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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Ironic

Whats an unethical or dangerous experiment that you would like to see performed or perform (if it werent for the ethics/danger) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Go-go-gadget...

What weird false belief did you have as a kid? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

I used to think that hair grew when it was watered - like a plant - and therefore showering was what allowed your hair to grow. No one ever told me that, I just assumed it to be true at a young age.

When was the last time you felt guilt about something, as in that emotional pit you noticeably feel in your stomach when you have done something wrong towards someone? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Forgot my best friend's birthday. We don't normally get each other anything, or celebrate in any way, so it slipped my mind. Felt awful and wanted to turn back time so bad.

What would you do/how screwed would you be if you woke up in the last game you played? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Same here, I think I would enjoy it.

What is a song that you can't help but move to, even a little? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Exodus - As it was, as it soon shall be. https://youtu.be/RLXSLw3nz_M?si=kETuZjQmznCXGxj-

There are many more but that came to mind first.

EDIT: added song title.

Why don't desk chairs have seat belts? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Invest in a treadmill. /s

What fresh fuckery is this? 🤦 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

There is a similar thing already written, minus the automatic part. You set it as your default browser and lets you do all sorts of things to the link before opening it in a browser. It lets you choose which app to use the link in afterwards. You can unshort urls, it checks for malware or redirects... You get the picture. Not sure if this helps with what you are after:

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.trianguloy.urlchecker/

What fresh fuckery is this? 🤦 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 months ago (18 children)

I think they are clamping down and trying to force people to watch yt in Google's desired way. They have managed to stop most Piped instances via ip banning and also requesting users to "sign in to confirm you are not a robot". I wish their was a proper alternative at this point. It would be great if something like Peertube took off.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

As others have mentioned, for me I sometimes use it as just filler (part of natural language). Alternatively, I can use it to add emphasis or to exaggerate.

What os do you use on your pc? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nice, do you have an idea as to how you got around the issue?

What os do you use on your pc? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Do you have a problem with win using localtime and always being an hour behind? Frustrates the hell out of me.

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Do you get sick of the same songs and how do you combat it? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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If I find myself overplaying certain songs, I sometimes have to force myself to take a break because when I don't, I usually end up ruining/disliking the song. I hate when this happens because perfectly good songs that I love end up irritating me because I have heard it too much. Do you stop listening to those songs or just play it as many times as you like?

EDIT: changed title to be open-ended.

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Which carbonated soft drink is the best? (lemmy.world)
 

The age old question. Coke? Pepsi? Store brand? Any other?

I'm personally a Dr Pepper guy myself.

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Most "simulation" games aren't simulators (lemmy.world)
 

I was just browsing the Google Play Store and I am getting frustrated seeing games being tagged with the genre, but aren't actually simulating anything. E.g. Idle Miner/Mining Tycoon (can't remember name). Nothing in the game is accurate or even tries to represent real life. It even has cartoon graphics. Now I'm not getting mad about the games themselves, just the fact that they are being labelled as sims. Anyone else annoyed by this?

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Watch history required for recommendations now on Youtube/Alternative to youtube. (lemmy.world)
 

In order to get recommendations on your homepage you need to enable your Youtube history in order for videos to be "tailored for you". This is complete BS, as recommendations were perfectly fine before, and I have never had history enabled. This is just a stunt to get people to give their personal data to google. Now I know google has always been bad but this is what really gave me the wake up call, the final straw if you will.

This has prompted me to look for an alternative, specifically an open source alternative. Unfortunately, there are no suitable candidates to my knowledge. However, there is a small, open source alternative which is federated (similarly to Lemmy) called PeerTube. I believe with enough users it could potentially become a viable alternative. Please consider reading more about it. I have not joined yet but I will research more tomorrow. Thanks for hearing me out, just wanted to spread awareness.

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Leaving pointless answers/reviews on websites (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm not sure if this is just me, but it drives me nuts when I see someone answer a question (for example in the questions section on an amazon product page) to just say that they don't know or they give an unrelated answer.

For example:

Q: Do these headphones support bluetooth and wired connections?

A: I'm not sure, but my grandson loves these!

The same goes for posts which ask a question on other sites or reviews complaining about a product, despite it doing exactly as advertised. Idk, maybe I should have posted this on unpopular opinion.

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