What do I give my bad dad for father's day?
So. Without trauma dumping, I’ll simply say my dad is a bad dad. What’s a father’s day gift that says “you’re dead to me, but I’m still doing things to keep drama at bay”?
What thing could you do the most significantly better than your parents?
Were zx spectrum +2 keyboards disgusting to type on?
Out of curiosity, I’ve been watching a few restorations of those spectrums, and I’ve noticed the keyboards having a rather peculiar construction, judging by today’s standards. They have 2 springs, the small one, as far as I understand, presses the membrane layers together, and the larger one returns the key into neutral...
Feeling lost and with no direction, what skill should I learn?
Hi everyone. I am feeling like I’ve lost any direction after getting laid off earlier this year (was working as an analyst in telecom and very recently landed a much lower position in healthcare data entry due to necessity). I already have several hobbies but I am either burnt out on them or they have lost their luster...
What jobs were you horrified to learn are done by people with little to no experience or training?
Mine is fresh highschool graduates getting 2 weeks of training to go work acute, all-male forensic psychiatry. We’re taking criminally insane men who are unsafe to put on a unit with criminally insane women....
Help with Running the Pixel Art Generator Locally (perchance.org)
Hello,...
Writers of Lemmy, how do you do outining?
I normally just do a big text document, but I’m starting to think thats not the best method for me. It can be overwhelming to keep nice and linear over time.
Simple question: Are you a nice person?
Sure, “nice” needs some definition....
Those of you who work in warehouses in southern areas, how do you survive the summer months?
Why do most investments and financial infrastructure projects are being diverted to Gujarat under the Modi government.
Why not Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai or Bangalore where they can have better impact and make higher returns...
You have 15$. How would you spend it so that you'll be the happiest you can be for 15$ ?
And yes you have to spend it all...
What is something creative that you do but don't get paid for?
If you didn't have to work, how would you spend your time?
Imagine all your basic needs are covered: housing, food, healthcare, and so on. You don’t need to work for a living anymore. What would you do with your time?...
Solarpunk sounds likely doomsday prepper shit
I don’t know where else to put this. I’m sorry if it’s in the wrong place and will move it if it’s not appropriate here....
How do you see yourself in your imagination?
What’s your position in your imaginary world? What do you see yourself as? As a person that you want to be or as a perfect version of your current self? Or do you not imagine yourself as yourself at all? In some other form? Not as a human but rather some sort of an idea?...
What world record do you come the closest to having broken?
Often we say infinite growth (capitalism) is not sustainable and reasonable. Can we also say infinite progressivism is also not sustainable and reasonable?
This question is social/political, and meant to trigger a nice debate on the negatives of imbalanced infinite progressivism we seem to be heading in social and technological spheres, ignoring science, practicality and reason....
What thing could your parents do the most significantly better than you?
What people do you personally know of who have broken world records?
Which adaptation do you think has surpassed its source material in quality?
When did you know a career was either the perfect or the worst match for your personality?
I’m trying to give someone advice on choosing a career that will suit them better than the one they’re in and hate. I wanted to get together a list of good questions for them to ask themselves so they can use the answers to compare options like “do you prefer to work sitting or moving around,” “do you want to not work...
What's the most damage a single action has done to your home?
The last time you had a panic/anxiety attack, why?
what's your best method to remove glue from a shoe outsole?
I had to attach a piece of plastic 1 inch thick to a shoe sole to make it 1 inch taller. Why is not relevant....
Summer is the worst season of the year, isn't?
The sun sucks, being forced to shower like every 4 hours just to not feeling sweaty, the fucking mosquitoes, the fact you can’t wear anything that you want anymore due the heat, the people outside… The fucking beach. I try to avoid it… The fucking sand, not a fan of it. Is scratchy, harsh, annoying and it infiltrates in...