They say America as if they live in another continent…
Spanish guy, who likes open source software and has just discovered the fediverse (as of 28th of April, 2022). I like video games, and indie and retro music. I’m a student. I’m officially diagnosed with ADHD and ASD since January, 2023.
America is a continent and Americans are people from that continent (Canadians, Usonians, Mexicans, Cubans, Argentinians, Brazilians…)
Mastodon user: https://mstdn.social/@icg937
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They say America as if they live in another continent…
Reddit made my anxiety flare, I was too addicted to it, and it was way too toxic.
Lemmy can do/be that too, thanks to tankies and shitty moderators, and toxic leftover users from Reddit who bring their toxicity here.
This will never be more than a below average Reddit clone.
The code of Lemmy/Kbin/Mbin can be improved, even by anyone. Can the code of Reddit be improved by anyone?
We are better off trying to change sites like Twitter and Reddit from within.
OK, then tell us how we can run for a CEO position of Twitter or Reddit, so we can change them from within. Otherwise, no, we can’t.
Here are some small pieces of advice for you, and anyone else who is interested:
Block Lemmygrad.ml, because fascists.
Block Lemmy.ml, because admins are fascists.
Block Hexbear.net, because fascists and trolls.
Block any user from Lemmygrad.ml, Hexbear.net, and the usual suspects from Lemmy.ml.
That’s it. 90% of toxicity is no more.
“Nație” also exists, although it’s dated.
Understandable, because both “natio” and “imaginatio” exist in Latin, and both words are used almost with no differences in many other languages.
you guys can’t kill a wendigo
Sam and Dean enter the chat.
Well, that’s very easy to fix. Just hide the playstation beep with another random louder noise. Then profit.
Person with ASD, more likely.
Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Yes. I can.
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So?
So what?
Why don’t you explain it?
Because you didn’t asked me to explain it, you asked me if I could explain it.
But English, being a de facto universal language, has good creativity to invent new words, either from native speakers or from foreign influences. For example, the word “D’oh” didn’t exist until Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) popularized it. And I think the word “meme” didn’t exist either 40 or 50 years ago.
I think a good way to know that is to read newspapers from 100 years ago or older, and see how people from US were called.
Whether it’s one continent or two, the point is that it’s bigger than the United States. At least I’ve always studied that Americans are people who live in America, either from Canada, United States, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Argentina… Then you can divide them between North Americans and South Americans.
That’s exactly what happens to me when I tell them America is a continent. Like, WTF?
There is a polandball community on Lemmy, but it doesn’t seem very active :(
Besides, I don’t think those are good manners to address a neurodivergent person (ADHD/ASD).
You’re not answering my question.
Those are rookie numbers.