Sort by New Comments so that the most active discussions are at the top. Active includes the votes and Hot is, apparently, bugged ATM.
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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[Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation
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Omg I’ve never tried this
Edit - appreciate the extra info. I had been wondering if voting affected hot or if it was just comments
!asklemmy@lemmy.world has been pretty busy today, thousands of comments in the last 24 hours.
I have had a few good chats there. This is a great suggestion. I’m subscribed
I'm thinking that has to do with the volume of users. Lemmy is still a fraction of the user base, but it's growing. What do you think?
Yup. I think we'll just have to a) wait until other people arrive and b) stop pushing subjects such as "how much do you hate Reddit", "Reddit have big problems now because....", "Spaz is an a-hole"
Either Lemmy is a sustainable ecosystem (posts causing discussion which then causes more posts) or Lemmy exists only until Reddit is good again.
I'm here because I believe that Lemmy is big enough to stand on its own feet.
That’s the obvious answer, but I think how others have said the early crowd is techy here, so maybe a lot of introverts until the crowd diversifies?? Just a guess, but I really try to discuss stuff but get a lot of meh responses
Well, early adopters of tech are always the techies, sure you know that. Lemmy has already come a alont way in usability since I started in mid June. As mobile.apps.progress rapidly and the backend stabilizes and adds features, I think it will only grow. I have seen some great discussions on here, without the vitrol you got on Reddit when. You were wrong. I had one yesterday or the day before when it was pointed out to my I had a misunderstanding of a political theory. It was actually a pleasant experience.
Keep up the casuals, and help this thing grow.
I’ve been trying to focus on inspiring civilized conversations, while occasionally challenging an idea if I have a differing point of view, but only when saying so adds something to the conversation. I was guilty of getting in some spats on Reddit, but usually with trolls who were asking for it-kind of irresistible sometimes over there. I too have been educated by some very patient people here on lemmy when I came over clueless about it and activitypub in general. I’ve had some great in-depth conversations, just looking for the casual lobby where I could do stuff like help newbs (I like to share what I learn) that sort of thing
Well, for light conversation...
My buddy got married today. I've known him since high school -- we've both been married and divorced since then, but we still hang out occasionally.
They had a dry wedding at his (now their) church, which was apparently where they had their second date. They're both super religious, so they match pretty well on that front, at least.
Congratulations to your buddy! I went to a dry wedding at a church once. The groom panicked and sent me out for liquor with the best man, so there we were in a church bathroom, 4 guys in their 30s, doing shots with a lookout at the door.
I sincerely wish them a lifetime of happiness
Yeah, I hope so. He's had a rough time of it lately, so it's nice to see things looking up for him.
Thanks for the well-wishes :D
My wife did see some people tailgating in the parking lot beforehand, ha! I haven't really been to any dry weddings that I recall (maybe when I was a kid?). I chuckled at the image of 30-somethings taking shots like teens sneaking off at school -- also unexpected!
I'm up for a chat. Where you from?
I’m in Sarasota Florida
Lafayette Louisiana here. I just think because it's such a techie group it tends to have a lot of introverts. Me included.
What got my sucked into Lemmy admittedly is the federation nature, which I'm new to. The reddit events was the push I needed to commit to setting up my own instance!
I assume you joined also because of the reddit stuff?
Louisiana crew! I'm from Shreveport, but I live in Colorado now. My ex wife is from Lafayette. Been there a few times.
I lived in Denver for 4 years while I'm the military. Strange coincidence!
I want to get back to CO! I’m stuck in FL hell because of uncontrollable circumstances
Eww, I do not envy you. Never been to FL, but I also have no desire to go whatsoever.
I’ve been trying to get out for so long, it’s become a joke
How long have you been there? I left LA the first time when I was 17 for 10 years (military). Then came home for about 8 and left again for here and I don't think I'm going anywhere.
Since the 1980s lol. I said BACK to CO only because I spent a summer in Estes Park, and always imagined I’d come back to live out there
Oh wow. I would highly recommend it. I love Colorado. I was hesitant to come, but I can't imagine living in the South again. Mostly the politics and racism. I'm half Korean and I just never felt accepted in the south. Always felt out of place.
These are the reasons!
Lol, yeah probably a common complaint.
I see the politics getting more progressive out there, but I remember it being different way back. I need to get my head out of the 90s
How progressive CO is is one of the main things I love about it. We have an openly gay governor and he's always doing things to help us out. There's definitely pockets of far right. I see trump and maga stickers all the time, but I've yet to encounter any actual racism directed at me. It happened nearly every day back in LA.
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Oh neat, I'm over in St Pete. Hey neighbor o/
Hey! I come up for concerts whenever I can
That's awesome! I haven't been to any in the area yet. What kind of music you like?
Last show I saw was at Jannus Live
Oh I think I've walked by there, it's next to that bar with the rooftop patio right? Who'd you see?
Michael Franti. Poured down rain on us
Edit-i think so yes, about the next door rooftop patio
I like him, didn't know he was in town. Sucks that it rained but at least there was rain lol, my plants are only barely recovering from the drought. Much better than earlier this year but still pretty dang dry.
It was last year. October or November I think. It’s so nice to stay at the hotel directly across the street from the venue so you can just stumble over there after the show and hit the rooftop pool. Great time
That does sound fun. I used to live real close to downtown, within staggering distance, though sadly I'm a bit too far west for that now.
It sure beats the way I did it in the 80s and 90s, which was: get ripped on the drive up to Jannus (it was called Jannus Landing back then), drink red stripes for 6 hours while puffing the occasional random joint that went by, then driving the 40 or so miles back to Sarasota with one eye closed
Lmao you're not wrong, though I'm surprised you're still alive - and a little impressed. You've been around here a while, what do you think of the area now compared to then? I haven't been here long.
I don’t want to be that guy, but it’s a completely different place now because of the changes in: attitudes, increasing population, rising costs, transplants from everywhere sort of diluting the og laid-back lifestyle, too many go getter CEOs and shit. Most people didn’t like unnecessary development back then and resisted it, but now development is out of control. Same problems as everywhere, I guess. This part of FL used to be a bit of a secret, so we never had crowds back then in Sarasota, and St. Pete was developed, but sleepy. Different in every way
Yeah, I know I'm really in no place to complain considering I'm a transplant too, but even in just the few years I've been here I've seen the changes. Apartments where there used to be a neighborhood, down to earth local businesses closing to make way for generic northeast-esque city stuff. I moved here with my family when I was still in high school, and I like it, but I'm pretty settled on leaving before I settle down here permanently. Hard to say where to though.
I mean, it’s happening anywhere there are tourist attractions. People come for a visit to FL, go back to New Jersey or wherever and look around and ask themselves what the hell they’re doing there, sell the farm and move down. At a rate of 1000 per day
It's pretty quiet over on ! benignexistence since there aren't too many users following it at the moment, but it's a good place for light, chilled out conversations when people pick up on a post.
Subscribing now
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I was seeing a lot on chat for a while?
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Chat is on beehaw.org. if you are a lemmy.world user, you are sort of blocked from using things on their instance.
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