Recent questions tagged community

Description : Does expressing hatred have a sort cathartic effect on the spirit?

Last Answer : I don’t hate. Hate, I feel, eats away from the hater’s own heart. And doesn’t, necessarily, do much to the person hated. If it ever rears its head, one day, for whatever reason, I’ll see what I’ll do with it then. But I don’t like the concept.

Description : Is Fluther getting just too ugly-spirited lately?

Last Answer : “What’s with all this violence?” asks man while punching his neighbor.

Description : Can I get a group hug? (Details)

Last Answer : I just hooked up with a new girl. Thought she was awesome. Turns out, she's got a lot of problems. I was really happy at first, but now it sucks. I got a new job. At a great place. Problem ... that may have cost me a great job, that would have really improved my life. Just venting, I guess. Sorry .

Description : Would you share some of your favorite Fluther memories?

Last Answer : Ah! A shift from the recent heat. I don't know if you were around at that time, but there was one April Fool day in 2014 when Pi and the mod team decided to make a goofy category called ... argument, look at the bigger picture and decide for ourselves whether to let go of the anger and move on.

Description : Your favourite sign of the season changing?

Last Answer : Being able to open the windows.

Description : What is your favourite part of your bedding?

Last Answer : answer:I can't pick one thing. It's a combination of things that create a wonderful environment. I love my pillows, but I love having a soft, comfy bed topper too. The one on my own bed is sheepskin ... putting it under my neck when I go to sleep. It really helps to cool me down and thus to sleep.

Description : Hi, I'm new here, any unwritten/unspoken rules I need to know about?

Last Answer : answer:Not really. Just respect the guidelines when writing questions. Welcome to ask-public.

Description : What's in your pockets?

Last Answer : I have my PC plus loyalty card, a $10 bill, 1 toonie, 4 loonies, 1 quarter and 2 dimes.

Description : The Jelly Below Me loves to... #1?

Last Answer : I love to randomly search through dusty old books when I visit the library, to see what may have been forgotten. TJBM loves to…

Description : If you live in the suburbs, do you know your neighbor's names, do you talk to them?

Last Answer : answer:His name is Anthony. Can’t remember his girlfriend’s name to save my life. Their dogs are Diesel and Tonka. And we helped them move from the house on one side of us to the house on the other side of us (Sounds crazy, but the other place has a fenced-in yard.) That’s about as close as we get.

Description : What are some community service options for a school club?

Last Answer : Right now food security is at an all time low. Could you help out somehow with a food pantry or kitchen.?

Description : Share some memories of a place you loved that closed?

Last Answer : I don’t know if I loved it, but the club where I met my husband closed down a few years after we met. Then eventually it reopened. Last time I was there it was gross, about 10 years ago. I hope they have renovated it since then.

Description : Do you feel you are part of the world?

Last Answer : I know I am part of the world and universe for that matter. But my world exisists here in where I live, work and play. Not to say I am not tuned into the wars, famine, disasters and suffering that ... world is for living each day the best possible way you can as you never know when it is your last.

Description : Second Life: What's the Point?

Last Answer : I'm part of a science group that gets together once or twice a week to listen to radio programs together and then chat. We are University professors, teachers, techs, business people all walks of life ... more umm.. interesting than barely literate 13 year olds. If you want to know more, PM me.

Description : How well, and to what extent, do you know your neighbors?

Last Answer : Not at all. I know she’s a woman, and that’s about it.

Description : How do I get cars to slow down on the road I live on?

Last Answer : Put some flowers by the side of the road, so it looks like someone died there from a car crash, you will be amazed how well it works at slowing people down.

Description : Have you ever been involved in leading a large community project?

Last Answer : I started an annual river cleanup event in my town. This year will be the 4th year and it grows in size and scope every year. 30 volunteers the first year, this year will be 100+ easy and shooting for 6 miles of shoreline.

Description : What should we call a technology company that builds online communities?

Last Answer : Cyberhood Neighbornet Neighborweb Cyberunity

Description : Can you tell a true story about asking a stranger to behave better, and having it work out really well?

Last Answer : answer:When I first moved to San Francisco I lived in a terrible neighborhood and I got mugged. I called the police and they took me to the station to give a statement. I had to ride in the back of the ... and he hadn't meant to scare me and he would never do it again. So I'd call that successful.

Description : If you could give me one idea, proposal , change or the like what would it be? Why would it be that? How would we do it?

Last Answer : People are unemployed because there are more people than jobs. The recent recession only exacerbated this growing problem that started years ago. My solution is to shorten the work-week. What with ... to 100% with shorter hours, yet everybody could still earn pretty close to their current incomes.

Description : Would you make a good ambassador for the town where you now live?

Last Answer : answer:“GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!” Nope.

Description : Why pay for other people to be healthy?

Last Answer : Its called compassion. or human.Or just call it a good deed

Description : Shall we congratulate whatthefluther ...

Last Answer : Much love

Description : Anyone a member of Lockerz.com?

Last Answer : I’ve only heard of it from the recent spam all over a certain image board. I thought it was just a scam. Can you explain what it actually is?

Description : Some progress is better than no progress. What's your milestone? (cont'd).

Last Answer : ==================== Sunday, August 9th, 2009 ==================== I attended my fifth consecutive weekly yoga class at the Y and also logged my first cycling workout. My retirement date is only seven weeks away now, and I am eagerly preparing. That’s when I’ll get back to my writing projects, too.

Description : What use to society is an archive?

Last Answer : “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana Beyond that, folks use archives to research things such as land ownership, genealogy, how certain practices come to be accepted as normal, and so on. An archive serves as a collective memory.

Description : What's great about America and what's great about other countries?

Last Answer : what the US could learn from other countries? - build better non-rubbish cars - drop the black and white, good versus evil worldview and see the complex nature of international politics. - ... not justice. let specially trained judges, in more serious cases aided by advisors, make the decisions

Description : Are you a member of a minority group?

Last Answer : What is your definition of minority? I am a white male of Cajun decent.I married to a woman. I have 3 children, one is biological and the other two are are not biological they are adopted interacial ... terms" a minority, but how many people out there are just like me? Isn't everybody a minority?

Description : Will you miss me while I'm gone?

Last Answer : Yesh!

Description : Askvillans?

Last Answer : answer:I still check in now and then, but I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for Askville. It’s a shame. I really like the Askville format better, but it now seems moribund. I do notice that some of the best answers at Ask-public come from Askvillians.