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cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

Is Lemmy like a historical salon?

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Is Lemmy like a historical salon?

cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days ago
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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Yes, if what you mean is a bunch of posers trying to convince others they’re smart. <looks around nervously>

    • Delphia@lemmy.world
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      Im just smart enough to realise how fucking dumb I am.

      • RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        Good news if you know Dunning Kruger

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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          Lovely lass

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
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    More like a squat or flophouse for nerds. Daring to exist in the middle of a gentrified area.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    4 days ago

    In what sense? It’s certainly a gathering place.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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      What background music should it have and play?

      • CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Vaporwave

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
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        Baroque

        • shellington@lemmings.world
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          I agree baroque music, programmer socks and a 1700’s French style wig for discussing Linux on Lemmy

      • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I vote for Bullug Gegbug Ibgabiug Gixcure Dagabciea Fuic, very nice background music

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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          Is that a real thing?

          • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            It is, weird name and weird genre but I love that band lol. I recommend checking it out despite how strange it is

  • EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world
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    Ah, no; you see, historical salons were not websites but instead actual places!

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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      Ackshual places and people R for suckerz!!

  • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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    I can’t shoot the next guy when I feel like it, so not really.

    • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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      We are the salon NPCs. The mods are the main characters who can walk into the thread and start shootin

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    Yes, but with memes. Lots and lots of memes.

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’ll have a whiskey, pardner

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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      What inspired this

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        Mistaking salon for saloon. Both have lots of talking, smoking, and music. But one has an extra o.

        • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Ah yea that and being on cold meds whoops

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          Was smoking proper at historical salons? Probably but no idea

          • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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            More likely snuff.

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              Was that actually “fashionable”?

              • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_(tobacco)

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        What the heck are ya talking about historical salon

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