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hsl, in Reddit alts with similar subs?
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If they don't yet exist, why not create them yourself?

Criton, in What do you feel like life will be like on earth in 100 years?
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I'll be long gone and I have no kids by choice. Hopefully the human race will be extinct and the planet can recover.

Lifecoach5000,

Can I side step and ask how you feel about 20 years then?

Criton,
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I just want to take care of my little corner of the world. Take care of me and mine, have enjoyable experiences, make memories and try to avoid being evil.

I can't do much about the big stuff (other than vote). It's going to get worse before it gets better (if it ever gets better) but no point worrying.

Lifecoach5000,

I like your attitude and feel quite the same. I hope you have a prosperous life!

unsophisticated,

I like your attitude

What they wrote:

Hopefully the human race will be extinct

Yeah, right. Likable attitude.

Lifecoach5000,

Fair enough lol. I like his 20 year attitude specifically on face surface.

MortalWombat,

Big same. I've spent the last 30 years arguing (and voting) for sustainable policies and environmental regulations, but what little progress has been made is woefully insufficient. I did my best, but obviously humanity doesn't actually want to survive.

JasSmith, in How did Ikea's Blajah became the symbol of the trans community ?

You know the funny thing is "blahaj" directly translates to "blue shark" in Swedish.

VonReposti,

Well, "blåhaj" to be precise

ergifruit, in I need to survive for 3 days without pooping, and eating as little as possible. I can pee, but not very often. It can't take up too much space. What food do I pack?

as someone with IBS, cold/frozen liquids are the way to go... pun fully intended. it might be a bit difficult to keep things cool, but frozen sports drinks and the like are good for keeping you going. it's really unhealthy, and i absolutely can't recommend it, but it should work. you get a lot of your water intake from food, too, so if it's not getting any of that, the water you ingest from liquids/frozen liquids is gonna get sucked up by your large intestine and, in theory, you'll need the toilet less. good luck with, uh. your thing.

picoblaanket, in Deleted
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This is a very short story about sarcasm:

Ted opposes racist rants.

Yesterday - Ted posted a few exaggerated racist rants (sometimes with the /s).

2,177 people saw Ted’s racist rants.

  • 50% of them guessed he was joking.
  • 98% of them would not have seen a racist rant yesterday, if it weren’t for Ted’s little gag.

So the question is:

Despite the sarcasm… isn’t Ted just spreading more of what he honestly deplores?

Is Ted subverting his own integrity?

Why not say how we actually feel?

tikitaki,
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i think there's merit to sarcasm depending how it's done. satire can be a powerful tool to poke holes into ideas.

but like many things in life, you need tact and a bit of self awareness

picoblaanket,
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I agree, there is a time for purposeful sarcasm.

To me, it requires two conditions:

  1. A person has already expressed their real perspective to a specific ‘opponent’, and
  2. That specific opponent cannot see the hole in their own logic.

This Norm MacDonald radio clip is a good example.

He explains his true perspective, and only switches to sarcasm for one sentence (at 5:25), to show the opponent how she is being goofy [and it works].

His foundation of sincerity gives context to the sarcasm.

Conversely - nowadays - a common ‘communication style’ is to just spray aimless sarcasm at distant or imaginary foes,

which (to me) reflects a deeper cultural issue…

a hiding behind mockery, a suppression of real constructive bravery,

just dunking on one-dimensional charicatures of strangers (who might not actually exist).

[So I agree with you - there are times for purposeful sarcasm.]

Ciari, in What do you feel like life will be like on earth in 100 years?

Giant ugly concrete buildings with tubes connecting them because it's too hot to go outside. Children haven't ever seen the sky except for in photographs. There are vents everywhere to keep the buildings cool, but it's still hot. The majority of social interaction will happen over the internet because everyone is isolated into their own "apartments". Thankfully, due to the mass pushback against billionaires hoarding wealth, everything will be cheaper. Everything gets delivered by AI robots/drones to families through amazon or some other delivery conglomerate, there is no in-person shopping. This includes things like groceries.

I really hope it doesn't end up like this, but based on how things are going, that's my unfortunate expectations for the future.

Lifecoach5000,

Well in that scenario, I think we surely would invent suits to let people at least go outside and perform tasks. Still bleak af tho and not too far fetched maybe

Entropywins,
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Bring on the stillsuits, Fremen and sandworms!!!

MedicareForSome, in Why does Lemmy feel so fresh compared to Reddit?

On reddit, half of the users are bots controlled by various corporations and state departments.

HaleyHalcyon, in How did Ikea's Blajah became the symbol of the trans community ?
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  • RiikkaTheIcePrincess,
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    What's that supposed to mean?

    yunggwailo, in Deleted
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    Sarcasm tags are for cowards with no conviction

    Lifecoach5000, in Reddit alts with similar subs?

    It seems to me, you’re just not gonna find many of the niche type subs around - and then you’ve got parallel subs scattered around other instances. I’m still very new to this too but there is a sub called New Communities that is pretty active with new places to join:

    https://lemmy.world/c/newcommunities

    cwagner, in How did Ikea's Blajah became the symbol of the trans community ?

    For those like me, who have never seen it, nor heard of Blajah: https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/10454c85-726e-4efc-9b87-3c4c1e0b408c.png

    kate,

    I love this shark so mucch

    cwagner,

    I’d never have guessed :D

    LegendofDragoon,
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    If I remember correctly it became such a strong correlation that Ikea actually released/sold a blahaj in the trans flag colors.

    kate,
    LegendofDragoon,
    @LegendofDragoon@kbin.social avatar

    That's the one, yeah

    cwagner,

    Aww, that’s cute :D

    TheLurker, in Why does Lemmy feel so fresh compared to Reddit?

    Lemmy "feels refreshing" because it is new to you. This deliveres a dopamine hit to your brain because we inherently find new things exciting.

    As a concept it is the same public forum we have had for a long time. But it is decentralised which does help with restricting the ability of single groups of people from taking control of the native, so that is a good side-effrct.

    Sir_Kevin, in What do you feel like life will be like on earth in 100 years?
    @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.world avatar

    I'm not sure there will be life on earth in 100 years.

    Biscuit,
    @Biscuit@kbin.social avatar

    That’s completely unrealistic.

    vipernixz, in Why is the Lemmy maskot/Logo a rat?

    Thanks everyone, my curiosity has been sated. Good day to you all.

    TheAnonymouseJoker, in I need to survive for 3 days without pooping, and eating as little as possible. I can pee, but not very often. It can't take up too much space. What food do I pack?
    @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml avatar

    I would recommend passing your time by letting out the poop and taking it back in. That is all the finest advice I can provide you for this fasting endeavour.

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