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Am i the only one who feels like it's the same handful of users posting and commenting on lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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At least on the communities i follow. Every so often I come across a thread where i recognize most of the users there even in the big communities with over 30k members and I haven't even been on lemmy that long.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Am I the only one who absolutely despises people asking "Am I the only one who..." about anything? God it's always something mundane that any idiot could dream up too. There are 8 billion people currently on the planet and who knows how many before us. No, whatever it is, no matter what, you are not the only one who anything. Ever.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure it's literal, more of a "I feel this way, and I don't want to assume others do, yet I have to ask has anyone else...?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There are many ways to say it. Starting with "am I the only one..." feels like a pretentious passive selfishness. Like people who never learn proper English to put the other person first when listing them and yourself. Not "me and my friend" but rather "my friend and I."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Like people who never learn proper English to put the other person first when listing them and yourself.

Was that intentional or am I just reading too far into it?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

womp womp