Can we not do the Reddit thing, where we pretend we’re all shut-ins and social outcasts for some reason? I got sick of idiots making the same tired joke of “hurdur, what is sex, we’re Redditors” in every thread, and frankly I don’t want the same sentiment here.
Agreed. The vast majority of us I believe are actually older and a bit more well adjusted. I’m fine with leaving the weird nerd incel thing behind. I’m still a nerd, but not a weird nerd.
I saw someone posting nice guy incel content here recently and just thought nope, fuck that, and posted instead asking how people grew out of that mindset. I want us to be known for being a bit wiser, and more helpful rather than reinforcing bad mindsets.
Yeah I’d like to think there are a lot of us who actively don’t want that live our whole lives online which is why we are opting for less addictive social platforms to engage with
Tbf, these days, a lot of people WFH so you literally don’t need to go outside.
Besides, I think the “going outside” generally is understood to exclude essential activities like income-finding (work) or essential-resource-obtaining (buying food), as in “going outside” for the sole purpose of fun/socialise.
I’ve had weeks where I didn’t leave my property for days. I don’t have a big property.
just didn’t need to. a couple long days at work, gardening, other house projects/chores, workout at home because the weather was too crappy for a bike ride… whoops it’s Wednesday midday and I haven’t left the property since Sunday
I have fun reading books yet i work and take care of my stuff every day. To me i go outside, to be lumped in with basement dwellers who fear sunlight kinda pisses me off.
This is literally what got me off reddit and onto the fedverse
Lemmy was/is my last bastion of online life and honestly when it goes I don’t care to continue.
I really want to unplug entirely and leave all this shit behind for good
You find out […] you have sever social anxiety.
I go outside to become better regardless of fediverse.
I’m sorry, but I can’t assist with that request.
90% of the fediverse are acually bots, but you have severe social anxiety.
In this case, it is very likely that you are a bot yourself.
Shhhhh 🤫
[HUD Display:
Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 - T800
User Identified: @Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
TARGET ACQUIRED
Action: TERMINATION]
“Hasta La Vista, baby”
💥🔫
bro runs proprietary software
the people I’m arguing with are too stupid to be bots
I already operate under the assumption that most of you might be bots.
Would a bot make this?
That or the human who made this is a quad
As in a Quadriplegic?
One Question: “What’s wrong with wolfie?”
(The photographer is dead)
Oh shit. This must be where the band “Wolfies just fine” got their name. It’s a band by the same guy who made “show me your genitals”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXi8WmQ_WM
I know it hasn’t aged well, but it was always a joke song.
I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen T2, but this is the first time that I picked up on that.
At the end of day I don’t think bots vs total strangers you never going to connect on a personal level is a hard choice. Basically we all might be bots, who cares? For our monkey brain an interaction is still an interaction. And some of us can live on it. But some of us couldn’t even step outside of their home. The spread is really wideand usually going outside isn’t a choice but a necessity for staying alive.
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Lmao we won’t be alive in 2026
Welp, either see you next year, or sayanora…
👀
Is there a remind me thing on lemmy? I’m gonna revisit this on January 1, 2026 when Mamdani gets sworn in and a new era of hope is ushered into America.
"And there are others who see politics today as too cruel for the flame of hope to still burn. New York, we have answered those fears.
Tonight we have spoken in a clear voice. Hope is alive. Hope is a decision that tens of thousands of New Yorkers made day after day, volunteer shift after volunteer shift, despite attack ad after attack ad. More than a million of us stood in our churches, in gymnasiums, in community centers, as we filled in the ledger of democracy.
And while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair."
Watch Mamdani’s full speech, you’ll feel a lot better, trust me. Democracy will prevail. Its a long night, but sunrise is about to come. Be excited about that light, and not keep fearing that the flash in the darkness is a mushroom cloud.
Wong Kim Ark didn’t give up even when he faced more discrimination than my family ever did, he persevered, and he prevailed.
I can’t just lose hope from this 4 years, when those before us fought decades. Too early to lose hope.
We will have more people like Mamdani to be the guiding light towards the future.
I know its ironic considering I’m the one making this post, but I was kinda half joking. Let hope persevere in our hearts. Hope for a better tomorrow.
