Funnily enough, I have a few friends who really think like this. Personally, having driven manual for 20 years before I switched to electric a year ago, I don’t see it, apart from a certain comfortable nostalgia. Automatic is better in cities and it’s a lot easier for kids to learn. Handbrake starts on hills? What a weird thing to be nostalgic about.

I suspect it’s just these people think handling the gearstick makes them special. It’s the one thing they can be smug about,completely discounting the fact that any old idiot can learn to drive manual if they just practice a bit. Reminds me of my grandpa who insisted that it’s better to chop down trees with an axe and a handsaw, instead of using these modern chainsaws. He was a stubborn old dude.

Finnish newbie here. I had a look at sopuli.xyz and saw their terrifying, butt-ugly beavery mascot (I guess it’s supposed to be a lemming, but god help me it’s the worst drawing of a lemming I’ve ever seen) and embraced lemmy.zip instead.

I’m neutral on some new subreddits being paywalled, since it’s not like I’m going to ever fork out a single cent for them. But what is this about adding more ads? I swear the ads I already see in Reddit are are the shittiest, most annoying garbage ever.