• @streetfestival@lemmy.caEnglish
      21•6 months ago

      You’re the post MVP, imo. I don’t get why this post is upvoted so much. It isn’t a real AMA, and it feels like disaster porn or something

      [Edit: I also feel like there’s enough misinformation on the internet already. Those who want to have fun/pretend with something like this, please put a ‘not serious’, ‘made up’ ‘fictional’ or ‘pretend’ flag on it]

      • @ARk
        4•6 months ago

        what the fuck is disaster porn

        • @streetfestival@lemmy.caEnglish
          4•6 months ago

          Since you asked so nicely, I’ll offer a definition by modifying the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of pornography. (Square brackets and strikeout are my own)

          [Disaster] por·nog·ra·phy | pôrˈnäɡrəfē | noun printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of [human suffering] sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate [entertainment] erotic rather than [concern, compassion, or humanitarian assistance] aesthetic or emotional feelings.

      • rhythmisaprancer
        2•6 months ago

        You have some valid points, a note about it being humor would be great for those who couldn’t figure it out.

        But also, many users here are looking for more engagement. This is pretty harmless, and got folks engaged and talking about how we can improve. Net positive imo.

        • @streetfestival@lemmy.caEnglish
          2•6 months ago

          It sounds like we partially overlap in opinion. I think it’s worth noting a bias of mine, that for me Lemmy is an opportunity to make the Web a more person-friendly place again. I don’t think the responsibility should fall to readers to figure things out that aren’t obvious. I think posters should provide useful (non click-baity) titles and outside of just for fun and circlejerk type communities, I think they should flag when they’re being un-serious. AMA is a serious community (as far as I’m aware). The post’s title is a complete falsehood.

          I don’t mean to come across as a buzzkill, and I’m sorry if I killed anyone’s buzz.

          • rhythmisaprancer
            3•6 months ago

            No buzz was killed 🙂 I certainly agree on the friendliness. I was never a reddit member and so probably don’t get the seriousness or levity that may be the accepted norms of communities that came from there. I may well have contributed to some of these challenges that you face (sorry!).

            I see folks asking about flares, which I understand to be things like a way to mark a post as humor. For me, that seems like a good step to take with the current posting levels but what do I know haha, I am mostly a forum poster.

  • Einar
    5•6 months ago

    What the…!?

    What happened? Why is there a seemingly crashed plane in the background?

  • RBG
    3•6 months ago

    Give us your coordinates so we can watch you on Google Earth.

  • rhythmisaprancer
    2•6 months ago

    So did the taxi interpretive dance inform you enough to feel comfortable with your wet exit? Did the vest self inflate or did you have to blow? Are they serving snacks and drinks?

  • Arghblarg
    1•6 months ago

    Is this serious? Like do you need help? (Amazing to think someone can post in realtime this way if so, from the middle of the friggin ocean)

    • shootwhatsmynameOPEnglish
      2•6 months ago

      No, this is obviously not real. I couldn’t sleep so I decided to make this post instead

    • @illiEnglish
      2•6 months ago

      I’d hopeif this is real he first called help and only then posted to lemmy… but one can’t be sure these days