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Fine, I’ll start. I’ll have my pizza with pineapple, peppers and maybe some pepperoni.

You do realize that you’re about to start a war, right? 😁

That looks delicious! What time is dinn…

Nevermind. I’m on way!

Drama, angry people and excessive crossposting and reposting.

It’s a big instance which means a lot more people, so you will always run into a .world user and/or .world community — some are awesome and others are not so great. It was easier for them to block an instance after blocking 50+ communities and people. There’s also this:

Uplifting News https://lemmy.coffee/post/429320

Cooking https://lemmy.coffee/post/478931

There’s also drama at other communities like YPTB but it was really hard for me to follow; I saw it because my feed was set to ALL. Some of us come here for the news, memes and the occasional recipe but not to be verbally abused or bear witness to one.

In addition to the controversies, the amount of news articles being crossposted to four other news communities by the same user (user # 1) was just overwhelming. Then, another user (user # 2) will do the same exact thing, unbeknownst to them that the same articles were already posted since the time gap was usually about 5 minutes or less.

What do you do? Start blocking.
Just when you think you have it all figured out, user # 1 creates an alt account and wipes the smile off your face. As you start blocking, user # 1 creates another alt account… and another. Holy cow!

Lucky for us, the weather is nice so to the great outdoors we go. TBH, I’ll probably be very annoyed if this is happening in the middle of a blizzard, lol.

Nice to meet you, FishFace. I like your name!

I hear plenty of nice things about PieFed 😃 Who knows… I might see you there.

Lol, I’ve been lurking since June but couldn’t decide which instance to sign up with; my friends are scattered all over the fediverse.

Yes, I’m one of the idiots who picked an instance because I like the name. That’s my major decision for the year.

I just subscribed. That community looks good, thanks!

Only disappointing thing is they can still see and respond to my posts, just that I can't see it. I wish they couldn't see anything I posted either.

I understand. Lemmy users are divided on that issue because not only can these people see, comment and downvote your post, they can manipulate the situation to their advantage (feel free to use your imagination or search posts about blocking).

FWIW, I hear you loud and clear. Please understand that there are plenty of people in this world who are angry, unfulfilled and can’t/won’t touch grass whose only gratification is to try to make other people miserable. This mental instability coupled with current events is unfortunately unleashed here in Lemmy and you.

Block away and save your sanity. I’m here for the jokes and your memes. If I want to argue, I’ll go to work and get paid. Sadly, you are a volunteer and many people don’t realize that — they seem to think that it’s your job to take their crap. For that, I am truly sorry.

Two of my friends recently blocked .world and had good experiences with users from other instances. Recently, there was negativity in Uplifting News that had to be addressed; a .world mod left because they were burned out; some more drama recurring also at .world instance.

Please take good care of yourself and don’t take &#!+ from any of us!

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Congratulations on your masterpiece! Hopefully, the beginning of plenty. Thanks for the topping ideas!

Thanks for the recipe. Bookmarked!

Today I learned… thanks!

Several years ago, a friend sent out a mass email asking for help with a property he recently bought. When we arrived, there were 50-gallon metal drums filled with wooden-fencing bathing in motor oil.

To this day, my dad’s friends still paint their posts and fences with motor oil. When I was a kid I asked my dad if paint was expensive, he laughed and said that it doesn’t work in Alaska.