I don’ t know if I’ve told you this before, but I love this bit. Your commitment is unparalleled.

I guessed right!

That’s terrifying. My family went to the Grand Canyon when I was a young teen and my brothers were even younger. They were romping around and I was sure one of them was going to die. That poor kid, and his poor family. I can’t imagine the absolute terror of watching your kid go over the edge.

Welcome!

I thought so, but I joined July 29, 2020, and that was just a couple days after the site launched, as I recall. I got lucky and saw a post about it on I couldn’t remember when CTH got banned, but I looked it up and it was June 29, 2020. So just under a month, I guess. I’m glad I missed the invitation to the discord though–every time I try to use that thing it just makes me sad and angry. It isn’t just not user-friendly, it’s designed to be actively hostile to people trying to use it, I swear.

Even our animal friends are tankies

Nice! I hope you’ll feel at home.

Internally, hexbear mostly consists of trans positivity and pictures of owls

I keep thinking the mismatch between perception and reality will stop being funny, but not so far!

I hope you’ll come hang out with us

We’re trained not to see the violence all around us, because we’re swimming in it all the time. Here’s a quote about the topic from Mark Twain that got me thinking years ago when I was starting to move left. Maybe it’ll speak to you too:

There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.

I love Monty Python, but I’ll never forgive them for turning “Come and see the violence inherent in the system” into a joke. Dennis was spitting FACTS.

It’s a classic for a reason, baby! As a Midwesterner, I have no choice but to upbear the tater tot casserole

I hope you’ll come visit some of our less political comms and stick around. Honestly it’s the friendliest spot on the internet I’ve found.

I asked the same thing a few months ago and got a lot of good advice. Good luck!

I would like to recommend r/abrathatfits for anyone who wears or would like to wear a bra. People who measure you in a store will often not quite tell you the truth about your size because only some sizes are carried in-store and they want to make a sale. Sister sizes are OK if you’re in a pinch, but nothing can compare to the comfort of a bra that really, truly fits. I’m not joking when I say it changed my life. A more comfortable life is possible!

The reference to a trapper keeper was so unexpected, I love it

Thanks, I’ll look at the Galaxy A54. I’m also thinking about a Pixel phone, but I heard the battery life isn’t as good? Or is this just people splitting hairs and the average user wouldn’t actually notice a difference?