No Stupid Questions

This question came about over a discussion my brother and I had about whether dogs should be on leashes when outside. We both agreed that yes, they should, for several reasons, but that's not the point.

Let's use a hypothetical to better illustrate the question. Imagine that there's a perfume - vanilla, for example - that doesn't bother you at all (you don't like nor dislike it), but that is very upsetting to some people, and can even cause some adverse reactions (allergies or something). In this hypothetical, based on the negative effects, you agree that vanilla perfumes should be banned. Currently, however, they are allowed.

You're walking down the street, and randomly smell someone passing you by and they're wearing a vanilla perfume.

Would that upset you? Why, or why not?

My answer is yes, without a doubt. Even though the smell itself doesn't bother me, the fact someone would wear that perfume and not only potentially upset others, but put them in danger, is upsetting.

My brother, however, would say no! He couldn't explain his reasoning to me.

I know this is a little convoluted, but I hope I got my question across.

Lemmy is great and it is in essence an aggregated forum. But I would like to know how I can also find forums about specific topics.

For example I am very interested in football but the only place I can really find any discussion of football is r/soccer on reddit. I would like to find smaller but active forums where the discussions are more slow paced and drawn out over time.

I would like to know how to find these places on the internet, if they still exist, for any topic.

For me it was "Your mom looks like Gimli from Lord of the Rings.". My best friend took a few seconds to process what I just said to him and then started crying laughing. Good times. I think it was the deadpan delivery that killed him.

You know that song by Freak Nasty from 1996? I heard it a few times and I still don't know what the "dip" is. Is it a dance? A drug?

Title. And this will also affect non-AI imitations of voices?

Let's say you have something on your plate like rice or vegetables, and you need to push it onto your fork or spoon. Now say you have some piece of finger food with it, like a chicken tendie. Would it be better etiquette to push the veggies/rice onto your spoon/fork with the tendie or your finger?

Link to YouTube video in the vid the surgeon and the patient are interviewed. it was a CNN report

Asking cuz I can't find the actual case report of this anywhere but according to other news reports this case was first published on April 1st 2009. the doctors said the man inhaled a fir tree seed and the fir tree grew in his lung

going to Reddit was unhelpful since they just kept making the same jokes over and over again so I'm wondering if people more knowledgable than me can confirm or deny the authenticity of this lol

I just finished my first ever Lego set, the insect (+botanicals) collection and I absolutely love them and want more. Lego itself doesn't seem to have anything more in terms of the insects and my pitiable googling only results in articles, videos, and reddit threads about the same box.

Is there somewhere to find people's personal builds with parts lists and instructions?

Heyy everyone, This question might seem dumb for most but as a 19yr guy , still don’t know what to do. I wanted to know if there is anyway to find a companies to work with as an « alternant » in visual and audio specialisation ( french term for someone partially working some days in the week while also going to school ). As matter of fact I’ve tried to look for thing like that but don’t know how to contact them or anyway, Does anyone has some tips to give me, would be much appreciated ! And also if there is any alternative to LinkedIn because I’m getting sick of the people on this app being 50yr racist and self centered manager/ceo.. that I have to contact :) Much love to everyone thanks for reading this !

Just asking cause I don't know what term to look for. I've also seen a couple sites that sell bunches of em for like 10 or 20 percent off, but those could be scam sites cause they disappear after a few months

Would be asymtotic or something

Isnt that like a limited infinite range in a way?

And the whole root comes out with it in one pluck, no plucking the scab directly

For Context: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/photographer-arrested-home-depot-ice-raid

How to document these events safely?

When I go to people's houses, their toilet paper area never seems to have as much of that goddamn dust all over the place. Is it my toilet paper? I swear even when I clean, there's a film of that stuff that comes up all over the toilet and behind the toilet. Am I doing something wrong?

Edit: I have a bidet. You still need to dry your ass and vulva with a bidet. Guests still want toilet paper. Now I'm more concerned - do y'all not have toilet paper just because you have a bidet?? It's not safe to leave your ass moist!

Sounds like it's a brand issue though but my partner is unwilling to switch from the ultra soft whatever we have so I guess I'm SOL.

Overflow incontinence happens when your bladder gets so full that the sphincters physically give way and you pee yourself. In other words the muscle would give before the bladder ruptures. I came across a thread about Tycho's death on Reddit and virtually no one was calling bullshit on the story that he died of a burst bladder because he was embarrassed to go to the bathroom during a banquet.

I've moistutized it and wearing long-sleeves but I've never done that before so what can I expect in terms of healing time, process?

Edit: bought and applied contininy doses of Polysporin as pharm recommended until i can see my dr

Edit: Its just the outside sleeve for meGonna be a complete bitch to get back in tho, talk about fine-motor tasks

inb4 the inevitable jokes, this is a genuine question.

I’m learning to juggle, I’ve got a lot of experience doing different kinds of presentations for children, I thrifted a guide to making balloon animals and will buy supplies to practice if I end up winning an Amazon gift card at work.

The other things I imagine I would need are getting the make up down. I’d love to go to Mooseburger, but financially not in the cards.

How does one start doing festivals? Making money would be nice, but I’d be happy to do things like kids hospitals for free.

Is there anything like this? Something like Roblox, but rather than using a central server, using a network of decentralised servers with different self-hosted instances (a bit like the fediverse, but for online multiplayer games)

If there’s nothing like this, how difficult would it be to start something like this myself?

edit: Or maybe something like Scratch, where you’re not tied to a specific movement system and can program whatever kind of game you want?

Every year, tech reviewers position the latest chip as much better than the old one, and the same thing happens next year, and the next. The Snapdragon 8 Elite was better than the Gen 3, which was better than the Gen 2, and so on.

If the “flagship” chips are so good, why not just stop to save cost? Why upgrade the chipset every year with minimal gains?

If everyone stuck with the same generation of chip, smartphones could be cheaper (good for consumers) OR profit margins could be increased (good for companies). Or maybe a mix of both.

What drives the yearly update in chips? AI maybe?