Is it ok to use acronyms similar to those on an equally or more popular discussion forum?
For example:...
Do you prefer to wear a smartwatch or a regular watch?
Would love to know what you guys think and your reasoning for it. I’m starting to see a lot of Apple Watches/Fitbits/Galaxy Watches in my area compared to more traditional timepieces.
So I just watched "Watch please dont destroy the treasure of foggy mountains". The movie is about friendship. Do any of you guys (over the age of 30) have best friends ?
Do you have a favorite restaurant only available in your area?
Culver’s and Minskeys are probably my favorites...
People of Lemmy that take more than 5 seconds to start your car and drive, what are you doing?
As the title says…what are you all doing?
What are some ethical clothing brands with black Friday/cyber Monday deals?
Do food delivery persons prefer cash tip?
Do you, as a person who delivers through DoorDash or UberEats or what have you, prefer to be tipped through the app or in cash?
What's your favorite compilation album?
I’ve been really enjoying the Red Hot Organization’s “No Alternative” and “Dark was the Night” recently, both because they raised a lot of money for AIDS research and because they do a great job of capturing the 90s alternative sound and 00s indie sound respectively, and it’s got me thinking how much I love...
Cat heaves and abdominal contractions even when relaxed, what think
We will see a vet but for now I need ideas. Dont have $1000 spare dollars in my couch to be exploratory as opposed to result oriented
What are Lemmy's unwritten rules?
I’ll start. Non serious answers also welcome...
Non-religious Republicans of Lemmy, how do you reconcile your non-religious convictions with a party that bases a lot of its policies on religion?
E.g. abortion rights, anti-LGBTQ, contempt for atheism, Christian nationalism, etc.
What was this year's dinner argument?
Does anyone else feel like just the bad parts of Mark Corrigan (anxious, awkward, shy, quiet) and Jez (stupid, arrogant, lazy, crude)
What is that thing called where you like randomly start picking-up/doing something that you saw someone do and now its a shared "thing" about you cuz you both do it genuinely
Like when Charlie becomes/starts doing a Griecko thing or Michael Scott imitates Ryan’s ridiculous facial hair
I want to study psychology but won't AI make it redundant in a couple of years?
I know it’s not even close there yet. It can tell you to kill yourself or to kill a president. But what about when I finish school in like 7 years? Who would pay for a therapist or a psychologist when you can ask for help a floating head on your computer?...
Is public transport in the USA owned by car makers?
I once heard that in the middle of 20th century, public transportation in the USA was widely privatized and bought by automotive manufacturers, and then wilfully left to rot, so that people would buy more cars....
How accurate is current eye-tracking tecknology?
Can commodity products detect which pixel you’re looking at on a screen?...
Anyone else feels like they want to destroy their old sim and never give their contact to anyone ever again?
If signal gets the new username feature, this just might be what i do, so fricking tired of people just blindly giving random apps and websites their contact permissions and they get my contact as well, and there’s nothing i can do about it
If another species on Earth began to develop civilization, how would you like to see them approached?
Would you prefer a hands-off, leave them to their own devices kind of approach, a keep at arms reach gently advise, or something else altogether?
How do I change my layout back to white background?
Not sure why it changed, but I don’t like this black background on Lemmy…any way to change it back?
Do hiccups serve any actual useful biological function?
It’s known that sneezing is a reflex to prevent dust or nose hairs or whatever from getting down into the lungs, but why do people and animals sometimes get hiccups? What function does that serve, and what causes them?...
Is society becoming more fake ?
It feels like social media fakeness is seeping through into real life more and more. and every one is working harder on perfecting their façade ?...
Question about Android. Is there a way to replace the system file manager on non-rooted devices?
When you need to upload a photo to a photo hosting site through a browser, the system file manager opens. When choosing a photo for editing, this also happens through the file manager built into Android. Is there a way to force applications to open my preferred file manager instead of the system one?
Why a user in one instance can't comment on another instance in lemmy? ( not a rant )
If we are able to see lemmy.ml posts in lemmy.world We should be able to make comments on the post....