Hey everyone!

I’m Nick (he/them), I’m 20 and I’m looking for Fediverse friends! I’m former military, and now I’m trying to get into college (Chemical Engineering). I’d love to make friends in STEM, but anyone is welcome!

If you wanna be friends, let me know!

If this is the wrong sub, sorry admins. Idk where to go :(

  • sntx@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    Anything you like to talk about (hobbies)?

    I love to talk about (Free and Libre) Open Source Software, Homelabs, HEMA, LARP, Pen&Paper, Space and anything humanity.

  • Object@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Funny, I also happen to be former military (conscription of course) and currently in STEM. Just a bit older than you.

    Friends?

  • sbf@feddit.org
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    16 hours ago

    Which branch? I’m heading into the Air Force to do cybersecurity soon.

  • 74 183.84@lemm.eeEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    I dont mind friends. I never went to the military, but I am pursuing a PhD in aerospace engineering at the moment. Not exactly chemical, but engineering is engineering ya know :D

  • sanderium@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    You can probably start on mastodon were people have more casual conversations. You will probably find someone with your same interests. Enjoy your journey on the fediverse!

    • thatchemguy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      18 hours ago

      Oooh I did make a Mastodon account earlier, but I thought that wouldn’t matter too much because of federation. Did I get it wrong?

      • sanderium@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        18 hours ago

        You got it right, you can interact with Lemmy from Mastodon and vice versa but it is limited to certain things.

        Also not all instances are federated with each other which can be a nuisance to keep track of.

    • ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.comEnglish
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      18 hours ago

      He says all men are required to serve for a year or two. That means not baby killer country. Most likely Taiwan, Finland, or Korea

    • thatchemguy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      18 hours ago

      Hmmm… I don’t think I’m quite comfortable telling people where I’m from publicly just yet, but my country is pretty peaceful. Rest assured we’re not invading other countries or anything like that xd

    • thatchemguy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      19 hours ago

      In my country, military service is mandatory for all men when they turn 18, and then you serve for 1 year (up to 2). Hope that answers it :P

            • Skunk@jlai.lu
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              15 hours ago

              Welcome fellow cheese lover. If you’re from where I guess you’re from, we have a few communities for our big plus country.

              Most of normal French speaking in on the jlailu instance, example the not very active !suisse@jlai.lu.

              I think there are some English Switzerland communities and I don’t know about German, they are probably linked with the main German instance (like we are on jlailu with the rest of francophonie).

              And as IRL, Italian speaking part does not exist 🤷🏻‍♂️

              But you’ll find plenty of cool communities not related to a country or language. My favourite type are the ones where you can speak about whatever you want.

              Also as a nice to know, you can blacklist keywords on several apps (and communities, peoples or instances), that way you can avoid the US politics spam around news communities.

              It takes a little while to craft your perfect lemmy experience, but once done it’s a cool place!

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Heh, I’m an EE dropout kinda in machine learning stuff now. Good luck, chemical engineering seems tough (but cool).

    But yeah, on Lemmy the idea is to post in communities that fit your niches, rather than trying to follow people directly like Mastadon, Twitter or whatever. Those are a bit slim but growing (for instance, there are some active science-focused communities/servers).