Exactly. Read the room in other words!

I think down voting things you disagree with or want to discourage is a perfectly valid way to use them, and better in most cases than responding and further escalating a shit fight.

If something you post gets heavily downvoted, that’s information. You now know that your opinion is unpopular in that community. If you get down voted frequently and it really bothers you, it might be time to do some introspection on what you think or how you present yourself. Not all opinions are created equal, and you’re not entitled to people’s attention.

I can appreciate the opinion that discussion would be better, but I don’t think it’s realistic. Many times bad takes are coming from people who have no intention of listening, and just want to spew hate or argue. Down voting and moving on is a much better use of people’s time than arguing with these people. If for no other reason than preserving one’s mental health. It sends a message without feeding the trolls in other words.

As for how I use them? Funny/uplifting/valuable posts = upvote Don’t get it/not interesting to me = nothing Shit take/spam/obnoxious person/wrong community = downvote

Now kith 🫣

I believe the important part is to make people scroll, not just the number of words. For some unholy reason google considers that a better website.

That’s also why some sites have a “go to recipe” button at the top now, which auto scrolls you to the recipe. They don’t care that you read the text, only that you scrolled a lot.

once.

Oh no it found us even here!

Mulled cider is way more common where I live than wine, but we’re known for apples here so that’s probably why.

Look up the guild wars 1 soundtrack. Same composer I believe.

I’ve seen a lot of very tech savvy people still using google and chrome to this day. It’s the top search engine. The majority of people use it, including pirates.

Is this loss?

Honestly cuter than actual labubu

I definitely agree the last two seasons were crazy rushed. No argument there!

I believe that her arc is a conqueror’s journey disguised as a hero’s journey, and it was done so well that everyone felt betrayed. This thread is for hot takes, so there’s mine. 😄

See here’s the controversial take. I don’t agree with you at all. It was literally built up for the entire series and was the only natural conclusion. She was literally saying “I plan to break the wheel” from the start. That is not language a peaceful person uses. Her goals to begin with were those of a conqueror, and what we got was the natural end of that ambition when it crashes into reality.

I think it was done beautifully, and the fact so many people bought into her side of things and felt betrayed is evidence of how well done it was.

While there were some truly awful moments in the last season of game of thrones, danaerys’ arc was not one of them. Her going nuts was hinted at from the beginning and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Evergreen trees. I know they’re a big deal to people who visit but I grew up around them and think they’re kind of boring.

It doesn’t hurt to ask, though I think generally phrasing it as “I would appreciate any feedback on my application” is going to get more real responses than asking for a reason you weren’t hired.

Tbh I don’t think you should let insanity deter you from the podcast plan. That hasn’t stopped lots of other people, so why should it stop you?

Glad to see someone mentioning this. I see a disturbing number of people on here saying nothing is happening and it’s not true at all. Many, many people are angry, doing things, and more are getting involved with each new horrible thing that happens. It takes time for movements to reach critical mass. Especially in a country this big as you point out.

It’s also critical to understand that he isn’t supposed to have the ability to do all these things. He’s ignoring law and due process completely at this point, but his party controls all three pillars of government and no one is stopping him at the governmental level.

To be honest, though, the main thing the past decade has revealed is that our government’s supposedly robust set of checks and balances collapse completely as soon as people just stop being honorable and following the rules voluntarily. It’s a paper thin system it turns out.

A lot of apps start on iOS because they have the majority of the mobile market in the US.

Is there a way to migrate a Lemmy account to it?