PatMustard

It's the same as it ever was: some communities you go for good discussion, others you should just avoid the comments because you know they'll only rile you up

That's good

I don't think it's just federation, I believe for posts to appear in your instance's All feed then at least someone on that instance needs to be subscribed to the associated community

Pink Floyd would have been completely different without him though

He's one of those guys who hates America so much that he starts to think anyone who goes up against them must be the good guy (I'm sure nobody on Lemmy could possibly imagine such a situation!), missing the point that lots of people/countries/organisations can all be bad.

He's a complete edgelord and always has been, but that has always been a recipe for great art!

Depends which instance you're on!

Still billions of users, we're just not the target market anymore

I think to be a shill you have to be getting paid or otherwise compensated for it. If you truly believe it and nobody is sweetening the deal then you're just an enthusiast!

mostly British

No, mostly not British. Only proper cockney geezer really.

"The car wants washing" is fine, thankfully I've never heard anyone north or south say "The car wants washed", which was OP's concern

I'd say the suppression of ain't is perfectly rational unless you want to sound like a cowboy

I've seen this posted a few times but I could never find a source. I think this is just what people want to believe!