That is interestin’, it is. In retrospective, it makes a lotta sense that these groups would form and spat at one another. I had a massive cloud in the head about why X community seems to dislike Y instance, and yet Z community talks ill of X and Y, and it’s just a whole mess. I hadn’t considered that to be because of a split like this, as of yet.

This is an outcome I’ve pondered on. Say a split happens, and the large number of lemmy.world users remain there. That community would still be large enough such that it could hypothetically be treated as a separate sector of lemmy, completely cut off from the other communities, but large enough to keep its own.

Only some instances will be able to bridge the gap of this, and tap into both pools (lemmy.world & everyone else) by playing the neutral game. Eventually, things will happen that can push those shared instances further to one side, eventually hostility from the opposition and support of the nearer side brings them together. And yet, the problem remains unsolved, the split still festers. Who knows though, maybe lemmy.world is entirely supplemented by new communities in this new space that’s formed, and leads to the bulk beating the powerful.

Dipping into political theory: In some ways, it almost seems to mirror a power struggle, I view it similar to the population vs powerful. Lemmy’s decentralization makes for a somewhat ‘anarchist’ technology, and this hypothetical seems to allure me, as it seems representative of real struggles a possible anarchist society could/would face when a group grows to be ‘too powerful’. The internet is not a mirror of real-world society, but I feel the comparison is hard to deny.

Edit that’s halfway relevant: Could someone point me to some guidelines, or policies, etc. about creating a community on this instance? I’ve had two on the mind that I dearly miss from Reddit, and consequentially haven’t felt I can share content that’d pertain to them.

Phew, went down quite a rabbit hole with that one, I did. I can say that I do appreciate that it’s not a “pledge to defederate when enough people pledge,” rather, it’s actually a “pledge to defederate if they attack a pledger.” Basically just beholding them to having acceptable behavior.

While I don’t feel I’m educated enough on the subject to specifically say yay or nay, I will say that pawb.social has my commitment, and I’ll back whatever option is chosen for, even if I lose the lemmy.world communities.

On a sidenote, I don’t know who owns the website join-lemmy.org, but it was invaluable to me learning my way around the lemmyverse, and how federation works. So if that does happen to be owned by lemmy.world, it would be worth considering. I don’t believe it does as of now though, since I couldn’t even find lemmy.world suggested as a “Consider this instance” after scrolling far, far down.

Psyllum Husk works well, Meta-Mucil if you just wanna hit up a generic store for it.

I mix a 50/50 of husk and offbrand Mucil, because it is rather sugary.

So, I’m just throwin’ it out because I dont feel it’s shown in the post a whole lot. Most furries are not like that. I’m pretty deep in the fandom, the ‘head’ of several communities, and hangout in it all the time. Throughout all that, I can count on one hand, the number of individuals I directly interacted with who associated with those thoughts.

I ain’t gonna go in depth on the whole therian part, moreso just that furries as a whole aren’t individuals who see themselves as animals.

I’ll fucken take it. A start is better than nothing.

This has me curious because this just seems like something someone would make. Anyone got or know of a list of companies that engage in sketchy or immoral behavior, so I can avoid them?

Edit immediately after posting: Okay, so I think I see why such a list might not exist.

That’s always tickled my curiosity, why do so many billboards, commercials, and just general adverts always seem to be focused on conservative views or right-leaning politics? I can’t recount the last time I’ve seen a leftist, or heck, even left-inclined message.

Tl;Dr: is that age verification laws are being pushed heavily, and Linux users are strongly against that sorta stuff. Most developers openly say they won’t comply, thus their software is in violation.

I call dibs on this guy’s rat!

I also offer the word in other flavors, like Droan.

It ain’t your job to educate me, but if I can ask anyways, why would one opt to not vote out of principle? I went n’ looked it up, yet the only mention of it being a conscious decision are spotty, single sentences. Everything else seems to focus on the socioeconomic difficulties people can experience.

To me, it would seem that voting for a non-mainstream party would be optimal if you don’t trust the two-party system, wouldn’t it?

Doesn’t mostly every survey have that pitfall?

Honestly, I’ve kinda grown to hate these phones, yet I find myself constantly going back like it’s a digital addiction. Compared to entertainment media prior to these horror pocketbricks, seemingly everything had more novelty. TV/Movie nights were special and shared with family, and man it was always fun picking out what CD to pop into the player. Gaming sessions were entertaining because my brother would join, and we’d have a couch party with a GameCube, or even a Nintendo DS with a multiplayer game. He was such a screenpeeker.

It plagues me that the more I think on it, I truly dont feel it’s nostalgia, there seems to be a lost novelty, and the phone and internet largely seemed to replace it all. Now, couch parties are had as a Discord call, movie nights are supplemented with a customized YouTube feed. Even the era of personal websites are fading away.

On a side note, all those things are possible for us to have today, yet we don’t. It feels like a conscious decision to pursue convenience over connection, but why did we pick this path?

I mean, you gotta enable nsfw content manually to see it. One of those set-your-own-expectations sorta things.

It takes a special type of skillset to nail the Snickers vein that good

Silly goose, all the cool folks gave Richard a whirl at some point.

Drawovers are always so fun! Such a great way of letting someone’s physical attributes shine through.

Oop! Didn’t mean to repost, but I am glad y’get to see it again :3

Also a tip for y’all interested: some communities have a designated board in public places like parks, where it’s allowed for the community to throw up whatever graffiti they want to, without bein’ afraid of some cop chasing ya down for vandalism. Maybe make a visit if y’got one nearby?