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13artzklauser OP t1_jefc529 wrote
Reply to comment by whomp1970 in ELI5 The New Shape - The Hat by 13artzklauser
Mind=Blown
Your linked illustrations were very helpful. My understanding of the subject has become better. Thank you.
starion832000 t1_jefbusm wrote
Reply to comment by BGFalcon85 in ELI5: If the chemical dopamine stimulates a 'feel good' sensation, is there a chemical that makes us angry? by Kree_Horse
I love how literally everyone that causes a dopamine response in the brain can become addictive, yet Reddit blows up on me every time I suggest that guns are addictive.
13artzklauser OP t1_jefbnbf wrote
Reply to comment by urzu_seven in ELI5 The New Shape - The Hat by 13artzklauser
Thank you for your relatively easier explanation. Cool fun fact at the end, too!
-Kibbles-N-Tits- t1_jefbc01 wrote
Reply to comment by GeorgeCauldron7 in ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
Instructions unclear
Dick stuck in an orange
Morsigil t1_jefb8pa wrote
Reply to comment by Prinzka in ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
Goddamn Miranda, keeping us away from the gazelles!! SMH
MrWedge18 t1_jefb864 wrote
Reply to comment by goaterra in ELI5: Why can’t governments funds things if they’re always in debt anyway? by goaterra
Absolutely. That business can then transfer it to someone else for goods and services, aka use like any other money. It's out there in the wider economy behaving like normal money.
So for governments to take on debt without completely fucking over their economies, the money can't be just poofed into existence. It must come from already existing money. The US, for example, borrows money from people by selling treasury bonds. Basically, promises to return the money plus interest over x years.
Senrabekim t1_jefb50z wrote
Reply to comment by clairostan in ELI5: why can’t someone who is light in weight punch as hard as someone who is heavier? by Any_Branch_4379
This is a good start to thinking about fight physics, another thing from physics that you have to think about while training are Newton's laws of motion. The third comes up a lot for a strike.
If two bodies exert forces on each other, these forces have the same magnitude but opposite directions.
So I need my body to be a wall at the moment of impact, any give in me is less force that they have to take. So if I throw a hook, and do it with just my arm, and my feet arent set, my core and ass arent fully engaged and/or my legs are wobbly, then Im going to move and that will lessen the impact on my opponent.
13artzklauser OP t1_jefb0ld wrote
Reply to comment by togtogtog in ELI5 The New Shape - The Hat by 13artzklauser
Wow you explained it so well!! I got it now. Thank you so much!
Morsigil t1_jefaz7e wrote
Reply to comment by hphdup92 in ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
I decided to look into this. The answer seems to be maybe there is a bit more sugar, but it's probably more likely they taste sweeter because they're bred to be less bitter/sour rather than increasing their sugar content, which is quite hard to do. Go to the link to James Wong's Twitter post near the end of the article to get his (above) take.
Sometimes_Stutters t1_jefal50 wrote
Reply to comment by goaterra in ELI5: Why can’t governments funds things if they’re always in debt anyway? by goaterra
Money is really “printed” anymore. Atleast not in a way that’s meaningfully inflationary. Money in printed through the issuance of debt. More gov debt, the more money supply.
scarabose t1_jefa8oy wrote
Reply to comment by haysoos2 in ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
And we don't even give back as we don't poop around every where. So the seeds just go down the drain ! Or just breed the plant to not make seeds at all!
Prinzka t1_jefa5l9 wrote
Reply to comment by psychrolute in ELI5: If benzodiazepines are CNS depressants, why is it so hard to die from a overdose of them alone? by psychrolute
>9.5 grams of Diazepam
That's like 1 full gram of lorazepam.
I had a 1/20th of that and I only remember a few seconds of that day (and felt the after effects for multiple days).
How do you even get that much? That's like a soda bottle full.
HeavyDT t1_jefa1yx wrote
Reply to ELI5: why can’t someone who is light in weight punch as hard as someone who is heavier? by Any_Branch_4379
Force equals mass times acceleration. More mass and or more acceleration produces a bigger force. For humans it's hard to drastically increase acceleration but you can increase mass to great effect.
GeorgeCauldron7 t1_jef9b8d wrote
Reply to comment by ZacQuicksilver in ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
What about making orange juice by smooshing the orange against your forehead?
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_jef9659 wrote
Reply to ELI5:Why do we exclude the price of things like Food, Housing and Energy costs when looking at the total number for inflation? by DeludedRaven
We generally don't, but some measures of inflation are useful under certain circumstances for measuring things which don't have a seasonal fluctuation like food. If a particular crop has recently been harvested the price for that food will drop, but that isn't really significant to a general measure of inflation.
knighthawk0811 t1_jef95hb wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
glad to see reasons that aren't just processed sugar is the devil.
therealdilbert t1_jef9471 wrote
Reply to comment by richiehustle in ELI5: Why computer chips nanometers progress is gradual? Why can not the technology bump up to the lowest nm possible immediately since the concept and mechanisms of it is already known and studied by richiehustle
it is unbelievably hard to make it work and a factory cost +$10billion ...
ZacQuicksilver t1_jef8z75 wrote
Reply to comment by GreatRyujin in ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
Asterisk: sliding scale
The more pulp and other fruit matter in a juice, the less this is a problem. Clear juice is the worst - and in some cases, can be as bad as soda (especially if there is sugar added). Juice with pulp is better; and smoothies made from the entire fruit is only marginally worse than eating the fruit straight.
drblah1 t1_jef8uid wrote
Reply to comment by DeludedRaven in ELI5:Why do we exclude the price of things like Food, Housing and Energy costs when looking at the total number for inflation? by DeludedRaven
That's a reason why real estate may be excluded. All this stuff is tracked however, and things like food and energy may or may not be included in certain numbers as well. Energy can be affected by things like wars, natural and unnatural disasters and shutdowns, while food is subject to extreme weather, diseases, fuel costs etc. However you want to count it though, all these things either directly or indirectly affect the cost of everything else eventually.
The things affecting a family of 5 and the things affecting someone running a business are very different, so various tracking methods and numbers are used.
mmmmmmBacon12345 t1_jef8pw1 wrote
Reply to ELI5:Why do we exclude the price of things like Food, Housing and Energy costs when looking at the total number for inflation? by DeludedRaven
Generally they look at both and publish both
Food and Energy are generally impacted by different factors than consumer goods, but a spike in one of those two could mask the behavior in consumer goods so most inflation charts actually look at 4 things
All items
Food
Energy
All items not including food and energy
If food costs start to climb 9.5% due to a specific set of circumstances but the rest of things are only growing at 5.5% then how much is inflation impacting people? It depends what percentage of their budget is food. The standard weighting for "All items" has inflation at 6% but that really masks the impact that high food costs have on lower incomes and the less significant impact they have on higher incomes.
Its also important to track energy separate because energy costs feed into other goods. If electricity costs increase 10% then that cost gets passed forward in the cost of other products since they now cost more to make so its important to be able to see it as both an input cost and as an end impact on the prices
Oehlian t1_jef8pu5 wrote
Reply to comment by hphdup92 in ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
There are very different nutrition numbers between types of apples. Some types have 2.5x as much sugar as others. Probably won't change much between UK and US, but the types and prevalence might so it would affect the averages. Possibly size too.
djamp42 t1_jef8a8a wrote
Reply to comment by igg73 in eli5: Why do seemingly all battery powered electronics need at least 2 batteries? by OneGuyJeff
I never wanted a wireless mouse because I figured I would always be changing the battery..it's insane how long they last.
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alamarain t1_jefc8fu wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not? by Sensitive_Apple_7901
Sugars from fruits are real. Sugars which are processed, (like all processed foods) are fake. Fake food isn't food.