I just think the nature of how Lemmy came about and who created it means that it’s mostly used by very serious people worried about the state of the world.

It’s one of the reasons I still use Reddit honestly. Lemmy is good for politics, FOSS, and Star Trek.

Conservatives

I swear some people think Westerners expressing any interest in anything Asian at all ever, or thinking an Asian country does something better than their own, is orientalism.

the majority of Americans feel the same

This is a claim that requires a source.