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[–] 4 points 5 months ago (7 children)

methinks op leans a certain way politically, that is not being appreciated 'round here

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    Nah, even as a liberal, I do hate that all the top stuff on Lemmy seems to be political. It’s not surprising, it’s just much harder to make your entire feed just super niche interests. Like I’m able to make my Reddit fun by just following animal, Lego, plant, history, science subreddits and having zero news stuff pop up. If you do that here, you will be bored fast.

    I’m just returning to try again after the latest generation of destroying Reddit, hopefully it is better than before and I am surprised.

    Believe me, I’m praying for lemmy to catch up and be able to self sustain content. I’m fully on anything’s team that brings back what Reddit was 15 years ago.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Yeah...

    Alternatively, people seem to think that politics are some nebulous separate thing to their life, sort of like a hobby, when the reality is everything is political. Like, you cannot escape politics as a general rule (and arguably, nor should you try to), because it infects every aspect of a person's life.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I’m educated enough on politics though. I want my free time to be spent learning about random animals, Legos, rocks, Ancient Rome, not the latest dumb shit trump did. That’s wild take to think you can’t play video games, read a book, run with your dog without having to think about politics 24/7. If you truly believe that, see a therapist, that’s seriously not healthy.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Having hobbies is all well and good, I have them as well, but to not think politics has an impact on quite literally everything in your life requiring therapy is...a take.

    Stating that politics have an impact on everything is just a statement of fact.

    In just the examples you gave, some sort of political situation has impacted them - the price of Legos, modern interpretations of ancient history (through the lens of modern political discourse and what lead to the fall of Rome as an easy example), media regulation/censorship, the list goes on. It is possible to recognize that these things are impacted and not "think about them all the time."

    Ultimately, places like Lemmy are largely news aggregators, so you are going to get a lot of stuff related to the news (i.e. politics). It's a bit tough to discuss the "latest in dog walking" for any period if time to largely anonymous people online when compared to "US geopolitics" or "global conflicts," because those things are ever evolving.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Nobody said politics doesn’t have an impact on everything. But it’s possible to have a community dedicated to Legos or dog walking that doesn’t constantly talk about how the Trump administration or the economy effects it

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    "Be the change you want to see in the world" is the only real solution to that problem. News aggregation is an easy thong because its relatively universal - niche hobbies are not by definition, so its kind of up to people to make them happen.

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