Same. Replacing doom scrolling on Reddit with posting on beehaw.

Hell, even if people move back to reddit, I've made the choice to stay on Lemmy, and give a small community everything I've got.

Yeah, I think reddit is going to die (if only due to the process of enshittification and the consequences of going public) but the idea of a mass exodus is a bit of a dream. Anyone who has had a conversation going on in one channel, and then have a mod tell them to move it to a more appropriate channel should know this. The conversation doesn't move, it just stops 9/10 times.

But we shouldn't be preoccupied with reddit as a community. Give what you can to Lemmy and enjoy it for what it is, not wishing it to be reddit.

In my experience, a community with even the most basic and rudimentary filter to join has consistently higher quality people in the community. Kinder, more active, and better posts. A bigger community does NOT mean a better one, often the inverse has been true ime but blah blah analogies aren't evidence.

I like that the mods are prioritizing healthy growth over just growth. It's easy to look at number go up and get excited, then to open the flood gates. And whenever a community does that, a bunch of people whom are not wholly interested in the point of the community swoop in and push out the invested crowd.

The only downside would be wanting to answer something more personal, but making a throwaway account isn't exactly easy with this system. That's, really, the only downside I can immediately point to.

Fun fact, pineapple was originally on this one. But the pineapple I bought, when cut open, was genuinely the most disappointed I've ever been in a pineapple in my life. Poor thing was so pale I'd have thought it had seen a ghost (if it had the eyes or mind to be spooked by one that is).

But coconut! Ohh you're right, if I manage to find one I aught to try it.

God, I. I don't know why, but just you bringing up the ability to have a post last for more than a few hours... It hit me for some reason.

I never really realized, but reddit always felt so fast, looking back. A constant, unending stream of novelty. And the only way to be heard was to get in before the rushing tide. It's nice here. I can reply to the people who talk. I'll post and people will engage, I can engage. It's obvious now but I can't believe I didn't notice for so long.

STOP BULLYING MEEEEEE.

Jkjk, it's meant to be a midweek treat for my workplace. Thursday is the middle of the week for us. But yes. I know fruity Friday works so much better, so I just act Extra Gay those days.

Adding onto this, you can't really overhaul your entire life unless you have a place to live.

I'm speaking from the other side, I spent some time homeless, and I agree with you. Some people do need more than just a place to live. They need mental health treatment, they need assistance with their drug dependency. They need professional help.

But, it's also impossible for someone to consistently get professional help unless they have a consistent place to rest their head.

Because again, I am agreeing with you, but the part I disagree in is the order of where mental illness comes in. Because I reckon for a lot of homeless folk, they start off fine, and then the trauma of the situation sends them completely mentally loose. I was lucky to have the internet and my friends to keep me stable enough, and even I have plenty of screws lost now.

It's a hard issue to solve, and I genuinely think it'll take decades of actual effort (not half measures) to see some actual gain. And homelessness is literally ingrained into an economy of winners and losers. Because it is a lot more than just stop making people homeless at this point.

I'm a very flitty sort of person, and can be pushed off balance decently easily. My job is pretty fast paced, so I can't just go for a walk or meditate for 10 minutes. So my rule is to not focus on everything coming up, but just focus on what's directly in front of me. Which, yeah, I know sounds dumb but it honestly does work.

Instead of thinking "Oh, that line of customers is long" -> "Oh god I'm not going to be able to serve the customers fast enough" -> "oh my god they're going to leave and I'm going to get in trouble for not being fast enough."

I don't even acknowledge the length of the line. Look directly ahead, and focus on what you're doing right now. Shit will always be coming in from every direction, but quick steps make for shorter journeys.

Outside of work, hobbies, crochet, gardening. Getting in touch with nature is a big one for me.

Yeah, I think there's a novelty factor in a lot of "innovations" that claim to be the secret to solving climate change. And while not inherently bad they sort of miss the picture in my opinion. Like, the future, in my opinion, should be made of trains and apartments. The dull things that we know work.

On a much more insidious level (not that I think anyone here has ill intent, nor the people working on these technologies) it almost implies that we don't have the technology to stop our impact on the climate. We have the technology, it's all political will.

I think the other hand is that beehaw itself is more like a general "home" server. There will be instances with more niche interests that you can subscribe and interact with. And beehaw seems to be more about building a community in the broader sense. But idk, I'm not the big yeehaw of beehaw.

I think the issue with that is that dog whistles from far right extremists is constantly changing. And to outline an exact rule of what defines hate speech invites people to find loop holes in the rule.

This is just something that you have to trust the community on. And I can understand that sounds way too risky and vague.

I think with things like this, err on the side of caution, be excellent to one another, and keep politics to what you can do rather than what you should do. In my time, the "should do" arguments is where I found most of the division in communities that aught to get along come from. Just my own thoughts though.

Still, if any mods could give their word on the matter, that'd be(e) fantastic.

Ace Attorney games, I believe the newest trilogy that's set in the past?

All I'm seeing is a place to upload video instructions to the tutorials I'm going to post here. Heh.

cries in Australian don't think I'll get any here...

Fantastic essay. Slightly tangential, but honestly so many new constructions with housing are just so wasteful. Luxury apartments designed to stay empty while some investor on the other side of the country owns it and waits to sell to the next sucker in line. Office buildings with extravagant and wasteful lobbies, serving no purpose other than the vanity of the developers.

Of course, we need higher density. The world can't be split into the extravagance and waste of skyscrapers and the drudgery and repetition of the suburb sprawl.

As I type this, I'm sitting in the empty lobby of an office building. A giant corporate sculpture is hanging above the concierge desk. The empty space and high ceiling could easily fit dozens of apartments. Not even thinking about the resources spent

It's just... A lot, when you start looking at offices and skyscrapers through this lens.

Man, you should call these community announcements beehaw yeehaws. I think that'd be neat and funny.

Honestly, this might be a bit of a hot take coming in. But I don't think the lengthy tutorial is the actual issue when it comes to modern Pokemon games. Plenty of games have very slow openings, monster hunter is the first that comes to mind.

I think the issue is that the game doesn't actually have any depth behind the initial tutorial. Once you know how to battle, catch, and level up, what more is there? Barring competitive play, the basic mechanics are the entire game.

Legends was a breath of fresh air, because you did have to explore and learn about the world and Pokemon in order to succeed. Even if it was incredibly minimal.

If anyone is still reading this, my recommendation for a game that scratches the deep mechanical and monster collecting itch would be Monster Sanctuary. The story is thin on the ground, and the designs themselves can lean on the simpler side. But my god, I haven't seen an equal when it comes to team building or strategy. Genuinely fantastic.

I'm going to stay on beehaw where at least they require an application to join. We need smaller and more spread out communities anyway to avoid astroturfing.

Beware. Drum carders come PRICY. They last for life though. I'm going to get into it, but I'm looking into dying (and making my own plant based dyes from my own garden!!)

Edit: not the only way to process wool though. Processing raw fleece is a lot of work from what I've read up on it. World of wool is probably your best bet.

Ha! Tell me about it. I got into spinning and I can hardly stop myself. I'm looking down the barrel of dying my own wool now with local trees and 3d printing myself a rigid heddle loom. Fibre arts truly desire your entire soul once you get into it.

Man, maybe I should dust off the old account and do the good ol "taking Tumblr screenshots and posting them on other websites" work myself.

Oooh, I'm presuming New Zealand then? Honestly, learning about possum fibre was a shock, when my coworkers told me about their possum wool scarf. I still think it's a bit weird to wear the screaming bastards haha.

Reminding myself that the person posting the worst opinions I've seen in my life is likely a 14 year-old with unrestricted access to the internet from birth is the only thing keeping me sane.

Please post your spins! I'd love to an get a proper community going (and I'd love to drool over pictures of yarn...)

Oh I'm broke and got a needle, thread, and a complete unwillingness to throw out my pants. Good to know about new singer machines though, I've been thinking about learning how to sew.

Oh trust me, I'll be spamming the instance with my pictures like a proud parent with a child. I was inspired by finding this website that documents the different dyes different eucalyptus trees can make. Gorgeous browns and greens galore. I absolutely want to post my adventures into spinning and yarn for each step.

I got this specific wool from here. I'm lucky to live in Australia where Merino are just about everywhere, so I get some wool from here too. But that one is quite local.

World of wool is by far the biggest and the cheapest option for finding wool though. Even with the shipping included. Plus, it's the only place I could find Angora at a price that didn't make me want to die.

Weirdly enough, there's a LOT of fleece on the Facebook marketplace, just more unprocessed. That might be an option with a lot more work involved if you're up to it.

Also, a good place to look is wool and sheep shows. Iirc, there was one in Maryland not too long ago. They generally pop up all around the place though.

I just realised... I can buy possum fibre...........

Yeah, you do end up having to do this. I have the exact same problem as OP, in that my crotch desires to rip and tear any pants I wear. Stitching the tear up will only work for so long, get some extra material under there to hold it for a bit longer.