Thanks for your post. I totally agree.
I've been at Reddit for over a decade. Reddit is comfortable, I don't have to think very much after work to browse and post.
Now, on Lemmy/kbin, everything is new and I'm learning but I like it for the most part.
It's like going to school after coming home from work!
I still go to Reddit, but only briefly and I don't contribute.
Children of Men always struck me this way