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392 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Kutluna
I've had this thought since I was a kid, and every time I bring it up to my friends they just laugh. But I genuinely don't understand it, so I'm curious if there's an explanation from psychology, sociology, evolutionary biology, or history. I'm a straight man, and my logic has a…
338 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Captain_Strudels
I've quoted the claim word-for-word from a very recent frontpage sub, however I've seen this sentiment echoed more than once and it got me curious. It seems really unlikely to me - at most, perhaps unmarried men might seek out war for social mobility, but I can't imagine some le…
215 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Sufficient_Fuel5269
213 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC
Posted by /u/jpancakes28
Hi everyone! So I've been a Christian for a few years now. I used to live a life full of lust, vanity, materialism and alcohol/weed. I'm 31 and a new mom now and I was baptized earlier this year. Christ has changed my life so much I have never been happier, more sober and feelin…
180 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Wise-Text8270
In book 2 he talks about gross and 'neat' income. It is just net income as we use the term today, but why did he spell it differently? Why did we change? Did they pronounce it 'nEAt' back in the day?
174 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Bkerrychina1
Hello! I am Kerry Brown, professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute, at King's College, London. My most recent book is about Mao Zedong - `Mao: Power and Contradiction'. I have been thinking about Mao since my first visit to China in 1991, and this book…
100 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Important-Repair3873
I was driving down the highway going about 70 mph around Annapolis, Maryland (Route 97) with my daughter in the car when suddenly I could feel myself outside of my own body looking down (I guess that's the best way to describe it?) at myself driving. I was not asleep and it did…
96 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC
Posted by /u/dr-doc-phd
Today if I wanted to start reading older Superman comics, I could pirate them online, or purchase one of the many omnibuses. But in 1978 those omnibuses didn't exist, and the internet was still a twinkle in young Al Gore's eye. While I could certainly start buying the books as t…
95 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC
76 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC
Posted by /u/wastevens
I saw a post elsewhere about how, contrary to much of the world, the expectation at most non-fine dining restaurants is you will be served between a meal-and-a-half to two meals worth of food per order. When/how did this develop as an American cultural norm, distinct from the wo…
71 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Romboteryx
Archaeology seems to indicate that the Hittites had extensive contact with the Achaeans and even had Aegean city-states (including Troy) as their vassals. Yet after the Bronze Age no memory seems to remain of there having been a major empire in Central Anatolia and Herodotus mis…
68 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 2:28 PM UTC
63 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Interficient4real
I have been falling deep into the Islam v.s. Christianity sphere recently. So I wanted to write a post to help equip Christian for debate and discussion with Muslims. This was intended to cover all the main points between Muslim and Christians. But it got too long so instead I a…