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Hi there,

I've been lurking for almost a year, but I finally got the courage to get an account and start posting! I have to remember that I can reply to people now.

Anyway, how's your day?

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Apagando las luces

[โ€“] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bro me too!! Lurked in All since the Reddit collapse.

Today I finally made an account to block anime and election posts ๐Ÿง

What about Anime Election posts? Vote for Naruto!

Hello, here is a post with all the comms so you dont have to search for them

[โ€“] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

sup my fellaaaaa

Wellcum to the club. We got beanis, we got book recommendations, we got seriously funny people, we got revolutionary drive... Fuck what a nice place this is.

[โ€“] PropagandaIsUseless@hexbear.net 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Indeed it is, happy to be here, rather than hiding in the bushes with a pair of binoculars.

[โ€“] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] PropagandaIsUseless@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A blessing from the legendary DIrt Owl!

I've been watching your career with great interest.

[โ€“] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Career? You mean they should have been paying me?!?!? ohnoes

Bo Burnham's "Intern" starts playing in the background...

[โ€“] kristina@hexbear.net 13 points 23 hours ago
[โ€“] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

mao-wave A wise decision. Hexbear with us as we finish setting up your account to start receiving your first Xi Bucks. This might take 2 to 3 business days, as this has to be approved by Xi himself. He's a busy man.

Ya know, I've been wondering about going "fuck it" and escaping to the promised land on an ESL visa. I don't have good family here, but I do have a dog and a classic Miata that I care about.

It's a weird conflict, having a vehicle that is so fun, while wishing death to cars as a means of transport. Just let me have a yearly scenic cruise or a track day, and trains the other 363 days.

[โ€“] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hello. As a former lurker myself, it's nice to meet you.

My day was alright. I don't look forward to the crazy old horse lady I work with gloating about Trump winning on Thursday.

Hay, what can ya do?

[โ€“] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Damn, what a day to register!

party-sicko Welcome.

Makes the anniversary easy to remember

[โ€“] awth13@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] PropagandaIsUseless@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Luna@hexbear.net 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I knew it was a reference :catgirl-happy:

Congrats on the account, I lurked for a long time too :ralsei-wave:

[โ€“] PropagandaIsUseless@hexbear.net 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks!

I don't know how to use any of the emotes, is there a guide or reference to look at them?

[โ€“] Luna@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago

There's an emoji picker when you go to send a message with a built in search function. For example, search "catgirl" for the catgirls. It might take some time to load.

Then there's the shortcodes, which is more just memory. You can use them instead of the picker, but I usually just use the picker unless I'm on Jerboa (android client). Since Jerboa doesn't have the emoji picker, shortcodes are the only option. For example, if I wanted to use the heart catgirl, I would type ":catgirl-heart:" (without the quotation marks).

[โ€“] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 9 points 23 hours ago
[โ€“] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice, thanks for sending a welcome!

[โ€“] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice to hear, have a good night!

[โ€“] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] PropagandaIsUseless@hexbear.net 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's been an odd week. I'm in my 6th month of a "sabbatical" from work. I couldn't take my old, cushy corporate job, it was killing me inside, so I quit.

I was in a bad car wreck last year, and although I'm physically fine, I still have the car and want to rebuild it. It was special to me.

I started my sabbatical with enough money to live off of for 6 months and enough to rebuild the car. Now I just have enough money to cover rent for a while.

I've been dreading it, but I know it's time to look for jobs again. I hate the idea, since even 'cushy' jobs have genuinely destroyed my sanity before. But, I'm glad I'm finally talking to people here. I've been socially isolated before the pandemic, but I want to connect with people more, and I think that's my key for survival, whatever bullshit I have to do to make rent.