Honestly, we don't usually- before federation I'd say the vibe was more cozy. We'd mostly make a couple of posts discussing stuff, and things only got heated around here when there was a big argument. But federation kinda activated most of us, at first for the novelty, and then the ol' Chapo spirit kicked in when we realized that Redditors did us the service of bringing their bad takes here for us to yell at them for.
r/Chapotraphouse already had a unique site culture, then being on our own in exile for so long has made the in-jokes extra impenetrable. Honestly, most of it is terminally online, irony-poisoned stuff and I wouldn't sweat it- if there's anything you'd like to know feel free to ask, just be cool and don't be a bigot 👍
Edit: Also, yeah, the crack too. You watched Cocaine Bear? It's like that.
things only got heated around here when there was a big argument.
It doesn't help that the other instances love the topics that started the most arguments, namely China and the war in Ukraine. If Hexbear had the exact same energy but directed towards, like uhh, oil painting techniques or something, I don't know if they'd even really notice us
Hexbear offers me an enclave of well informed progressives which is a complete contrast to everybody I interact with IRL so it's extremely refreshing and therapeutical for me
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Honestly, we don't usually- before federation I'd say the vibe was more cozy. We'd mostly make a couple of posts discussing stuff, and things only got heated around here when there was a big argument. But federation kinda activated most of us, at first for the novelty, and then the ol' Chapo spirit kicked in when we realized that Redditors did us the service of bringing their bad takes here for us to yell at them for.
r/Chapotraphouse already had a unique site culture, then being on our own in exile for so long has made the in-jokes extra impenetrable. Honestly, most of it is terminally online, irony-poisoned stuff and I wouldn't sweat it- if there's anything you'd like to know feel free to ask, just be cool and don't be a bigot 👍
Edit: Also, yeah, the crack too. You watched Cocaine Bear? It's like that.
It doesn't help that the other instances love the topics that started the most arguments, namely China and the war in Ukraine. If Hexbear had the exact same energy but directed towards, like uhh, oil painting techniques or something, I don't know if they'd even really notice us
It’s the crack mostly
we're extremely online and we genuinely like our community
plus we have spent 3 years resting on our laurels, snacking on the occasional far-right wrecker who wanders in to our little cave
all this eager prey running around is making us hungry
We just like hanging out, posting and laughing together. I guess sometime we can snowball out of control and overwhelm outsiders.
But mostly the crack.
Hexbear offers me an enclave of well informed progressives which is a complete contrast to everybody I interact with IRL so it's extremely refreshing and therapeutical for me
Progressive lol
I think we've all gotten to a point where we just post. It's not like the energy internally is high, just the external energy to post is low.
Imagine leaving a jar of sauerkraut in the cupboard to ferment for three years and then trying to open it
This group photo explains it well