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[–] j4k3@piefed.world 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What it feels like when someone calls instead of texts...

Thanks for the participating post OP. Sorry for the first commenter's vitriol and angst. I hope you continue to share with us. This is social media, not peer review of a white paper. Those with bad social skills are the ultimate failure here. Thanks again for being social digital neighbor.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wow, if thats vitriol to you I wish you good luck out there. I just didn't agree it fits the theme here, thats all.

[–] j4k3@piefed.world 8 points 1 month ago

I was not responding from emotions, but instead from logical empathy. Personally, immediate and/or sharp negativity in response to posts is the main reason I do not post regularly.

When a person is motivated to try to make a post, and then faces the frustration of not knowing what community it fits within, they have already overcome climbing two large hills of resistance. They have invested the effort required. At this point, as they summit the achievement, any negativity is effectively training a neural pathway. We are all only chemistry. Stealing the reward of dopamine they deserve is training them that this pathway is defective. That mechanism is not optional; only a matter of scope of self awareness. The momentum is important too. The more immediate the positive feedback, the more it reinforces the behavior. When the immediate reaction is negative, or fails to reflect the magnitude of invested effort, the potential reward scope is greatly limited.

I noticed it and simply tried to offset how it would impact me while validating the frustration I would have felt if I was the op. It was not intended for you, or even as an insult. I am just as guilty of unintended negativity at times and in certain contexts. Everyone is a bad neighbor at times. It is not an excuse, just an observation. I'd still give you a ride, or share a cup of sugar if you asked neighbor.

I am physically disabled and in social isolation. I just want a place to be neighbors and hang out with real people. This type of text allows me to collect my thoughts despite the pain. It is the only place where I still exist in my voice. That is why I care.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I'm a dick, and if that bothers you than fuck you!

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

This is the sort of shit that AI is robbing us of. I look at this and my immediate reaction is "yeah this isnt real".

Other people are saying its an old photo and they've seen it before and im choosing to believe them, but still. This world is so full of such cool shit, and I'm not going to believe any of it any more.

I already don't believe dogs today can skateboard and I saw them before YouTube even existed.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I haven't seen a payphone in a hot minute.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I... Actually can't remember the last time I saw a payphone...

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That looks like what the 1980’s thought public telephones would look like. Pops up from the ground perfectly lit.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 14 points 1 month ago

It's likely a Japanese pay phone. So it's more accurate than you think.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Looks like Japan. I hear they get crazy snow in the mountains.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe if you got rid of that old yee-yee ass haircut you got you'd get some bitches on your ~~dick~~ phone

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh, better yet, maybe Bell'll call your dog-ass if he ever stop fuckin' with that brain surgeon or lawyer he fucking with. 🎵 phonebooth 🎵

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

“WHAT!”

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Freakin amazing photo.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Appa, Yip! Yip!