@robocall@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 months agoWhat looks easy peasy lemon squeezy but is actually difficult difficult lemon difficult?message-square170fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down123
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minus-square@Kefass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink31•2 months agoI learned to combat this with 3 simple questions: What kind of job do you do? (Or study) Where do you live? Do you have any kids, dog,… Be interrested in their answers and add some simple follow-up questions that show you are listening. Add some content of your own as a follow-up. Posing that first question can be a bit weird, but the rest is as simple as it sounds.
minus-squareFuck spezlinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 months ago Be interested in their answers Yeah, so, that’s where I usually drop the ball. What if I’m just… not?
minus-square@Lemisset@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•2 months agoThat’s where I rely on “fake it till you make it”.
minus-squareFuck spezlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoWhat if, completely hypothetically of course, I’m pushing 40 and only moderately depressed but still prefer the company of my dogs to most people?
minus-squareFuck spezlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoSweet, dumb, wonderful shelter mutts. What are we using to post videos to Lemmy at this point? It still doesn’t seem to work from Voyager.
minus-square@Cryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoTesting a direct upload into the the web browser: Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead.
minus-square@Cryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoBrave, android As a general rule, I don’t like apps. I like to have as much web traffic as possible routed through my browser, which I can then use to block cookies, trackers, etc. Generally speaking, apps are much worse on privacy.
I learned to combat this with 3 simple questions:
Be interrested in their answers and add some simple follow-up questions that show you are listening. Add some content of your own as a follow-up.
Posing that first question can be a bit weird, but the rest is as simple as it sounds.
Yeah, so, that’s where I usually drop the ball. What if I’m just… not?
That’s where I rely on “fake it till you make it”.
What if, completely hypothetically of course, I’m pushing 40 and only moderately depressed but still prefer the company of my dogs to most people?
What kind of dogs do you have?
Sweet, dumb, wonderful shelter mutts.
What are we using to post videos to Lemmy at this point? It still doesn’t seem to work from Voyager.
Have you taught them any tricks?
Testing a direct upload into the the web browser:
Nice. What browser/OS?
Brave, android
As a general rule, I don’t like apps. I like to have as much web traffic as possible routed through my browser, which I can then use to block cookies, trackers, etc. Generally speaking, apps are much worse on privacy.