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Even with their thousands of users, the libs can't even harness a fraction of our power
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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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It's the dunk tank.
This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.
Rule 1: All posts must include links to the subject matter, and no identifying information should be redacted.
Rule 2: If your source is a reactionary website, please use archive.is instead of linking directly.
Rule 3: No sectarianism.
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Rule 9: if you post ironic rage bait im going to make a personal visit to your house to make sure you never make this mistake again
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How "gated" is that community? As in: How hard would it be to grow into that community? If I migrated to hexbear, would I be treated with suspicion as an outsider, with wary indifference, or welcomed immediately?
The arguments and descriptors I see here are appealing, but I've just recently started using Lemmy and I've got this lingering sense of not belonging here (yet), hence ny insecurity.
We love new users! Like the other reply says, there are some things we won't bend on, but below that there are a lot of differing opinions. Come hang out with us for a while, comment on some posts, and see how it feels.
Ngl the quickest way to properly become part of the hexbear community in order of like, level of commitment required is probably to join, do like an intro post or something in c/chapotraphouse, maybe join the unofficial hexbear mastodon instance (toots.matapacos.dog) and maybe also like trans your gender or something
Also post and comment stuff ofc <3
Do I have to trans my gender? Can't I just, like, not have one at all? I'd hate to lug something around I don't need anyway.
Also, what the hell is that instance name?
Thanks for the pointers though!
Yeah being agender is cool too <3 the trans thing was only a joke really because so many of us are queer
And the instance is named after a south American dog that used to go around biting cops at protest lol
Oh I figured, I just wanted to make a joke of my own at the expense of gender :D
Huh, I wonder why. Did they smell of pork? ;-)
So long as you follow the Hexbear party line you'll be welcomed with open arms. All you have to do is be on the far left, don't be sectarian, oppose the US and its propaganda, and love your trans comrades.
Oh, and don't mention outdoor cats.
Uh... but you did just mention the thing you're telling me not to mention.
I prefer indoor cats anyway.
With "don't be sectarian" I'm guessing you mean "don't start fights over the specific flavour of lefty"? By some definition, willingness to bash the fash would also be considered sectarian, hence the question.
bashing the fash is table stakes. we ban anything even tangentially pro-fash. don't be sectarian refers to useless inter-leftist infighting, which we don't allow.
the outdoor cats thing is a joke about the very first argument on the website that escalated into a full-blown struggle session (whether vegans stop being vegans if they own outdoor cats - I can't even pretend to understand the argument).
Good.
Good
Uh... I think I can, but I'm scared to check the logic. Might fry a circuit or three.
welcome home