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What would you like to change about Lemmy culture? (sopuli.xyz)
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[โ€“] Etterra@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

We need silly hats. Most human cultures throughout history had hats (or other headwear) that were unique to them, including modern ones. The human eye is naturally drawn to the faces of other humans, and headgear can be a useful shorthand for "who is this and what's their culture like?" These hats are frequently silly looking. Modern examples include baseball caps, cheese hats, military berets, helmets, cowboy hats, various religious headwear. If you want to stand out as a unified culture, you need your own hat.

[โ€“] Toribor@corndog.social 2 points 3 months ago

I thought we'd already collectively settled on the tinfoil hat.

[โ€“] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

This user hasn't learned the danger of arbitrary group identity.

Reddit's 'The Button' made this clear.

Give people a reason and an opportunity to set themselves apart and they will always use it to tribalize and begin marginalizing an arbitrary other.

4chan also proved that a decade earlier with their birthday hat stupidity.