Hi, I’m also Terencio on mastodon.social and Sergio on lemmy.world.
I have an HP Chromebook 11 that I was going to install linux on (iirc you have to open it up and flip a hardware switch to do so) but I ended up keeping Chrome OS on it. Anyway I mention it bc the form-factor is nice, it’s very small and light but still usable. Only thing I don’t like is the touchpad so I hook up an external mouse whenever possible. You can get those chromebooks for under $100 refurbished too.
I’m glad people like my crappy doodles and shops. It’s usually fairly ugly, but it’s quicker than getting an AI pic I like, and at least you’ll know I did it myself.
Yeah, I think there’s the same feeling in the meme community. It’s better to see something a lot “rougher” that an actual person made, than something that looks more polished, that an AI made.
hey there finally getting around to subbing to post-lemm.ee communities.
[email protected] is going pretty well, multiple posters most days; posts usually get at least 3-5 upvotes if an unknown artist, or 15 plus or minus 3 for a known artist. I’ve been posting goth-adjacent cartoons there and those usually get 20+ upvotes. Not a lot of comments, but I guess that’s bc we don’t tend to make “open question” style posts.
still posting weekly on [email protected] regarding the weekly “monsterdon” movie watch party on Mastodon
looking forward to the next sumo tournament for [email protected], starting in 3 weeks!
everyone is still stopping by and liking things, but maybe they don’t have anything to say.
yeah I usually upvote at least 1 post when I see them, I just don’t have anything to say usually.
AI stuff I’ve played with. That seems to get people angry.
kek yeah lemmy is pretty AI-hostile. I noticed that on [email protected], even tho it explicitly allows AI art they disparaged someone for posting a fanfic that had AI art in it.
why talk about moths?
If an extinction-level event happens soon and all this info is stored in an EMP-proof bunker somewhere, future alien historians will say that the moths and the lamps represented how helpless we felt in the face of our certain demise.
You ever wonder why people do small talk? It’s for situations like this.
Learn to do small talk. Practice in… I dunno, the grocery store checkout, your elderly neighbor, someone in the diner. Just 5-10 second conversations. “hi there / warm out, isn’t it? / yeah, how about them (sports team)? / yeah, all right!” Bland stuff. If you don’t know what to say, watch other people and write things down.
You may think this is hard as an introvert, but in fact it’s easy bc you don’t have to think about what to say. It’s easy to develop simple “scripts” that you play out. Like there’s this person at the gym, and every time I go we’re like “hey what’s up? / not much what’s up with you? / just another day in paradise! / all right!” Every freakin time.
It may sound crazy to do these things, but it lets people know you’re not stuck-up or dangerous. Anyway, after you’re better at small talk, it’s easier to get to know someone you really want to know more about. Like, after you establish an acquaintanceship you can be like “oh, that (object they’re holding) reminds me of (relative of yours), they got one in (mildly interesting location).” Just practice this kind of thing in general, and you’ll be better prepared when you meet someone you’re really interested in.
I used to be terrible at this, luckily my BFF was amazing at it and I learned by observation.
some of these are “ask” communities which sometimes turn into discussions