this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2025

28 points (100.0% liked)

Casual Conversation

1915 readers

578 users here now

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.

RULES

Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling
Keep the conversation nice and light hearted
Encourage conversation in your post
Avoid controversial topics such as politics or societal debates
Keep it clean and SFW: No illegal content or anything gross and inappropriate
No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.
Respect privacy: Don’t ask for or share any personal information

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee

orangeNgreen@lemmy.world

neidu2@feddit.nl

28

What do people do for new years now? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by dukeofdummies@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

12 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I remember when I was young I could just turn on the TV, pick any channel, and I would watch a properly timed ball drop in New York.

Now? It took ages to find a new years countdown on youtube. Couldn't find a decent option and eventually I settled on a tower in Texas that was in the central time zone.

Is there a good ball drop replacement for people who don't own a TV and live purely online? It doesn't need to be fancy, just count down without me having to synchronize watches -_-

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think I saw one on Disney plus of all places. I saw it at 9 PM (I was tuning in for Skeleton Crew) and unless I read it wrong it had already been running for three hours. WTF? But I'm fifty. I have seen enough balls drop in my lifetime. I watched my Star Wars and was in bed by ten.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Oooh, same here, but after we watched Skeleton Crew we waited till midnight, turned on the ball drop, kissed, hit the bowl, and went to bed.

Best party ever.