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It's the dunk tank.

This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.

Rule 1: All posts must include links to the subject matter, and no identifying information should be redacted.

Rule 2: If your source is a reactionary website, please use archive.is instead of linking directly.

Rule 3: No sectarianism.

Rule 4: TERF/SWERFs Not Welcome

Rule 5: No ableism of any kind (that includes stuff like libt*rd)

Rule 6: Do not post fellow hexbears.

Rule 7: Do not individually target other instances' admins or moderators.

Rule 8: The subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this. Posts that do not meet this requirement can be posted to !shitreactionariessay@lemmygrad.ml

Rule 9: if you post ironic rage bait im going to make a personal visit to your house to make sure you never make this mistake again

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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Like, we all know each other and have an ACTUAL COMMUNITY. Of course we do.

These liberals see each other as nothing, remember nobody, and build no unique culture of their own. They have no relationships with each other. They don't get it. We actually like each other. I care about people here you liberal losers.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From what I've seen, there's no real difference between lemmy.ml, lemm.ee, and lemmy.world. They're all the same attempt at trying to be a Reddit clone with the same Reddit defaults as comms. If you merge all three instances together and merge the comms that they share, they would be absolutely zero difference. I guess lemmy.ml is lemm.ee with socialist characteristics while lemmy.world is lemm.ee with fascist characteristics. To me, the biggest difference between those instances is how they see us and whether they are federated with us.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Liberals actually went along with Fukuyama's "you will pay for your identity markers and you will like it" smugposting. It's probably a part of why they tend to have walls of Funko Pops and need to tell you about the specific craft beer they sip while writing editorials. maybe-later-honey

[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they tend to have walls of Funko Pops and need to tell you about the specific craft beer they sip while writing editorials.

I hate how this isn't even a contrived stereotype anymore. Have literally met these types and it's all they have to justify their "everyone's experience is unique!" slogans

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@randint@lemm.ee I want you to read this.

You need to understand that we've all been here 3 years already, we know each other, care about each other, have a real community with a real unique culture forged through bonds and laughs and drama and dumb shit. We have an actual community, not just a bunch of people that don't know each other who press updoot and downdoot and generally just see one another as faceless individuals. We trust each other and genuinely like each other.

I genuinely hope that you can create something like it and come to care about the other posters around you in time. You should try to. Build something more meaningful than a reddit clone where everyone treats everyone like a bunch of faceless anons, build a real community.

[–] Sphere@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

lol they chose instead to post this comment to someone who was arguing with me. I'm honored tbh

[–] luciferofastora@discuss.online 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How "gated" is that community? As in: How hard would it be to grow into that community? If I migrated to hexbear, would I be treated with suspicion as an outsider, with wary indifference, or welcomed immediately?

The arguments and descriptors I see here are appealing, but I've just recently started using Lemmy and I've got this lingering sense of not belonging here (yet), hence ny insecurity.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So long as you follow the Hexbear party line you'll be welcomed with open arms. All you have to do is be on the far left, don't be sectarian, oppose the US and its propaganda, and love your trans comrades.

Oh, and don't mention outdoor cats.

[–] luciferofastora@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh... but you did just mention the thing you're telling me not to mention.
I prefer indoor cats anyway.

With "don't be sectarian" I'm guessing you mean "don't start fights over the specific flavour of lefty"? By some definition, willingness to bash the fash would also be considered sectarian, hence the question.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

bashing the fash is table stakes. we ban anything even tangentially pro-fash. don't be sectarian refers to useless inter-leftist infighting, which we don't allow.

the outdoor cats thing is a joke about the very first argument on the website that escalated into a full-blown struggle session (whether vegans stop being vegans if they own outdoor cats - I can't even pretend to understand the argument).

bashing the fash is table stakes. we ban anything even tangentially pro-fash.

Good.

don't be sectarian refers to useless inter-leftist infighting, which we don't allow.

Good

the outdoor cats thing is a joke about the very first argument on the website that escalated into a full-blown struggle session (whether vegans stop being vegans if they own outdoor cats - I can't even pretend to understand the argument).

Uh... I think I can, but I'm scared to check the logic. Might fry a circuit or three.