Isn't treating all men as rapists (because men are statistically more likely to commit rape) the same logic as treating all black people as violent criminals (because statistically a black person is statistically more likely to commit a crime)? (old.reddit.com)
Why has covering of a woman's hair fallen by the wayside with most Christians, while still being very prominent amongst Jews and especially Muslims? (old.reddit.com)
You're allowed to fill an Olympic pool with anything you want but to keep it you need to dive into it from the high dive board and survive, what would it be? (old.reddit.com)
How the hell does one kindly ask one’s friends to stop fucking in the back of the caravan because it’s 5:50am, she’s not exactly quiet, and they’re rocking the whole caravan? (old.reddit.com)
In "The Parent Trap" (1961), the plot hinges on the two parents amicably divorcing about 14 years prior. Yet, no-fault divorce would not exist for almost a decade. Did couples amicably divorce at this time? And, would this plot point have been scandalous to moviegoers at the time? (old.reddit.com)
What's the history behind the stereotypical "young kid propeller hat"? When was it invented and why is it so representative of the image of a male child? (old.reddit.com)
Does the abundance of plants that have embryonic leaves mean that plants (dicotyledons especially) have inherited this trait from a common ancestor? or is this likely convergent evolution? (old.reddit.com)
are all the sponsors that YouTubers promote over and over (raycon, nord vpn/surfshark, honey, dollar shave club, skillshare) all crap? are any of them worth buying or using? (old.reddit.com)
Why does Guy Fawkes have a holiday in England for attempting to blow up the Parliament? Wouldn't the equivalent be the USA government supporting a holiday of the Jan 6 insurrection? (old.reddit.com)
The Irish Potato Famine (1845-1852), while often viewed as a tragedy, largely escapes being labelled as a genocide by the academic community. In contrast to this, the Holodomor/Soviet Famine (1932-1933) is actively labelled as a genocide by 16 countries. What are the causes behind this difference? (old.reddit.com)
Woody Guthrie once said, “I hate a song that makes you think you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing.” When he said this in the 1940s, what kinds of songs would he have been talking about? (old.reddit.com)
How much were the economies of European nations like Germany, Italy, Norway, etc, damaged by the massive waves of emigration to America in the late 1800s/early 1900s, if they were damaged by it at all? (old.reddit.com)
When Patrick O'Brian was revealed to have fabricated his biography in the late-90s (not Irish, not a sailor, not a spy), how much controversy did it cause at the time? (old.reddit.com)
Homosexuality was legal in revolutionary and Napoleonic France, but what would my experience as a gay French peasant have looked like? (old.reddit.com)
Why is high blood pressure considered a bad thing? Wouldn't a higher pressure make it less likely for cholesterol particles to stick to the walls of your arteries? (old.reddit.com)
How can science be objective when humans are limited by their subjective senses? What evidence is there that scientific realism is true, that the laws of physics exist, that the laws of physics describe how the universe works, and that the laws of physics aren't man-made and socially constructed? (old.reddit.com)
Why do so many people think Biden is incapable and a "moron" because of the way he speaks, but these same people supported Trump who always spoke incoherently, and said the absolute dumbest things? (old.reddit.com)
In Medieval Europe there existed a superstition that fairies would sometimes kidnap people, usually babies, and leave changelings in their place. What would happen if a person really thought their baby was a changeling? (old.reddit.com)
In the song, 'Good 'Ol Rebel,' the speaker says he "hates the Constitution" and "hates the Declaration of Independence" Did any Confederates actually reject the American experiment outright? (old.reddit.com)
Say I’m a farmer in Europe in the Middle Ages, and one year my entire crop fails, maybe due to out of control pests or wildfire. Was there any avenues to seek help or would I just starve to death? (old.reddit.com)
Why did China become a permanent UN Security Council when they were an undeveloped country that had no political leverage at that time? (old.reddit.com)
Why did industrialization under the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago in China not develop industrial capitalism like Europe did in the 17th-19th centuries? (old.reddit.com)
In Aladdin (1992) Aladdin in His Guise of Prince Ali He Brings a Massive Entourage With Him To Agraba. In Late Medieval Arabia If a Potential Suitor Brought Such a Large Group With Him, What Would The Reaction of a Sultan's Court Be? (old.reddit.com)
I plagiarized someone's art work. My sister really wanted the piece for a birthday present and I offered to purchase it but the artist wouldn't ship it to me. So I recreated and by tracing the graphics and will be giving it to her. Is this ok? (old.reddit.com)
Rumi's poems are full of wine drinking and taverns, as indeed are the Rubayat of Omar Khayyam. Was it fairly acceptable for people in Baghdad (for example) to visit a winehouse in their day? (old.reddit.com)
My wife wants me to start wearing a condom again "to make cleanup easier." Maybe fair enough, and I'm fine with it if that's her valid reason. We stopped using condoms long ago, and she hasn't ever said anything about cleanup. Do some women have this request after 10+ years with a partner? (old.reddit.com)
A lot of new cars have cameras in them (cruise control, lane keeping assist, sign detection etc), why don’t they double up as dash cams instead of buying a separate device and having messy wires on the dashboard? (old.reddit.com)
Man has domesticated dogs and other animals for thousands of years while some species have remained forever wild. What is that ‘element’ in animals that governs which species can be domesticated and which can’t? (old.reddit.com)
When Edward 'Longshanks' became king of England in 1272, why did he take the throne as Edward I instead of Edward II, given that England had at one point been ruled by Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)? Was the Norman conquest considered to have marked a decisive break in state continuity? (old.reddit.com)
Why have we gotten so far into technology that we can give a transitioned male a functional penis, but we haven't made a male birth control (old.reddit.com)
Beyond government mandated areas like ghettoes, were there distinct ethnic enclaves of immigrants in premodern cities? Could a Greek citizen of Constantinople say "I'm feeling like Circassian food tonight" in the same way I may go to my local Chinatown? (old.reddit.com)
How did the gambling industry in Las Vegas go from being run/influenced by the mafia to being mostly owned by major business conglomerates? (old.reddit.com)
Dumb American here. I’m in Italy right now and the last 3 of the 4 hotels we have stayed at have bidets. I don’t know how to use it. The water just sprays downwards and the nozzle doesn’t move at all. Like how do you get your butt under it to rinse off? I cannot figure it out. Thanks. (old.reddit.com)
A common view of the Napoleonic Wars can be summarized as Napoleon beating the pants off Europe for years until the British swoop in and save the day with a smaller, better army. How true is this and how much may be unintentional bias due to British sources being more accessible to English speakers? (old.reddit.com)
did the Black Plague end because natural selection made human immune systems strong enough to defeat it easily via everyone who couldn't dying off, or is there a different reason? (old.reddit.com)
In a deleted scene for the movie Jarhead, the marines are seen in 'the rear' (I'm guessing Saudi Arabia) driving past what seems to be a typical American neighbourhood. What's going on there? (old.reddit.com)
We're not removing sexual questions. Hide the posts in your settings or unsub, but stop making posts complaining about it. People use TooAfraidToAsk for questions they're TooAfraidToAsk, and we're not going to start limiting that. (old.reddit.com)
As hosts of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the USSR was invited to host that year's Paralympics. In response, they issued a statement denying the existence of *any* disabled people in the country (and hence the lack of disability sports). Why did the Soviet government state such a ridiculous claim? (old.reddit.com)
I'm going to ask my 80 year old grandmother to teach me how to knit, I'm a 30 year old man but it looks relaxing af. Is it difficult to learn? (old.reddit.com)
When did people stop dressing formally for airline flights? Or, alternatively, who was the first person to wear pajamas on an airplane? (old.reddit.com)
Why does it cost tens of thousands of dollars up front to get a mortgage on a home which will cost **LESS** monthly than rent on an equivalent home but if you can't afford that huge up front you're too poor to pay less monthly? (old.reddit.com)
How were the European Powers and especially France able to fight the War of Spanish Succession so shortly after the Nine Years' War when the main cause of the end of the Nine Years' War was exhaustion? (old.reddit.com)
Gordon Ramsay shows up at your door and demands you cook him something. Assuming obtaining ingredients isn't an issue, what do you cook him? (old.reddit.com)
The meaning of one of the words in the Lord's Prayer (ἐπιούσιος) was unknown less than 300 years after it was written. Was this a unique occurrence or a common problem with preserving the meaning of the Bible? (old.reddit.com)
It's 1875. King Ludwig II, and by extension all of the German nobility, is obsessed with the latest Wagner opera. I'm a Hard of Hearing German noble. Do I attend the opera and pretend to follow along? Can I read a plot summary somewhere and pretend to appreciate it? How do I cope, socially? (old.reddit.com)
Wikipedia's article on US Civil War prison camps has a pretty disturbing picture of an almost literally skeletal but apparently still living survivor of one. Is the identity of this particular soldier known? What happened to him? (old.reddit.com)
I heard in class that the reason why the core of the earth is iron is because iron is so dense and sank to the bottom. If that’s true, then why aren’t heavier metals like uranium and lead on the inside of the core? (old.reddit.com)
Isn't the term 'african-american' more racist than 'black' for the fact not all black people are from Africa and not all Africans are black? (old.reddit.com)
How much do you think politics would change if politicians were held personally and financially responsible for damage caused by their lies? (old.reddit.com)
Why does the US have the most immigrants trying to enter even though our quality of life doesn’t hold up against a lot of the EU countries? (old.reddit.com)
In both Sweden and Denmark standarized language forms have largely replaced local dialects. Has anyone studied any specific reasons as to why the same did not happen in Norway? (old.reddit.com)
What’s a time you’ve heard someone speaking about something you’re knowledgeable in and thought “this person has no idea what they’re talking about”? (old.reddit.com)
Is the virus that causes CoViD so bad because it is so novel (we were never exposed as children) or because there is something inherently bad in its structure/code? (old.reddit.com)
Does anyone else also feel like the online world is starting to be monopolised by the same 5-6 websites whereas it used to be an incredibly diverse landscape? (old.reddit.com)
We hear that Mohawk ironworkers “built” New York City’s towering skyline because they are naturally unafraid of heights. What is the origin of this reputation, and is it at all based in reality? (old.reddit.com)