What was your most and least favorite unit in gym class?
Is it ever okay to generalize about people? why or why not?
Some RSS links from lemmy feeds are broken - or is it my reader?
Most entries in lemmy’s RSS feed have a that points to the relevant lemmy post eg...
Do we like Bill Burr now?
Let me preface this by saying I’m not a fan at all of Bill Burr, but he recently went on Bill Maher’s show, and said he was with the students. He’s also said some inflammatory things in the past, so I’m not sure. Are we cool with Bill Burr, now?
How do you deal with feeling a great connection with one of your children, but not with another?
Not that I’m having this issue, but my wife and I are considering a second kid and this is a thought I’ve had.
Does anyone else notice an uptick of extreme troll accounts?
I swear, every time most of the time I see someone being particularly rude, ignorant, and inappropriate on a post (usually political in origin, or they swing it to being political) I click on their profile and see it has been created that same day....
Would you support a mandatory retirement age of 75 for US House, US Senate & US Supreme Court Justices and if not why?
Is there a website similar to the now-defunct RedFizz[.]com? (web.archive.org)
That site allowed musicians to create and upload music and then other musicians could rate, critique, and collaborate on said music. You could even download tunes and I’ve got SO much great music still on my phone from those artists. And, it was a fun, supportive community....
What fiction or fantasy battle deserves a Sabaton song?
who is on Lemmy (the sociology of Lemmy)
I dont know if this has been asked before or if this may be a little goofy of a question but I didn’t see anything relating to it and I’m kinda curious what the culture of Lemmy is like and what sort of common things people see. ive been paying attention to interactions but nothing is as good as just asking everyone.
In your country, what "common" animals are tourists most excited to see?
It has always amused me that the tourists to the US that I’ve spoken to are often very excited to see raccoons, and disappointed if they don’t see them before they leave....
Interesting titles
Can you think of any titles from real journal articles or essays that are eye-catching?...
Are you replacing Reddit with Lenny?
This seems like a good place so far tbh
Do you leave a tip for housekeeping if you're only staying one night in a hotel?
Is it a ‘thank you for prepping my room’ or ‘please clean my room today’? If you tip post cleaning, it’s likely going to someone else the next day. Many hotels now only do housekeeping on demand. How do employees feel about this - do they miss the tips or are they happy for a less stressful workday?...
How to get a clue where on the curve of Dunning-Kruger effect you are?
What good/positive habits have you taken away from your time in Covid lockdown and kept up since then?
For example, I have kept the habit of washing my hands with soap, first thing when I come home.
Which character should I use in a Windows/Linux directory name to place it at the top of an alphabetically sorted list?
Currently I’m using #, but it causes issues with certain applications....
what are some great YouTube channels worth checking out?
What's an IT profession that is realistically possible to self-study for and become proficient enough in to get employed within a year?
By employed I mean get a job in the industry either offline or online. Ideally something that would highly likely remain in-demand in the near future.
Does Microsoft have the power to pull the plug on Linux gaming?
So I’m talking about playing previously Windows-only games on Linux, e.g. via proton....
Tips to reduce Enshittification of Internet
^Qn....
Why is there no global language that at least nearly half the world speaks (3.5 billion, I'm talkin', including non-native speakers)
Is the Tower of Babel still affecting us or something?...
If you had to give one piece of advice that is pretty much universally applicable, what would it be?
I wouldn’t dare defile Douglas Adam’s memory by not mentioning that you should keep a towel with you at all times, but my second contender is a surprisingly short three-parter:...
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...