this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When "I gotta post on this" turns into "no one cares what I think" real quick. (I almost deleted this)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or I don't know how to write what I want to say

[–] Smatt 3 points 2 years ago

Language arts teacher here: for a generation that conducts the majority of your social life in text format... You should have paid more attention in my class!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sometimes it turns into "fuck it, I'll inflict myself on everyone's eyes anyway". (The temptation to delete is strong though)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

If I can't be a warrior in the frontlines, let me be one on the keyboard at least

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do it anyway. Lemmy will sink or swim based on interaction.

We need your comments!

[–] Smatt 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I end up blathering away more now on Lemmy than I did on Reddit. Like some post over there with 1000 comments: 1, nobody's reading them all and 2, somebody already commented what I was going to say.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

UNCLE LEM NEEDS YOU!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck it. Post it anyways, it is all fake internet points.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No karma in Lemmy. We can't keep track of internet points.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

So that makes them extra fake.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

My first post!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I feel like I'm going to post more aggressively here than Reddit because 1) this place needs content 2) you can actually be seen, even in popular posts which was not the case in Reddit 3) less echo chamber shit (I think)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Hey get out of my head.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I end up posting the comment and regretting it 5 minutes later, so I go back to delete it lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Just do it! I have a few doozies in my comment history but I think it was fun experience either way. Worst case you learn what sucks, best case you discover some cool new social interactions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It happens to me too often because I always believe people will shit on what I have to say. Gotta improve my confidence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Not me, writing a response to this... then deleting it because it's not good enough 🙈

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The number of times I write a response and posting it just won't work is also too damn high

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

When sh.itdont.works

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[Insert Padme/Anakin 4 panel meme] [Padme]: But you're going to reply to this comment, aren't you?

[Padme]: Aren't you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

stares intensely

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Same. I feel like it's either useless or oit of subject.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Regardless of the perceived merit of your post I think we would all just appreciate a little more participation here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm precipitating!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know, for me quality definitely wins out over quantity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thank you for using "number of" instead of incorrectly using amount as is the current trend.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I can’t claim too much credit, this meme is from the before times.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Non-native here, can you explain why?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ah thanks!
It's kinda weird to me, but I guess it makes sense in the context of English having distinct words for countable and not

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Amount is for things you cannot count. For example, an amount of water. If you can count it, use number of.

HOWEVER, English is not a dead language, so the definition of amount may just be changing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

And yet here we are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Hey, atleast I'm still upvote/downvoting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are worse problems 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

People are allowed to joke about minor annoyances, Benda. Lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who’s stopping that? I laughed in my own comment. I have the opposite problem of posting comments I should probably not bother with. Like this one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Happens all the t.... Ah nvm

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For me it's half the time when a community requires a language and my preferred app doesn't support selecting one yet.

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