On this day, 4 years ago the site was first launched (then a day later the first post made), Formed from chapotraphouse remnants, the old admins decided to make a site using Lemmy as its base. Originally called chapo.chat, Hexbear has grown into one of the biggest instances in the lemmyverse.

Despite various sitewide struggle sessions, wrecker incursions from other forums and federation drama, Hexbear has keep growing strong in its 4th year, now with 4 megathreads, over 4 million comments, 300k posts and much more.

Its being great running the general megathread for a bit over 3 years, since i took over i have tried to get it mostly in time and just one unlike during the old times, i like to think i have done a decent job, plus i have also added a bit of reading material to them so you nerds can learn from them and i like to think you have been reading them garcia-cock-shotty , its also nice to see the new megathreads how they have slowing grown up to the size to the old general mega in the time of the old admins.

dont have much else to say so have a good day nerd. also

Whats has been your favorite post/event from last year (july 2023-july 2024)?

I wont lie, all the fedidrama has been fun to read, especially when libs wander here

Megathreads and spaces to hang out:

📀 Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
🔥 Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
⚔ Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread
✨ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread

reminders:

💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
💜 Sorting by new you nerd
🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
🐶 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog

Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):

Aid:

Theory:

❤️Foundations of Leninism
❤️Anarchism and Other Essays

Also 24 hours after this is posted the admins are closing the site for a day, sorry

(page 7) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Feel like I should get into yacc

I know there's some so-called legacy code around but are there any yaccheads out there still writing compilers with yacc?

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I believe in myself and I trust myself. I feel secure in my ability to get through tough times, listen, and make changes when I need to. I am smart and adaptable. I care for others and for myself. The things I like and the things I do are worthwhile.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Very funny how this comm has have more active daily users than the site as a whole

[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Year 5 we’re bringing back the Megamega thread.

[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

sleepi

[–] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The Long Haired Conservatives: the Children of '68 Reconsidered

interesting read ive had yesterday, heres a great excerpt:

"The purpose of this essay is to correct the oft-made assumption that the children of '68 were Marxists intent on tearing down American society and reconstructing something new, socialistic and, most terrifyingly, foreign in its place. Naturally there were some elements within the New Politics movement (I shall explain that term later) who wanted to do precisely those things. But this article argues that the vast majority of the kids at Chicago were in fact radical conservatives who came from a very American tradition of anti-authoritarianism. Their aim was to challenge and reverse the growth in government that had begun in the 1930s. Not truly belonging to the far left at all, they were anti-bureaucratic and shared many similar traits with their contemporaries on the American right. Therefore, it is my contention that the wrong lessons have been taken from 1968. The New Politics was a fundamentally conservative movement, not a leftist one."

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Saw a car with a NATO decal on it today

yea

Death to America

[–] miz@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

happy M-26-7 day to everyone

fidel-salute

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Some people might think it's petty and cringe for me to laugh at the Yankees losing three times to the Mets while not mentioning the deeply embarrassing loss the Red Sox had to the Rockies, but keep in mind that the Yankees are literally Adolph Hitler

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] someone@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Hookup success talk.

I'd like to take the time to thank my grindr hookup Nate for (a) not ghosting, (b) maintaining communication, (c) trusting me, and (d) doing what you did at the very end, my god, you're a naughty boy to do what you did with a smile, glad you asked me first for my contact info, text me sometime, cutie.

I'd like to also thank the "equipment" company Rouge for making Nate look fantastic in bergundy red leather of obviously top construction quality.

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (7 children)

absolutely terrible idea that won't leave my head: watch every episode of mr. birchum and them do a write up of every last thought i have about each episode and post it to !effort@hexbear.net

load more comments (7 replies)

[–] RION@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Got my blood boiling looking up awful stuff Kamala Harris did as an AG and Senator. Very healthy!

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

idk has a certain je ne sais quoi

[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

taking a break today on posting sketching today since I sketched my dad for his birthday and that's very much PII lol

[–] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

TikTok algorithm is better today. Getting more pushback against the vote scolds

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I hate how I get my creative sparks either two hours past my bedtime or half an hour before I have to leave for work

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Neuro-linguist Programming is such a goofy theory. It's like the woo people just threw a bunch of sciency words together to make it look smart. If it was made today, it'll be called non fungible language model therapy, or something.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

oh btw in yesterday's chapter of chainsaw man ears got removed from the timeline. no one has ears anymore, and they ceased to exist as a concept. thats what chainsaw man is about

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I think i could win a cooking competition but i don't want to have to do some bullshit like every competition i've ever seen has some fucked up game show bullshit added on and i don't want none of that. I just wanna cook the same dish as another person and be told how much better mine is

load more comments (4 replies)

load more comments