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It's sad how the whole world is going through a conservative nationalist phase, this isn't just a Canada thing but I've seen it in my own country and many other European countries and American states.

I think the city life with everyone being in a rush and overwhelmed with work has decreased the amount of third places a lot.

I still see some local caffés where people chill and the barista also sits with them at times and joins in the conversation, or people talking while they're getting a haircut etc. but it's mostly a bit older people, young people seem to keep to themselves more.

Then again, I'm quite introverted so it's hard for me to engage in conversation to the point where I might not even notice that some place is a "third place"

As ridiculous as it sounds, posts and inside jokes like these make a platform feel like something unique and special, it's like our very own poop knife post

Summer does suck for its own reasons, but I'm overall much happier during summer than the winter.
Maybe it's the sun, maybe it's the temperature or the lack of allergies, but I'm always in a much better mood and more energetic despite getting tired from the heat.

I agree with your points generally, but I also understand the point of view of the general user. Reddit for most people is just a nice app to open while you're lying on your couch between activities and scrolling through some interesting/fun/wholesome stuff. The API changes are completely irrelevant to the average user who doesn't even know about third party apps. I remember a poll on r/polls about 3rd party apps and the people who use Reddit's app was like 95% (obviously r/polls is not scientific statistics but it still shows something).

What you're saying is especially more relevant on platforms like Youtube, where there's people actually having careers and their life's work at stake because of Youtube constantly taking a dump on their platform.

What I'm mostly here (kbin and Lemmy) for is because I believe in decentralization and an open source, free from capitalist milking, internet and I want to be a part of it and support its growth.

I played it with some friends and was having a really good time for a while (we started when the game launched), but it didn't take long until we got tired of the same game loop over and over again without much else to do, I don't know if things have improved since then on that aspect

Personally I think Cyberpunk was a flawed masterpiece, the whole world, characters, art and story (both main and sidequests) create something so beautiful and unique to me, and there were quite a few heart wrenching moments.

I also think it's great from a gameplay perspective, I'm a huge RPG fan and this was insanely fun to me, I'm definitely going to do at least one more playthrough once the expansion is out and I have time

Often I think the Internet has done more damage than good in the world the way it has evolved to be, but creating good social circles about hobbies and stuff is definitely an amazing thing that helps many people out there. Hopefully we can turn the tide a bit with technology like the Fediverse and create a healthier part of the internet that isn't corrupted and ruined by capitalist greed

In Greece, many areas are almost completely uncovered by public transport.
And even in the peak hours there aren't enough vehicles, so they get so packed that people are basically hugging each other some times.
Also, public transport was a pretty common place to be harassed as a woman, but I think the situation has improved the past few years.

Despite that, the roads of the city center are so crappy that driving in that traffic is even worse than public transport, so I actually prefer it :P
I also enjoy seeing lots of different people and listening to some conversations now and then

I've convinced almost my entire friend group to switch over to Signal

It took a long time and some big fuckups by Messenger, but we even got a group chat going on Signal after all

commonly known as SBAT

commonly known as SBAT