Watched Fury road for the billionth time last night. God it’s good. Doesn’t set out to be anything it shouldn’t be; delivers what you want. Not too much dwelling on the past, no shoehorned romances. Just fast and fun.

The incels have moved in too. The place is feeling more and more like Reddit.

I’m using the block option a lot.

There was a sense of… Anticipation? When we first got internet in my family.

The dial up tone was an announcement that you were going on the internet. It was a mindful choice you made, and you had to wait a bit for it. Not just pick up your phone and look at it. You had something in mind that you wanted to do.

It did always have a slight sense of occasion and I remember having butterflies just waiting for the connection. I’m very nostalgic for it.

I set myself a calendar reminder to play this in a few years. I’m hoping I’ll have forgotten most things.

I still get super upset when all the hobbits are so distraught after Gandalf falls. ‘get them up’

The rule of the community is you must post before you leave after viewing something. It’s obviously not anything policed.

Someone started showing their adherence to this rule by putting the word ‘rule’ in their post title. People continued this trend, sometimes using a play on words related to the post itself, making crap portmanteaus etc. they’re usually not very cryptic.

It’s been towed ouside the environment.

Nah it’s not

Edit: well that was a fun experiment. The Reddit-esque nature of just approving contrary, trite statements is rife here on Lemmy too.

The person I replied to was correct. If English is your second language it’s forgivable. For the rest of you, speak to your local member about the state of education where you live. Jfc.

Can we leave that shit on Reddit? It was tired there

Unfortunately I have to use this cesspool a lot for work.

In any case, something I’ve noticed is the ‘contribute your thoughts to this topic (for ai)’ are always responded to by people who are clearly using chatgpt.

It’s just bots talking to bots all way down.

Just water under the fridge.

It may be in your interests to explain to people exactly what you just said to me.

My current boss is ND and very open about it. It means I don’t get frustrated when he’s not communicating the way I’m used to; I don’t take offense to certain behaviours; but also, I can comfortably say to him ‘hold up, let me finish what I was about to say’ wait for him to process that bit, then continue.

You sound similar to him. He knows that the majority of people are going to feel frustration or offense because some of his ways of relating aren’t what is perceived as ‘normal’, or he comes across as plain rude. So when I started work he explained all this to me. Sometimes he is just being a fuckhead - like anyone can be, he doesn’t have a free pass - and I’ll call him out on it. But day to day, to avoid miscommunication or irritation, we’ve found a way of interacting positively.

So I think for you, you’ve got to realise that it’s not about shutting down. I think even in a passing conversation with someone you don’t know, you can probably say ’ Hey, I’m ND - sometimes I can interrupt/talk over you, I don’t mean to - I’m trying to listen but it’s hard for me to stay focused’.

Maybe review any videos or podcasts that hold your attention and figure out if there’s a speech pattern that helps? Is it short sentences with pauses? Is it asking rhetorical questions? Or is that what makes your mind wander?

Anyway, I’m no expert in this specifically but I’m a writer and do a fair amount of public speaking. You can tell when you’re losing someone and I typically don’t think it’s the audience’s job to change how they listen, but rather how I speak. For you though, I think it’s a bit of give and take.

dickbutt? It’s just a Reddit thing as far as I remember. Was constantly posted over there.

That and certain copy pasta just got annoying. I’d hoped it had stayed there.

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I just do it as a courtesy to the people as I’m usually making fun of them in forums they didn’t originally post in. It’s not like I’m thinking about it as being doxxing, more just that I’m poking fun at someone behind their back - if they’re a public figure that’s one thing - but the average Joe? Just feels impolite. That’s why I do it anyway.

I guess it’s like I can’t find a use case for it. Maybe I’ll try it again but it didn’t grab me the first time. I’m a savoury drink fan - bloody Mary’s and super dirty dry martinis are my favourite.

Maybe it was the carbonation I didn’t like. Things to ponder…

I tried Kombucha for the first time the other day.

I don’t get it.

It wasn’t terrible but I’d rather have a beer or a juice. Not whatever that was.

I’m up a lot earlier than usual and I’ve had too much coffee and this has me cry laughing. Thank you.

Fewer.

Grammar is still important even if you’re in possession of WMD.

I get the feeling this isn’t real, some how