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The rainbow flag or pride flag is a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements. The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBT pride began in San Francisco, California, but eventually became common at LGBT rights events worldwide.

Originally devised by the artists Gilbert Baker, Lynn Segerblom, James McNamara and other activists, the design underwent several revisions after its debut in 1978, and continues to inspire variations. Although Baker's original rainbow flag had eight colors, from 1979 to the present day the most common variant consists of six stripes: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The flag is typically displayed horizontally, with the red stripe on top, as it would be in a natural rainbow.

LGBT people and allies currently use rainbow flags and many rainbow-themed items and color schemes as an outward symbol of their identity or support. There are derivations of the rainbow flag that are used to focus attention on specific causes or groups within the community (e.g. transgender people, fighting the AIDS epidemic, inclusion of LGBT people of color). In addition to the rainbow, many other flags and symbols are used to communicate specific identities within the LGBT community.

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Comrades my dogs are too cute like how am I supposed to get anything done how do you stop petting such good creatures

[–] Huldra@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Once again wishing that everyone who smokes at a bus stop gets struck by lightning.

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Last night a father and son got into my cab, initially it was really chill the dad kept complimenting my hair which was fun (they were both a little drunk).

Then the son got to talking about Final Fantasy 14, and like I always do I prompted him to keep going. Helps that I know the game so it was easy to talk about.

Then the dad says something to me like: "When you raid, do you ignore your wife and kids?" I'm like uhhhhh "I don't really raid" cuz what the fuck am I supposed to say to that? He went from 0-100 instantly.

Then the dad gets fucking pissed and starts going in on his son for playing video games. I stayed out of it cuz idk what the context is maybe he's being unreasonable cuz the kid's got his shit together and just plays games as a hobby or maybe the son is addicted and spends all his money on gacha, i don't know but damn if it wasn't a mirror to a certain part of my life and arguments I've had with my mom a zillion times that the only way I was able to stop was by moving out.

Anyway worst vibes of any ride I've ever given. I'm inclined to side with the son on this one too cuz the dad was wealthy and bragged to me about it ("wait 'till you see my house!" bruv you live in one of a hundred identical middle class HOA communities in this city) but didn't tip so fuck that guy.

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

i hate AI-shit i hate AI-shit i hate AI-shit

i know it's not like the cutting edge or anything but you can tell so distinctly when skyrim mods spliced original performances vs. used that fucking AI to generate the dialogue. night and day.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Uber gave me a ride worth $50, but refused to tell me to where. I tried asking the rider but they didn't respond so I had to cancel.

Like, $50 to Riverside would be pretty good. $50 to LA would be terrible. I can't make the call of whether to accept without knowing what I'm in for and Uber fukken knows that and chooses to hide that information sometimes to trick you into taking bad deals. Fuckers.

There should be an app that automatically middle-mans Uber and Lyft rides in order to offer a lower price to the rider that the driver gets 100% of. Everyone would win except the CEOs of those companies (lmao).

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Was looking for an image for an Alanis Morissette pun (it's like BAAAA-AAAAANE ON YOUR WEDDING DAY!)and found out that had actually happened

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[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Wanted to make a post in elchisme or whatever the other dunktank comm is but I blocked both of them and I'm too lazy to unblock them to make the post shrug-outta-hecks

*never mind I caved phoenix-bashful

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[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Went to the river on Friday and actually got to SWIM and the water wasn't freezing and it was so so beautiful. Yesterday I hung out with my reading pals and then went to a dope ambient noise performance and it was so good to be social and be outside, it's been really hard for me to go socialize so much (since I became an adult) BUT I HATE THAT MY ALLERGIES ARE SO TERRIBLE. I now have to stay inside all day whether I like it or not because I was so miserable and woke up with itchy eyes this morning. I feel like I should just bite the bullet and get allergy shots every year because I miss pretty much all of spring and half of summer because of this shit stress

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

I don't know how one would spell it, but hear me out: say "rhesus macaque" out loud, but put a G in front. G(rhesus macaque)

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Went on TikTok and found myself surprised at how James Rolfe and Doug Walker keep being made into memes over 20 years since they first started

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Star Wars doesn't deserve Andor

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[–] Moss@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When I was in college I could barely read fiction. It took me about a year and a half to read the Fellowship of the Ring and the Two Towers

Over the past few days I finished the Two Towers, started and finished the Return of the King. I read most of the Return of the King today, about 300 pages. It feels so, so amazing to have my attention span back and being able to read again

Also the scouring of the shire is a weird chapter right? Like I'm not alone in thinking that it's a weird final quest after the story has ended?

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

jokerfication

Looking for a job sucks, it just feels like everything is cold calling, or submitting my resume to get data scraped to sell to a mailing list.

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did you know that in the TV show The Big Bang Theory their in-show universe was in a hot, dense state????

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I already said it, but people who put [sic] after stuff without errors should be executed.

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay but quoting a Brit and putting [sic] after every British spelling is funny

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you're a lady who's the smartest one in the room I will get a crush on you it's like a physical law I can't help it

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[–] Eco@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] Keld@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

It's kinda funny that English people are somehow still tilted about napoleon and vikings

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In space noone can hear you fart

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[–] dustbunnies@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

honestly kinda pissed that you fuckers drove off Ivysaur

sure, I've been under a rock, but what the actual fuck

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Extremely good sandwich condiment: olive oil and vinegar

Little tip for all the hungry hexbears out there

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[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Housemates got me sick and I'm feeling like absolute death today. Praying it's not covid

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[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Vegan substitutes are honestly really good in their own right.

There’s this cheese made from cashews I sometimes use with cooking, and it’s pretty good. I also love using hummus and tahini for sandwiches I make for work sometimes. Plus I never liked mayo anyways.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

gaming

Friends, I'm honestly considering downloading an aim trainer and grinding for several hours because I'm embarrassingly bad at Splitgate 2.

I used to be silver 1 in Valorant, which I was genuinely proud of because of how much work I put into improving (started bronze 3). But I stopped playing years ago because I really was getting a lot more stressed out than anything else while playing (plus, I switched to Linux). Now in Splitgate I honestly feel like I aim about as badly as someone who hasn't played a shooter game in their lives. I can't believe how bad it is, actually.

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[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

It would be cool to get brainwashed of that thing

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

every time I start driving towards a place to go pee, I get another fare. every time.

[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago
[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Linux Mint has me all the way fucked up, I spent like 5 hours figuring out how to boot it and couldn't get it to work. I didn't get pissed until the last 30 minutes or so though kitty-cri-screm

Glad I didn't try to fuck with Debian because I'm way outta my element lol

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[–] BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Also, are people still doing the "says a lot about you/your internet browsing habits" in response to the fucking awful shit being forced on us via ads, recommendations, etc. on the internet?

'cause that was never true and it seemingly even less than true now.

If "the algorithm" knew me at all it'd be showing me CRTs, women in anime plugsuit outfits, and 45 minute gameplay-centric analyses on games and PAX talks titled "episodes where the Pokemon animΓ© got weird". Instead all I'm getting is "communism is evil" YouTube videos and AliExpress ads for LED lights and women's yoga pants.

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[–] wombat@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

it is june 2 and stalin saved the world from fascism

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Just realized a fart is a type of bodily fluid.

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