Some instances are kinda obvious to figure out what they have in common, like the now-extinct VeganTheoryClub, but some are a little harder to figure out, like the ml in Lemmy.ml is for Marxist-Leninists.

Something that’s a little different compared to other social media platforms (and isn’t on your list of thought/questions) is being able to judge books by their covers.

Since you can choose which is your home instance is based on the rules, moderation, and general vibe, the instance someone is from can tell you A LOT about them. There are some users who just mute all users from certain instances, because of this.

If you’re on Lemmy.world (which is based on the Netherlands, but everyone just assumes is from the USA), you likely won’t be muted because of your home instance since it’s basically the default.

That’s just not true.

A good moderator on a platform like lemmy removes content that breaks the rules, and ban users who are unwilling to learn or improve.

I am also on team bar soap, but body wash isn’t always “soap”, it’s sometimes a detergent.

Which is another reason why I am on team bar soap.

In English, it has to be any of the Contronyms. We have so many, and it really makes it hard for newer speakers to understand some things.

You dust a cake by adding powder, you dust a table by removing powder.
You seed a field by adding seeds, you seed a fruit by removing the seeds.

Relationships and conversations require both sides to put in effort, or else they die.

You say you know that they will be there when you need it, but are you sure? It doesn’t sound like you’re giving them what they need.

This isn’t really a question, but a very thinly veiled accusation.

Maybe post this somewhere that it belongs.

How, if possible, can I log in to say, discuss.online above, with this account. Or do I need to make a second account over there.

You can view/comment/vote on all of the content there while logged into lemmy.world. As an example, you should be able to click this !flipperzero@programming.dev and participate there. or !AskUSA@discuss.online.

Also, related, is there a way to just, use my Mastodon account, and drop this one completely?

I am not a fan of “microblogging”, so I am not 100% certain. I have seen a lot of posts/comments from Mastodon on lemmy instances, they are the people using hashtags.

Kbin and Mbin are Lemmy-like systems that also hooks into microblogging much easier, so you might be able to do a one account thing there much easier.

Again, not certain because microblogging is not my jam.

I think it’s because they usually mean “Shut up, I don’t care what you’re thinking about, just be pretty.”

I think it’s because they usually mean “Shut up, I don’t care what you’re thinking about, just be pretty.”

I know that other services, like the trending community bot, that recent had issues in the same vein. The trend bot only showed like 3 communities, and it normally shows about a dozen.

So, there is likely a federation issue, or something wrong with however these services get their data.

You can likely just block the magazine for yourself, or you can contact https://kbin.melroy.org/u/melroy about it.

People can have more than one account, so there might be overlap between these two instances.

Also, having an account on one of these two doesn’t make you a vegan, just like having an account on any other instance doesn’t mean you’re not a vegan.

I don’t smoke weed, but you may want to break things down to be more specific. Because currently, the answer is “they die” or “They DUI someone else, they go to jail, then they can’t get a job when they out, so they become homeless. While homeless they start doing survival sex-work, and they are forced into dangerous and unwanted kinks. They then die, of starvation in the gutter, full of debilitating STIs”

Are you smoking a derivative, like shatter?

Are you smoking the actual plant? wrapped in paper? from glass?

Are you vaping something glycol-based?

Are you using a dry-plant vaporizer?

Are you buying your weed from a legal, controlled source?

Are you getting something that’s laced?

The three “normal” suggestions are:

• Mint - https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
• Pop!_Os - https://pop.system76.com/ ; and
• Bazzite - https://bazzite.gg/

If it’s a word that already ends in an s in its singular form, like Travis, I would pronounce it like “Travis is”.
It’s a word that only got an s at the end because it’s pluralized, like “Smiths”, I would generally just pronounce it like “Smiths”.

Banana also isn’t a valid answer, but if you have the chance, you always go Banana.

People answering a question like “Would you like to do X, or Y?” with “yes.”

I didn’t fucking ask “Would you like to do X or Y?”, so put down whatever solvent you are chugging, then give me your choice.

You may want to also post this to !linuxmemes@lemmy.world

I think it’s because they are emulating chaos-based reality tv shows.

These garbage reality shows had people using speaker-phones in public so they can record both sides of the conversation as easily as possible.