General Knowledge
Exploring "Why" questions about General Knowledge
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Why are people Shy or not shy?
It's just a difference if how you approach situations. I've often been called shy when I'm first introduced to someone, but the thing most people fail to realize is that the reason I'm not more..."out
Why are some console versions of PC games not given the same treatment by the developers in terms of updates, patching, and DLC (i.e. Team Fortress 2 and Diablo 3)?
Every update, patch and DLC has to go through certification and quality assurance on consoles. That process takes not only time, but money as well. Depending on much your particular audience is skewed
Why aren’t there any well known businesses that existed before the industrial era?
[There are a few](_URL_0_), but most companies from that era just didn't last into the modern age. A few breweries and textile operations have been around for hundreds of years, but all the plague doc
Why do diabetics who have hypos act aggressively?
If you are healthy you might be sitting around at like a blood sugar reading of 80. Normal is after you haven't eaten for a while that might start to go to like 70, and you start to get hungry as it k
Why is everything spinning?
Electrons don't orbit nucleus. That's a simplified version of the atom taught in elementary (secondary?) school. (On a slightly unrelated note, electrons do have a property called 'spin', but that is
Why does United states and Japan have a good relationship now even after Hiroshima?
Hiroshima was part of World War 2. After the war ended, Japan surrendered unconditionally, and the US basically came in and completely remade the Japanese state. This laid a new foundation for Japan's
Why is Australia just NOW getting Netflix?
my country still doesn't have Netflix and probably won't have for a long time, but I still use it with [Hola](_URL_1_)
Why do people keep buying EA games if they know they will have to ‘pay-to-play’?
Because EA games is the biggest player in the gaming industry and they make a lot of games. Remember that Reddit is a forum for people who have a problem. You don't hear the people who are happy becau
Why are benzodiazepines (chill pills) so bad for you, but work so well?
Benzos really aren't that bad for you, except for the addiction risk. They're particularly safe when compared to what used to be prescribed beforehand, usually barbiturates. (Mixing barbiturates with
Why can you not see deleted comments with a permalink, but you can see deleted threads with one?
Threads tend to be deleted because they break some subreddit rule (no joke posts, post must be a question). Comments tend to get deleted because they break Reddit rules (doxxing, copyright infringemen