Yeah for sure. I went to the Join Lemmy website and was so confused about where I was supposed to create an account. Once I found lemm.ee and their intro to Lemmy article, it got way easier.

Plot twist: whoever made this ad was a medieval history major in college and this was the most fun they’ve had working on an ad campaign

Ok but me and my ADHD friend make these “toughest battles” jokes all the time

Same

I agree, I think Lemmy needs to be more easy to use and accessible if we want it to go mainstream. Us tech nerds tend to grossly overestimate what the average computer user’s tech skills are. Here’s an interesting study showing that most adults in the world barely know how to use a computer at all: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/ Of course, people who are on Reddit already have a certain degree of tech-savviness, but Lemmy still has a more confusing UI than Reddit.

:)

My YouTube recommendations have been complete shit for months now, idk what to do

Gendy bendy stuff ❤️❤️❤️

What I say: whoops I forgot to do my laundry 🤪

What I mean: I’ve been thinking about doing the laundry every moment of the day for five days and it has prevented me from doing anything or experiencing happiness, but somehow the laundry is still not done

Do you ever mix up their name with another name of a similar color? Cuz I feel like I do that

Is yakko trans???

I feel this. I’m a few years older than OP’s sister. Back when I did believe, I constantly battled the cognitive dissonance between a God of love and a church against LGBTQ+ people. I desperately held onto the hope that the policies would eventually change.

The real reason is “the prophet said so, so just obey without question”