Reverse image search gives me a Spotless starling.

But if it is a new species I call dibs on naming it: Grumpy featherfluffle.

Aren’t they already defederated from everything and anything in the known universe?

I remember there, when the Russian Internet connection went down, and for like a day all those kinds of posts nearly evaporated.

Oh shit, I remember this one. For a short time Reddit became a loooooooooot friendlier. Not friendly but friendlier. You could have a nice conversation with someone opposing your views and it came to an actual trade of insights. I valued that a lot. No fucking derailment with stupid ass nonsense and childish jibes. (At least for the most part. Reddit is after all Reddit)

I wouldn’t think about it too much. People downvote for the strangest reasons. Also OP doesn’t care and didn’t even notice. Which is the best take on votes I think.

“So, we started using teleportation now.”

• Everyone in Game of Thrones from season 6 onward.

Stay informed. When you feel like the news make you depressed, or even worse you start doomscrolling, take a break. There is a German word called Weltschmerz. It’s the pain you feel when the world seems to go to shit. It is a depressing form of dissatisfaction. I had this the last time when US and allies withdrew from Afghanistan and we left the people who helped us to die. The pictures of desperate people falling from planes still haunt me to this day. Then Russia invaded Ukraine and I doomscrolled for a couple of weeks.

I am not willing to sacrifice my mental health for this. So I cut news from my feed but I still read them every couple of days. Blissful ignorance can also not be accepted. I think the way I do it is a good compromise.

YES!

Definitely not. I would rather consider moving somewhere else, where the rent isn’t that bad. Unfortunately that’s not an option for many people.

How long did it take to overthrow humanity, dear robot overlord?

Ich habe nen grünen Daumen, Herr Wachtmeister. Kann ja nichts dafür, wenn der Rest der Welt keine Ahnung hat wie man mit Pflanzen umgehen soll.

Yeah, I feel you. Maybe there is a case to be made here. But I think those who are ignorant choose to be so and it’s a lost cause. You probably shouldn’t listen to me. I think it’s great of you to consider something like this.

I assume the people who automatically think of something negative or sexual when hearing the word „phile“ are the same people you don’t want to associate with in the first place. Their opinion is worthless and can be ignored. Don’t waste your time with other people’s ignorance.

Vor etwa 15 Jahren (fuck ich werde alt) war die Killerspiel Debatte ganz groß und irgendwie waren Gamer Schuld an absolut allem. Cthulhu hätte erwachen können und Gamer hätten die Schuld getragen.

Irgendein dummes Schwein von der Union meinte dann „Killerspieler“ mit Pädophilen gleichsetzen zu müssen. Seine Basis, von inzwischen definitiv an Altersschwäche dahingerafften Mumien, hat es geliebt. Das Ende der Geschichte war: Es war ok, denn es wurde niemand direkt beleidigt.

Also das nächste Mal stattdessen sagen: „Mensch, manche Fotzen bei der Union sind wirklich dumme und empathielose Arschlöcher.“

Hiking helped me a lot. I was out in the wilderness, touching grass, actually doing something for my health. Exploring the Alps was one of the best ideas I have ever had.

Colleagues who start a conversation 0.5 seconds into silence. Dude, I am working, you are working, our tasks are not related, don’t start with smalltalk. Hell won’t spill into real space when we just stfu for a couple of minutes.

I didn’t really encounter something like that. Sometimes I comment a one liner in German and they all get upvotes. (I wonder how many people in the Fediverse are German)

Guess: When it comes to full posts, I think it is kinda expected to put a translation into it. I can see people getting unreasonably annoyed by the fact that they don’t have an information instantly available to them. So they might just downvote out of frustration? Which is kinda dumb, but the train of thought makes sense.

Widerwärtig.

Schreib dir die Top 4 Parteien auf, die für dich in Frage kommen würden. Anschließend schaust du nach was sie zu den letzten Wahlen versprochen und was sie davon eingehalten bzw. wie sehr sie diese Ziele verfolgt haben. Wirst depressiv und würfelst dir deine Stimme mit ner 1d4 zusammen.

Oh I know about that one. I just wasn’t aware of the Van Attack. Should have been more precise.

Hold the fuck on. What?!