I just love that this community and instance exists, I’m really enjoying Lemmy and I think it’s easily taking the number 1 spot in my digital life
It was a bit skint when I first got here and there wasn’t much going on but it’s growing quite organically (the fediverse in general) and it feels really good
Yay for short weeks! Boo for still having to get the same amount of work done though…
(Please note, I am officially an old person™ and use ellipses as a way to trail off an unfinished thought, not for whatever the young’uns have reassigned it for)
Apparently they are seen as rude or awkward. Which… Tough. When I talk I tend to trail off a bit once I’ve gotten the point across and I guess I just do it in text out of habit, too.
Nah off the top of my head I think it might have been like they do it when they are expecting a reply, so other generations make them think they are supposed to reply or something.
Having been on the receiving end of it from two people professionally, wracking my brains over what their problem was, until I learned how they were actually meaning it:
The trailing ellipses feels like it’s ‘politely’ avoiding saying the “obvious” conclusion out loud. And if someones avoiding saying it, it’s probably negative. That’s why it’s seen as passive-aggressive.
To my generation it sounds like, I dunno, saying “Where there’s smoke…”.
Ok good to know! I tend to avoid … in work emails because I know it can be taken in different ways, I should probably avoid it in other online posts too…
It was supposed to be extremely rainy today, but hasn’t rained all day so far (Wellington). I probably would’ve gone into the office if I’d known.
I’m one of these weird people who is more productive in the office than at home. Although it helps that my office is pretty quiet. Especially prefer to start the week from the office.
Toddler brought home another bug that’s running through the family, dog left a bone behind the family car and got a puncture so now shelling out for a pair of tyres. But I’m wfh and warm, so it’s a good day
Unlucky! We’re only just getting through what the primary aged kid brought back a couple days before school holidays. Luckily it’s been stay at home weather most of the time anyway.
Today looking at what can be done in the next few weeks to progress a (on-site physical) project before I take 4 days leave for #fibretronhelping with one of the vendors while keeping an eye on socials for a startup #nzpol party who need help growing from teenage memes to a real force of social unity in the fragment that is the minor (and yet to be) parties.
Fostering the dreams while paying the bills with reality.
It’s an interesting crossover as an internet connected generation starts knitting. You see those yarn bombing militant knitters too. It has all the social and community things that happen online, but is physically creating things.
With fibre from I’m supporting my DW in her addictions and helping others be more awesome with their yarn addictions too, but the closest I can claim to knitting fame is I got a t-shirt (with the slogan “weapons of mass construction” on it) for attempting to knit backwards.
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