Hang in there! I highly recommend using something like https://lemmyverse.net/communities to search for communities. Lemmy (and most other parts of the fediverse) are a double-edged sword: you’re not being algorithmically fed content, so you’re able consciously curate what you devote your attention to, you’re not being surveilled for marketing, etc. However, because of this, it’s harder to accidentally find an interesting community because they’re not actively presented to you.
I just started using the search above to type in keywords of interest. I’ve found some established Lemmy communities I don’t think I would have stumbled across otherwise.
I had the same opinion about Lemmy until I took the time to find the same wide assortment of communities that I subbed to on Reddit. Now that there’s a wider variety of content to read, I don’t have that “please stop talking about the fediverse” thought anymore. I will say that tech and tech-adjacent communities on here are still really heavy on the meta discussions (i.e. as in posting on Lemmy about Lemmy—not about Zuck’s website).
This is a beautiful quote—thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this! I was literally about to google this because I wasn’t sure.
I think it’s kind of a mix. Often these types of purchases are enabled by financial grants from federal or state governments. Our governments actively encourage this type of police militarization because we have so many mass shootings. But as we’ve found out time and time again, even with all this equipment and staffing in the world, they either arrive after everyone is dead or wait outside while the people (usually children) get murdered. But don’t worry, we’ve tried doing nothing to fix it, so we’re hoping things will change very soon. We’re doing great! Best country ever 🫡🇺🇸
Love it! I’ve never done it unless I’m feeling really sick or really sad, but it’s so nice—why not every day?
I had the same experience with ElementaryOS. I really wanted to like it but it just wasn’t a good experience at the time.
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I’m curious if anyone else is able to provide an example here. Personally, I grew up in an extremely right-wing, very isolated, very culty version of the southern baptist church. I was around young-earthers, anti-vaxxers, anti-evolution folks, dinosaur/man co-existence, believing black people are black because they’re cursed—all sorts of crazy whackadoodle shit. I never once met someone who didn’t believe in space. I think you’re right that this was a YouTube Fact™ that she picked up somewhere.