If someone's pronouns are any/all, what should I use or how should I determine how to refer to you and what pronouns to use?
I want to be respectful but if they say they don’t care what pronouns I use for them, that feels like it puts the decision on me to choose what to call them and I guess I would probably default to “they” because choosing a gender for them feels weird… am I wrong?
The United States has Florida and "Florida Man". What state/province/region has your country's version of Florida Man (stereotypically home to crazy people)?
My name is Ganesh and I am a leacher :( What do you good folk think of leechers?
edit 2: thank you to everyone who replied....
Can you post your political views in the form of a rhyming poem?
Please keep it civil...
Honest question, how many of you watch the autoplaying videos on websites ?
They are one of the most infuriating things for me. But I curious to know why is this a popular pattern in websites. Do people actually stop whatever they were planning to do and watch the video ?...
What are your ideal temperature and weather conditions?
Among some friends I seem to be the odd one out who doesn’t like heat and the sun. To me an overcast fall day, 10C is perfect. Rain is welcome if it does not overstay its welcome.
Do they sell laptops like these in 2024?
I’m sick of my laptop breaking after just three years. I want a laptop that:...
What is your favorite song?
I’ll start off, my favorite song is all along the watch tower by Jimi Hendrix. That guitar at the start just sounds so beautiful.
What are the coolest Lemmy communities you know?
What's the most notable difference between you and the other people in your neighborhood?
What reading style do you consider more tedious to read, A) short, concise, and precise, but using non-layperson vocabulary, B) using layperson vocabulary, but it's longer, drawn out, and not precise?
I’ve seen a lot of people on here be teased for difficulty expressing themselves. Either people complain “you’re using big person words to describe mundane things” when they’re aiming for precision or “woah, we don’t need that damn wall of text” when they’re aiming for clarity. It’s like people just want to...
How might perspectives on race change in a hypothetical fully-egalitarian future? (sh.itjust.works)
Oh please let it be a fully egalitarian future…...
Why does a state like California that has supermajorities in both houses of the legislature not have a livable wage, housing guarantees, universal healthcare, and other very progressive policies?
I keep being told it’s because of the Republicans that we can’t have nice things. So what gives in California? We should be overflowing with progressive policies.
Why do non-psychologists talk so much about Freud?
Most psychologists don’t care about Freud’s work outside of a historical sense and kinda hate him as a person. His work was quite literally used as an example of pseudoscience by Karl Popper....
Is there any movie in which the actor naturally aged and portrayed the younger and older version of character ? Not a prequel sequel thing. One movie.
Just wondering if someone was committed enough to make such a movie
What are some signs that someone's addicted to video games?
Devs of lemmy, do you find ai chatbot helpful?
Do chatgpt or other language models help you code more efficiently and faster? Is it worth spending your money for it?
What are some structures today that you think will become "anceint" structures in the future
Something like the pyramids, or colosseum
Can I get UberEats to stop recommending to "bundle" alcohol from a liquor store to your order?
It just annoys me because I’m not going to order it and I’m abstaining from alcohol. But there’s always some “special deals” being advertised by UberEats on alcohol, as well as meat, dairy and eggs. It’s like they’re really sleazy and desperate to hawk these products.
Are there any good Black Friday deals this year? (kbin.social)
Feel free to share links and talk about what's good about the deal
Do you think AI is more likely to end Humanity or to end Capitalism?
I feel as of CEOs worried about the dangers of AI are equating the end of Capitalism with the end of the world, what are your thoughts?