I used to live in apartments with an address set up of “(building) letter + (unit) number.” Maps and GPS didn’t direct people to the unit you put in, instead directing every address to the rental office, regardless of what building you actually lived in.

It made deliveries hell. If the space for written directions was available, I would copy/paste directions I had pre-written so the drivers could find my specific unit. I put those directions in both English and Spanish, since so many drivers spoke Spanish primarily.

I was in building L, but the address line wouldn’t let you capitalize letters. So my unit would always print out as “l”, which delivery drivers (who didn’t read my clear instructions) would think was a capital i.

After twice having my food delivered to the wrong address and arguing with drivers about it, I gave up entirely. But both times I contacted Doordash to say my food wasn’t delivered, and thankfully, I got full refunds on both. I should note that the Doordash account was a perk from my workplace, where the fees weren’t included, so maybe having some kind of “premium” account factored into the response. Still, it just wasn’t worth the hassle. The way I see it, the whole point of food delivery is not having to get out of my pajamas and leave the house. If I’m going to have to get dressed and drive across the massive complex to get my food anyway, I might as well just pick it up from the restaurant myself and cut out the middle man.

That feeling when you’re trying to browse through a creator you like’s page for videos you haven’t seen yet, but you have to scroll past the dozens and dozens of things you’ve already watched, which each take time to load their thumbnails, making the task drag on for ages.

Which sucks when you’re the kind of person that craves novelty. Just because I watched a nature documentary about sharks doesn’t mean all I want to watch are shark videos. YouTube doesn’t seem to understand that.

Thankfully, a lot of people gave really good suggestions when I made this Ask Lemmy post a few months ago. I’m still working my way down the list. Whenever YouTube search fails to give me something new or interesting, I check back on that page and pick a channel somebody suggested. Otherwise, the algorithm gets real stale, real quick.

Ironically, I’d spend more time on YouTube if I could find something I’d actually enjoy watching. If I find myself scrolling on end without finding anything good, I turn off the TV and go do something else.

You are her personal seat-warmer. It is one of your many purposes as her owner slave. Every time you sit down, it’s because you’re doing your job of warming a piece of furniture for your cat to enjoy later. Honestly, it’s kind of weird how you keep trying to go back to spots you’ve already warmed. Don’t you get it? It’s not cold yet, you don’t need to come back to it. Now go get a treat for your master, I can hear her meowing.

With a username like that, your worries are completely reasonable.

Not all kids sleep a regular schedule, despite their parents’ best efforts. I work with neurodivergent kids and every day there’s inevitably some kid who woke up at 4am, or didn’t fall asleep until midnight, or both.

To punish myself for swearing too much

Foraging is a good, low-stress hobby that costs nothing. You get to be out in nature and score free food. Bonus points if the plant you forage for is invasive - then you’re helping the environment, too!

I knew it. Utah really, really loves naming their streets like this.

If anyone’s in doubt, you can see it for yourself. Open an online map and zoom in on any city, or even town, in Utah. Just pick one at random - they pretty much all have streets with a name of some number + some direction. It’s honestly kinda of impressive.

Their responses are clear and methodical, giving the impression that OP is genuinely trying to discuss a potentially-tricky subject in a calm, rational manner. If they were here to “stir up shit,” surely they’d be responding in a way that encourages more drama. From the evidence, I don’t believe that’s their intent at all.

Sometimes people want to discuss difficult topics, even if there’s a risk of people taking it the wrong way. I’d say OP’s doing a decent job encouraging civility, and that’s something I wish we could see more of online.

That’s the neat thing - you don’t! For the same reasons that some people in your country will continue to hold their own stubborn beliefs about other people despite all evidence to the contrary, some people in other countries will do the same to you.

I never fit in with my home culture. For me, that’s racist, fascist Americans. Even as a kid I wasn’t accepted by my peers, school admin, and even my own mother. Having grown up under that, and becoming myself despite it all, some of those people (my mother at least) have come around. But honestly, I wouldn’t count on it.

The best you can do is keep being yourself (I know, cliched, but seriously) and live by example. Take it from someone with a lifetime of dealing with this - attempting to convince people doesn’t work. However, those who are open-minded will see you as you are and note you as one of “the good ones.” Instead of trying to change the mind of someone who’s dead set on seeing you as an enemy, focus on the people who already understand that it’s wrong to define a group of demographically-related people by the actions of a few.

We also need something to prevent a president from outright disobeying court orders. The fact the president can ignore the supreme court without any consequence is too big a threat to the system of “checks and balances.”

Fun fact - some of the “sound” is actually infrasound. Infrasound is caused by pressure waves below our hearing threshold, but our bodies and brains can still detect it. It’s often associated with feelings of “doom” and discomfort. Volcanoes, severe weather, earthquakes, and other massive earth-moving events are known to cause it, as are many large animals, such as elephants. It’s part of the reason that animals flee before natural disasters.

Humans, with our superstitious nature, sometimes attribute the sensation to supernatural causes. This can happen when old houses settle and create infrasound, leading people to feel that the house is “haunted.” The vibration of infrasound is also very close to the natural resonance frequency of our eyes, which can result in visual hallucinations, adding to “haunted” reputations.

Either way, if you’re near the beach and you feel a sudden sense of doom overtake you, it might be best to listen to your gut and leave the area.

From the thumbnail I thought this was some sort of baked good that got burned in the oven.

the disgraced pedophile financier and Donald Trump

They’re gonna need to clarify better. That’s like saying, “the bin full of garbage, and the trash can.”

The job I have now is the first one I’ve had that ever offered flex time. It’s such a treat to be halfway through the day and the boss comes up and goes, “Would you like to leave two hours early?” It’s like being asked if you want free dessert - I have to contain my giddiness, and have yet to say no to the offer.

As a huge fan of hair, all I can say is that if their god makes it a rule not to cut it, that’s a god I can agree with. Long hair for everyone!

Hard agree. But I’m autistic, and as far back as I can remember, I’ve avoided social interactions. My mom talks about how I happily played by myself as a toddler. I also remember a neighbor kid who seemed to call constantly to ask to play, and I turned her down over and again. (She eventually back-stabbed me, so don’t feel too bad for her.)

Some people legit like to be around others. Some people can’t stand the thought of spending time alone at all. Everyone’s built differently. For me, it takes a special kind of person to make me want to socialize with them (almost always other neuro-divergent folks, where I can “remove the mask” so to speak.)

Androgen insensitivity syndrome is fascinating. Plenty of people with it grow up female and have no idea their genes are different, until they reached puberty and never get their period.