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Lemmy communities are more tight-knit because of its size. That means if you go against the narrative, you’re cast out, for better or worse.

adding “solved” (sometimes including the quotes) when faced with an issue

A functional gaming headset in a thrift shop

Bidet gang represent

Reflexively answering to an innocent question with a harsher tone than I meant to.

“Resting bitch _____”

This account’s instance federates with hexbear. Outside of politics and topics du jour, there’s little difference between them and you or me.

The Okitsura JoJo The World scene

Numenor while they were faithful to the Valar

Love

Being genuinely interested in helping other people. While there are (many?) truly nasty people out there, assuming the worst from others as a default only contributes to the problem. I’ve been there before, and I have no desire of returning.

Empire did nothing wrong

I would not pay attention. I once had someone identify artwork I had commissioned as AI (it’s not).

https://www.allsides.com/

Verisimilitude

Society if billionaires actually helped the people

Repairing what you have and passing them down as heirlooms.

If you are in a quick conversation with someone, you might feel the pressure to avoid any stretches in silence. Try to not feel pressured. Pausing for 15 seconds isn’t feasible, but one or two seconds helps a lot…

It breaks your train of thought, allows you to catch enough things—doesn’t have to be all—to formulate a measured response. If you want to go one step further, try not creating a response in advance and wait for your turn to speak. Instead, listen to what your conversation partner says and restate a quick summary in your own words before you advance the topic.

“9/11 would not have happened if America kept out of the Middle East” ahh energy

There are techniques to expand your working memory, such as chunking and spaced repetition.

I also follow this in offline interactions.

I’ll engage if two of the three can be answered with a “yes”.

1 - Is it kind?

2 - Is it true?

3 - Is it necessary?

For online-only conversations, assume that everything you say is public.