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Monday Musing (lemmy.world)
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Alright refugees!

I reckon we need to have a threat to chat. About stuff. With reddit 'closing' for the next few days in some cases, and foreseeable in others, I felt like this thread was appropriate.

What are you all up to today? Anything interesting going on? I already know it's too hot.

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[–] SplatterGasp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have been in a discussion with a colleague all day about the API controversy, instead of working. We have been talking about how Lemmy feels like what Reddit once was; a community of people that have interesting discourse around interesting topics, and not just an endless scroll of low effort posts and lower effort comments like 'THIS!', 'AND MY AXE!', or 'I ALSO CHOOSE THIS GUYS DEAD WIFE'.

I think I have been grieving the what Reddit once was for a much longer time than I realised. Lemmy feels like home, one that I haven't haven't been able to visit for years.

[–] NanoTriffid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My husband has been following a discord channel of each sub going dark like he's watching the races. Chuckling about sub names and citing the user numbers/stats

[–] thegiddystitcher@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

We all learned about a lot of very specific porn subreddits while watching that lol! At least I assume that's where your husband learned about them.

[–] matt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It was actually pleasant this morning cycling to work, then I walked outside 15 minutes ago for lunch and it felt like the sun was trying kill me and the air trying to suffocate me.

Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?

[–] shankrabbit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If you get a portable one, make sure you get the kind with two hoses. Otherwise you'll create a vacuum that will pull in hot air to the room you're trying to cool.

The second hose prevents that by using outside air instead.

[–] Mane25@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?

I'm not keen on the idea, air conditioning makes it feel even hotter when you go outside - and who wants to sit around inside on a hot day?

[–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 3 points 1 year ago

would agree, also air conditioning is part of the problem that keeps making every summer hotter. People in hotter countries don't use ac all the time, just drink cold drinks, keep the house shady with wind blowing through, etc.

[–] matt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I absolutely want to sit inside on a hot day if there's air conditioning, because going outside is miserable!

I can't stand this sort of heat/humidity, the last 2 weeks were absolutely lovely though, give us more of that.

[–] thegiddystitcher@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I may have accidentally stayed up all night to watch the meltdown and am now dead. Worth it to be there for the moment /r/funny went offline though (at like 5am, omg I am too old for this sort of thing!)

Today is gonna be rough, I have to somehow perk up enough to record a YT video and seem like I'm happy about it.

reaches pathetically for the kettle

[–] LondonPilot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What was there to watch? Genuinely curious - I would never have thought to do this because I assume that one minute there were jokes in /r/funny and the next minute it was just a message saying it was private? Or was there more to it than that. Good for you for staying up for it regardless - the world needs more people as committed to the cause as you!

[–] sunspider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume they were watching a website like this one: https://reddark.rewby.archivete.am/

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this, very interesting!

[–] PrimordialSoup@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

2 sugars, strong. Thx

[–] florge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anyone else think it's too hot for tea? I really want a cuppa but in this heat it's just not the same.

[–] jack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Agree! I don't know how people do tea in this weather, and I love tea.

Smashing back the bottles of water like no tomorrow.

[–] Finnbot@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Struggling to come up with ideas for dinner. Looking like it's gonna be another chicken fucking salad. Can't bear to cook anything over the cooker. Might even just get sandwhich stuff which has the benefit of being able to tell the weans to make their fucking own dinner for once.

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pasta salad? Gazpacho soup?

[–] Finnbot@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ended up going for BLTs!

[–] sweetchildintime@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who now lives on the west coast of Scotland I'm actually enjoying the novelty of a bit of hot dry weather.

I used to dread weather like this when I lived in London though.

[–] rubikfrog@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on the east coast of Scotland, and it must have rained last night, because it's muggy af outside. I think all the moisture is just evaporating. Walking outside is like going into our bathroom after my eldest has had one of his marathon showers.

[–] sweetchildintime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I must admit it has turned a bit humid today. Still beats sideways rain though.

[–] spicemouse@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I removed Sync from my phone homescreen and the reddit link on my browser bar.

Currently wondering how I'll see who else is too hot and if Celtic appoint a new manager (which makes me think someone needs to start a lemmy.scot instance for things like Scottish football..)

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was thinking of creating a Scottish lemmy instance, but someone seems to have bought both lemmy.scot and feddit.scot domains. I hope they actually do something with them, but seeing they have bought both of them, it doesn't seem promising. Any other .scot domain ideas would be nice.

[–] spicemouse@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about haggy.scot, like lemming -> lemmy haggis -> haggy

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

oh thanks, I like it. I think it sounds a bit odd, but it makes sense, and it doesn't seem to have any other notable uses. I will update you on my progress.

[–] seacocker@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

kbin.scot?

[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My wife's away in Corfu this week with her mother, so I took the executive decision to book today off work. Bloody glad I did, because it's glorious.

Got a few bits to do around the house this morning, then I'm going to spend the afternoon in garden, under the gazebo with a series of cold drinks doing a bit of studying.

[–] thegiddystitcher@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Precious, precious alone time. Make the most of it!