this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2025
-10 points (33.3% liked)

Ask Lemmy

35645 readers
1980 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

For me, it is always when someone asks me a question which answer could easily have been retrieved through their phone online. You're meaning to tell me, that what you have in your pocket, is not some form of gateway to information that can answer anything you're curious about at just about anywhere?

So you go and bother me instead, whom for all I care, could just lie to you or to be honest, admit that I don't know everything. Because that's what your god damn phone is for now and has been for a while now. Go use it, stop nagging me, I know when to use it when I want to know something, I don't go around bugging people and asking stupid questions.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I don't think it's very common, partners and flatmates have definitely (and understandably) been frustrated. When I was younger and used to smoke, my friends would be horrified that I wouldn't tap ash into the an ashtray, but just into the floor or couch I was sitting on. It wasn't intentional, I don't like getting ash over myself (or having to pick up envelopes, or find socks scattered over the house) but if I was occupied by a conversation or even just thinking about something, it would happen without my noticing.

But to be fair, I have adhd, so I've got a bunch of issues around attention and impulse control. It's a tiresome habit, and I'm definitely not condoning it. I'm just so glad that I don't act like that outside my home. There I'm just normal levels of thoughtless, like forgetting to use coasters.