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AskReddit/d2kw95k
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4guls1
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What is the most awkward experience you've had at work with a fellow employee/employer?
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I used to work at a hospital in a large city and the parking situation was atrocious. For those of us who started at 7am, it was common practice to get to work at 6am and wait and/or sleep in your car for that extra hour. One day I was late, so I arrived about 6:45am. I lucked out, though, and managed to find a parking spot. As I backed in, my headlights shined directly into a truck in which a man was trying to sleep. He proceeded to get out of his car, swear at me, and flip me off. I recognized the man as he was the only locksmith in the hospital. I called the department supervisor and filed a complaint against the man. Later that afternoon, I locked myself out of my office and had to call the locksmith. It was terribly awkward for both of us.
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AskReddit/c0ni14c
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bmgyb
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Do you or did you consider your virginity to be extremely special?
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I'm 26 now, male, and over the years have valued my virginity to varying degrees. As it stands now, I am going to meet someone very special to me very soon (met on internet) and they are also a virgin, and I hope we can lose our virginity together. and perhaps spend the rest of our lives together. So yeah, I value my virginity A LOT right now, because otherwise I wouldn't have the opportunity to share something so wonderful with another person. Call me lame, but that's my story.
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AskHistorians/d1s050p
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4dgrd0
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When the Carolingian Empire was partitioned, why did the German part inherit the "empire" title, while the French part only became a kingdom?
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Traditionally, it was the king of Italy (king of the Lombards) the one to get the imperial crown, because of his proximity to the Pope. For this reason it was customary, starting with Charlemagne in 744 up to Charles V in 1530 to get the Iron Crown in Pavia or Milan first, and then the Imperial one in Rome. The reason why most of the emperors were actually German is due to geopolitical factors. It all started with Otto I and then a lot of people turned out to be quite hapoy with the solution, so that after a time it became an institution to have a German king as king of Italy and Emperor. Having Italian kings was out of the question because of opposition from the Popes and various local powers who enjoyed having a ruler who lived faraway: there were attempts by local nobility to claim until the 11th century, but external and internal opposition proved stronger. The French kings could have staked a claim to the Italian and Imperial crowns, but they stopped doing so in the 10th century and focused on their own realm. Note that Germany still remained a kingdom within the Empire. It was only in the 12th century that people started to consider the German king Emperor by default (this was a big controversy, though), so that gradually the German kingdom idea was abandoned and whoever the Germans elected as their ruler would be considered the legitimate elected Emperor. It was only in the 16th century, though, that Maximilian I broke the taboo and called himself emperor all his life without even visiting Rome to be crowned.
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AskReddit/d4402hg
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4nhsu9
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What is the most French thing that you've ever seen?
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In the Dordogne Valley, we stayed in a great little town that most tourists never see called Daglan. Cute little town that has one of everything. including one fine-dining restaurant. Mrs. 1LW and I went there one beautiful summer night, and dined at an outdoor table (mais bien sur). As soon as we sat down, the owner's dog came out and laid down at my feet.and spent the entire evening there. Across the little cobble street from the restaurant was an old townhouse, with beautiful flower baskets outside. Throughout our meal, which lasted maybe 2-1/4 hours, we watched the owner of that townhouse painstakingly preen over every square inch of those baskets.while Hugo the dog snored on my feet. And at the end of the meal, everyone except us busted out their cigarettes and started smoking. "This is literally the most French thing ever," I said. My wife stifled a laugh, nodded and finished her armagnac.
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AskReddit/dzb363l
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8kwlx4
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What tip helped you get better at singing or playing your instrument?
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Singing-wise, have fun. Keep singing along with those songs. Find your range, stuck with that range. Once confident, that's when you change your range. Instrument-wise, keep playing. Have fun while you're at it.
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AskReddit/eqnz026
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byvu29
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What's the weirdest thing you have experienced whilst high?
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me and my friend were laughing at either some kinda of garden fork or a spade in a B&Q because it was the closest store to us, we were literally just stood horizontally to each other facing forward at the items and we were just laughing our heads off it was so weird and I just wanted to know what stone-me thought was so funny about that? also that was the first time I got high
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askscience/c3l0hkw
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oyb4t
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Does Jupiter have enough gravity at its solid core to to cause a noticeable time dilation effect?
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Jupiter's core is only 15 or so times the mass of the earth, so its gravity is nothing spectacular - there would be little more time dilation than there is here. As for the material surrounding the core, its gravitational pull cancels out if you are below it (this is true for any shell of mass) so the fact that Jupiter is tremendous has no effect. The pressure down there, of course, would be very high - but that doesn't cause time dilation.
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askscience/dxw8lyn
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8e7sbo
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Can any animal, other than humans, be diagnosed with ASD (autism spectrum disorder)?
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In mouse models some of my colleagues do use behavioural tests to characterize autism-like disorder, such as if they'd rather socialize with a new mouse or an object instead, and other things like that. Obviously the etiology of the disease is different in animals than in humans, but thats not to say that mouse models of autism cannot be useful for research. Its well known that behavioural changes in animals are predictive of risk of human neurobehavioural disorders. Its not just using mice though, I know of one paper that used a zebrafish behaviour assay in which researchers measured how far they would swim after being stimulated to light. They ran this test on zebrafish that were exposed to a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals during the embryonic stage at different doses. Higher doses impaired swimming behaviour, and it was also a dose that was associated with higher risk of autism in a human population in which they had collected information on in-utero exposures. I know this gets a bit away from autism specifically, but the general idea is that: Yes, animal behavioural assays can be used in research on autism and neurodevelopment.
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Ask_Politics/ctfu7gp
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3dwxyk
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How can Tamil Eelam achieve independence?
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Palestine is an important case study on this: 1) Being able to express internal sovereignty/control. The LTTE accomplished this over much of the territory claimed. This is done through the creation of institutions and/or state structure that can enforce laws, borders, taxes, tariffs etc. The military occupation is meant to prevent this until demographically it becomes impossible to create a Tamil administrative structure democratically. Almost any independent Tamil civil structure would be a step in this direction. 2) International recognition of sovereignty and/or external expressions of sovereignty/control. Much of the Diaspora is working towards this by de-legitimizing Sri Lankan control of the North and Eastern provinces, aka Eelam. The Sri Lankan state is trying to counter this by delaying the international Genocide investigation and completing minor electoral reforms. Palestine is an interesting example in that Hamas has gained full internal control of Gaza so that Israel can't enter without a full blown war; but Hamas lacks external international recognition. In the West Bank the Palestinian Authority has a lot of international recognition but no real internal control as everything is either vetted or vetoed by Israel's occupation. The PA was forever hamstrung by having to negotiate what it could control and couldn't control, for example Israel refuses to allow the PA to organize a standing army now or in the future. Recently both the PA and Hamas of curtailed their fratricidal struggle and have joined together in sidestepping the obstructionist Israel and quartet and is lobbying for international sovereign recognition with various international 'states' and bi-lateral organisations. Israel's occupation is now truly numbered.
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AskReddit/cubx77m
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3hzemy
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Does anyone get days where you can not get out of bed, mentally and physically?
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I suffer of the same thing to a lesser degree, the two things that works for me are: 1: Exercise regular as I feel this reduces the days I can't get out of bed significant. 2: Spend time with friends and people you enjoy. You won't feel better by being alone all the time just worse, and if you can't get yourself out of the bed let your friends help you out of the bed. P.s hope this helps sorry for any bad English
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AskReddit/c0c4wzz
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9bj7y
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What would you do if you had all the free time in the world?
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This last year or so I've had a lot of free time, and at the onset I thought I'd start working out more, fix the house up a bit, do some volunteer work, maybe get back into cycling/hiking/kayaking, & expand the garden. It turns out, however, that I'd do the bare minimum around the house then lurk on reddit and watch tv. So I guess I'm not of too much use here, but I can at least say that doing nothing outside is always better then doing nothing inside.
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explainlikeimfive/c77obhm
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13w2iw
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Is mankind interfering with the evolution of other species or are we just part of it?
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Well evolution is about species changing over a long time based on their environment. We're certainly a part of their environment and so they adapt to fit us just as we have adapted to fit them. Viruses (like the flu) evolve just fine within their environment and manages to prosper extremely well by infecting and spreading among humans. Is this "interference"? I don't know. Cows on the other hand have gotten lazier, and less capable of defending themselves because we've forced the ones that are more delicious or could produce more dairy to breed. Is this "interference"? I don't know. It's all a matter of perspective though. If humans are considered something completely outside of "nature" then the natural process of evolution is interfered with when we interact with it. If we're part of nature then we must be part of it's natural process of evolution as well.
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AskReddit/d1z6fh9
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4edki9
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What's the strangest town you've ever visited?
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I traveled through Wyoming one summer. I can't remember the name of the town, but it was small enough that everyone knew I didn't belong. I got gas and then went to a small restaurant. I thought for sure I was going to be taken out back and beaten by the other guys in the restaurant. They were talking loudly about "the outsider" and kept looking at me. It was really strange and terrifying.
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AskReddit/c8ml0fw
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19bsvq
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What are some of humanities greatest inventions that were discovered by accident?
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Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming by accident. Apparently he went on vacation one day without cleaning up his work station, and when he came back he noticed a greenish-blue mold, which was Penicillin.
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AskReddit/dvz8kud
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85prnt
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What is your idea for a movie/tv show?
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Ok, so it’s a movie, and all of the trailers show it’s a super cheesy rom com, and it comes out near valentines, but the trailer only shows the first 10 minutes, after which it becomes a terrifying horror movie. First you get the rom com crowd, then you get everyone else because they heard it becomes a horror movie
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AskReddit/cmo0272
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2okevo
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Why do people who manage to live a rich full life with a physical disability get called "heroes" and "inspirations" but those who do the same with a mental illness get little recognition of the handicap they have fought?
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In addition to simply not being able to see it, so many people can't comprehend how extreme a real mental illness really is. "I have to keep my DVDs alphabetized! I'm so OCD!" No, that's not what OCD is. Not even close. "You're depressed? Everybody gets depressed. Just snap out of it and cheer up." No, you're thinking of "sad". That's what everybody feels sometimes. Sadness is when life's level path becomes a steep hill. Depression is when that hill turns into a mountain.
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AskReddit/ddwbwev
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5uraw7
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Who were/are your imaginary friends?
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I have long been obsessed with mythology, and while Greek and Roman stories were my favorites, I always loved the images out of Egypt. So I had a green and black scarab as an imaginary friend/pet cause I thought they were cool.
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explainlikeimfive/cmu0jpx
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2p7brn
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How did there become such a big language difference between the countries of Europe when they are so close?
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Actually most European languages are related to one another. Nearly all languages belong to the Indo-European language family (all Germanic, Romance, Slavic, as well as others). A few belong to the Uralic family. There are very few other languages in Europe that don't belong to either of those two groups. Also some languages are so close that they are understandable or nearly understandable (intelligible) with one another. For example Norse, Swedish and Danish are very close. So are Spanish and Portuguese. Or Russian/Belorussian and Ukrainian. In comparison, there are places in the world where there are hundreds of separate and probably completely unrelated languages which exist in a total area not much greater than the territory of France.
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AskReddit/cngznxi
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2rld5u
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What did the "weird kid" do at your school?
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We had this kid who would hang out with the skaters (who are stereotypically pretty small and skinny), but this kid was HUGE. Anyway, he was horsing around with one of his shrimpy friends one time and threw him through the window of the school library.
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AskReddit/dj3nsqu
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6i5qah
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How does Japan manage to have a lower per capita incarceration rate than the USA, despite its stricter drug laws and 99% conviction rate?
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Criminal laws in all countries typically have many goals, including deterrence, punishment or rehabilitation. Japan's laws and its culture fosters deterrence over punishment, I imagine.
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AskHistorians/dcxoimf
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5q4r3r
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Why were artisans often lower than peasants in social hierarchies?
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Speaking in the American and (most of) the European traditions, I know of no time when artisans were looked down upon in any overarching way. Is it possible that you're confusing artisans with merchants? It is true that many merchants were looked own upon by the upper echelons of European society as the merchant class rose to challenge the authority of the landed gentry.
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AskReddit/cybdsq7
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3y8df6
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What was the biggest sports event that was rigged?
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Even as a kid, I always kinda figured the subway series in MLB was rigged so that it would happen. Well, pretty much only as a kid, could care less now. (Edit: Because it seemed suspicious the crazy number of world-series the Yankees had been winning, so why not pit them against their close, underdog rivals at a pivotal year for ratings and whatnot.)
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askscience/c20egzo
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i2ot7
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Do light waves produce a sound?
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Well the transmission of sound isn't just any wave. It's a wave of pressure or displaced molecules (both waves exist simultaneously, molecules move and cause variations in pressure, variations in pressure cause molecules to move). Light is a wave of electric fields and magnetic fields (and similarly, variations in electric field causing magnetic field, and variations in magnetic field causing electric fields).
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explainlikeimfive/cg3t4nb
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20jcsh
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What do the 3rd, 2nd and 1st dimension look like in 4 dimensional space?
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Flat is a good a word as any since it's one of the few ways we can even attempt to visualize it. If you imagine two 2D circle creatures living on a sheet of paper, they can see only a small amount of one another. In order to see all of one creature's surface, the other creature would have to walk around him, or ask him to spin. Obviously they would never see inside each other unless one of them opened up and accidentally became a line. But looking down at them, you - a 3D creature - can see all sides of them - their entire circumference, both inside and out. Likewise, us 3D creatures can only see one side of another 3D creaure at a time, and usually only the outside. If a creature who lived in 4 space-like dimensions were looking at you, he could see both your face and the back of your head, both your outside and insides at the same time.
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AskReddit/cu72jji
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3hfrb5
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What's your favourite movie that most of us wouldn't have even ever heard of?
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The Secret of Kells Based around Irish folklore, and done in one of the most beautifully unique art styles I've ever seen. If you can find it online, definitely watch it. Edit: Ok wow, did not expect the incredible response from all of you. Firstly, I notice a LOT of you recommend Song of the Sea as well. I haven't seen it, but when I get some free time I'll try my best to find it! Second, apparently the film is much more well-known than I'd assumed. I really just thought that no one would have heard about it, but that's probably due to the fact that I don't have Netflix, so I didn't see it get advertised anywhere. Still a cracking film though.
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AskReddit/calv4nu
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1gnc2v
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What is something that should be taught in high school, but isn't?
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How to pay bills How to buy a house How to manage money How to open a bank account Basically life skills. It amazes me how kids aren't taught life skills like this but are taught how to divide surds.
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AskReddit/ev4js0c
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cieyix
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Who is that one stranger that you will never forget?
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A woman who hugged me randomly, told me to keep my chin up and to stay positive after I'd walked out of the doctor upset from some pretty bad news. I didn't have close family or friends to call to talk to about it so a random act of kindness from a stranger meant the world to me at the time.
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AskReddit/ch5f627
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24b9r5
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What is the weirdest thing you've witnessed at a mall?
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I work in a mall. One of the strangest things that happened outside of my store was the old lady who made her young (I'm assuming) grandson pee in her mcdonalds soft drink cup, replace the lid and put it in the flower planter beside her. We called mall security and watched two of them play "rock, paper, scissors" to determine who would have to confront her. Pretty funny.
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explainlikeimfive/dw4qqkq
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86fymd
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Why can't people just make hard drives with the amount of space they want?
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Because there are physical limits to how many individual bits you can cram onto a hard drive platter? If you're talking about why they tend to be some scale multiple times a power of 2 it's because addressing spaces like that works nicely in computers and so the standards that companies use were built around that idea. Once you get to the virtual side of things there is absolutely nothing stopping you from designating a virtual partition of whatever weird size you want within a kB or so.
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explainlikeimfive/ca9iqv8
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1fdgsd
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Why is yawning so contagious?
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If anyone gives an answer that doesn't have in there somewhere "We don't actually know for certain", then that person is lying or (more likely) misinformed. Because we don't know. We don't even know what yawning does or why we do it. We've got a bunch of different theories and from what I understand, the brain cooling one is currently popular, but nothing overwhelming to suggest that's actually what is going on. Also, some studies suggest that Dogs are susceptible to human yawning. Keep in mind that dogs are one of the few (if not only) non-human animals that can read human facial expressions.
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AskReddit/cd6actz
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1pudka
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What do you think is the most realistic end of the world scenario?
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The sun depletes its reserves of hydrogen fuel and expands into its red giant phase, engulfing the earth. This is nearly 100% likely to happen in several billion years and would literally end the world itself and not just the life that resides upon it. The only things that could prevent this are A: something else destroying the planet before then or B: the earth drifting significantly from the sun before it enters the red giant phase.
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AskReddit/d3t6b15
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4m7cqd
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What's the weirdest thing you were caught doing in your home while thinking no one else was in your home?
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Getting my self esteem on. Before a job interview or a big test, or something else I will stand in front of the mirror and flex or do a superhero pose. There's evidence to support that power poses actually can help boost testosterone or something sciency that has to do with confidence, in addition to words of affirmation. Anyway I'm in the middle of this "thinking man" pose when I hear "you might want to close your window" from somewhere below. I whirl around and see our attractive neighbor lady outside smoking a cigarette. And yeah that's the only conversation that we ever had.
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AskHistorians/cg1qo6a
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20bs4f
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How did Islam spread so quickly?
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Islam spread quickly because the Islamic state was initially able to expand very quickly. The Middle East at the time was ruled by the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Persians, who had exhausted each other fighting a series of devastating wars that left them with no real capacity for defense when the united Arab Muslims arrived in force. The Byzantines were also ruthless enforcers of Christian orthodoxy. "Heretical" Christianities like Nestorianism had a large following in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, and these populations welcomed the Muslims as liberators, often collaborating with them. Religion typically follows empire, not necessarilly because of forced conversion, but because it allows cultural exchange through trade, colonization, and the presence of garrisons in the cities. Empires also support and legitimate their state religion, giving it a stronger public presence and creating social and economic incentives to convert, such as the jizya tax on non-Muslims. Christianity heavily benefited from these factors, it just used Rome's existing imperial structure instead of building its own. Later, like other religions, Islam spread quickly through trade along the Silk Road in Central Asia and the sea routes in the Indian Ocean and SE Asia.
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explainlikeimfive/c78q2nc
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13zwuz
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Why is it not in America's and Israel's interest that Palestine become an independent state?
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Palestine will gain access to international courts, and much of Israel's activities would be deemed illegal. With strictly defined borders, Israel would be unable to continue to encroach territory, and keep pushing settlements further out. A united Palestine gives the people something to rally behind. Every time Israel "mows the lawn" and invades Gaza, they'd be invading a sovereign nation.
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AskReddit/eqixdgr
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bylj1s
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What’s your high school crush doing now?
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She's a lesbian who actively bashes straight people, doesn't shave her armpits and is very open about that, and joined some kind of non profit organization for kids, and she's very weird now. But I did get to bang her sister a lot right out of high school so that was fun.
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AskReddit/c0d45hc
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9k803
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Is there anything we can actually DO about the right wing crazies?
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>Sometimes watching how insane these people are, and how much media coverage they get, I get worried. Consider the source. Who stands to benefit by having right-wing crazies plastered all over the media? > I worry about the hysteria spreading and ruining any chance we have of the USA moving forward in any way for many years. So why spread more? > It has to stop. How, exactly? Pass a law? Restrict some freedoms? That's like pouring water on their little pile of sodium. Things are far too polarized as it is. If you feel yourself getting too caught up in it, dial it back down to zero, rather than going exponential.
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AskReddit/cl40cyc
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2iooqz
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Are you registered as a organ donor?
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I am an organ donor since I was 16. My father was always against it, because he said that it is hard to define when a person is dead and you never know if they still feel something or could come back. It actually is a philosophically probmlematic thing to define the point of death because it isn't a point but a process. Nevertheless, I'm an organ donor, because in this one case I'm pragmatic and want to help more than I want to focus on a theoretic problem.
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AskReddit/dqiumqc
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7ggcby
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How did you meet you SO?
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I switched schools midway through high school, and my mom and I were grocery shopping at like 11:00 pm the summer before my new school. Our cashier was friendly, and we said we'd hang out (I was trying to make new friends), and I met their sibling when I went over to their house. The three of us were all friends through high school, lost touch in college. The sibling and I reconnected through AIM, randomly, realized we'd both liked each other since high school, and have been together for 3.5 years now.
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AskReddit/ea3exfw
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9yr6sx
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What is something you did or discovered "before it was cool" / became popular, and now it annoys you when people follow trend ?
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I loved and followed the band disturbed for almost 4 years before they became popular where i live. I tried introducing people to them, playing their music at school and such. 4 years later everyone was listening to them but only listened to the top 3 songs and eventually moved on. Bandwagons are so strange.
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AskHistorians/cpe5bcf
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2ywjgt
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What caused the resurgence of the fascist movement in Italy in the 1980s?
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There is a profound disconnect between the title of your post and the group you mention. The Red Brigades were a Marxist terrorist group active in Italy from the 70's into the 80's in their original form and structure. Attacks have been carried out in the Red Brigades' name up until 2002. As a group, they were certainly the most famous and prominent in a quite varied Galaxy of terrorist groups mainly from the left but also from the right operating in Italy in what the Italians call "the years of lead". What baffles me is that they were totally not fascist and they were not even that active in Bologna. The Red Brigades were mostly active in Milan, Genoa and Rome. The latter because center of Italy's political power, the first two because the strong industrial base made them the natural place to recruit and to find support in the huge factory workers' population. Bologna was "attacked" quite savagely from neofascist terrorist who blew up the main railway station in the summer of 1980. A neofascist group was accused of having carried out the attack, but denied any involvement and to this day many Italians would not be surprised if you'd venture the idea that the attack was orchestrated by State in what Italians called "strategy of tension", basically a theory that postulated that the state carried out attacks to foster its emergency powers which were vast at the time. Italy was riddled with killings, kidnappings, and bomb attacks at the time and the news that an Italian terrorist was arrested by the Brazilian police was on today's news, at least the BBC. For sources there is a ton of stuff in Italian if you have learnt it from your parents. Otherwise, see if you can find "The Red Brigades: A Farewell to Arms," from Xavier Raufer Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 16, No. 4, October-December 1993 even though is centered on the final phase.
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AskReddit/edak9wt
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actasp
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What's a nightmare you have had that you remember vividly to this day?
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I was around 5 years old standing in my back yard. All my family was there, and in the tree line there was a man in a black cloak with no face. He starts to walk over to me, then grabs my hand, and starts to take me away. When I'm screaming for my family to help, my mother says "I'm sorry Joseph, he has your key, there's nothing we can do." and I just get pulled away into the woods before I wake up. I have no idea why that scared me so much, or why I remember it so clearly to this day.
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AskReddit/evn4pgo
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ckgptf
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What is something that finally gave you hope for your future?
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While all us adults were arguing, gen Z just decided a gay, black, country music, tiktok rapper was what they really needed, like - all day on repeat for 17 weeks and counting. I have hope for the future again.
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AskReddit/c6c4ide
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10byem
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What are some stories you have about rising up from a low point in your life?
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One day at a time. I've had a couple extremely low points in my life but I'm doing okay right now. Life's never going to be perfect I think, but just keep putting one foot in front of the other and you'll get to a more enjoyable part of life eventually.
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AskReddit/c0f1b14
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9ygsg
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What would your Utopian society be like?
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I don't desire a Utopian society. I'm reminded of Shigalyov from Dostoevsky's novel, Demons, who, starting his political philosophy with the idea of unlimited freedom, concludes with unlimited despotism -- the logical end-point of all Utopianism.
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AskReddit/cgi80v1
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220j14
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What is the one piece of advice you'd give a 13 year old to make their teen years easier?
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Recognize your feelings and introspection are hormones. Everything seemed so dramatic and intense and self focused at that age and if you can get out of your head you'll get through it easier. Realize everyone is a mess at 13 and even when everyone around you looks like they're in control nobody knows what they're doing either!
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AskHistorians/dgfuvuc
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665ehr
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Why did land warfare shift to favor cavalry in the Medieval Age?
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Western Europe is heavily forested during the Medieval period, without the ready availability of horses enjoyed by, say, Steppe peoples. As such, maintaining a cavalry force requires stabling and infrastructure and horse breeders, and so for much of the early Medieval period, small kingdoms rely largely on infantry levies while heavy cavalry remains the prerogative of larger states like the Carolingian Empire. Heavy shock cavalry are an incredibly effective weapon of war though, and as such were heavily desirable. Otto I, according to Regino of Prüm's Chronicle, paid off raiding Magyars for many years until he was able to construct a series of fortifications throughout Germany, consolidate political control and properly train and equip his mounted loricati. They showed their value at the battles of Lechfeld and Recknitz when they utterly routed the light cavalry forces of the Magyars and the Wends who had traditionally been able to outmanouevre infantry forces. Cavalry are also able to control a wider area than infantry by virtue of their greater mobility, as you suggested, allowing a smaller cavalry force to patrol an area that would have previously required a more substantial infantry garrison. (Bartlett, The Making of Europe; Charles-Edwards, After Rome.)
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AskReddit/c0emcyo
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9vccp
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Where do you find happiness?
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i enjoy every night spent trying to convince friend's mom into sending me nude pics edit: too impatient to wait to reply >> Jobs, relationships, recreation. I have no job, I have no g/f (obviously), I have no life (obviously) I find happiness in the "thrill of the hunt". Hey- you asked, meatbag.
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AskReddit/cw0jua6
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3ouj4f
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If you didn't have to sleep ever again, what would you do with that extra time?
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Just me or everyone else too? Just me - enjoy some alone time. Peace and quiet away fron the kids If everyone - desperately try to find a way to entertain two toddlers an extra 10 hrs a day. ohgodthatwouldsucksobad.
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AskReddit/dystifa
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8im2ty
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What (stupid) quote/line of movies, songs, somebody said etc. has been stuck in your head (for years)?
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For me, there is this incredible stupid line, that's now been stuck for years in my head: One day, I was walking and I found this big log. Then I rolled the log over and underneath was a tiny little stick. And I was like, "that log had a child"
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askscience/c1wjstl
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hmcff
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Are yearly vaccinations for pets really necessary?
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There is a small movement among academic vets that I have heard of, but I don't know any specifics about most of the diseases. Several states now only require rabies every three years and it is likely that other vaccinations will follow suit. From what I do know of these vaccines, they should last a few years at least.
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AskReddit/ev95qda
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citxoj
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What's your local community's environmental disaster story?
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Well, in Brasil we had two major barrages breaking and flooding two cities in the state of Minas Gerais, a HUGE environmental disaster with international repercutions that i dont think had much covery abroad
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askscience/c340277
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mus9o
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If black holes are so powerful that not even light can escape, how is it possible that they emit xray/gamma rays?
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The X-rays are emitted by infalling matter just outside the event horizon, not by the black hole itself. Edit: black holes are also theorized to emit Hawking radiation, but this has never been directly observed.
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AskReddit/c0dily0
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9nhd4
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Why is Mormonism considered a cult, when other comparable religions (e.g. Catholicism) are not?
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Ex-mormon here. I don't think mormonism is a cult, really. And to be fair, the definition of "cult" has always been kind of vague. But in my view, mormonism certainly does have more "controls" in place than catholicism to ensure your compliance. Here are some of the levels of control: Control of your time - between "callings", visiting teaching, home teaching, relief society, primary, cub scouts, young womens events, homemaking night, family home evening, and three hours of sunday services -- it basically turns itself into an all-consuming activity so you have no opportunity to do anything else. Control of thought - members who read what is considered "anti-mormon" literature or who express viewpoints that are not mainstream are censored and frequently excommunicated. Once a month, fast and testimony meetings are held and members are encouraged to go to the pulpit and declare their belief that the faith is true. Control of action - there are many instances in the LDS church where mormons are conditioned to not question because the person in question speaking directly on behalf of God. Specifically, it is taught that the prophet speaks on God's behalf and is incapable of leading anyone astray. He should be followed "as a sheep". Similarly, in temple recommend interviews, members are told that the interviewer represents Jesus and they should answer all questions accordingly. Many more instances of this throughout the faith. Control over physical appearance -- Temple-worthy members are required to wear underwear day and night. Men are not allowed to wear facial hair or long hair. Women are not allowed to have multiple piercings. Financial control -- LDS members are denied entrance into the temple (and thus into heaven) unless they tithe 10% of their annual income. Control over youth -- All mormon males must go on a self-funded 2 year mission to preach the gospel at age 18. During this time, they have no life but the church. When they return, they must marry as quickly as they possibly can. Control over social influences - Mormons who leave the faith (as I did) are largely ostracized. Mormons believe in eternal families -- families that stay together forever in heaven. So when a family member leaves the faith, it basically means that they will not see him in the afterlife. Which creates massive angst and tension in this life. Control over diet - The infamous Word of Wisdom that prohibits consumption of tobacco, alcohol, coffee, tea, and even prescribes diet to some extent. This is taken so seriously that being caught having a cup of coffee at Starbucks is akin to being caught having an affair. I could go on, but you probably get the idea. I'm sure Catholicism has its own system of control, but I don't think it's anywhere near this extreme, and most Catholics don't take it all that seriously.
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AskReddit/ejbvyb8
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b591im
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How are Colleges in the USA able to keep tuitions so high and why are books still so expensive despite us being in the Age of Technology, where most books are accessible online for free?
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Colleges are able to keep tuition and expenses high because of predatory lending trends that mean a 17/18 year old can accept massive loans to pay for college. Additionally, expensive colleges are a status symbol that award students a certain cultural capital that is seen as worth the future debt. Textbooks are partially extremely expensive because often times professors will write their own texts for the class and then release a 'new addition' which is almost identical to the old one so that the textbook serves as a second income for them.
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AskReddit/eykdvza
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cxd42p
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Was college/university worth it to you, why or why not?
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Yes, absolutely. So much so, that I stayed for my masters and plan to do my PhD next year. I did my Bachelors in Biotechology, and my M.Phil in Med Biotech, and the sheer volume of knowledge, networking and connections, and practical experience I gained through university simply cannot be exaggerated. There is no other route to the level of specialised teaching and experience that university offers, if you have the nature and opportunity to do it. I also met my lovely girlfriend through my masters degree, so even disregarding the rest of it, it was worth it.
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AskReddit/e8nv5x0
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9sd5ra
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When does an explanation become an excuse?
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If it attempts to shift blame, it's more likely an excuse. "The project is late because I misjudged the time needed" -explanation "The project is late because my computer kept crashing and the supplier didn't get the specifications to me in time"- kind of an explanation, more of an excuse
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AskReddit/cfba561
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1xh51z
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Why are manual cars not very popular in America?
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By removing the need to manually shift gears automatic cars provide a level of abstraction that many Americans (such as myself) find preferable. It's the difference between using Linux and Windows--sure, you could do everything manually by why bother if all you really want is to use Facebook (or drive to work)?
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AskReddit/ds5ky7b
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7nz32q
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What's a product that is worth spending a little extra money to just get the good version?
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Champagne. Cheap "champagne" is beyond awful, and it the reason that a lot of people "don't like champagne". A bottle of even the moderately good stuff ($30) is so much better that it is well worth the extra cost.
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AskReddit/c4rm0m9
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u1vfv
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What's so bad about getting food stamps?
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The bad thing is that some (not all!) people abuse them. They are abused when people buy necessities with food stamps, then buy cigarettes and McDonald's with the left over money they save. Food stamps are supposed to allow you to save that money and work your way out of poverty; they are not supposed to let you save some money to pay for your smoking addiction.
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AskReddit/ekj0ynv
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bbi5uw
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Do you position yourself before turning the shower on or do you turn it on first and then slowly move into position?
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Well, I move my brothers shower chair out of the shower cuz he broke his leg. Set the shampoo that was on top of that out of the way. Turn on the the shower, let it go and I get undressed. Hop in, when I get out hold the door open and put the shower chair back in, and then put the shampoo and stuff back on top of it for him to use.
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AskReddit/e359y02
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92f5d7
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What was your most awkward encounter with a teacher outside of school?
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I had a teacher I hated in the 5th grade because she refused to let us use the bathroom and always showed favoritism to the more popular kids in class. It was like living in an 80s movie but it was the mid 90s. But, as an adult I realize she was a first year teacher, was only 23, and ended up becoming one of the better and more popular teachers in the district. She was just young and dumb with us and used the bathroom as a way to control the class but learned after our class that wasnt a great thing to do. Later, when I was in my early 20s I had a family member start working at a school and asked me if I knew her. I remember saying "yea, she was my least favorite teacher and I had to cry for her to let me use the bathroom". 2 months later I ended up waiting on her at the restaurant I worked at (was serving tables while going through school) and made a stupid joke about having better teachers, and tried to play it off as being sarcastic while saying "no, really, you were not that bad". She looked like I had kicked her puppy because my aunt had told her what I said, so while the entire table thought I was joking and calling her an awesome teacher she knew I was telling the truth. I will never ever forget the look in her eyes. It would be on thing if she continued to be a horrible teacher but according to my aunt she was nothing like what she was when I was in school and had become an awesome teacher. So even though what I said was true she had worked hard not to be that person anymore. On one hand it felt great letting her know how I really felt, on the other hand I felt horrible for making her feel like that when she had really changed how she treated her students.
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AskReddit/d0mt5dd
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48uq8n
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What is a cover song you like better than the original?
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Feeling Good by Muse. The original is great, but the boomy drums, heavily distorted and octaves bass, it's so interesting to hear a 'heavier' version of a song like that. Also, Lovesong by Jack Off Jill. Pretty much for the same reasons (distortion instead of fuzz, and no octave)
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AskReddit/eta9jxq
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capwnl
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What are the Pros and Cons of Joining the U.S. Military?
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Pros: they pay for your college, they take care of you, and it’s always a good feeling to have people shake your hand and thank you for your service. Cons: you need thick skin and need to get used to a guy screaming in your face. You need to be in decent physical shape. You could potentially die if the country is in a war.
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AskHistorians/ca92vdc
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1fcc21
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When were mirrors first used, and how did they affect people's sense of self?
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One of the first mirrors used was made from obsidian (volcanic glass), in central Mexico. This 'shiny' reflection of ones self within the obsidian was seen as supernatural, and gave a deeper meaning to the people, giving them a " cosmic and earthly identity". Saunders, Nicholas J. "A dark light: reflections on obsidian in Mesoamerica." World Archaeology 33.2 (2001) Saunders, Nicholas J. "Stealers of light, traders in brilliance: Amerindian metaphysics in the mirror of conquest." RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics 33 (1998)
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AskReddit/d933k7j
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58tder
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What is the hardest lesson you had to learn in life?
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Some of the lessons I have learnt so far - Live your present,tomorrow may never come: This moment is the only reality that is - now is all that you have. So don't wait for tomorrow, it may never be the same. Live each moment in full, in kindness and peace, without fear and regret. Love is real: Yes, Love happens and whatever melodrama we see in movies, some of that happens in reality . Failures are lessons that should help us to do better in future: Never regret anything that has happened in your life; it cannot be changed, undone or forgotten. Take it all as lessons learned and move on with grace. Money is truly overrated: It is surely a necessity but not something that will make you happy on all the occasions. So don't just run after money, its nothing more than a lifeless paper that can only buy you some stuff. It won't give your another life to live. It wont. Follow your heart: Don't judge too much, give in to your heart and it will find its way to work out things.If you wish something from all your heart, cosmos puts all its energy behind to ensure you get it. People Change so don't trust someone blindly: Yes, everyone changes. Its a hard fact of life. Nothing stays the same forever. Time is cruel. Time is cruel but it is also the best healer: Time is the best solution to many of our problems but yea not all. Friends and Family, treasure them, give them your time and love: They made you who you are today, so never forget them. Stay in touch, make them happy. Relationships need to be nurtured. Esp. Mom and Dad, love them unconditionally, they are the only people who would never leave you in trouble.
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AskReddit/c7dkdcx
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14jblq
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What is the most money/most expensive thing you have ever held before?
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I wore a $20,000 pair of eye-tracking glasses for an experiment on campus once. More recently I held a $3,000 bridge PCR sequencing tube.
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AskReddit/cw64ppl
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3pgift
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If you were being probed by an Alien, what kind of dirty talk would you expect ?
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"Take this probe human. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. You want me to probe inside of you? Oh yeah human, I'm going to probe you so deep, so hard. You like the way I, uh huh uh huh, probe you? Take this big long probe human, slutty human likes probe don't you. Oh, oh, oh, oh. I just probed all over your face."
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AskReddit/dyh4xql
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8h4zbn
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What’s the craziest thing your pet has ever eaten?
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PSA - Leave Reddit RIGHT NOW and go to YouTube and watch a video on how to do the Heimlich and CPR on your pet At some point over the last year, I saw a video on Facebook about how to give your dog the heimlich maneuver. I didn't think about it again until last Thursday. Our corgi mix, Sully, is an absolute unit. He’s a trash compactor and will eat just about anything. While walking down the driveway that morning, he picked up one of those smooth river rocks that are used in landscaping and, desperate to hold onto what he thought must be a super rare level 100 ultimate snack, tried to swallow it before we could get it out of his mouth. About 10 seconds later, he started choking. At first he was whining and panicking, but he very quickly went silent and was convulsing each time he tried to take a breath. He was sputtering and there was no air coming out or going in through his mouth or nose. I immediately started trying to do what I remembered from the video. It was absolutely terrifying and if I hadn't known what to do, our little corgi sausage would be gone. After about a minute and a half, he went completely limp and I thought that was it. No breathing, not moving, no convulsing or twitching at all. He was completely still, but I could still feel his heart beating. I got him up into the car and after another minute of alternating between sharp blows to his back and upward compressions to his abdomen, the rock came out. He sucked in a couple of breaths and immediately started seizing. My husband was driving and I tried to hold our pup as steady as I could while he had a full body seizure, his eyes wide and rolled back, shaking uncontrollably from head to toe. He has epilepsy and once the seizure subsides, there are side effects, like the aftershocks following an earthquake. He went through those in the car, and then finally "came to" in a complete panic. He had a focal seizure not long after we got to the vet. We spent most of our day at the animal hospital since he usually seizes in clusters, but thankfully, he ended up okay. Please take the time TODAY to check out a video on YouTube of how to give the heimlich to dogs, cats, babies, and young children. It is different for each of them and you never know when you'll be in a situation where you need it.
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AskReddit/dolhqqu
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77fim1
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Why is animal rights/ welfare a topic most people cannot agree on?
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Within eating meat is conflict of the fundamentals we were raised with. Even though none of us would want suffering to come to an animal we care about it is very difficult to apply the same compassion for the animals that we eat on a day to day basis, because we were raised eating and cooking with meat, and it is engrained in our culture. I believe the people who are the most defensive about eating meat are also the most aggressive towards vegans and vegetarians that pose any moral question to the issue, are that way because that issue would threaten their entire world view, as well as the way they see themselves and even go as far as an existential shift of some kind. On the other side, anyone who makes the choice to go vegan, the importance of this issue becomes more and more apparent and it becomes harder and harder to just remain indifferent to the fact hat it is going on. Thanks for the important question, OP!
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explainlikeimfive/dpw3edc
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7d9ep9
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How do bubble boy people with defective immune systems stay alive long enough to get into a bubble without getting sick?
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Obviously the defective immune systems vary to a degree so the "bubble boy" is only the most direst of cases. They may have limited access to places but the short answer is that they rely on something called "herd immunity." In the worst diseases, they are either globally rare or we usually have a vaccine for the bug. Statistically, the lower you keep the total proportion of the population with the disease, the lower the risks of eventual flare ups or mutations, like the difference in danger of wildfire between lighting a match and a campfire in a forest. This is why anti-vaxxers are the worst. They're saying I'm willing to weaken the herd immunity for my own unscientific reasons at the cost of those who truly have no choice to refuse vaccination because they actual have defective immune systems. The average bubble boy gets protected from the disease because we've prevented some the worst afflictions through vaccines such that the literal bubble boy doesn't truly need to exist.
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AskReddit/ciepgfx
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28uw0s
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How hard is it to understand Einstein's relativity theory?
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As far as getting a sense of understanding of special relativity, mathematically, all you need to know is algebra and geometry/trigonometry. My high school physics book had a chapter on it, the Lorentz transformations and Einstein's postulates. Freshman and sophomore college textbooks should also have a chapter on special relativity. These books are everywhere. It's some interesting physics. Crazy to think that time and length are not absolute, and the universe has a speed limit. As far as general relativity, I'll see you in grad school. Edit: ah and the whole mass energy equivalency will need a little knowledge of calculus. Relativistic electromagnetics goes over my head, I'm still in the process of understanding classical electromagnetics.
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explainlikeimfive/drty40e
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7mhfdt
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What’s happening when you roll one window down in a car and get that chopping noise to your ears?
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The air rushing past the open window creates a low pressure inside the car, creating a vacuum effect. The waffling noise is from the fluctuating air pressure.
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AskReddit/caw0j8s
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1hnho4
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If you were tasked with teaching a high school English class, what books would you assign the students to read, and why?
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Heart of Darkness. I had to read it roughly five times to fully understand it, but once I did, it helped me more than ever on future English exams. You can write about pretty much anything with that book (within reason of course). It's some what short and a pretty difficult read, but it was definitely worth it in the end.
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AskReddit/crkccrl
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377l9t
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What is the oldest movie you know that doesn't seem "dated"?
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Sunset Boulevard If you thought meta was a new phenomenon, think again. Tons of Hollywood inside jokes in this one & it has a cynical, modern attitude like Nightcrawler. The only dated part is Norma Desmond as a has-been when she's the same age as Sandra Bullock is today.
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AskReddit/c1cuyn3
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f2unh
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Is there anyone out there that could help me out with Comcast?
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Call the NM attorney general office, most AGs have a consumer assistance program. My state's AG was able to get me some money back from DirecTV, and I'm also eligible for a portion of the state's settlement against them. CC: the VP of Comcast's customer relations department.
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AskReddit/dm80tli
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6wh7dh
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What's the craziest way you've ever "died" in a dream?
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I was a little kid, maybe 7 or 8 years old, and I was having a nightmare. I don't remember a lot of it right now. I know my grandma was babysitting me and my sister, and we were playing tricks on her. But one of the tricks went too far, and we accidentally killed her. It was terrifying. We didn't know what to do. Then my sister wanted to blow up the house to hide it, and put a stick of dynamite in the living room under the couch, where my grandma's body was. That was even worse because I knew that if we didn't have a house to live in, we'd be homeless! And the police would probably be able to tell that it was dynamite! So I grabbed the dynamite and went and threw it outside as fast as I could. But it landed under my dad's car. I was so scared. It was bad enough we had killed my grandma, but now we had blown up my dad's car! I knew that once my parents got home, things were going to be so bad that I couldn't even imagine it. Then I wondered. where did my sister get dynamite? That's not a normal thing to have in the house. And I realized it was a dream. I was still terrified though. If my parents showed up, everything would be more awful than anything ever before.I So I had to wake up. I tried to wake myself up in lots of ways. I splashed water on myself, I bit myself, I hit myself in the head, but nothing worked. Finally I realized. if I died in a dream, I had to wake up, right? So I put went out to the porch, just in case I was wrong (I didn't want to make a mess), and put my hands on the side of my head. I grabbed my head hard and twisted, then pulled upwards. There was a really dizzy feeling and a crunchy sound. Then I woke up! I was still breathing a little hard in bed, but I was also very proud of myself.
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explainlikeimfive/csdudqt
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3am07z
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Why has Canada's population remained fairly low relative to its land mass, economic strength, proximity to the US, etc?
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We have a much smaller total area of good farmland than the US does, for one thing. The US has over seven times the farmland that Canada does. While the total amount of arable land in the US in only about four times what Canada has, a much larger portion of that land is located in climate zones where the growing season is a lot longer and the land itself more productive. A large portion of our land is frozen for much of the year. There's a good reason why almost our entire population (about 90% or so) is located within 150 km of the US border.
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AskReddit/c1j1lam
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fw1zg
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Should Reddit streamline their layout or keep it the same?
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I'm pretty damned happy with reddit's layout as-is. It's unobtrusive, minimalist, and pleasant (to my eyes). When sites (cough Facebook) change their layout too frequently, people often forget how to use certain functions, and the site shifts focus. I'd rather reddit not go that route.
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AskReddit/djcksy4
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6j9lc7
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What method of torture would break you ?
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Depends on what info the torturers wanted. Want to know my bank account info? I'll break easy. There's not much money in there. Want to get information that will allow you to hurt someone I love? Good luck, jack. Also, it's been proven over and over that torture is an ineffective way to get information. People will say anything when tortured, you can't really believe that any of it is true.
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AskHistorians/c72esko
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13b8wz
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How will social media affect primary sources in the future?
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I think it will make it much harder for historians to find authoritative sources. For example, if I were searching for first-hand accounts of what is currently going on in Israel, I would have to go through thousands of people just talking about it. Second, even if I could find a post on the internet about the topic, it would be hard to verify the authenticity of it; it could easily be some teenager in the Midwestern US pretending to be a Palestinian, or whatever.
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AskReddit/enua51u
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bpkjzp
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Why are Brown, Black, and Whtie common last names but no other colors?
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Hair/complexion. A person might be called John White or Jane Brown to distinguish from the other John/Jane Black, gold, silver, and smith come from the professions black(iron) smith, gold smith, silver smith. Green can be used to refer to someone who lived by the village green, or somebody who is youthful and inexperienced, while Gray can refer to the older person whose hair has gone gray.
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AskReddit/dbe6t0r
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5j8o8o
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What positive thoughts or motivation helped you through a job with a negative environment or people?
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When I worked with the public, I wrote down positive thoughts and affirmations on sticky notes and posted them around my huge bathroom mirror at home. Every morning I would read them while I was getting ready for work. I thought it would help start my day off right and put my mind in a positive place. It worked for a while, but if you don't continually update it and put new slogans up, it doesn't work as well.
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explainlikeimfive/dbgqpfm
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5jk3vx
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Why do richer countries always seem to have more depressed/mentally ill people than poorer ones?
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This is a complicated question that many people are searching for an answer to, but here is my take: I think there are a few big reasons that simply boil down to lack of community and socialization with peers and family. I have noticed that wealthier people tend to be much more distant, isolating, and keep to themselves than poor people. This seems to create a culture where you don't really trust others and would rather use possessions and media that you have purchased during any recreation time rather than socialization with friends and family. This isolation mentality leads you to feel that possessions are more important than people and the lack of possessions in comparison to your peers makes you less of a person. This can make people who lack motivation or innate talent feel less than they really are, and with the lack of friends or family to help them through these feelings or make them feel important, these feelings fester and can create major mental issues in the long run. It also creates a lack of empathy for others and can create a systematic issue in a society. I have also noticed that wealthier nations tend to be less religious. Putting aside the argument of whether or not a particular religion or religious deity is correct or not, bringing a community together during religious services and the resulting socialization and community cohesion thereafter causes people to bond and lean on each other in times of need. This community support provides more help than is generally given credit for and is lacking in developed countries that do not have or utilize replacement services for it due to the lack of obligation to attend services that the idea of religion generally brings. The need for empathy and charity that is generally taught in major religions also comes into play and helps society as a whole.
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AskReddit/cljwbt8
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2kc9k5
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Why are eggs typically a breakfast food?
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cholesterol is good in the morning because it aids in your body's natural functions like synthesizing vitamins and minerals and hormone production. therefore it's best to take it in first thing so that you metabolize most of it by the time you go to sleep at night. protein is good for breakfast because it is a primary element of cell development, including / especially muscular development. you want to take in a lot of protein with your breakfast because it's good to get your metabolism working hard early in the day in order for it to maintain optimal function. eggs are high in both protein and cholesterol. they're also delicious, versatile, and easy.
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AskReddit/cg9r6qd
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2159lm
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What's the nicest thing you've ever done for a stranger?
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Well it wasn't me that did it and im pretty sure if I came across the same situation I wouldn't do the same thing but 5 years ago my dad was walking into target and saw 5 $100 bills laying on the ground by a fairly nice car. We definitely could have used the money at the time but my dad decided to stand out by the car for 45 min to return the money to the owner. The owner walked up and without a word just snatched the money out of my dads hands and left without a word.
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AskReddit/dcfohzt
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5o0jf4
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If God told you that you were the second coming Jesus and it was time to reveal yourself to the world, how would you convince everyone you really were Jesus and not just a blasphemous, raving mad man?
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There's a Louis Theroux documentary "By Reason of Insanity" where he talks with a woman called Judith who believes that she is the female manifestation of Jesus and was alive at the time of the New Testament.
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AskReddit/ek69euy
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b9qwr4
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What’s a good song for being interested in someone and hanging around hoping they will call or text you?
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Not exactly about texting or calling but Apartment by Modern Baseball is a real cute song about wanting to hang out with a crush “I’ll walk home with my eyes low, dreaming of conversations we’ll have tomorrow”
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AskReddit/etq16ti
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ccxfca
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What's the difference between being hot and being cute and which would you prefer?
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I don't think there's much quantitative difference. Personality, dress, and demeanor all makes a big impact. Depending on how someone makes a first impression on you could be the difference in your perception of the difference between "hot," and "cute." I would most associate cute with "softness." I would associate hot with "primal." The sexuality of cute people can be strong, but it's implicit. The sexuality of hot people is explicit. I think it might ultimately come down to the face, though.
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AskReddit/dgxnwdi
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68dkkl
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What song would be playing if you went on a murderous rampage?
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I'm torn between So What by Three Days Grace and Kill Everyone by Hollywood Undead. Neither are anywhere near the best songs by those bands but I feel like they'd be good murder rampage songs, I mean one is literally called kill everyone and the other starts with 'so what if I'm crazier than crazy'
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AskReddit/esikbk4
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c7ywfl
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What was i’m an idiot moment?
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I was at the drive-thru at a Taco Bell and they handed me my bag of food. At the time, this particular Taco Bell was notoriously bad, and would always mess up my order. So as I am driving out of the drive through, I'm checking the items in the bag and turning the steering wheel to the exit on the right. only the exit out of the drive-thru curves to the left. My car goes over the curb and gets stuck hanging over a ledge going into the parking lot next door. So I have to call a toe truck and sit there, while everyone in the drive-thru line at taco bell looks at me standing next to my car like an idiot. A nice man at the tire shop next door came up to me and said "Take comfort in knowing that this wont be the most embarrassing thing that happens in your life time." Here's the location if you want to look at it in google maps: 47.821145, -122.300078
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AskReddit/d6408u3
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4w4zw3
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When were you correct about a self diagnosis and the doctor was wrong?
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Not that I knew what it was, but that we knew the diagnosis was wrong. I ended up being diagnosed with "a primary oral herpes outbreak" and a week later my then girlfriend (now wife) was diagnosed with meningitis. We both had the same thing, and it wasn't either of those.
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AskReddit/e598idk
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9cacq0
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Is it uncommon to brush your teeth in the shower?
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Not for me. I keep one toothbrush next to the sink and another in the shower. Mornings are when I usually shower and it is so convenient to brush in there where I don't have to worry about flecks of toothpaste on my mirror or dripping down my chin. It all gets washed away.
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AskReddit/dicwuep
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6etnfr
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What game sparked your interest and made you a gamer?
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Original Sonic the Hedgehog. I played video games before and enjoyed them but Sonic was the first game I truly fell in love with and it holds a special place in my heart for it (although, doesn't make my top 10 games of all time)
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AskReddit/d0qm93p
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49c1li
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Why are there a disproportionate number of A-grade Hollywood actors who are Australian?
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Back in the '90s, when Hollywood started making movies on the east coast of Australia because we're cheap and our government gives yuge tax breaks to Hollywood movies, they discovered we actually train actors of our own, who are just delighted to make some connections and go to Hollywood and get rich and famous instead of filling space on Neighbours or Home & Away.
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askscience/cbor5um
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1kgllh
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As we discover new species, what are the chances they carry a disease we have not encountered before?
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It's very likely to have new diseases or parasites (because every species tends to carry around a few associated parasite species-there are more parasite than not parasite species), very unlikely to have ones harmful to humans. People have this idea that our immune systems can't deal with diseases they have never encountered before, but this isn't really true. Our immune system is amazingly good at dealing with bacteria and viruses it has never encountered before, usually wiping them out immediately. This happens on a daily basis as you encounter random soil bacteria, etc. What we are bad at dealing with is unknown bacteria that are already adapted to humans. Eg, smallpox wasn't dangerous to native americans because it was new, it was dangerous to them because it was new and had spent the last few thousand years perfecting its ability to invade humans. New flu viruses inevitably have a slow start when they are first infecting humans from animals, and only become truly dangerous after they mutate to persist in the host and spread between hosts, or if their anti-immune system tricks from another species just happen to work in humans too.
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explainlikeimfive/e7so3il
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9oaln3
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How does a song/album debut at #1?
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It would be quite inconvenient to measure on a steady sales/hour and deliver constant reports like that. If you'd measure like that, yes, an album would start at the bottom, before the first album is sold, then make a small jump, then up from there. Most of these numbers and charts are calculated in weeks, as far as I know. And if you're going to release a new Metallica album, you better believe that people are going to be ridiculously hyped for it, ready to buy it at stores the very moment it's released. A week is plenty time for an album of a well-known band to sell enough to overtake the sales of other albums. Even with lesser known bands, it's enough time to get a decent amount of traction via word of mouth and radio if it's a really good song. But you'll typically see that these songs can at times take a small while to rise to the top of the charts.
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explainlikeimfive/cn4qppx
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2qbi0r
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Why can I tap my fingers from pinky to index faster and more fluid than index to pinky?
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So why is there a HUGE difference for me in the opposite way? I'm a master of "index to pinky" but the opposite feels weird and clunky. I don't know how much it matters but I play keys and drum pads everyday all day.
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AskReddit/ewloau0
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cowdac
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What is the worst job you have applied for out of desperation?
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The big thing is here that all the people applying for jobs are trying to work. As long as it doesn't hurt people (without consent), and most professions do not, I think that it's deserving of respect for trying to work. Life is hard, sometimes, and when you still try to do something, I respect that.
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AskReddit/c1uk0lf
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hdim9
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What is the best/cheapest way to get a personal trainer certification?
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Even the most notable certifications (NASM, ACSM, etc.) don't have to change much of the information year to year. So either find an existing personal trainer and borrow his or her book, or buy a used book cheap and just pay to take the test. I think the test alone is $150 - $200 but its better than $600.
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AskReddit/cyp34eq
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3zu5dx
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In the absence of makeup, what can man do to improve his facial aesthetics?
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Lose weight pluck and shape eyebrows (not too much, you still want to look like a man) well trimmed facial hair (either shaved or kept trimmed) Well done hair with good products (Shiny hair often means too much product, shiny hair shows that you don't have good hair-doing skills or your hair isn't cut properly) Moisturized skin
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