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Random Positivity Threads (awful.systems)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/morewrite@awful.systems
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On occasion, we here do a thread of random positivity, where we start with a thematic prompt and talk about things that are enjoyable just for the fun of it. Past examples:

We have also had a couple threads of educational-resource recommendations. These are marginally more serious, since they're about gathering actually good explanations of things that sneerable people like to pontificate ignorantly on. But I'll list them here because learning is fun:

Feel free to comment in the old threads and/or suggest new ones in the comments here.

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[–] 8 points 5 months ago*

in April I got to visit one group of friends trading thoughts on things we make with our hands, then another group to talk about the profession I trained for but can't practice. The wannabe Malcolm Gladwells and David Brookses on Twitter and Substack and YouTube will never have either experience, because they don't have any hard-acquired skill and knowledge that a community with the same hard-won skill and knowledge will respect them for. Communities that do things in the material world which visibly succeed or fail also have less drama than social media and communities where everything is subjective

Some of my berries and herbs are starting to sprout.

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