Does anyone have any good alternatives to Walmart, Amazon, or Target? I'm looking for a general store that sells household products and preferably isn't owned by a billionaire or a company that adds to our surveillance state... So does anyone have any online, or physical, alternatives?

Personally, I've listened to "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate three or four times. ("I believe in miracles...")

what is happening and why and does beans have a meaning

i think it is maybe one of those:

Not Built In The Ghouls Lair

Built By Normals, For Normals

Also, are you stoked? Seems like two of the biggest/most anticipated releases in years.

My copy of Zelda shipped. First time I have bought a game on release date in several years. Not too interested in GTA 6, but I will probably get it in a year or two.

I usually look at "Local" or "All", but that's still only what is published on or is federated by my instance. What effective ways of discovering new content across all of the Fediverse do you know?

If it was literally impossible to make any profit off AI, how do you think things would look like now?

We gotta agree on one thing that old Reddit was peak. Like you can actually ask questions and get help. But it’s so heavily moderated now and I hate it. It shadow banned my accounts 3 times and had to create 3 accounts. And wdym that you need certain amount of karma to be able to post, like what if a new person just made account to ask for help and they can’t post cuz they’re new and don’t got enough of that bs karma. I hate that it’s not making internet a nice place.

So, I got fed and started looking for alternatives and found Lemmy. WHY DIDN’T I KNEW ABT THIS EARLIER. People here seem nicer than Reddit and no moderation stuff like Reddit and blaa blaa glazing.

So far I’m enjoying Lemmy. Also i wanted to asked but client for IOS. I tried Voyager, didn’t like the UI and that swipe feature (it’s good but just not my type). Rn using Mlem, the UI is nice but i can’t get used how the chat looks, I’m Reddit like chat. Is there any Client for IOS that got what i need?

How do you have fun? Can you describe how you spend your free time IN DETAIL? (don't just say "I play basketball" or "I go to a bar", describe the how you go there, how you prepare, how youtalk to people there, as in exemplifying phrases and the flow of the conversation, probiding chunks of the real dialogue).

I'm here from Reddit. They banned me for absolutely no reason. That's frustrating. How works Lemmy ?

Now that there is some accountability in the USA, when will the arrest warrants be issued for all the ICE criminals?

I’ll start it off:

• Windows is a perfectly fine OS, as long as you use Enterprise or Server (Home and Pro are crap)
• Self driving cars are the future since the US won’t fully embrace mass transit

I was wondering if there are places similar to discord servers where you can just hang out and talk while you are gaming or doing something else.

But that don't require you to sign up with personal information, ask for face identification or track you for advertising.

This happened just an hour ago or so. Went in to a local grocery shop and grabbed some carrots, oranges and bananas. Paid in cash and went out my way to put everything in my bicycle's panniers and... there she was going in her own bicycle. It was like in the Fellowship of the Ring when the hobbits see Arwen. At that very instant I saw her face my jaw dropped, almost literally, and I think she noticed I was mesmerized or something because she did a gesture of like trying to look my way but doing a gesture of "what a creep" or something. After 5 seconds or so she was gone and most probably I won't ever see her again.

How do you get over something like that? I'm still so mesmerized I can't believe a human being so ridiculously gorgeous can exist in the same plane as an ugly weirdo like me.

They'd be like chicken eggs but proportional to your size. It just happens regardless of if you're planning to eat them or not. Taste would be very similar to chicken eggs.

It's "non-profit" reddit clone, but seems nice. Looks like a cool alpha, and I'd love to get an invite from a current user.

Just asking! Thanks!

Hello all!

I sometimes see (short) videos successfully posted on lemmy, and the ActivityPub protocol should support posting audio, can you post mp3s?

If so, how? If not why?

PS. American friends, Get out and vote!

Not asking about achievements in work/love/health/etc. but about your esence as a person. Like how you wish people would describe you.

Plastic clips of some kind, found during housecleaning. Coin is a US quarter, for scale. Could they be part of an air fryer? Not sure whether to throw them out. Thx.

This sort of question comes around every once in a while; "what's your must-buy under $100", "what goods would you recommend for people just moving out on their own", and so on. I love reading these because, despite my simply vast experience[^1], I sometimes pick up new tricks.

This question is about second-level stuff; maybe not "must haves" that you'd recommend as a first purchase, but the stuff that makes life easier, that you might acquire after you've gotten settled. Things that you may have only discovered that you'd buy again if the house burned down.

For example, my wife bought a couple of these microwave tools years ago, and at the time I thought they were going to be gimmicky stuff we never used. Turns out, we use them all the time; whoever came up with the idea was brilliant.

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I like them because, unlike a hot mitt, if they get food on them you just wash them. They're way easier to use than mitts, and can be used more securely one-handed. I wouldn't trust them on stuff from the oven because of their size, but for plates and bowls from a microwave, they're surprisingly handy. It took me a dozen times using them before I realized the ring in the back actually works to clamp them to the bowl and turn them into a handle, rather than just using them as grabbers.

The thing I used today which prompted my post, and something I'd encourage people to buy if they don't have one, is a battery-powered rotary tool. My current one is a Dremel 8250, but many companies make them. They're handy and make short work of a lot of odd jobs, and IME if you have one you constantly find places to use them.

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A kit like this one runs about $150, and I think it's worth the price. I think it's worth getting an accessories kit, but the bits that came with the kit are the ones I use most often and can take you a long way.

So, what are your tools, devices, or products that you've discovered which may not be a common, basic first-level "must have" household item, but which you'd not want to do without? Things which might be a little off-the-beaten-path but indispensable? Stuff you may have stumbled upon which turned out to be surprisingly useful?

[^1]: a.k.a. advanced age
[^2]: Image grabbed randomly from a web search
[^3]: Image from product page

I am feeling that a lot of acts which harm our ecosystem, cause global warming and cause damage to other beings too. What things can I do to minimize the harm from my side? I try not to throw rubbish on street but that is only thing I know. I don't have recycling bins where I live.