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Do other languages indicate sarcasm in speech the same way as English?

1085 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] You have the ability to find lost things, hiking in on them with an internal radar. You've helped find lost children, helped archaeologists find lost ruins, museums find lost works of art. One day a nun approaches you and asks for help; she has lost her faith.

75 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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What were very smart / very dumb people compared to before Einstein?

42 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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We detect black holes from x-ray signatures, right? Why aren't the black holes sucking up those x-rays, how do they escape?

28 upvotes • r/askscience

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The name Adolf has virtually become extinct. Similarly, no one is named Sherlock today. Are there other historical examples of names that, due to notoriety, were all but eliminated as baby names?

27 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP]A religion has swept the globe, the principal tenet of which is that reality is a dream of God's, and that when every human on Earth believes this we (as God) will finally be able to awaken from our dream. (bit more inside)

22 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Historians / flair'd folks: What event would a newly discovered primary source of be most exciting to you?

16 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[META] As historians, do you make moral judgements about the past?

13 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP]Bored, you search OKCupid by Enemy % and ask out your 0% match. To your surprise, they agree to a date. On this date, you discover the one thing you and your perfect opposite have in common.

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[WP] The secret, troubled emotions and mood of the Miss America pageant's "Miss Congeniality" winner.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do other languages indicate sarcasm in speech the same way as English?	1085	askscience
[WP] You have the ability to find lost things, hiking in on them with an internal radar. You've helped find lost children, helped archaeologists find lost ruins, museums find lost works of art. One day a nun approaches you and asks for help; she has lost her faith.	75	WritingPrompts
What were very smart / very dumb people compared to before Einstein?	42	AskHistorians
We detect black holes from x-ray signatures, right? Why aren't the black holes sucking up those x-rays, how do they escape?	28	askscience
The name Adolf has virtually become extinct. Similarly, no one is named Sherlock today. Are there other historical examples of names that, due to notoriety, were all but eliminated as baby names?	27	AskHistorians
[WP]A religion has swept the globe, the principal tenet of which is that reality is a dream of God's, and that when every human on Earth believes this we (as God) will finally be able to awaken from our dream. (bit more inside)	22	WritingPrompts
Historians / flair'd folks: What event would a newly discovered primary source of be most exciting to you?	16	AskHistorians
[META] As historians, do you make moral judgements about the past?	13	AskHistorians
[WP]Bored, you search OKCupid by Enemy % and ask out your 0% match. To your surprise, they agree to a date. On this date, you discover the one thing you and your perfect opposite have in common.	13	WritingPrompts
[WP] The secret, troubled emotions and mood of the Miss America pageant's "Miss Congeniality" winner.	9	WritingPrompts