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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/853004 > Hello there, and welcome to the Fediverse! Let's get you started. > > This post was created together with many users, intended to help you have an easy start! It has a simple language, and it includes many useful links. > > For your first day here > - > > Hello, newbie user! Lemmy is just like Reddit, but better. Ha-ha. Seriously. But let's not overwhelm you for now. > > [This very neat starting guide](https://lemmy.world/post/37906) was written by our beloved admin, [@ruud](https://lemmy.world/u/ruud). To avoid confusion, start reading it from the **Quick start guide** section. > > [If you're new to Lemmy, this post will also help you perfectly.](https://github.com/amirzaidi/lemmy) > > kbin users can check out [this amazing starting guide](https://imgur.com/a/0hGL2Lb) instead. [This is also a nice guide.](https://kbin.social/m/quickstart/t/49189) > > **Finding Communities on Lemmy/kBin** > > If you finished reading your starting guide, it's time to go find your new favorite communities! Check out these dedicated services: `number` [1](https://browse.feddit.de/), [2](https://lemmyverse.net/), [3](https://sub.rehab/), and [4](https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/06/15/unofficial-subreddit-migration-list-lemmy-kbin-etc.html#1-million-subscribers), and [5](https://redditmigration.com/)! Go have some fun! :D > > For your second day here > - > > Hello again! You're less of a newbie now, and you found some amazing communities! We can start talking about the Fediverse. I hope you didn't forget to [read the rules for lemmy.world!](https://mastodon.world/about) > > [kBin.social's rules are in this link.](https://kbin.social/terms) > > **The Fediverse** > > You must've realised that we addressed Lemmy and kBin users differently. And what is this Fediverse people keep talking about, anyways? > > Lemmy and kBin are two different platforms, and they can perfectly interact with each other! This means that they are a part of the federation. And they are only two members of the vast Fediverse. > > [What is the Fediverse?](https://framatube.org/w/9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn8ZhiD) video by [Framasoft](https://framatube.org/a/framasoft/video-channels) to get a good understanding with visuals! > > As a great lemming once said: **Fediverse is basically like a group chat, but for websites.** This means that federated websites all agree to share their content with each other, constantly, at the same time. > > [Follow this link to view a list of all Lemmy instances.](https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances/blob/main/README.md#all-lemmy-instances) > > [Follow this link to open the Fediverse Observer.](https://kbin.fediverse.observer/list) It is set to show kBin, but you can navigate your way through the site to show **any** Fediverse platform you'd like. > > For your third day here > - > > That's it! What else do you want? Go have some fun and keep learning along the way! ;)
"Careful! We quickly get used to most things and easily forget how amazing they are!"
(in moderation)
I like the idea that "seizing the day" doesn't have to mean something dramatic or huge- it could be just playing with puppies. 😃
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18462757
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/18697261 > I find it extremely difficult to articulate what I mean. I've gotten this feeling throughout my entire life, even when I was a child, and I'm sure there must be many others who've experienced it; I just can't find any mention of it online. > > I'll give you an example. Sometimes you might be going from place to place, doing your own thing. When you're done with whatever you were doing, you just... stop ... and take in your surroundings. Suddenly the quietness around you seems to give you a tingling, comforting feeling that's quite honestly a beautiful feeling. > > I'm 22, and I've been getting this throughout my entire life; and heck, I even get it when playing videogames (particularly open-world games), if they're immersive enough. The most common place I get this feeling in the real world is when I've been travelling in a car for a while (I don't drive currently, usually it's my mother driving me), and we reach our destination: The car stops; the engine turns off; the music on the radio goes silent, and I'm in no rush to hop out. For some reason this feeling rushes over me; it feels similar to butterflies and goes through my upper legs and stomach; even in my upper arms for some reason, but is all very comforting. > > My earliest memory with it (although I know I had it years prior to this), was one day when I was 7-9 yrs old. I remember it quite vividly, actually. I don't remember where I had come from (probably school or something), but my Mum had been driving me for what felt like quite a while. She pulled into our front driveway and stopped. The engine shut off; the radio went silent. It felt calming, and I didn't get out of the car because I was just appreciating and enjoying the feeling of sitting in the quietness, with the subtle ticking sound coming from the cars engine you tend to hear when turning it off, just outside. My Mum said to me, something along the lines of "Why aren't you hopping out, Liam?". I don't remember what I said in response, but I definitely had no idea how to explain the reason to her; I find it difficult to even explain now as a young adult. > > Now, I've managed to learn where and when to just "stop", and have this feeling come over me, like second-nature, but I still find that I can't well explain when or how it happens with words; that's why this post is so long. > > As I said earlier, I also sometimes get this feeling when playing videogames. One of my favourite games of all time is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (The sequel, too). It's an open-world game where you can travel to almost every single nook and cranny of the land of Hyrule, on foot or by horse. One of the things I absolutely love the most, is just walking around the world, exploring, and taking it all in. I don't care about defeating every single monster in every single enemy campsite across the world, or getting from place to place in the shortest time possible, or finding the most powerful loot or weapons; I just like to immerse myself in the world, like I'm actually there. And that feeling I described: I get it around ***almost every single corner***, especially in out-of-the-way places like the top-edges of cliff-faces, where people in Hyrule never visit. In fact, I can give you an example: I was watching [IGN's video of the game from 2016 when it was still in development](https://youtu.be/r2JtSXXY_WY?si=teiD97_P3jF4AYGS&t=1396) (video link is timestamped to where I want to show you), and because I had been watching this gameplay video for the past 20 minutes, I was very immersed and relaxed in the game world. As soon as the player climbed up to this rock that was protruding out of the cliff-face, he immediately turned around to stop and take a look at the view in the distance, due to being so high up. I immediately, immersed, had that feeling come over me again, and it felt so nice; as it always does. > > Is there name for this? If so, what is this called? There has to be some kind of psychology behind all of this.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17902420