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DAE feel a bit out of the pop culture loop using Lemmy as their primary social media? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I love interacting with you all very much, and I know there's a lot of important political issues in the world going on right now. I love my Linux Mint setup, I support Palestine and trans people, and I've blazed through all of OG Star Trek, TNG, Voyager, and am now on DS9.

But I also want to discuss Luka to the Lakers and Kendrick calling Drake a pedophile and getting 5 Grammy's, a tour, and a Superbowl halftime show out of it, you know? I wanna talk about your country's Eurovision entries. Am I just not in the right communities?

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[–] BillTongg@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I haven't followed pop culture since about 1985. I've never heard of Kendrick or Drake (apart from Sir Francis Drake and Nick Drake, and of course you can't mean either of them, given they died in 1596 and 1974 respectively).

I like it here, not least because I understand a lot more of the things people talk about than I ever did on Reddit. Perhaps the users here tend to be older on average, I don't know. There are certainly fewer people than over there, and that must account for some of the differences in content scope.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

All the power to you! I think I also like it here for similar reasons as you. I can get a lot of advice and perspectives from people older than me without being called a slur.

For example: I learned about Iran-Contra from someone who was actually living during it and explained to me why exactly it was seen as Carter's failure, when I have the power of hindsight and history and can see how it was clearly manufactured. At no point was I called a bleeding heart or libtard during that explanation, even though the person made it clear they voted for Reagan. It was nice!

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

I’ve never wanted to be in it.

[–] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I don't feel out of it, but I also use tiktok, ig reels (suprisingly amazing algorithim, least controversial, my 3d edm visual profile (amateur af) only sees 3d and edm reels for the most part, doesn't really favor low follower counts but its great for popular stuff.

I miss old twitter, wondering if any mastodon or pleroma instance is like that. Sharkey seems more tumblr ppls vibe. It was always current and fun to talk in.

Reddits out of it forsure, ppl can identify a redditor and its never a compliment lol. I always hated when ppl called me on, but they were spot on. Lemmy's not too bad, ppl just dont seem to care about pop culture here, might be due to lack of communities or posters, gotta be the change you want to see in growing communities like this.

I need to start posting more stuff on the edm ones, I feel out of the loop there and want them to be as active as reddit was.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ngl, Mastodon is closer to feeling like Lemmy than Twitter. I know it's heresy to say here, but Bluesky is probably the closest feeling to old Twitter, including the random 3am hole pics on "What's Hot" lol. I scroll there, but I don't post bc I find talking on Lemmy a nicer experience tbh.

I also find it interesting that you find IG Reels a better algo for you than Tiktok, because most people say their Reels algo is a MESS. You must have curated your follows and likes pretty well.

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[–] shortrounddev@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I specifically came here because I was uninterested in the pop culture chat that I was seeing in my socials. I want to talk to more people in less mainstream nerd culture

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Hmm.. maybe? But I'm ok with it. All those things in your second paragraph are things I'd never care about anyways.

[–] atomicpoet@kbin.earth 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Be the change. Start discussing those things, and others will eventually discuss it with you.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The problem, I find, is that it's very discouraging to do here. Much of the Fediverse is completely averse to mainstream media/pop culture. Even if you create your own community on your own instance, others will see it in their feed and will downvote it and tell you why they don't like it. And whether or not those users outnumber the users who would actually want to engage with that type of content, they are definitely the louder group.

[–] atomicpoet@kbin.earth 4 points 5 days ago

Of course it’s discouraging because any deviation from a norm requires change, and people by their nature hate change.

But I’ve been on the Fediverse for quite a few years, and nothing moves the needle like stubbornness.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

!nba@lemmy.world has a bunch of active users, including me.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would probably subscribe, as I love collecting and discussing all kinds of random events.

Youtube has been my main source for this stuff since I left reddit for good. I really went deep into Kanye/Drake since it was still considered a rap battle.

I watched hours of the Sean Combs development.

Mr Beast drama has been a big part of my entertainment as well.

And while my Youtube feed is usually sports free, I couldnt escape the Donçic transfer.

I dont watch TV or streaming services, so this is my entertainment before going to bed. Giving me world-politics that late just keeps me awake.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mr Beast drama has been a big part of my entertainment as well.

This shit was/is RIDICULOUS. I dropped off of it because life got busy but man...Youtubers were a mistake...

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There are bajillion other sites where you can wallow in mainstream pop culture and consume whatever slop that has been deemed as sufficently advertiser friendly. I am here to fly my freak flag high.

[–] slinkyjelly@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

I dunno I barely know what people are talking about anyways even when using reddit or twitter because most of my interests are aren't that mainstream

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