this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2024
-49 points (25.3% liked)
Showerthoughts
29723 readers
814 users here now
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- Avoid politics
- NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
- Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
- Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct-----
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
yea this seems to be the deciding factor. but cant we think of something that we wouldn't normally consider "food" and have it meet all these criteria?
like if you saw a spider's nest in the corner of your house, would you say "I have some food over here"? Why not? what if they were not poisonous, etc? what nutrients do they need to have in order to be considered food?
what about non-digestible fibers that we may consume? are they not food? aren't there some parts of plants that we don't digest or something?
you can see how this can be more ambiguous the deeper you look! it's honestly such a shame that so many lemmings are SO off-put by even the idea of it.
People are hostile as fuck because that’s the dominant culture right now. Some of it is modulated by bots posing as people to model approved opinions, some of it is humans doing that in a conscious effort to give us this defeatist culture, and some of it is the actual organic, natural culture of the USA lately.
Honestly, after reading the Three Body Problem series (haven’t seen the show; unsure if it creates the same effect) it’s been a lot easier to sort of conceptualize and face overwhelmingly asymmetrically unbalanced and weird warfare tactics. And it just seems like we’re actually legitimately under cultural attack.
But whether it’s all a big conspiracy or if it got that way organically, it’s a dominant culture to be negative right now.
Here’s the key thing: you can see past it if you recognize that it’s there. One small thing is: use a lemmy client that shows you up and downvotes separately, not just the sum score. That way when you get buried by the haters you’ll still see the times you’re connecting with people.