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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

How many you finish by eating them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago

I can wiggle my ears

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I regularly finish the ink of a Bic pen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago

they taste awesome, right??

[–] [email protected] 13 points 12 hours ago

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?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 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)

[–] [email protected] 14 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

You just unlocked a memory here.

[–] pastermil 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago

Is that how they found you, Nemo?

[–] [email protected] 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 :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 42 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

The trifecta!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's a grand achievement

[–] rc__buggy 6 points 15 hours ago

Right? This was for simple stuff.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 16 hours ago (1 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Congratulations on being here! You matter !

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Can you harmonize with yourself?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 23 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!

Sample

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 27 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 minutes ago

Yeah, kind of the same mind control.

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[–] rc__buggy 8 points 15 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I find the mates to MOST of my socks

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

No shit, most washing machines really eat socks. They sometimes slip between rubber and drum and then slowly dissolve. Have seen a video of that happening. And have found a lost sock when I had to repair the machine.

[–] [email protected] 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

THEY IS THE CHOSEN ONE

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