“I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organised diminution of work.” - Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness

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Cake day: October 4th, 2023

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    1. No one really explained it to me, to be honest. A few kids started using it when we were about 10-11, so I just joined in. Picked it up pretty quickly though.

    2. I think my experience is quite different from many Lemmy users. English isn’t my first language, and for a long time I couldn’t really read/write in English. You might take it for granted, but the sheer quality/amount of English content out there compared to other languages is beyond comparison. There was still plenty of information available in my language, but it was pretty limited. Not everything was up-to-date, if it existed at all. It wasn’t until I finally felt confident with English that I really experienced that “wow, everything is at my fingertips” moment, with all the communities and websites out there.

    3. They soon realized I wasn’t just messing around online, but was basically that nerdy kid who went to the library(the internet) every day. They were pretty cool about it, thankfully.