hello lads and ladettes - feeling wild, wtf else should I do heavy breathing

  • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    It is a bummer to leave behind a place that I enjoyed. I met several people IRL, I got 2 Guinness World Records for Reddit Secret Santa. Countless new music from r/listentothis & r/music. Great brewery recommendations from people in the places I visit from r/beer.

    I’m looking forward to find fediverse places that are just as fun & helpful.

    • thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Secret Santa was great. You never know, maybe we’ll end up being able to run something similar one day, fediverse-style.

      • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@sopuli.xyz
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        1 year ago

        I’m from the U.S.

        One of my gift exchange people were from Norway. My extended family is from Norway and I had been dying to visit.

        I kept in touch with my gift person and we actually met in person in Oslo. Was a great day.

        I love what I’ve experienced through reddit.

        But,

        #Fuck /u/spez

        I’m officially out by July 1st.

        • thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          That’s amazing! Last year we tried and failed to get tickets to see the Green Bay Packers (my team) play in London, as I’d never seen them in person before. Was a bit gutting to miss out, but there was huge demand so such is life.

          Commiserated with others in the Reddit thread, congratulated those who managed to get in, etc etc. Then I got a random message from a stranger, offering me free tickets.

          Obviously that sounds like a scam and as a woman on Reddit you’re naturally wary of unsolicited messages anyway, but TLDR it was a real offer, we got ourselves down to London and met this amazingly generous Redditor and his wife and spent a fantastic day, er, watching my team get trashed by the Giants!

          So yes, Reddit had potential for these connections that would otherwise never have happened, and I’ll definitely miss that side of it. But ultimately that was the people, not the platform itself, so I guess what I’m saying is all we need to do is build Lemmy into a place those kinds of people want to hang out.