• joelle_ether@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    A few times, about music or movies, someone nicely jumped in to defend a misunderstanding yesterday (ty again). I seem to perpetually have my foot in my mouth which doesn’t help. I should seek out more things that interest me personally and just stay in my lane I guess. Now that I’m more at peace with myself I should let go of the need to have unproductive rants on political threads.

  • Lemming421@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I had a great discussion on Mastodon about the logic of making bike helmets a legal requirement or not. I learned a lot and actually changed my mind on the subject…

      • Lemming421@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        No. Obviously I think if you can wear them you should, but making them required reduces the willingness of people to cycle, so as a strategy for swapping from car to bike, it is less effective.

          • Lemming421@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            No. But we’re not trying to encourage people to drive more motorcycles.

            We want to reduce the barrier to someone using a pedal bike, and if they have to fart around trying to find a helmet or worry about getting a ticket, they’re more likely to just not bother and use a car instead.

  • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’ve learned a lot about history, Linux terminal commands, wildlife, and even got manga recommendations from discussions with folks here.

    I do my best to avoid antagonistic conversation towards other users.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Indeed I have. We recently got a used truck, and the windshield wipers and radio didn’t work. After some outside research plus some discussion on Lemmy, I figured out the ignition switch wasn’t activating the accessory systems, which require power from the yellow wire.

    So, the truck is missing the dome light, but there’s 4 wires hanging above the rear view mirror, black, white, orange, and yellow…

    I touched the orange to the yellow, and guess what, the radio came to life! So I told my roommate to try the wipers, and sure enough they work too!

    We now have a toggle switch for that dangling under the rear view mirror for that.

    Thanks again @seathru 👍

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I have, I’ve had several turn from relatively hostile to productive. Usually I just end up understanding their argument better, but that’s still nice. For reference, these are usually about fairly contentious topics. It’s one of the things that I like the most about this site.

  • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    yes quite regularly. i wouldn’t be here otherwise… this place feels much less toxic than most other places online too.

    though tbh it does feel like an echo chamber sometimes. i tend to agree with far too many things i read here compared to other places.

  • snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Gotten anything positive out of interacting with other users?

    You bet. All the time!

    I feel belonging. In addition, whenever someone tells me they find what I say helpful, it feels great!

    I think Lemmy also helps me calibrate my sensors that sense the world. I know what software’s doing well, what software’s not doing so well, and what software is complex.