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How do you effectively prevent plaque/tartar forming on your teeth?

My teeth are in good health and I take good care of them, yet I always get this plaque buildup no matter what I try....

When you vet someone for whether you can be close friends with them, what's a seemingly unimpactful characteristic about someone that would instantly rule them out as a potential close friend for you?

What do you think of Richard Stallman?

Do you like America? Why or why not?

Remove text on TPE phone case? (lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz)

Hi. When I got a new phone a couple weeks ago, it came with this really nice, name-brand (not giving names here) phone case. It’s really rugged and feels great on the hands. It’s also one of the most premium phone-case options out there....

Why is there no global language that at least nearly half the world speaks (3.5 billion, I'm talkin', including non-native speakers)

Is the Tower of Babel still affecting us or something?...

What's changed in lemmy and the fediverse in the past 3 months?

to those of you who get bored at work if there's lots of downtime, why?

I read posts about people quitting jobs because they’re boring or there is not much to do and I don’t get it: what’s wrong with being paid for doing nothing or not much at all?...

What do you believe was the best era of the Internet and why?

why are left leaning groups still using reddit?

the most egregious example I can think of is antiwork in reddit. Posters there love to rant against companies, but they also give good advice regarding laws in different states and is a good source to deal with micromanagers and toxic workplaces....

What are some herbal teas you would consider essential in a well-stocked tea collection?

What's the best vacuum cleaner in your opinion?

I’m looking for a vacuum cleaner that doesn’t need dust bags and gets its power from the wall socket with a cord. The suction power has high priority for me...

Do you think intention is more important or perception is more important?

[Serious] How do you smoke weed indoors without odor

There’s got to be some technology that does this. No sploofs!...

What kind of jelly do you use for your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?

I’m going to make the acceptable answers broad so jam, preserves, etc are all acceptable. I’m a fig jam or apple butter man myself.

When / why / how did "I hope you are well" become a standard email intro?

Practically every email I’ve received in maybe the past year has started with “I hope you are well”. I even had an LLM draft a placeholder email for me and it started with the same thing. This has not always been the case and it’s strange to me that everyone I interact with begins their emails with this line. Frankly,...

What is the largest amount of partners you saw in a cookies consent question ? (lemmy.ml)

And what can we do to make the Internet a more safe and privacy friendly place and replace the ad business by something less unpleasant ?

What happened to the Duolingo icon? (sh.itjust.works)

Is it just me or does the Duolingo bird looks sad/old/tired? What happened to the previous icon?

How can I get free or cheap artwork for a project if I can't draw and don't want to use AI?

A few years ago I became seriously ill. I was in a coma on heavy duty meds, and had a kidney transplant. I’m much better than I was, but I can’t do a lot of things like I could before....

What are some things you would like to see a sort of spiritual successor to?

Not a remake or remaster or rerelease of something old, but something inspired or influenced by something either popular or a cult classic. Also this could extend to hardware/tech too, not only media.