Zonetrooper

@Zonetrooper@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a leftist ran for president, would liberals support him?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, at least for me, the question is “Who?”

  In more ways than one. It’s quite evident to me now that a candidate needs to be charismatic, not just have some good ideas, to motivate voters to take their side. But “leftism” and “leftist” are still pretty vague labels. Just personally, some of the left-wing figures in the US today would earn my vote and some would not. More broadly, and I think there’d be a big difference between voters-at-large’s willingness to accept Bernie-esque proposals and some of the more out-there stuff I’ve seen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are the inside parts of toilets universal?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  While the kits may use standardized plumbing connector, they are not all guaranteed to use the same standard sizes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you like/dislike about lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like:

  • It has that small-community feel still. I don’t see (perhaps because I stay out of a lot of the more tech-ey communities?) the kind of farming, low-effort, generally mediocre content I saw on Reddit.
  • Lack of the sense of a hyper-corporatized, “You’re only allowed to do things that make us money” sense that’s enshittified much of the internet lately. I’m not even sure if Lemmy can be monetized.

  Dislike:

  • Not yet large enough either. I don’t want millions of users, but I still miss a lot of the more niche hobby/discussion communities I used to be able to participate in. Even communities for fairly large hobbies or interests can be dead on Lemmy.
  • The awful political takes. Everything from typical dumbness up to advocating violence (but it’s okay because it’s my point). And it’s everywhere.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Small horses, like small dogs, are herd animals, are utterly convinced they are ten times their actual size, and will show this off at any opportunity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did breasts become a thing that needed to be concealed in public and why?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Blame England” is basically the “Blame Canada!” of history discussions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tekken 8 players divided as devs add “Tekken Shop” with microtransactions⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gaming “journalism” can’t afford outright say “company deliberately tries to hide enshittification of their game” aloud. Might lose that access to selective early copies for review!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023)⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a big thing killing my interaction with Lemmy as well. I want to like it, but I drop into a discussion thread and the top-engaged/boosted comments are spicy and almost designed to promote maximum anger. And I feel like, “Do I really, really want to spend significant time writing out a deeper comment to engage with this community…?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially the politics on here. I’ve seen some wild takes going completely unquestioned.