Yes. I’ve learned that (it helps when I) resond with “I” statements, for that kind of interaction.

“I don’t see it that way.” works as well as “You are wrong.”, but the “I” version implies fewer assumptions about what the other person is trying to communicate.

Edit: I have had good luck with adjusting my approach, this way. (To add a quick I statement, haha.)

I check my downvotes every so often to see if I’ve made an ass of myself.

Thankfully, people often explain they’re downvotes here, so I tend to learn something.

If I haven’t internalized whatever it is, I’ll find that their still downvoting me, so I get another chance to improve there opinion of me.

I’m saying that gay rights and trans rights are workers rights parades, because they are our fellow workers.

Exactly. LGBTQ+ folks are the current target for the authoritarians and fascists, but all of us non-billionaires are on the target list.

We will all be abused, beaten, broken and sometimes murdered, unless we push the fascists back into their holes.

We must stand together.

I am new to this whole Fediverse stuff. Trying to privatize my life and break away from big tech.

Welcome!

I have found the “DeGoogle Yourself” Lemmy to be full of good information about gaining some privacy from big tech: https://lemmy.ca/c/[email protected]

But why did you migrate entirely instead of just going to the main app or a browser with Ublock Origen?

It doesn’t feel good being herded into increasingly constrained solutions.

First they started charging for the API, then killed all free mobile apps, then killed various moderation tools, then started banning indiscriminately (probably using low quality AI)…

They just keep making the situation worse, intentionally, as much as they can get away with.

In contrast, this place keeps getting better, as features are added to the Fediverse.

People are, on average, much nicer here.

Plank

He’s a VP that really gets things done, in Saints Row.

Haha. Uh…I never thought about it, but I liked it better, yes.

But my kids like Pacific Rim: Uprising better.

Here’s a bold one: “Atlantic Rim”.

Yes. It is just a low budget cash grab meant to fool grandparents into buying little Johnny the wrong film by accident. (When little Johnny asked for a copy of “Pacific Rim”.)

But somehow it actually has a decent script, and passable acting.

The effects are bonkers cheap, though.

Okay, I’m really stretching it with this one. But I tried to hate-watch it, and couldn’t actually hate it.

The critics on this over were pretty funny to me.

“They made me watch another Hellboy film, and it’s a Hellboy film, and I’m angry.”

Some of those critics need to learn when to call in sick.

It’s a great Hellboy film. Haha.

the product placement was off the wall

And on the wall. And some of the walls themselves are ads. Also the rubble remains of some of the walls are also still product placement.

But yes, it’s a pretty good film.

I’m not promoting anything, but art is art.

This trend is, incidentally, solely because we a higher percentage of programmers knew what they were doing.

It’s easier to build a webpage, but more people can make them worse quality, now.

I’m pretty sure it will be a valuable amount of copper.

Edit: Except of course I guess it won’t, because they’re just bullshitting to drum up invetor interest, and only three of these will ever exist.

I prefer the term “beautified”.

I, for one, will certainly not loot it for parts, unless it has an unfortunate accident, in which case I’m just recycling trash that someone left out.

Most Lemmy apps support switching quickly between instances.

In theory, this could ease the transition when an instance closes, I guess.

In reality, the Internet is for pornography.

It presumably makes it easier to quickly switch between porn-free and porn-full subscription sets.

I say “Presumably”, because I’m above all that… here on my non-porn account.

Plus…there’s probably someone here who carefully separates their Linux Lemmys into one account and their railway and mass transit news Lemmys into another.

The whole question of who owns user generated content needs hashing out, because no one seems to actually know.

It’s billionaires. They know. They just sometimes squable over it like two year olds. But they know. They pay lawyers to make it clear in thousand page terms of service documents.

Me too. Is this the line for the unhealthy dynamic? Haha.

I guess I actually have had some friends like that - folks with access to tools or a boat or just a really helpful skill that they freely shared. They’re the best. I do try to pay it forward.