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Hexday 2024, Happy 4th year anniversary nerds!!! - New General Megathread for the 24th-26th of July 2024 (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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On this day, 4 years ago the site was first launched (then a day later the first post made), Formed from chapotraphouse remnants, the old admins decided to make a site using Lemmy as its base. Originally called chapo.chat, Hexbear has grown into one of the biggest instances in the lemmyverse.

Despite various sitewide struggle sessions, wrecker incursions from other forums and federation drama, Hexbear has keep growing strong in its 4th year, now with 4 megathreads, over 4 million comments, 300k posts and much more.

Its being great running the general megathread for a bit over 3 years, since i took over i have tried to get it mostly in time and just one unlike during the old times, i like to think i have done a decent job, plus i have also added a bit of reading material to them so you nerds can learn from them and i like to think you have been reading them garcia-cock-shotty , its also nice to see the new megathreads how they have slowing grown up to the size to the old general mega in the time of the old admins.

dont have much else to say so have a good day nerd. also

Whats has been your favorite post/event from last year (july 2023-july 2024)?

I wont lie, all the fedidrama has been fun to read, especially when libs wander here

Megathreads and spaces to hang out:

📀 Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
🔥 Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
⚔ Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread
✨ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread

reminders:

💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
💜 Sorting by new you nerd
🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
🐶 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog

Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):

Aid:

Theory:

❤️Foundations of Leninism
❤️Anarchism and Other Essays

Also 24 hours after this is posted the admins are closing the site for a day, sorry

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[-] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

TikTok algorithm is better today. Getting more pushback against the vote scolds

[-] Moss@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

oh btw in yesterday's chapter of chainsaw man ears got removed from the timeline. no one has ears anymore, and they ceased to exist as a concept. thats what chainsaw man is about

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[-] RION@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Got my blood boiling looking up awful stuff Kamala Harris did as an AG and Senator. Very healthy!

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I swear we had like a cat looks inside meme emoji already, or did I make that up.

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[-] miz@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

recently on chapo they mentioned something about the conservatives being idiots with something about Kamala and throat goat. what the fuck is the deal with the allusions to Kamala and oral sex? is it related to this Hawk Tua thing?

I tried to search for anti-Kamala stuff with "Kamala sucks" and that was a mistake

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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Wheels on the stonks go round and round stonks-up stonks-down

[-] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Anyone with experience with Lexapro and SSRIs specifically long term and apathy?

CW medical gaslighting, depression

spoiler

I started Lexapro about 5 years ago. I wanted to, I was a bit unsure but my psych ensured it would help me and it did for a time. It took the edge off my depression, and lessened the suicidal ideations I was having.

What I didn't know at the time was that I have ADHD which wasn't being treated, and which was the root cause of a lot of my problems at that time. Actually, my psychiatrist doubted I had ADHD for a year until I basically got the diagnosis myself. Now I take Concerta which helps a lot and anyone who has or thinks you have ADHD consider trying a stimulant for it if you can.

Over time, I have had sometimes debilitating loss of motivation. This has made finishing my PhD quite difficult. It has also affected a lot else in my life.

Relationship problems have also arisen that are quite related to what I now know is common in SSRIs known as "emotional blunting". More or less, it has been very hard to be emotionally available to my partner and is something I have had to work on very hard despite no major problems in our relationships.

I had no idea until just yesterday these two things can be related and caused by long term use of SSRIs. I have had the idea of getting off Lexapro for a while, mostly based on vibes and the fact that I actually treat my ADHD now (and know I have it)

Any time I bring up motivation issues to my shrink, he usually blames it on cannabis and says to really pay attention to how cannabis affects my motivation. I am a daily user, and have agonized quite a lot over how I might be sabotaging my entire life. I don't necessarily want to stop using it though, and I don't usually use it during working hours. Also, it has almost entirely replaced alcohol for me, and it is essential to treat my partner's chronic pain.

After already having him doubt my ADHD (despite me describing ADHD symptoms to him for years) he never considered doing something to help me outside of increasing SSRI dose. Now I have found out there is actual research about SSRI apathy and emotional blunting that are really similar to things I experience and this motherfucker never bothered to bring it up. I don't want to get into to many details but I really hate my shrink sometimes, I usually leave there angry and it's also far away since I moved across town. I just haven't found a new one yet and need to go every month to get my meds (especially concerta as it's a controlled substance)

I'm already going to ask him about dropping my dose of Lexapro. I take 15 mg right now, 10 mg is usually the "starter dose" so it shouldn't be a big issue to just drop it down a bit and see if it helps. Are there any online spaces or communities where people have shared similar experiences? Or anyone else here experienced these symptoms and stopped taking an SSRI?

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[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Joyeux anniversaire, y'all

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Every time I remember that the 1981 ultraclassic Joysticks actually exists, it gives me moderate to severe psychic damage in a way that "meatspace" or Michelle Tea do not.

[-] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I think i could win a cooking competition but i don't want to have to do some bullshit like every competition i've ever seen has some fucked up game show bullshit added on and i don't want none of that. I just wanna cook the same dish as another person and be told how much better mine is

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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I hate how I get my creative sparks either two hours past my bedtime or half an hour before I have to leave for work

[-] Philosophosphorous@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

armor plate mechanics have gone from ruining COD's multiplayer to ruining its campaign as well. like i was expecting to hate the game's campaign because of political brainworms and the stupidest writing ever wrought by humans, not because i'm constantly getting cockblocked by 'heavy armor' enemies that completely interrupt the gameplay flow. like every single other enemy goes down in 2-3 shots but suddenly a guy that looks exactly the same as the other enemies (they all wear black tactical gear so at a distance they are all a black silhouette) takes 3 magazines of full auto headshots to put down. completely destroys any sense of flow or smooth movement through the environment and combat, you have to like dance around the heavy guy or play the peakaboo game with a piece of cover and reload between magdumps. literally the most annoying gameplay i have ever experienced, like its intentionally obnoxious. even aside from the realism aspect it just completely fucks the flow of the game, like even the halo games shield systems play better than this and i fucking hate halo.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

The juggernaut LMG guy from original MW2 has really risen thru the ranks!

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[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I really hate that my special interests are in shit people don't care about or worse, actively hate. Really makes it hard to engage with people and talk about them. There's so few of them too cri

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[-] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

day 5 of sketching 1 hour a day to grind from practically-zero drawing/visual art priors: tale of two ryabs:

bumped my schedule block up to an hour, we'll see how long that lasts, might bump it back down as school winds up in a month or so. Anyways, yesterday and the day before I practiced heads with hairlines. today is bald boy summer nl-what

traced took 40ish min, untraced took 20ish. facial hair is hard madeline-sadeline

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

idk has a certain je ne sais quoi

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Red Sox beat the Yankees quokka-smile

[-] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

love 2 buy a new juicedrink at the store without checking the ingredients to see it's like 80% apple juice pain

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[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

I've got a bit of really really really nice peppermint. Pal from work brought it from her garden and this is fucking primo shit. Dank peppermint. What should I do with it? I'm thinking of making candy but that's messy and takes time, give me easier ideas. Vegan easier ideas.

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[-] Grace@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

four years of this shit? jeez

[-] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

bruh they brought out a whole ass cruise ship to show all the USA atheletes this is legit not fair no wonder we win all the fucking medals 2/3 of the athletes are ours

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[-] SoylentSnake@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

how the fuck am i supposed to keep a regular creative writing practice working a fulltime onsite job goddam

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[-] RION@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

joe dropped some mid. guess he felt like he had to do an official speech even after the twitter post, but i was hoping for some announcement like he was resigning or doing some new executive action or smt

[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I remember reading that Comrade Kim Jong Un really liked MacOS UI/UX design but red star OS (at least the public version) is built on KDE. Which begs the question: is he a GNOME guy or a KDE lad?

I think he would be a GNOME guy because libadwaita is the sexiest UI toolkit in the Linux world. But the utility and customization offered by KDE might suit the needs of the DPRK more.

Or I'm completely wrong and he's a GNOME 2 fan and uses Cinnamon with a Windows xp theme.

Or I'm super wrong and he's a plan 9 chad who's ahead of the curve?

Or do they use windows 7/10 like the rest of the global south :(

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