Credits: I stole this without permission from the original artist

For LGBTQ+ folks who want to blend in, what tips or advice can you give?

if I page someone (@user@instance) from my instance to a different one, the user often does not get any notification. what's the standard way of paging another instance's users?

I'm open to using GIMP or a web-based online tool

I'd like to take a source image and posterize it, but instead of letting the application pick the resulting colors, I'd like to pick them manually. So for every pixel, the app would change the color to one of my chosen colors

A coworker asks what you're bringing to the potluck. What's the worst response?

In the image example, I'm logged into my instance. I learn about another instance and want to find out what communities are on it. The search feature does nothing here. Am I typing it wrong? Is there a better alternative for exploring new communities while logged into my instance?

1. As the owner of Redlemmy.com, I create a post in a community on Lemmy.world.
2. Bob responds to my post
3. In that post I see mod actions, "ban from community (instance only)" - does that mean he's banned from a community on redlemmy.com, or lemmy.world?

Aunt: I'm going to Walmart, do you need anything?

Me: no thanks, I'm going there later to do some shopping myself

Aunt: But we could combine trips! It's wasteful to both drive there on the same day! The responsible thing to do---

Me: ok, I give up. Please get me cat litter and cat snacks.

Aunt: Ok!!!! :)) Which ones? And what isle? What color is the package---

Me: exasperated Are you serious? I caved and gave you what you wanted. Now you're asking for more information? I told you I wanted to do my own shopping, and you fought me on it. I'm making a peace offering by giving you two items to buy for me, and you're saying I need to go find the names and package colors and isle numbers? Please just be satisfied with what I gave you.

The thing that she wants is to feel good about buying me something. But I don't want that. That's the disagreement.

I imagine most people would see me as the asshole here: she can't buy the right item if I don't tell her what it is. But I clearly don't care about those details; if I wanted something specific I would have told her that. The only reason I mentioned them was to appease her. I'm giving her something she wanted, something I wanted for myself, and she's demanding more.

Intent is to remember years later what specific tasks I had, even if I've left the company and no longer have access to my files. It's been very useful during interviews when asked about details of what I did, and in conversation with friends who want to know what my day to day is like. I've learned that this journal has to be kept in a personal space so that I won't lose access to it during layoffs, for example. Do you have any similar habits? What are your policies?

Let's say I'm curious about a topic and I want to find a community dedicated to it. I want to search all instances for a community by that name. Is there a feature that allows it?

Me: there's a fire in my house! Please abolish it!

Fireman: Ok, we're ready! What are you going to replace it with?

Me: what

Fireman: The fire. What are you going to replace it with? Fire has a purpose, you know, you can't just remove it. The combustion that powers your car engine, that's fire. And the fire in my woodstove heats my house and keeps my family warm. Fire is doing what it's supposed to be doing, and in the correct place, at the correct time.

Me: It's destroying my home. Please abolish it.

Fireman: Do you even know what fire is LOL fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in a self-sustaining chemical reaction, do you REALLY think you can just abolish that? Do you even know what you're talking about?

Me: I'm fine with it existing just not in my house right now.

House: destroyed

Fireman: Why didn't you give me a valid replacement??? We could have helped you.