I appreciate the people who come in with receipts, it really gives a vibe that critical thinking is worth the effort, which is something that, I feel, is super important in nowadays and times.

I’ve come across one or two grumpy gus’ who seem mostly unhappy with their lives, or incapable of changing their mind, even if all evidence contradicting what their original brain blip stated.

But it’s gunna be a mix like that. Because we are a subset of people, using this site. I tell my kids all the time, people fill the same pie chart of behaviours, regardless of what culture, place they come from or belief’s they have, there’s always a tiny percentage of dickheads, that seem more because they’re very loud or intrusive. That have a very sad life, with no ability to grow wisdom or enjoy things around them, which is sad!

When I first came here from reddit a few years ago (I had to change instances etc, and I’m not as tech savvy as most people here) I was super sensitive and raw, from all the bruising reddit gave out. It’s getting a little salve, being here.

I love the humour here! I’ve been so tempted to tell everyone how much I laughed at their humour! I go and read comments first before articles, for 2 reasons because there’s just comedy gold everywhere. And most of the time the people explain the article better than the article explains the things, the people here are so smart! Theres so many people who explain things like they already know that industry intimately and in great depth. This is such a great place to learn, it’s given me some great inspiration to deep dive into subjects.

The user base here seems rather worldly balanced, too. And they’ll drop their impressions of a thing from the view of their culture, which I could not appreciate more!

This is a brilliant place, with wonderful people who might be having a bad day, here and there, as we all do. I really hope you can find your groove, and not let the turkeys get you down.