this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2025
49 points (98.0% liked)

Casual Conversation

1294 readers
139 users here now

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.

RULES

  1. Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling.
  2. Encourage conversation in your OP. This means including heavily implicative subject matter when you can and also engaging in your thread when possible.
  3. Avoid controversial topics (e.g. politics or societal debates).
  4. Stay calm: Don’t post angry or to vent or complain. We are a place where everyone can forget about their everyday or not so everyday worries for a moment. Venting, complaining, or posting from a place of anger or resentment doesn't fit the atmosphere we try to foster at all. Feel free to post those on !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
  5. Keep it clean and SFW
  6. No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
BoozeOrWater@piefed.social
BoozeOrWater@lemm.ee
Nougat@fedia.io
FireWire400@lemmy.world
m_f@discuss.online
neidu3@sh.itjust.works
m_f@piefed.social
49
Isn't it always fascinating how small decisions can change ones whole life? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Grogon@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Like, not the big dramatic stuff — I mean the tiny things you barely think about.

I was just reflecting on how many times something small ended up leading to something huge. For example:

When I decided to grab coffee at a different café and randomly mer someone who later became a close friend.

Saying “yes” to a last-minute invite and discovering a hobby that became a huge part of your life. In my example it was bouldering.

Now if I spin this further, if I hadn't gotten into rock climbing I probably wouldn't have injured my shoulder a year ago.

Now look at the other examples on this planet. A person who called in sick on 9/11 or missed that flight.

It's insane. If I wouldn't be writing this post maybe I would have gotten hit by a car?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I needed to renew my passport while I lived abroad. I had 6 months do do it, so I was in absolutely no rush, but I chose this one particular week to get it over with. Then this volcano thing happened, and I got stranded with the long term effect that I'm now a family man with four kids and a mortgage.