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20 active communities which are not politics, news, memes or tech

It's been a while since the last thread similar to this, so let's go.

General chat communities:

Art / pictures

Entertainment

Manual hobbies

Cooking

Jokes / funny (no politics)

Small note, for ask and casual communities, there are several local versions:

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In case anyone's still checking here for recommendations, here's a few more reasonably active communities:
!loops@midwest.social: fun or interesting loops (i.e. TikTok/Reels/etc but better)
!moomin@sopuli.xyz: Come see the cute characters created by Tove Jansson
!internetisawesome@sh.itjust.works: celebrating fun and cool sites across the web
!insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world: when you want to feel well-adjusted and normal, look at crazy people's social media posts
!cyanideandhappiness@lemm.ee: for the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness
!thefarside@sh.itjust.works: for the comic The Far Side that we all know and love
!curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works: the best that tumblr has to offer
!cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee: for cartographers with nothing left to lose
!calculators@midwest.social: for nerding out about those handy devices
!mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe: Not too short, not too long. Videos to last through your meal.
!xkcd@lemmy.world: A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language
!artporn@lemm.ee: Look at some nice classic art
!twosentencehorror@sh.itjust.works: Read the title, then read the twist
!ancientinternet@lemmy.world: Memes from the days of yore
!stable_diffusion_art@lemmy.dbzer0.com: See cool art created by AI
!shortstories@literature.cafe: Cozy corner for short stories
!science_memes@mander.xyz: A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab
!sillynsfwart@lemmynsfw.com: Because sometimes lewd and funny go hand in hand
- Thank you!

If anyone is looking for the replacement to a specific sub see these directories:
redditmigration.com
sub.rehab
Unofficial Subreddit Migration List
- Are those still maintained? The replacement for meme is !memes@lemmy.ml, there are still some references to raddle.me, and probably kbin.social as well
  
  Are those still maintained?
  I don't know. They could do with an update but are still decent enough guides for our purposes.
  If you are interested in a project, it should be possible to create a page on the Join Fediverse wiki with a list of equivalents that would then be much easier to keep up to date. Probably link it in via "further reading" here:
  https://joinfediverse.wiki/Lemmy

Is this a thread for recommending communities that aren't politics, news, memes, or tech? If so, here's some comic-related communities:
!outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world
!eurographicnovels@lemm.ee
!smbc@midwest.social
!oglaf@midwest.social (generally NSFW!)
!peanuts@midwest.social
And a few other miscellaneous communities:
!cassettefuturism@lemm.ee
!demakes@sh.itjust.works
- Indeed, that's the spirit, thanks for the links!
- dropping an Oglaf link without a warning is gonna make for a fun time on public transit
  
  Good call, edited to add a warning

Thanks. I appreciate this kind of post.
All to easy to have a feed full of doom.
- Definitely

I made some interesting discovery but (and it is a big but), BUT where are the animals! Lemmy has so many of them:
!superbowl@lemmy.world is actually better than its Reddit counter part
We have !bats@lemmy.world, !opossums@lemmy.world and !pets@lemmy.sdf.org and !cats@addAnyInstance and cute animals at !aww@lemmy.world and !aww@lemmy.ml and insects at !awwnverts@lemmy.world. We have a !bun_alert_system@lemmy.sdf.org and a collection of !taneggs@lemmy.ca and so much more...
- Superbowl has some excellent posts, and I’m like not even an owl guy (whatever that means.)
- !crows@lemmy.ml is also fairly active.
  
  Yes... I also love the comics there.
- Self-plug: !bunnies@lemmy.world, also active, posts don't overlap with !bun_alert_system@lemmy.sdf.org
  Also !snakes@lemmy.world, though I don't run that one.
  
  We never got enough bunnies and snakes usually make beautiful pictures!
- Both !dogs@lemmy.world and !birding@lemmy.world are pretty active.
  
  Thank you so much for !birding@lemmy.world
- Thanks for tan eggs! I never knew I needed this! xD

I'd like to see more niche communities take off. I want to talk home recording studio, but even if I start it, no one joins.
- Please do! We're slightly more active over at !musicproduction@sh.itjust.works
  
  Subbed. I just bought a m audio m- track solo. I'm currently debating using waveform, Cakewalk, or reaper. Maybe I'll make a post
- There is !musicproduction@sh.itjust.works, maybe you can try to post there to see if people are still interesting? Something as small as "how is everyone doing lately with their home studios" could start a discussion
  
  Ew, a .ml comm
  @can@sh.itjust.works s recommendation for !musicproduction@sh.itjust.works is much better
  Let's not grow anymore .ml communities
  
  I recently took over !musicproduction@sh.itjust.works too!

movies/tv:
!bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world
!90s_tv@lemmy.sdf.org
!fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee
communities:
!trendingcommunities@feddit.nl - find active communities
!communities@ponder.cat - find (usually) active communities
other:
!unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org - a series of comic strips/panels. a fediverse original
!cyberpunk@lemmy.zip - mostly about games and movies

Saving, to continue returning.

Thanks, a couple of new subs, and since laughs from Dad jokes, as well as groans from my wife...

May I plug my community? !The_Heinlein_Society@lemmy.world would love more conversation. No current politics allowed :)
- Feel free! Didn't know about Heinlein, looks like an interesting author!

My cute puppy: !sophie@piefed.social

!truecomics@midwest.social is cool and unique. Not as active lately though.
- Did something happen to the main poster?
  
  Yeah they had to focus on their studies

You are a treasure to have on the Fediverse, we are fortunate to have you helping so much:-).

!bbq@lemmy.world
- Wasn't the last post 4 months ago?
  
  Guilty.
  
  Well BBQing is traditionally an American thing and it's winter in the northern hemisphere

Also !pareidolia@sh.itjust.works, !desire_paths@sh.itjust.works, and !dreaming@lemmy.world.
- When you write them with an @ in front, you are referencing a user. A community is a Lemmy concept and you have to prepend them with a !.
  
  Thanks
- The desire paths one 😍

Not new but there's !micromobility@lemmy.world if you like bikes, ebikes, boards, motorcycles, etc.

Since others shared their own communities, here's my simple one, looking for your stories:
!positivity@lemmy.today
Come by to share what made you happy!
- Thanks for sharing! You might consider !casualconversation@lemm.ee, it's also positive / chill content is is quite active
  
  Already part of it!

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