boring as fuck jokes, liberal cringe opinions, 9 bad takes out of 10, and more galore. Should hexbear really keep associating itself with Chapo, it really seems that hexbear has outgrown it in general.

edit: by associating i mean using things like chapotraphouse com or askchapo or chapochat. maybe we've grown beyond it, maybe its a neat part of site culture and a nod to its roots while not connected to the cringe stuff.

  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    29 days ago

    So we're at this point of the hexbear discourse cycle again?

    I don't really see the benefit to changing it, especially for most of the reasons you mention. I don't think the chapos are libs and I'm not sure what you mean by "cringe."

    I agree it does feel anachronistic, but that's kinda how culture works. Things from the past hang around even after the origins are lost

    Edit: honestly, the hexbear meme from the dying days of the subreddit becoming the site name seems stranger and more out of place to me. But I think we're kinda stuck with that too

    • CommunistCuddlefish [she/her]
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      29 days ago

      For that matter why is this place named "Hexbear"? I remember it was chapo.chat but I didn't join up during that time, later decided to try it only to find it's now Hexbear

      • REgon [they/them]
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        29 days ago

        It was because the mods at the time were mad that people only used c/main and had voted not to rename c/main to something other than c/main (I voted for c/slop) so then they stopped having elections about things like that. Next thing you know we change the name of the site to hexbears because some the then mods/admins thought the association with Chapo was bad and decided to name/brand the website after a stale, but wholesome meme (look at this dope-ass bear)

        • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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          29 days ago

          This was around the same time they were hosting Matt “abolishing police is bad” Taibbi and agreeing with him.

          • REgon [they/them]
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            29 days ago

            Sure, but that would require I listen to the podcast to know that

      • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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        29 days ago

        This site was initially chapo.chat but they decided to change the name (shortly after I joined, so I dont really know all the details) presumably because they wanted to distance themselves from chapo (see op). Why they chose the shortlived 'hexbear' meme for the name? I'm not sure.