Lemmy users are much more entrenched ideologically than an average layman. We all have strong opinions and it can get pretty heated. I avoid posting inflammatory posturing if I’m self aware enough. But I’m just as human and fallible as the rest.
Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Check your communities, and what instances they’re on. Not all are created equal. lemmy.ml tends to be pretty wacko unless you’re of their particular ideological alignment, lemmy.world is very very large and thus has a very very large number of obnoxious shitheads compared to other instances. On the other hand, beehaw.org is intentionally and pathologically positive. I also find lemmy.ca quite friendly, though I might be biased.
pilferjinx@piefed.social 3 days ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
And they think the real world is reflective of what we talk about here. It’s truly bizarre. I’m terminally online, unemployed ATM, but I still get there’s an outside world.
Take all the Trump voter hate for example. Do they not truly understand how under and misinformed most American’s are? Watch Mamdami interview Trump voters in NYC. Not ONE was what we picture as MAGA.
Also, since Trump 1.0, people refuse to talk politics. We’re at a party last month and talking about my new, weird, .22 rifle. I started to bring up a thing in the Big Beautiful Bill that was on-topic and the only thing I find decent in it. “NO. We’re not talking politics.” “I’m NOT. I’m talking about one thing I think is cool and will help gun owners.” Jesus. Now we gotta dance on eggshells.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Do they not truly understand how under and misinformed most Americans are?
Um, that’s exactly why we are pissed off at them. It’s easier than ever to be informed yet people act like it’s harder, somehow. Pretty fucking enraging.
In my experience, no one but trumpers refuse to talk politics. And it’s because they want to remain actively ignorant. Can’t have anyone revealing the giant holes in their fucked worldview. You might turn them trans, after all.
natebluehooves@pawb.social 2 days ago
i’m on the spectrum and can’t handle political conversations if the other person is being confrontational. this doesn’t/shouldn’t make me a right winger, but would make you assume as much about me.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Yeah, the total distraction of community and third-places is I think the #1 cause of the division of political discourse, but second is that people refuse to engage with other human beings on the topic. They watch TV or browse online, and they get one extremely biased view of the world. They don’t share it with other people where they could get other points of view.
It used to be people would get the paper and talk about it with each other, but that’s taboo now. You take it to an online community who all agree with you. There’s a reason why the infamous Thanksgiving family gathering caused strife. It’s because people were actually having discussions and disagreements. Disagreement is healthy, but people seem allergic to it now.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Disagreement is only healthy if both people are approaching it with the desire to further their understanding
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
under and misinformed most Americans are
Which is weird, because we are all here. It’s almost like it’s not that hard to find the truth, you just have to be actually invested in finding out what the truth is.
Is malicious ignorance malicious?
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Well, many of us are on the spectrum whether that be ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s, or some other form of autism. Helps us to be highly technical and computer savvy, doesn’t help so much with attempting to reframe “right and wrong,” for most of us.
Unfortunately the very entrenchment, ideologically speaking, that these particular “character traits” cause most of us to have, are being celebrated as “immunity to propaganda” in the media. The reality is that we have an innate sense of right and wrong, and that shit can get skewed all over the place in your formative years. The only remedy I have seen for this is the person intentionally exposing themselves to other cultures.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s, or some other form of autism
I’d think the latter would lead to more fixation on logic & opposition to neurotypical nonsense like biases & overdramatic outrage.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This comment seems like an overly simplistic view
Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world [bot] 2 days ago
Someone more self aware than me!? How dare you! /s
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
lemmy.world is very very large and thus has a very very large number of obnoxious shitheads
Yeah? Yeah, you think so? Obnoxious? Yeah? You sayin’ there’s obnoxious shitheads round these parts? That what you’re sayin’? Just wanna be clear! Well you’re wrong! Lemmy.World isn’t large at all. The whole fediverse combined isn’t very large! Not like my penis! Can’t believe you said Lemmy.World is full of obnoxious shitheads! Why would you think that? Can I have $20? Your mom gave me $20! Heyyyoooo!!!
Jomega@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Is lemmy.ml is the second largest instance? Or at least rapidly growing? That would explain why it feels this way.
Triumph@fedia.io 3 days ago
.ml is the instance run by the developers of the Lemmy fediiverse software, and they themselves are tankies. Do with that information what you will.
everett@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Do with that information what you will
Hey, some of us made our accounts when this was the Lemmy instance.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
o7
Some of us joined way later when the apicalypse happened.
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Huh, TIL.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I see a lot more assholes from .world and .shtjstwrks
.ML peeps are either chill or really cringe depending on how militant they are.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The majority of shit stains I see are from .ml while .world is a close second.
morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Hi 👋
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
It’s just .works, really.
devdoggy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
.ml stands for Marxist\Lenin afaik. And the mods\admins take it very seriously.
devdoggy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Does it not?
Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Since they were the first they used to be the biggest, however they are declining.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Check your communities, and what instances they’re on. Not all are created equal. lemmy.ml tends to be pretty wacko
“Hey y’all, anyone feeling hostility on Lemmy”
“Yeah, let me tell you what, fuck those fuckers over there. They fucking suck and I hope they rot.”
Like, how do you not immediately block everyone on lemmy.ca after reading this shit?
I also find lemmy.ca quite friendly,
Sure, if you ignore the assholes who pop into other communities to take a colossal shit on them.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Bro they just said “tends to be pretty wacko”
That’s like, really mild.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m sorry if my post offended you.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Is that what you think happened here?
MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 days ago
The irony of your stupidity and judgement in that post is hilarious.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 days ago
I wouldn’t call beehaw pathologically positive. They just seem to bee some very nice people that caught to create a community of nice people. It’s not a pathology, it’s a common understanding.
mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Rent free
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 2 days ago
If you’re following them around, that’s not living rent free in someone’s head, that’s just being weird.
The whole idea of the phrase is the one living rent free is just enjoying their life while the OTHER person obsesses about them.
If you’re the one doing the stalking, it’s the stalkee that’s living rent free in your head.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You weren’t tagged and still showed up to prove OPs point. It’s not rent free when they’re being stalked by a fucking weirdo basement dweller.
mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
I’m browsing all and you guys are telling your daily ghost stories. I have blocked all of the meme communities where you repost stuff from reddit, so most of what comes up is this or world news, and I don’t need to explain its political bent. You have to realize this comes off as very forced and melodramatic to people on some level. Your being completely unable to take a joke is just icing on the cake.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Daily ghost stories? Me posting memes from reddit? You told a joke? The fuck are you on about, lol?
If you’re suggesting that by saying “rent free” in response to someone outing you for stalking them is a joke, then we have very different definitions of what a joke is. It’s akin to a Republican making a dumbass comment and when confronted responding with, “it’s just a joke”.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Can confirm some asshole on. ml is chasing around my comments wasting both our time, isn’t that right mistermodal, you incel loser.