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[โ€“] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What is the ideal number of children dying from preventable diseases each day, sufficient to make you feel happy in yourself?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago

Average Health Insurance CEO

[โ€“] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What is your favorite pizza topping?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

I threw up a little in my mouth.

[โ€“] ParlaMint@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Who had some really good ideas but died, sadly, too young before they reached their full potential?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Alice 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm pregnant and it's yours. :( What do you want me to do?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Reasons Lemmy is better than Reddit?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

I don't know any.

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

I am irrationally angry.

[โ€“] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Given the opportunity, would you expose yourself sexually to a group of kindergartners?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

These secondary reaction comments are my favorite; this one got me laughing good

[โ€“] ParlaMint@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Why do you throw litter out of your car?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

God fucking dammit.

[โ€“] RandomVideos@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

How tall does a hat have to be for you to want to wear it?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

At least 2 meters.

[โ€“] Nemo@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's your opinion on the designated hitter rule in professional baseball?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Nemo@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Damn, I don't even need to edit to make you look bad.

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

I'm not american.

[โ€“] babyincubi 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

if you had to choose between solving world hunger or pizza, what would you choose?

[โ€“] folaht@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What are the three things you would never do, even for money?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago
  1. Kill someone
  2. become on of those right wing grifters
  3. Become a "cancelled" stand up comedian.
[โ€“] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

What style do you murder your victims in?

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[โ€“] SuluBeddu@feddit.it 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What's your favourite pizza topping?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] SuluBeddu@feddit.it 6 points 1 month ago

I wonder what's worse :(

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Maven@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What was your favorite way to convince people to vote for Donald J Trump in the recent US election?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Interrupting people extremely often.

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm going to be honest, this seemed to have worked.

[โ€“] Maven@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I also considered "how do you prefer to talk about Linux?"

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

That isn't as effective.

[โ€“] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What are some serious things that would only happen in a sitcom?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

People to take the climate crisis seriously.

[โ€“] miracleorange 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What's your favorite cut of human meat, and who are you looking to murder and eat next?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I don't have a favourite, but I'm a fan of Cory Doctorow.

[โ€“] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

How did you support essential workers during the pandemic?

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[โ€“] egoisdeath@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If you met Kim Jong-un, what would you say to him?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Literally nothing. I legit can't get myself to speak to anyone I like.

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