You know… I don’t think I’m going to have a drink today.
People downvoting a post for a support group.
Submitted 7 months ago by Zerlyna@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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Candelestine@lemmy.world 7 months ago
glimse@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m happy to hear that.
For anyone with a drinking problem who is hesitant to start AA:
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They do not push religion on you. I thought they did, but they don’t.
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It doesn’t work for everyone but it worked for my best friend - someone who I thought it would NEVER work for.
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It can be a bit somber but it’s also a social gathering. I’ve seen meetings, they’re usually pretty upbeat
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You are not a faker if you go to AA and still smoke weed. They don’t promote it but a lot of people do it regardless.
canthidium@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I still couldn’t do AA because even though it’s not “religion” they still push the higher power stuff. That it’s bigger than you and stuff. I never liked that because it takes the responsibility away from the person. To me, it’s both. It can be a disease that you have trouble controlling while also, you have to take responsibility and learn to manage it. For me I just had to stop and avoid going to bars and stuff. But I was also a social drinker, never drank alone so staying away helped me a lot. Of course others may be different.
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AquaTofana@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Meh, fuck the downvotes. Its an important daily post in an important community. I really enjoy the accountability it provides.
But is not gonna be for everyone. Most people are normies who are good with never drinking or only have one or two every few weeks at best.
Maybe they just want it off their homepage. Who knows?
rbhfd@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Or people that drink much more often, see this post, and find it too confronting for themselves.
AquaTofana@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That makes me kinda sad actually, but the reality is, you could be right.
It’s a pretty hard thing to wrestle with the idea of sobriety if someone can’t imagine living their life that way. I get it. I’m a partier at heart who always wants to be out and about with people socializing, and the bar is the easiest place to gather other adults.
Hopefully if they are someone who wants to cut back, (and can do so safely), they take a peek in and see that it’s not meant to be judgey. If someone checks in for a day or two and not the next, no one is coming after anyone/shaming anyone/questioning anyone. Just come back the next time you don’t wanna drink. It’s that low threat and chill.
I’m a verbose individual so I write novels, but most folks are legit just like “Not drinking today”, and leave it at that. Whatever works, right?
nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Probably people who just didn’t want it on their feed and didn’t know how to block the channel.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Downvoting wholesome posts is almost as bad as complaining about downvotes.
Polar@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Well ya, it’s not about Linux, FOSS, or hatred for cars. Lemmy only likes those things.
Thoth19@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s also entirely possible that someone just really doesn’t like that such content exists. Stop drinking is meant as a support group for alcoholics. But it’s messaging sounds a bit like moral crusading against alcohol. And that sounds like the sort of thing someone scrolling through a front page would take objection to.
DigitalPaperTrail@kbin.social 7 months ago
everyone seems to have their own definition of what the upvote/downvote means, when it boils down to any connotations of positive/negative emotions linked to content. commenting adds context to them, otherwise that person's interpretation could mean anything
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Pretending that votes mean any more than agree/disagree is just a delusion.
amio@kbin.social 7 months ago
People downvote the weirdest shit for the weirdest reasons sometimes.
Nomad@infosec.pub 7 months ago
Can you link the post? Cant find it in the community…thanks
Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 months ago
diocan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s the right thing to do
intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Where are you seeing the downvotes here?
Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not 100%.
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
You can’t have 100% of the world to agree with you.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
Was it posted in their own community or is it an advertisement for their community posted in another community?
Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That was the original post.
FireTower@lemmy.world 7 months ago
There needs to be a way to opt to remove your post from hot/active.
anonymoose@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Block the community?
FireTower@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I meant to proactively remove your own post from circulation. Communities that are things that the stereotypical Lemmy user doesn’t agree with like the Christianity or Conservative one tend to get down voted by people outside the group even if the particular post is a good post for that community.
Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s neither on the web?
FireTower@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I haven’t use the web page much I used connect and have since transitioned to boost.
zephr_c@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I mean, it’s at +4 and 83% upvotes. That’s just 5 upvotes and 1 downvote. There’s always that one guy.
TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Also probably a misclick
I’ve discovered many posts that I’ve managed to downvote without realising… I go through my profile every so often out of curiousity
can@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Mis swipe too. I’ve swiped a comment past upvote into downvote before.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I don’t know about the community but it could be against the intention of the community.
Someone might disagree with the group nature of the proposed commitment. They might be thinking that social commitment dilutes the commitment to the self that’s the key factor in taking control of an addiction.
It’s foolish to always assume anyone who disagrees with your methods is an asshole looking to cause pain. Sometimes people just don’t think what you’re doing is going to work, and they want it to work, so that’s why they oppose the plan.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I rarely use my dialing wand on the internet, so it takes me a few presses to get the right vote sometimes.
scarabic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The app I manage gets a very small but steady stream of 1 star reviews that say “great app, thanks!”
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
It’s the internet, so I’m not sure why anyone would be surprised.
Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I thought nicer people were on lemmy. 😔