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Federation is great, actually (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by pooh@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Even though federation has led to racists and/or NATO defenders showing up, I've also encountered a number if very cool people from other instances posting things like helpful advice on federation stuff, vivid descriptions of getting vored by a pack of anthro-hyenas, interesting insights and opinions on Star Trek lore, etc. I still haven't found much in the way of active hobby communities, but it's pretty cool to see more Star Trek and furry stuff in the timeline, and I feel it makes having to deal with the occasional deranged lib worth it.

Anyways, to all the genuinely cool people who wander into Hexbear threads, I'm very glad you've showed up to bless us with your wonderful posts and I hope you stick around.

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[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 94 points 1 year ago

I had no idea where the r/CTH people went after the reddit ban. Kinda forgot about the community since its been so long.

But I was pleasantly surprised when I saw random Hexbear posts popping up. It's good to see political shitposts that I agree with.

I'll definitely be sticking around. And I hope you enjoy the furry porn.

[-] booty@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

volcel-judge you're lucky that the volcel police are not yet the volcel army

[-] Fibby@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Lol... I have no idea what this means. I gotta work on understanding the in-jokes.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

You know those creeps who call themselves "incels"? That is short for "involuntary celibate". "Volcel" is a term made in response, "voluntary celibate". "Volcel police" was made as a joke for reducing horny-posting.

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[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On r/CTH, whenever someone's comment included the phrase volcel police, AutoModerator would respond with

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES. انتباه!! انتباه!! هنا شرطة الڤولسل. في نطاق سلطتنا تحت قانون السل نأمركم الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة. الرجاء الامتناع عن النكاح و المص. أيها الليبراليين البيض!

Like here, for example

[-] cheese@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

lmao i miss this

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[-] SimulatedLiberalism@hexbear.net 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What I will miss though: criticizing China from the left

It is already difficult to do so on Chinese internet because of the censorship and periodic crackdowns (though there are still pockets of QQ groups you can join if you know where to look for them), and pre-federated Hexbear was really one of the last places on the internet where you could have a frank discussion on China without too much propagandized brainworms.

Now I find myself refraining from talking about China because of so many racist libs spouting nonsense propaganda.

[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

I'm hoping we get a local only general purpose discussion comm for stuff like this

[-] Quimby@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

c/sino is an appropriate place to discuss China. if you see sinophobic bullshit, report it and we'll make sure it's dealt with. and criticism from the left is fine; it just needs to be sincere/well-intentioned.

also, for general or casual discussions, including China or whatever, c/chat is also fine. again, we run it and we'll make sure it doesn't get out of hand, especially if you can help us out but reporting bad actors.

@silent_water@hexbear.net @Parsani@hexbear.net

[-] silent_water@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

until we get local comms for it, news mega might be a good place to put this stuff as it's basically only us and a few folks from lemmygrad in there.

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

I feel this even more for Russia right now. Can't say anything bad about them or the dronies will take it as a reason the US is justified in fighting them to the last Ukranian.

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[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 73 points 1 year ago

I was very skeptical I'll admit, but yeah not only are these dunk threads the funniest shit in the world but yeah we've also been getting cool new comrades joining Hexbear because .world won't let them see our magnificent posting energy.

Imagine what it must be like to be in a thread where everyone is talking about Hexbear and you can't see any of the posts lol.

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[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 58 points 1 year ago

vivid descriptions of getting vored by a pack of anthro-hyenas

volcel-judge

[-] edge@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

The one time I agree with the volcel police.

[-] wesker 55 points 1 year ago

The only way hobby communities will become active is through member contribution, just saying. I mod a couple, one that has 500+ subs yet I'm commonly the only one populating it. We need more nerds helping.

[-] pooh@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

My hobby projects (mostly 3D printing and related) have been pretty slow since moving across the country for work, then getting laid off and having to move again, but I’ll hopefully be back at it soon enough.

Not sure if it counts but I’ve also been getting back into Blender/Unity for VRChat avatar stuff, which is fun. Maybe I should post about that when my avatar is decent enough to show off.

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[-] Char@mander.xyz 46 points 1 year ago

It’s been good for other instances as well. @Nagarjuna@hexbear.net has helped someone not die over on !mycology@mander.xyz.

https://hexbear.net/comment/3717632

[-] Freeanotherday@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

:confusion:

Why are so many of our comrades mushroom experts?

[-] Nagarjuna@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

Well, if you want to grow psilocybin, it helps to learn the process on a legal mushroom like am oyster. And then you start to notice them on hikes and you're like "what else is out here?" So you start looking things up and...