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Hello to all the new guys, gals, and enby pals. So glad you are here.

Just a heads up, this site is pretty leftist which means that it can and does sometimes get targeted by right-wing assholes and more. There is a nonzero chance that it will be (or even has been) targeted by the state.

Therefore, if you have your profile picture set to a real picture of yourself I would highly recommend that you don't. Of course, if you feel safe or whatever and want to strut your stuff then by all means. And additionally realize that just because you have a silly avatar or historical figure (mine is Lenin's mugshot) you can probably still be identified if someone really had full access to the backend and shit, because OPSec is hard and a million things expose you.

But I figure at least make a bad actor work for it.

Anyways, don't let me scare you I just wanted you to be informed and safe.

And once again, welcome!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

joke's on them, i'm too dumb to know how to have a profile picture

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Hi everybody! I'm Onno (he/him), a cis dude demi-sexual happily engaged I make stuff like this:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Also it pays to lie constantly about personal details.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

What a tangled web of lies i have created such that i would harm those i love most negative

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Why is hero-wink cute? Wtf? This isnt OK.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago

I’m a liberal, so is my hulking mass of a masculine husband. Every evening we force our 7 children to read Francis Fukuyama books because they all want to be professional landlords and healthcare CEOSs when they’re grown up. My liberal sister, who is married to a Proud Boy, does the same but with the Turner Diaries and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg obituary.
liberalism

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is this where we find out ur actually British instead of Australian?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

it’s called a cuppa, fake england fan detected amogus

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Next thing they'll tell us they're not actually a dirty owl, but a clean one.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

I'm so betrayed

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

Welcome to hexcat, it is a requirement that you have a cat as your profile picture

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't even do that and every cop fascist and everyone else in my town already knows I am a communist.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you're a social butterfly though. a social butterfly that stings like a wasp lmao

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

that is really funny cuz I feel like the most antisocial person alive. But then last night I lied my way into a karaoke business party just cuz I wanted to sing in front of a crowd lol

I ended up getting kicked out by security when they figured out I wasn't with the party. Still got to sing like 4 songs though lmao

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Me Rn That's fucking awesome! You put the con in confidence with wild plays like that

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah I am definitey like that catch me if you can guy or the now you see me guy. You can do a whole lot with a button up shirt and a clipboard I tell you what.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

You sound like fun! I would con my way into a party to karaoke with you, comrade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Please tell me you got Janet from Accounting to do a Meatloaf duet with you.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If I get IDed by cops or fascists it'll absolutely be because of the real-life organizing I'm involved in lmao

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Right, online opsec seems so pointless when you're a visible communist organizer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

true enough if there is still kiwi wiki around those assholes had an article on me

wasnt much on it but still

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for the heads up i feel safe with putting myself out there

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what are your opinions on Pink Floyds The Wall?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Not gonna say it's bad, but if i was in charge of writing it, i would've done it differently.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

This is my real face and I'm damned if ill byow to chuds

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm a sentient bottle of Marmite, so I guess I'm fine.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

i appreciate the warning, i feel safe to have my profile picture set to my face.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

They will never be able to distinguish me from the other hivers