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berael t1_jaermkb wrote

Reply to ELI5: if it's cheaper for stores to sell store branded same item why won't they fully/dramatically abandon name brands? by Then_Mountain_9893

People who insist on buying the name brands are willing to pay more for them, and will buy them even when store brands are available.

People who are willing to buy the store brand will buy it even if a more-expensive name brand is available.

By offering both name brand and store brand items, the store gets both of those people to come in and shop.

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berael t1_ja8t6xk wrote

Reply to ELI5: why does/doesn’t probability increase when done multiple times? by Reason-Local

The 1st time you roll a 6 sided die, you have a 1/6 chance to roll a 6.

The 100th time you roll, you still have a 1/6 chance because it's still a 6-sided die.

The 100000000th time you roll, you still have a 1/6 chance to roll a 6 because it's still a 6-sided die.

If you have rolled four 6s in a row, then on the 5th roll you have a 1/6 chance to roll a 6, because it's still a 6-sided die. Completely apart from that, the chance of rolling five 6s in a row is 1/7776, because there are 7775 other possible combinations for those five rolls.

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berael t1_ja12q0a wrote

Reply to ELI5 When you buy a house (USA), where does your money go? by W0lfyw0lfw0lf

If you buy a candybar from someone, you give them money and they give you a candybar.

If you buy a house from someone, you give them money and they give you a house.

  • If they still owe money on their mortgage, then they use your money to pay it off. If they have money left over then they made a profit. Hooray for them!
  • If you took out a mortgage to afford the house, then you now owe the bank a whole lot of money. The house itself is the guarantee that you will pay them back: if you don't, they take the house.
  • When you sell the house, the buyer will give you money. If you still owe money on your mortgage, then you will pay the bank. If you have money left, you have made a profit. Hooray for you!
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berael t1_iy91rjt wrote

Reply to ELI5, why do viruses and bacteria have many of the same symptoms when they infect a human? by tapeness

The infections could cause all sorts of problems.

Your body's response will be fairly similar in many cases: "intruder alert, expel everything!" is a common one and covers sneezing, coughing, vomiting, and diarrhea, depending where the infection is. Likewise, your body sends a squad of white blood cells in full riot gear to the site of any infection - which then causes swelling as they flood the area.

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berael t1_iuizxn0 wrote

Reply to ELI5: What is a nightshade? Why do we consider them different to other fruit/vegetables? by assignpseudonym

"Nightshade" is a huge family of plants that covers everything from tomatoes to potatoes. And belladonna too, commonly called "deadly nightshade".

The family as a whole is not considered to be different than other fruits or vegetable.

The general reasons why anyone would try to avoid anything are "medically diagnosed allergy", "self diagnosed allergy", or "fad diet that they got suckered in to".

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berael t1_iuio4j0 wrote

Reply to eli5 - How can the human body be composed of 70% water when it feels and behaves like any other solid? by Virtual-Structure447

Take the amount of water that's inside a human body and just pour it all into a big bag. It sloshes around a lot and feels like a liquid, right? Your question is asking why people don't feel like that.

Well, take all of that water, and split it up among several billion teeny tiny boxes. Put all those boxes together in the shape of a human, and it'll contain the exact same amount of water as the big bag did, except now it'll feel solid because the water is all held within objects which have shape and structure.

In an actual human, those billions of teeny tiny boxes are all of the cells in the body.

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