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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

Just don't call us late for dinner

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What if the real friends were the Hexbears we made a long the way

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

nakama*

*(TN: nakama means friend)

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

I call Hexbears "Hexbears".

LIBs

Although we also have been associated with the Bernard Brotherhood in the past punished-bernie

To the rest of Lemmy, though? The Fighting Dukakii tankie

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hillary Clinton Super fans

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Super-predators

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

chapo dot chatters

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago
[–] huf@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

hexb. it used to be spelled hexbers, which made sense, but the spelling was changed by the wear of centuries to hexbear and now it's somewhat obscure.

the original meaning refers to the omen of the owl seen at the founding of the community, which famously farted six times. b b b b b b. owls are small, their farts are small.

[–] Blep@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago
[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago
[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Others have used 'hexbear' for singular and 'hexbears' for plural but I like to say "hexbearian" and "hexbearians"

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Hexbearinos

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

The Silver Legion silver-legion

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago
[–] 3rdWorldCommieCat@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We're actually Shanghai bots here, otherwise known as LIB

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No, we're Soviet bots, get it right!


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[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Scientologists

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

You should refer to the Federal Position Classification Standards for specific job titles.

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

We're called "Cubs" cause we're loyal supporters of Chechen entrepreneur and falsely accused "war criminal" Rashid Fouad, aka "The Lion of Grozny"

[–] commie_rogers@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

"Hexe" sg., "Hexen" pl. 🤣

[–] ephemeral@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago
[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I'm fond of "tankies", "pinkos", and "Soviet Bears". Lol. You can also call us huggable, I think there's a lot of bears, cats, and owls here who are very hug shaped.


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[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Hexbear this, hexbear that. Where are my Hextwinks at?!

[–] booty@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bears boykisser

We're all enormous hairy gay bears and the yearly hexbear meetup is the manliest gayest thing you've ever seen

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

rock-stackers

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago
[–] red_giant@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

They’re probably called “citations”