• Mister Neon
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    Superbowl

    Because the instance is dedicated to pictures of owls and it delivers on that mission. I don’t even like owls all that much, but it’s like one the last few consistent things in my life.

      • Mister Neon
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        Does my link not work for you?

        Edit: The link does not in fact work as I thought it would. I learned something about the Fediverse today.

    • anon6789
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      I wasn’t going to say anything here, because I’ve been trying to self promote less now that we’re a big enough group, but that so many upvoted this without any kind of promoting felt really nice.

      Especially from someone like you who has stuck around a long time now without even being super interested in the subject matter tells me I’m doing something right.

      I have a hard time thinking I ever accomplish much of anything important, but a number of you have said some really nice things the last week or so and it’s meant a lot to me. I try my best to show that appreciation back, and I hope I do that.

      And I’ll always argue that even though I provide most of the posts, it wouldn’t be a fun place without all of you that do come and comment or just keep the place active and a generally good place to be. It encourages me to keep giving it my best efforts even if I’m not typically a super social person. You’re a really great group and I feel fortunate you share your time with me.

      PS. Chicuahtli forever!

      • Mister Neon
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        Hey fun fact I actually confirmed chicuahtli is the barred owl in Nahuatl after finding the word chichtli for barn owl.

        It’s still a mess online sorting it out when doing searches for it and I haven’t cross referenced versus other dialects.

        Regardless keep posting owl pics. I’ve been doing Codex research for fun and found a good source for images. I’ll start keeping note of where I find owls and reach out later.

        • anon6789
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          24 months ago

          Very nice! I’m into whatever info you have to share! Always down to learn more about other cultures.

          If you ever assemble anything to read, I’d love to hear about some of what you’ve learned about owls or the Nahuatl in general. You’ve had to have put in a lot of hard work and I’m sure you’ve connected a ton of great random bits of history and culture.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 months ago

      That was a lot funnier on reddit where there could be only one community called “superbowl” and it was about superb owls. Here on the fediverse, “superbowl” on other instances can still be communities about the Super Bowl.

    • Owl
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      34 months ago

      I’m sure they can do something if you want the other type of booty too.

        • metaStatic
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          14 months ago

          might not be federating correctly. yours is a direct link mine is a relative link. but both look the same on Lemmy instances.

  • @[email protected]
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    I might be biased, but I really like [email protected]. Really fun posting about the wonderful qualities of a good stick.

    (FYI, I’m the mod, if you don’t want self promotion, I can delete this. But I do think the community is great)

    • Uranium 🟩
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      So that community is great, subscribed.

      On a similar “I went for a walk, check out this cool blank I found” vibe, does anyone know of an equivalent one for rocks?

      I know rockhounds used to be a thing on Reddit but I haven’t come across a Lemmy equivalent yet?

    • @[email protected]
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      24 months ago

      I was just there before coming to this thread. Glad to see the stick community is alive and well.

  • @[email protected]
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    here’s a dead community ran by some asshole mod who never contributes anything anymore:
    [email protected]

    Essentially it goes through the lyrics of various songs and tries to pinpoint how timeless the lyrics are based on their etymology. The further back in time the song can be taken, the more timeless it is. The analysis is in the comments, not the post text.

    Like I said, the mod’s an asshole, so just best to avoid it completely if you can

  • davel [he/him]
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    14 months ago

    Not this community, because nobody follows the rules of it anymore and just treat it as the default/catch-all community, posting any old thing.

  • metaStatic
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    -74 months ago

    ITT: people who don’t know how federated links work. I’m not joining your instance or searching your recommendation on my own.

    @[email protected] because the masters tools will never be used to dismantle his own house.

    @[email protected] because fuck 60+ streaming services

    @[email protected] because fuck 60+ streaming services

    edit: looks like even ! links aren’t standardised. What an absolute shit show.

      • metaStatic
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        sounds like a sync issue. federated links don’t direct you away from your instance so you can actually interact with the communities being linked to no matter what activity pub software you’re using.

        Lemmy users have a bad habit of using local links which are next to useless unless you’re on the same instance.

        • @[email protected]
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          134 months ago

          Shouldn’t the ‘@’ at the start of those be ‘!’ instead? I thought ‘@’ was for users and ‘!’ for Communities

          • metaStatic
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            -34 months ago

            ! is a lemmy thing and sends you to the original url, @ is a fediverse thing and sends you to the linked community on your own instance so you can actually interact with it.

            • TJA!
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              74 months ago

              Voyager tries to send me to the user with that id, not the community. It seems there are differences.

            • @[email protected]
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              ! links worked on multiple mobile apps (at least Eternity and Thunder) for me, can’t say the same of the @ kind

            • Omega
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              24 months ago

              ! Works for all Lemmy apps but @ doesn’t

        • TJA!
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          84 months ago

          They also do not work in Voyager and in the browser they are not even links

      • metaStatic
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        first time I’ve ever, and I mean ever, seen ! not link off site.

        in fact this thread is a total shit show of apps implementing it differently.

        if @ isn’t working for everyone I’ll stop using it because it actually working was the whole point.

        testing plz ignore: [email protected] @[email protected] [email protected] @[email protected]

        @ doesn’t even link on lemmy, that’s funny. and single return doesn’t format correctly, what is this reddit 2.0?