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Top stories for Long   What is the most condescending advice you received from someone who assumed you were poorer or less educated than them? Asked in Human Psychology Facts • Answered by Robert Rovegno • August 29, 2023 I was in a bar in Newport Rhode Island and this lady decided that she was going to tell me that it was OK to be from Fall River, which is a working class town in Massachuse... Read more » 146   Is Wyoming, being the reddest state, also the most racist state in the USA? Cheryl Williams, lived in Wyoming • Answered March 25, 2023 I had a college English professor who once remarked that Wyoming is the white ghetto of the Western World. There aren't many black people there at all and most of them are ... Read more » 358 91   Why would an atheist group care about Christian grave blankets being placed at a military cemetery? George Dukesh, Consultant Engineering and Science at Under Contract to Various Organisations (... • Answered August 27, 2023 I had to look up grave blankets. If you or any Christian placed a "grave blanket " on the graves of any of my relatives in a military cemetery ( I have several ancestors in ... Read more » 248 70   Although the American health care system is more expensive, isn't it higher quality than single-payer countries, and don't we make more scientific innovations? Erin Kelly, lives in The United States of America • Answered October 25, 2018 I'm a wealthy American currently fighting cancer. I have access to the best healthcare money can buy in this country. Instead of relaxing and trying to stay healthy during my... Read more » 5.6K 215   What are the problems with "woke" culture? Jean-Marie Valheur, love politics • Answered May 9, 2023 In a great movie, Mean Girls, the main character (played by a super young Lindsay Lohan) befriends a group of comically vapid high school seniors known as "the Plastics". W... Read more » 1.5K 106   Why is the US Supreme Court slowing down the Trump DC case? David Schonberger, Software Engineer (2015-present) • Updated March 11 Here is an interesting theory that I cannot claim credit for but nonetheless rings all too plausible. Justices Thomas and Alito want to retire ASAP so they can go pal aroun... Read more » 2.9K 217   What's the best way to order 1000 boxes of pizza? Brad Loewen, works at Domino's Pizza • Answered June 6, 2019 What's the best way to order 1000 boxes of pizza? Call at least a month in advance (we could probably pull it off with a week's notice, but we're going to silently hate you ... Read more » 166 5   Can a couple survive infidelity and save their marriage after the betrayal of trust has happened? Mars Rover, I've been married a long time. • Updated 5h ago Yes. It can and does happen, but most couples who stay together never really survive the infidelity. They build a wall around the corpse of their dead marriage and hold the... Read more » 663 164   Why couldn't the Romans conquer Scotland? Patrick S, I love history • Answered December 2 The Romans were renowned for their military prowess and impressive conquests, but there was one land that eluded their grasp - Scotland. The question of why the Romans coul... Read more » 1.8K 163   Do Jews really run Hollywood, or is that just another anti-Semitic stereotype? Jim Braiden, studied at University College Dublin, Ireland • Answered July 1, 2023 Jews used to run a great many of the studios and made up a large percentage of directors, producers, writers and actors. During this period Hollywood produced some of the gr... Read more » 83 24   How did Tom Bower respond to Meghan Markle's conspiracy theory after a court case? Dale Rye, M.A.P.M. from Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest (2001) • Answered October 20 This is the guy who described at length how Emma Watson refused to pose for pictures with The Duchess of Sussex at an event, disappointing her bitterly, when images of the ... Read more » 328 74   A sixth grade teacher is teaching my child about evolution and that the earth is billions of years old. I do not want this taught to my child because it goes against our religious conviction. What do I say to the teacher to accomplish this? Hafizullah Sufi, lives in Seattle, WA (2009-present) • Answered September 27, 2023 Your kid is still accountable to the curriculum and the teacher is still contractually required to deliver it. There is nothing you can say to the teacher to change those t... Read more » 4.1K 581 Read more in your feed

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