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That tweet is so weird. He hates several groups of people (trans, etc), can't they hate him back? He never physically hurt anyone? Well, no one has physically hurt him as well. So far, quid pro quo..?

Is this really the case? I find this unexpected. Lemmy seems to be friendly to the LGBTQ people, namely trans.

If what you say is true, we should probably address it somehow.

My claim is not that Lemmy should attract every single person. However, it does need to attract many many people. Here is why:

I think we all want to open a post about astronomy and read "Astronomer here. Here is what this post is saying:". Or read a post about nutrition and have someone with actual nutrition knowledge talk about the topic at hand. Perhaps even the author of the paper?

Do you want a random guy who installed arch-linux commentating (probably a shitty meme) on a highly specialized topic about math? Or do you want Terence Tao leaving his thoughts? I want the later. In order to have that, Lemmy needs to be welcoming to everyone and not just to people who know how to install Arch.

I use arch btw.

Some people, yes. But the person that wants something that "just works" probably doesn't feel like searching for all the privacy communities. He/She does not want to have to search which one is the most active, which one has the best rules, etc etc. That point makes it a negative. My point is that reducing friction of usage is a good thing, for growing communities at least, such as lemmy.

And just to be clear, I am the most pro-decentralization person you will ever find. I am not against lemmy. I hate reddit and what it stands for.

I think there are advances and disadvantages to this. Decentralization is definitely an advantage, however, having the same community split between many instances splits the community and the conversations and makes finding and interacting with the community much harder. This wouldn't be much of a problem on a very big userbase (such as reddit), but on a smaller userbase (such as lemmy), it does constitute a problem in my view.

Having said that, there are probably some UI/UX tricks that could be done to improve this sort of thing. For example, when subscribing to a "privacy" community, there could be a suggestions box/pop-up/whatever showing other privacy communities. Perhaps a graph of communities.

I don't want to gatekeep but I had no idea you could be "straight" and "demisexual" at the same time. Demisexual are people for whom primary characteristics (such as body) is not important, they are more about the relationship and emotional connection.

I also fail to understand your conversation with your friend. You have sex with him and enjoy it. You are friends, thus, there is some emotional connection. You are demisexual. Are you attracted to him or not? So confusing.

I think it is important to know where you are from. If in EU, I recommend HSN, namely the pea protein powder (or soy protein). From an hypertrophy stand-point, they are as good as whey protein (there are randomized controlled trials showing this). They are also much cheaper and environmentally friendly. Though I never tried unflavored!

I don't think gym goers usually listen to podcasts in the gym. They probably do it outside the gym. But again, they could just as well listen to someone like Peter Attia or Mike Israetel. It doesn't really answer the question: Why is it that gym goers are generally right wing? Maybe they are not and I am just suffering from a selection bias.

Oh. This is one of the reasons I hate the anime culture..

My favorite anime is One Punch Man. I just like the vibe of the character and his depressive outview. I sympathize with Saitama, such a well written character. However, go to the onepunchman subreddit and god damn, most of them are drawing children in minimal clothes. What the fuck is wrong with everyone.

Really? Cryptography people are generally right wing? I did not expect that!

Oh ya.. Gym goers are notoriously right wing.. It is annoying.

Even in Europe (where I am from), most gym goers are people who would have voted for Trump. I think it might be due to the fact they are generally younger? I don't know. I do know that it is annoying trying to befriend someone and then you find out they are right wing. God damn.