I'd love to see some stats on reddit engagement now. Anecdotally, I logged in just to look at my usual subreddits (the ones that are open) and they seem dead.

I think this must be a cultural thing because no one in the UK sends SMS messages. Everyone just uses WhatsApp or signal or telegram. I'm android and have literally never had anyone mention the colour of my bubble. I didn't know this was a thing!

If someone's beliefs are a danger to my life or others' then yep, I won't be pursuing a relationship with them, romantic or otherwise.

Why would anyone date a conservative, it isn't safe?

I feel like I got out just at the right time!

It's such a shame that everything has to be commodifed. Being on lemmy, free of ads and financial incentives is such a breath of fresh air. Community and sharing ideas shouldn't be driven by money.

Good, the last contest was a fucking joke.

Yeah, I love my phone and the whole world it opens up, having access to so much information in my pocket. But I also hate how tied we are to them now. I bought tickets for a gig recently and the only way I can access them is by downloading an app (that I'm only going to use for this one gig). What if I didn't have a smartphone? What if I didn't want to take a smartphone to a gig? You aren't allowed to go to this gig without one, and it's a small thing, but I don't like how the option is out of your hands.

Pretty much every supermarket in the UK now requires you to download an app so you can access their offers. I hate this so much.

Generally, women are going to have boobs and wider hips and men generally have bigger feet. Obviously there's a massive spectrum of human body shapes, but this is the main differentiation.

If I wear my (male) partner's t-shirts, they're just straight with no space for boobs and they don't come in at the waist. Same with trousers, there's a massive pouch in the crotch, too narrow on my hips and too loose at the waist. People like to wear things that best fit their bodies.

Google is unusable now. Google images is the worst.

These people are opposed to the proscription of PA as a terrorist group, which is why they are protesting. They are making a point; that arresting these people for terrorism is ridiculous and authoritarian, and you might not like PA as a group personally but it sets a precedent, as the government can and will use "terrorism" to clamp down on any organisation or protest they deem to challenge them.

Lemmy.world has been down a lot, I've been trying to use it but half the times I've logged on it's been down. So that might be part of it?

My autistic colleague gets to me read her emails before she sends them in case they need "humanising" 😂 This was after a guy said her tone was aggressive and unpleasant (it wasn't, it just wasn't fluffed out and he was a big baby).

Fuck Google. Fuck YouTube. Let's build the internet we want and deserve 🥰

This shouldn't be allowed. I hate products in 2023.

Can someone tell me what Mastodon is like please, I have social network fatigue and can't be bothered to try another one? 😅

It has been photoshopped more than these agencies allow, and the reason people are interested is because there is a lot of speculation right now about where Kate Middleton actually is.

We can't sustain everyone owning a holiday home in the UK, we are in a housing crisis.

If you're not getting paid, it is not striking.

It depends, does your article reference a verified report from a rape crisis centre and a text apologising for the rape from the rapist?

They're not wrong.