OP, if you are being sincere, you can give kbin a try. I’m writing this to you from kbin.social. You can subscribe to many different communities in Lemmy and magazines in Kbin and see them all in your kbin Subscribed feed. I have more content than I know what to do with.
If that doesn’t work for you, you could also try Squabbles, which has groups instead of communities and seems likable and very general interest.
When I wear camo pants my husband asks me where my legs are.
One big difference I’ve noticed: Well mannered Northerners do not often say Ma’am or Sir, unless they’re being snarky or work in the hospitality or food service industry (and even there it’snot all the time). I have rarely met a Northern child that ends a sentence addressed to an adult with Ma’am or Sir… It sounds almost sarcastic from a Northernkid because it is hardly heard… Or indicates a very strict upbringing. They are way more likely to call an adult by their first name, even. If a Southern kid tried that, whew. I’ve known some Southern children, teenage and adult, who always address their parents as Ma’am or Sir.
As you mentioned, there’s no direct insulting to the face, at least none that I’ve encountered. But there sure are a lot of faux kind comments like “Bless his heart.”
ETA: I edited this comment a bit upon reflection.
I’m spending way more time online in general and on SM in particular, just not on one platform. I think it’s because, in searching for something new, I’ve found all of these other places each with their unique culture, atmosphere, etiquette, and language. And each place is introducing me to new things (new search engines, browsers, streaming sites and apps, podcasts, RSS feeds to subscribe to, etc.) If I had stuck to Reddit, I just would’ve been doomscrolling instead of exploring what’s out there.
I will say it’s good that:
That was a dose of niceness for this thread :)
I have a neighbor who has a Tesla and I legit feel bad for him for the scorn he is probably having to deal with in his circle (he bought it pre Twitter Musk and he works in politics on the left).
ChatGPT letting it all out.
I upvote for general encouragement. But I upvoted this especially to be nice to you, OP. I also gave you a lil boost.
I don’t think there’s a way to do this in Lemmy. I did this in Inoreader (until I decided to unfollow those subs completely).
OP, you can set up a RSS subscription to your fave Reddit sub. It might not give you all of the replies but it should give you the original post.
Also, there’s a RedditUpdates community (or magazine?).
I’m on kbin.social. We don’t have a saved feature AFAIK. I believe that our boosted posts are saved but it would be a lot to sift through (i boost a lot of posts).
You can also create an alt on kbin and subscribe to Lemmy communities there. I’m posting this from kbin.social.