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Eh, I have a brother who’s an abusive piece of shit, and he definitely didn’t get it from our parents

I’m sure “no one could have seen this coming” from such an “upstanding citizen.”

No one of course, except anyone who isn’t willing to gloss over someone’s bigoted beliefs about LGBTQIA people.

Would any of these help? Otherwise like someone else said, music is one of the easiest things to find on the high seas.

I’m in South Dakota, and I worry that my local library could be next. I know the director, and she’s an ally. Always has a display with progressive books, including LGBT+ topics. But we could lose that in an instant to the rapid spread of fascism.

I especially worry about youth in places like Gilette. In small conservative towns, places like the library are essential safe spaces, and they’re under attack.

Long term, their attack will spread to bigger cities too, if we don’t stop them. We need to do whatever it takes to deplatform and disenfranchise Republicans before it’s too late.

So what I expect is that people like me who live here will press the issue, and that we’ll oust Republicans in Washington because without support at the federal level, we’ve got no hope here.

The more I think about it, it’s somehow an even more appropriate tribute to Cheems that it’s not even him in the picture

I can say from experience, it’s always a hard decision

Kabosu is the original doge (“very wow,” etc.)

Cheems came with dogelore later on

Edit: Wait, that is Kabosu in the picture wtf

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Thank you for understanding me! I feel like everyone is caught up in the idea that One Forum to Rule them All is a net positive, but my experience has been quite contrary. I think it’s especially apparent to people who fall somewhere outside the norm. There were “official” communities on reddit based on interests of mine that I wouldn’t join simply because they were fairly unwelcoming to me as a gay man. (r/residentevil is the first that comes to mind due to its moderation style, but there were others.) I really love the idea that there’s really no such thing here. Sure, there are some that are significantly larger than others, but often I find myself gravitating to the smaller ones simply because it’s a more relaxed, cozy experience for me. (memes@sopuli.xyz vs. memes@lemmy.ml, just for example.) But other times, I like the larger, busier discussion.

I honestly hope the fediverse helps us put away the notion of centralizing everything. Sure, there are certain communities where people like lead devs of a piece of software or guide are actually present, but even these would do well to have alternatives that are more community driven.

I see it as part of creating a more open, equitable space online where, as you said, everyone is happy.

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It doesn’t mean not finding a common ground, though. If anything, it’s healthy to have smaller, more fragmented groups. Otherwise, you end up with a reddit or 4chan situation, and that only benefits those who fit the status quo.

What you call a weakness is the thing I like best about the fediverse. There are no “official” or centralized forums, nor should there be.

Care to explain why you think it’s bad?

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Oh, I wasn’t aware that they had defederated from everybody.

Also, doesn’t affect me, right? Even if I had a lemmy.world account, it wouldn’t affect me because I could simply create an account on another instance, or create my own instance.

Come to think of it, even if they defederate from everybody (as if that’s possible), they could still communicate with each other. I’m on several forums that are not part of the fediverse, and they’re not dead, so…

I guess you and I must interact with the fediverse in completely different ways. I tend to sort by all > new when I just want to browse random content (and I’m ok with that being meme-heavy).

When I want to communicate with a specific community, I will visit the individual community itself. For instance (ha!), I like that there’s a Firefox@lemmy.ml and a Firefox@fedia.io that have different users and different content.

I also feel like it’s time to abandon the idea of one centralized “official” community for things. That has never ended well.

That’s why I don’t understand things like the former r/gamingcirclejerk mod being upset that someone created a gamingcirclejerk@lemmy.world. Like just – create your own?

Is this a problem? I like that there’s not just one c/book. I like that any instance that wants to can create a book community, and interested people can subscribe to any or all of them, if they so choose.

Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Edge?

They don’t really have any more power than any other instance. Users can simply join another instance ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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