I vaguely remember this video circulating, but I don’t remember the context. I believe it was a train and that’s the emergency response to seeing something on the tracks that you’re going to hit: press the emergency stop button and run toward the back of the train.

Even before the insane number of bots that are on reddit today, I believe that subreddit was one of the main ways for astroturf accounts to gain karma quickly. They knew that everyone was just there to look at happy things and would upvote heavily.

This is current problem in society that we don’t tolerate different opinion.

Exactly this. When online platforms become too homogeneous, any deviation from the typical opinions that are shared seems like a terrible, inexcusable offense that someone must do something about - thus, reinforcing the bubble.

We need to be able to disagree with each other and still get along.

Since most people are talking about the sign-up barriers, I’ll mention culture and reputation.

I love Lemmy and Mastodon, but whenever I’ve seen the fediverse brought up elsewhere, someone inevitably shuts down any curiosity by suggesting that it’s a political echo-chamber. I don’t think that’s accurate for all of it, but if that reputation is out there, we probably need to make an effort to show that there’s a broader appeal. If the average person is expecting the fediverse to be the left-wing equivalent of something like “Truth Social”, I could understand the reluctance to adopt it.

Oh no, someone please hit the emergency recursion button before this meme breaks something!

That title is the cherry on top.

I didn’t know until just now either. I actually assumed this was from that Making a Murderer documentary.

Unless you’re suggesting that this man was involved in that situation, there’s room to feel sympathy for both murder victims. I know I do.

This man was a teacher and coach for 16 years who only recently became a police officer, and now he’s gone. If your first reaction to this news isn’t sadness, then I don’t know what to tell you.

A lot of people can’t see past their hate.

Why are there so many weird fraud stories like this out of China?

Reminded me of this fake waterfall story from earlier this year.

I don’t remember where it was originally posted (maybe tiktok?), but here’s one upload:

The Square Hole

The Square Hole

Sadly, no. I just saw it and thought it was great that people are still memeing about that video.

Oof, you weren’t kidding.

Every headline I read about this man is pure insanity.

Wow, that’s quite a knickknack to have around.

How often do you have to explain to visitors that it’s Charlie Chaplin and not that other guy?

I’ve always thought woodworking would be a fun hobby. I expect to get into it one day.

I have some work to do…

It’s frustrating trying to find a good mid-range furniture store. It seems like you’re either buying stuff dirt cheap or spending a fortune, with little in between.

I mean, not anytime soon, but hopefully eventually.