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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:

reminders:

  • πŸ’š You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
  • πŸ’™ Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
  • πŸ’œ 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:

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

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[–] Yor@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

I can't believe it's been four years! happy anniversary everyone niko-dance heart-sickle

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

yeonmi-park in north korea the supreme leader once asked me to play this card game i've never heard of before with him but when i said yes he simply threw the deck of playing cards onto the ground and instructed me to pick them all up

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[–] Kestrel@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Happy hex cake day to all the idiots like me that joined the site one day late

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[–] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

check out this dope ass bear

Death to America

[–] Stoatmilk@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

It's pretty interesting that in English the word for "translate" (from one language to another) means moving from one place to another, but for example Chinese and Finnish use words relating to rotation instead, the opposite of translation. Do any languages use a metaphor for reflection or dilation for this?

[–] wombat@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

it is july 26 and stalin saved the world from fascism

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Happy birthday to the greatest website on the internet! order-of-lenin fidel-salute

It's a great honor to be here with all of you.

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Been on a Civ kick lately, I forgot they had Stalin and Mao as playable leaders in 4. Another series ruined by woke
wtf Civ 2 had Lenin? Devs used to be cool

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[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

I made my brother sing nonsense words to the tune of the Soviet national anthem every time he bummed a cigarette on the road trip.

If we're having cigarette socialism then we're having cigarette socialism.

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

I find the beauty of bright sunlight is best appreciated from the indoors through a window

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

I love reading the history in the megathreads, thank you for taking the time to write these up and educate us!

My favorite post/event was when UlyssesT left to go kill Kissinger. I miss reading his rants against treats, but I also really like that Kissinger is dead.

[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Idk if it’s old news, but Twitter has an allow list for big chud accounts to bypass filters and reports. There was a leak apparently

[–] HotAtForty@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It turns out the classic kitchen sponge, the ones with a hard side and a softer side, is a major source of microplastics and we just rub that stuff onto our plates and cooking utensils.

We are so cooked as a species.

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[–] Creamsicle@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] The_sleepy_woke_dialectic@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)

They need to make a comedy about black people filing a class action suit against white people.

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[–] SoylentSnake@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

attention management everywhere: there are exactly two hours of the day where scheduling meetings is unacceptable - the first hour after an employee gets in, and lunch hour. this still gives you 5-7 hours to play around with within the length of the average workday, there is no excuse. if there must be a meeting within the first hour, at least don't make it first thing when an employee walks in the door. the fact that so many fail at these basic parameters - while you already make more money to do less - makes me deeply question the value of your continued existence fuckin-deserve

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago
[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Remember when it was clear Klobuchar couldn't win and she pivoted to just bullying Pete. I miss her.

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[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

@Hebearadmins add gambleing

[–] Goblin@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Funding an entire Chinese public works project by gacha rolling on a character with the biggest ass you've ever seen

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[–] Moss@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow the weed kicked in fast today I only took a gummy half an hour ago and I'm already losing my mind at funny pictures of skeleton

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[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

bridget-vibe LETS FUCKING GOOOO

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When my cats are fighting and the little one is making bad sounding noises and I go HEYYYYYYY it's always the little one who runs off like she did something wrong :(

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[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

If AI uses a shitload of energy then i ewanna know specifically how much energy is being used right now on chatgpt bots on Reddit/Tinder/etc just to try to trick lonely horny dudes into paying for fake onlyfans subscriptions

[–] dumpster_dove@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If you have two applications on your computer and can't decide which one is more powerful, set both to have their window "always on top" and see which one wins.

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[–] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

lord help me i'm tryna get back with my ex now that i'm home from traveling. i want to leave this country but i also want to spend the rest of my life with her and she doesn't want to leave her family. i hope she doesn't have a boyfriend lol

Death to America

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[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

I hatched out of my egg! (I'm going to say my own posts count)

[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

then a day later the first post made

This made a lot of people very angry and has largely been regarded as a 'bad move'.

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[–] rafflesia@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh my fucking god its one thing to have to deal with the vote scolding but to see these shit eating libs rules lawyer and erm-acktually about how Kopmala was just ~~following orders~~ doing her job and thats why she she had to fight to keep those women in mens prisons and actually she's a saint sweaty, so shut the fuck up and stay in your lane babes that's the tea. Ermmm just cuz its evil, demonic shit doesn't mean it's not the law honey maybe-later-honey

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[–] blipblip@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

How to log off but just from my friends political takes

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

friend-visitor-2 oh just a heads up about pom poko, in japanese folklore racoon dog testicles have magical powers, so it's actually not weird at all

friend-visitor-3

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[–] WhatAnOddUsername@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just found out the rumours of JD Vance fucking a couch were made up. I can't tell you how disappointed I am. As a couchfucker myself, I was hoping to finally be able to vote for someone who represents my interests. Sadly, I will no longer be voting for Trump/Vance this election.

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[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

liberals the second the genocidiare can talk good i-am-adolf-hitler

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (13 children)
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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

I have been told a number of times "you don't want to know" when asking about the context behind extremely bad posts. It is never true.

Would I be a happier, healthier, more well adjusted person not knowing? Probably.

Do I nonetheless want to know? Absolutely.

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah fuck I've just gotten high and started listen to Kanye and people might have been right when they were talking about how talented he started on that Nazi shit. He's a piece of shit but his music is so fucking good

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[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

has Kamala Harris ever had anything resembling this type of support in the past? Like, she had to drop out of the 2020 campaign in 2019 because she was polling so bad in her own state, then most people (at least that I knew) were disappointed with her choice as VP in 2020 because she was a cop and the decision was made on the heels of the George Floyd protests. And idk I feel like no one cared much for her for the past 4 years, people made fun of the coconut thing, people made fun of her wine mom cadence and the fact she always seemed like she was on something. But overnight it's like she's become the most popular politician in the country, at least among liberals.

[–] BlueMagaChud@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

the astroturfing is immense right now, it's going to be interesting to see how going full send without almost any organic support will work out for them

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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

And I'd like to see how your hair would fair in a blizzard.

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