Asklemmy

I grew up in California near the bay area calling them weed whackers.

I like to learn about words from around the world and use them in my speech. I have a particular love for British words. I just love words like spiv, nod, wasteman, barmy, slapper, bruv, lezza, shafted, nonce, junkie, bint, smackhead, nutter, slag, breve, chav, squiffy, slaphead, looney/loon, bender, and dosh.

I know someone (my ex-girlfriend) who has but I haven’t.

I'm Australian, and burger with the lot where I come from involves the following Bun Bacon Egg Lettuce Tomato Pineapple Beetroot Meat Onion Sauce maybe. That's the minimum you expect anyway

Title. I honestly think he is genuinely more clever than the richer, more glory hogging power players, but that's just a guess.

https://www.padmagazine.co.uk/lifestyle/peter-thiels-net-worth-how-rich-is-the-paypal-founder-in-2025/27058/

I was putting up some wall decorations earlier today and was painstakingly realigning everything until it looked level to my eyes. It might be just a hair off, but if I don't correct it, I'll see the misalignment almost instantly and get bothered for the rest of time until I fix it. Has anyone investigated, or is there literature on the minimum perceptible angle from level to the naked eye?

Pretty self explanatory, been learning Italian for awhile (1.5 years) and would like to practice with someone who is learning English or just wouldn’t mind having random conversations with an American from Ohio haha.

Just looking to see what’s out there

Based on no science whatsoever.

I saw this Lemmy post, but a huge list of games with no discussion isn't very interesting! Let's talk about why the games that influenced us had such a big impact - how they affected us as people.

For me, it was the PC game Creatures. It's a life simulation game featuring cute little beings called 'Norns' which you raise and teach.

You can almost think of it like a much cuter predecessor to The Sims, but which claimed to actually "simulate" their brains.

As a thirteen-year-old it was the first game that made me want to go online and seek out more info. What I discovered was a community of similar-interest nerds hanging out on IRC chat, and it felt like for the first time in my life I had "found my people" - others who weren't just friends, but whom I really resonated with.

I learned web development (PHP at the time!) so I could make a site for the game, which became the foundation for my job in software engineering.

And through that group I also discovered the Furry community, which was a wild ride in itself.

So yeah, Creatures. Without that game, I think I'd have become quite a different person.

If an employer wanted to do a background check what would be the limits? Like would they have access to your medical history? and if so as someone with ASPD this would be a huge problem.

I work in entertainment so it wouldn't really affect anything but still. Being a literal sociopath isn't a good look. That's why I haven't told anyone irl. It wouldn't look good to an employer. Could it hold me back? And if so is there anyway I can withhold such information?

Do they ever look at the sky for any reason, other than maybe watching out for the Albatroses ?

Do the army support the president even if his orders are against your constitution? How is the overll clima and feeling today?

Just asking because I'm curious, I have no horse in this race :)

Edited to Armed forces since thats exactly what I ment

i found this quite cute 🥰

I do. The is “el/la” and a is “un/una”.

In my dad’s language and my second language, it’s “the” and “a”

I blocked a lot of political keywords, so I am genuinely asking because I might be ill informed. What concrete actions have the Democrats taken to block, stop, or reverse Trumps illegal actions?

Again, I am genuinely asking.

I am :)

mine, i’ve been dating for a year but met him 3 years ago.

Or to put it another way: if people ask you touch grass, where would you go?

Mine: crab rangoon!

I'm moving soon and I've 0 instinct for that, so looking for help and ideas :)