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Cake day: February 19th, 2024
  • Brewchin@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the benefit of public museums?English
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    2 months ago

    Definitely agree. I had zero interest in sculpture until I walked into the Louvre and d’Orsay museums in Paris. I was transfixed by the sculptures there. Specifically the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Rape of Persephone, and the Venus de Milo.

    As in staring at each piece for nearly an hour, unable to imagine how the artist got that out of stone. It blew my mind, and the memory of it still does.

    I don’t care how good your photos are, or whatever visualisation technology you’re using, nothing - absolutely nothing - compares to standing in the same room as the real thing.

    Conversely, being in the same room as the Mona Lisa was unexpectedly disappointing. It’s so small and hard to see with 800 fellow tourists crammed into the viewing room. That probably is better examined online, though seeing it in person is an experience.

    The Sistine Chapel is also something worth seeing in person. You can’t judge the scale from photos.

  • Brewchin@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•To prevent "karma farming"?English
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    2 months ago

    I’m not OP, of course. I think the point is that some people seem to really care about how many upvotes they get for a post (or comment) based upon the type of post they make. I get that it doesn’t get accumulated against the user profile.

    Internet points is the only/main explanation I can think of for the repeated low effort/value “questions” that people post. The “what was ‘the incident’ at your school?” one I moaned about yesterday is something I’ve seen posted many times to Lemmy, and is a good example.

    If this were Reddit, we’d put it down to karma farming for an account that would eventually become a spam, scam or porn bot, or something like that. But I struggle to understand why it happens here.

    That’s the gist of my involvement in the topic, anyway.

  • Brewchin@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•To prevent "karma farming"?English
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    2 months ago

    Haha, I recognise myself in OP’s comment, I think. I was soundly downboated for my comment. 😄

    Internet points are the objective for some people, regardless of the platform or meaning. I’m usually reluctant to tell someone they’re having fun the wrong way - whatever floats your boat - but I’d much prefer some kind of reputation based on quality rather than the groupthink “hur hur, that made me spit out my drink” system that Reddit and Lemmy use.

    But what do I know. I’m just some Internet rando with opaque motives, just like the rest of us.

    Edit: For the ideologues spouting the tired “Lemmy doesn’t have karma!” party line, the number alongside your username is what people are taking about, not what we call it. FFS.

  • Brewchin@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•First-time home buyers: how did you feel about getting a mortgage?English
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    3 months ago

    Terrifying. I did mine nearly 30 years ago with nothing more than a couple of years of decent salary and the belief I’d be able to get a similar salary elsewhere if needed.

    It worked out in the end. I’m in IT, and ended up working for a startup that floated and the monopoly moneyoptions became actual money, so was able to pay off my mortgage the year before COVID hit. It’s made things immeasurably easier.

    Not sure how things would be in the current situation of gigs, near-zero job security, etc. Really feel for those of you in that boat. It suuucks.

    But life goes on. Roll the dice and trust that you can make the best of it, I think?

    Edit: Ask yourself if you want to keep paying off someone else’s mortgage and own nothing, or pay off your own.