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Gnonthgol t1_j6hnuuy wrote
Your body does not experience temperature the same way a thermostat does. You generate heat and you feel temperature as how fast you get cooled down. One example of how this differs is the humidity in the air. When it is cold and humid the air require more energy to heat up so it can cool you down faster then if it was dry. The extreme case is if you get water on your skin, 14 degree water feels very cold. But more then likely it is due to draft. In a house without any air movement you will heat up the air around you and that is the temperature you will feel. But if there is a draft in the house the hot air around your body gets blown away and replaced with cold air. So a drafty house will feel much colder then a sealed house. Another difference might be the temperature of the walls, ceiling and floor. In addition to the convection heat transfer where temperature gets exchanged with anything that touches it you also have radiative heat transfer. Any object emit some infrared heat radiation and this gets absorbed by anything it hits. You may have experienced this when you are close to a fireplace, space heater or out in the sun. The walls in the house will similarly heat you up a bit. If the walls are cold, or have big windows, then you will feel much colder even if the air temperature is the same.
poundmastaflashd t1_j6hnspa wrote
Reply to Eli5: why does a grilled cheese sandwich seem way more filling than a cheese sandwich. by Shifu_1
I guess that it has to do with the digestion process, when you cook something it possibly becomes easier to digest, and immensely more satisfying. I suppose the same thing applies with grilling a cheese sandwich, waaaay more good
GalFisk t1_j6hnmwz wrote
Reply to comment by ihavemymaskon in Eli5: why does the same temperature feel different in certain situations? by Fyphon
You wrote what I was going to, except faster and better.
If you don't wear shoes indoors, floor temperature and heat conductivity also matters. A carpet feels warmer than wood, which fells warmer than vinyl on concrete, which fells warmer than tile, even when they're all at the exact same temperature.
djinbu t1_j6hnkcg wrote
Reply to comment by xCreamPye69 in ELI5: Why does the IRS want your illegal income declared on tax returns? by xCreamPye69
The IRS isn't really a law enforcement agency. They are a financial agency subject to act in accordance with the law and use law enforcement to perform their job. If you just tell them you've earned $4,000 through trade and markup with no particular structure and pay your taxes, they'll likely just like to see proof that you didn't earn more then you're claiming and move on.
They want their money with as little cost as possible. Unless they have reason to suspect you owe substantially more (enough to warrant investigation), they'll just move along beecher investigation costs a lot.
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Shifu_1 OP t1_j6hnh6p wrote
Reply to comment by ddasilva884 in Eli5: why does a grilled cheese sandwich seem way more filling than a cheese sandwich. by Shifu_1
You can put butter on a cheese sandwich too
ddasilva884 t1_j6hnfql wrote
Reply to Eli5: why does a grilled cheese sandwich seem way more filling than a cheese sandwich. by Shifu_1
Cuz of all the butter?
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Tanagrabelle t1_j6hnd9q wrote
Reply to comment by Wild_Top1515 in ELI5: What is the difference between fatalism and nihilism? by bluejester12
It was apathetic joke. (I am attempting a joke here, but I'm quite bad at it so I apologize.)
Equivalent_Comfort_2 t1_j6hnd45 wrote
Reply to comment by jaa101 in Eli5: Why is the screen ratio 16:9 so common instead of something like 2:1 or even just 1:1? by sansgamer554
I had to re-check Star Trek since I remember watching Picard and getting the feeling that the image is almost a bit too wide for the content of the show. Sure enough, Star Trek also went to 2.39 starting with Discovery S2 (2019). I've edited my previous comment.
Myrrmidonna t1_j6hn9ti wrote
Reply to comment by Freedom-No-781 in ELI5 - When losing weight, why is it common to hear "burn more than you consume" in reference to calorie intake. if you consume" 1000 calories, how do you burn 1500? by Freedom-No-781
He would, but his muscles would deteriorate from not being used, his metabolism would slow down and eventually his body would need much less calories, so he'd have to keep reducing the calories intake. In the end he'd become thin but very weak instead of fit, like a survivor of a long and heavy illness, and might have earned some ailments as a bonus.
21_MushroomCupcakes t1_j6hn5u6 wrote
Reply to ELI5 - Why do criminals get sentenced to Life without Parole PLUS ten years for example? by sir_cas
25 years is the minimum "life-term" you serve before you're eligible for things like supervised release, which would continue until you die (assuming you're lucky enough to get paroled in the first place).
ihavemymaskon t1_j6hn4kf wrote
humidity
water is a good thermal conductor, so the thermal transfer is greater (that is, more heat is being transfered from the hot body (you) to the colder environment.
or air flow
airflow (wind or draft) causes water on your skin to evaporate faster, which needs energy to occur, this energy is being pulled from your body, so you feel cool
jdragun2 t1_j6hn3sv wrote
Reply to comment by chaotic_world in eli5 what is the point of therapy? by dumbass__stupid
Chuckle had, mate.
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scarecrows5 t1_j6hmptz wrote
Reply to comment by Oaden in ELI5 - When losing weight, why is it common to hear "burn more than you consume" in reference to calorie intake. if you consume" 1000 calories, how do you burn 1500? by Freedom-No-781
Fat: 9 cal per gram CHO's: 4 cal per gram Protein: 4 cal per gram
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Reply to ELI5 Why do men pee in solid streams and women more or less gush out their pee? by Kaz3girl4
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GalFisk t1_j6hmeu3 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: What causes the stomach to make an audible grumble noise when it requires food? by bdcubedon12
It's basically internal farting.
nonrandomusername17 t1_j6hm4c6 wrote
Possible causes of an erection:
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attractive person or image
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warm
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just woken up
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shower
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pizza on my lap is warm
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working out / lifting weights
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randomly
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chafing
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hormonal changes and fluctuations throughout the day
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while sleeping for no particular reason
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itch
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need to pee? sometimes random erection
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infection
Konseq t1_j6hm4b1 wrote
Reply to comment by dumbass__stupid in eli5 what is the point of therapy? by dumbass__stupid
If you don't know why you go to therapy, then you should answer that question first. What is the problem you need therapy for? What are the issues you need help with? What impact do the issues have on your daily life? Do you want to change something about it?
Are you willing to change things like your behavior? There is the saying: "You can lead the horse to water but you can not force it to drink."
chillname t1_j6hm37n wrote
Reply to ELI5: Is there any reason for having USB 2.0 ports in a USB 3.0 age other than price? by HugeLibertarian
> My understanding is that 3.0 ports are backwards compatible with 2.0 devices, and automatically default to 2.0 levels of power when paired with them.
Not perfect compatibility though. E.g. some older network cards, installers for older operating systems, specialized hardware etc. might not work properly with the 3.0 port but will work in the 2.0 port:
https://superuser.com/questions/1112714/why-do-modern-computer-cases-still-have-usb-2-0-ports
That is particularly relevant for "work", where you might have specialized, old and very expensive equipment, hence many "business notebooks" did leave one port as usb 2.0.
im_the_real_dad t1_j6hlzz0 wrote
Reply to comment by unenkuva in ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam
An example from the US is the Anasazi, a long gone people in the Southwest. When the Navajo came down from (what is now) Canada in the 1400s and 1500s, they referred to the people that already lived there as "ancient enemy" or "anasazi" in the Navajo language. The descendants of the Anasazi, the modern-day pueblo peoples, prefer to call them "Ancestral Puebloan".
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Reply to Eli5: why does a grilled cheese sandwich seem way more filling than a cheese sandwich. by Shifu_1
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