I don’t click those any more. I assume they’re completely written by AI and not fact-checked in any way. They just suck knowledge out of me instead of adding more.

People replying - how about telling us why you consider your answer a must-install tool?

That doesn’t sound very effective, as protests go.

So many questions.

What the fuck is that?!

Why is it called a ‘duck’?

What did it feel like? Miniature sandworm-looking mofo.

All of them!

I can independently wiggle the toe between the pinky toe and the middle toe on my right foot.

Why not tell us, if you know?

Followed by “but I don’t like to complain”.

I don’t know why anyone would prefer that.

Obviously because everyone outside of your particular generation is a hivemind that shares a single un-nuanced thought on every topic.

A company I worked for announced that it had come to management attention that staff were socialising in the office, and that wasn’t allowed. To prevent it the doors would be locked until ten minutes before our official start time in the morning. I showed up at 7:30 the next morning for my shift and the whole team were milling around the front door because they couldn’t get in. Seems like they never delegated a manager to open up for us.

The policy was never rescinded, but they never tried enforcing it again either.

A patient escaped his police escort through a crawlspace above the showers. The whole building went on lockdown (with loudspeaker announcements about not interacting with any naked men you come across) before they eventually found him a mile away, still starkers.

I assume a large percentage of Lemmy users have the 'tism.

Yes. But you have to understand - to my mind, the purpose of a pet name is to entertain me, while mildly annoying her, by being unforgivably twee.

I call her my little Smoddy-Dimble.

Your average proper kiwi bird who complies with the right order of things can fit into two large human hands, yes?

Yes, of course. You just need to have your hands further apart than you might think.

I bet if you press your ear against his skull, you’ll hear what it’s like to be attacked by an angry cat.

It looks like most of the strange combos in the thread are variations on the theme of sweet + savoury. Lives up to the premise - that’s weird and bad and wrong.

Awake, but not loving it.

I had a piercing that turned into a scar. Got a stud put in at a music festival, and that’s how I learned I’m allergic to low-purity silver alloys. After taking the anchor-y part off the back, I had to fish the stud out of my swollen earlobe with needle-nose pliers.

I’ve been back and forth to Australia, because I have family there. Melbourne and a dusty little coastal town in South Australia called Whyalla. I’ve also attended a Worldcon there, and I think, accidentally insulted Charles Stross.

I’ve also been on a month-long trip to Europe which covered the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Germany and the Netherlands. I fell in love with each and every one of those countries as I toured through them, although it was a little bit disappointing to be trapped in Essen while my wife attended Der Spiel because of a public transport strike.

We had plans for a trip to the US next year, which may not happen now. Perhaps we’ll head back to Europe.