I've come back after yet another hiatus, after mental instability and just being weird and kind of an asshole. I've been known previously for my lack of personal opsec and sometimes impudent behavior. I've just recently broken things off with my controling ex and I'm hoping it's the change that's needed to start heading in a better direction and to quit burning myself at both ends, if not financially, but moreso emotionally mentally and physically. I'd consider myself a bit of a troll or leftist dirt bag and the worst communist / leftist/ whatever to grace this site, however your community has helped to ensure that I'll never veer rightwards and to keep persisting no matter how hard life gets, no matter how unaccepted I may be at times due to my unhinged behavior every now and again. I'll never have a why I left the left moment, to be a leftist is to grow and to do better despite how ass one might be at any given moment. During my first couple outings here I've wanted to use hexbear as a kind of personal black book, to get opinions, to work or talk through things, to gain better understanding of my worst self and to maintain more balance, it hasn't really been appropriate, so my apologies. I don't have many friends though, namely because of my last ex and self isolating because I had let someone back into my life who had helped to fuck it up back in 2022. If it wasn't that it's been the gross politics or reactionary behaviors non leftists adopt without really thinking about it, further persuading me to cut ties, and lastly because I've been a shut in hypersexual fuck head stoner gaemer boi(?). But yeah for right now I'm just figuring out my next moves and to be as independent as possible moving forward. Also water isn't wet and I'm a sentient bear fucker who misposts, iykyk. Anyways feel free to ask whatever. I'm big into magic the gathering the moba mlbb (mobile Legends, quitting so I've got more free time and so I don't fall back into toxicity), I like vidya gaem in general, casually into fitness but have let myself go over the period I had been with my now ex, I've lurked around the space since 2018 when it was r/cth when I was a reddit virgin and found it through the recommended pages when you go on Google on a new tab when I was a Bernie bro, been questioning my gender for a minute but always too broke/ wanting to have my own child first with the right woman (yes I might have a breeding fetish, no I don't want an army, just a successor that will have been better off materially than I had been as I grew up and to see them reach their potential whereas I've fallen short, as of now), I've got experience in customer service and hospitality but not much else, I'm 5'10" 9". Uuuuuhhhh what else... Oh I'm silly as hell and am deeply unserious 9 out of 11 times. Again feel free to ask away.

I've been following this community for years. I was too disgusted with after the banning that set hexbear in motion to ever turn back. Thanks to everyone for keeping that joyful, defiant spirit alive.

I used to be called Neopergoss.

hello, I have just recently made an account here! I am Evelyn, I'm a trans woman, I love movies and want to make them someday. I lead an incredibly unhealthy lifestyle. Film was my introduction to socialism through the films of Mosfilm. They were so good I ended up reading more about marxism and one thing led to another and here I am. I don't pretend to be an expert on anything though. I'm happy to be here and hope I can intergrate well into the community and all you cool people!

Hello, I am auphorous I have been lurking here for a while but finally decided to make an account just because really. I love you comrades very much.

Hiii dope ass shaped comrades!

I've been meaning to make an account here for a while, but always postponed it. I'm a Lemmygrad user, but recent discussions about AI and artists there bummed me out enough to push me to make an account here. I always wanted to have access to your pristine collection of emojis so it's cool to finally be able to use the funny images on the bear site.

I've been playing the free weekend of POE 2 and I'm liking it a lot more than I expected. What y'all been doing?

Hey look it's me Caj, full name LadyCajAsca.. I just discovered this (funnily enough) and so I guess I'll.. introduce myself? (late, but whatever..)

Look, I think if you look at my bio you'll quickly notice who I am, so whatever, I'll just provide my context as to why I'm here: (for the one who approved me, this will look very familiar, hah)

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I've been coasting around lemm.ee and lemmy.zip for awhile, you might know me there as [redacted, I'm not exposing my alt here lol), but I've decided I want an account for mainly looking at leftist spaces, the big three: 'ml/grad/hexbear' and posting/commenting as one.

I figured it'd be cool to have a different username and also because I wanted to differentiate my tech/chill account from the left-centered account here, because it's way easier to manage having specifically here for left wing perspectives than going through .world/.ml/sdf/shtjstwrks communites. I know that a lot of people there, especially piefed have grievances to us leftists, and so I'd want to be able to publicly comment while keeping my politics to this account.

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Final notes.. uhhh.. if you're remotely interested in Filipino Politics please visit the lemmygrad community where I occasionally post stuff there.. news, and analysis (from other people lol, I'm not that well-read yet) of well.. Filipino Political Issues, anyways, that's all, bye bye!

Kinda forgot I finally made an account on the geometric bear webzone. Well, I actually made two, but I promptly forgot the password to the first one I made, which had a better Homestar Runner reference username. But this one’s pretty good.

Any dang way, you all got any TurboGrafx games?

Hi hexbears

I'm a new ML bear coming from lemmy to talk with based and hot people like yourselves. I just wanted to introduce myself and ask for a few advice and what to see/visit in my upcoming trip.

I wasn't sure if I should've posted this here or c/chapotraphouse or in c/chat.

Briefly about me. I was a lib (no but for real) for a long time until I really understood a lot more when I joined lemmy and was introduced to a bit of theory, history, and materialism thanks to Lemmygrad users and Hewbears. I still have a long road ahead of me to develop my understanding of the world and how a socialist society works.

I am not from the US, was never a Reddit user (apart from exceptions), and have actually never listened to Chapo Trap House (but I think I should), so there are things I might not get here but I think this will feel like home still, as I've always felt closely aligned with users here. A big change will be to start using the quadrillion emotes

In less than two months I will begin a few-months trip in Asia, Russia and northern Europe. I would like to visit Kerala and possibly Tripura in India, Laos, Vietnam, China, Korea (I haven't delved into that yet), Russia possibly including the LPR (??). At the end, maybe some former USSR states, Sweden and Norway.

This is where I need you, because I need advice on what to visit and see: countries, cities, natural spots, people, historical places, museums, ... you name it! I will post regular pictures and updates on hexbears

I’m Salah, any more info would be compromising to my identity so I’ll leave it at that 😎

Samba enjoyer south american type here. Nice to meet y'all!

Long time Reddit user, even longer time leftist. Workers movement and such. Turned Communist since 2018.

Like many of you I like the occasional video game and I like photography.

Looking forward to shitposting with all of you, especially given recent events lmao

So apparently I screwed up and posted in the general vs. the comm. Admittedly, I have no idea what I'm doing at this point. Lemmy is setup so oddly compared to something like a forum which is what I'm used to.

Anyway, I've been hanging around here since the Chapo reddit died and now, finally, I decided to make an account. Don't ask why I picked today, I'm still not sure.

Howdy.

I hope you don't mind me rambling a little bit, but for the tl;dr, I'm GamersOfTheWorld, I'm scared, I cope with humor, and I don't really do anything, but I want to. Hence the title of my post. I'll spoiler it to make it a little bit more digestible, tho.

General

I'm GamersOfTheWorld. My name is a weird funny joke I have. Basically, one day, I thought, "Wouldn't it be funny if, instead of the proletariat vs. the bourgeoisie, it was gamers against bad games?" The more and more I think about it, I kinda regret this name (even though I just picked it), but I think I'll just stick to it because I think you geometric 's like bad humor.

I go by he/him primarily, but if you want to, in a jokingly or comradely sense, refer to me by a set of other pronouns, I'm cool with that.

In terms of hobbies, I guess I can kinda enjoy anything, but I don't really enjoy anything. I hear of people having things called "fandoms" but I never super duper vibed with that experience in general. I was in the "SCP" / Spoopy Things and Secret Organizations fandom for a while, I kinda just abandoned it after perceived literary grievances, and I do want to do something with it, 'cause I like the concept and some of it's execution 'n what not, but I just never really wrote anything substantial.

In terms of video games, I like games that give you a lot of choice and are sandboxes / RPGs, and some of my most played games are Rimworld (colony survival sim that lets you put a bunch of people into a world and go wild), Arma III (don't play it anymore, but when I did play it, I just put a bunch of army people down and let them fight - yes I know it's an imperialism simulator and I'm sorry), and Garrys Mod (self-explanatory). I also dabble in a bit of modded Minecraft (pirated ofc, fuck Microsoft and Notch, even if he isn't around at Mojang anymore).

I'm also a fan of roleplay. Basically, I just like to pretend to be things that I'm not and place myself into cool stories. I did a lot of just textual / chat based stuff when I was younger, but I think I'll take this premature interest I had and try some actual TTRPG's like Pathfinder or whatever if I get the chance.

I also like music, and I like a lot of different kinds, so I can't really be specific, but I absolutely love the more "soft" stuff like dream pop. One of my most favorite music things is weirdly, the Minecraft soundtrack. It isn't supposed to be it's own thing in the sense of being original music, but I have listened to it SOOO many times. Nearly every song is a banger to my ears. (Aria Math is a GOAT)

In terms of identity, I am sad to say and but I am proud to say .

Fear

Fear is a funny word. I feel it literally every day, it paralyzes me, and it is AWFULLLL. So many of the shots I don't take can be attributed to fear. Why do I only mildly push back when my parents say some of the most racist things you can imagine? I'm too scared. Why can I only manage to let out a weak scoff when a video a friend watches says something absolutely out of line? Fear.

I want you to know that as I'm writing this post, as I'm mulling over it's details, that I really don't wanna post this. Like, really don't. I hope I'll build up enough strength to just slam that post button, but most likely, I'll find someway to post it that doesn't involve me just doing it (throwing my mouse in the air and hoping it clicks the post button for me).

I don't like fear, yet it controls me so much. I don't have too many insights, but suffice to say, I hate fear, and you should hate fear too. I'm hoping that by coming here and hanging out with y'all, I can become less fearful and less scared, knowing that whatever I say or do, I still have comrades to fall back on. Idk, whatever it may be, it's one of my goals to become less scared and be more proactive in not only combating liberalism but also, if I ever get the chance, to protect and or help comrades .

Humor

Everyone likes a funny. Do you like a funny? I'll try to do some funnies. But also, the funnies can be bad. Racist jokes? Cringe, nuke 'em from orbit. Transphobic jokes? Cringe, nuke 'em from orbit. Ableist jokes? Cringe, nuke 'em from orbit.

Humor isn't, and shouldn't really, be just something you say. It's a casual thing, and because of that, people don't really think. Maybe it has some validity, but the idea that because something is a casual affair means you can turn on your brains auto-pilot is a little bit silly.

There's also the division between funnies and seriousness. I know leftism isn't a vehicle for memes, and that I shouldn't pollute genuine discussions or discourse with "BEANIS!!! I SAID THE FUNNY WORD!!!! BEANIS!!!"

My name is a funny, but that really shouldn't define my existence or be used to the detriment of something good or god forbid someone else's enjoyment or well-being. Funnies can be cool, and I like to believe that if utilized, can increase moral.

I'll do some funnies, but I'll try to restrain myself, is what I'm trying to say.

Action (cw: some self deprecation, mention of carnism, minor internalized ableism?)

Do I organize? No. Do I read theory? No. Why?... WHY?!!!

In all seriousness, inaction ("laziness") and impulsivity combined with untreated, undiagnosed ADHD and near constant Autistic burnout is a living nightmare that I do not wish upon anyone. These are my vices, and I don't like 'em.

The best way to solve a problem is to solve it, and so many people fail at that first step by not even acknowledging that the problem is a problem. I've already lunged myself over that first barrier to find an even larger barrier - actually getting shit done.

I sit in my room all day, drink soda, eat carnist fast food, and watch YouTube and play video games all day. Absolutely awful and wretched, if you can excuse the self-deprecation. My hygiene and health are bad, and all the problems that come with that just turn me into a wreck.

I wanna get better about this, and I hope that by joining the world's must liberal Citations Needed fan forum, I can get better about this. I might participate in the Self Improvement mega or something like that, IDK.

Also reading is a fuck and I know it's good for me but AGHHHSDAMDFSLS (in all seriousness, my eyes just glaze over huge bodies of text and while I can somehow read chains of forum posts, I can't push myself to read books that are over like 2-3 pages)

I might not post a whole lot at first, because I'm nervous (I'm nervous right now about posting this, show me mercy!!!) but hopefully I'll get a lot more once I acclimatize myself to Hexbear.

If I don't answer your questions right away, I'm probably being busy too afraid to check the comments. Please convince me I'm being irrational with my fear.

Anyway, I'm not the perfect comrade, but there's only one thing I want to do: and that's do right by all you magnificent people!

Hey everyone! I'm an American dude who just joined after lurking for a few months here. I got burnt out from basically every other social media being filled with slop and overall terrible things and the vibes here seem much nicer. I'm a university student in my early 20s and I only recently got around to embracing leftism (a lot of things in the past few years have popped the lib bubble I used to be in) so if anyone has any recommendations for baby's first political theory reading, I'd be happy to check it out! Looking to get a much more concrete understanding of the world and its politics.

I'm a pretty casual gamer, but I'm a huge Undertale/Deltarune fan (part of why I joined was because you all have so many UT/DR emojis ) (oh and I like Omori too ).

Now I'm just going to rattle off some other stuff about myself: I like physics and astronomy, I also like history (if anyone has any good history books please let me know), I love music, I'm a pro wrestling fan, I've dabbled in anime (I've really only watched Dungeon Meshi but I liked it a lot and I'm watching Cowboy Bebop now), I'm still figuring out how I feel about calling myself aro and/or ace, I suspect I might be on the autism spectrum (no diagnosis though).

Hoping to have a good time here with all of you people

Hey everybody! I'm a Venezuelan aroace guy living in Spain for some years (had a more privileged upbringing there than most I admit). I'm autistic and aroace (and currrently unemployed...) and I really love video games, birds, and reading about history, language and geography! I've been a lurking for a long time (ever since the r/chapotraphouse days, though I'm actually shadowbanned from Reddit for some unkown reason lol) and I've finally decided to join, I don't know how much I'll post but it's nice to have a community not dominated by chuds or libs and also supportive of queer people! I really love Martlet from Undertale Yellow! Of course, Free Palestine!

Howdy pardners! Finally decided to make an account after lurking since the r/chapotraphouse days. It's all you people's fault that I grew up to be a gay communist lizard; I grew up in a house with fox and friends on every morning and Rush Limbaugh on for most car rides. Now I have a lot more empathy, knowledge, and crippling anxiety about the state of the world.

I'm hoping to get some Covid related advice because I had a kid recently and I'm at a loss on how to handle childcare. Reddit's really not super helpful, obviously. But that's a separate post.

Looking forward to finally being able to upbear my fellow liberals!

You can call me Katy (she/her)

I used to lurk back when the name just changed to hexbear but after some fallout i decided to leave. I really like what you’ve done with the place 💁‍♀️ the vibes are exquisite.

I really like public transport and trying to get a city job like driving the bus or even working for USPS but ideally public transport is my thing. I love 1920s-1950s black and white obscure films and i occasionally go to a theatre every time i have the day off. Trying to map out every theatre in my area as a fun lil hobby.

I love pizza and candy and i used to love burritos but after making them about 50 thousand times i am no longer a fan 😔🥲. If you’re ever in my area I could make you one for free though so hmu if you’re in the area 😛also would be really fucking cool if i can unionize my store because I’ve been able to turn my coworkers more left just through having discussions with them and they all seem to be on board with everything i say. Slowly but surely!

But yeah, good to be back i guess even if its a different vibe than one I’m used too. Don’t be shy!

Hiii, you can call me Olm.

Been lurking on here for a couple of weeks now and decided to finally make an account :D

I'm a trans woman and I like maths (and coding stuffs)

Hi Hexbear! I am sick to death of what the modern internet has become. A few days ago, I came across a post that just said "Join Lemmy". OK, what the fuck is a Lemmy?

Hmmm... Private, independently run servers in a federated community network? Go on... What's this? A leftist instance centered around community building through discussion, shitposting memes, and sharing content? Go onnnnnn... Inclusive of all leftists, especially historically marginalized groups? Sign me up! Now I can finally ditch fucking reddit.

So hello! My interests include metalwork of all kinds (journeyman blacksmith, certified section IX welder and pipe fitter, and mediocre machinist), cats, computers and networking, digital privacy, 3D and 2D design including traditional media, cats, gaming, fitness, firearms, and did I mention cats?

Without doxxing myself, I can say that I am currently employed in the engineering field.

I would like to learn more about organizing strong local community networks as it's something I am notably bad at, having little to no experience.

Just wanted to say hello. Now I'll go back to lurking before I catastrophically own myself.

I'm a big fan of 3DP guns and related accessories.

I am also trans and vegan.

ל-ערבייה יהודייה:

שלמה עליכּום יא רפׄאק עזאז.

אש כׄבארכּום יא ז׳מיעא ؟ כּאנתמנא תכּוונוא נהאר (אוו לילת) מזייאן ווז׳מילא.

Français:

‎ Salut chers camarades.

comment allez-vous tous ? j'espère que vous passez une très bonne et beau journée (ou nuit).

Hello I'm Amalthea, nice to be here! I like computers, bicycles and trans stuff.

hello everyone :3

i go by kuiper and i've recently decided to limit my social media usage to decentralized and federated spaces as much as possible. i am very new to this and have a lot to learn. i've always thought privacy was important but never knew how to avoid being involved with nefarious companies. people gave up my rights to privacy when i was a kid in order to fight wars for profit so i didn't ever get the chance to protect myself. but here i am now! better late than never. i can do what i can at this point to restore my anonymity. if i divulge information that's my choice, not those outside of my control.

things about me.. i am a furry, yes. been in the fandom for eight years now. i love music so damn much. it's truly my passion hobby. i listened to 111 albums released in 2024 alone. i have 3,977 artists in my digital library and i'm always looking for more. feel free to recommend me stuff! huge fan of psychological horror too.

if you have any tips for a newcomer to the fediverse please share. i'd love to take advice from anyone.

Hi, i'm Onno 55 yrso Dutch-Indonesian cis demisexual guy Autistic and schizo-affective disorder (no worries, doing pretty fine) Done all kinds of things and am pretty left, tho i don't consider believing a gov should take care of its peeps a radical idea

Currently building vidgames as a hobby :)