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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[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I've been going through an awful training at work that my team member is a couple months? behind me for (it was 2 weeks behind at the start but this shit has been a mess) and whenever there's been a major failure on my trainers part to communicate or provide info/materials I've been telling myself that me suffering first will make it easier for my teammate, turns out, my trainer doesn't fucking fix any of the issues and doesn't remember to tell my teammate the info so we're both just in hell for no reason

[–] someone@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

So the Thwaites Glacier may have cracked big-time. If this is true, and it's very preliminary, then I believe the technical term is "shit's fucked, y'all".

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Favourite post from the last 12 months would have to be the 1,100+ comment thread I created while on a cigarette break.

The fediverse liberals were wholly unprepared for our posting corps.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Consuming all of British history and popular culture only to appreciate Cunk on Britain better.

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

the warcraft movie is shockingly inept. i havent watched a film so disorganized with such a big budget in a long fucking time. this is like those hobbit films (idk if theyre contemporaenous or before/ after this one tho)

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[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Anyone have a working link to the compilation of pigs getting got set to the macarena that @PartyMonster@hexbear.net posted a few years ago?

Edit: found it https://files.catbox.moe/vtlg71.mp4

Cw: cops getting owned at varying levels of permanence

[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Continuing my giant monster / godzilla interest, I watched Godzilla: Singular Point, a 13-episode anime series. Overall, I can't recommend it. The best thing in it imo is the opening theme ("In Case" by BiSH).

The show itself is lacking in monster action, but heavy in pseudo-science gibberish. Godzilla is characterized as a sort of physics breakdown -- its existence makes reality all fucked up, basically. It's an interesting idea but in execution it's a lot of scenes of characters just kinda throwing out crazy shit and being like "yes, this makes sense, because Godzilla made the physics all screwy."

The male protagonist sounds lifeless, thanks to a poor use of Johnny Yong Bosch, a voice actor whose whole career has been defined by "fiery", passionate characters like Vash the Stampede (Trigun), Ichigo WhatsHisFuck (Bleach), and Nero (Devil May Cry), now being used for an aloof, dispassionate nerd.

The ending is just blue crystals. Everything's a mess, but then blue crystal explosion from Jet Jaguar (after he gives a shitty monologue), there's blue crystals everywhere, and that's good I guess, because now it's blue crystals instead of red Godzilla crystals. There's a hook / teaser thing for if they got a second season, but I'm not confident that would happen.

[–] Kolibri@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

it's kind of nice sweeping the floors last past midnight

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