I can’t really think while doing eye contact with someone who’s talking to me. It’s either listening to them while turned away or keeping eye contact and not registering anything they say
Personally I drank coffee once and I’m never doing it again. I thought I was about to die, lol. I’ll probably stick to water. I however really like the idea of signaling that I’m having coffee although I’m not
My partner and I just had a talk about it. Basically, she celebrated her birthday today. I was on her party, and it was fun, but I left after around 2 hours to get home and relax a bit. After I arrived, a friend of mine texted me and asked me if I wanted to go to a lake and see the sunset. I agreed, we went to the lake and went...
This isn’t about immediately filtered content, like the disgusting DuffMan George Floyd meme, or Holocaust denial. That’s pretty well kept in check by mod tools. I’m also not talking about cogent or even pointed political discussion....
Yea afaik I remember reading several posts from hexbear users saying they were fine before federation and are fine with the idea of defederation. Don’t know if that’s representative
Inspired by a post since deleted, I feel bad for probably coming off judgemental about the poster’s taste in the movie that drove him to consider sailing....
When I was barely a teenager my dad used to buy me games and 3d software (I wanted to make games and animations) at the flea market. There was a guy who cracked and sold software for a living. It’s a family tradition ! I fully intend to pass it down too
The internet has made a lot of people armchair experts happy to offer their perspective with a degree of certainty, without doing the work to identify gaps in their knowledge. Often the mark of genuine expertise is knowing the limitations of your knowledge....
I kinda feel like a fraud with all the experts here, but I work in CGI and am quite active on some forums to help out people with their technical issues. The vast majority of people are good willed and are either happy to use a solution I -or someone else- provided, or respectfully dissatisfied with the efficiency of said solution. Which is fine because sometimes there aren’t solutions, only workarounds.
But once in a while… there’s gonna be a guy… and it’s always a dude, of course- there’s gonna be a guy who just demands a solution to a problem he doesn’t even care to explain fully. And he weaves into his question a bunch of unfounded attacks towards the developers of the software in question, which he didn’t pay for, because it’s free and opensource. And more often than not, he will not try the proposed solutions, instead questioning 1.your legitimacy and proficiency 2.your understanding of his issue 3.your very presence on these forums, etc It’s crazy. When it starts to look like one of these, I don’t bother going in anymore.
Body positivity is such a strange concept to me. There’s efforts to reclaim words while simultaneously calling them bad if used as an insult. Ideally, people wouldn’t be offended by someone describing their body with common descriptors, but socially there is so much value attributed to certain body types that it’s almost...
In french, “short” is petit, which translates to small -there is no distinction between “small as in short” and “small as in small” other than context. Imho this plays a bit in how it’s perceived : it’s a less specific term than the english “short” while at the same time being linked with general smallness, which has some power connotations.
I think “short king” is trying too hard to reclaim a word, and in the process makes it sound more problematic than it was in the first place.
How do you experience eye contact?
I’m still on my journey of understanding the differences between autism and other. My focus today is eye contact, so let’s have a discussion!...
What's the best wax-on-wax-off-style advice you've heard that you can attest as being helpful in certain situations?
What is cake day called on Lemmy?
What are things considered romantic, to be avoided in a relationship?
My partner and I just had a talk about it. Basically, she celebrated her birthday today. I was on her party, and it was fun, but I left after around 2 hours to get home and relax a bit. After I arrived, a friend of mine texted me and asked me if I wanted to go to a lake and see the sunset. I agreed, we went to the lake and went...
Radical acceptance (lemmy.world)
Has anyone else noticed a large influx of Trolls lately?
This isn’t about immediately filtered content, like the disgusting DuffMan George Floyd meme, or Holocaust denial. That’s pretty well kept in check by mod tools. I’m also not talking about cogent or even pointed political discussion....
What drew you to the high seas?
Inspired by a post since deleted, I feel bad for probably coming off judgemental about the poster’s taste in the movie that drove him to consider sailing....
Qualified experts of Lemmy, do people believe you when you answer questions in your field?
The internet has made a lot of people armchair experts happy to offer their perspective with a degree of certainty, without doing the work to identify gaps in their knowledge. Often the mark of genuine expertise is knowing the limitations of your knowledge....
What do you think of the term "short king" as a term that's supposed to champion body positivity for men?
Body positivity is such a strange concept to me. There’s efforts to reclaim words while simultaneously calling them bad if used as an insult. Ideally, people wouldn’t be offended by someone describing their body with common descriptors, but socially there is so much value attributed to certain body types that it’s almost...
Pathetic Trump Already Trying to Weasel Out of Debating Biden (newrepublic.com)
"Don't Be Weak and Gay," a Missouri GOP Candidate Tells Voters in a New Campaign Ad (www.them.us)
Do you like olives?
I need to settle an argument I started. My argument: olives are gross....
XWayland 24.1 Released With Explicit Sync, Better Rootful Experience (www.phoronix.com)