How do you explain the feeling you get when music moves through you. I feel “chills” down my legs, like electric nerve endings being touched by the music (old.reddit.com)
Cows are considered sacred in Hinduism yet rest of the world eats them regularly. So, when people in countries like China eat dogs, why is it considered unethical? Shouldn't different cultures be allowed to eat what they want? (old.reddit.com)
Can anything in existence be considered fundamentally unnatural or supernatural? The distinction between natural, unnatural and supernatural strikes me as very artificial. (old.reddit.com)
Romans without male heirs adopted grown men to keep their lines going. But what about the adoption of women? Do we have any accounts of women being adopted? Was this not done because there was no political value? (old.reddit.com)
Everyone talks about nostalgic feeling being calming and relieving, but does anyone else get a sense of deep lament and sorrow for the past instead? (old.reddit.com)
Could it be that one reason it is harder to make friends when older compared to when younger, is because younger people are more open to new experiences while older people having experienced many bad relationships are much more cautious and are significantly more selective and suspicious of people? (old.reddit.com)
For women who put their cashapp/paypal/venmo in your tinder bio, does it net you money? if so, how much? why do people usually send you money? (old.reddit.com)
New-ish to Reddit, but, I'm wondering why so many great posts will have plenty of comments, and, not even one upvote? Sorry if this has been asked before. (old.reddit.com)
Has there ever been a study of how children of parents with advanced degrees do at poor/mediocre/average schools in K12 compared to peers at highly ranked ones? If so, what were the results? (old.reddit.com)
Do we know of any specific instances where a member of the Hitler Youth turned in their own parents to the Nazis for "illegal" activity? If so, do we have any post-war evidence of these children reflecting on what they did? (old.reddit.com)
Why does our immune system need one or two injections to learn to fight a new threat and many injections to unlearn to fight a perceived threat (e.g. dust mite)? Thanks (old.reddit.com)
If aliens ever make contact with humanity how will we deal with the PR nightmare of explaining all the movies that depict us exterminating them? (old.reddit.com)
Why do some straight men hate gay men so much, given that the gay men’s sexual preference only increases the straight man’s own chances at finding a desirable mate? (old.reddit.com)
What happens if a legal guardian refuses to let their kid attend school, does not officially homeschool them (unschool), and basically because they reached adulthood.... and they are fucked? (old.reddit.com)
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Why do we only see one big rainbow instead of myriad of very small ones? Every drop of water in the air kind of creates its own small rainbow by refracting the light, so why don't we see all of those individually? (old.reddit.com)
AskScience AMA Series: I'm Athena Aktipis, professor and author of The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer, ask me anything! (old.reddit.com)
Los Angeles has a large Armenian American population. Why Los Angeles, rather than an East Coast city? And how did there come to be such a sizeable Armenian population in the USA compared to Azeri or Georgian? (old.reddit.com)
When Pliny The Elder said that Asbestos "also resists all magic potions, especially those concocted by the Magi," what did he have in mind? (old.reddit.com)
Hello, I am from Greece and am very intered in how the electoral college in America works. Can someone explain it to me like I am a 5 year old? Thank you and sorry if this question does not belong on this sub. (old.reddit.com)
I’ve been struggling with anxiety and targeted ads on Reddit have been very triggering for me lately. How can I stop seeing those ones in particular? (old.reddit.com)
If an alien offered you a one week trip across the galaxy and back with the catch being 15 years passes on Earth, would you accept or reject the offer and why? (old.reddit.com)
We have a fairly good idea about how ancient and mediaeval armies fought in temperate and cold climates. What about in tropical places? How did armies fight in places like India, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, etc. (old.reddit.com)
AskScience AMA Series: I'm Mark Jacobson, Director of the Atmosphere/Energy program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, and author of 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. AMA about climate change and renewable energy! (old.reddit.com)
Does anyone else think saying ‘love ya’ to someone instead of ‘I love you’ is diminishing the mean by taking away the personal aspect by removing the ‘I’? (old.reddit.com)
At what point did the Eastern Roman Empire start to see the Romance speaking peoples of the former Western Empire as decidedly not Roman? (old.reddit.com)
For folks who entered their first relationship 'later' in life (after 30), how did your relationship come about and what were the reasons for it being 'later' in life? (old.reddit.com)
Asian women of Reddit, what are your stories of people in your life who have said or done unintentionally harmful things to you based on your race? (old.reddit.com)
Gamers of Reddit, what is a game that has a special meaning to you because what was going on in your life when you played it or who you played it with? (old.reddit.com)
It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with our rules before posting, not our responsibility to educate you where you broke them after the fact. (old.reddit.com)
AskScience AMA Series: Colorado State University Unveils The First Human Clinical Study Measuring and Comparing the Absorption Rate of CBD Delivered Through Food & Supplement Product Formats, Ask Us Anything! (old.reddit.com)
Might be very stupid so sorry in advance. But NASA says that Perseverance did about 7 months to travel to Mars and travelled about 480 million kilometres. But they say it travelled at a speed of about 39600 Km/h. And unless I made a dumb mistake that doesn't add up. Am I missing something? (old.reddit.com)
What the hell happened to FedEx? They used to be the gold standard in deliveries. Now if I see that my package is coming via them, I know it will be late or banged up...probably both. (old.reddit.com)
In Django Unchained, the house slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson) is portrayed as essentially exerting a lot of influence over his master Candie by stroking his ego. We are also shown that he has a lot of affection for him. Is this accurate? Are there actual historical examples of this? (old.reddit.com)
People who still have things you rented from Blockbuster, how does it feel to have won that long long tug of war between you and the late fee? (old.reddit.com)
I created a bird feeder out of popsicle sticks. I am 23, boyfriend thinks it's stupid and childish - called me a weirdo. Am I? I just wanted to have birds on my window and feed them. (old.reddit.com)
Can I “relocate” a spider to a part of my house with more bug traffic? This poor moron in my bathroom never gets anything in her web. She’d do much better in the kitchen where I leave windows open & moths often fly around. I don’t want to discombobulate her or anything though. (old.reddit.com)
Does anyone else get excited to leave vacations or trips with friends and family so they can poop in peace at home without worrying about who hears it? (old.reddit.com)
A kid named Kuzon comes to your school, beats up one of your classmates, invites you to a party in a cave, does crazy dance moves, then disappears forever, what do you do? (old.reddit.com)
Why was Julius Caesar assassinated on the Ides of March specifically? Did the conspirators pick it for any symbolic or religious reason, or was it just the day that worked best for everyone? (old.reddit.com)
15 of Shakespeare's 37 plays feature suicide as a significant theme, how common was suicide in everyday life during the Elizabethan Era? (old.reddit.com)
In the way that gravity is based on mass, and electromagnetism is based on charge, are there analogous properties for the weak/strong nuclear forces? (old.reddit.com)
Why am I seeing Reddit broadcasts of bees all day? All the streams i saw in my feed are the same bee stream. Is this an experiment or is it just that popular? (old.reddit.com)
Is it normal that I find most of the problems I hear people have with their relationships are just unnecessary drama that can be easily avoided? (old.reddit.com)
You have been accepted for an experiment: you must stay at home with no human contact for one year. If you succeed for the whole year without giving up, you'll win €1,000,000. Will you take part? And what will you do to counteract the inevitable psychological consequences? (old.reddit.com)
Did your mother ever make comments to you in your teenage years that you’ve grown up to realize she was bitter and jealous of your youth? How did it stick with you? (old.reddit.com)
AskScience AMA Series: Hi Reddit - we are group of 250 engineers, scientists, innovators, technologists, digital experts and designers with a collected 45 PhDs / Professors and 35 members representing national science or engineering institutions / charities. AUA! (old.reddit.com)
Feminist women, what are some feminist beliefs/thoughts you disagree or only partially agree with? What are some societal attitudes that you wish were addressed more in feminism? (old.reddit.com)
[Serious] "The ascent of billionaires is a symptom & outcome of an immoral system that tells people affordable insulin is impossible but exploitation is fine" - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. What are your thoughts on this? (old.reddit.com)
Wikipedia states that there there were thousands of Black Africans in Portugal in the 15th century and the population of Medieval Lisbon then was 10% Black. What happened to them thereafter, and do their descendants still live in Portugal today? (old.reddit.com)
When did the women's 'traditional' role of staying at home emerge, when there is evidence of ancient and prehistoric women performing so-called male activities like hunting, fighting/protecting and leadership? (old.reddit.com)
When I'm having a conversation with someone, they will sometimes repeat the exact same thing I said minutes earlier and don't even acknowledge that I said it first. Is this normal? (old.reddit.com)