I believe what scientists say about vaccines, climate change, etc. is right even though I don’t know all the exact research myself. Does that count?

I find it helpful to try to quantify the time I’ll enjoy with a thing before I buy it. Or maybe there will be some amount of cost savings if it’s a tool.

This is how I finally let myself buy video games I’ve wanted for years. I find the average playtime, divide the cost by that and look at the “per hour” price rather than the whole price. Bonus points if it’s on sale or second-hand.

I usually exceed said playtime since I’m a slow gamer but it’s still a good way to return the value of joy to our limited time on earth.

If youtube stayed as it was in its first ~4 years it wouldn’t be so bad. Everything being video has ruined the internet for me, though, since I agree with you that it’s generally a bad format for information + discussion.

There used to be readable how-tos and tutorials for things, and now all that’s left is 45 minute YT videos littered with influencer garbage.

It may pull up a mod action like pinning, locking, or removing a post not necessarily just banning you outright.

Check the modlogs and search your username.

Are you okay, friend?

The thing about Lemmy is there are different instances/(websites), each with different rules. I think there’s an ask community on .world as well if you’re not comfortable with this one.

All websites open to the clearnet are potentially vulnerable to DDoS and other attacks, that’s just part of being on the network and cybersecurity is a thing for a reason. Likewise you can get a sunburn or rained on when you go outside, which is why we have sunscreen and umbrellas.

I’ve been dealing with stress from living in this seemingly uncaring, all-seeing world too, if it helps you feel less alone. Best we can do is be there for each other as humans when we can in the meantime.

Disclaimer: this is not a diagnosis or suggestion of one.

These feelings about topics are pretty common in the neurodivergent/autistic community and are called “special interests” in our sphere. So “Cats/animals special interest” might be a helpful search query?

Electric Callboy! Hell yeah

Happy fediversary!