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What makes a country real/not real? (lemmy.world)

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I see a lot of people saying that countries like Israel, Latvia, Belgium and Dubai are not real countries, but how are they not? They seem to meet the threshold. How are they any less real then any other country?

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ELI5 The Iran-Contra situation? Because it kind of seems dumb that a country who was holding US hostages for so long. Then the US thought hey lets give them money for guns? (lemmy.world)

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All the while knowing they hate the US. Why them?

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ELI5 How come the US goes after people who can enrich Uranium? If I had a country and smart people to build one but was just build energies why does the US have to intervene ie Iran.? (lemmy.world)

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Why shouldn't justice be punitive? (lemmy.world)

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ELI5 how do you die of shock? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

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I know it's something to do with bloody flow changing but I just don't understand it

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How is taxation not theft? (lemmy.world)

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You don't agree to pay it. You can't opt out and if you don't pay you get put in jail. How is this not theft?

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Explain to me like I am a literal 5 year old. What is the hate towards Trans people? Is it just because they a different? Did they do something to garner the hate? I was raised different and change... (lemmy.world)

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Are good. And accepting the weird or different was the way to go.

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ELI5: What the heck is linux? (lazysoci.al)

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I'm old. I don't understand it.

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ELI5: Why does time slow down for something as it approaches the speed of light but then are suddenly fast when they are the speed of light or faster? (lemmy.wtf)

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This never made any sense to me whatsoever.

I've see all the physicists (Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, etc.) explain this principle but it doesn't make sense. They say that if you were to go to the moon and back at a certain speed near the speed of light, you might return to Earth a thousand years into the future like what happened in Planet of the Apes. But if you were going at the speed of light, you would arrive at the time light takes to arrive there. Why the dip? What is being missed?

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Understand Government Coalition (feddit.org)

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In various countries with multi-party systems, there is the concept of government coalitions. As I understand it, it is similar to cartel agreements, which we prosecute under criminal law.

But why are coalitions legal and needed?
Why does the multi-party system in Switzerland work without coalitions?

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What are the privacy concerns for using Discord? (sopuli.xyz)

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Data mining? Selling info? Weak security? I've seen Discord mentioned a lot but know nothing about it. Gracias!

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ELI am 5 or 10 how a single person can easily balance a checkbook but the government seems to have problems with? (lemmy.world)

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If we put enough wave energy generators on the sea. Is there ever a way we get the seven seas to be completely still? (lemmy.world)

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ELI 5 With all the insurmountable evidence like photos books videos testimony and so on. How can a person still deny the Holocaust? (lemmy.world)

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What exactly are tariffs and how do they work? (lazysoci.al)

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I have 0 maths or economy skills, so I do need it explained like I'm 5. They're in the news a lot atm but I just don't understand them

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What are social and practical domains ? (lemm.ee)

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In the context of psychology and intellectual stuff

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I know how sex works and so does the majority of the world. So why do celebs need intimacy coordinators? I mean can't the guy wear a cup and the female wear a skin colored thong? (lemmy.world)

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Why can't we see CTE's in football players and other until after they die? Even with all our technology? (lemmy.world)

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ELI5 What is the bennefit of the Dept of Education shutting down and the power resting with the states? What is the downside? (lemmy.world)

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ELI5 How the WPA under Rosevelt now considered socialism? It employed millions of people and they built some of the most remarkable things. How come this is frowned upon in the US? (lemmy.world)

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ELI5 Why does crypto keep spiking for no reason? (lemmy.world)

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Ok, ima be totally real with all of you, I dont know SHIT about cryptocurrency or none of that, the only reason im even checking the stock market is cus since it's ASTRONOMICALLY fucked rn, I figured I'd invest a little into S&P cus "why not"

I was checking it today and I was curious about Etherium and I noticed this MASSIVE spike and it just dips right back down all in like 20-30 minutes. Wtf happened? What caused this? Is there some kinda "pump and dump" happening?

This was taken just a few minutes ago...