For an eclectic viewer like me I am the complete opposite of you; being tracked and remembered by YouTube would be miserable. I arrive at a fresh home page that shows only a search bar every time I go there. (There are no video thumbnails) I have to stop and think about what I want to watch. I click on a video after searching, reload the page to skip the ad, unmute and away I go. Any creator I want to remember I’ll take a screen shot and then copy and paste their channel name to notes.

I mean, yeah, trans folk being brigaded makes sense - I’m surprised and disappointed that it’s a major deciding factor on an area of the web like Lemmy which is generally (at least) a bit more accepting. If I was trans I’d probably wind my neck in if I were on 9gg, Re**it, 4chn because you’re unlikely to feel better after interacting there - which is a pity. Still think it’s a bit weird having upvotes only though; but I guess there has to be some mechanism to seperate the wheat from the chaff.

It “could” be a sewer/pipe cap but your geographic location and time period suggests it probably isn’t. I’ve seen reasonably similar items that serve this purpose.

Thanks. I kinda half-thought some of that myself but you put it way better. I can’t buy into it though. It just stinks of weakness and fragility to me. I still struggle to understand why being downvoted is seen as bad. Is not having people disagree with you a vital part of your personal development as a human being? If your instance is mollycoddling you then you don’t get to appraise your own views vis-a-vis the internet’s moral majority. Seems an ideal recipe to increase the herd mentality of the instance. I don’t know though…

Judgement Night - some of the greatest hip-hop & metal crossover songs ever made.

What a great reply. Thanks. I understand now that a block is a visual marker rather than a set distance. I’m glad you love Chicago and I hope you have a great life there. Chicago, btw, is the one US city that I’ve always had an interest in. You’ve achieved some amazing things there - long may that continue.

I can only imagine that some people are so fragile that they can’t cope with a random internet stranger disagreeing with them. I honestly can’t think of any other reason - but they still allow upvotes. What’s the point? I really can’t understand. If someone can give me another reason, please do. I really really really hope I’m wrong.

If a shitpost ever does meet your values I’d suggest getting some new values. It’s meant to be of trollishy poor value. That’s the entire point of shitposting. Why complain about it in a place specifically brought into being for the sole purpose of shitposting? It’s almost like they don’t understand the point.

It’s just sad. All this manufactured outrage at a deliberately spicy meme. Do people go to watch a horror movie and complain they got scared? No. You’d be an idiot for complaining.

Thank you, please. I’m here all week…

Hey, it’s the internet. Speak loudly and confidently - don’t waste your time researching “facts” to back-up your statement. /s

Imagine actually being offended by a clearly marked shitpost in a clearly marked shitposting community - the complete lack of critical thinking it entails blows my mind.

You, uh, do know what shitposting is? This kinda ticks the boxes required to be one; so seems to be in its natural habitat.

I’d like to tell you - but you might find the truth hard to swallow.

If Clippy jumps out of this image I swear I’ll smash my phone to bits in apoplectic rage.

Roughly how big/long is a block in US cities? It’s a measurement you guys use as your cities are so young and were planned out on grids. Where I’m from our cities are pretty chaotic and weirdly shaped as they grew organically through the centuries.

Dutch not Danish?

Honestly I found it really easy to read - not sure what that says about me though. I often find this illiterate text-to-speech style is “easier” to decipher when I read it out loud (albeit in my head). I’m not sure if that last sentence will make sense to everybody.

A for horses, B for lamb, C for miles, D for Kate etc. etc. The cockney alphabet.

Yeah - an application of heat to create a chemical change. You’re correct there. My answer was incomplete.