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@cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 8 months ago

Is Lemmy like a historical salon?

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Is Lemmy like a historical salon?

@cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 8 months ago
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  • @HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’ll have a whiskey, pardner

    • @cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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      What inspired this

      • @reddig33@lemmy.world
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        Mistaking salon for saloon. Both have lots of talking, smoking, and music. But one has an extra o.

        • @HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Ah yea that and being on cold meds whoops

        • @cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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          Was smoking proper at historical salons? Probably but no idea

          • @Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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            More likely snuff.

            • @cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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              Was that actually “fashionable”?

              • @Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_(tobacco)

      • @HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        What the heck are ya talking about historical salon

  • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    Yes, if what you mean is a bunch of posers trying to convince others they’re smart. <looks around nervously>

    • @Delphia@lemmy.world
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      Im just smart enough to realise how fucking dumb I am.

      • @RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works
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        Good news if you know Dunning Kruger

        • @cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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          Lovely lass

  • @pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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    I can’t shoot the next guy when I feel like it, so not really.

    • @Fizz@lemmy.nz
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      We are the salon NPCs. The mods are the main characters who can walk into the thread and start shootin

  • @reddig33@lemmy.world
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    Yes, but with memes. Lots and lots of memes.

  • @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    In what sense? It’s certainly a gathering place.

    • @cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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      What background music should it have and play?

      • Maeve
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        Baroque

        • @shellington@lemmings.world
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          I agree baroque music, programmer socks and a 1700’s French style wig for discussing Linux on Lemmy

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        Removed by mod

        • @cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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          Is that a real thing?

          • fxomt [abandoned account]
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            Removed by mod

      • @CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world
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        deleted by creator

  • @EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world
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    Ah, no; you see, historical salons were not websites but instead actual places!

    • @cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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      Ackshual places and people R for suckerz!!

  • Count Regal Inkwell
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    More like a squat or flophouse for nerds. Daring to exist in the middle of a gentrified area.

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