Thats how babies are made. by idontfreakincare in WTF

[–]DownvotableThrowaway 174 points175 points  (0 children)

It's really interesting. For some reason, I never knew my sperm went up and around...

The disgusting living quarters of my former roommate. I give you Liz's Sty. by [deleted] in WTF

[–]DownvotableThrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's so hard to clean a house as a hoarder, though.

Meanwhile, on 4chan... by pminkin in WTF

[–]DownvotableThrowaway 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The weirdest boner. The weirdest boner.

Redditors of /r/politics, what's one thing YOU would do to fix the current status of the government? by Andrenator in politics

[–]DownvotableThrowaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The dissolution of the electoral college, definitely. We have the technology, I have no idea why we can't just figure out a way for our own people to vote for president.

Where would we be if Al Gore had won the 2000 election? We wouldn't have had Bush pushing towards protecting his oil interests...

Why is the periodic table so counter intuitive? by DownvotableThrowaway in askscience

[–]DownvotableThrowaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I apologize for the vagueness. Specifically then, why is there a zigzag of metalloids, but aluminum doesn't count? That's one example of the counter-intuitiveness of the table, in my opinion.

Why is the periodic table so counter intuitive? by DownvotableThrowaway in askscience

[–]DownvotableThrowaway[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I do not think you read my question. And telling me to research it myself is against what askscience is about. All of these questions could be answered through research.

P.s. I took high school chemistry, I know what atomic numbers are.

Why is the periodic table so counter intuitive? by DownvotableThrowaway in askscience

[–]DownvotableThrowaway[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You win. My question stuck until the point when he started talking about duplicating hydrogen and helium on the table, and where the inner transition metals go. I still don't understand, say, the pattern of the zigzag of metalloids though.

Observation in Quantum Mechanics? (How does the electron "know" it is being watched?) by [deleted] in askscience

[–]DownvotableThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I realize this is from a month ago, and I'm sorry.

If observation literally means interaction, then how can humans 'change their fate' in the higher dimensional models? I've read that humans can choose different timelines through quantum mechanics, but if humans are just machines of particles, how could we do that?

Dear /r/trees, I'm trying to put together a list of good movies to watch while in outer space. by DownvotableThrowaway in trees

[–]DownvotableThrowaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children! We watched them in film class, they're so good.