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Former redditors, how do you feel the conversations on lemmy differ than the ones you've observed on reddit?
  • Far more positive and civil; people actually engage in their replies instead of the stream of recycled quips. Bad faith discussions usually get called out as such; less astroturfing.

    Small-ish forums probably help with that too since users run in the same circles and there’s less overall “noise.” It’s also much more imperative to comment on posts since there may not be much engagement otherwise.

  • The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
  • Iirc one of his wives reported him having a copy of Hitler’s speeches on his nightstand.

    Found an article:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/politics/trump-fascism.html

    Mr. Trump has long expressed interest in the most notorious dictator of the past century, Adolf Hitler, whose Nazis also used that phrase. In a 1990 interview, Mr. Trump said he had a copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” although his first wife Ivana Trump and the friend who gave him the book said it was actually “My New Order,” a collection of Hitler speeches.

  • Antifaschistische Demonstration, Berlin 1932
  • There’s a news article circulating that some Cincinnati citizens stopped their commute to take and burn a Nazi flag being waved around at a Nazi rally “demonstration” and effectively disbanded it while other Nazis cops were just standing by.

    While the news and internet may try to push a narrative of hopelessness and inaction, there are acts of resistance being taken even if they’re not formally organized. Scraps of hope are still hope.

  • Humor
  • Thank you for sharing! I’m on Mlem (iOS client for lemmy) so I can’t quite see it properly but I’ll check it on web version when I can. Always appreciate a chance to learn :) /gen

  • Taking a bath
  • If it’s any consolation those are not pupils “looking at you,” but a reflection of a very poorly placed ring light (for camera/phone photography lighting). Look up a bit and you’ll see regular possum eyes again.

  • Hi-Rez Studios is laying off further employees and ending development on Smite, Paladins, and Rogue Company
  • They were itching to dump RC like a month or two after it launched. I played a bit when it came out but then news of them abandoning ports made me quit while I was ahead.

    Shame too because it was a fun PvP shooter like TF2, and not sweaty like other live-service games.

  • What’s a totally useless skill you have but are weirdly proud of?
  • I’m basically a drug dog but for Dr. Pepper.

    When my friends and family get different dark colas in their food orders and can’t determine which is which they have me sniff it out.

    Can’t quite do it for other colas but it’s a fun little hill I’ll die on for others’ benefit (I hate Dr. Pepper).

  • Ocasio-Cortez says if you feel burnt out by the news lately, that’s ‘exactly’ what Trump wants
  • “Do what you can. And what you can do is enough,” she said. …Ocasio-Cortez reminded her followers several times that no deed of resistance is too small.

    Honestly, continuing to exist/taking a moment to be nice to yourself in an administration that hates you counts. Keep existing.

    A lot of these click-baity titles and over-simplified summaries seem to be adding to this very problem of guilting people for being overwhelmed.

    Unfortunately that’s the system but please don’t feel guilty for being human. Kindness and compassion is resistance, and starting with yourself is a valid step.

    Fuck the forces who are selling a solution to a problem they created but are trying to say is your fault. /endrant