So... everyone's cake day will be in the same month. Not sure if I have enough $$$ to get you all something.

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has something like this already been posted? I tried searching, and I'm sure I don't have original thoughts.

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There are no cake days, this isn’t Reddit. Don’t try to make it Reddit. Let it be it’s own thing.

On Lemmy it is literally called cake day in your profile. Admittedly derivative, but I like cake so whatever.

Cake days were by far reddit's most unproductive and inane tradition, they should've died long ago. I will personally see to it that every person wishing or attempting to wish a happy cake day is verbally harassed until they delete their account.

If I don’t see another “happy cake day” post again it’ll be too soon.

@remindme@mstdn.social june 14

Hold up we can set reminders with a Mastodon bot here?! Yo, ActivityPub is wonderful

I actually didn't get a response this time but last time I did it for a set amount of hours it worked. Maybe it doesn't accept a date? Or maybe the response is backed up.

Now I don't even see my comment when I go to the post?

I hope everyone wishes you a very happy cake day on your Lemmy cake day. Everyone deserves to be celebrated.

We could even make it a monthly event instead of yearly! I'm so excited to see how often we can say it on this fresh new platform!!!1

Cake days were by far reddit's most unproductive and inane tradition

Ah yes, the most unproductive and inane of all of Reddit's traditions. Oh the hate subs? Pfft, nothing on those dastardly cake days. /s

No but seriously, it's not a big deal. It's just an occasional comment about "happy cake day". Kinda hope you're being hyperbolic, but I've seen enough comments like this that I thought it worth replying to anyways.

I legitimately think reddit would be better if everyone who used the phrase "cake day" was permanently IP banned from the service. And hate subs aren't really a reddit tradition, more a general Internet thing, but go off I guess. Also, fuck the S, it's the second most unproductive and inane reddit tradition

Also, fuck the S, it's the second most unproductive and inane reddit tradition

I knew you'd say that! Did you know that the /s isn't for you? Turns out, there are other people on the internet, some of whom have trouble with sarcasm, who really appreciate having these redundancies built into the text. Wow!

You're not special. Neither am I. The more exalted you act, the harder reality will fight you to put you in your place. Your comfort is not exalted above mine or anyone else's. What I'm trying to say is that, rather than making Reddit/Lemmy an echo chamber of your own design, we need to think about what is good for the community. I see no reason why cake days are anything more than a minor annoyance, and I've pointed out how the /s can benefit some people. The common ground in your analysis is that it pisses you off. What about everyone else?

There's all sorts of shit I'm not at all interested in seeing, but I'm not going to advocate we ban it. I'll just block the community if it's that much of a problem.

IMO the /s serves as a great litmus test to suss out jackasses who lack empathy. I'm sorry if I sound jaded, but that's just because I am jaded from seeing the same solipsism time and time again on Reddit.

Using /s is utterly pointless and I can prove it, although I doubt you'll read it.

If someone legitimately doesn't get the joke, adding a /s won't make it funny to them, at most all it will do is prevent them from replying with some kind of attack. So I guess if internet harassment from incompetent people that can't read sarcasm actually affects your mental state, adding a /s is a decent band-aid replacement for the therapy you obviously require.

In most cases, the S is "necessary" because your joke wasn't funny, and the S will not make it funny, it'll just make people pity your lack of humor.

Lastly, in the case where people get the joke, as soon as they see the S they will no longer find the joke funny. It's the equivalent of saying bazinga after every joke. It's not funny, it's just annoying, and it ruins the few times you actually manage to tell a good joke.

And feel free to keep shitflinging, I am neurodivergent and I don't need morons like you self-ruining your jokes in the name of some random internet people with no social awareness.

Hey I'm sorry about the previous comments. I think they were a bit caustic.

So I guess if internet harassment from incompetent people that can't read sarcasm actually affects your mental state, adding a /s is a decent band-aid replacement for the therapy you obviously require.

Tbh I don't need the /s, although I definitely need mad therapy and I'm not trying to hide that. But at the same time, I do think that we need to look out for our more sensitive members. At some point in your life, you'll be "the sensitive one" about something. It's just a matter of time and rolling the dice.

If someone legitimately doesn't get the joke, adding a /s won't make it funny to them, at most all it will do is prevent them from replying with some kind of attack.

Exactly. That's important. It reduces the chance of spreading negativity and ill-will in the community.

In most cases, the S is "necessary" because your joke wasn't funny, and the S will not make it funny, it'll just make people pity your lack of humor.

Whenever I use it, the point is to make it clear that I don't literally mean what is said. I don't care if it's funny or not. I just don't want to be hurtful. Usually when I say something sarcastic, it's kinda caustic if taken literally.

I haven't mentioned this yet, but other than context, there's no real way to determine sarcasm from text. A lot of people don't really understand what context is or how to use it.

And feel free to keep shitflinging, I am neurodivergent and I don't need morons like you self-ruining your jokes in the name of some random internet people with no social awareness.

I'm ND too. I suppose my comments have been a bit venomous, and I'm sorry about that. However, I do think that self-ruining jokes is a small price to pay for other people's comfort (ND or otherwise). My point basically is "yes these people have no social awareness/humor/ability to read context/competence/etc., but they are still equal members of our community who deserve to feel comfortable here." Now obviously I don't believe that we should make infinite accomodations for everyone, but I don't think that choosing to add an /s sometimes is too much of a restriction on your freedom.

I joined Lemmy 3 years ago and my cake day is in... wait for it... June like the rest of you!

Can we all collectively agree to ignore this shit? I always hated cAkE dAy, I had no idea when mine was, but I would log off for the day after the first person said it to me.

At least offer the option to hide it on your profile(do we even have those here?).

Just make an annual donation to Lemmy or charity of choice.

Charity is a great and noble idea, but I also find some real value in people giving me things, so I don't want us to completely rule that out so quickly?

Is it weird that I've already donated more to my Lemmy app and instance than I ever gave Reddit or my (paid) reddit apps?

I did too but tbf Relay for Reddit didn't really have a sub model before

Fair. I used both Sync and Joey. (weirdly, my Joey is still working?!) I've been impressed with Connect's developer. They've been running ragged keeping up with improvements. I was flabbergasted when I mentioned a slight quibble and it was fixed the next day.

Don't worry about possibly not being the first person to post this thought. I had the same thought when I saw the headline and then thought the same thing as the last line before reading the body. Against my better judgement, I thought I wouldn't be the first to post a comment on this, but I actually am! Nice to know there is a bottom of this hole.

Hopefully this post can reoccur as a reminder that originality is organic; no one here accepts replays. Even if you feel exposed, be original.