Alright refugees!
I reckon we need to have a threat to chat. About stuff. With reddit ‘closing’ for the next few days in some cases, and foreseeable in others, I felt like this thread was appropriate.
What are you all up to today? Anything interesting going on? I already know it’s too hot.
I may have accidentally stayed up all night to watch the meltdown and am now dead. Worth it to be there for the moment /r/funny went offline though (at like 5am, omg I am too old for this sort of thing!)
Today is gonna be rough, I have to somehow perk up enough to record a YT video and seem like I’m happy about it.
reaches pathetically for the kettle
What was there to watch? Genuinely curious - I would never have thought to do this because I assume that one minute there were jokes in /r/funny and the next minute it was just a message saying it was private? Or was there more to it than that. Good for you for staying up for it regardless - the world needs more people as committed to the cause as you!
I assume they were watching a website like this one: https://reddark.rewby.archivete.am/
Thanks for this, very interesting!
Someone made a site to track in real-time all the subs going dark. On every hour, as new countries ticked over to midnight, there’d been a sudden spate of them all turning off and it was satisfying to watch but also kinda morbid and sad.
Then the site got hit by way too much traffic and wouldn’t stay up, and he had to redirect everyone to watch a stream of it on Twitch instead. Which is now also dead because the last person fixing it when it broke had to get some sleep. There were 13,000 of us watching at one point last night.
TLDR Now you can find a fork of the original site at https://reddark-digitalocean-7lhfr.ondigitalocean.app/ and a working stream with added cute animals here https://www.twitch.tv/rawreporting
Good luck with your video!
2 sugars, strong. Thx
Took me ages to get signed on to Lemmy but now I’m here… It’s too hot to think, so I’m going home
I removed Sync from my phone homescreen and the reddit link on my browser bar.
Currently wondering how I’ll see who else is too hot and if Celtic appoint a new manager (which makes me think someone needs to start a lemmy.scot instance for things like Scottish football…)
working :( i work from home though so pretty chill. nice to just go sit in the garden for 10 minutes when having a short break
Don’t you threaten me to chat! I’ll audibly tut at you and avoid eye contact if you’re not careful
You’d better chat, or I’ll make you a cuppa by microwaving the water.
Air conditioned office is a little bit chilly today, but at least all the bastard pollen is being kept at bay. Went to a park on Saturday and my eyes exploded.
Was paddleboarding yesterday and it was so nice just to slow down.
Wish I had AC!!! I’m sat in my bedroom WFH and I am BAKING
Its definitely a mixed blessing. My old office used to regularly get to 30+ degrees. This one has AC which does well to cool the room but everyone wants it a slightly different temperature.
It was actually pleasant this morning cycling to work, then I walked outside 15 minutes ago for lunch and it felt like the sun was trying kill me and the air trying to suffocate me.
Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?
Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?
I’m waiting for one to arrive today! Hoping it will be a worthwhile investment
Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?
I bought one earlier this year. It’s life-changing, would recommend.
Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?
I’m not keen on the idea, air conditioning makes it feel even hotter when you go outside - and who wants to sit around inside on a hot day?
Me if it’s air conditioned
Trying to sweat it out in my home office, it’s south facing so it’s not too bad right now but I know I’m gonna be melting come 3pm.
Also, feeling a bit bad about the shit going down on Reddit but these loons brought it on themselves.
Yeah, I know it’s sad but I love reddit. Keeps me occupied when I’m bored and it’ll be sad if nothing is sorted.
Vented the flat last night so that it’s mostly cool air. Shut the majority of the windows and blinds with some windows open on the shaded areas so it stays cool.
Seems to be working but it’s still a bit 'ot.
Working from home today, fortunately the work laptop doesn’t kick off too much heat. However, I’m having second thoughts on playing games afterwards. The amount of heat my PC kicks off is immense.
Need to find some courage to go out since I’ve run out of bread and cig papers…
I’m in Aldi! Usually do this on Saturday, but it was the wife’s birthday, so I’m experiencing a much more relaxed shopping trip than normal.
I have been in a discussion with a colleague all day about the API controversy, instead of working. We have been talking about how Lemmy feels like what Reddit once was; a community of people that have interesting discourse around interesting topics, and not just an endless scroll of low effort posts and lower effort comments like ‘THIS!’, ‘AND MY AXE!’, or ‘I ALSO CHOOSE THIS GUYS DEAD WIFE’.
I think I have been grieving the what Reddit once was for a much longer time than I realised. Lemmy feels like home, one that I haven’t haven’t been able to visit for years.
My wife’s away in Corfu this week with her mother, so I took the executive decision to book today off work. Bloody glad I did, because it’s glorious.
Got a few bits to do around the house this morning, then I’m going to spend the afternoon in garden, under the gazebo with a series of cold drinks doing a bit of studying.
Precious, precious alone time. Make the most of it!
Oh, I am!
I have yet to do the ‘few bits’, and instead have been Posting on here. The guilty part of my ADHD brane is very unhappy with me.
What happened to the Gulf Stream? I learnt in school that the Gulf Stream kept our temperatures in a nice moderate range. Why did I have to run the central heating for most of May, then 2 weeks later open all the windows and keep the fan on all night? Where has the Gulf Stream gone and how do we get it back?
I think it’s the inverse, the gulf stream (if I understand it correctly) keeps the UK warm as we are roughly on the same equatorial line as Canada/Alaska/Russia. Without it we’d likely be much colder in general which doesn’t sound to bad right about now, though in winter it’d suck
I stay in the Northern Isles, believe me the gulf stream keeps our temperatures in a very moderate range. If you like it gray and damp the North of Scotland has you covered.
Isn’t all of Scotland just grey and damp though?
I’m laying in bed. AC on. Scared it might break. Not the bed! I meant the air conditioner you twat.
Oh and I checked reddit and feel bad for looking. I don’t want to add to their traffic but curious.
I keep forgetting and clicking on Reddit search engine results :(
Can’t concentrate at work at all today :(
