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TL;DR:  Let’s try to be less interesting!

Hello from your mod team (seems like just me, if you’re interested in being a mod ping me)!

I’ve noticed that things have been getting pretty interesting around here lately and we need to tone that back a little.  The goal of this community is to share things that aren’t particularly interesting that you come across. 

Yes, “interesting” is very subjective, but I think we need to go back to our roots and consider what brought us all here… we wanted to be mildly interested.

Also, this isn’t a place for politics.  There are many other communities for that, let’s keep it there.  

Here are a couple great examples of what I feel we should strive for: 

https://lemmy.world/post/34363323

https://lemmy.world/post/34336673

That’s all for now, thanks for your support and understanding.

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The Good Werewolf (www.amusingplanet.com)
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submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by BlueEther@no.lastname.nz to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

I just stumbled across this in my feed, not sure why as I don't normally see astro stuff. But anyway I watched it all the way through.

Found it mildly interesting to use an array of (cheep?) commodity hardware and stacking

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by aeronmelon@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

This is posted in the waiting room of an Irish hospital. Interesting glimpse into their culture.

The full text of the posterThis symbol has been developed by the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme to respectfully identify the End of Life.

This symbol is inspired by ancient Irish history; it is not associated with any one religion or denomination.

The white spiral represents the interconnected cycle of life, birth, life and death.

The white outer circle represents continuity, infinity and completion.

Purple has been chosen as the background colour as it is associated with nobility, solemnity and spirituality.

In this hospital the symbol may be displayed on a ward to add respect and solemnity during end of life or following the death of one of our patients.

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The world map according to Hollywood (peteratwoodprojects.wordpress.com)

A pair of maps that showed the locations in California where early Hollywood movies could simulate different parts of the world.

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I made a video on my YT channel this week about google alternatives, and found a site called Marginalia Search, based in Sweden, that focuses on non-commercial content. That choice in this digital ecosystem means you get a lot of weird, old, and interesting stuff when you use it.

Here's the video if anyone's interested in Google alternatives, but feel free to ignore it. There are chapters for the TLDW crowd too.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

Edit:
Just realized the correct name for the tree is actually maple.

False friend caused mistake because its name is "Ahorn" in German.
Keeping the heading as it is, because it is funny, although it might trigger the Canadians (sorry, dudes!).

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For anyone that doesn’t know it.. this is the video: https://youtu.be/9bZkp7q19f0

Opa Gangnam Style!

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Mildly Interesting

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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

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