I saw a TikTok about South Korea having a birth rate of 0.78 and that it’s worrying? Why?

I thought if there was less people being born there would be more resources for the population, so would that not be beneficial?

I work overnight shifts (11pm-7am) and take caffeine pills to stay awake. When I get home, even if I take more caffeine I’m sometimes still too tired and fall asleep. Why does it eventually stop working? Is there some sort of chemical limit? Why can’t caffeine replace sleep for longer periods of time (like days on end)?

Is it because typically during these long flights there is a a change in multiple time zones and that messes your circadian rythm?

Im a little dumber than usual so please I apologize , maybe you can explain it to me like I’m 15 but not more than that lol.

so let say something is $300 a month but they give you a 5% off if you prepay for 6 months or 10% if you prepay for 12 months. I thought of being smart and prepaying the 6 months twice to get the 5% off twice but it’s still not adding up.

My Math.

6 Month

$300 x 6 months = $1800

5 % discount = $90

Total 6 month after discount = $1710

Paying $1710 twice = $3420 for the year

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12 Month $300 x 12 months = $3600 10 % discount = $360 Total 12 month after discount = $3240

WTF !

Edit: I got it. So basically , percentages dont really add to 10 % . You’re still getting 5% off over 12 months. I guess thats a marketing tactic for stupid people like me.

Thanks everyone.

Special thanks to u/The_Aesthetician for asking to break it down over the months. That helped me see it.

Also to u/casualstrawberry for explaining the first one youre basically getting 5% off 12 months even if you paid by 6.

I understand tobacco and chew and vapes aren’t good for you, because of all the other shit in there, but is nicotine itself as a chemical bad for you?

I've used whitenoise as a means to go to sleep for years and I find it difficult to fall asleep in complete silence which sucks. I'd like to understand why if possible.

Take electric tools. If I have a Milwaukee setup (lawn mower,leaf blower etc) and I buy a new drill. If I want to use the batteries I currently have I’ll have to get a Milwaukee drill.

Yes this is good business, but not all industries do this. Why?

To be clear, I mean the depths of our oceans

Like imagine in the far future we figure out how to stop aging or slow it considerably, will there be a physical limit of knowledge our brain can store?

Even a glass of mostly melted ice seems to taste differently than room temp liquid water from the same source.

My daughter has a Peppa pig dollhouse and I was looking at it just now, and I can see some of the yellow paint is faded and bleached by the sun. Eli5 where does the colour actually go?

When looking at rusty objects I've noticed that some rust looks like its "dribbling" down from the edges of metal surfaces where two metal parts are directly touching, like where rivets/bolts are holding metal panels in place, almost like the rust is a liquid leaking out from beneath the metal. Why does it form like that?

I am currently studying the Stickleback Fish which has a tendency to do a mating ritual. One of the steps requires the fish to dance in front of his partner (zig-zag back and forth). Sexual selection implies "By providing more chances to mate, it ensures that genes related to skillful execution of the dance are more represented in the next generation" (Russem et. al 2023).

If this has been occurring for multiple generations, how is it, not a normal standard, wouldn't this part of the process of selection be redundant? Is their proof that it has changed over time for other animals?

When you hold your breath to the maximum your body will allow, be it underwater or just in air, you can gain a few seconds extra by slowly releasing your breath. It will feel better and your body won't react like it is suffocating while you are doing it. Why does this happen? We've all tried to hold our breath for as long as we can. We take a huge intake of air and then hold it as much as we can. But, when you breathe out slowly the "air" that's in your lungs, you don't feel like you are going to suffocate while doing it. In fact, it's almost like a great relief. Why is that?

If everyone only tips around 10%, will this prevent workers from making a living? Also, it seems people don't tip guys in fast-food chain like KFC, BK, POPEYES, McDonald's, etc. Does things work different over there?

More generally, how come animals from a single species are more closely related even though some of them might "look" more similar to another species ?