TeaHands @ TeaHands @lemmy.world

I live an increasingly confusing double life as [TeaHands](https://mastodon

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We actually tried this! Tried to get her to say "Good luck with your lamps" as the reply because we're British and terminally sarcastic like that, but ofc she doesn't really do tone so it was underwhelming.

We turned it off and went back to the old fashioned way 😂

I am a bit like you in that I do spend a lot of time replying to people who leave comments on my post...they took the time to read and reply so I figure it's just polite to respond. But also it's nice talking to people, you know? Never know when some innocuous reply you make will kick off a whole deeper conversation.

PLUS on a platform like Lemmy it also has the advantage that more comments = more visible in feeds = more replies from more people.

All that said, you do have to prioritise. Nobody's thinking you're rude if you just edit your post or make one comment saying "thanks for the input everyone, sorry I can't reply to you all individually but I appreciate the advice" or whatever. We're all busy, and most people probably don't expect a personal reply anyway. Maybe start thinking of upvoting and making a universal reply as the baseline, and doing individual replies just as a stretch goal when you have the time spare.

Every night when we go to bed, whoever gets up and leaves the living room first gets to wish the other one "good luck with the lamps!". As in, turning off the lights. I have no idea why it started but it's been going on for years and years.

If we're watching a TV show and the last episode of the night is ending the whole atmosphere changes, we get super tense and both start trying to get ready to go without the other noticing and then we'll spring up and run for the door to be the one who doesn't have to have good luck with the lamps. If we were lying snuggling together on the couch, we'll literally wrestle to be first one up. I got him a custom printed mug with it on, and our first lamp is like our relationship mascot. It's just a whole thing.

We are middle-aged marrieds.

I expect one day, hopefully far in the future, as one of us peacefully passes away while the other holds their hand and gazes tearfully into their eyes, regardless of which of us it is their last words will be "good luck with the lamps".

I found the person younger than my age on the internet.

When someone sees you at your worst and your most vulnerable, and they can not only handle it but (this part is very important) they don't then use it as ammo against you down the line, you know they're a keeper.

A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson.

I loved Bryson's travel books when I was a teenager, so when this history of science popped up I devoured it just based on author recognition alone.

Amazing book. No regrets. He's just as hilarious as always.

I'd read it on my lunch break at my call centre job, and I remember reading about all these amazing scientific breakthroughs that happened mostly by accident, just because someone basically took an interest in the world around them. And what was I doing? Working in a call centre hassling people to do surveys?

Long story short the book helped steer me down a different path, one where I've learned interesting things and met fantastic people and, yes, generally taken an interest in the world around me.

It just made me realise what humanity can be, as cheesy as that sounds.

Of course, being a science book from 2003 I'm sure it's now incredibly out of date. But I'd recommend it anyway, the author's awe for the subject is timeless.

This makes me very happy!

I'm not mad I'm just disappointment.

Here's my favourite Bob with a kitty cat, I think that's what you mean?

You smooth devil, consider me seduced.

As a woman I can confirm that this is sadly all too plausible.

Heya, I was just doing a search for something and your comment popped up so thought I'd let you know we do actually have some quite decently active craft communities. !woodworking@lemmy.ca and !knitting@lemmy.world for example. Join us, the more the merrier! :)

And yet we have the audacity to upvote things like this 😄 https://lemmy.world/post/5033708

Not sure how old 4th grade is, but I'd have been about 6 or 7 when Amanda Jackson told me I couldn't borrow her colouring pencils because I didn't believe in Jesus. We're in the UK, it's not like it's even such a huge thing over here, and joke's on her anyway because in the end the teacher ruled that she had to share.

Screw you Amanda. Never forget.

Some absolute pizza lightweights in this thread! 😄

The TERRIBLY mysterious Sphinx. The Shoveller, who shovels VERY well. You can't go wrong with Mystery Men, absolutely rewatching this asap!

Must be, what, 20 years since this was a thing? And I still heard this comment like it was yesterday.

Yeah trendingcommunities is great! Was very proud of !knitting@lemmy.world for getting in there last week lol.

That second link though is the bot spam instance where you can request a subreddit for it to just mindlessly repost. Most people already have it blocked. There are probably places to request real communities too but I don't know them off the top of my head!

What sort of communities are you looking for, OP? Maybe we can give you a hand getting settled in.