I think it's also been hijacked by christian and muslim fundies in recent years. at least I've noticed a religious flavor to a lot of it and when you look at the profiles of people pushing it they're often active in those groups.
Only one I ever use is the meta AI built into messenger because my friends and I can have it make silly and often extremely cursed pictures that make us laugh
but then you have to do itemized deductions which takes forever and unless you're mister moneybags or in an unconventional life situation, the standard deduction is almost definitely better. also tax write offs are not free money, you still gave the money to some sketchy "charity" it's just the government doesn't get a slice of that.
I think trump could go on stage, strip naked, turn around and shotgun ass blast on the front row crowd and they'd still give their lives to vote for him
aww my cat will announce herself if you enter the room she's in, until you acknowledge her. she's also tiny and when she meows it sounds like a creaky door lmao
after my cat got spayed we had her in a little body suit so she couldn't lick the wound. and it restricted her movement a bit so she didn't jump around all over the place like she wanted to. after a week we took it off for a little while and she was ecstatic when I scratched her back. not as ecstatic as this guy but it was still something to behold!
most of the toxicity I've experienced on lemmy has been from established users so idk.. but I should add that it's way less toxic than reddit so far