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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi. So when I'm watching a tv show or movie, and it hits me in the feels, I will think something like "Oh, this movie is wholesome, or this tv show is wholesome" Even if it has swearing in it, as long as the message is a good one. I've been on Lemmy now a couple days, and I rate lemmy super-duper wholesome. Maybe it was the question/thread I asked, but the responses I got were very nice. Lots of people love to cuddle dogs as self-care and by golly, that's just as wholesome as it gets.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've encountered way fewer rude people on here than on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same. To the point where I can barely stand Reddit right now. There's a couple good subs, but the front page, or every really big sub, is so charged and toxic nowadays. I can barely make it through the comments anymore.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

My favorite is getting down voted for very mundane statements. Happens to me a lot on the cars and Halo subreddits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Definitely not as many rude people on here.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lots of people love to cuddle dogs as self-care and by golly, that’s just as wholesome as it gets.

This message is about as wholesome as it gets.

Who doesn't love cuddling a dog? I bet even cat people wouldn't say no.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I prefer dogs, but have cats, and I like cuddling our cats (when they let me). I'm pretty sure it goes the other way too.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's good to hear, I agree that Lemmy is wholesome. Ngl I braced myself for the worst when I read the post title though 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Same here ha ha

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Thank you for your message!

[–] JoeKrogan 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You're wholesome OP 🤗

[–] cheese_greater 7 points 2 months ago

I'll allow it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just out of curiosity, why do you all think Lemmy is more positive?

I wonder if the slightly more difficult step of federating with an instance is keeping some of the more negative people away.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My guess is that Lemmy trends towards an older audience (average age is probably 30s), and also a lot of Lemmy come from similar walks of life (many are very technical or work in IT and similar).

You don't find many people arguing over political differences, either. Generally people agree rather than having divisive opinions.

Also definitely playing into it is that many social media platforms are deliberately divisive as it drives usage higher.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don’t find many people arguing over political differences, either.

I don't either because I blocked most of the politics and news communities, but I'm still pretty sure those discussions are happening

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Those discussions are heavily one sided.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You seem nice. Wish I could give you a hug!