What is it called to risk losing everything for the chance of a better outcome? And is this a fallacy or not?
For example (forgive my lack of details or possible inaccuracy but it’s mainly to describe the concept anyway):...
What's the worst song you've ever listened to?
Why can't I see the discussion comments in a lemmy thread?
For some reason, I can’t see most of the discussion comments of posts but only a fraction - maybe 10% or less. What might be the reason? adblocks?
solar punk centered movies
We just had a thread about biopunk centered media, I would love a similar collection about movies and TV shows about solar punk. Here we go:...
Is it normal to get hard around gorgeous females?
Hi, I am 19M. I always feel horny around beautiful girl. However I don’t like it because it makes me uncomfortable around them....
A question for the "vegan/communist" sphere of influence: is child adoption just not a thing?
I would be here all night if I asked the Lemmy crowd every question I had, but one thing that always has stood out to me is what’s on the tin. Call me one of those childfree peoples for asking it how I did (note ahead of time that I do not judge people who have kids, I just find the alternative better), but it’s a topic...
What are your opinions on the self-proclaimed Socialist YouTuber Second Thought?
why do hangover symptoms come on in waves
Something I’ve always noticed and am going through now. Sometimes I’ll drink too much the night before and be concerned about a hangover the next morning. Morning comes, and almost always my first thought is “gee I feel like shit but actually this is way less bad then I was expecting” this misplaced optimism gets washed...
What state, city is the Tlaxcala of your country?
TL;DR: What state or city of your country gets the most satirical love / bullied?...
why dont windmills spin on the vertical axis as that would be omnidirectional for wind?
when were you superficial/shallow?
I was a huge pixies fan and after a few years somehow stumbled upon a live video and was. shocked. joy gone, could not listen to the band anymore. in my mind they where so immensely cool, young and obviously hyper attractive. but seeing those old bald men kinda ruined the music....
You just died. Instead of heaven and god(s), you wake up in a white room and an all-powerful sentient AI greets you with fascination and surprise. It says that you are the first... (read further)
being to wake up from its Purgatory program. How did you get out?
How can I become a best friend for someone ?
Will Firefox android open for all addons in the web store in the coming days?
Give me a good FOSS alternative to Youtube
edit: Peertube seems to be having a limit to how much you can upload, say 5-50gbs, how do big creators with lots of videos do their work here?...
.ogg vs .wav, whats better?
Should "show scores" default to off?
I saw that setting and switched it off, and now reading through others’ and my own comments is like walking on clouds. It’s great!...
How do you ask for help?
I feel like I give help easily but I don’t feel ok asking. How do you become ok with asking for help? I have no idea what conversations that include this even sound like. In my mind I come across as begging and losing connection with the person or people I ask. How can I think about this differently?...
When was the last time a dream made you feel genuinely happy, and what was it about?
About 3 years ago I dreamt that I was in a downtown Chicago office interviewing for a fancy new job. For whatever reason my mom came along for the interview and was patiently waiting for me in the office lobby. About half way through the interview it began to dawn on me that my mom passed away over a decade ago. This realization...
Vanilla or Chocolate: which one is OBJECTIVELY better?
No Debian Lemmy clients yet?
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/1681502...
Why many texting apps still don't let you choose specific parts to copy from a message?
It’s weird that we’re almost in 2024 and you still have to copy a message to a notes app so you can pick the relevant parts to copy....
How do you spend your upvotes? What about tips?
I have heard a few different strategies for this. For example “Upvote everything, even if you disagree with it, if it contributes to discussion”. But my concern with this strategy is that it means the first posted comments just get upvoted the highest regardless of their quality relative to other comments (as all comments...
in your opinion which cartoon series timed their cinema movie debut perfectly?
Rugrats, Pokémon, The Simpsons, The Clone Wars?