On this day, 4 years ago the site was first launched (then a day later the first post made), Formed from chapotraphouse remnants, the old admins decided to make a site using Lemmy as its base. Originally called chapo.chat, Hexbear has grown into one of the biggest instances in the lemmyverse.

Despite various sitewide struggle sessions, wrecker incursions from other forums and federation drama, Hexbear has keep growing strong in its 4th year, now with 4 megathreads, over 4 million comments, 300k posts and much more.

Its being great running the general megathread for a bit over 3 years, since i took over i have tried to get it mostly in time and just one unlike during the old times, i like to think i have done a decent job, plus i have also added a bit of reading material to them so you nerds can learn from them and i like to think you have been reading them garcia-cock-shotty , its also nice to see the new megathreads how they have slowing grown up to the size to the old general mega in the time of the old admins.

dont have much else to say so have a good day nerd. also

Whats has been your favorite post/event from last year (july 2023-july 2024)?

I wont lie, all the fedidrama has been fun to read, especially when libs wander here

Megathreads and spaces to hang out:

📀 Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
🔥 Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
⚔ Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread
✨ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread

reminders:

💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
💜 Sorting by new you nerd
🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
🐶 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog

Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):

Aid:

Theory:

❤️Foundations of Leninism
❤️Anarchism and Other Essays

Also 24 hours after this is posted the admins are closing the site for a day, sorry

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[–] birds_can_fly@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

What would you do if a person you don't know threatened you but you don't want to get involved with the police?

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[–] Grace@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

four years of this shit? jeez

[–] Taster_Of_Treats@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Bonus tracks on vinyl are cool because they are hidden, but they are annoying because you have to get up twice per side to make it continue and because it prevents the player from automatically stopping at the fake end.

[–] SoylentSnake@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

how the fuck am i supposed to keep a regular creative writing practice working a fulltime onsite job goddam

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I've got a bit of really really really nice peppermint. Pal from work brought it from her garden and this is fucking primo shit. Dank peppermint. What should I do with it? I'm thinking of making candy but that's messy and takes time, give me easier ideas. Vegan easier ideas.

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[–] someone@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

What's the hetero-grindr these days? I've tried tinder after many years absence and it's just full of "not looking for a hookup" long-term-relationship seekers. I'm just looking for friendly NSA fun during an expected overnight layover at a nice Toronto hotel thursday into friday.

Also, assuming I can't find a partner, what's some reasonably-safe-solo actually-legal debauchery I can find? Any reputable strip clubs somewhere uber-able from the Chelsea Hotel maybe? I could always do the grindr thing or the Spa Excess thing but I feel the urge to indulge the straight side of my bi-ness sometimes. I'll be sober that night regardless.

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[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

bruh they brought out a whole ass cruise ship to show all the USA atheletes this is legit not fair no wonder we win all the fucking medals 2/3 of the athletes are ours

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[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

the boys s4 spoilers cw sa, capeshit

The Boys is lib because they made the only Black woman supe a secret caucasion test tube manchild enjoyer and not a mega based communist who has read Das Kapital in its original German.

The problem with making characters whose gimmick is "being very smart" is that they would be hardened socialists and not ego tripping nerds. I'm really disappointed with what they did with sister sage. I hate the trope of "smart in retrospect" or "everything I did was part of the plan" for "super intelligent" characters.

I think the boys struggles with actually humanizing supes by introducing more supe allies to the boys. A train redemption is bittersweet, but if you actually want to make Butcher seem selfish then you need more supe friends than Kimiko and Annie/Starlight. If there was an actual supe resistance org by supes and less "kink-shame for laughs" then I would actually care more when Butcher says "oi oi oi I got me a tentacle cancer hentai monster to kill ya all"

Like if we had more Mesmer type characters where Butchers bloodlust is put in a more critical lens then we would build empathy for supes. But right now we get scenes of the deep murdering his octo girlfriend because it's funny lol men kill women. Like which cisgender loser decided we needed more scenes of the deep? Did they run out of actors???

S4 really is where the boys capeshittified because of the lazy capeshit tropes they're pulling. I'm rewatching the older seasons and they were leagues better than this one.

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[–] SocialistWombat@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Happy four years of lurking and shitposting <3

[–] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (7 children)

How tf are you even supposed to successfully trim your own mustache? Regardless of the time and care I put into it, I can never do it right and have to redo it the next time I get a chance. It is absolutely maddening

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[–] moonlake@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gonna have a relaxing Friday evening at the Mojo Dojo Casa House

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[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Most of the posts on badposting really are bad enough that I don't bother opening them

[–] Kiagz@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Steam won't let me install Noita on my linux mint laptop for some reason kel-sad

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[–] Moonworm@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

I feel like that as I've climbed the ladder in MTG Arena I'm getting way more people who just stall out their turns until they automatically lose, I guess hoping that I'll concede first? Super annoying.

[–] ComradePlatypus@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Kind of funny/sad how in Fallout 4 every single one of your companions who is not Danse is like "The Brotherhood of Steel are the worst". Every interaction with the Brotherhood of Steel they're like "We're the worst and we love to totally eat shit and lose". Literally there's two plotlines about BoS teams arriving in the Commonwealth to immediately eat shit and get almost the whole party wiped out, in Danse and Brandis' teams. Once they arrive their vertibirds start falling out of the sky every short walk you talk, trying to engage some mutants or raiders.

The reaction from a majority/plurality of the fanbase? "Ad victoriam brother! the Brotherhood are the best!"

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

The vibe at a municipal job not driven by profit is something i wish everyone could experience. It's so nice

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