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  • the_yaya@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Today’s Ask PHlemmings: What is one conspiracy theory that you actually believe?

  • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Lagpas dalawang linggo na pala ang community na ito dito.

    I’ve been checking Lemmy almost ever since the weekend just before the blackouts, replacing Reddit as my addiction (of sorts). I’ve also managed to subscribe to a good number of communities, such that my feed is now quite healthy with content. I almost never get the urge to browse Reddit anymore, not even with all the mention of it in my feed.

    How about you guys? Kamusta naman ang Lemmy experience ninyo thus far?

    • cottonmon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I still go to reddit for some of my interests that aren’t here yet, but for news, I use Lemmy na.

      • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Ayun lang. Ayaw kong tignan yung mga subreddits for my interests na ala dito. Natatakot akong maging marupok at magbalik-loob kay Poong $₱€Ƶ eh. HAHAHA!

        • cottonmon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          But i need my news about wrestliiiiing hahaha. Seriously though, I’m trying to limit my usage na. Siguro pag nagupgrade na ang Lemmy World to .18 mas magagamit ko since wala na dapat yung autopopulation ng bagong posts sa All.

          • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            But i need my news about wrestliiiiing hahaha.

            I know, right? Not about wrestling, pero may ganyang itch din ako kahit papaano. Laking tulong ng Teddit at yung Privacy Redirect for those times na talagang di ako makapagpigil na sumilip (at di naman kailangang makihalubilo dun).

            • cottonmon@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              Lagi kong nakakalimutan na may Teddit nga pala, will try to use that nalang. Salamat sa reminder.

              • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                1 year ago

                Try mo yung Privacy Redirect na addon para di mo na kailangang isipin. Meron siyang option to replace Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, and Reddit (among others). Para pag may ma-click kang link to any of those you opt to replace (say, Reddit) i-eedit nya yung link.

                Now, I have to specifically temporary disable redirection for Reddit, to go to Reddit (if I am checking my accounts for any comments/posts for anything na nag-macArthur).

    • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Ever since the blackout, I barely go back. The only times that I do is 1) to look for AskReddit material for the RD thread, 2) when someone links to juicy content, 3) close down r/thevisoria, and 4) peek at r/PH’s frontpage occasionally, particularly nung polling.

      But I stopped posting and likely never will again. Wala rin ako itch to do so.

      Edit: Ayan napasilip tuloy ako doon and found out that Couples For Christ have been gone for a while now, there’s a courier called HBK, and questions about phone brand and opening an OnlyFans account.

      • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        opening an OnlyFans account

        Uhm… 👀

        You know what, after reading some of the replies here, I’m starting to think of this place as some kind of a safe zone, a lounge where people can just relax and take a break from all of the havoc happening elsewhere online.

    • Tsunami45chan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Limang araw na lang (anim sa ibang bansa) tatanggalin na nila ang mga thrid party apps. Masaya na ako dito sa lemmy, medyo may bugs ang jeroba pero okay na man.

    • 8rhn6t6s@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Okay naman. Kaso ung dose of irl drama ko wala dito kaya I use libreddit for offmychestph and rel advice ph HAHAH

      • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Hahahaha! Ang sama ng mental image na na-imagine ko! Parang pinapanood natin sila from a secure location, parang massive multiplayer online version ng Big Brother house, tapos tayo ang audience. 😅

    • Vicks_inhaler@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It’s been slow for lemmy communities to form. Partly na rin siguro madami parin fence sitters sa reddit debacle up until July I suppose. Kaunti palang nasasalihan kong communities tho.

      Pansin ko lang, nag nose dive na moderation sa rph. I don’t know if it’s just me but the posts are all over.

      • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Sites like this has helped me greatly in checking out where my subscribed subreddits have gone to: https://sub.rehab/ I also find myself sometimes idly browsing All on the off chance that I’ll discover some community I would like.

        And yeah, there might be a lot of fence sitters, but I think after the wave that’s coming after the end of this month, things will quiet down. From then on, it’s really up to us already here if Lemmy/Kbin will be a thing, or it’d just be a fad. Network effect is a hell of a drug, but even if there ends up a stable and engaged population here, creating and consuming content, it’s already a win in my book.

      • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Pansin ko lang, nag nose dive na moderation sa rph. I don’t know if it’s just me but the posts are all over.

        Not wanting to toot my own horn but some of this is me, I think. I’m very unforgiving of low-effort posts that could be answered with just one reply. Tipong topics that belong in the Help Thread or already been asked/addressed several times before. Makukulong ka ba if hindi mo binayaran yung 800 pesos na balance sa PLDT or takbuhan mo Anytime Fitness membership. Best earphones for 200 pesos na goods na goods. IT o Accounting, ano kukunin ko na course? Innova o Avanza?

        Karma farm or redundant threads bwisit rin kami. Yung mga “Ako lang ba naiinis sa utang na loob”, “What’s your favorite pancit canton?”, “Toxic Filipino Culture”, tinatanggal ko na lang without any explanation, lol.

        The last month or so we were very consistent with this to the point na yung mga threads na otherwise matatabunan papunta sa third page, get a chance to shine. A good example was DENR planting the wrong Mangrove specie — it only had 11 replies on its first day and mushroomed to 195 in just a few days.

        • Pancit Canton@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          r/philippines is no longer a valuable place for anything Philippines. Some PSAs, natatabunan na rin dahil sa mga bwisit na imported socmed dramas na wala naman tayo, mga Redditors, walang pake.

          Karma points instigate how good or bad you are on Reddit, so kung negative karma ka, they’ll proceed to call you as “troll” lol

          What’s your favorite pancit canton?

          Bruh…

          • bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, r/ph is kinda shitty now. Sana ni-utilize nila yung other filipino subreddits instead of just lumping it in one place. There’s AskPH, CasualPH, PHGaming etc. and if you like shitposting, there’s 2philippines4u but because r/ph is the biggest filipino subreddit they flocked to it and posted there because where will they get their sweet, sweet karma? And then there’s the screenshot posts. If screenshot ng news, sana man lang kahit dinagdag nila yung source instead na nagmamadali silang ipost para sa kuhhhrma. 😑😑

            • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Just to add to this: us mods hate screenshot posts and editorialized titles because it makes it difficult to police duplicates and harms discussion.

              Instead of just one thread from Philstar about (hypothetical lang) the onion cartel leader being arrested, you have three other threads. One is a link to a Twitter post by Philstar with the title “Unity pa more”, the second is a screenshot of their post from FB titled “Thoughts?”, and thirdly, the same link but with a slightly different headline. Then each thread has like 20 comments each that could have been collated into one.

              Yung iba naman na kating kati mag-post, hindi nila masabi if may existing na ba kasi nga when they search for “onion cartels” hindi susulpot sa results yung tatlo because of the title… leading to more and more dupe threads.

      • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Ay! Thanks for reminding me of that. Tagal na rin akong may Mastodon, pero sobrang hirap makahanap ng PH content, lalo na yung news and current events. Umabot sa point na recently nag-iisip ako kung kakayanin ko bang gumawa ng bot pang-repost galing Philippine news sources as well as PAG-ASA and Philvolcs. Kaso may nag-remind sa akin ginto na pala ang API access sa Twitter.

        Mag-tatanong-tanong nga sana ako dito kung may alam silang magandang i-follow for PH-related things sa Mastodon eh. Forgot all about that tho until your reply.

  • Dr. B@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Protip: for those who use Dark Reader add-on/extension increment your contrast with 15 and decrement brightness with 15.

      • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Nakaka-bagal/hang pala yung Dark Reader?‌

        I’ve been having some random slowdowns and the occasional hang the past few days eh. Kaso di ko na masyado inusisa since wala akong mapansin na commonality other than a slowdown, tapos hang.

  • lechekaflan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Something to think about: afaik this country only has one or two nursing homes, and they’re not for everyone.

    • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yup. Buried underneath most of the “ReTiReMeNt PlAn nG mAgUlAnG” circle jerk is the sad reality that retirement homes are not a thing here, and that it costs upwards to 1 million annually per person (looking at RainTree at least).

      • lechekaflan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I won’t be surprised some of these are either of the YOLO mentality (like they want to do everything until 40), or planning to die young because they fear what’s like to be past 60.

        Generally most of them would rather live the rest of their lives as overseas emigres.

    • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Childish, meron! Joke!

      Used to regularly take a peek at /r/childfree years back, pero di ko na rin kinaya yung tone nila dun. There’s only enough ways to say “being childfree is a choice!” “It’s a sin to make another soul undergo torment in this world!” or other stuff.

      I get it, it’s difficult to live a childfree life, especially when surrounded by the conservative, religious-minded. I get the need to rant about it, pero susmiyo… Like, uh, parang ang hirap mag-tambay dun nang matagal.

      Sorry for the rant ah.

        • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I was exposed to it and /r/antinatalism quite early on in my Reddit carreer. While I am sympathetic to their cause, I feel that the overall mood over at those subs are just a bit too much.

          I suppose as more and more people find their way over here, a childfree community would arise here as well. I hope they won’t have as much toxicity as their Reddit counterparts.

      • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Ako din. While karamihan sa friends and family members ko child-free, they’re not in the same boat as the typical card-carrying child-free that are just as annoying and toxic as those who keep on pestering singles/couples when they’re getting kids.

        Tapos napanood ko pa yung kumakalat na vid about gen-Zs, and I just facepalmed hard on how cliche the answers were. Tbf, the “survey” was done in bad faith because why would you be asking inexperienced kids about parenting? Lmao.

        • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’m childfree myself, mostly by circumstance, but also partly by principle. Mostly, I adhere to a “if you think you’re up to it, best of luck!” kind of a stance. However, yeah, yung iba dun sa subs na yun (also /r/antinatalism) are just a bit too toxic in their beliefs to the point that it’s alienating.

  • Vicks_inhaler@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Ok this is just hilarious. It’s funny how some subreddits are being clever with their protests. r/dndmemes is just straight up goblin rule 34 now.

  • akantha@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I have a ton of basil and no idea what to do with it. Any suggestions that’s not pesto?

    • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Just installed it. I’m not a fan of the tiled cards and you can’t customize anything yet, but other than that it’s not too bad. May distinction for the OP, pages are displayed like you’d want it to, and it’s clean.

  • atomchoco@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    how is it that both Black Mirror S6E1 and S6E2 are dogshit? :((((((( this is the kind of dread i can only get from the show that i’ve been longing for, but this time it’s from the show dying :((((((((((((((((((

    • Pancit Canton@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      My speculation: I think the creator, Charlie Brooker, intentionally made this show worse because they don’t own or don’t have massive creative control on this show anymore. They made a nod in S06E05 by introducing a new label, “Red Mirror,” focusing on horror-themed stories rather than sci-fi/techno-themed. “Loch Henry” and 'Demon '79" are clearly not belong to Black Mirror, and are uniquely made.

      I don’t know what happened to Charlie Brooker with Mazey Day. That was straight-up C-grade movie. lol

      • atomchoco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        well i guess i’ll just follow where they end up going when they get their creative control back. Netflix just fucks wth

        • Pancit Canton@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Netflix has nothing to do with this. Charlie Brooker himself wants to reinvent the show. Kung napanood mo na ang Demon '79, yun na ang simula.

    • Vicks_inhaler@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yo… I fully agree with you this season has been meh. Episode 6 nalang hindi ko napapanood.

      Lumang theme naman na kasi yung episode 1. Social media bad, internet bad. Rehashed over and over again every season.

      Wala na yung moral dillema na nagpapa self reflect sa viewer. It’s more on shock and awe now for the sake of it.

      • atomchoco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        no shock and awe was felt

        Kikuo - Gomenne Gomenne hit harder in a few minutes than these episodes did

        Black Mirror to US was a really big mistake :( but idk SS Callister was good? Playtest was good??? wtf :(

    • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Me and the wife have been huge fans ever since nasa BBC pa siya. While the tone shifted drastically with the move to Netflix, I can sorta see why they nearly pivoted away from it completely this season by going absurdist and meta-humor. There’s only so much you can do with “technology is bad” and being known for twists e.

      • Pancit Canton@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        BBC

        It wasn’t aired on BBC. Black Mirror was first aired on Channel 4, counterpart ng BBC. Black Mirror is the reason I gained knowledge of Dogme 95 (typically an ultra-guerilla style of filmmakimg) from S01E01.

        • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Channel 4 pala sorry, haha. Basta around 2010-13 we were binging British shows hard. Nagsimula sa Sherlock, napunta sa Happy Valley, The Fades, Utopia, The Shadow Line, and so on.

          Black Mirror is also what got me into looking for similar shows, to no avail. People always recommend anthology shows, but it’s a different type of anthology. There’s nothing quite like it. It did get me into Jam, which was a series I never would have come across.

          • Pancit Canton@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Love, Death, and Robots

            I recommend this show for its innovation. The animations are state-of-the-art. Be warn: intense graphics, flashing lights, explicit sexual content.

      • atomchoco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        argh but grr idc give me back my tech future bleak dread shit

        but i’d agree if they’re worried people might emulate their ideas if they’re too close to home

      • atomchoco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        idk?? if so maybe they can just expand on the previous episodes but like urgh i’d rather have just one episode every few years than have them put out these subpar idk parang mga comeback pag Kpop HAHA ganon na lang eurgh cmon :(