this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2026
54 points (95.0% liked)

Casual Conversation

3023 readers
299 users here now

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.

RULES

  1. Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling.
  2. Encourage conversation in your OP. This means including heavily implicative subject matter when you can and also engaging in your thread when possible.
  3. Avoid controversial topics (e.g. politics or societal debates).
  4. Stay calm: Don’t post angry or to vent or complain. We are a place where everyone can forget about their everyday or not so everyday worries for a moment. Venting, complaining, or posting from a place of anger or resentment doesn't fit the atmosphere we try to foster at all. Feel free to post those on !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
  5. Keep it clean and SFW
  6. No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
BoozeOrWater@piefed.social
BoozeOrWater@lemm.ee
Nougat@fedia.io
FireWire400@lemmy.world
m_f@discuss.online
neidu3@sh.itjust.works
m_f@piefed.social
54
What is something that genuinely makes you happy these days? (discuss.online)
submitted 2 days ago by queenofthenerds@discuss.online to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Like anything that makes you smile during these dark times.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)
  • A dog I haven't seen before (ok let's be real, any dog) on my walk coming up to sniff me and say hi.
  • Holding a door open for an older woman at the grocery store, her smile, and having her call me a gentlemen.
  • Seeing someone being a good dad, seeing kids feeling safe and happy; in that vane, seeing my niece laugh and screaaam my name over facetime.
  • An 'I love you' text from my brother in another state.
  • The changing of the seasons! (I am from an eternal summer state and recently moved to a state with microclimates)
  • Finding deer poo and sleeping beds (tall grasses pushed down) on my land, imagining the great big family travelling through and finding safety there.
  • Incredible art/nature/photography I happen upon scrolling lemmy.
  • An electric blanket and a hot coffee when it's cold and raining out.

I could go on and on and on and on - I've told many friends, both online and off, the key to happiness in the world as it is today is to think small. Think of your community, think of your friends, think of the people immediately around you - work to make that better and notice the small things.