a bit weird, as a kid I developed a habit of making "tape swords" by taking a long piece of clear tape and rolling it into a thin tube. I still do if if I find myself with a roll of tape, it's a good fidgeting tool.
someone made a post saying something along the lines of "lemmy users will upvote everything, to prove it here's a can of beans." it got to the front page and the rest is history.
the influence of the ring is so powerful that no one, not even frodo, would have been able to willingly throw it away. Frodo's ability to withstand the ring's influence for so long is already a testament to his willpower. And his compassion for gollum is what ultimately allows the ring to be destroyed; he shows pity for gollum and spares his life, and gollum's intervention is what unintentionally destroys the ring (the only way it could be destroyed).
Me accidentally hitting one of those at 3am when the rest of the house is asleep
your memory does not serve you correctly. Cis is a descriptor, it just means someone whose body and gender identity match. that's like saying straight is a slur.
most of the population isn't tech-savvy enough to know about different browser types, or care about which one they're using. The reason chrome is so dominant is because it comes pre-installed on many devices, and so people just don't bother to change it.