Lemmylefty

joined 1 year ago
[–] Lemmylefty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I can’t be the only one who can’t parse this sentence.

I’m sorry, can you rephrase this? I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

 

I’ve become aware, as I get older, how my initial emotional reaction to conflict isn’t always fair and is usually pointed backward, defensive and angry. I also know that I do better if I have time alone to process how I’m feeling, and often by the time I’m done things have moved on.

What I’ve been working on is to stop using excuses - the moment has passed, I’d just be dredging up the same argument, I’ve had this conversation in my head a bunch but they never turn out exactly right - and just go back to the people involved and tell them how I feel because they deserve that effort. There have been disagreements I’ve had where I wasn’t in the wrong but the other party did something I can admire and appreciate, and it doesn’t hurt me any to say that.

And it never ends with what I imagine is “argument perfection”: a point by point discussion of intent and action and history. Which is silly because life is messy but it gets better and I and others grow more patient and willing to move forward if I’m not always bracing for a blow.

That’s…probably a bit confusing, but it’s been something I’ve been mulling over, so…what personality traits of yours are you working on?

[–] Lemmylefty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

AND plasma, if you’ve had Taco Bell.

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

So here’s what we do: we start a TikTok challenge. “Nickname November” or something like that, where you use a different name every day of the month for maximum confusion. Get a couple classes doing it, especially if there are any trans kids in the school, and you can see how far you can stress the system.

For the schools that require physical signatures, that’ll piss people off right quick. For the ones that just use an automated email and call it a day, toss in a twist: have each student loudly announce their new name at the start of every class, AA style. Heck, get the school announcer in on it. “Chess club on Wednesday has been cancelled, and Squidward Jones is now going by Jackie McJackson Johnstone.”

They want a ridiculous law to be followed? Okay, here you go.

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

In all seriousness, we all appreciate your work. These are the growing pains that are to be expected, and your hard work and transparency (and writing it up at a level that even I can understand) is welcome.

[–] Lemmylefty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’d imagine that there are a lot of users and communities on here that want law enforcement as far away from the Fediverse as possible…

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

Yeah, I agree with this suspiciously named man. Whether it happens sooner or later, Reddit’s death is on the horizon, as it will keep making the wrong choices and so steadily lose those communities and content that built it in the first place.

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

I’ve noticed that other people’s comments are hidden on some posts I’ve seen, like it says there are 8 but I see 2.

Is this a Mastodon/kbin versus Lemmy issue, is that it? I was under the impression that Mastodon users can post to Lemmy but not vice versa, but I don’t know anything about not being able to see comments in a post whose instance you can interact with otherwise.

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

How does this place manage to get every one of their 400 lights to emit less than a quarter candle each

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

Kung Pow is fucking amazing in short, memey snippets, but it was agony to watch as an actual movie.

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

Because the text is small, I read it as “Cat, Tiny beast, Unhinged” and didn’t question it for a moment.

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

Exactly. I don’t want or need to build another McDonalds or Starbucks; I just want to go to the Mom and Pop down the road without worrying if they’ll tank.

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