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[–] sheridan 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What's the lemmy version of "the narwhal bacons at midnight"?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

"BEANIS" heh heh heh

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I met up with some guys (and gals) from [email protected] at the Chaos Communication Congress in December. They also took a group photo together that I unfortunately missed.

Some people in my local Hackerspace also use Lemmy. One of them was Admin on feddit.de before it shut down.

If you have a Hackerspace where you live, there is a good chance that some people there use Lemmy too.

edit: Hacker as in Hacker Culture or in the sense of the German Wikipedia Entry for Hacker and not in the sense of the Security Hacker

[–] idiomaddict 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait, someone knew the admin the whole time? I thought they went missing, but I also didn’t pay super close attention. I hope all is well with them.

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[–] sumguyonline 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why yes I do know him, he's me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

No. I happened across somebody on Lemmy from the same sub 100k city as me though.

I haven’t talked about it with my social circles but I would be surprised if nobody I know is on here.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't this all a simulation anyway???

Seriously though, I do know several people IRL that are Lemmy users.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It is all a simulation. I died in 1999. Sorry zoomers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I actually know one person IRL that uses Lemmy. We both found it independently of one another.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I know for certain I am the only Lemmy user within a 300km radius

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

What is real?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Everyone I know in real life only uses Facebook...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Several lemmings surprisingly.

[–] sunbrrnslapper 5 points 1 day ago

My brother.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

My wife. Hey wait a second, that lamp looks odd....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Not really, but I found out about lemmy and the Fediverse one week ago. I already told about it to 2 people, maybe if you ask me again in a couple of weeks the answer may be different

[–] expatriado 4 points 1 day ago

idk a redditor, let alone a lemming

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Why would we? Even Reddit had a secret salute when it was starting, because it was growing slowly. Something social exploding is not the norm, but the result of aggressive marketing, which Lemmy instances can’t afford, and have no need to pay for.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I don't know any other people that use it, but other people know I use it 😄

[–] Today 3 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't be surprised to find a friend, a cousin, and a friend's husband- just because they're all 3 smart, techish, liberal, and news aware.

[–] MimicJar 3 points 1 day ago

I look in the mirror every morning and yell at that fucking idiot who uses Lemmy. It's my favorite time of the day. :)

[–] mesamunefire 2 points 1 day ago

Yep couple people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

yes, but we never acknowledge each other outside the application

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