Genuinely, I think that if l have the power to ruin someone’s day by being an utter asshole, I can also make someone’s day if I’m kind (especially if they weren’t expecting it or were having a rough day—though whether I fill those two conditions is harder to know for quick interactions between strangers). I might not change the world, but I do still have the power to affect others, and I can try to use it for good.
Emotional_Series7814
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Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zipOPto
PieFed Meta@piefed.social•Do we have a feature to exclude a community's posts from appearing in Local or All?English
0·3 days agoI appreciate you trying and hope the first paragraph is helpful to others, but I am confused where the first paragraph came from. The second answers my question, so thank you for that.
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.ziptoNPCs (NonPolitical Comics)@piefed.social•Speaking in the rainEnglish
1·3 days agoThought this was an !antimeme@sopuli.xyz for a bit until I realized what the joke was
the joke
speech bubble keeping him dry
This somehow feels correct for mathematicians as the joke subject.
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zipto
Wholesome@reddthat.com•What's your favourite way to spend a rainy day?English
1·17 days agoCurled up with some tea, maybe gaming or knitting or working on music or literally any other of my hobbies that don’t involve being outside.
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zipto
Dullsters@dullsters.net•How can I sabotage a lawnmower?English
3·19 days agoYeah, somehow I think sabotaging another person('s property) qualifies as dramatic, not as dull. Wonder if all the upvotes are from drive-by folks who didn’t check the community name. Also breaks rule 4, this isn’t an advice forum.
Also known as the Snow Fairy
So is this that the grenade will go off if you open the door to leave, or if you open the door to get in?
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zipto
New Communities@lemmy.world•Little Wins and Small VictoriesEnglish
2·23 days agoThe people at !wholesome@reddthat.com and !nicememes@sopuli.xyz and !thelittlethings@lemmy.cafe would probably like to know about this. !thelittlethings seems to overlap in intent too, although it does not seem very active from what I see on my instance, so you might want to message the mod. Thanks, I really appreciate positivity communities.
part of why I appreciate it, mentions negativity and depressing stuff
Joy is resisting, especially if you are vulnerable to doomscrolling bad news about how people are treating folks like yourself without humanity, how you are going to be in the firing line next… if you are happy instead of constantly miserable from people treating you as lesser, that’s definitely not the will of certain powers that be. Examples of happy people who are like yourself are necessary too. Especially ones you can meet in your community instead of them being some story you read online, so you know it’s an achievable possibility for you too, not someone on the other side of the planet. Also, it means you are giving your time to yourself and your joy instead of endlessly getting stuck in distressing news loops and doing a tiny bit of enriching others via ad dollars.
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zipto
PieFed Meta@piefed.social•AI policy for contributions to PieFedEnglish
7·24 days agoHappy to see this.
kvetching over negativity
Wish it got as many upvotes as the “AI did a bad thing/is invading everything” headlines, but alas, good news hacks your brain to engage far less than something you’re mad at.
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zipto
New Communities@lemmy.world•Little Wins and Small VictoriesEnglish
2·24 days agoBirthdays and the like used to feel inherently special as a kid, as an adult no longer and it just feels like another day. But I still like to celebrate because it’s a nice excuse to see people I care about or treat myself to something nice, or to just relax. I don’t believe we should always do things just because that is what is done, but this is one place I’m happy to just do things because the rest of society does and thinks I “should.” We get something nice out of it, and those who are not interested in celebrating are free to opt out (which I’ve done a few times too, and didn’t regret it.)
For example, I don’t think Valentine’s Day itself is all that important, but it’s a good reminder to pay attention to your loved ones and spend time with them, and because it is enough of a societal thing there are things done (think a couples’ dinner special at a restaurant or something) to help you do just that. So a lot of people do celebrate on the day. Some will celebrate on a different day to avoid higher prices on the day of the usual celebration. Some will totally disregard.
But that’s just me. It might be different for others.
A novelty account on Reddit I really liked seeing. Apparently they published a book lately, and have been busy but are still alive, having last posted a poem about their relative lack of posts 4 months ago.
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zipto
Wholesome@reddthat.com•What’s something small that always makes your day better?English
1·24 days agoHot green tea made to the exact strength I like it at.
!pokemon@sopuli.xyz would like this
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zipto
Community Promo@lemmy.ca•Sort of new community (moving, original instance shutting down): thelittlethings@lemmy.cafe - Sharing little moments of gratitude and happinessEnglish
3·2 months agoPost whatever little thing brought you a bit of happiness, gratitude, good vibes or so. Photos, text, memes, videos etc. are all fine so long as it’s accompanied by at least a short share on what you appreciate about the thing you posted.
Big happy shares are welcome too, but no share is too small.
We’re here to help you have a better day! For all wholesome and heartwarming content including memes, news stories, etc.
In practice !thelittlethings seems to have gotten more people sharing things that specifically made them smile, occurrences in their lives; while !wholesome is Lady Butterfly posting online images/memes/comics and a weekly thread. I can see why you would want to consolidate to get more personal discussion in !wholesome in an existing community already, but I can also see why the community that has people actually sharing from their lives would not want to fuse from what they have to what is in !wholesome.
!thelittlethings definitely should not merge with !casualconversation though.
Emotional_Series7814@piefed.ziptoNPCs (NonPolitical Comics)@piefed.social•We don't fitEnglish
1·2 months agoThanks!




Emotional_Series7814@piefed.ziptoNPCs (NonPolitical Comics)@piefed.social•We don't fitEnglish
1·2 months agoI understand what is happening in all panels but I just don’t understand the comic or joke






Always fun to get together with people you care about.