I don’t really avoid him. I use him as motivation to get through the harder parts of life like working and chores.
If I do xyz that I don’t want to do, I can give in to ‘that guy’ for a bit. Seems to work for me but it’s a struggle to keep going every day so I’m always trying to find ways to motivate myself to keep moving forward. I really love pot and being lazy so using that as incentive to do things I don’t really enjoy as much has worked wonders to make life less miserable.
It seems very daunting to start using Lemmy at first. Took me a bit of reading to understand how to use it so I can see it being off-putting to others. I was determined to get away from Reddit so I put the effort in to understand how to use it.
I was intimidated by Lemmy at first. It felt hard to understand and not easy to use. I stuck with it and kept trying to figure out how to use it and after about 15 to 30 minutes I felt pretty confident and am now happily using Jerboa and understand what instances are etc.
It does seem complicated at first and daunting but hey.
I like it a lot. Left Reddit on Sunday, tried Tildes, then found Lemmy and have been here since.
Also using Jerboa. I like it well enough. It feels a bit like Reddit but also reminds me of being on the Internet back in the late 90s - not sure why it gives me that feeling though. Maybe because it’s new to me and not the most streamlined, and it’s still growing.
Anyway it’s great here! Enjoying interacting and watching things grow.
This is me too