What happens if flat Earthers go to space?
Will they finally accept that the Earth is round, or will they say that it’s fake and the windows on the space stations are monitors?
If presidential immunity is absolute..
Could Biden order Trump’s execution and win the next election?
Do straight lines and flat planes exist in nature?
Why do some languages use gendered nouns?
Why do some languages use gendered nouns? It seems to just add more complexity for no benefit.
Is there a “proper“ way to say “6:05 AM”?
I noticed that I and Alexa say “six ‘oh’ five a m”, but is that the correct way of saying the time? Specifically the “oh” part?...
Can I keep fried eggs in fridge?
How long? Does it change the concistency or taste?...
Why do we not eat pig or cow?
When I eat chicken, I call it chicken. Chicken wing; chicken drumsticks etc....
How will we keep Meta out of the fediverse?
Is there any hope? Or is it inevitable that big corporations will take over what started as a way to escape big corporate platforms and to focus on real communities and discussions and replace it with a toxic shithole pumped full of ads?
Why don't passanger airplanes come with parachutes for people?
What is a good, healthy, unhurtful, socially positive way to express anger?
Racism, sexism and all the various other “hate these people” isms and phobias are arguably methods for expressing and rationalizing anger. And they’re bad. But what’s a good way?
Is Windows 11 decent yet?
Could we improve men’s mental health?
Would more men be open to going to therapy if they had resources tailored specifically for them, and if the office had Emotional Support Animals for appointment use?
If Trump and Biden both died today, what would happen?
Imagine the following scenario: On the 9th of January 2024 in the morning we wake up to news that President of the USA Joe Biden suffered a stroke and died in White House. The administration confirms that the death was entirely natural and no third party contributed to it. Even before the news reach all TV stations another one...
In the US, what happens if you sustain a life threatening injury and you don't have insurance?
Assuming nobody else is at fault
How do you deal with endless cookies dialogues?
This might be just EU thing, but is there an effective way to deal with endless “accept/reject cookies” dialogues?...
How do I properly lock my bike in a city where bike thefts are common?
I want to go biking in cities, but from what I’ve read most police departments simply do not give a fuck about stolen bikes. How do I make sure my bike doesn’t get stolen?
How do social media companies like twitter or youtube not run out of space for posts?
I know memory is fairly cheap but e.g. there are millions of new videos on youtube everyday, each probably few hundred MBs to few GBs. It all has to take enormous amount of space. Not to mention backups.
Where are all the videos and gifs?
I’ve noticed that on Lemmy there aren’t really any videos/gifs as I scroll. I just see post titles, links, or images....
People who order "a decaff coffee with an extra shot" - why?
All our coffee is served with two shots by default. We’re not some fancy coffee shop, just a motorway service station that makes coffee to go. We have some regulars who order a decaff with an extra shot. I explain thats going to have three shots total, and they’re happy with it....
Why is installing a different OS/Custom Rom on phones a huge hassle?
Unlock bootloader (depending on vendor, you have to do an online verification),...
I hate that I am become this person but: are delivery drivers just allowed to call and say 'please come and meet me' now?
i get it’s a legitimate safety thing to some degree and to certain people but have you considered that i cannot leave my place right now which is why i paid 40 dollars you ess dee for taco bell. which was a legitimate safety thing for myself as well, frankly....
Did racist use the "biological advantage" argument when Black athletes started competing alongside white athletes?
Given that racists and slavers used the “natural physical strength” of black people to justify putting them on hard labor and some medics still think that blacks has higher resistance to pain, I wonder if when black athletes started to join mixed race sport teams, some racist would have used the same “biological...
What is going to happen when people realize the true consequences of climate change?
I often wonder how the general population will react when they truly realize the impacts of climate change. I’d imagine there could be three reactions:...
I have an apartment where the dumpster is a car's drive away, and taking trash down involves 4 staircases. What is the best way to ameliorate this situation?
i cannot possibly express how much of a gigantic pain in the ass this is; it’s making more more slovenly than i want to be because it’s such an inconvenience to throw stuff away....