MyBrainHurts

I've only ever had one cat and she is definitely a Smart cat and I would argue a Good one.

It's been pretty easy training her to stay off electronics/furniture, most morning wellness checks happen after the alarm and even takes medicine like a champ.

I don't have any real sort of baseline but I feel my cat understands a lot of the intent behind my words and often acts accordingly, more than most animals and many small children with whom I've worked.

He speaks some English but he cannot speak it good like we do.

Is there a physical community notice board somewhere? Failing that, a local library? (The librarians would probably know where to find some sort of community notice board.) Those things often have group activities posted.

Unsure how common it is in smaller towns but in my city moat bars have event nights whether they're trivia, karaoke etc. Or, sounds weird but even going, sitting at the bar and watching a game has, in my experience, often led to conversation.

I think this is my favourite line in the movie.

A post like that gets 13 comments. People aren’t interested in this stuff. It’s tedious, it’s boring, they don’t care.

But when you post about the frustration of the process, you get 107 comments.

Ha, very fair. For what it's worth, I imagine a good chunk of the comments are because, well, for me at least this got caught up in the "hot" sorting, which then snowballs things.

Conflict etc generates clicks and engagement, even on alt social media!

Appreciate you trying to do the work! For my part, my hackles go a little on edge whenever I see what feels like another fediverse user blaming the normies for not hanging out for our community despite being rich in Star Trek/linux/bizzare memes and (sometimes extreme) Leftie politics.

I hope you are right!

Ha, well put!

To each their own! I think, especially to someone on reddit, we effectively count as no active users. I don't expect people to be literal especially when they are talking about the user experience. (Heck, myspace still has millions of visitors but in common conversation, almost everyone would call it dead.)

If we want more people, we should think about how others view us, and instead of being angry that they aren't being literal, maybe we can think how to play to our strengths.

I dunno, rants like this just feel like we're being angry at people for a completely reasonable take on the fediverse.

Absolutely, there are some communities that have some users.

But in anything, even not so niche, its a ghost town. Half of Canada just watched baseball playoffs and even in the final round, the game threads had maybe 3 people.

I don't think denying the reality of a new user's experience is helpful. It's a frustrating and solveable reality (much like our economic problems) but approaching them clear eyes seems the best approach.

This is what they mean when they say no active users. Effectively, there are no active users. (And yes, the problem would be solved with more active users but for anyone who makes the plunge, they come to a fairly barren alternative.)

Well get a load of Mr Moneybags over here.

It's a major plot point. Brawndo, the Thirst Mutilator, has been put into almost everything in place of water ("water, like from the toiler?") And consequently kills the crops.