Because we weren’t federated for like three years due to differences in the fork of lemmy that hexbear runs on we developed a very different culture to the rest of fedi in isolation and now that we’re federated we exist as a distinctly different bloc to the rest of lemmy (which has pretty much been overrun with default Reddit culture but a bit less right wing).
Also we’re all communists and make fun of right wingers a lot so we’ve got a reputation for dunking on people now
I shit you not, some people are scared of being “accidentally” racist and called out around us. Now they think we’re a ruthless troll army, possibly even funded by some enemy state of America/“the West”. Youll know em when you read em
pro-tip for users who don’t want to be dunked on for “accidental” racism: you can just apologize and say you didn’t know or ask for more information. it’s seriously that easy. you do not have to die on the hill of your accidents given they are accidents. doubling-down is the point where it becomes of at-least subconscious intent and it’s fair game.
Unless it’s against Italians you’re being racist. Then you’re supposed to double down. We don’t want to create debate climate where Italians feel welcome. We would be drowning in mafiosos talking about their Super Mario Pizzas. Whereas if we just remain firm the national cowardice shared by all Italians will keep them from posting.
If you make an honest mistake and seem racist about something and someone calls you out on it, you can just apologize and be nice about it. It really does tend to work, because we are in control of our emotions and capable of holding a conversation with an adult human being - by which I mean, to be absolutely clear - we are not Italian.
pro-tip for users who don’t want to be dunked on for “accidental” racism: you can just apologize and say you didn’t know or ask for more information
Yeah this. There’s just waaaaayyy too many slurs to keep track of, i once mentioned a French cigarette brand and the name turned out to be a slur for Romani people that i wasn’t aware of. It happens. Same with accidentally misgendering somebody, we all make mistakes. When you make it a hill to die on that your slur or misgendering is actually perfectly ok and it’s better to write three angry replies and get banned from the instance than to just spend a few seconds editing something hurtful out, you’re obviously
We’re followers of Chechen entrepreneur and famous ISIS hunter Rashid Faoud, his house sigil (he has one of those) is a bear (the national animal of Chechnya) in the general shape of a hexagon
Genuine question, why do I keep seeing people reference “hexbears”?
Like, I know it’s a Lemmy instance, but is it more than that? Why do I keep seeing it referenced as if it’s more than just an instance?
Because we weren’t federated for like three years due to differences in the fork of lemmy that hexbear runs on we developed a very different culture to the rest of fedi in isolation and now that we’re federated we exist as a distinctly different bloc to the rest of lemmy (which has pretty much been overrun with default Reddit culture but a bit less right wing).
Also we’re all communists and make fun of right wingers a lot so we’ve got a reputation for dunking on people now
also, ugh, I don’t think any of us have ever used the log off button.
hey i’ve logged off of alts
no more half measures walter
The only time I have ever logged off was when the federation broke the login
The only time I’ve logged out is when hexbear logs me out
I shit you not, some people are scared of being “accidentally” racist and called out around us. Now they think we’re a ruthless troll army, possibly even funded by some enemy state of America/“the West”. Youll know em when you read em
pro-tip for users who don’t want to be dunked on for “accidental” racism: you can just apologize and say you didn’t know or ask for more information. it’s seriously that easy. you do not have to die on the hill of your accidents given they are accidents. doubling-down is the point where it becomes of at-least subconscious intent and it’s fair game.
Unless it’s against Italians you’re being racist. Then you’re supposed to double down. We don’t want to create debate climate where Italians feel welcome. We would be drowning in mafiosos talking about their Super Mario Pizzas. Whereas if we just remain firm the national cowardice shared by all Italians will keep them from posting.
If you make an honest mistake and seem racist about something and someone calls you out on it, you can just apologize and be nice about it. It really does tend to work, because we are in control of our emotions and capable of holding a conversation with an adult human being - by which I mean, to be absolutely clear - we are not Italian.
To be clear, this also applies to the irish, the fr*nch (and any of their colonial offshoots) and the british who are the most vile of all
Yeah this. There’s just waaaaayyy too many slurs to keep track of, i once mentioned a French cigarette brand and the name turned out to be a slur for Romani people that i wasn’t aware of. It happens. Same with accidentally misgendering somebody, we all make mistakes. When you make it a hill to die on that your slur or misgendering is actually perfectly ok and it’s better to write three angry replies and get banned from the instance than to just spend a few seconds editing something hurtful out, you’re obviously
no more half measures walter
you know you’re doing something right when your casual, for fun, light critique is comparable to a government-funded operation.
We’re a spectre haunting the fediverse
Hexbear is a fan instance for a podcast about being gay with your dad
We’re followers of Chechen entrepreneur and famous ISIS hunter Rashid Faoud, his house sigil (he has one of those) is a bear (the national animal of Chechnya) in the general shape of a hexagon
Hexbears stand for the users of Hexbear. I’ve heard Hexbearian being used too.
I call em bears
I call em friends
I call them
we are the Forbidden Fruit , and it just sooo fucking tasty …
but be aware , if you bite … those crying Sirens will cast you out of their “paradise of Stenography”
We’re more than an instance, a world historical community - light itself