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What's keeping people from demanding it?

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submitted 2 hours ago by wendyz@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Specifically on Lemmy or PieFed, since I use PieFed. I want to speak more Spanish here but can't find an active userbase in Spanish.

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submitted 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) by wendyz@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Hola,

I'm a native Spanish speaker from Spain (I live in the U.S., spoke English all my life with a native English speaking father and my English could be better than my Spanish). Since I am Spanish, we use vosotros. While I heard people in the U.S. learn "ustedes comen", I would say "vosotros coméis".

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If you are unable to share certain thoughts or feelings with any other human in any meaningful way, how can a person manage this in a healthy way?

Both psychologically sound and proven methods as well as personal anecdotes are welcome.

Please assume sharing is non-negotiable which precludes close friends, family, and/or professionals.

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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by Shadow79@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

The scenario is this: the murder took place in 1950 (when the internet was non existent at all) and the perpetrator is alive but at 105 years old meaning he would've been around 29 when they killed someone but back then there's no CCTV or forensic evidence, so the case went cold.

Now, with social media: although limited, the only way is a live streamed confession from his death bed at a nursing home for a crime he's committed from a previous generation (76 years ago) admitting to their Gen Z grandchildren they killed an innocent person.

However, the evidence is expired as the body has decomposed long ago, all potential forensic clues are lost for eternity. The victim's family is deceased as this happened long ago, the only ones alive are the victim's grandchildren and descendants whom one can speak to.

The perpetrator is now someone's grandpa, however since this occurred before Gen Z were born (they can only read archived files from that era and work with that). Since there was no social media when the murder took place, you only have his confession video recorded today.

Even with him confessing that he murdered someone that long ago: should he still serve time in prison despite him now being a gray haired old man who looks like he could be your grandfather? Knowing that he'll pass away soon enough, is it even worth a prison sentence?

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submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by FanciestPants@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

For those who had planned to attend a FIFA World Cup match in the United States, is anyone reconsidering whether it's safe to travel to the US for the event??

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I’m writing a story about a biracial superhero. He’s in his 20s, and his dad is a extremely wealthy Black businessman. His mom is Japanese, and she comes from a wealthy family. I don’t want to give too much away, but there is something about his family’s history that resurfaces, and it connects to his powers. He is basically trying to find out what it is. My friend says the story is stupid and no one would want to read it.

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I'm mainly talking about anime shows but you can talk about overall all shows if you want to and this will be valid too. I'm looking for answers to the following questions:

•What do you use for tracking progress of shows you watch?

•What are the pros and cons of how you're tracking your shows, and is it worth it to be tracking shows this way? (If you're using a site for tracking, then mention the pros and cons of it with the name of the site)

Note: You can include more of your opinion and experience besides the questions' answers if you want to

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We all have that one feature, the thing that makes you never want to go back to Reddit. Curious to hear what yours is.

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I don't meant for weight loss, I mean health benefits as in autophagy, clearing out toxins, giving your organs a break type stuff

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Or any other alternatives?

I've used many apps like this outertune, innertune, etc. And it seems like the success rate is about 20% for all of them.

Does anyone else have problems like this while using them??

I tried Brave since it has ad blocker built in but it runs like shit on YouTube music site (I think very likely on purpose) constantly won't respond to touches have to open two tabs of the same song to get it to work and have to reload constantly.

The devs of graphene say not to sue Firefox but shit man if I only use it for just YouTube music is it still a privacy risk to have on the phone?

Just seeming to be running out of options that are actually working.

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I just recently started using a solar charger to charge a 10k mah battery pack that I use to charge my phone every night. One device “off the grid.”

Short of installing solar on my home I’d really love to be able to charge a large battery that would output 120V so I could use household appliances “off the grid.”

Does anybody have some other energy hacks, or ways to reduce your energy consumption at home that’s not just “use less energy?”

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by MindfulMaverick@piefed.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I’m trying to understand the appeal of the Fediverse alternatives, but I’m struggling to see the value.

Right now, when I browse Lemmy or PieFed, I feel like I’m seeing 95% the same content I see on the front page of Reddit—memes, politics, and tech news—just with fewer comments and less activity. Meanwhile, the niche communities I actually use Reddit for just don’t exist here, or are ghost towns.

I thought the main draw of the Fediverse was the idea of finding a community where you feel like you belong, that fits your interests, but the structure seems to work against that. We have thematic instances, but as soon as you look at the “All” feed, it just flattens everything back into one generic Reddit clone. If you only look at your local instance to avoid that, you’re just isolating yourself, and at that point, you might as well just use a multireddit on Reddit without needing to make a new account.

So, what is the actual benefit of using Lemmy or PieFed over Reddit?

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Red pill 'alpha' guys claim wealthy men don't care about a woman's background and will date poor women, yet they often mock women seeking rich men. In reality, wealthy men tend to date within their social class. Look at Jeff Bezos, David Beckham, or Leonardo DiCaprio—these men date successful women who are already rich or from wealthy families. Even with large age gaps, the younger partners are still well-off. It seems red pill guys overstate the idea that rich men don't care about a woman's status when, in practice, they do.

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by CmdrGraves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I mean, it's one of those countries in Europe where they allow one to have the right to bear arms yet there are barely the guy entering school starts hurting kids or guy enters (public place) and proceeds to hurt others type incidents happen there while in the USA: amount of times that happens becomes excessive as fuck that it's an issue and a epidemic at that.

The stark difference is that the majority of gun owners in Switzerland are military (active or veterans) & gun fanatics (who have served). Despite being one of the most armed countries in Europe: you do not hear anything equivalent of what happened in Columbine, Orlando, Las Vegas as they're more disciplined than (cough) American gun owners or users.

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submitted 3 days ago by parody@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Imagine your bro gets promoted from VP of somewhere to CEO of a company with a lot of bad press. You grew up with the guy. Think you would take a chance at trying to exert gentle social pressure on him?

Probing my underlying thoughts, probably something about social checks and balances preventing violence

IDK if good friends have ever slapped it out of business leaders before when there is a market etc. to consider

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submitted 3 days ago by e_chao@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Not necessarily the best you have received. What compliment could someone else give you that would make you feel best?

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I mean, crushes that you saw all the time and you were close with, and ones that weren't good people. My ex-crush, this Polish girl I nickname "Helen" on here, turned out to be a Christian with internalized homophobia and was an ableist asshole who hated special education students and made fun of me behind my back.

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submitted 3 days ago by sinewyshadow@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Hi! Im looking for book recommendations where the boy likes a girl but shes with someone else and the boy and girl end up together in the end. Thank you!

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Nebulous_Keito@thelemmy.club to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I meant dropping as in: dropping before completing a whole season. Btw, I'm specifically asking about anime shows but you can say your opinion on overall shows too and this will be valid too.

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submitted 3 days ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I'm usually totally against huge corporations on principle, but there's definitely one that I can't criticise and maybe even like, Even though I don't buy any of their products.

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submitted 4 days ago by snek_boi@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I know that some of you are going to comment about going to see a doctor before taking such a medication but don't worry. I will very much go see a doctor before I take it. Now for the main post...

I'm in my late 20s but I'm one of those that suffer from early hair loss. Think Patrick Stewart and Jason Statham. I've taken Minoxidil before with some results but not that total restoration that I'm looking for. After some thought and hesitation, I've decided to take finasteride. I want to know, if you've taken finasteride before, what was your experience? I've heard that it might give you "down there" troubles. From the little research that I've done, it only affects about 2-3% causes if on the standard 1mg dosage.

If you haven't noticed already, I'm a cishet man and (I might be wrong but) most of the replies are probably going to be from other cishet men. However, I also know that many trans women also take finasteride to combat alopecia so, if you're a trans woman, don't hesitate to leave a comment about your experience.

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