Everyday Life
Exploring "Why" questions about Everyday Life
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Why do video game graphics and movie CGI look so different, when they’re pretty similar in their creation?
Video game graphics have to be rendered in real time at somewhere between 30 and 60 frames a second for the game to be playable where as the CGI for movies can take weeks to render out. There's also a
Why do large, established companies like Coca-Cola outsource their branding to boutique firms?
Advertising is something that is generally outsourced to companies who specialize in it. It is very specialized, they are the experts at it, and they are the ones who do it. Sometimes they will keep s
Why are gasoline prices so volatile especially compared to other staples like bread or milk?
Because the markup on gasoline is much smaller than the markup on more processed goods like bread. [Wheat prices](_URL_0_) are similarly volatile as [oil prices](_URL_2_), but there's about a nickel o
why isn’t inflation in America based on bread/sugar (past) and why is it based on things like price of iPad (present)?
Well, it's based on all of those things. It's based on what the average consumer buys and then it's the percentage difference in price between each good. However each good has a weighting on how impor
Why are drinks like coffee and tea gross when they are between luke warm and cold, but delicious when they are hot or iced?
I actually like the flavor of both at any temperature. It's probably just because I need the caffeine. According to [this](_URL_0_) we have certain "channels" in our taste buds that affect the way we
Why do humans have to treat water to make it safe to drink?
We don't have to. We just have the option of reducing our relatively small risks to near zero instead. If chimps could do that, they would, and would benefit from it as much as we do.
Why are there different sockets on motherboard for CPUs? Why isn’t there a universal socket to fit all CPUs?
Part of it forces you to upgrade your entire computer at a certain points and part of it is due to compatibility. As for the compatibility part, when a socket is designed it has certain features they
Why car manufacturers sometimes have different names for the same car model in different markets?
Sometimes it's a marketing reason, and sometimes it's copyright or trademark law. For example, back in the 1960s, Ford wanted to export the Mustang to Germany. However, a German company, Krupp, was al
Why is soda a soothing chaser for alcohol?
The carbonation helps to disperse remaining alcohol from the palate and tongue. Plus, it has a sugary taste.
why does McDonalds coke taste different than all other Coke?
McDonalds dispensed coke is made from a syrup that mixes with carbonated liquid when you activate the dispenser. Sometimes it tastes really off because they're getting to the end of the container of s