As someone with fear of flying, I really need to look into this.

Same, I am going through the same exact feeling as you are. I had similar existential thoughts on how everything is temporary and fleeting, websites and life… (please don’t judge haha, I really had these thoughts)

In a way, Lemmy is exciting and I’ve got used to it very quickly. It feels like the reddit of old and is surprisingly comfy. However, reddit was a part of some of the best years of my life and helped me become what I’m today personally and professionally. There is a wealth of information on reddit and I hope that doesn’t go away.

I will really really miss using reddit, and it will hurt in the short term, but I believe it will be a good thing eventually, especially if the Fediverse replaces it (at least to some extent). Hopefully then we can avoid this happening again and end this cycle.

Yeah, sarcasm doesn’t translate well in text. At times, it’s easy to identify a sarcastic comment, and sometimes it’s not clear. I have myself interpreted comments on differently before seeing the /s at the end. Changes the entire perspectives sometimes.

Ooooh we can edit titles?

Wow… thank you for this. This captures my feeling exactly and this is what I and many others miss from life.

I feel you and I experienced the same. I was quite social back in my college days too, even though I was still an introvert. I used to strike up conversation and small talk with people. However, now, just the thought of making eye contact with a stranger is enough for me to avoid going outside or skipping the thing/event altogether.

I mean, I can still do the small talk, but it comes with immense effort, and a bit of awkwardness. Internally I just want to run away and hide in a corner. Never used to happen before.

The Lord of the Rings.

I watched the movies as a teenager and then read the books and they’ve forever changed me in a good way. They’ve helped shape my life, my personality and have been a “light to me in dark places, when all other lights went out”.

I am glad to have experienced them.

I have the same thought, and is the primary reason why I’m agnostic. I commented this elsewhere in this thread that might be relevant here too:

I’m an agnostic and I read this book called “The God Theory” by Bernard Haisch. The author is a man of science and approaches this problem from a (semi) scientific perspective.

Over the course of the book, he makes hypotheses and challenges them and eventually arrives at a theory that seems a workable explanation of the state of the world and religion in general.

It’s a very interesting read and I would 100% recommend it.

I like this. I’m an agnostic and I read this book called “The God Theory” by Bernard Haisch. The author is a man of science and approaches this problem from a (semi) scientific perspective.

Over the course of the book, he makes hypotheses and challenges them and eventually arrives at a theory that seems a workable explanation of the state of the world and religion in general.

It’s a very interesting read and I would 100% recommend it. It’s been a while since I read it, but his theory at the end is not very different from your comment.

As a person who works in tech and is an early adopter for almost every new gizmo out there, I feel that we were better off back in the day when stuff was all analog and things were done manually.

Sure it was inconvenient, but it made us experience the world more and actually interacted with real people. I have crappy social skills and I have seen the change in myself over the years. I get anxious when my phone rings now, as opposed to being excited back in the day.

It’s been amazing. It feels like the reddit of old and gives me early internet vibes. I’m way more involved with the community here than I was ever on reddit. I love it and I’m staying :)

Great analogy. Same with r/RingsOfPower and r/LOTR_on_Prime. One community doesn’t like the show and the other one does. You join whichever most aligns with your preference.