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[–] Wojwo@lemmy.ml 145 points 11 months ago (5 children)
[–] glouriousgouda@lemmy.myserv.one 19 points 11 months ago

This feels like the natural choice doesn't it?

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 19 points 11 months ago

Aight we need to open a ticket on github.

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 13 points 11 months ago

This is my favourite, it's a little cheesy and fun, but it doesn't have my biggest issue with the Reddit one which is for some reason acting like it's a birthday party.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It's official

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It should be software independent. Not referring to a specific Fediverse app, but general across the Fediverse. I don't think this fits.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

So the fediversary lol

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 104 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Honestly I was praying that Lemmy dispensed with that reddit-ism

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Aww I think it's kinda cute.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

i fucking hate it.

I found the whole 'cake day' thing on Reddit a bit immature myself, kind of like a stale remnant from the excitement and exuberance of the internet before it was dominated by a few massive companies.

By the time i left reddit my feelings towards those traditions were like yours. They seemed a bit hollow, over-egged.

Times have changed, Lemmy and its user-base are a reaction to the dominant internet campanies. With that i'd hope we can be more thoughtful about building an online experience thats healthy and sober.

To that point, i think marking an anniversary has a certain importance. I'd hope on Lemmy this kind of thing is approached with a more subtle maturity though.

But at the end of the day, what one person takes away from text, and what another person takes away from the same text can be surprisingly different. So maybe I just read all those cake day messages in the wrong light.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 51 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Annual commemorative pastry observance

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

according to your profile, it’s still called β€œCake day”

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I really hate using that term. It's very Reddit.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 11 months ago

Everything about lemmy is. It is literally a reddit clone.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not if we liberate it from them

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I also dislike it because reddit used it... They managed to destroy a lot of good things.

[–] Zeroxxx@lemmy.id 0 points 11 months ago

It was their creation to begin with, for free. Stop crying about reddit and move on.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've been using a mobile app for so long that I didn't notice that.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] proctonaut@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

SoufflΓ©mmy

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't, but I do think we should be happy folks are sticking around. I'm almost at one year!

[–] Capitao_Duarte@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 11 months ago

I'm here since the exodus, but changed my instance to one from my country when I realized it existed. So this account isn't my real start here

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We gotta make everything reddit. What does the narwhal bacon here? I vote opossum and curry. Is that le random enough?

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

is that le random enough? <

Do you always get mad when other people try to have fun?

[–] swab148@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

I also choose this guy's dead soul

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Jeez man it's just some light hearted fun.

[–] modest_bunny@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

could not give a f*k about what day i created my account

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 16 points 11 months ago

Account creation.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

Is it necessary to have this ? does it have any significance ?

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago
[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Our cake day

[–] palarith@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago
[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yep, cake day

[–] root@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Lemmington dap

[–] yuri@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago

petition to just call it a birthday and let it be confusing

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Lemmuffin day

[–] trk@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Lamington Day

Cause Lemmyington.

This probably works better with a New Zealand accent... which I don't have, but like to imitate when I'm drunk.

"Choice bro, put your jandals in the chilly bin" - me, doing champagne comedy sketches

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I don't even celebrate my birthday, because... I never needed to, so likewise I don't celebrate Cake Day either.

I'd rather just have a few brownie pieces with my coffee in the morning.

But if you insist... um... "Lemmydag"? (The final syllable is pronounced "dach" like in Dutch)

[–] nmtake@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago