I think it’s important to remember that votes are nothing more than a knee jerk reaction to the content, and that doesn’t inherently infer anything about their feelings towards the OP. It’s also important to remember that while most of Lemmy/PieFed migrated from reddit the culture here is quite different for better or worse. Opinions will vary significantly from instance to instance. Some are more serous than others. 😜

FWIW there are instances with downvoting disabled if that continues to bother you. crazypeople.online is setup that way but registrations are closed at the moment as part of the preparations for an upcoming move. There are others out there but I don’t know them off the top of my head, sorry!

I wouldn’t worry too much about downvoting. People see something they don’t understand or don’t agree with and that’s the easiest way for them to express that they don’t agree. Political stuff in particular really wears on people so the reaction is often negative even if the content isn’t particularly edgy or offensive. You’re good mate. 💚

On a side note, I’m amazed they kept Lawson.

Pretty much sums it up. I guess they don’t want two rookies in the next generation of car?

Haha well put!