Is that why she’s also wearing a long sleeve shirt and turtle neck?

I naively walked into Lemmy thinking it might be a friendlier respite from the echo chamber that is Reddit. I was wrong. From everything I’ve seen, it’s just a more concentrated pit, where all people want to hear are their opinions repeated, plugging their senses from anything contrary.

I also wanted/hoped this would be a place where people wouldn’t get downvoted and cast away just for stating different opinions. Nope. It’s the same old emphasized emotional outrage, where you can’t even offer a different take without a virtual lynching.

I don’t want to see that from the left or right. Civility would be nice for a change…

Edit: I see the downvotes are starting. I guess I can soon expect to be attacked by weak expletive rage because my colors don’t match the hive.

I fell into this trap with one of my main hobbies.

I’ve always loved Aquariums and plants, and found my favorite niche in aquascaping planted aquariums. It gets expensive. I needed money to support my hobby and life. I sold a few extra plants and realized I could start making the hobby pay for itself. Everytime I sold something I’d add to the fishroom. I made ok money and eventually built an impressive aquarium collection.

I got a bit burnt out, realizing I was spending all my hobby energy on farming and selling, rather than creating aquascapes. My selling channels also mostly dried up, and I don’t have the drive anymore to search for other markets.

Now I’m weighed down with a fishroom that I still keep running, but pay little attention to. Not sure what I should do with it.

I still sell occasionally, so if anyone wants any aquatic plants or shrimp, I have plenty…

Thanks. Can’t say I’m surprised…

Seems a necessary arrangement to keep Mozilla alive and Google on the throne. After reading that, I doubt it’s possible for Firefox to ever get out from under Google’s wing, but I can see Google eventually tossing Firefox from the nest. I guess that’s how business works…

This a conspiracy, or validated claim? Either way, I believe it.

Goddammit. I got so excited by the headline, and then you had to go and crush my dreams.