like milk? As long as it looks/smells/tastes ok, whole usually gets an extra day or two, 2% around a week, skim gets closer to 2 weeks.
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AskReddit/ejxsc3a
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b8hha9
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If you had to guess, when do you think humanity will end and how will it happen?
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I'm still holding on to the hope that we'll be replaced by and become machines that will roam the galaxy. While there are some pretty bad environmental changes happening that will kill a lot of people I don't think that's an existential threat to humanity as a whole.
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explainlikeimfive/cktqcl6
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2hlcpw
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How a Helium filled HDD affect its overall storage space?
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Hard drives are made of circular plates called platters that spin around thousands of times per minute. These platters are what your data is stored on. The more platters, the more information can be stored. The faster they can spin, then the faster that information can be read off of them and written onto them. Normal HDDs are filled with normal air, which is filtered to prevent contamination from dust. Helium is less dense than normal air and this has a few effects. One it causes less friction as the platters are spinning, allowing them to spin faster and therefore resulting in faster read and write speeds. The other major effect is a result of turbulence. As the platters spin they cause fluctuations in the air that then affect the other platters by vibrating and bending them. To reduce this effect they make the platters thicker and stiffer, limiting the number of platters that can fit in the normal HDD form factor. Since helium is less dense, it doesn't transmit the turbulence as well. With less turbulence they can make the platters thinner, and since they are thinner they can fit more of them and place them closer together resulting in increased storage capacity.
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AskReddit/dgymj1r
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68i4fb
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If you could only watch one movie or series for the rest of your life, what would it be?
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If you're going to watch only one anime, make it Steins;Gate. It's 24 half-hour episodes long and is available on Hulu. It's slow at first, but it isn't boring. Your patience will pay off. The series quickly begins building up dread and despair. The characters are obliviously playing with fire, and you just know it's about to blow up right in their naive faces. That it might already be too late to undo the damage they've done. That's just the first half building up the second half. It's also a series well worth rewatching, because there are so many details that seemed inconsequential at first that turned out to be anything but.
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AskReddit/c2vk4ph
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ltu7j
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How will the 25th century view our understanding of the world?
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In general, I think we remain very primitive. We like to separate ourselves from our ancestors based on our technology and our current understanding of the world, but we remain very similar. I think we are living through the beginning of an important escalation in technological advancement (genetics, the internet, etc), and that the progress we will make will move at an exponential rate. 400 years ago we didn't even have electricity. Starting from where we are now and going out another 400 years, we will have made far more progress than we are capable of understanding.
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explainlikeimfive/cx8i06d
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3tq5qt
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Why do lighters have those two compartments where the liquid can flow between them instead of just one big one?
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The fuel used in lighters means that the pressure inside the fuel tank is roughly 2 atmospheres. This means that they need to make the fuel tank a bit more durable in order to be able to support the pressure. Dividing it in two like that makes it more durable.
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explainlikeimfive/cooxvvs
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2w9z89
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How does American surname laws work with regards for other cultures?
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There are a few laws state by state. For the most part if they exist they prohibit numbers, profanity, and really really long names. And California restricts you to only the 26 characters of English. But beyond that anything is fair game
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AskReddit/cf64wn0
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1wx25u
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What memory do you have of an event that you are certain happened, but your family or friends deny did?
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My mom was in a minor fender-bender years ago, when I was four or five. I vividly remember being in the car, and finding out at the scene that the other driver was a lawyer. I mentioned this to my mom a few years ago, and she said it definitely happened, but I wasn't there. Apparently I just heard about it after the fact and inserted myself into the scene.
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AskReddit/dy4caob
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8fkvyq
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Where do you see yourself on this day in exactly 10 years?
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eh. this is gonna sound a bit cliche or sad idk. Idc. I hope that in 10 years I’m happy and living with someone who I can consider my best friend and boyfriend. Right now I have not met someone that I want to be with. Not even for a little while. I see everyone as a friend and hope that will change.
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AskReddit/c0l54km
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b63ie
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How do I learn the math that is necessary to be a physicist?
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If you even slightly dislike math, move on, because that's all physics is. It's math. Lots and lots of difficult (Some may say "tricky" but I'm not one of those people) math. Where do you learn the math? By attending the classes you'll be enrolled in as a requirement to take physics. You'll probably start off with basic calculus. My first year at university was quite fun and pretty easy, but it started getting tough during the second year's electrodynamics module, for me personally.
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AskReddit/dgxeeme
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68aknf
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What is the weirdest way you have made a friend?
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Last year, my school was having a "High School Musical Night" where they'd be playing the first High School Musical movie in the student council room for free, no tickets or anything. I found it really random, but I'd never seen that movie and HSM memes were pretty popular at that time so I figured I'd go, even though none of my friends could make it. Turns out, only five other kids showed up. One of them happened to be autistic just like me. We two got up and danced and sang wildly to the songs that we sorta knew. Now we sit together at lunch every day. I'm glad we met.
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AskHistorians/cuqt7sk
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3jn6lw
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Did France ask anything in return from the United States after the Revolutionary War for playing such an important role in their freedom?
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There were loans that the U.S. owed the French. And these were repaid somewhat irregularly. But were eventually repaid. The French also got some minor colonial territories from the UK (Tobago, St Lucia, and Senegal). But most importantly they knocked down their principal rival down a peg or two. There were always negotiations happening between the U.S. and France over trade agreements and the like in the post war years. But the U.S. aggressively avoided any agreement that might put them in a subservient position. France certainly tried to call in favors, but for the most part the U.S. resisted. This was actually the cause of quite some tension. France was expecting to get something of a client state. Instead they got a fairly prickly country which steadfastly refused to actually ally itself to France. The U.S. even went so far as to sign a separate peace with the UK, after having agreed with France not to do so. On top of that the U.S., while never defaulting, was often late with the loan repayments. The whole enterprise left the French feeling a bit bitter. And the loans and the general lack of American gratitude led to the Quasi-war from 1797 through 1800.
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AskReddit/eck5wyv
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a9je5m
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What Christmas gift have you gotten that offended you the most?
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My soon-to-be-former in laws once got me a clock for Christmas. They claimed to have shopped and shopped for the "perfect" gift for me. When I got it home and opened it, I noticed that it had batteries in it, indicating that it was used. After replacing the batteries, I discovered that the clock did not work. Another year, they bought me a roasting pan, one that I used for making Thanksgiving dinner. In August of this year, their daughter asked for a divorce from me after she had cheated on me for 8 of the 15 years of our marriage. They visited our house for Thanksgiving (I was not in attendance); while there, they took back the roasting pan.
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AskReddit/cm7acu8
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2mslvn
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What's the one video game you inexplicably played for hundreds of hours as a child?
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the original Ratchet & Clank series (the first game, Going Commando, and Up Your Arsenal). I grew up in a Playstation family instead of Nintendo, which I know now I would've enjoyed more, so I guess this was the closest thing I had to a Legend of Zelda-esque adventure game. I'm sorry to say that as far as the Zelda games go, I've only ever played Twilight Princess fully. I'm considering getting a WiiU in hopes of Nintendo continuing to remaster the old games, so I can finally experience the childhood that I should've had.
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AskReddit/dhnx0ig
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6bmnsh
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If the world was to end today, what would you do?
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It really depends on the type of world ending we're expecting. If it's just a TEOTWAWKI, I'm all set for the most likely ones. Barring really bad luck, I'll be okay. Actually the end of everything? Guaranteed no survivors? Go to the beach and build a bonfire. Drink, listen to music, and wait.
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explainlikeimfive/dboxqp5
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5km95b
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How is mass extinction humans fault?
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> Considering most people at that time and prior loved in mud huts HA! Humans had already been farming for 9,500 years, living in cities for most of that, China had been a sprawling empire for 4,500 years, Rome had risen and fallen. Just because we hadn't built a steam engine yet didn't mean we weren't causing change to the environment on a massive scale, and had been for ages. And one of the biggest ways was with our stomachs - it's likely that human hunting played a major role in the disappearance of all the megafauna species in the new world, starting perhaps 10- to 20,000 years ago.
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explainlikeimfive/dzlcspl
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8m6w3e
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Do animals somehow know and sense that other animals are an entirely different species?
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Animals covers a lot of ground, and what a border collie knows and what a turtle knows is likely to be a huge difference. Let's just pick on dogs, as dogs and humans have been working together for many centuries. Dogs have excellent scent and hearing. They can clearly tell "your car" from "another car" through sound alone. They know other dogs are different individuals, regardless of species. Scent probably plays a big role here. They know "your car" is not you and not a dog. It's unclear that "alive or dead" is an interesting distinction to a dog.
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AskReddit/djy2kfw
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6m0qbg
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What is the most dangerous situation you've gotten yourself into just because you "didn't know any better"?
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I'm a huge animal lover and as a kid I'd find and play with bugs, frogs, lizards, outdoor cats, and just about any other animals that I could find. Usually, it was fine, but once I found a fairly large snake under my porch. I was so excited because it was much bigger than the only other snake I had ever seen. So I did what any other temporarily unsupervised 4 year old girl would do; crawled under the porch to catch it. I don't remember exactly how I did it, but I somehow managed to grab the snake with my bare hands and dragged him out of from under the porch. When I tried to show my parents they were much less excited than I was. They immediately screamed for me to put it down so I dropped him and he quickly slithered away. It was only a garter snake so I would have been fine if I had been bitten but it could have just as easily been a rattlesnake and I still would have gone after it. It wasn't really that dangerous, it was only a garter snake so even if I had been bitten I would've been fine but it could have just as easily been a rattlesnake and I still would have gone after it because I didn't know the difference.
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AskReddit/cbl6bef
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1k38vh
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What movie do you automatically watch to completion whenever you accidentally stumble upon it?
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Is it just me or is catching a movie on tv the best way to watch. Sure things are cut out, sure there are commercials, but is there a better feeling than flipping through channels and finding a really good movie and settling in for the long haul?
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AskReddit/ecpx2og
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aa64m1
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What was your worst fear as a child?
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Tornadoes and any kind of violent weather. We don't even live in an area that gets tornadoes often, if at all (There have been a few F0s/F1s nearby in the past, but none close enough to where we live to actually do anything), but any time it'd storm hard, I'd get afraid that there would be a tornado. And that all started when we were going on vacation one year when I was pretty young. There was a REALLY bad storm, so rain was just pounding down on our car, and the constant lightning was made even worse by the fact that it was pitch black outside since we left really early in the morning. It essentially traumatized me, and I was deathly afraid of storms for like all of my childhood. The weird thing though, is I was still fascinated by weather back then, and would even watch The Weather Channel a lot instead of cartoons or whatever. Of course, I got over my fear in my teenage years, and have loved storms since then. Seeing a tornado in person (And not dying) is definitely up there on my bucket list.
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AskReddit/ew8p6b4
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cn6cuf
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If you had the power to mandate a Christmas level holiday, what would it be and when?
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My college does an event every year that I would love to see more of. It has a proper name but I've always called it Spring Cleaning Day. Students volunteer to do projects around the university. Such as cleaning the on campus museum, planting flowers and trees, cleaning up litter, etc. Work happens in the morning, we all break for lunch, and spend the afternoon relaxing and playing frisbee or croquet or something on the lawns. It would be cool to see that on a national if not global level. With the holiday lasting at least a week so all businesses get at least a day or two to close so everyone can participate and have some time to relax. Communities around the world get together to work on beautification of public spaces and helping others with small projects. If Grandma Dorothy down the street would appreciate someone's help power washing the outside of her house, some people can volunteer. Cookies and tea/lemonade are shared in the afternoon, and a block party in the evening or all day on the end of the holiday week. New friends are made, food and drink flow freely, happy laughter and talking. And, because everyone had a hand in it, maybe they'll care more about keeping their communities beautiful throughout the year. If you're more of an introvert and don't want to participate in the larger groups with all the people, solo projects can be worked out. From collecting litter by yourself, to making up care packages to those in need from donated materials, to whatever else might play to your strengths. Everyone belongs in the community. I chose Grandma Dorothy as a name example in honor of my great grandmother, who would have adored such a holiday. She was a wonderful woman who was very well loved by her family and community. She volunteered to do what she could and helped others until her death. I miss her a lot and try to keep her spirit alive where I can.
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explainlikeimfive/ctx8x5v
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3gd3le
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If insects use the moon to navigate at night, how do they navigate when it is a new moon, or any other phase in which the moon is only out for a short time at night?
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The main theory is that they just use the moon as a landmark to help them fly in straight lines. But that there are other cues they use to navigate. Apparently this is too short for ELI5. It's like if you were using the morning sun to help you walk in a straight line. Even if the day becomes cloudy, there are other things you can use to try to move straight.
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explainlikeimfive/cxacuoo
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3tyuft
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Why are alcohol bottles the shape, colour, size that they are?
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Bottle shape has some technical parameters, particularly for undistilled drinks like beer or wine. However, the majority of the decision has to do with bottle shape as a brand identifier. After the label, the bottle shape is the thing companies can do that most visually appeals to customers. Those squat green bottles of Tanqueray Gin are as much a trademark as the round red logo on them.
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askscience/dyk7r10
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8hikja
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What makes exposure to a 1000-watt microwave source so much more dangerous than exposure to a 1000-watt radiant heater?
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Nothing. They are roughly the same amount dangerous. A 1000 W toaster oven will cook food, and a 1000 W microwave will cook food. Both by heating it up. If you put your hand in a toaster oven it will be dangerous, and if you put your hand in a microwave it will be similarly dangerous.
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explainlikeimfive/ermrh1h
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c2vh8k
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Why do seemingly non-perishable items — like rubbing alcohol, dental floss and body lotion — have expiration dates?
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While there is actual chemical breakdown where certain items eventually do become less effective or physically break down (items from 1970 would likely not be very effective for instance), most of it's marketing designed to get people to toss stuff out and replace it. It's even the same with foods: The 'best by' date has a grain of truth to it as far as when it begins to chemically alter and lose its desired taste, but is NOT the same thing as an 'expiration date,' something that only applies to certain food items (mostly baby products, dairy, etc). Very often canned and dried goods can survive much, much longer than people think and get tossed for no reason at all. Don't take this as an invitation to eat random 30 year old tins of beans, mind you, since things can definitely go bad and in dangerous ways, but chances are you can ignore the date on dental floss or lotion.
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AskReddit/e1zfb3t
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8wyfjd
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What's your favorite windshield wiper setting and why?
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Automatic. The wipers react to rain on the windshield. The more rain, the faster and more frequently they wipe. It is the height of laziness, but I love it.
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AskReddit/cy1bc8s
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3x42gj
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What was the corniest or cheesiest romantic thing you've done/done to you?
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a girl tried to scale 2 stories to get into my house because i was sleeping & upset with her. she failed when a cop stopped her and i guess they just chatted and smoked a cigarette. pretty corny and romantic.
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AskReddit/c857zt2
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17g4zn
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What does a tumor feel like?
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As far as I know, it cannot really be felt. If it's closer to your skin, it's just a bump near the surface that is growing. You will often have other symptoms. Except if it's brain tumor, you will probably have awful headaches and the brain activity in that region of the brain will deteriorate.
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AskReddit/ejqj4cc
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b7c32b
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What’s the most psychotic thing you have ever done or witnessed?
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A troubled kid in my school said he'd kill everyone and attacked both teachers and students. The school was evacuated, police came. He escaped the police and were hiding somewhere in the school. Ofc me and my friend didn't know what was going on, and didn't hear about the evacuation, so we went to pick up some books in our lockers. Luckily the principal found us before that psychotic kid, and we were escorted to safety by him and some police around. Another time, I was driving home and a guy stands in the middle of the road. I stop and he jumps on my cars hood. Then he opens the door and thanks me for picking him up (he was acting very threatning, and seemed high on something) so I said I wasn't there to pick him up. He tries to get in, and I push him out. He then says hes going to kill me and slams the door as hard as he can. I've never gtfo'ed so quick before lol. He did the same thing to the car that came behind me, and he was later arrested.
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AskReddit/e07cimx
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8p006u
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If nations borders are abolished worldwide and people can move to where they choose(on their own expense), what major population redistributions will there be?
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Jews in Israel would probably have to flee or be exterminated as every jihadist with an axe to grind moves into the neighborhood. Probably some huge population shifts into North America and Western Europe.
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AskReddit/ctgygpz
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3eosex
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For those of you who have had your brakes cut or fail, what was that experience like for you?
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I had my brakes go out because my car was old. It was absolutely terrifying. I had nightmares about it for almost a year. But the good thing about it was that I could still brake, I just had to push the pedal way farther in than is natural and it took a lot longer to stop. But the car would stop
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explainlikeimfive/do2qz2s
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751r9j
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Why do people say the size difference between countries means economic policies won't or will work less efficiently?
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The size argument is fairly weak. Scaling can be achieved. A large country could save more money by being efficient compared to a small country. A better argument against using small countries as models is the diversity of large countries. Rules promulgated for a large country may just not work in Alaska, New Mexico, even Maine. A large country has many diverse populations. Great Britain actually has several different health care systems, one for Scotland, one for England, and I think one for Wales. A small geographic will have a more homogenous population and a common climate
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AskReddit/dki0twt
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6okdf8
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What is the hardest thing you have ever had to do?
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My kid used to love dressing up as Santa and have the rest of us sit on his lap and tell him what we wanted, but one day our chair snapped and the weight of me broke both of his legs. While he was in the hospital, I revealed to him Santa was not real. It's very hard for a 7 year old to cope and accept it, and it was definitely hard to tell him. Not sure if this was the HARDEST, but from what I can remember, if was.
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AskReddit/c3f8nsp
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o8k97
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How can I (a HS freshman) prepare for a 60-minute long, college level test?
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College level is a double edged sword. If its at midterm level, smoke some weed and get up ten minutes before the test. If its at finals week level, make a pot of coffee, become a pack a day smoker and study all night.
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explainlikeimfive/eyd897p
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cwn3ou
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How exactly does the weak nuclear force cause radioactive decay?
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The weak force is carried by the W and Z bosons. For example if you have an up quark with a charge of +2/3 and then that particle can emit or receive a W-/W+ boson and transform into a down quark with a charge of -1/3. We see that the weak force conserves the electric charge. On a larger scale like an actual atom you have protons and neutrons in the nucleus. If the nucleus is unstable it usually means that there is too many protons or neutrons (we won’t get into the details why it is unstable). Then a neutron can transform into a proton by an emission of an electron and an antineutrino and decay. This is what we call beta decay since it emitted an electron. If we look at it more carefully we would see that the neutron emitted a W boson and turned into a proton then the W boson decayed into an electron and an antineutrino. The important part is that things can decay through emission or absorption of W and Z bosons. The W boson can be positively or negatively charged snd the Z boson is neutral.
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Ask_Politics/cw95664
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3ps9py
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How is Department of Justice Policy ratified?
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The Department of Justice is part of the executive branch and is run by the Attorney General, one of the President's "secretaries". The Department of Justice is empowered by what is called an "enabling statute." That is the bill passed by congress that creates the agency, gives it broad mandates to perform and task and also may restrict the agency from doing certain task (agency is also restricted by the constitution). The Department of Justice can not pass "laws" but what they can do is pass "regulations." Regulations can only be created within the context of existing statutes. Any regulation can be overriden by a Congressional act (with the president's approval or a veto proof majority of course) In order to pass a regulation, there is an process which must be undertaken, regulations are proposed a period of public comment is required, regulations can be adjusted then ultimately approved by the head of the agency. I admit, my understanding of exactly how a regulation is created is kind of vague, I just know that it is proposed by the agency, subject to public comment then ultimately approved by the agency. Further more, when dealing with these agencies they often act as a pseudo court, overseen by administrative law judges (ALJ). Not so much with the department of justice, (for obvious reasons) but they are very common in Social Security Disability and EPA matters. ALJ are obviously not the same people as those who create and approve the regulations.
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explainlikeimfive/clddzri
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2jnph7
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How do casinos in Vegas profit off sports bets?
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A standard bet on the point spread will pay out $100 for every $110 bet so they make a little money that way, but mostly they make money by people being bad at gambling. Typically the favorite will take a higher percentage of the money so they end up rooting for the underdog in most cases. Don't believe the idea that they just want 50/50 action on every game. They want 90/10 action and the 90 to lose. That being said, the sports book is not a huge money maker for any casino.
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AskReddit/eaplzja
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a1gujt
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If you met the literal god of existence, how would you react?
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I assume that meeting with the literal god of existence is something the human mind wouldn't comprehend. I don't think that he/she is made out of any concept we're used to except he would decide to show himself/herself like that or literally change my mind to be able to comprehend it. But if the god would do that I would be overwhelmed with denial. And if he would somehow change that (and I assume a god could do literally anything) I would probably think or say "I have so many questions."
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explainlikeimfive/cc4nhc7
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1m0cw3
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Why is Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" misogynistic?
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It is not particularly misogynistic in relation to a lot of other current and past pop music. Maybe it is a bit random to single out 'Blurred Lines' and you should ask 'why is pop music/popular culture misogynistic', to which I have no definite answer.
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AskReddit/c2ww8fm
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lzptx
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What is the most scary/terrifying moment you've experienced?
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My wife was driving, and were were on a side-road pulling out into a highway with traffic going 55 miles an hour. The traffic is pretty thick, and I tell my wife "it's ok hon, take your time, we're not in a hurry." For some reason, she decides to pull out into traffic, and I can see she's made a catastrophic error and we're going to get hit by a car going about 50 miles an hour. That sickening moment before impact was awful and the scariest moment of my life. I knew what was coming, and there was nothing I could do to avoid it. Everybody lived with minimal injury, the car was a tiny Toyota and everyone was wearing seatbelts, but it could have been much worse.
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AskReddit/d28it76
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4ffqkq
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What was a time an employee went too far and got fired?
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We had a manager and three supervisors get fired for harassing an employee. Our lost all their upper management besides one manager and two supervisors all in one day. The manager was the worst, and she's been fired from three jobs since she got fired from here. One of the supervisors got fired from a second job and hasn't been to work since, and the other one is working part time and mooching off her sister.
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AskReddit/ce5r8nn
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1t9oo5
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How are things really like after a divorce new relationship wise?
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I'm divorced. Honestly, the first few relationships are just getting your feet wet. Backstory, was with my ex-SO for 6 years before marrying for 2 years. So I went from being single at 17 to single at 25. The dating game is substantially different. I dated someone for about a month about 3 months after separating from my ex. It was weird, plenty of things I said or did, that I'd never do in the beginning of a relationship now. You just have no idea what's going on. Took a good 10 month break from any formal relationship after that. After awhile and dating a number of women, I started to get an idea of what I was looking for as well as what the "rules" were to dating in my mid to late 20's. Only ever found one girl who really made me want more, but she had some "issues" of her own and it wasn't going to work. It's been almost 4 years and I still haven't dated anyone for longer than 4 months. Some friends say I'm a bit picky, but after doing that whole dance once before, I know the red flags when they fly up. I'm not hard pressed to get married again. Marriage can be great, and there's nothing wrong with it, but I think I now know what it takes to make it, and I haven't found that yet. In an ideal world, I'd like nothing more to get married and grow old with a woman, but if it's not in the cards for me, then it is what it is.
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AskReddit/c1gadup
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fj1bj
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What's the best thing you've ever won?
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The most valuable thing I've ever won truly by chance is a dinky $20 bracelet. My mom had just gotten out of the hospital after a heart attack, and she wanted me to drive her by the K-Mart to get some sweat pants and other comfy clothes to lounge around the house in. We are shopping and there's this presentation with a guy trying to sell jewelery, and people are only hanging around since he's raffling off a bracelet supposedly worth $150 at the end of his sales pitch. My mom and I get a ticket, listen to the spiel, nobody buys anything, then he does the raffle. and he says you have to yell "Whoopie!" if you win. There are about 50 people there but I was like "my mom deserves to win this" and the guy reads out the winning number, and my mom yells out "Whoopie!" Dinky prize, it broke inside of a month, but in that moment it just felt so good to have something go her way. it really was just what we needed to have happen that day. /sappy
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AskReddit/eiv55bh
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b2uy3s
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What are some creative/funny punishments for losing a bet?
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My small group of friends and I always make lots of bets with really strange punishments. I don't usually lose but so far iv had to completely shave my head and order a wig made out of the hair. Fast for 5 days strait. Get a pistol instructor's license and learn Russian enough to the point where I could pass as Russian.
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AskReddit/cb9per8
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1izw0y
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What is your bed-time ritual?
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Pee, brush teeth, take meds, climb into bed, check alarm clock 4 times, turn off the lamp, try to arrange myself around two cats and one dog. Think happy thoughts until I fall asleep.
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AskReddit/efzpbs4
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aobpk4
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What key moment in your life made you rethink how you looked at your parents?
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The first time it was when I moved out an learned how truly hard it is to makes ends meet. The second was when I became old enough that I was the age they were when certain events in my childhood occured. It made me realize that parents/adults are just winging it.
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explainlikeimfive/dbmc0zn
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5k9kny
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What goes on inside a person's brain when they have an answer "on the tip of my tongue"?
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Imagine the brain as a computer's hard drive, only a little bit more chaotic. When you try to remember something, you give your brain search parameters and it returns the closest matches, then you figure out which one it is that you're looking for manually. When something is on the tip of your tongue, it's either because the search parameters were too broad, because what you're trying to find is more difficult to access than usual and the search results are all of the more easily accessible files that fit the parameters given, or because the data are corrupted. This is my understanding of it as a layman. I do not have any expertise or formal education in the field, so take it with a grain of salt.
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AskReddit/dqv5t8j
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7i0gm0
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What movie or TV show got your profession or hobby exactly right?
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Mr Robot Honestly, no other show or movie comes even close to how realistically this show portrays hacking. Movie depictions are usually laughable at best or pitiful at worst to the technically sound. Security is not my forte, but even with the modicum I know, I can appreciate how vastly superior Mr Robot is in this aspect.
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AskReddit/eknkexa
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bc3u4s
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What makes a scam download a scam download?
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A scam download is a scam download from its inception. The fact that you don't know that it is a scam download does not alter its nature, because a scam download is designed to pass for the real thing, until you realize it is not and the only way you can realize that is by downloading, which in itself fullfils the purpose of the scam download which is no other than to scam someone by downloading it. Thanks and have a good day eh.
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AskReddit/dmepbgj
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6xbqbr
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What's something that you've been putting off doing even though it would greatly improve your quality of life?
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Implementing the fact that you are, as a person, a product of the things that you think about. If you want to be successful, think about that the subjects that will improve you as a person, to make you successful. Do the best that you can at everything in life. Be a benefit to others, and they will be a benefit to you. Success, is steadily fulfilling a goal worth pursuing. Identify one, and pursue it
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explainlikeimfive/cjnykny
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2dbnzr
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Why are creative people seemingly so much more prone to mental disorders such as depression?
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From what I have read, it's actually more that intelligent people are typically more likely to have depression. Think about it: a person of low intelligence isn't sitting around thinking about the horrors of the world as obsessively as someone who is intelligent would. On the more creative/artistic aspect: I've always noticed I end up enjoying music from artists that have had real serious hardships or struggles growing up. I think they tend to be more passionate and have more to "get out of them" which is expressed in their music (or art or whatever). This is pretty much anecdotal of course but I did delve into this one lazy afternoon and it's what I came up with.
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AskReddit/c2esu0u
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jsnmz
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How thick would a spider web have to be to hold an elephant?
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The tensile strength of spider silk is equal to roughly 150,000 psi an Elephant weighs roughly 10000 pounds. I have no idea what any of this means.
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AskReddit/d8x0qj9
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583169
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What video can you watch over and over and still crack up laughing?
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That video of that guy playing some video game.i think its a goat and it climbs a ladder. Its a glitch and isnt supposed to happen. The guy playing loses it and cant stop laughing. I comeback to it maybe once a year and it still makes me laugh.
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AskReddit/dbi3pju
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5jq7s1
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Why in Japanese culture do characters say the name of the actions they are doing?
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It comes from the sport kendo, which is essentially swordfighting. In kendo you have different strikes and the participants are supposed to declare their intent to perform a specific one before they do it. A lot of aspects of kendo are quite deeply ingrained in the japanese culture with regards to fights so the practice carried over.
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AskReddit/dewtnod
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5zb9gn
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What is the worst case of "one upping" you've ever witnessed?
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I went to Africa to volunteer as a nursing student, and one of the teachers who came along was maybe a few years older than me. She was overly controlling and your typical one upper. At one point, we went into underground caves. Everyone was exploring and taking pictures. The teacher starts barking at everyone to get back up to ground level after 5 minutes. I told her to relax. because when else will we get to be in a cave? She literally responds, "I've been in 7 caves." I think my response was, "Of course you have, Karen." This was all trip. Me: "I need to convert some cash, I only have 50,000 shillings left." Karen: "I only have 20,000 left." Whatever, Karen.
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explainlikeimfive/dl7p0q5
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6rtsk5
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Why do spam bots use such poor quality images?
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One possibility is that they are fake images. There are programs that can take a text input like "Hilary punching a baby" and generate an image of exactly that based on general AI principles and some sample sets. But they aren't that good at HD images, and they produce noise. I'm sure they'll be photorealistic videos in 5 years. Most likely though it's just to save money on bandwidth. Spam bots are a high-volume low-margin business and they need to save pennies where they can.
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AskReddit/etnnhop
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ccl8k2
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What are some tips for getting songs out of your head?
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My father recently told me that most of the time, we get things stuck in our heads when they’re unfinished. In other words, whatever song is stuck in your head, find a quiet space and listen to it from beginning to end. It’s always worked for me. (I’m 90% sure that if you have a song stuck in your head, it’s only 1 certain line or lyric that repeats itself in your head, as soon as you hear the full song it’ll stop repeating). At least, that’s how I’ve experienced it. Let me know if you’re different.
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explainlikeimfive/cyzkcaq
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414ogf
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How are news outlets and online articles able to be so misleading and sometimes downright wrong with their stories?
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Back up a bit and imagine a government body who's job is to decide what is and isn't true, and to censor or fine news agencies that it believes are wrong. A) It would be incredibly unconstitutional, as freedom of the press is a critical right that we all have. B) Consider the possibility of abuse. Is it staffed by people? If yes, then its entirely possible that they'll bring in their own biases, and start shutting down points of view that they disagree with. C) What is true or false. We can all think of blatant examples, as that's easy. Where do you draw the line. Could an organization be punished for a mistake? How about a matter of opinion, which much of the news media focuses on. Are you willing to give a government agency the ability to silence reporters because their opinions are "wrong," or because the person they're interviewing is wrong about something. Such a thing could never be safely or effectively implemented in a free country.
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explainlikeimfive/ccgvbkw
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1nak68
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Why are we offended by swear words?
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Swear words are defined by a given society to express anger or strong emotion. The most direct answer is that a person is offended by swear words because, like most emotional reactions, they choose to be. This choice is typically made because they accept these words the language of their society has defined as insulting, rude, vulgar, obscene, obnoxious, foul, or even desecrating or blasphemous as being such.
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AskReddit/dcx6btk
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5q8flj
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How difficult would it be for the Trump administration to eliminate regulatory agencies, such as the EPA, or repeal Acts of Congress, like the National Environmental Policy Act?
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Trump has stated that he wants to eliminate regulations by 75%, whatever that means. Many of these regulations are tied to things like the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, NEPA, etc. Given that he has a sympathetic House and Senate, how easy is it to actually dismantle these long standing statutes?
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AskReddit/cv3obwe
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3l6s6j
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What movie line can you quote word for word?
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"Will you look into the mirror?" "What will I see?" "Even the wisest cannot tell. For the mirror shows many things. Things that were. Things that are. And somethings. That have not yet come to pass." I can quote a lot of scenes from The Lord of the Rings. Just the other day I said "Give them a moment for pity's sake!" just like it is said in the movie and my boyfriend laughed at me.
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AskReddit/cb2fb97
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1i9zth
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What is a small, almost insignificant thing you do to make the world a better place?
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I place pennies heads up on the ground. I always feel better when I find one because of the "find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck" thing. I feel like other people feel just as good when they find good luck pennies as I do. Spread the luck.
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AskReddit/cm0hkbq
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2m2xxs
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What would happen if snow was black instead of white?
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Snowflakes wouldn't really be a thing. The black color would absorb heat, and they'd barely stick around long enough to have a 'winter.' I'm not 100% sure on this, but I imagine they'd form up in the sky, and cause more heat to be absorbed and probably never even make it to the ground. If they did, it'd take just a little bit of sunlight and they'd melt. Beyond that, the implication that either all "ice" is black, or there's something peculiar in the atmosphere that makes snow black. In any case, black snow would mean the Earth (and physics as a whole) would be significantly different than it is now.
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explainlikeimfive/cb3jb0x
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1ie1k9
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Why are all animals symmetric, yet plants are not?
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Actually, not all plants are asymmetrical (think of flowers like the Tiger Lily, or palm trees, or vines, for example), and not all animals are symmetrical (think of sea sponges, or flatfish, or placozoans). And no animal is truly perfectly symmetrical, of course. But I get your point. Some degree of symmetry is important in animals because we have to move around, with a complex nervous system intact. And this is easier when you have a 'central axis', so to speak; a point from which everything else radiates. Also, most of these 'higher' animals simply evolved from common ancestors that happened to be streamlined this way. And so a gene mutation that affects one side would logically impact the other side, too.
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AskReddit/ey57gx4
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cvn1mn
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What do people get wrong almost always about exercising?
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Posture and Form. Seriously. Running and lifting with proper form even for 10-15 min will do you SO much more benefit than jogging for an hour with your shoulders hunched. It took me way too long to learn this. If you genuinely Practice good posture and form while exercising (it will be really hard at first) you will be amazed.
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AskReddit/cdk375p
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1r604p
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Why did you stop believing in Santa Claus?
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It was 5th grade. My parents up until that point had went to great steps to make the myth seem real for my sister and I. If there was snow there would be "sleigh tracks" in the yard. We would always get some corn out of the grain bin for the reindeer, as well as leave cookies & milk out that would be eaten with white beard hair near them the next morning. My sister and I would send letters to Santa Claus with the North Pole as the address and receive replies every year. Well 5th grade came around and I would have been 10 when my father told me while we were feeding cows one morning during Christmas break. It was one of the hardest things I had been old because I felt like my world was crushed and the whole holiday season hasn't been the same ever since.
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AskReddit/c8vcn33
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1a9poq
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Do you ever get over your first love?
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I did. I was devastated when she left too. Lost 30 pounds in 45 days. begged her to come back. Thought my life was over. That was 11 months ago, today. I don't miss her anymore. I did a lot of growing this year, but I can honestly say that i was someone who was deeply in love, got my heart shattered, and is totally over her now.
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AskReddit/cmr619y
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2owlbs
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What's your favourite thing about your life?
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I guess I'd have to say that my favorite thing about my life is that there's nothing wrong with it. I don't live a very glamorous lifestyle but the fact that I'm not facing any serious problems makes it a good life to me.
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explainlikeimfive/cq07ew6
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31c4hg
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How did the population of China and India become so large relative to other countries?
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Quick answer: They are large continuous areas of land (meaning one country: Europe has lots of natural borders that divides it up, China and India don't); and large sections of that land are fertile, so they can support lots of people. It doesn't hurt that they both have been growing for a long time (both have histories going back over 3000 years), so by now the population is more or less what the local food supply can support.
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Ask_Politics/d5xhhdd
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4vdfzo
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Could Texas go blue this upcoming election?
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As much as I would love to see it happen, it's pretty doubtful. Still, all four major cities - Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin - are trending blue, and with growing blue turnout on the border in the form of a swelling Hispanic population, it's not unreasonable to think it might happen in the next few election cycles. Maybe.10 years? Not soon enough for me!
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AskReddit/c5h7k3n
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wx44t
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Why do we celebrate birthdays?
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Call your Mom. Birthdays are celebrated backwards. Instead of the birth-person; the mother should be celebrated for bringing you into this world and raising you. You even lived long enough to ask this question. She probably did a pretty good job. Just a thought, but seriously.call your Mom.
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AskReddit/ecyfu2v
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ab8h2j
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What makes you happy?
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Genuinely happy ? Harder to pull off for myself then you would figure. ​ Reading an excellent book - the kind that won't let you sleep until you finish the story. ​ Building a complicated model that you can set up in your office and feel proud about making. ​ Doing an honestly good job on a project, and knowing that it's done well. ​ Walking my Husky around the neighborhood and enjoying the sheer joy of a dog walking around and being friendly. ​ Looking at a fantastic sky, clouds & sunbeams, rainbow colors, and knowing it's something you'll never quite see again, even in your mind. ​ ​
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AskReddit/eix598y
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b34t0g
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What is the wildest thing you've seen or experienced just walking down the street?
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When walking home from work, I saw a couple on a motorcycle get side-swiped by another motorcycle. The man seemed fine, the woman was on the street though, mostly shaken I think? Another guy on a bike tried to chase the hitter down but he apparently got away
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explainlikeimfive/exvq1gh
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culu2z
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Why is there a scientific name and a common name for every animal?
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Because scientific name conveys more information, namely, relations. The latin names weren't invented for the purpose of complicating things up, they were byproduct of other invention (or rather concept), taxonomy - the science of how different animals are related to each other. Everybody knows brown bear is related to black bear because the name points at it, and everybody knows wolf is related to dog because it's very common knowledge, but for example, what's the relation between cabbage, turnipand radish? Each scientific name has two or more parts. First word is "genus". All animals sharing that part are very closely related (like wolf and dog). Second word is species. SHaring that part means the belong to same species and can reproduce. There can be more words - for subspecies and for other subdivisions, like cultivars with plants. I don't think there are any cases of scientific name longer than 4 words. And as for "confusing" part. well, that's because you don't know latin. It's a language like any other, if you don't know it then words sound gibberish, if you know it, then they don't, kind of obvious. And if you know latin, the scientific names drop all the mystique and high air, because they are usually common names like dog, wolf, bug, and so on, with other words being very descriptive. like black, big, "with longer ears" or in many cases "common" "typical". It's just different language.
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explainlikeimfive/d1ul0hi
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4dv0bk
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Why do bananas make fruit ripen faster?
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Bananas are medium-level producers of ethylene compared with kiwi fruit, for example, which produce more. But because bananas are large, and often you'll have a bunch of them in your fruit bowl, they can appear to be the cause of other fruits ripening. Ethylene gas is also used commercially to ripen bananas.
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AskReddit/c7k23r5
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157ytk
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What's your most embarrassing story that you wish had never happened?
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It's probably not my worst (I can never pin down the worst), but I can still feel this one. When I was about eleven, I gave a noogie to an unknown girl in my therapist's waiting room because she looked like my mom from the back (Mom and I had a strange relationship--this would've been an acceptable greeting), then completely froze when I realized what had happened. I've been particularly hesitant to identify people from behind ever since. I've got to see a face, or who knows who this person might be.
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