Mars2k21

joined 1 year ago
[–] Mars2k21 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A bit of a rant here.

Recently joined the wider Lemmy community (coming from kbin.social, o7). I like it, but the constant negativity and fear mongering/bait in large communities keeps me from engaging more. I just kind of wish there were more relaxed communities like how niche subreddits can be. I've seen a lot more arguments here than the kbin-specific communities or even Reddit honestly.

I'm going to continue using Lemmy at least for now, but I just hope this place can move past the negativity that plagues major social media platforms already. I get everybody has their views, but is it a requirement to share them every comment/post? It's all jokes and no seriousness on Reddit to all seriousness here. Not very enjoyable. Feels like a lot of the users who created cool niche communities after the Reddit exodus got driven away by the negativity and frivolous downvoting.

[–] Mars2k21 -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If Lemmy has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Lemmy has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Lemmy has only one fan then that is me. If Lemmy has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Lemmy, then I am against the world.

Edit: Is this not a "copy pasta"? Woosh

[–] Mars2k21 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Really depends on the desktop but in terms of default desktops that are shipped with distros I'm picking Fedora's GNOME (pretty much stock) and MX Linux's XFCE.

[–] Mars2k21 7 points 11 months ago

Gen Z.

This place is a lot older than I expected.

Internet generation, progenitors of current online brainrot. Came too early to experience the 90s in all its glory, and too late for running console-quality games on a 6mm thick mobile device.

At least we have the 2010s to claim for ourselves. Those were pretty cool.

[–] Mars2k21 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, MVPG on OKC was a thing (though very bad in the playoffs) and he nearly took the Clippers to the finals in 2021 without Kawhi.

Though what I don't understand is signing him under a max...the guy will be 37 once it ends. Recipe for disaster if he regresses.

[–] Mars2k21 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm a little lost here...when I started using Fedora I was pretty much a complete beginner (used Ubuntu a little bit before but not extensively, only GUI applications) and stuff like this wasn't an issue. Just copy and paste from some online guide. Didn't have to use the terminal frequently either.

Fedora is pretty easy.

[–] Mars2k21 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Was super invested in it (was considering moderating multiple magazines), as I really like Kbin and the vision of it being an all-in-one microblogging and link aggregator platform in the Fediverse. With there being so many federated platforms serving the same purpose, I like how Kbin sort of went against the fragmentation. Had to leave it for Lemmy just the other day as well. I think that Ernest has created the best alternative to Reddit despite the struggles he's faced with development and maintaining the instance alongside with personal issues.

mbin looks great but I think I'll just stay with the more stable option and community...being an early adopter was fun for a year though. I'm still a little iffy about mbin personally. If there's a mbin/kbin API release I may reconsider.

[–] Mars2k21 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm conflicted when it comes to mine so I'm just going to throw a few out. It'd take me forever to make a definite choice:

  • Code Geass: Ridiculous plot and Lelouch is such a well written character
  • Initial D: I love cars, the soundtrack, and the added dynamic of relationships on top of racing and dreams.
  • FLCL: Soundtrack, animation, and how it makes 0 sense as a plot device
  • Vinland Saga: Season 2 (and the Vinland Arc in the manga)
  • Samurai Champloo: I like hip-hop, cool samurai, and long journeys. The ending was one of my favorites in any anime because of how simple it was
[–] Mars2k21 2 points 1 year ago

JB's consistently shown up for the team, makes sense he'd get it. He's finally getting the credit he deserves (hopefully he'll go to the Hawks one day though).

[–] Mars2k21 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So glad to be hearing actual good news for once.

Happy Pride btw

[–] Mars2k21 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly surprised at the amount of arguing over iPhones and Androids here, its 2024. It's not that deep.

Seriously, of all things tech news related nowadays, green and blue bubbles are a non-issue. If someone has an issue with it, it's probably worth not making it your issue as well and just walking/swiping away to find someone else to talk to.

I consistently talk to iPhone users using SMS. Besides from the occasional picture compressed into oblivion, nobody cares enough to even make jokes about the phones we are using. At the end of the day, it's just a phone.

[–] Mars2k21 5 points 1 year ago

I use Debian on nearly everything that isn't a "testing machine"...it's just what I'm familiar with. Used to be like this with Fedora. If you are looking to just use it as a regular end user and don't really need anything different or particularly want some new scenery, you might as well just install Debian again.

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