Is lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit?
I buy these things but I wonder if they are truly pharmacologically-active and not just bullshit. Discuss
What can we do to re-shape society for the better?
If top of the society is immoral psychopaths with power, and most of the society is composed of people with good intentions, then there is not much hope for “beta uprising” until things go way beyond point of recovery, because powerful psychopaths will not let their power get taken away....
How many box cutters do you have squirreled around your house?
I count 7 in mine.
What was the time you almost died/had a close call?
What Are Some Great Films Not Adapted from Books?
When films are adapted from books, more often than not, I tend to find the books a lot more enjoyable. So I have skipped watching a lot of films in the hope of reading the books later....
Curious, how many users here actually use ActivityPub's capabilities to see other social media sites?
I’ve always wondered how many people actually decide to use something like mastodon to see Lemmy posts. I mean I know how inadequate it can be with a lack of a proper UI but I’m just wondering. Especially, with the infinite possibilities this can have.
Besides Lego, what other creative toys/products do you dabble with, if ya do?
Other creative toys/products that come to mind would be, say, Play-Doh as a sort of children’s intro to…Clay, I suppose? But in this vein without being exclusively directed towards children (albeit I imagine many may be)....
What show did you watch because of memes but were dissappointed?
On the other place I constantly saw memes of shows that I thought ‘well if they’re that popular they must be pretty good’...
What stupid thing or inside-joke really tickles you?
What was a turning point in the last ten years that you think you could have changed if you had been there, given your CURRENT skills/ abilities, which travel back in time w/you. FUNNY ANSWERS ONLY.
Anyone still using Usenet newsgroups?
Read this Register article today and was wondering if anyone here still use Usenet newsgroups? And if so, what are your top recommended newgroups to subscribe to?
if you could fight one person – living or dead – without suffering legal consequences, who would you choose?
No fictional characters. Sorry, Grandpa Joe haters.
[Serious] How can a person "rejection-proof" their life?
To extrapolate:...
Can a bullet fired into the storm cloud cause lightning to strike?
I’m just curious during thunderstorm, if anyone tried to fire a bullet during storm into clouds? Will the lightning strike the bullet? Mythbusters or someone else maybe did that ?
What's your favorite programming language and what about it do you like?
What are some songs that you started listening to ironically, but grew to genuinely enjoy?
I like The Man Behind The Slaughter by The Living Tombstone. I don’t tend to enjoy fan-made music, but this one was too groovy to pass up.
How would you fake your death and live after that ?
I mean realistically
Are there any instances similar to the meetup subs (r4r) to meet people or set up gatherings?
Back in the old read it days, I would browse the local meetup subs to join events and small social outings locally - but since I’m not using that platform anymore I’m a bit lost on find about local social gatherings. I would attend r posting of bar hopping, cinema groups, and park picnics around my town; however, I can’t...
what phone(s) do you use and what's the default web browser on them?
mine Samsung Galaxy a32 4g (will probably switch to a Google pixel 7a somewhat soon) and the default web browser is Firefox but i am in the process of switching to iceraven
People who vaped but never smoked, do you regret vaping?
I am curious to hear from people who started vaping without having smoked beforehand....
What are some apps that are very very slow for no reason?
I already see the electron apps coming!
what is the correct term for an intentional "Freudian slip"
For example: someone intentionally misspeaks, pretending as if it was an error or Freudian slip, in order to subtley communicate their true intentions
Does your major in college really matters?
I’m in my last year of college and for some reason, I decided to design my own major, and I feel like I made a mistake, I’m looking at jobs RN and feel like no employer is going to understand it at all. And that I don’t really have much in demand skills? (FYI - it’s a BA in community development, so kinda like urban...
What are the coolest coins in regular circulation from around the world?
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/14038...