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Showerthoughts

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Lemmy has so few comments that I am now reading many more articles (lemmy.ca)
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[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, if anything it does serve as an icebreaker and gets the convo going. Or you can do like me and realize that you don't actually know what the article is about or have the ability to understand it so you just try to make a joke and hope it lands and you can feel clever for a few minutes.

[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

There’s also good fun in derailing a thread :D

The other day I commented on a post that used an ‘internet pirate’ stock image. Mentioned how I’d seen a guy with an eyepatch on the street that day and how rare that was.

Someone ended up sharing a neat little story about getting poked in the eye with a sword and how a kid called him a pirate. That all added fuck-all to the topic at hand, but it sure was collectively entertaining.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

And those moments are what keep me coming back to this type of platform.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I remember that post! Best thing I've read on Lemmy all week :D