For me it’s because I’m not reading the same top comment on virtually every post. I used to always skip top comment because it was just a copied comment to a repost, but eventually it got so silly I had to read halfway down to get any original thoughts. Now that we’re in a world where there’s so much bot generated content and it isn’t affecting lemmy in largely the same way as the other social media platforms, it’s even more apparent.

To the other repliers point, contrarian commentary isn’t censored as heavily and power tripping mods to get named and shamed from what I’ve seen from my perspective - that said I am a heavy reader instead of commentator so I have my own set of biases.

I read comment sections to the end on lemmy, which I haven’t done on reddit in probably a decade

Someone on lemmy posted this recently: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_pineapple

My mother in law is Korean so out of curiosity I had her pick up the Korean dish made from it (meonggae) after seeing the lemmy post. It taste like the smell of a dank metal spiral stair case at Seaworld. Even through all the (imo) tasty spices and seasoning. I asked my MIL what she likes about it and she said, “it tastes so fresh because one bite and your transported to the sea”. Especially with the older generation, the context can make the food way more than the taste

Thai chili as garnish is 10/10, I soak my chopped chili in fish sauce for a bit of saltiness.