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Showerthoughts

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I'm tired about reading about reddit here.

We left. Let's move on.

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[–] funkyb@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

no it isn't. My interest in Lemmy is not romantic and if you do agree with this, get out and engage people in person more often.

[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"We had everything. RiF, Apollo... so many others. She threw them away like trash. She even suddenly decided to hate on blind people. Who the fuck does that? I mean, really? Who does that?"

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[–] ThatOneDudeFromOhio@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

In a Community called showerthoughts definitely not ripped from Reddit. Lol

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Just ignoring it fully when it's so fresh isn't healthy either. In that case, you're essentially just the "this is fine" dog while the house burns.

Difference being, maybe you're outside the house now and safer, but you're still just outside trying to blankly share memes with neighbors like a psychopath while the house burns, unacknowledged, behind you.

Calm down, fellow kids... We can talk about it for awhile and it will naturally fade with time, as it already is on many instances.

[–] jaykstah@waveform.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, its a bit much. But hey, it's something that brings a lot of the users here together. Common ground to get conversation going and gets the new Reddit refugees interacting with content on here. After a while it'll probably die down but it's very much at the forefront of new users' minds.

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[–] druphis@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here is a hot take: think of it like leaving a house you have been renting for 10 years. Our relationship wasn't with the landlord as much as it was the neighbors and community.

Now, our landlord turned to a money-grubbing asshat ~~spaz~~ spez. You better believe we are telling everyone in our community, old and new, not to rent from him. Additionally, we are going to be venting the hurt of being evicted. We have all been forced to find a new neighborhood and learn everything new that comes with it. Our habits have been reset and it sucks.

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[–] trouser_mouse@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Posting here is a bit like having sex with your new partner while Margot Robbie shouts at you, but you're still thinking about your ex and loads of people are watching and up and down voting you and also you have concerns about how your new partner handles GDPR compliance

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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It's not my fault reddit broke up with me. Reddit's a bish!

[–] lolreconlol@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My main communities from Reddit are basically non-existent here, so I'm still on Reddit for that fix.. otherwise I've really been enjoying Lemmy.

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I go to Reddit in order to tell everyone how great Lemmy is, that’s like going back to my X and talking about how great my new SO is. Sounds like a pretty psycho move IMO when I think about it.

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

And yet here you are, doing just that.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yet here you are posting about lol

[–] VaidenKelsier@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the sentiment, but it's probably going to be a thing for awhile :) Asking the internet not to hold a grudge is like asking a fat man to skip the buffet

and I'm saying that as a fat man

[–] 0235@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Counter shower thought, I'm not even close to dating Lemmy. I spent 2 years getting to know Reddit, it will take me as long, if not longer due to Lemmy not being as mature as resdit was.

Right now, lemmy is the stranger at the train station asking why I am crying. It might turn into something, or I may just lean into Facebook / Instagram / YouTube / discord more.

[–] steakmeout@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Oh no people are using some form of social media to complain. Well anyway.

[–] bearfootbees@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More than happy to hear everyone smash on zuckyboy though haha. All of social media is a mess right now.

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People need to vent. I'm also tired of it, like you, because I know I'm never going back. But it needs to be done so that people can clear their anger at just how shitty the whole situation was.

I just blocked the reddit community here so there's a lot less of it in my feed now. Maybe I'll unblock it later. My point being, take charge of your feed and make it what you want!

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not really. The reddit drama is a major disturbance in the internet. It's a huge topic and thus naturally generates lots of discussion. Of course everyone's talking about it.

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[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sort of... But just like my ex, everyone has dated her and we all have something in common to bitch about.

[–] magnolia_mayhem@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The Reddit bullshit is $current_topic. Sure, it's probably annoying if you've been here already and suddenly there's this influx of Reddit complaints, but you have to let it die out naturally. People are here because they're angry; let them be angry. Just provide good content and people will naturally stay for that alone.

[–] gio1135@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] ChickenButt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It will die down eventually. The migration is still very fresh.

[–] ecks90@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I never had a reddit account but decided to join up here for "reasons why reddit is bad". I'm here now so hoping not to see too many of these kinds of posts, including this one :)

[–] AlaskaMan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I’m just excited to see Lemmy approach critical mass. Over 410k members and counting.

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