OMG I know. I use a microwave pretty much for every meal. Either as the primary cooking equipment or as part of the prep.

Microwaves are great for preheating small amounts and thawing things if needed.

Aside from thawing meat, preparing frozen meals, and using a glass of water to reheat food for a first-day taste, the microwave doesn’t get much use in many homes today.

WTF…

Yeah no use at all.

FUCKING OF COURSE…

People do that all the time now. Hell I suck down a liquid that does that now. It is called Whiskey.

So my question is:

• What are your advice on how to properly start discussions and keep them going?

Find an instance that is about things you like and post things. I enjoy movies, TV shows and Lacrosse. So I post things on those instances. I post anything I want about those things. Sometimes people respond sometimes people don’t.

REMEMBER PEOPLE WANT YOU TO POST THINGS

• Do I have to respond to every comment? Or is a simple upvote enough to thank them if I have no further questions?

I always try to respond to all comments, provided the comment is substantive. If if is someone just posting a dismissive comment, than I ignore those.

• Can I reply after a day or two if I am too busy to reply immediatly?

I will generally reply immediately for a few hours, depending on my availability and then responded less as the post ages. The nice thing about the Lemmy inbox is that it lets you know when new responses are done.

• What is considered low effort?

That is entirely up to the reader to define.

• Are cross-posts appreciated or considered rude?

See my remember point above

• General Lemmy-etiquette

That is so nebulous that it is correct to say there isnt any.

• And anything else you might consider helpful for a rookie or you want to see more often in posts.

REMEMBER THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS PLACE IS TO POST THINGS

/boggle

You clearly haven’t met too many artists.

I loved everything about being a parent. Sure my kid had his moments, we all do and that was ok, because I like to think I was raising him to do things the right way.

Also when he got to late high school and finally off to college is was also very nice to enjoy my free time and let him deal with his own labors of life.

Being smart or dumb is not an all connected to having a good personality.

Also your story about Vietnam does not mean she is dumb. It means she is ill informed.

It will depend on who the two people are and how they handle things.

When I met with my future wife she had a son. I fell in love with both of them and after we were married I adopted him. 33 years later we are still going strong.

Marriage is marriage man. Dating in an entertainment package

Marrying is a partnership to deal with challenges of living. .

HEHE I remember when it aired, I found it a bit cathartic. Poking fun at that madness helped compartmentalize it.

That women is the owner of that shop.

A six year old feeding and caring for itself? Come on man.

I keep thinking about getting a fob system. I installed a keypad for myself and that is awesome.

I will go though periods where I will prep work lunches and then periods when I get lazy and take a can of soup or something frozen.

It is the same.

I think a lot of the smart home stuff total worthless fluff, but there are parts that have use.

I can control my HVAC remotely, so I have shut it down in response to brown outs and an effort to not waste power.

Women die in child birth now pretty regularly.

Modern medicine has greatly improved things but giving birth is pretty crazy.

Beyond all the defects and things you talk about human babies are absolutely helpless for 5 years at a minimum and need parental care until about 15 years.

They sure did and it was a Super Bowl add too.

Here is a link.

https://youtu.be/XelsNvpibpQ

Nursing:

• They deal with nothing but shit, piss and oozes. The amount of shit they have to clean up is without measure.

Doctor:

• Paper work, paper work and yet even more paper work. Being sick sucks, being around sick people sucks.

Who the hell thinks that is a good job?

Yeah let people you have no sexual attraction too fuck you. Suck some guy’s cock…