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Hexbear is the last fun place on the internet

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[-] Harajukum@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

WRONG. i go to hexy bear for my funs smuglord

I'm a freak but I love looking at Google streetview pictures. If I have nothing to do at work I can spend hours looking at different places.

[-] YoungSheldonAdelson@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

I didn't hear a peep from this guy when they banned my nsfw tumblr. But now he's going to complain that the internet is boring and stale.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

The only other place worth looking at anything is TikTok. If you aren’t on TikTok rn the internet sucks ass

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[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

I felt this constantly since social media

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

The only places left to engage with people are so tightly controlled and stuffed out the asshole with ads that it's a completely miserable experience

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

I guess I'm easily entertained. I feel like there's tons of shit on the internet. my latest thing is learning crafting techniques for making my own house decorations/art. there is an insane wealth of knowledge among everyone from MFAs to like crafty homemakers with cheap ways to stain, manipulate/shape, and transfer images to a variety of materials.

I'm currently eyes peeled for a transparent plastic globe I can tent with modge podge and food coloring to make my own pendant light fixture. but for now I'm painting a weird elephant I found at a shop for cheap, and then I'm gonna black wash it or maybe even dry brush it with metallics to make it look old and valuable.

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[-] D61@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

I do, but I also wonder how much of it is just getting old and having adult stuff (not the fun adult stuff, the "responsibility" stuff) constantly getting in the way of manic bursts of following rabbit holes that I remember doing way back in the day.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Nah, I've been on the net since USENET and it really is worse than anything before, even the flateups of flash ads and listicles only ruined things for a month or two.

Now even platforms with "fun" things still available, like you tube and twitch are fully enshittified. And Tik Tok has entered its terminal phase with no clear platform to replace it, because online ad revenue has cratered.

We're in the collapse imo and the businesses are stripping out the wiring while they can.

[-] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

I dunno, I'm an adult with no real responsibilities and I can relate. Then again I am depressed as fuck and might have generalized anxiety disorder and/or PTSD. But I dunno, I'm kind of bored of this shit. The infinite dopamine drip of low-quality "content" just isn't actually fulfilling.

[-] GeorgeZBush@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SAME. IT SUCKS. Like I refresh pages hoping something fun somehow pops up but like....

[-] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

I dunno what we are in now but the old web was better. 1.0 sucked. 2.0 was good though. You had all these nich communities bubbling with energy and ideas. Now it is just reddit and psyops and comodification.

Part of it might just be because that was the dawn of an era. Like when I was a kid the Iternet wasn't a thing. Then it became a hobby, now it is a part of life and capitlaism is working on making it as miserable as possible to use.

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I’ve been trying to set up servers and make homebrew little websites for my kids to try and capture some of that magic. No luck so far.

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[-] boiledfrog@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Luckily I have the answer, all you should do is [content only available with hexbear premium, for only 8.79 a month]

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[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel better after cutting off vidya games a couple years ago (caused too much stress/frustration) and deleting my reddit account a few months ago. I have an escapist personality. Those things — and others — are poor coping mechanisms that only make me feel worse when various social debts build up while I was “out”.

My lesson is, take the opportunity to literally touch grass or maybe join a club. We’re probably better off with minimal internet usage.

[-] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

I was in this spot once about 10 years ago, and have since fallen into the opposite extreme.

Because I joined various clubs and groups, I ended up working my ass off and having barely any free time, all because I didn't know when to say "no". And its only gotten more extreme as time went on.

And I feel like it isn't so much games as it is Reddit, or similar online communities that, when overdosed on, cause a downwards spiral. I've noticed my mood improving significantly the more I avoided news and forums.

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