Every new building looks the same. Fast food restaurants are indistinguishable except for the sign out front. All apartment buildings are identical. Office buildings are built to house cubicle farms. Nothing new is interesting or unique, because it’s not profitable to stand out; it’s all optimized for speed and cost. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V everywhere.
No, because I think being exposed to the plight of others increased my sense of empathy. In my late teens and early 20’s, I was convinced that anybody could “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” if they really wanted to. It was only when I realized that I come from privilege (insulated middle class white male) that I realized most people have serious headwinds or blockers in their lives, and that government propaganda is all bullshit.
The increase in workload (and unfortunately, trolls) is a sign that we have significant growth. The issue now is that there need to be more advanced mod/admin tools to compensate. Piefed is leading the way there, let’s hope Lemmy devs follow suit.
There is a delay in data collection and availability.