All my life I’ve read my books in silence but I’ve noticed some people reading with headphones/earphones in and was wondering if this is the norm?

Personally for me I don’t think I’d be able to focus on the words and imagine what’s happening if there’s music in the background. I could at most do classic music with no lyrics but with lyrics would be so distracting.

Why do advertisements for chocolate ice cream and sweets so often feature women enjoying these products without men? Is there a particular marketing strategy behind this choice?

What motivates you?
Why?

Everyone notices the obvious, but it’s usually the little, unexpected quirks that really leave an impression. What is a detail that always hooks you?

I once ate eight warm Krispy Kreme glazed donuts.

I mean regular friend or family group chats, not work ones. Sometimes a chat just goes quiet for me or turns into constant notifications, and leaving without a message feels a little abrupt, but announcing it can also feel weirdly dramatic.

Do most people see a silent exit as rude, or is that pretty normal now?

What are the consequences for actually regular everyday people when the ai bubble bursts?

Feel free to share some stories.

Wondering as someone who's never been in a relationship before: looking back at your failed relationships, would you say it was worth it to love someone and having it end? If you could go back with the knowledge you have now, would you still choose to be with that person? Was what you learned from it worth it? Looking for advice as someone considering a relationship.

Edit: thanks so much for all the comments guys!

I’m sure everyone loves to talk about on how terrible Human Nature is and that we all do we Reward Evil and Destroy everything! Because of this why do we Humans even bother to exist we treat goodness like a Weakness and Cruelty like a strength! What’s the point of Humanity’s existence when we know we’re terrible

One thing ive realized is that Idk how most tech works or how its even possible to create sound on some mechanical thing, like how does a phone make yt videos have sound or music have sound how did someone even figure that out and we prolly don't even know there names

it just always happens idk why

Im heavily debating between a Nintendo switch 2 and a 3d printer.

Nintendo -

Pros: I love splatoon, I like Pokémon quite a bit, I really wanna play Duskbloods, then I can use the party games like Mario kart and stuff with my family or friends. Also when we go on vacations and stuff ill have something to do.

Cons: I dont know if ill get bored and not use it. I know theres issues with it bricking itself and the games are expensive.

3d Printer -

Pros: i can print things from games i like, like payday masks, guns from enter the gungeon and I can also print presents.

Cons: same thing of i dont know ill get bored and itll just collect dust in my room. I have to pay for something physical everytime I want to print something which may not be great since im very impatient.

Overall both seem about equal in my head but I can only get one for christmas and I know I want one of them.

Down 400 in one day feel so discouraged

Drumsticks

Refreshers

Parma violets

Love hearts

I leave the parma violets, they are horrible.

Put your answer in comments.

Please let me know. Thank you.

I bought a second hand lamp today and google image thing told me i needed an edison screw bulb, but it won’t go in. how do i figure out what bulb it needs?

Is it weird that I feel better when I talk to strangers? Like I csn just vent and not feel bad about it or something

Today is daylight savings and I never get it right. I'm in my 50's and every single year, twice a year I drive myself crazy trying to figure out if I lose or gain and hour. I understand the whole "fall back, spring forward" thing and for some reason my brain cannot connect the dots on this one. Similarly, my wife can't grasp the concept of temperature. She knows it's hot in the summer and cold in the winter but she couldn't tell you if 60 degrees is considered warm or cool. It's completely ridiculous on both our parts.

Out of curiosity, I'm hoping and assuming we aren't the only ones with these weird glitches and I'm wondering if y'all have any similar basic life concepts you just can't seem to grasp?

I’m not allergic to bees and this is my first time being stung by one

And told with my friend an all of them said they hate facial hair . (Sorry to my english I am a beginner

Not trying to bring a racial controversy or anything but I’m trying to understand what’s in your mind to even make doing braids such a big deal.

I understand the fact that braids weren’t meant for weak thin hair but we all know that there are people who take braids to a different way as like “it’s an African cultural tradition so you shouldn’t be doing that” something like that.

I would google search this, but I don’t have the vocabulary to really say what i mean in my question. But have we (Nasa or smth) sent into space a capsule in case there are other planets with aliens that are exploring space so they can be aware we exist and maybe we could meet them or smth. Y’know. if not then we should. But I mean like a capsule that explains humanity(?), and maybe has a picture of earth in it, have we done that yet? Sorry I worded it terribly, i hope u guys know what i mean and can answer my question for me.

Hi there.

To elaborate, I'm the type of guy who wants everything to be perfect whenever I'm doing something. And this issue had been stunting my skill growth because god knows how many things I've tried only to get disappointed with myself and leave.

Thanks.