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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And yet, after three months you still think about it.

I do look on Reddit sometimes, there are niche communities that don't exist in that form in the fediverse and it would be quite hard to just ignore the existence of that site, especially when wanting to look up certain information. I did successfully stop participating though.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Having used it for over 12 years, sure I think about it occasionally; usually when I remember how glad I am that I no longer use it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Never use "how" and "like" in the same sentence that way. Use "What it feels like" or "How it feels".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Good pointer, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Because it's redundant. The word "how" already contains the idea that you're speaking about the "quality" of the thing you're showing. Quality in the original sense of the word, meaning "the distinctive character of something".

The word "like" is used to express that you're comparing one thing to another in ragards to the distinctive characater of the other thing, but you've already established you're doing that with the word "how".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Because it's a comparison - what it feels like. "How it feels like" doesn't make sense.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh my god, I JUST realized this scene is from Twilight…

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Ohhhhhh. I always assumed it was some underworld sequel, which in retrospect wouldn’t have really made sense.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

... oh my god

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Oh my God, you're right!

I always think it's some random scene in Always Sunny.

But after drunkenly watching Twilight for laughs, I only just noticed

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It turned you into a fruity vampire?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel sparkley when I’m here

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wish they’d stop holding these meetings in the middle of an open field in broad daylight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm just here to play some regulation softball

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Just quit using Reddit today. Feelsgoodman

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, the early days of my time on Lemmy highlighted what I'd been missing from Reddit: quality discussions light on dog-piling, circle jerking, and holier-than-thou partisan clique bullshit.

These have all come to Lemmy in force with the migration, so now I'm plenty happy on either platform with a "block early, block often" strategy. It ends up just as low-stress.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes yes and yes! I feel the same. Memes and normal conversations, without having someone to post a reference from a movie or series or even type their life time experience.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I got to say I'm weak and still go there 50% of the time. But my app is still working charge free so that I can still avoid deleting it. I think shifting participation to Lemmy is the long run goal. I'm on my way.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not up to 50% (maybe my app being toast is part of that) but I do still visit more than I'd like. I've pretty much accepted at this point that it's the only place for certain niche discussion. I went cold turkey on participation, though. I can't help Reddit die if I'm still putting content on it (and I have full ad-blocking and domain-level JS blocking to keep ads away).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Same. I find some answers helpful but I will not touch the UI. I have a feeling they'll start doing some manipulative shit trying to get people to participate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Relay for Reddit

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

How i feel having reddit in the DNS blacklist...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (11 children)

But how do you find answers to obscure questions?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Try posting those questions on Lemmy so we can build up our own answers. I'm subscribed to a lot of communities that seem full of people ready to help, but no one that needs help.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I can’t even find out the best way for shop for something without getting dozens of list articles by sponsors, it’s a bummer

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

That feeling but also the AA feeling of being of the edge of falling back into it at any moment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok but imagine breaking and buying a bottle of vodka, only to swig it and realise it's pond water.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

How I party not having browsed Reddit for three months:

https://youtu.be/cUbri6sSgK4?si

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Been the until Infiniti worked. To be honest, Lemmy isn't that comfy and I don't really see what is interested in...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Stuffy and pompous, makes sense

I feel like shit not having used reddit for 3 months. I want a forum for each anime I watch that isn't MAL...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Vecna, Aziraphale, and The Swede

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I do feel a little bit superior since I’m using Lemmy, especially when I meet some I-don-t-give-a-shit Reddit user but the feeling I got most is happiness.

This meme needs LE happy kitty/doggo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Heck yeah, fella. Feels great

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use both.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Going on 24hrs woot 😎

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've been Reddit free for a couple years now, after Reddit deplatformed me for planning a peaceful protest of the yearly Billionaire's Summer Camp in Sun Valley, Idaho. It's where Billionaires give there marching orders to the Operation Mockingbird media.

Quitting Reddit is way harder than any other addiction I've experienced, because it plays on the collectivism that is hardwired into us. It's why they peddle it to kids like the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries before them. Get them while they are young, and there brains aren't developed enough to build up self-control!

It's not just Reddit though, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, etc, etc, etc all do the same things to varying levels. I highly encourage everyone to watch the Documovie The Social Dilema. The only way to free ourselves of this new form of digital slavery is to educate people on the dangers our such technology.

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