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Now that you have settled here on Lemmy. What is your impression of it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To me it feels like a matured Reddit. (At least most of the time 🙃)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I think you've hit the nail on the head. There are some hilariously poor takes on here, and some that were never an issue on Digg or early-days Reddit. I've had arguments on here that I've never had anywhere else, from Americans telling me that I am incorrect about my own country, people telling me that I am wrong about software I've literally worked on with my employer, and frankly some of the worst political views you'd find on a left-leaning board.

I can tolerate the Linux and security nutjobs, because they're just rehashing the same tired arguments from a decade ago, and will be making up the same nonsense about switching their parents from Windows to Linux and them just saying "oh, that's nice, it's really good" all while they're just happy that their son is interacting with humans for a change.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think that's kinda just become an issue everywhere. People are a lot more brazen with their stupidity now than ever before.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Literally true, bc when an actual world leader (USA, UK, Canada, ofc Israel, Brazil, etc. etc. etc.) says stuff, some people strangely are likely to believe it.

Like: "Drink bleach". I am 100% not kidding you there - multiple people did precisely that!

It emboldens the crazies to realize that they are not alone.:-(

[–] treadful 9 points 6 months ago

I can tolerate the Linux and security nutjobs, because they’re just rehashing the same tired arguments from a decade ago, and will be making up the same nonsense about switching their parents from Windows to Linux and them just saying “oh, that’s nice, it’s really good” all while they’re just happy that their son is interacting with humans for a change.

Ouch, man