Comment on buddy of mine is in a horrible mood

• Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you’re part of .01% portion of a population that divides itself, you’ve likely got something different brewing in your brain than most. And there’s nothing wrong or right about that, but it is worth considering.

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  • nesc@lemmy.cafe ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    In one way or another you aee .01% of population, e.g. someone is from austria, electrician speaks german and english and italian, goes to church and part of the chorus, their partner is from italy, and they like mountain bikes. How many people like this in the world? How exactly using lemmy is less normal then using another less popular forum?

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    • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In that example, you’ve already described several thing that are unique or peculiar, albeit more common than using a website fueled by spite for the modern internet.

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      • nesc@lemmy.cafe ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So you wouldn’t consider someone from example a regular person? I think there is nothing exactly special about visiting another forum.

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• Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Niche in this context literally means to be of interest to a small minority. Or to say it in other words, not normal.

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  • nesc@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I know what the word niche means, it doesn’t in any way or other words mean ‘not normal’.

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    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t know how to paint it more clearly for you. You are talking about interests that are out of the ordinary, not typical for the average population, obscure by definition, you know… niche. Having obscure interests is relatively common in the grand scheme of things but still not typical of the average person on the street. Which makes it not normal. I would go so far as to call it neurodivergent, since it’s most probably the cause of the said interests.

      I do prefer abnormality in my life, probably everyone that managed to get themselves on lemmy does, but we are not a representation of the general population, we are but a niche.

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      • nesc@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You can be unique, while being normal. Sorry, but visiting a forum doesn’t make you ‘not normal’ in any meaningful way.

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