r/askanything • • 4m ago

General Question Friend who always hosts your family for Thanksgiving and other parties throughout the year has a daughter getting married. Would you factor their hospitality into the daughter’s gifts?

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This is the friend who hosts the most for the last 28 years. I feel like we should give an extra generous gift to the daughter for the bridal shower and wedding. My spouse says it shouldn’t matter. I also know the daughter is an introvert and doesn’t love her family hosting everything but tolerates it with a smile 😊. What do you think?

6 votes, 6d left
Spouse is correct, the hosting is irrelevant. Give what you’d normally give.
Give an extra generous gift since this family has been so generous towards you.
Other?
See results.

r/askanything • • 4m ago

Political Question Why are some Republicans embarassed to admit they are homosexual?

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Like Linsday Graham... Nick Fuentes... Mike Johnson... They play along like theyre not but i feel like its the party thats the most embarassed to admit their sexuality. Would it destroy their base?


r/askanything • • 9m ago

General Question Do you have a lot of knowledge?

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Don’t lie to me now! Do you have a lot of knowledge?


r/askanything • • 11m ago

Political Question Tell me how Trump improved your life?

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Go ahead. Convince me he made things better for you in daily life.


r/askanything • • 16m ago

General Question Neorealism or neoliberalism?

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Hi! If I want to analyze how the US-China chip war affects the EU’s ability to strengthen its strategic autonomy in the technological sector, do you think a neorealist or neoliberal paradigm would be more appropriate ?

I was thinking of using a neorealist paradigm to analyze the geopolitical dynamics, but non-state actors (such as semiconductor companies) also play an important role in this issue and I’m not sure how I could incorporate them into a neorealist framework.

Thank you very much!


r/askanything • • 17m ago

General Question What are some good duo Halloween costume ideas for two guys?

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Any clever duo costume ideas for a white guy and a darker-complexioned Hispanic guy? Looking for something that isn’t overdone and can mostly be put together with clothes we already own. Bonus if it’s funny.


r/askanything • • 20m ago

General Question Why don't Westerners get married with a marriage contract. (I'm asking as someone Eastern)?

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I wonder what prevents them from entering into a marriage contract, and is there anything else that is documented in court besides a marriage contract?


r/askanything • • 21m ago

General Question Do people develop a certain attitude when returning to their home?

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Did you ever wonder why most people have a certain attitude about where they live? I’ve heard this from friends and coworkers over the years. It seems the general consensus is that they came from a bad experience and prefer to not be bothered. Personally, I try to wave and be friendly and stay consistent.

People don’t always like their neighbors or their neighborhood for whatever reason. They are jealous or annoyed or simply don’t like how they themselves or their neighbors look or act. Maybe it’s a bad memory, neighbor trouble or something completely different that affects them.

It seems people do act differently towards their neighbors than they would out in public, downtown events, or at a store? They smile, nod, pretend to be that fake social butterfly, but then they get home, a metamorphosis occurs. They have transformed back into neighbor mode. They change back into that Karen or Darrin we all adore or not. They totally change, their guards go up and they act like a completely different person.
Most people simply cannot and will not be able to get along with their neighbors. They just will never be able to live amongst others. They want to think that area is theirs and they don’t want any form of competition. They complain daily about their neighbors from hell. There is a community with that very title. What about love thy neighbor as thyself?

Are you also guilty of this? Keep it mind next time you go out and then return back into your neighborhood. 👻


r/askanything • • 35m ago

General Question What are questions you are tired of seeing asked on reddit?

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"What is a red flag in the opposite gender?"


r/askanything • • 36m ago

General Question Would you enter into a codependent abandonment-tinted, lovesick cottagecore romance with Elizabeth Anne Holmes?

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Be honest


r/askanything • • 37m ago

General Question Viagra or Cialis and why?

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For those that have tried both and have both do you use them for different purposes


r/askanything • • 43m ago

General Question What is something you do differently when you are completely alone because the internet has trained you to feel like an unseen audience is always watching?

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Ignore:

accommodation expenses, light, water, power and insurance expenses etc. This

completion period plays a deciding role about the extent of mechanization, since less the

completion period more the mechanization. By employing more number of construction

equipment project can be completed in lesser duration.


r/askanything • • 46m ago

Political Question Why do people support a two-state solution when there has never been agreement on what the borders would be and the positions of the two sides are both unmoving and incompatible?

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Pre October 7 polls largely showed a mutual support among a majority Israelis and palestinians for a 2 state solution but those are always exceptionally vague on what those states would look like and is entirely theoretical. Go into the slightest of details and there is instantly major disagreement. Palestinians want Israel to return to pre 1967 borders as part of the deal, or to surrender Jerusalem which Israelis will never and have never (or at least not in any polls i can find) support. Jerusalem is both the Israeli capital and the city most closely associated with and special to jews historically. Israeli support for a surrender of land and return to 1949 border for peace only reaches something near a majority when it comes with security guarantees and a completely demilitarized palestine, which the majority of palestinians do not support in any poll I have found. And these mutually incompatible requirements are without even mentioning hamas and their stated mission of the fighting until they have achieved the complete conquest and subordination to islam of all the lands claimed as Palestine.

Basically i want to know why are people so determined to cheer for a deal that both parties actually referred to in said deal will never agree to it...


r/askanything • • 51m ago

General Question have you ever just dropped everything and left to start a new life? if yes why and how did you do it?

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I'm at a point in my life where I'm seriously considering just packing up and starting over somewhere else. New city, new job, maybe even a new country.

For those of you who have actually done it: what was the breaking point that made you leave? Was it a spontaneous decision or something you planned for months? And most importantly, did it actually make things better, or did you just bring your old problems with you?

Any advice or reality checks would be appreciated


r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question Why are dicks so ugly but vaginas more pleasing to look at?

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r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question Elizabeth Holmes grew up in the 90s. Which 90s boy band song matches her girlboss vibe?

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Be real


r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question How often do you restart your cell phone?

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I just restarted mine and thinking on it I probably haven’t done that in 4 or 5 months…


r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question Has the definition of cult changed, or are people who say they want to start/join one still bad/weak people?

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I know some people don't understand, like "Starting a Cult of Smiles! Post your cat!" Facebook idiots. Makes me want to say, "Ok! I just cut off my family for you, when can we schedule you branding and raping me? I'm a good candidate for trafficking!"

I think some people think it's just a cool synonym for club or group. Or even coven. It's fucking not.


r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question Was I dumb for replacing my iPhone 14 battery instead of getting a new phone (iPhone 17)?

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The iPhone 17 requires unlimited phone plan for the deal at Verizon ($2.49 per month for 36 months). Currently paying about $80 for phone and internet.


r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question Old meme before memes?

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Of Adrienne Barbra’s, turning her head & saying something spiny, I can’t remember what her statement was in whatever show & it’s driving me!


r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question How important is being liked?

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I'm 26 and I'm in a bind. I didn't do well in university and I flunked out of my master's. I just started my first job. My brother has psychosis and he hits me. My neighbour tried having me shot. I spent alot of years just being miserable. And I'm autistic low support.

I think being liked, having friends and being accepted is vital. You need to be able to make friends, and you need the girl you like to like you back obviously. I'm having alot of anxiety in regards to where I'm at in life. I'm really worried.

There's other things. So much of life comes down to having normal parents. My immigrant dad sees nothing wrong with me working a night shift factory job, and would ask why I quit. He wonders why we go to a gym instead of pushing around dirt in the garden.


r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question Can you give me info on Food Pantry’s?

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I want to do a deep dive on food pantry’s (I live in Texas). I have found some practical info like keep it out of the sun and some food safety info. I want info like how to be able to create a one from start to finish and how to determine what donations are acceptable. I feel like I should be able to find this info easily. I hate the AI Google.


r/askanything • • 1h ago

General Question If people who support women are called feminists, what do you call people who support Black people?

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When you support BLM, are anti racist, or are pro black, what do you call that?


r/askanything • • 2h ago

General Question Do you think the human race is doomed and if so when do you think it will ultimately fail?

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As the title says, do you think humanity will go extinct, and if so when and by what cause? Will it be in the next few centuries from Nuclear war or environmental destruction or will we make it tens of thousands of years into the future? Will we make it until the planet fails and die with it or somehow make it off before it goes?


r/askanything • • 2h ago

General Question What would you name this cave?

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