60 Various Questions People Needed Answers To, And Knowledgeable Internet Users Answered

ZombieJesusaves:

This is a complicated question. Let me first start by sayin that most of the ultra wealthy have wealth through assets, either physical property or stock ownership NOT through income. When we say Musk is worth 200B, most of that is assets. His liquid wealth, while still substantial, is likely much much smaller, maybe a few hundred million.

You also must understand that money is not the same to the wealthy as it is to us. Money for them is a tool used to create more wealth. Anything which diminishes that tool must be minimized in order to maximize the usefulness of the tool. Basically we have a few motivating factors here, one is the desire to sustain a lavish lifestyle utilizing a much smaller amount of liquid assets, so paying 25% of 300 million will actually lower their ability to own all those fancy houses and yachts and rub elbows with politicians and officials.

Second, is the desire to utilize wealth to productively to make more wealth. While a few million less may not be substantial, those few million may be worth 10x or 100x if properly invested, so the pain of that tax is many times multiples. Third the desire to avoid taxes on assets which is a whole separate discussion around property rights, but when 98% percent of your worth is in assets, you sure don’t want that to happen.

anon:

It’s called “Superhero Fatigue” or “Comic Fatigue” and it actually is a growing thing. While box offices / viewerships are typically still healthy for such products, there is a noticeable increase in critical opinions of those same products, indicating that while such films or shows are being watched, they are being enjoyed less.

Meewol:

It’s easier to accept that we can be created but much harder to accept that one day we won’t exist.

anon:

I don't support it, but the reason is probably that women's worth and value are tied much more closely to how conventionally attractive they are, which includes long hair. Men can still have value and worth even with no hair, while an ugly woman is often told to just go unalive herself. Read any social media if you don't believe me.

AudioMan15:

I'm in the middle of studying for a masters degree and this sums me up pretty well. If I don't manage to get up reasonably early I feel like the entire day is already gone. Stressful times.

iq8:

I choose 'later' because i m scared the programmer put in a condition that if I choose 'never ask again' the app will become evil.

braxistExtremist:

I think at this point it's become kind of cliche. I know a lot of kids like some vegetables when they've been lightly steamed with a bit of seasoning, or when they are sauted, roasted, or fried.

HankWirtz98272:

Washington resident here, where all voting is mail-in. My father in law passed in February, and we had already received a ballot for the Presidential primary, which he had not filled out (and was not going to, as his dementia had progressed too far). I wrote "deceased" on the unopened ballot and dropped it in the outgoing mail. I checked the county website a few weeks later, and his voter registration had been cancelled. No more ballots received after that.

hmaag08:

I’m a men’s hairdresser and I loveeee when I get guys who close their eyes meaning they don’t want to talk... cuz I don’t want to make the small talk either... we don’t like to do it but we have to or else we get called “rude”... when really I just don’t want to talk to you.

MigueDG:

I started a few weeks ago after having never flossed consistently and my gums stopped bleeding after about a week of consistent flossing.

sleep-apnea:

I think that this is more common in places where they don't get much snow or rain, like California. In Canada we always take off our shoes so as not to track dirt and mud around the house. It's not a hard cultural rule like it is in Japan, but more of a practical necessity. It's also common to have a different pair of shoes in the office, than the boots that you are wearing walking around outside.

microwavepetcarrier:

I like to feel smug about how slowly my wipers are going compared to other drivers.

blewws:

No, I'm too busy judging that weirdo in the next lane because his wipers are so fast.

kawaboonga00:

I think it would be considered something that in Spanish is called "retencion". It is when a player holds the ball towards his body making it impossible for other players to take the ball from him.

rubenbest:

I wonder if company A is Capital One and Company B is Discover.
Either way do your job, and keep resume sharp.

anon:

Just call him Derek until he can’t take it anymore.

anon:

Start a secret Santa drawing for Christmas. Get everyone to put their name in a jar for drawing. Snoop

CommonCut4:

My daughter told me when she was very little that people either have a hamburger head like Ernie or a hotdog head like Bert. Look around, she’s right.

Riconquer2:

You've got a few factors to consider.
1) there are literally more inhabited planets than there are active Jedi at their highest strength. Even during the Republic, 99% of citizens never saw a Jedi in person, and 99.99999% of those same citizens never saw the Jedi use any powers. The average citizen of the Republic was probably pretty skeptical of the Jedi actually having powers, and instead suspected that they were just leaning on legends of their powers to conduct their diplomatic missions. Sure, maybe the Jedi had powers long ago, but these days you're pretty skeptical of the whole thing.
2) the Empire, which controls virtually all interplanetary communications through the Holo-net, set about eradicating every record of the Jedi's power and influence. Where they couldn't erase stuff, they set about gas lighting the population about the corruption and fraud that was rife in the Jedi order, to the point that most people would believe that the Jedi had been tricking the Republic before Palpatine came along to save it.
3) anyone that had concrete info about the Jedi knew to keep their heads down and play along, or risk attracting the attention of the Empire and Vader's efforts to eradicate the remaining Jedi. This fear of openly discussing them would cause the Jedi to quickly fall into legends.

anon:

I often get the same feeling but about how things are built. Like a house or a road or a car.
Its not like poof that thing came into existance. Someone had to design, draw, build or make that thing. How many hands have pasted over something before you got to it. So many different parts came together to build one big thing. But someone built those parts.
Someone operated the digger that made the base for a road. Someone had to build the parts to built a digger then someone else put them together. Then someone checked it. Etc etc etc. This kinda thing blows my mind.
Edit: thanks for the award and all the upvotes. Im fairly new to reddit and it blows my mind to see im not the only one to think this crazy way

anon:

Get a nice burn going from the hot cheetos. Next, chug down an ice cold soda. You'll be able to briefly see into the future

guysky:

They were out of stock at the store last night. I walked around for five minutes looking for a bag... then left without getting any chips because nothing else would be as good.

Dependent_Factor_982:

Yep unless I have a video I'm listening to and don't want my leg to mess it up