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Cake day: January 18th, 2025

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  • I think it’s both

    When I worked in an office, the amount of people who would demand that the heating was cranked up as they were sat there in a cotton t-shirt instead of layering up.

    The amount of people I know who have every light turned on in their house, the heating on all day throughout the winter, don’t bother with basically insulation, don’t turn things off at night, drive to places that are easily in walking distance etc.

    I could keep going on forever with a list of small and basic changes such as products purchased, recycling, waste etc but I’d be here forever.




  • OP isn’t wrong, it’s the reason I came off social media years ago & I’ve been so happy since

    Browsing social media gave this false illusion that people were constantly out having the time of their lives, every single day.

    I just constantly felt like I had to try and do the same, that my life was boring and miserable. The reality is that I was doing and having more fun than most people based on conversation, social media was just painting a very false picture of people’s day to day lives.






  • I think the issue is that there’s choice. People want the simplest, most streamlined route.

    If there was one signup that in the background picked your Lemmy World based on signup questions (IE location and Subs you are interested in), plus a main app to go with it, then it would be more tempting.

    Also, Lemmy also looks identical to Reddit which is great for people who want to decentralise. But to the majority of users…it’s just a Reddit clone with a smaller userbase. Why switch?

    Keep it simple, whilst introducing something fresh




  • Would it though?

    Firstly, the general population is stretched so financially thin that a 10 day strike is unaffordable for most

    Now, ten days to bring everything to a halt sounds great. But unless it’s coordinated in certain areas, then there’s just a freeze on everything. Remember the COVID pandemic? Even if only certain areas strike, the situation is so bad that alot of jobs would be covered.

    Secondly, do you honestly believe that the general population is selfless enough to not place any e-commerce, online services or any sort of digital product purchases within that 10 days? No.

    Lastly, what happens after those 10 days? The whip comes out, there’s catching up to do.