Society
Exploring "Why" questions about Society
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Why do Presidents “retire” after their terms expire?
Several reasons. First of all, being president is a very stressful job. Have ever noticed how much presidents seem to age while in office?
Why is it socially acceptable to spend so much money on your wedding day even if you are not financially stable?
Traditionally, the wife's family(father) pays for the wedding as part of her dowry. It's part of why you needed a fathers permission to marry his daughter. With the breakdown of the traditional family
Why do Americans refer to the Republican Party as the Grand Old Party, when the Democratic Party is 16 years older?
According to Wikipedia: > The term "Grand Old Party" is a traditional nickname for the Republican Party, and the abbreviation "GOP" is a commonly used designation. The term originated in 1875 in t
Why does American use a Presidential system, rather than a Parliamentary one?
Because we divide our government into separate branches and use them to limit the other branches. In a parliamentary system the legislative and executive branches are fused into one, which gives it mo
Why do we spend so much money on capital punishment rather than just shooting those on death row?
The expense doesn't really come from the method of execution. It's the overhead of all the appeals.
Why is it that most of the educational videos we see in school seem to be those really old school ones from the 80s and 90s?
All I can say is that when I was in school back in the 70's, all the films we saw were from the 1960's! And not the fun 60's but the buzz cut, yes sir/no sir, non-colorized 60's. You'd think that the
Why is the history of math so separated from math itself in education? Wouldn’t it be more interesting if this weren’t the case?
Because it doesn't teach you math. Flip it around. Imagine you are studying literature but before you can get to the actual writing you have to spend 20 percent of the class on linguistics.
Why is the UAE so amazing and secular when it comes to technology and engineering but poor when it comes to social justice?
American and European architects and engineers built those building. They just have a shit load of money from all the oil to throw at cool buildings
Why are school buses out and about at the most random times of the day?
They can also be chartered by other organizations, and when they are done dropping off kids (at school, at a field trip etc...) they need to be parked somewhere - the drivers don't take their schoolbu
Why would anyone make estimated quarterly income tax payments?
If you run a small business from your house, or you are a smaller scale giging musician, then there is no withholding. The government doesn't like that, so they fine you if you don't make payments.