Why do 90% (probably more) redditors completely misinterprete every Post? And on top of that are always passive agressive or straight up just agressive? (old.reddit.com)
You meet an exact carbon copy of yourself, personality is the exact same, only difference is it’s the opposite sex, what’s the first thing you do? (old.reddit.com)
In the Canadian Prairies, winters are very long and temps can dip into in the -40s. How did Indigenous people avoid dying from exposure in these incredibly harsh conditions? (old.reddit.com)
Does the idea that the Soviets allowed the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fail have any historical legitimacy? or does it just stem from anti-Soviet sentiments in Poland and other former Warsaw Pact states? (old.reddit.com)
As I get older I loose my love for video games. Most games feel repetitive and grindy. I barely play anymore (even movies are tough to watch), I now yearn for more real social experiences. Does anyone feel this creep of bordem of digital entertainment as they age? (old.reddit.com)
tobacco has no accepted medical usage, a high chance of addiction, and causes all sorts of cancers and diseases, why isn't it a schedule 1 drug? (old.reddit.com)
what would happen if you went to a confessional and told the priest you wanted to have sex with him and continued dirty talking to him? (old.reddit.com)
Is anyone lying to their friends/family about where they are truly are mentally? About their fears and flaws that have to battle daily with….or it just me? (old.reddit.com)
Why do Americans always tell their yearly salary but not their monthly? Do Americans get their salary in one big batch once a year and then it's their responsibility to make sure they don't run out for the rest of the year? (old.reddit.com)
If you were an account holder at a multi-branch bank before the age of telegraphs, could you withdraw all your money at one location, beat the messenger to the next bank, and withdraw the same money there? (old.reddit.com)
Did European herbs (i.e. rosemary, thyme, etc.) travel along the Silk Road/other trade routes to Asia, as Asian spices travelled to Europe? What did Europe have to offer Asia during this trade? (old.reddit.com)
I'm only 20. Has the world always felt like this? Does it always feel like we're on the brink of awful things and everything could go up in flames tomorrow? Or is this an outlier? (old.reddit.com)
Could a competitive swimmer gain an advantage by building up gas and then strategically farting while swimming for additional propulsion? (old.reddit.com)
Could coca-cola sue to stop the release of a film, or for monetary damages, if a character in a movie took a sip of coke and said "that tastes like shit"? (old.reddit.com)
I just learned that the Sahara has only been a desert for about 5,000-6,000 years. This time period is somewhat close to the development of the earliest known writing systems in Mesopotamia. Are there any written sources that discuss the desertification of the Sahara? (old.reddit.com)
Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and is so vilified by Christians his name is synonymous with "traitor". In Pietro Perugino's "Delivery of the Keys" he is depicted with a halo (fifth figure to the left of Christ). What is going on here? (old.reddit.com)
Saudi Arabia only abolished slavery in 1962. Was the fact that slavery still existed there a common political discussion point in the West during the 1950s, like Apartheid in the 1980s? (old.reddit.com)
Why does companies such as McDonalds in one country pay a salary thst you can't survive on, like the U.S, but in another country pay a salary that's borderline lower middle class, like in Scandinavia? (old.reddit.com)
I can switch between breathing from my mouth, my nose, or both, even with both of my mouth and nose open. Anatomically and physiologically, how does this happen? Also, how does the body switch between the right and left nostrils? (old.reddit.com)
why doesn’t anyone care that the wealth of billionaires during the pandemic has more than doubled while the world’s most vulnerable populations have suffered and died? (old.reddit.com)
Why are politicians trying to increase Social security but nobody cares about student loans or pay increases, Is the working generation just screwed ? (old.reddit.com)
Degree holders: What's been best thing about formally studying philosophy? How does that show up in your life/how have you been changed for the better by it? (old.reddit.com)
In the 1970s & 80s Morocco had a reputation in Japan for being *the* place to go for sexual reassignment surgery. Was Morocco actually performing a lot of SRSs? (old.reddit.com)
Today we have several genres of music, but media depicting the medieval era seem to showcase the same musical style despite the occasion. Could someone expect to hear more diverse sampling of music in a court, or did music not diversify into other ‘genres’ until later on? (old.reddit.com)
Why were the Chinese Nationalist Party often referred to by English speakers by it's Chinese name, Kuomintang, while the Chinese Communist Party is almost never referred to as the Gonchandang? (old.reddit.com)
Why do christians consider LGBT+ wrong? if God created us, why would He give us the ability to be LGBT+ if He doesn't want us to be like that? (old.reddit.com)
90s/early 2000s movies were so campy and had amazing one liners. Nowadays you don’t see that. Actually… in the past decade they haven’t made many movies that can compare. I wonder why ? (old.reddit.com)
Where did early adopters of the automobile get gas? Was there much of a transition phase where cars were sold before infrastructure or standards were in place? (old.reddit.com)
My dog bit a mouse one time, and left the mouse with bad hind legs. I came back 10 minutes later to put it out of misery. Is this the right choice? (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. AUA! (old.reddit.com)
Why do so many companies advertise wages of 15 an hour like they’re bragging? It’s a step in the right direction but that’s still not a livable wage even for a single person. (old.reddit.com)
If Back to the Future was about someone from the 1880s going back to the 1850s, what kind of culture shocks and silly situations would arise? (old.reddit.com)
Why do Americans and British people have different terms for the same cuts of beef? What caused American and British butchery traditions to diverge? (old.reddit.com)
Do any other adults go into a restaurant, promising to try something new, skimming the entire menu, then still ordering the exact same thing you always do? (old.reddit.com)
Does anyone else waste a few hours, feel guilty, and then continue to waste the whole day guilt-free because the day has already been wasted because of those wasted few hours? (old.reddit.com)
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Since the moon is moving away from us, will it remain tidally locked to Earth or will its rotation one day become out of sync with its orbit? (old.reddit.com)
Why do porn or +18 comics tend to depict vaginal penetration as the best source of women pleasure. Despite the fact that clitoral stimulation seems to be the go to? (old.reddit.com)
In all these gun threads about the US, defending from a “tyrannical government” pops up all the time. However, the US military is so powerful, how exactly are you or your tiny militia of bumfucks supposed to defeat the military with your AR-15? (old.reddit.com)
I own a decent pair of $300 beginner binoculars, 8x magnification, 42mm lens. How would my ability to stargaze have compared with Galileo? (old.reddit.com)
My nose is often stuffed and I can't just blow it out, it does not work because it's kind of thick, dry and clingy. Instead, I have to pick it out because I find it very annoying to have any boogers in my nose. Am I in the minority here or do other people routinely pick their nose to clear it? (old.reddit.com)
I know there is a correlation between elevation/altitude and suicide. I moved to a place at 8000 ft 7 years ago. I now have 6 people I know that have killed themselves. I had zero before moving here (in my 40's). Why? (old.reddit.com)
Why do we have to wake up early, and work jobs we hate, and do so many things we don’t want to do, all because society says we have to? (old.reddit.com)
Bill Clinton has been described as having an indescribable pull by people on Reddit/social media who have seen him in person. Have people who saw deceased charismatic presidents (Such as Reagan, FDR, and JFK) in person said similar things? (old.reddit.com)
Why is it that the CIA interfered with South America so heavily for relatively benign progressive policies, but Europe was left pretty much completely untouched? (old.reddit.com)
I’m Alex von Tunzelmann, author of five books, most recently ‘Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History' -- shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. AMA about statues, empire and historical storytelling! (old.reddit.com)
Genghis Khan is responsible for the death of 40 million people, yet there is a funky pop song about him that is well received. How many centuries will it take for funky pop songs about Adolf Hitler to become widely acceptable? (old.reddit.com)
Why is a girl/woman dressing "manly" and enjoying/doing stuff that's labeled as something for boys normalized but when boys/men are interested in feminine clothing/items it's frowned upon? (old.reddit.com)
(In America) Why can’t the citizens of the USA vote on every bill that is written? Why do we have to vote for other people to vote on it for us? When they most likely won’t listen to us and our needs? (old.reddit.com)
Is there credible evidence that Putin and Russian intelligence services orchestrated the 1998 Moscow apartment bombings? What is the general consensus among historians on this topic? (old.reddit.com)
You bump into God and he is hammered. You let him sleep at your house and he gives you his powers to rule for him because he is hungover. What is the first thing you do as God? (old.reddit.com)
People often reference the Northern Crusades as especially brutal, but no one ever says anything specific. Were the Northern Crusades notably violent relative to other Christian campaigns? (old.reddit.com)
Women who have been bullied and isolated in school by other girls and classmates, what words or actions from your family helped, or how do you wish they would have? (old.reddit.com)
At first glance there are many similarities between Byzantine Basilica (Like the Hagia Sophia) and many mosques in their structure. To what extent did Byzantine architecture influence later architecture in Islamic Arabia, Persia, and beyond? (old.reddit.com)
If “body shaming” should not be tolerated, then why is rejecting a man over his height tolerated but rejecting a woman for her weight is not? (old.reddit.com)
How did Japan rapidly industrialize during the Meiji Restoration, and why was it allowed to do so by the at the time Imperial Powers like the UK, France, and the United States? (old.reddit.com)
What do you think about the new law, implemented in Nigeria, under which : Rapists will be surgically castrated and anyone who rapes a child will face the death penalty? (old.reddit.com)
Why is it that when Russia invaded Ukraine, the whole world turned their backs against Russia, but they allow the US to do the same thing to the middle east? (old.reddit.com)
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If the avocado industry switched it up and decided to add a different toy in their avocados instead of a wooden ball, what toy would it be? (old.reddit.com)
Do ya'll ever stare at something but it's slightly out of focus but you make zero effort to put it in focus and just kind of stare at it thinking "I could put this in focus but I'm not going to" then get kind of scared that you're never going to be able to focus and something is wrong with you? (old.reddit.com)
I read that there are high concentrations of interstellar dust and gas near the center of the galaxy that make it difficult to resolve stars. If Earth were orbiting a planet very near to the galactic center, would space appear “hazy” instead of clear and black? (old.reddit.com)
Did foreigners and diplomats face segregation in the United States in the 60s and before? if so, how did this affect diplomacy between the US and foreign nations? (old.reddit.com)
Do you think the top part of a mermaid also tastes like fish or that it would actually be red meat? Would there be a solid line where the meat changes in their body or would it kind of blend? Could you make a surf and turf platter with one carcass? (old.reddit.com)
Door-to-door salesmen were still among the best ways to sell books in the late 1950s/early 1960s. When did that change, and what lead to their decline? (old.reddit.com)
How significantly do plastic dental appliances, things like retainers, Invisalign, or night guards, contribute to the build up of microplastics in the body? (old.reddit.com)