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neverfarts t1_j6la2gm wrote
Reply to comment by breckenridgeback in ELI5: Why does the order of adjectives matter? by AbleReporter565
Like in German, which has 3 genders (Grammatically speaking) and 4 cases. Each gender has its own version of 'a' and 'the' and these decline according to case, resulting in many possible combinations.
Bonus: the female Form is written as male in certain cases, just to keep you on your toes.
wondernerd14 t1_j6l9wxh wrote
Reply to comment by H4R81N63R in ELI5 How Uber/Doordash show tips on the Deliverer's app - and can they redesign the app to "hide" the tips? by [deleted]
I don’t want to be an employee of door dash. If I wanted to be an employee I’d deliver for a pizza place. I just want the money and no schedule, boss, or hassle.
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Reply to eli5 I feel like an idiot but okay by sirsndrew357
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johndoe30x1 t1_j6l8uqi wrote
It is completely unregulated except for infant food and formula. That said, companies tend to err on the side of caution as it’s better for business for customers to throw out products that might still be edible as opposed to facing lawsuits over spoiled food.
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Reply to comment by roy-dam-mercer in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
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RevaniteAnime t1_j6l8lb5 wrote
The goal of those wildly inaccurate ads is simply to get the person to click the ad and download the game, and hope they'll stick around and keep playing the game even if it's nothing like the ad depicted it to be.
The goal of mobile game ads is to get a new player who will spend some average amount that is less than it costs on average to get a new user.
Cost to get user < Revenue per user = profit
ninetentacles t1_j6l8k3v wrote
Reply to comment by breckenridgeback in ELI5: Why is exercise good to lower high blood pressure? Your blood pressure rises while exercising, so how does that not have the same effect as high blood pressure while resting? by jeezwill
Excellent, thanks! I don't have a normal control to test, so I had to ask...
I've maintained my resting heart rate over the last few months of actively trying to rest and pace myself to try and help my long COVID. This has caused much hand wringing about deconditioning from every single person (not to mention what all of their friends say!) who knew me before I got sick! Despite me telling them I'm still hitting my Fitbit (now switched to Garmin!) cardio goals, they are thoroughly convinced that deconditioning is something you'll never notice until one day you get up to make a coffee and your legs crumble into dust. Which you can then supposedly never recover from. A presumably healthy person like you, your description of deconditioning and your knowledge of your own body and what's going on inside it isn't questioned as much as...anyone within a 10 mile radius of the 'rona.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5 Why do men pee in solid streams and women more or less gush out their pee? by Kaz3girl4
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Jiopaba t1_j6l88m0 wrote
Reply to comment by GalFisk in ELI5 why do your eyes adjust so fast to bright light but so slowly to darkness? by melig1991
After learning this, I tried the trick myself a few times on late night trips to the bathroom. I can navigate my bedroom fine in the dark, and I'd close one eye before turning on the light.
It worked surprisingly great, though it gave me an oddly unbalanced feeling. I'd compare it to vertigo maybe? The eye that I kept closed/covered could still see perfectly fine when I turned off the lights and opened it again. The other eye couldn't see squat. I think it messed with my depth perception a bunch, because I was basically blind in one eye.
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Any-Broccoli-3911 t1_j6l7svh wrote
Reply to comment by Caucasiafro in ELI5: Why does the order of adjectives matter? by AbleReporter565
Adjective order is different than most grammar rules as it's rarely needed to distinguish 2 correct sentences.
For many grammar rules, if you don't follow them, it's still grammatically correct, it just means something else. For adjectives, unless your adjective means 2 different things that have a different position in the order, that doesn't happen.
Most languages don't have adjective order.
JerricaBentonLife t1_j6l7guf wrote
Reply to comment by NoLiveTv2 in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
Yes. And the armrests with grimey cigarette ashes. Least you got the head set with the air tubes that were never comfortably flexible enough and literally went INTO your ears. Just for the next person to use. 🤮
There was a time when they also handed out a little toiletry bag and socks you could keep. That was nice though. I felt super fancy.
Veritas3333 t1_j6l78ob wrote
Reply to comment by mafiaknight in ELI5: Why can't people let go when they're being electrocuted? by TheRadNinja46
This is why it's so easy to hold a crocodile's mouth closed!
loverlyone t1_j6l70iy wrote
Reply to comment by phdoofus in ELI5: How does citizenship work? Can I (US Citizen) move to the EU and just become a citizen? by _99Percent
In Italy it’s 5 years of residency and you have to acquire a fairly high knowledge of the language, among other things.
Moskau50 t1_j6l6vae wrote
Reply to Eli5: Why do our body’s adapt easy to water temperature but not to air temperature by [deleted]
Your body’s reaction to being too warm is to sweat. The sweat will evaporate, cooling your body down as it does so. This works well in air. However, in water, the sweat doesn’t do anything; it just mixes with the water, providing no cooling.
You might not even realize you’re sweating in a hot tub (especially if you’re splashing around), since your body does it automatically. However, you’ll definitely notice the sweat when you’re in air; it’ll bead up everywhere, and start dripping if it’s both hot and humid. Thus, you’ll realize you’re too hot much more quickly in air than in water.
x31b t1_j6l6u0j wrote
Reply to comment by zoinkability in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
My Sennheiser headset came with a dual pin adapter to 3.5mm.
loverlyone t1_j6l6ssb wrote
Reply to comment by Turnip45 in ELI5: How does citizenship work? Can I (US Citizen) move to the EU and just become a citizen? by _99Percent
In Italy there is some scheme for ex-pat retirees to transfer their money to Italian banks and pay a one time fee based on the amount.
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Reply to ELI5 Why hasn’t science been able produce a baby formula with the same nutritional value as breast milk? by zebye
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loverlyone t1_j6l6kt9 wrote
Reply to comment by Stegasaurus_Wrecks in ELI5: How does citizenship work? Can I (US Citizen) move to the EU and just become a citizen? by _99Percent
Social security is not the same as unemployment compensation. Some people with disabilities qualify for social security income, also some children whose parents have died and sometimes surviving spouses also qualify, but generally it is not tied to unemployment.
Chemengineer_DB t1_j6la39i wrote
Reply to comment by Badbullet in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
Probably. They give them to you in Business too, but I've never seen them on domestic US flights, only international.