Me pretending to look like a busy and important person with lots of friends when I’m just browsing Lemmy in public

The person who asks a question gets little to no votes despite the answer and discussion not existing at all if it weren’t for someone asking it in the first place. Sometimes it even gets the gears turning in people’s heads to spawn better discussions and questions with certain lines of thinking they otherwise wouldnt. I swear, people these days act like not knowing something trivial is a crime or is the most embarrassing thing in the world lol we need to bring back the “no stupid questions” thing that teachers used to tell students.

On the flip side, ofc the question can genuinely be bad or is something easily searchable that has a boring topic/answer, but I’m moreso just talking about ones that you’d want different opinions or perspectives on nuanced topics. Too many times I’ve seen people shamed to look stupid for not knowing things that are very specific or is uncommon knowledge that they’d want a genuine explanation of from an actual human being. There’s so many classic Reddit comments like this that wouldn’t have existed if someone didn’t ask shit in the first place lol

More importantly, I appreciate all the curious people who actually make the effort to post because I’d rather them do that than to simply ask an LLM tbh… I know redditors are infamous for being toxic and condescending to feel superior about their intelligence (and I can totally understand why someone would rather not get roasted on Reddit lmao) but I’d rather endure all of that so I can hold onto last remaining bits of genuine human interaction that’s left on the Internet before I ever resort to asking an LLM. Every website will be overrun with bots soon enough and truly nothing will be real. Talking to people on Lemmy makes me feel like I’m back on the old internet browsing forums and message boards in the 90s/2000s again. It’s the only place that isn’t enshitified to make money in every single aspect. I’d rather keep it like this.

I was more so just reflecting on how much time has passed since 2012 when AdviceAnimals memes like this were still relevant and popular. Unfortunately, much more time than “5 years” has passed since those days, we are all old now and the time is gone :(

Reminds me of “thanks for the gold kind stranger!” Ughh.

But at the same time I don’t get pissed or would hate them for it necessarily, I’d just think it’s a little cringe and move on.

Too hot tho

It was around 50-60° for all of last winter for me. I live somewhere that people generally consider a cold place, too. I don’t want winter to be gone. I felt very sad that I couldn’t enjoy lots of the things that make winter so nice in the first place :(

Yeah I am the same exact way and have also been feeling very weird & sick lately (it was so bad I thought I had an actual flu or virus) but it’s definitely because I am getting too hot. I lose my appetite. I can’t think as straight. I get irritated. I start feeling lethargic but restless, and I feel lightheaded and wobbly. I only began to feel hungry and felt normal again when it’s nighttime and cooler out. That’s what clued me in to the fact that the heat was causing those issues the whole time.

This gets me worried/panicked especially with climate change making it even more unbearable. I don’t want to continue feeling miserable for half the year, every single year, for the remainder of my life…

92° in your house? I hope you’re okay and can find a way to cool it down, that sounds dangerous :( I should be grateful that my house only gets to 80° if it’s almost 100° outside. I feel guilty running my air conditioning, but I just want to feel comfortable and be able to do stuff.