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SmileFirstThenSpeak t1_j6at5io wrote
Reply to comment by Fodder01 in ELI5: Tomorrow Philadelphia Eagles vs San Francisco 49ers. by [deleted]
I googled "Eagles tomorrow" and got the thing that shows both teams "at NFL Conference Championships". Hmmm.
its-a-throw-away_ t1_j6at1y2 wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why do men pee in solid streams and women more or less gush out their pee? by Kaz3girl4
With women, after exiting the urethra urine passes between two broad folds of tissue which meet in a line. This creates turbulent flow.
For men, even if urine passes through a foreskin after leaving the urethra, the opening is narrow and roughly circular. Surface tension causes cohesive, sprialled, unturbulent flow.
lewisj75 t1_j6asvwp wrote
Reply to comment by blkhatwhtdog in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream
This is not true.
SmileFirstThenSpeak t1_j6asvsf wrote
Reply to comment by TehWildMan_ in ELI5: Tomorrow Philadelphia Eagles vs San Francisco 49ers. by [deleted]
Ahhhh, thank you.
M-Sal t1_j6asuum wrote
Tomorrow's games will determine who is going to the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is The Big Game
Fodder01 t1_j6asukz wrote
No, I think you mean NFC champion. The NFC champion plays the AFC champion in the Super Bowl two weeks later. Both will be decided tomorrow.
TehWildMan_ t1_j6assbv wrote
The winners of the conference championship matches go on to the Super Bowl, which is the annual championship match between the two conferences.
[deleted] OP t1_j6askq0 wrote
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C_Skadi t1_j6ashc6 wrote
Reply to ELI5: How does a beer bottle top stop the gas in the bottle from escaping enough for it to remain fizzy for extremely long times? by trumps_baggy_gloves
The crimp of the bottle cap engages with the lip of the bottle. This creates many points in contact with the bottle that can exert an equal and opposite force of the gas trying to escape. The cap is held in tension against the force applied by the pressure equally against the cap. The malleable cap will deform if torque is applied, freeing the contents to fill our glasses.
ArctycDev t1_j6as8kt wrote
Reply to comment by the_original_Retro in ELI5: How does a beer bottle top stop the gas in the bottle from escaping enough for it to remain fizzy for extremely long times? by trumps_baggy_gloves
Someone did that bottle knock thing to me once at a bar, where they thunk the bottom of their bottle onto the top of yours. I have been waiting over a decade for that to happen again so I can put my thumb over the top and see if I can make it spray like a hose at whoever does it.
I think at this point I have to accept the fact that I no longer hang around that kind of immature crowd, and if I wanna test it, I'm going to have to run an experiment in a controlled environment. (read: buy two beers and do it myself.)
its-a-throw-away_ t1_j6arxg8 wrote
Reply to ELI5: How does surgery on tendons work? by RaphaelRhyss
Same as any other surgery. Depending on size and type of injury, surgeons may secure tendons with staples or sutures. Low blood supply in tendon tissue means healing takes an extraordinarily long time and often leaves the tendon weaker than before the injury.
G0_pack_go t1_j6arw42 wrote
Reply to comment by blkhatwhtdog in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream
The mash bill has a lot to do with it too. As well as the filtration process.
the_original_Retro t1_j6arqyu wrote
Reply to ELI5: How does a beer bottle top stop the gas in the bottle from escaping enough for it to remain fizzy for extremely long times? by trumps_baggy_gloves
Home brewer here. It's chemistry.
When they put the cap on the beer bottle, they'd already forced a lot of carbon dioxide (the gas that you breathe out) into the liquid in that bottle. They did it by placing the bottle's contents under pressure. And, under pressure, chemistry turned that carbon dioxide gas into a weak and unstable chemical called "carbonic acid" that easily breaks down under stress.
If you were to open the top, and hit the bottle a sharp knock with another bottle, WHAM. That's stress. And the carbonic acid starts to turn back into carbon dioxide REALLY FAST, and you get a foaming up mess.
But it can only do that because it's no longer under pressure. The carbon dioxide needs to go away somewhere so there's room for more to form.
That's why if you leave the cap on, and the carbon dioxide might want to come out, but it really can't... because there's no space where it can go.
As long as the bottle remains sealed, any carbon dioxide that wants to form just increases the pressure in the bottle's little air-bubble headspace, and that increase in pressure just re-dissolves the carbon dioxide back into the water part of the beer.
G0_pack_go t1_j6arp3y wrote
Reply to comment by blkhatwhtdog in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream
FWIW Miller Lite has zero rice.
Beneficial-Car-3959 t1_j6arcg2 wrote
- Why do we need natural numbers?
Because we need to count things.
- Why do we need whole numbers?
We need number where we can show that someone owes something.
- Why do we need fractions?
Because we need a number to show how many parts od whole thing is taken/eaten.
- Why so we irrational numbers?
So we can calculate area of round things.
- Why do we need real numbers?
See 3rd and 4th answer.
- Why do we need lateral (imaginary) numbers?
Because we need it for our alternate current calculations.
If you like video idea than watch all the parts
TurboThrobber t1_j6ar1tk wrote
Reply to ELI5: How does a beer bottle top stop the gas in the bottle from escaping enough for it to remain fizzy for extremely long times? by trumps_baggy_gloves
There is a bit of plastic inside the bottle cap, when the cap is crimped onto the bottle it creates a gas tight seal.
ellipsis31 t1_j6ar0z5 wrote
Reply to ELI5: How does a beer bottle top stop the gas in the bottle from escaping enough for it to remain fizzy for extremely long times? by trumps_baggy_gloves
It absolutely can and does create a seal strong enough to keep the gas contained. Note the inside of the bottle cap, it has a rubber gasket which is pressed against the lip of the bottle mouth to create a seal. Furthermore, this seal doesn't have to resist as much pressure as you might think, most of the carbon dioxide is dissolved in the liquid, the cap only has to contain the pressure in the small head space enough to shift the equilibrium toward dissolved CO2 over gaseous. Same as with soda bottles.
jrhooo t1_j6aqz5o wrote
Reply to comment by chrisdavidson152 in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream
I used to always say, you might not know the diff drinking it, but you'll know the diff when you wake up in the morning.
Granted, looking back that's still biased, because, plot twist, when you're drinking the bottom of the barrel cheapest vodka on the shelf, you're probably college/military junior enlisted age, at some bar or house party, and all that sub cheap plastic bottle vodka you're drinking is also mixed with the cheapest sugar slush you can find too.
Was it the cheap vodka making you hung over? Or the red bull and raspberry blue slushie mix?
jrhooo t1_j6aqjnd wrote
Reply to comment by Antman013 in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream
Grey Goose is "fine" but IMO its just "fine". Its the burger at a sit down restaurant. You know its floor will be pretty good. its a safe choice, but its not going to give you some high end "wow" experience.
Now, I won't say any of the following list is "high end" or special, but in terms of just drinkability, and hey I kind of enjoy this, I've liked
Ketel (for mixed drinks only)
Russian Standard (excellent value for money)
Imperia (russian standard's "premium" release, not sure if they still make it)
Stoli Elit (probably overhyped and very probably overpriced, but it is nice to drink)
Chopin (wheat only for me. The potato felt I guess "thick" in texture? I didn't like it so much)
Effen - very nice, drinkable, reasonably priced
Personal opinion on what I DON'T like, anything Scandinavian. Just never really found one I liked. Reyka was not bad, but but all the absolut, level, svedka... hard pass.
Hidden gem for you California folks,
Albertson's used to run a brand called "Origine" bit sure if its still around, but basically it was their in store brand of various alcohols. No idea who their supplier was, but IIRC each liquor under their label was just a small batch distillery offering. So their Origine vodka was just some micro distillery product out of France. It was nice.
brknsoul t1_j6aqa1x wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why do men pee in solid streams and women more or less gush out their pee? by Kaz3girl4
A better analogy might be that women pee like a faucet, whereas men pee as if they have a hose and nozzle attached to said faucet.
sciguy52 t1_j6aq3wd wrote
Reply to ELI5: why can't we use electricity to kill microorganisms in small amount of water ? by FreshT3ch
The levels of electricity required to kill microbes would probably heat the water and/or cause some reactive chemicals to be produced that would kill them, not the electricity itself. Electricity will not clear muddy water. A lot of muddy materials are organic and would not be attracted to the electrodes.
Kaz3girl4 OP t1_j6apwzi wrote
Reply to comment by fatpaxs in ELI5 Why do men pee in solid streams and women more or less gush out their pee? by Kaz3girl4
Lmao that's good
blkhatwhtdog t1_j6app96 wrote
Reply to comment by Ralfarius in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream
Well you can tell Michelob from bud n Busch and they all come from the same vats.
Pete's Wicked Ale...I believe the first craft beer or maybe that's Anchor Steam...was hired out to a small mass market brewer...as was Boston Lager
GrizzlyBear74 t1_j6apkdb wrote
Reply to comment by en1mal in ELI5: why can't we use electricity to kill microorganisms in small amount of water ? by FreshT3ch
Funny enough that's how we get near pure gold.
Kaz3girl4 OP t1_j6at9k0 wrote
Reply to comment by its-a-throw-away_ in ELI5 Why do men pee in solid streams and women more or less gush out their pee? by Kaz3girl4
So this means I must hold the two folds aside and see how it looks then.
This is good, and I appreciate that!