Asklemmy

I'm usually totally against huge corporations on principle, but there's definitely one that I can't criticise and maybe even like, Even though I don't buy any of their products.

Hi! Im looking for book recommendations where the boy likes a girl but shes with someone else and the boy and girl end up together in the end. Thank you!

Most of us are familiar with what (your local equivalent of) $10 USD is worth, or $100 or perhaps even $1,000,000.

But larger amounts soon become unrelatable. And with the huge wealth inequality at play, it's easy to come across stories where something worth hundreds of millions was wasted.

• How much money would it take, under our current systems, to solve various societal problems? (e.g. food shortages, infrastructure fixes, public health efforts, new transport)
• How much did the achievements of various organizations cost?
• What could individuals spend such money on? (luxuries, marketing)

And make sure to give evidence for your answers!

I know that some of you are going to comment about going to see a doctor before taking such a medication but don't worry. I will very much go see a doctor before I take it. Now for the main post...

I'm in my late 20s but I'm one of those that suffer from early hair loss. Think Patrick Stewart and Jason Statham. I've taken Minoxidil before with some results but not that total restoration that I'm looking for. After some thought and hesitation, I've decided to take finasteride. I want to know, if you've taken finasteride before, what was your experience? I've heard that it might give you "down there" troubles. From the little research that I've done, it only affects about 2-3% causes if on the standard 1mg dosage.

If you haven't noticed already, I'm a cishet man and (I might be wrong but) most of the replies are probably going to be from other cishet men. However, I also know that many trans women also take finasteride to combat alopecia so, if you're a trans woman, don't hesitate to leave a comment about your experience.

Right now it's Utakotoba by MyGO!!!!!

First time I felt a song that summarizes what's going through inside me

As the flotilla is going, I was reflecting how I used to listen to this hip hop album like 10 years ago A lo Cubano from Orishas that was a banger and lots of 'I love Cuba" kinda lyrics

but my spanish is terrible to non-existent, and i don't know what the state of music is like in 2026. Who is making great free Cuba music these days? What can we be listening to?

Not simultaneously, just one of each category in how they feel.

For example, I came across this YouTube video in which the author tests a whole bunch of batteries and displays a series of bar charts showing each battery's performance in various categories. How do content creators capture and log battery output like that? Is there a specific tool that plugs into a PC or records to a MicroSD card or something?

I know that bullying is universal worldwide, but the subculture around it differs, as in Japan it seems to be more psychological rather than physical, even if you stand out from the norm or customs.

For instance even you're not Japanese or mixed race (like that of another nationality), is a factor that can trigger bullying, you'll become bait for the tormentors. Seeking actual support is something they're afraid of as the bullies threaten the victim.

Also it does not help to how teachers or adults deal with it, they literally say amongst the lines of「無視」(ignore) Well... that will be useless when it's escalated to the breaking point. Teachers do not use the right approach, even in front of the entire class indirectly teasing or chastising him or her, there are cases that they are the bullies themselves or an accesssory.

Even if the victim reports it to both parents or the school body itself, most of the time it's brushed off as they don't give a f*ck about it, even at the most severe cases. A common outcome is that the victim ends up thinking about 自殺 (suicide) rather than actually dealing with it, the whole idea about it has been part of the culture for centuries due to seppuku.

In most cases, media only discusses it if the victim is deceased, when the school is questioned about it, they often say "We're not aware of it." When they were but decide to put it under the rug. Also, the mindset most people have is "Well... we're used to it. There's no point in reporting it when nothing is going to happen."

I've noticed that in both countries most of the tormentors are teenage girls rather than boys, they surround the victim trying to sway them away from anyone who can intervene. The subject matter of bullying in countries like Japan (or South Korea) is overlooked and brushed aside as they don't really address it sincerely, the stigma of mental health is dire as emotional weakness is frowned upon.

• Makes excuses not to sympathize. Brings up made up stereotypes about people as reasons not to sympathize.

• EVERYONE and EVERYTHING is fine in their worldview. Someone is suffering? They deserve it orrr they aren't actually suffering and are just trying to get you to sympathize. There is something extremely wrong going on? Maybe it's time we changed our morals, it's not that bad, really.

• Doesn't think beyond whether or not it's socially acceptable.

So? There has to be a name for this type of person. I can throw it on their face.

My neighbor's son passed away in April last year and what would have been his son's 23rd birthday is coming up at the end of the month, so I know the next few weeks are going to be really hard on him.

We're friends, but not super close. I'd like to do something for him, but can't think of much beyond bringing over food and/or flowers. Any suggestions?

I was at a party where this very handsome guy kept making moves and initiating. It felt so nice to be chosen out of many people, and the chats were good rather than superficial small talk. After a while he asked "my place or yours?" No matter how much my mind was aware that I am not the type of person who can carelessly hook up and I get attached, my heart couldn't say no in the moment. So we went to his and hooked up. We were also drunk which didn't help. Full disclosure, he couldn't get completely hard, and I wonder if it has to do with me but he said it's probably because he's drunk. We mutually did other intimate things too, and cuddled afterwards which got me - he was giving compliments and being sweet.

Then it got weird. I couldn't sleep and woke him up once after which he turned over and at one point said "get out". He was in and out of sleep with eyes closed, but it was very clearly said. He also claims that he doesn't remember anything after he hit the bed. So does that mean it's possible he was dreaming/sleeptalking and it wasn't directed at me? I accidentally left something small at his place and he added me on social media later on saying he found it. We sent a few flirty messages back and forth across a few days, and he recently asked about my weekend plans but is now ghosting me for the second time.

I just feel old and stupid. I naively thought there could be something this time but they are all the same. I hate that I fell for it and couldn't control myself. What should I do or say now? We're in a professional organization (although not a workplace) where word travels fast, my friends all saw us and were so curious, and I really care what our peers think of me. I asked when he was drunk to keep this between us so I'm afraid it didn't register deeply enough. Should I have a real talk with him, and if so, over food or just a talk in person or over the phone? I feel so lost. Please help me out, friends. Thank you!

Genuinely have a feeling Lots of Kids missed out but I want other peoples opinions

Not sure if it’s just me, but I’ve been running into this quite a bit.

My client conversations are spread across different messaging platforms, and sometimes important or more detailed discussions just get buried or overlooked.

It’s not even about the number of messages, it’s the fragmentation that makes it hard to keep track of everything in one flow.

Anyone else dealing with this? How are you keeping track of conversations without things slipping through?

When I say normie I mean someone who doesn’t care about self-hosting doesn’t really care that much about privacy and you wouldn’t consider deep tech hobbyist.

If you did , how did you do it ? Did they stay ?

Or if someone did convert you , how did they do it ?

Yes, this instance is definitely the wrong place to ask, but maybe I'll be surprised.

I hate commercial ads. I consider them intolerable and violating. I'm far from alone in this perspective (see: famous Banksy quote, and subvertising + related cultures). It's one of the rawest forms of exploitative manipulation.

So surely you can understand my confusion whenever I see people just watching ads on their phone until they finish, or even watching ads on television until their show starts again. Come on, just do something else for 4 minutes (most channels run two 4 minute segments per half hour, that why your downloaded TV episodes are 22 minutes each instead of 30)

Is there a more meaningful answer than "laziness"?

What happens if the sun shines onto your solar panels, and you have too much power. I guess you could cover the panels with a blanket in such a case, but that would be manual intervention ....

Do you need to consume all electric power you generate? Ways of wasting power include ... heating water or electrostatics.

Most people would put surplus power they produce into the grid, but this is connected to government / cooperate regulations and paperwork, some would like to avoid that.

An island solution with solar panels is not connected to the power grid at all...

Nothing against Germans, I'm just wondering why, outside of the English internet, it got such high adoption in Germany compared to eg. France or Spain. I see next to no French/Spanish/etc. content on here in comparison