li10

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[–] li10@feddit.uk 10 points 6 hours ago

I guess it’s making a point of saying that if there’s an organised system in place, people will maintain their composure and leave without issue, even in an emergency.

It’s when there’s a lack of organisation and a bottleneck that means people start to get crushed, then all hell breaks loose when they truly panic.

Basically, the lack of organisation and a safe route out is what causes the panic where people stampede, not the emergency itself.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Mate, they’re people too. They generally don’t care on a personal level, and as you say they prioritise everything else.

Nobody cares about people smoking weed except pearl clutchers.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The fact that houses stink of weed and police walk straight past. There’s a notorious smoking spot around where I live, they don’t bother with it.

I’ve walked past police officers while I smell like weed, if they were to stop everyone like that they’d have their hands full.

As long as you don’t do it directly in front of them and they’re not looking for a reason to arrest you, they’re not gonna bother.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago (8 children)

It just surprises me how there seems to be almost no discussion about legalising weed in the UK. It’s really not talked about that much (besides medical use), and I don’t see much push for it either.

I think the government/police are generally happy to ignore it, and smokers are therefore happy to just get on with it.

Would be nice and convenient if I could just buy it from a store though :/

[–] li10@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For me, it will always be four hours and I will somehow wake up with the driest mouth on the planet.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Emotionally abused as a child, strong fear of letting my guard down, worried that people hate me, convinced that I have nothing to offer.

I’m not perfect, but realistically I know that I could definitely find someone if I put myself out there.

I’ve been on a few dates from dating apps, but just have my guard up so much it’s difficult to make a connection.

Never asked someone out in person as I don’t put myself in those sort of situations. I was actually out at a club last night (one of the few times in my life) and I left early, so quite disappointed in myself today 🙁

[–] li10@feddit.uk 15 points 5 days ago

From what I’ve seen and heard it’s an okay game, just seems like it could be so much more.

Ubisoft is basically a franchise at this point, so companies with IPs can give them to Ubisoft and they’ll make it fit their game formula.

Problem is, even though they might try and tweak it occasionally, that formula is now 12 years old.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If it were the original guy bringing it back then it would be worth talking about, but this whole thing is just a massive nothingburger.

Just some crypto bros who picked up the name for clicks, there is no actual story.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Don’t a lot of these smaller territories actually want to be part of Britain though?

While it may not be perfect, if you’re a very small territory then having Britain as security is probably a good thing at this point.

As much as people like to rag on Britain, it’s really not that bad in the modern day.

 

I just don't get how Lemmy is going to act as a proper replacement for Reddit.

I understand the basic concept of Lemmy and the Fediverse, and people are touting the concept of it being federated and not centrally controlled, but it is an absolute mess and nobody seems to have an idea about what to do with it.

How are communities going to grow if there isn't at least some form of central management. Other than there being an underlying framework that connects the servers, they're all just doing what they want.

Outside of the underlying framework, there's no 'guidelines' or consistency. The servers have random names, and the main Lemmy.ml is telling people to register elsewhere.

How is this going to bring in a wider audience if people are being directed to lemmy.fmhy.ml, sopuli.xyz, or sh.itjust.works?

What is the purpose of the Fediverse when forums for niche interests already exist on the internet?

Does it make sense to have something like a 'sports' server that has communities for soccer, NFL, basketball, MMA? But then how do you get a consistent naming scheme that lets people know it's part of the fediverse?

Maybe Lemmy could work as a replacement, but it seems like it needs a 'flagship' server with a group of people maintaining it to set an example. Then other servers that cover more specific areas, such as sports, can be set up and potentially work closely with that flagship group.

If this doesn't happen, then I can't see how this doesn't just fizzle out.

P.S. I've also compared two different Lemmy servers and looked at the same post in a community, and there are different numbers of comments on each where they haven't synced up...

I also wanted to post this to the main Lemmy community, but as I had to register via a different server, I'm not able to access that community from the server I'm using for some reason...

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