Are there any online or in-person communities dedicated to minimizing the influence advertising has on its members? Do you know any strategies to minimize this effect on you?
Is there a lemmy community, for example, where people discuss shopping strategies which minimize the risk of the purchase decision being influenced by Brand Image or Flashy Packaging? Or similar topics. Maybe what product categories have cheapest products that are bad, so you can’t apply an objective criterion while making the...
Which Pikmin game is your fave? Do you own any merchandise?
Pikmin is such a formative piece of media to me and picking a fave is impossible for me. I love all the games so dearly! Pikmin 1 had this desolate and lonely kinda vibe, you’re on this unknown planet all by yourself with these peculiar alien creatures and environments, while Pikmin 2’s difficulty and addition of...
How to deal with living in a world with no future without being high 24/7?
Been high nonstop for years. I realize it’s bad for my health. But at least being high feels good....
What is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god?
The monotheistic all powerful one.
If you would be ported back to the Hadean age but have to wait....
… all the time to come to earth but you arrive as a billionaire would you do it?
What are good wireless routers in April 2024? What criteria would you use to choose one? What about mesh routers?
What was your first experience using the Internet?
For me, my Dad brought home a laptop from work and we looked up pictures of pokemon and went to the Simpsons website, circa around 1999. How about you?
What's something you've done that you weren't supposed to but don't feel bad?
What's the name of the fallacy where someone appeals to different circumstances that don't currently apply in order to justify something?
Here is the fallacy I’m describing:...
I threatened to steal my friends identity to legally change his name to something funny. What name would you use?
My current favorite is “Phillip Mypants”
Anyway to downvote by default?
Is there anyway to downvote your own posts by default?
Why can I sometimes not swallow if I wamt to?
Sometimes I malfunction and wamt to swallow but I cant. After a few tries it suddenly works. I usually bug when I breath heavily through my nose.
is there any way to losslessly convert a whole recursive file directory of .m4a files to .opus
i have a bunch of .m4a files in one folder, 1000s. can i automate their conversion somehow?
What is your favorite flower and why?
Red spider lily is my favorite because of its blood red hue and symbolism.
Did you know that solar flares cause heart attacks and even terrorist attacks?
It’s true. The magnetism disrupts our heart’s natural electrical signals, causing catastrophic health problems and death:...
Developers on Lemmy, where can I get spicy projects?
Currently fluent with c++, not-java, spackles of rust, stilllearning golang....
What is the next big thing we should all become early adopters of?
What is the deal with mobile GPUs vs PC GPUs?
For anyone who knows....
Is there any medicine that can give me happy hormones and does not need a doctor's prescription?
Things are becoming more depressing every day and I can’t afford for professionals and don’t want to jump to the last resort or drugs. Is there a medicine that can make me happy if I take it in proper doses and does not require a doctor’s prescription?
Why foreign companies like Toyota/Alibaba list on New York Stock exchange even though tokyo and others exist.
have you successfully installed a custom rom / foss on a redmi 10c?
cross-posted from: linux.community/post/744433...
Your journey with Lemmy: When and why did you join? When did you leave and come back? Are you finally settled?
My journey with Lemmy started in 2022 out of interest in the fediverse and paranoia around how much control social media companies have, and how little choice common people are left with over the Internet....
How fatal and painful is it if my belly gets stabbed/ripped open?
If someone suddenly attacks me with a pocket knife, for example, they’ll most likely immediately go right for my belly, since I am 6’5" tall, and stab or rip it open. Therefore, I’m curious how fatal and painful such a wound is?
Why is there a pronounced (stereotypical) dichotomy between listening music and gaming music?
Not talking about less than macro scales so don’t get pedantic about some exception. The early days were limited by silicon tech and memory storage, but those don’t exist any more. So why is it that game music and pop cultural music have not seemingly cross pollinated? Micro genres? Other?