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Does Lemmy feel hostile and/or insular to you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 13 hours ago by LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I've noticed that there seems to be an emphasis on being extremely serious at all times, as if every single comment is a PhD dissertation being evaluated or something. There's like this weird, subtle one upmanship about every little thing and a lot of people are very nitpicky and judgmental. It kind of takes the fun out of being on here, TBH. Or am I the only one experiencing this?

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[-] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 9 hours ago

I find it much more cynical than other places, probably just the nature of how everyone ended up here, jaded by the design of centralized social media.

I have to remind myself that everything isnt as 'sky is falling' as I see around these parts. Maybe I'm just blessed with a nice life, and I try not to take that for granted, but it does give me that feeling unfortunately.

I try my best to insert some humour into the headlines as some sort of way to make some light of it all, but that might just be playing into the fear and anger that I see around.

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago

Hey, don't bring me into this! ;p

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 6 hours ago

Maybe I’m just blessed with a nice life, and I try not to take that for granted, but it does give me that feeling unfortunately.

You probably are. Me too, fortunately. But times are hard and bleak for a lot of people. I know cause I went through it for nearly a decade getting to here.

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