how often do you encounter doublespeak?
Perhaps this is a cultural thing, but doublespeak seems to be prevalent even in casual conversation
What would you do if Capitalism didn't curb your potential and force you to sell most of your time?
I often daydream about how society would be if we were not forced by society to pigeon hole ourselves into a specialized career for maximizing the profits of capitalists, and sell most of our time for it....
What's a current or growing trend only you seem to have concerns about?
I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before....
What is a good privacy respecting app for keeping track of goals?
I have a specific goal. I need to work 760 hours to get a Permanent Resident card in my current country. I work part-time, so sometimes the no. of hours I work is 3.25 or 3.75. I need to tally up these hours with a goal of 760.
What are some harmless ways to prank someone?
What hobby of yours do you wish more people were into?
What's the scary folk lore from your culture?
Every culture/region has stories and myths about the things existing there. What are the ones you find the most spooky and/or interesting?
Forgot the password for my old RAR files, Want to try the passwords/keywords which I frequently use. How can I try them at once rather than typing them every single time for every .rar file?
I use winrar.
Is it wrong for 25M to date 19F?
So I met this girl by chance and we really hit it off, once I learned of her age I decided to just be friends as I think that 19 to 25 is an age were we mature a lot and I remember myself as a 19yo and I was not mature enough to be a good partner and to be good to myself....
What are the best solutions for extending Wi-Fi range in a big, old house with thick walls? I rent, so I'd rather avoid adding any cables.
I have an extender already, but it’s a cheap one and bandwidth sucks. Any success stories?...
Can you recommend books with meme culture humor?
No, I am serious about this. I wish to get back into the learning of reading, but as a beginner I am repelled by the intense use of vocabulary, literary devices of classical literature books or intense and difficult-to-follow storyline of modern day fiction. I want to read a book that is clearly made with people like me in mind....
What are your favourite 80s fantasy movies?
I’ve been catching up on and rewatching some lately. Legend, Highlander, The Never ending Story. What are some others that are similar? And why do 80s movies seem to hit different than other decades?
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)?
Does Lemmy generally log your IP for posts and comments
How far would someone have to travel to be considered “Well traveled”?
How to seed properly and safely? [India]
I heard that in some countries you can get fined for using torrents or seeding beyond a certain limit (Das Deutschlandlied intensifies). How to seed so that no idiot government would get hands on the fact that you are downloading torrents? I am pretty sure I can do this using Tails OS but what else? Is there a safe way to SEED...
How would you go in making a standardize size chart for women clothing?
We all know, women sizes differs between brands, models and countries. Men had the war to tha k for standardize sizing due to uniform requirement. Need a pair of pants? Hip size and leg lenght is all you need! For wonen though, it depends wich country, company, cut of pants. You’vegot hips sizing, waist size, various non...
Problems connecting to Internet using Firefox and kiwi on Google Pixel. But can connect using Google Chrome anyone else?
Does anyone else have problems connecting to the Internet using a different browser besides Google Chrome?
What was the best burger you've ever had?
Don’t doxx yourself please
How to summarize a scanned PDF document by AI?
Don’t have ChatGPT...
Is working remotely clearly more productive and efficient than working at the office? (archive.is)
I remember a few years ago,
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How global and how coordinated will this action be? (climatejustice.social)
Hopefully, very.
[SOLVED] Why do stories have such effect on us?
All religions have it’s own myths, own stories, own set of values. And these are/were good stories, I mean, even though they are not true, they are certainly interesting. You won’t feel bored by it....
Should you apologize to someone you ghosted before if there is a chance you might run into them?
Say you went out on like 2 dates and said person was too clingy and you ghost em, now you might have to face them due to work. Apologize or not? And if apologize, do it preemptively or upon meeting?...