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On this week this niche leftist forum was first launched (its was the 24th or 25th i think) Formed from the Chapotraphouse subreddit remnants that survived the reddit ban over the calls of violence against confederate slave owners, the first admins decided to use Lemmy as its base. Originally called Chapo.chat (ChaCha) Hexbear has grown into one of the biggest instances in the lemmyverse.

In this last 5 years hexbear has survived many diffent events from numerous struggle sessions, mod clique-users conflicts, wrecker incursions from other instances and sites, this image dprk-soldier, a decent amount of fedidrama with other instances and the domain crisis, we still thrive with over 5 million comments and 375k posts.

I still continue my dictatorial rule over the general megathread for now over 4 years now, this time locked in the chapo comm so it can be more easily moderated, c/indigenous has now grown to 750 subs which im very happy plus now i take care of the empoc mega which has been pretty chill so far.

I still really enjoy the fedidrama, it fun to see all the fedilibs always thinking about hexbear despide the fact that they are on defederated instances and they can ust ignore us, we live rent free on their minds

Have all you nerds a good week, Read Absolute Batman, its good

Whats has been your favorite post/event from last year (july 2024-july 2025)?

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
  • 🐢 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog

Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):

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[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Work on yourself, go to the gym, get a promotion, become the perfect exploitable worker, consume a little, buy a nice shirt, become a perfect cog in the capitalist death machine, become unrecognizable. Then and only then do you deserve love.

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

delivery attempted today at 120pm

No it fucking wasn't, that was ten minutes ago and I've been in my yard all day. Nobody attempted shit for fuck.

[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

After my dumbass mom sent me a text about Omar Fateh, a guy I literally don't know anything about, I decided to just randomly look him up on youtube. In order, I got:

  1. a local fox news video about him receiving an endorsement to be mayor of Minneapolis, the comments full of blatant racism
  2. a slander piece with a scummy gold-shilling ad in the description (lmao)
  3. the same local fox news video as the first video
  4. Matt Walsh crying about him
  5. another Matt Walsh video crying about him

So after this fun little example of consent manufacturing I still know nothing about this Omar Fateh guy after looking over the following 5 videos after those which also feature not a single video of this dude actually speaking for himself, except that Matt Walsh and my mom (and Sky News) hate him so he's probably at least kinda cool.

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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

WHY IS A TOBACCO LOBBYIST INVITED IN TO CRITIQUE THE WEATHER SERVICE AND CLIMATE ACTIVISTS. Im mad at the radio now

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

A close family member is having trouble with a terrible landlord... Any wholesome, empowering memes about landlords? I already got this(but it doesn't have to be about Mao):

Also, I'm out of the loop, where did that one line come from originally? You know the one:

The maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest and most comprehensive proletarian revolution in history, and led to almost totally-equal redistribution of land among the peasantry.

Is it just copypasta?

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[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I realize the absurdity of getting mad at things online but I can’t help it. I just can’t

I stumbled upon a thread with a bunch of Silicon Valley 20 something’s circlejerking about how LLMs have solved consciousness and definitively proven that thinking is just tokenizing. I hate it. I truly despise it with every ounce of my being

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[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lmao you can’t make this up

A ton of liberals were celebrating because surely a fascist platformed by jubilee would lose his job once his employer learned that he was an open fascist, right? Kinda

Dude did get fired, but raised 50K shortly after and crowdfunded based on β€œBeing fired for his political beliefs”

But yes, we should platform all ideas! You’re always right liberals, I don’t know how you do it!

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[–] Packet@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Came here to say, thanks you all for posting content. Love this place, love the critters that inhabit it. I am extremely grateful for this amazing community

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In its own way its almost amazing how this US administration manages to be literally the worst in every way. Not only are they all a bunch of fascist, misogynist, racist, anti intellectual, and plutocratic genocidaires.
They're also like... bad? Not just morally but in the sense that they're not good at anything.
They're all venal, grifting idiots. There's not a single one of them that believes in anything, has any positive trait, or has any competency.
It is literally government by awfulness. With the more awful the more power. Kakistocracy centered around a pedophilic sex criminal who can't speak in complete sentences.

[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

I wish cats weren't an invasive species because its so funny seeing them interact with things

[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Lol international affairs at lowest wtf im doing with my chungus unemployed life man.

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Fine arts beating Comp eng and phys

Its stemlordover

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76. The Black Sabbath frontman passed away.

Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July. Heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne has died, just weeks after reuniting with his Black Sabbath bandmates and performing a huge farewell concert for fans. In a statement, his family said: "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love." As he performed from a throne on stage at Villa Park less than three weeks ago, Osbourne told fans: "You've no idea how I feel - thank you from the bottom of my heart."

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

In my 30s and it’s still mildly amusing to me to do a fake deep voice when checking out at the liquor store

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was watching white lotus, and they hyped up this guy as being hung and they showed him full frontal, but he was flaccid except it kind of seemed like to make it more impressive they probably tried to get some blood flow in there. There was someone on set literally in charge of this: https://hexbear.net/comment/6163582

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[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

@EstraDoll@hexbear.net πŸ‘€πŸ‘€ delayed congratulations and here's to many more

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[–] uSSRI@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Coworker 1 "do you think that new king of the hill reboot will be any good?"

Coworker 2 "yeah as long as they dont make it woke"

Coworker 1 "yeah totally man"

Me internally "I hope you both shit your pants while you are driving today, and it gets all mushed into the seat and it'll never smell not like shit in your car again"

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I still miss that first week when you were federated with world and all the other incoming reddlibs and all they did was freak about how you're 'brigading' their posts.

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Had a Trump supporter in my cab last night, said some shit about Trump being a peaceful president. I replied "tell that to the Iranians"

Guy turns on a dime, starts ranting about how we need to randomly bomb other countries in order to "play the game of empires". I say we shouldn't play any game that kills millions of people.

I think I genuinely caused him to BSOD when I said that Iran has every legal and moral right to pursue a nuclear weapon for deterrence reasons, because America and Israel are the most dangerous and aggressive countries on the planet and it isn't even close. After that he got totally incoherent.

The ride was only like 3 minutes so it didn't really have enough time to get out of control. I dream of someday getting a ride with a chud who crosses the line and I get to kick their ass out of my cab on the side of the highway but that hasn't happened yet.

[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Actually I love the "character has far more progressive mindset than most people at that time" trope. Its pretty relatable at least.

Hell, there were christian monks who were against crusades at like 1100, a minority sure, but they existed!

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[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Thanks to the admins and mods.

Been since summer 2021, possibly earlier.

I was never on the sub but listened to the pod. I was active on discord at the time, in the dwindling fan community of a dead podcast "ashes ashes". all it took was one crossposted meme/explanation of what chapo.chat was and I was gone and never looked back 😸

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In respect for Ozzy we should all piss on the Alamo

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[–] Sleve_McDichael@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

This comment is only viewable with Hexbear Gold. Download the app today!

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

The year is 4566 CE. Representatives from China and America meet to discuss trade and diplomacy, and mark the beginning of their discussions by ceremonially agreeing to "extend the tariff deadline." This ritual has marked every diplomatic meeting between the two civilizations, encompassing multiple states since time immemorial. Why the two countries do this is debated among scholars and historians, but the origin of the ritual is ultimately unknown.

[–] dougfir@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

you never hear people calling condoms "scumbags" anymore. in fact i don't think i ever have in real life and i only encountered that meaning for the first time last night in a book

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guy who reads the terms and conditions as an act of political education in liberalism. Read theory, folx

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[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

One of my long time friends who has always been a bit of a chud has actually started listening to me and agreeing with me about leftist stuff. I think the fact that the economy is fucking them has something to do with it. They've recently even been sending me like, pro-communist stuff. I'm surprised.

[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for making the site so I never had to use discord rat-salute

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[–] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Taking a moment to thank some of our fallen posters @zifnab25 @Frank @EugeneVDabs

May we meet again in the big phpBB in the sky

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[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

I can't believe the only forum on the internet is already 5 years old

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

jesus there's going to be a thousand dogshit AI "tributes" whenever a big celebrity dies from now on, that's it, I'm going to live in the forest goodbye

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

If i were Snake in MGS3

The Boss: Im Defecting to the Soviet Union.

Me: that rocks. I was gonna do the same thing. I was bringing Sokolov out of the base to use him as a hostage while negotiating my defection. Im giving him back, I just want them to hear me out without shooting me.

Volgin shows up

Me: I heard you hate Kruschev! Same! Fuck that guy! Wowee! This is even better than defecting to the Soviet government! I can defect to a faction trying to get things back on track. As an American...corn sucks.

The Boss- still kicks the shit out of me and throws me off a bridge

[–] gramxi@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The idea: roundabouts are one of the most effective forms of traffic control for intersections, as demonstrated by places outside the US

The reality: roundabouts are effective as long as Americans aren't using them

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[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Gotta move a CNC program onto a machine. These Wire EDMs are one of the few machines on the shop floor which don't have FANUC controllers, which means instead of sending the program over RS-232 we can do fancy shit like SMB. So I double-click on the desktop shortcut for the machine's network share. Windows says "this resource has moved." No it fucking hasn't, it weighs at least eight thousand pounds. I click OK, Windows automatically deletes the shortcut. Motherfucker, that shortcut had the machine's IP address in it and now you've left me with nothing but my dick in my hands.

In summary, fuck Microsoft.

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[–] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Decided to purchase a fountain pen to finally justify why I bought a book of calligraphy some years ago. Realized I'm gonna need some ink for it, and fountain pens need special water-based ink that's for fountain pens only. But a Hobby Lobby moved into town ten years ago and killed our last standing mom & pop craft store.

Well, it turns out our fucking Hobby Lobby doesn't carry fountain pen ink. None of the other big box stores carry it either. The local office supplies company doesn't have it. All I want is some ink, man. I'm going to have to wander through the forest collecting oak galls. This is the worst thing Hobby Lobby has ever done.

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[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Insane that theres no German/Ottoman perspective campaign on Battlefield 1 yet theres a fucking Wermacht campaign on the "woke" Battlefield 5 one.

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"Fighting Uruk-Hai" implies the existence of other forms of non-fighting uruk-hai

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[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It is currently 32 degrees Celsius inside my apartment fire

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[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] dumpster_dove@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I've noticed that beans don't actually make me fart that much arm-Lcool-beanarm-R

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[–] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Oh great another heat wave what-the-hell Can't wait for every summer for the rest of my life to be the hottest on record

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

If I was at the helm this site would be seven years old by now, maybe more

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