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I personally have finished three chapsticks from top to bottom. (using them correctly, not eating them.)

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 48 minutes ago

I 100%-ed FFX-II. I don't recommend this.

[–] DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 hours ago

How many you finish by eating them?

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

I finished Heavy Barrel on one credit, in the exact same time it took Ride the Lightning to play through on a walkman.

[–] marighost@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

I'm really good at tearing away paper towels from the toll with one hand

[–] TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

I can wiggle my ears

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I regularly finish the ink of a Bic pen.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 7 hours ago

they taste awesome, right??

One time as a 19-year-old, I planned out an entire Traveler campaign in the span of two weeks. 46 planets, each with distinct cultures, local flora and fauna, and a unique questline for each one. There was an overarching plotline about a Doctor Sinestar abducting people and stealing tech. I basically spent two weeks in my room furiously typing from when I woke up until I fell asleep at my keyboard, ignoring my bodily functions until my body forced me to take care of it. It was a race against burnout, and I won, but at what cost?

[–] nemo@piefed.social 34 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

I answered a ringing payphone, just like in the movies.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago

Had that happen in an elevator. Elevator call boxes have a phone line for emergencies.

RING!
(pushes button)
"Hello?"
"Hello, who is this?"
"This is an elevator."
"No, seriously, who is this?"
"No, seriously, this is an elevator."
(Everyone in the elevator starts laughing)
"OMG... this really is an elevator!"
"Well, yeah, that's what I told you."
"How are you talking to me?"
"The call box started ringing so I pushed the button."
"Um, OK, can you hang up now?"
"Well, there's no real phone, just a button and a speaker, so I think you have to hang up."
(CLICK)

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 13 points 11 hours ago

This happened to me one time like 15 years ago. I was sitting on a bench and a pay phone next to me started ringing. I picked it up and the local police department was on the other end.

They said they'd gotten a 911 call from this number. I said this was a pay phone and they were like, "Oh. Are there like, any kids or teenagers around?"

I looked around. There was a big group of teenagers maybe 30ft from where I was sitting. "Yep, there's a few nearby."

They said, "It was probably them. But we're gonna send someone by just to make sure everything's okay."

A few minutes later a cop came by and asked if I was the person they spoke to on the phone. "Yep." He looked around and verified there was no emergency and then left.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

In a public school that had is own number, a harmless prank people used to pull was to dial the payphone's own number then immediately hang up and dash off. It would then ring and confuse the person who was nearest.

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago

You just unlocked a memory here.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What did it say? Don't leave us hanging, goddamnit!

[–] nemo@piefed.social 3 points 4 hours ago

I was in a train station, a woman was looking for her skateboarder son who was supposed to be waiting for the next train. He wasn't there.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Is that how they found you, Nemo?

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I committed to sleeping in a silk bonnet every night, and my hair is so much nicer now :)

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago
[–] ChocoboEnthusiast@leminal.space 41 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Every once in awhile, I will wash, dry, and FOLD all my laundry in one day.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

The trifecta!

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's a grand achievement

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

Right? This was for simple stuff.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Only when company is coming over. And I never have company over.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I ended up with the absolute worst shopping buggy in the store, constantly clacking and hanging up. I found it was somehow much easier to push backwards..

People looked at me funny, but hey, if it seems stupid but works, it's not stupid.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 11 hours ago

I always get stuck with the cursed cart but I roll with it. In a crowded store on the weekend nothing is more fun than power walking and doing extreme maneuvers with a loud as fuck cart.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 14 hours ago

I actually like driving backwards sometimes because you can do cool reverse 180 spins

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I've kind of wanted to die for over a year, but I dropped the hand scanner in the self checkout and it landed between the wires of the rack on the underside of the shopping cart so that it was hanging perfectly, and that was pretty cool

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 9 points 14 hours ago

Neat! Also, I don't know you but, I'm glad you're here

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Congratulations on being here! You matter !

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I can hum and whistle at the same time. Dogs always snap to attention and look at me when I do it lol

[–] FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Can you harmonize with yourself?

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 minutes ago

Huh damn just gave it a more concerted effort and I can get them pretty much in sync/harmonized haha. It feels so weird

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

Nah don’t got enough control for that though sometimes it gets close on accident. Whistle I can bend the pitch a little bit, but mostly sharp/flat. Can’t really shift full on notes easily

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

It’s really easy! Hum using the back of your throat (it’s bassy) while pursing your lips, you use the air to push the whistle. You don’t have a lot of control over your tones but it’s fun.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I can place my hands in front of my chest and make circles, hands going in opposite directions.

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Have you tried patting your head and rubbing your belly at the same time?

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

In line with your submission, I kept a Bic pen from brand new to absolutely gone. It took years, but I'm not exactly jotting down notes all day.

Now I carry a nub of a carpenter's pencil with me and I'm much happier.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

In line with yours, I broke my new pen & kept it till it was empty as well!

[–] lilmo037@infosec.pub 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I find the mates to MOST of my socks

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Did you work out where the drier puts them? Every load, two matching socks go in, but when I unload them there's either; just one sock, or two different socks.

[–] lilmo037@infosec.pub 2 points 2 hours ago

There is a pocket dimension, just behind the lint filter. I use one of those grabbers to fish socks out and I toss back ones that aren't mine.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

THEY IS THE CHOSEN ONE

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