We used to have downvotes until reactionaries used them to mass downvote trans users and coming out threads so that they weren't visible, then the mods revealed that they could track downvotes and banned all the reactionaries downvoting trans threads at the same time and guys were malding
This was incredible to watch. I was just lurking then, but this era, the addition of pronouns, and the requiring of content warnings (including on meat) was really illuminating to me. It really showed how strict moderation can make a space more welcoming and safe and also shift the culture in a really positive way.
They really can't. Some scum fucker in a videogame kept spamming the whole "only X % of the population but do Y % of the crime" racist dogwhistle so I kept harassing them until they called me a 'N-word loving F-slur' and got banned by the automod. Lmao. Good riddance to losers.
You should feel proud of that. You made a racist squirm. I think of it this way: racism is inherently selfish and racists tend to racist shit because it comforts them and makes them feel good. You denied him his comfort blanket. You forced him to feel bad.
It definitely increased the rarity of an OG account by quite a bit lmao
The old subreddit was a much bigger place, and in addition to a lot of succdem types (myself included at the time), there were a lot of stupidpol type folks, patsocs, chasers, and so forth.
Yay new friend! Hoping that if defederation does happen some of the other cool people over there, however many they are, decide to make the same switch. Liberal queer people just depress me. I sort of get psychologically how one can get temporarily attached to the idea that the only salvation for queer people is the Democratic party (or whatever the equivalent in their country is). But the reality is, like i posted elsewhere, there is no queer liberation under capitalism. And NATO and neoimperliasm in general uphold the neoliberal capitalist world order.
same. i sometimes wonder if they never had anything bad happen to them and have a rose tinted view of the world, but obviously that isnt always true either. whats the point in trying to be nice to people that wanna rip your guts out?? ill never fathom it beyond calling it stockholm syndrome
its also just... they believe this flowery shit that gets trans people killed in foreign countries. how do they not care?!
Most of them don't realize it activly but subconciously they just want queer westerns to have the capitalist version of "equality" in whatever country they are from and for queer people to have their share of the plunder. In my experience with them its not actively, cognizant malicious but thats what drives it in the end.
I do think part of it as well is being trapped in the Overton window, where the Democrats or whatever their country's equivalent is are the only socially accepted method of liberating queer people. As has been commented before, thats what "The left" is. I mean I certainly believed that at one point. So they cling to that out of fear of the outright fascists and think that voting for left-liberals is the only way to stop them. Its a fear response, and tbh a sort of understandable one. But when your reaction to seeing a better path to TRUE liberation is to violently reject it and close your ears, my sympathy starts to stop.
Probably an element of internalized assimilationism as well.
yeah ive always been a commie of some variety (and sometimes not describing myself as anything because i had a period of misanthropy where i hated everyone), so its a view that is extremely hard for me to understand
I'm definitely an ex-liberal so I get the mindset to an extent but like, it didn't take me very long after exposure to communism to accept it as better. Accepting anti-imperialism was a bit harder admittedly it took a few struggles but I got there.
Now who wants to hear my analysis of the Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 plots and the anti imperialism of the first game and that GUN from the second game are literally NATO allagory shadey killings/illegal bio weapon research n' all.
this would unironically end up being one of the most popular posts on this website and I look forward to it
We aren't as active as hexbear, but our instance is pretty queer as well. The survey was done before I joined, so it's at least a little bit more queer and less white now. Feel free to stop by anytime!
If you're new here, there's a story you might not know. It goes back to before we were here, when we were still on reddit as chapotraphouse. The rumor was going around that our sub was about to get deleted. Some posts were questioning what to do, others were just reliving the good times. But the final post on our subreddit, before it went dark? A trans person was expressing their pride in the community, because it was the one place they felt they could fully express their identity and be acknowledged as they wished to be, and also just be treated like a normal person. That's our foundation, that's who we are. Welcome to hexbear!
I honestly beamed with pride when that happened. The shit posts, the dunks, the goofy memes - all of it. It was worth it. 10/10 would get banned from reddit again as long as one oppressed person found a little love and validation in our irony-pilled maelstrom of posting.
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we purged a significant proportion of the site's userbase about 6 months after launch because they couldn't shut the fuck up about pronoun tags lmao
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We used to have downvotes until reactionaries used them to mass downvote trans users and coming out threads so that they weren't visible, then the mods revealed that they could track downvotes and banned all the reactionaries downvoting trans threads at the same time and
guys were malding
That was such a beautiful moment to watch unfold we love our mods
This is amazing lore! Thank you for sharing.
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oh you know it, meanwhile my drow bard has this relationship with Shadowheart:
losers are missing out
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I'm playing a Half Drow bard rn!
This was incredible to watch. I was just lurking then, but this era, the addition of pronouns, and the requiring of content warnings (including on meat) was really illuminating to me. It really showed how strict moderation can make a space more welcoming and safe and also shift the culture in a really positive way.
That really was a beautiful reveal.
I never expected it to be so unreasonably effective at rooting out reactionaries in a revolutionary leftist website
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They really can't. Some scum fucker in a videogame kept spamming the whole "only X % of the population but do Y % of the crime" racist dogwhistle so I kept harassing them until they called me a 'N-word loving F-slur' and got banned by the automod. Lmao. Good riddance to losers.
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You gave him the "morning after walk of shame" the same night as the date? Dayum. That's awesome.
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You should feel proud of that. You made a racist squirm. I think of it this way: racism is inherently selfish and racists tend to racist shit because it comforts them and makes them feel good. You denied him his comfort blanket. You forced him to feel bad.
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It definitely increased the rarity of an OG account by quite a bit lmao
The old subreddit was a much bigger place, and in addition to a lot of succdem types (myself included at the time), there were a lot of stupidpol type folks, patsocs, chasers, and so forth.
im a rare creature
Hold on to that account comrade, it's only increasing in value
The real non-fungible tokens? The friends we make along the way through struggle sessions.
Hot damn, I didn't even realize I'm a day older than a legend like kristina
:o
Same here. And yet have not achieved nearly the same posting powers. Endless respect.
Beat ya by one day
It feels good to be the "old guard" together
69th Hexbear Shock Army reporting for duty. Heh. I said doody.
never forget haz.posted his shit here and got banned for being a reactionary piece of shit
Sorry, only comically large spoons are available for discipline. Get to it comrade.
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The hell you on about with that bougie decadence crap? Use your finger and nail you spoiled git.
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We floss our teeth with the soft and flexible spines of Reddit liberals.
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Yay new friend! Hoping that if defederation does happen some of the other cool people over there, however many they are, decide to make the same switch. Liberal queer people just depress me. I sort of get psychologically how one can get temporarily attached to the idea that the only salvation for queer people is the Democratic party (or whatever the equivalent in their country is). But the reality is, like i posted elsewhere, there is no queer liberation under capitalism. And NATO and neoimperliasm in general uphold the neoliberal capitalist world order.
Welcome, comrade.
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same. i sometimes wonder if they never had anything bad happen to them and have a rose tinted view of the world, but obviously that isnt always true either. whats the point in trying to be nice to people that wanna rip your guts out?? ill never fathom it beyond calling it stockholm syndrome
its also just... they believe this flowery shit that gets trans people killed in foreign countries. how do they not care?!
Most of them don't realize it activly but subconciously they just want queer westerns to have the capitalist version of "equality" in whatever country they are from and for queer people to have their share of the plunder. In my experience with them its not actively, cognizant malicious but thats what drives it in the end.
I do think part of it as well is being trapped in the Overton window, where the Democrats or whatever their country's equivalent is are the only socially accepted method of liberating queer people. As has been commented before, thats what "The left" is. I mean I certainly believed that at one point. So they cling to that out of fear of the outright fascists and think that voting for left-liberals is the only way to stop them. Its a fear response, and tbh a sort of understandable one. But when your reaction to seeing a better path to TRUE liberation is to violently reject it and close your ears, my sympathy starts to stop.
Probably an element of internalized assimilationism as well.
yeah ive always been a commie of some variety (and sometimes not describing myself as anything because i had a period of misanthropy where i hated everyone), so its a view that is extremely hard for me to understand
I'm definitely an ex-liberal so I get the mindset to an extent but like, it didn't take me very long after exposure to communism to accept it as better. Accepting anti-imperialism was a bit harder admittedly it took a few struggles but I got there.
we're here for you fam
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also yes i did actually translate that
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One of us one of us
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you're gonna fit in so well here
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Kotatsus are so cozy
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welcome home
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Welcome! We're glad you're here
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We like weird people!
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We're all like completely weird
(I don't listen to this pod I just know he thinks we should be normal)
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Shadow the Hedgehog represents Nicaragua and I won't elaborate
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this would unironically end up being one of the most popular posts on this website and I look forward to it
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One of my recent popular posts was one where I described in excruciating detail a REALLY weird storyline in one of the American Pie sequels.
We do weird here
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Looking forward to the post
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lol I don't think you would've lasted long on blahaj
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We on Lemmygrad welcome you as well!
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We aren't as active as hexbear, but our instance is pretty queer as well. The survey was done before I joined, so it's at least a little bit more queer and less white now. Feel free to stop by anytime!
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If you're new here, there's a story you might not know. It goes back to before we were here, when we were still on reddit as chapotraphouse. The rumor was going around that our sub was about to get deleted. Some posts were questioning what to do, others were just reliving the good times. But the final post on our subreddit, before it went dark? A trans person was expressing their pride in the community, because it was the one place they felt they could fully express their identity and be acknowledged as they wished to be, and also just be treated like a normal person. That's our foundation, that's who we are. Welcome to hexbear!
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I honestly beamed with pride when that happened. The shit posts, the dunks, the goofy memes - all of it. It was worth it. 10/10 would get banned from reddit again as long as one oppressed person found a little love and validation in our irony-pilled maelstrom of posting.
It serves as a never ending point of pride for me, and I believe everyone should know about it.
Ayyyy welcome! You'll see me around a lot. I like to be silly and keep things light here.
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