• Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    When I tell people the only social media I use is Lemmy, I always wait patiently for follow up questions immediately after, which never come, because nobody gives a shit about what obscure social media the 35 year old man uses.

    • kronisk @lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I just say “I frequent a few niche forums”. No follow up questions. I’m old as well.

      • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        I frequent forums, too. Mostly car and motorcycle forums. Lemmy doesn’t really have those kinds of forums.

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          1 year ago

          If you have content please post it. I’d love to have a motorcycle forum here but can’t really add content

          • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 year ago

            You wanna see me install a Raspberry Pi 3 into my minivan to run the rear seat entertainment system? 😅

            I’m more of a lurker than anything else haha. I scour forums for issues my cars/bikes are dealing with, and occasionally will ask a question here or there. I don’t really make many posts anymore, unless I’m doing a specific job or troubleshooting process that I haven’t seen documented anywhere else.

    • Tencho@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      As a 23 year old man, i quite often get the follow up “whats lemmy” but nothing beyond that.

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          1 year ago

          Then they ask me what’s reddit… And I go “it’s like Orkut communities, just without the profiles” and they go “oh that sounds cool”

          (Orkut was actually a thing here in Brazil)