Does anyone know of communities where the posts are many paragraphs of OC selftext with the comments discussing it? I don't really care what the content is, but that's for format I'm looking for. So far it's just links, cat pics, and memes...

Shameless plug for my community !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works which I think is quite neat. Best gaming community imo

Almost any community named "cat" or "dog". People should post more pictures of their happy non-human family.

Please. I need a way to break up the solid pages of awful global news in my feed, and I haven't got any of my own to hug.

edited to add: here's a list of cat communities , if there are other lists for other animals let me know.

Some other animal communities I subscribe to (not exhaustive):

• illegallysmolbirbs@mander.xyz
• Tardigrades@kbin.social
• opossums@lemmy.world
• Cute@kbin.social
• redpandas@lemmy.fmhy.ml
• trashpandas@lemmy.fmhy.ml
• fosterkittens@lemmy.world
• animals@kbin.social
• wildlifephotography@lemmy.world
• awww@kbin.social
• jellyfish@lemmy.world
• animalswithjobs@lemmy.world
• bats@lemmy.world
• beebutts@lemmy.world

With the death of reddit, the only thing i mourned was the loss of r/196 but now I have 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

I made a list of good casual Lemmy communities recently that you might find helpful :)

Some of my favorite communities that are fun and active are:

• !bicycles@lemmy.ca
• !cyberpunk@lemmy.villa-straylight.social
• !foss@beehaw.org
• !games@sh.itjust.works
• !linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
• !steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
• !technology@lemmy.world

Sciencefiction@lemmy.world

Piracy db0

All lemmynsfw because named people and hentai.

I happen to like !whatcouldgowrong@lemm.ee

Probably because I am a mod there. :-)

!sideoftheroad@possumpat.io

Been liking selfhosted@lemmy.world

I see we're all shilling the communities we mod, which makes sense if you think about it. So in that vein:

• !gamedev@lemmy.blahaj.zone
• !futurama@lemmy.world
• !knitting@lemmy.world

For more gamedev-related communities we've got a sticky post here, and for more crafting communities of all shapes and sizes there's one here!

Apart from those I've been hanging around in !ukcasual@lemmy.world since both my and its very first day here on Lemmy. Like the name suggests, basically just casual UK chatter without the scourge of politics. Lots of moaning about the weather.

!discworld@lemmy.ml could do with more Pratchett fans finding it, it's been pretty dead for the last month (not entirely surprising though as the subreddit wasn't huge either).

And another shoutout to !anarchychess@sopuli.xyz because LOL.

!imaginarystarships@lemmy.world helps to feed my starship addiction.

!traditional_art@lemmy.world

Other than the ones we mod, you mean? 🤭

!anarchychess@sopuli.xyz

!boardgames@feddit.de

Idiotaincars

the one that is up

But if a plug but !astrophotography@lemmy.world if you like space pics taken by amateurs

Lemmy Shitpost

Great shitty memes.

https://lemmus.org/c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

As a cross stitcher - !lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works

!internetisbeautiful@feddit.de for interesting and fun sites folks have come across.

I'm a fellow Malaysian, so this one's country-specific: !cafe@monyet.cc. A chill and free-for-all chat, and nice to get a little hit of the Malaysian vibe while living away from home.