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  • BobQuasit@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Hi! I’m not just a Reddit refugee, but an everything refugee. Or at least, that’s how it feels. I’ve been online since the mid-80s, and I’ve seen platform after platform be acquired and burnt down under me. I’m pretty much used to it by this point.

    That doesn’t mean I like it.

    I’m an old-time geek. Huge bibliophile, particularly fond of old science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, children’s books, YA, classics, and humor. Oh, add graphic novels and manga to the list. I’m also a long time tabletop RPG player and GM. My system of choice is the Avalon Hill edition of RuneQuest 3; my RQ site might be the oldest one still existing. Of course I play other systems as well. I’m into deep role-playing, and would definitely like to find people who are interested in that sort of thing!

    My primary activity over on Reddit was recommending books. I have a resource of nearly a thousand book recommendations that I have created over the years. Hoping to be able to make recommendations on Lemmy, too.

    What else? I’m a pretty good public speaker, and was an invited program participant (i. e. panelist) at a regional New England science fiction convention for over 25 years. I’m an atheist, but I advocate tolerance and understanding between atheists and theists (and yes, I’ve done panels on that topic too; they were great).

    I was a redhead when I had hair, with a redheaded son. I’m the single divorced father of a newly-adult son. I’m currently unattached. Oh, and I’m apparently demisexual.

    I live in Massachusetts, USA. I like cats, cooking, walking, and well-written TV and movies. I’ve been refining my grilling techniques for about 35 years now, on a lifelong quest to make the perfect burger.

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    2 years ago

    Hi, I’m four babies in a trenchcoat. My interests include grown-up things like businessing and adulting. I am definitely an adult. Ignore the first sentence.

  • toshmonaut@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    I’m yet another reddit refugee. Just wanted everyone to know that there’s a combination emoji for a bee wearing a cowboy hat:

    🤠 Beehaw brother

        • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgOPM
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          i’ll DM you an invite to it; we just dropped it from the sidebar for now because we’re already a little thin with attention and don’t have discord mods yet who can specifically keep an eye on it.

        • Gil (he/they)@beehaw.org
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          We have a Discord but it’s private for the time being, I’m sure it will return to the front page sidebar as soon as things settle more with the instance itself.

  • GossipGuyXOXO@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Hey guys I made a post. This is my first post and will probably be making more posts if the vibe is right.

  • Deestan@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Yo!

    Software developer and gamer. Started on the Commodore 64 with both and never stopped.

    Having been through several tech enshittification cycles, I’ve long been wondering when Reddit would be too “meh” for me. That happened earlier this week, when I decided that Lemmy was more the tech and community I was looking for. Planned to leave gracefully during June.

    Then I saw the AMA and… That set off my “Fuck This Shit with a Vengeance” so currently coding up a script to make my Reddit account die very ungracefully.

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      I too started on C64! Though in my case it was as late as '92 when a seven year young kid got an already old C64 with cassette player, a manual, and no games. Sometimes one gotta make ones own fun, literally.

  • OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Hi, I’m Omni. Older cis het white dude. Likes math. Not as dipshitty as the previous two sentences imply, I hope.

    In a previous life, I wrote a moderately successful indie game. Currently, working part time in R&D for a small nuclear engineering company, and spending the rest of my time in independent study. Currently working on group theory.

  • Smiley@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Hello there! I’m Smiley, lovely to meet you all. (✿◡‿◡)

    Like a lot of new people here I’m a Reddit refugee. I’ve always been a lurker so making posts and commenting is rather daunting, though from what I’ve seen this community is really nice. :D
    I look forward to posting my art, photography and cat pics! 🎨📸🐈💖

  • green_witch@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Hello, I’m green_witch!

    I’m a travel-weary drifter from the festering ruins of “that place”, where I spent most of my time lurking.

    I enjoy herbalism, mycology, bushcraft, botany, nature, and consider myself a student therein. I’m unfortunately pretty timid, and my grasp on language is tenuous at best, but I’m trying to open up more and (hopefully) be a part of a community.

    I hope we can all treat each other well and make something neat together.

  • mayooooo@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Hi, I’m an architect and I eat too much mayonnaise. Used to be on reddit and forums and bbses and I found my way here. I love reading scifi but I wasn’t too active on reddit because of the enders game brownshirts. It’s nice being here

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      Please say more about the Ender’s Game brownshirts. I’m curious whether that’s related to the film adaptation or the personality of the author.

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        That’s just my impression of the mega fans of ender, but I can’t say if it’s anything to do with Card. Obviously I’m not a fan as a grown ass man.

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    2 years ago

    I’m modifier, and until yesterday, reddit was my only social network-ish thing, and where I wasted much of the last 10 years.

    My 30s are in my rear view mirror but feel closer than they appear.

    I am married to my best friend, I work in travel and travel a lot for work and fun, I am sexually adventurous, intellectually curious, and musically promiscuous.

    A number of cats live with me and graciously accept my offerings of food and adoration. When I’m not adoring them, I’m either reading, playing video games, or doing something related to maps or flags, though I’ve found that adoring cats is an activity that stacks well with many other activities.

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    2 years ago

    Hi, im a redditor. Probably won’t be for long though.

    Im a c# and typescript developer, computer enthusiast, avid book and comic reader, and a fantasy and scifi fan. Im very introverted and agoraphobic, unskilled at social stuff, badly overweight and less-than-optimally-active, and just started on anti-depressants. Other than that im an utterly boring person.

    • Moneymunkie@beehaw.org
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      Ahhhh I know the pain bud, I’ve struggled with that myself as well, in a better spot than I was though still a bit of derp. Felt like I was a complete snoozefest of a person and that I was pretty unlikeable, depression is a total bitch like that.

      Don’t mean you’re a boring person though, like it seems you enjoy a nice mix of stuff and there ain’t no shortage of folk on here who dig things like programming, comics, etc as well on here and folk are pretty chill and welcoming from what I’ve seen so far too.

      Credit where credit is due though, its a really difficult thing trying to live your life with depression hanging over you, but hey you’ve still gone and made a post and are starting on anti-depressants, these are some pretty awesome big steps even if they don’t particular feel like it right now :)

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      Oh fun, another C# dev. I don’t do much C# anymore due to job direction but it’s my favorite language hands down. What kind of dev do you do? I’m mostly in the cloud these days doing backend stuff.

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        What kind of dev don’t I do? At work we are building a webapp for making exercise programs. I’m working with C# and VB (both .net framework and .net 7), Typescript (frontend), Javascript (EmberJs mostly), some PHP (our old CRM system), Azure and MySQL administration, Azure VM Windows and Linux administration, and devops. So very much fullstack. Its a small company so it used to be only me and the CTO doing dev. Luckily we’ve gotten more good developers the last few years and now we’re 7 devs.

        Private I’m doing powershell stuff. Sometimes typescript stuff. I used to do a bit of gamedev but not much anymore.

  • pumerogo@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Hi! :)

    Like so many others, I came from Reddit and I’m gonna stay here. It’s nice.

    I’m somewhere between 30 and 40, a writer and full time nerd from Germany, I stream and game, I paint and draw and I have two wonderful cats. I like pen & paper rpgs, games in general (except horror), reading, knitting, crocheting, animals, manga, comics, music and listening to the same song on repeat. Also, I probably forgot something.

    Thanks for having me here!

  • Nix@lemmy.world
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    Glad to see that I am not the only one a bit lost but excited with this transition from reddit.

    Hopefully this fediverse-thing will be way better and more resilient than everything past.

    I was finally able to subscribe to other instances. YAY!

  • IcedCoffeeBitch@beehaw.org
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    Hi! I’m a trans woman who likes for the most part gaming stuff and programming(said every Redditor trans woman ever!)

    I also like:

    • Music (Mostly metal and progressive rock, with some pop on the side). I’m also learning to play the guitar.
    • Animals, especially cats and dogs, in that order 😼
    • Transformers, been an important part of my early childhood.
    • Reading, though I haven’t been able to really get into that hobby yet
    • Watching TV, for the most part animation, Star Wars, and some others. Favorite series, in no order: Gravity Falls, The Owl House, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Transformers Prime, Clone Wars
    • Movies are cool too. From the top of my head I like Nobody, the first Monty Python(haven’t watched the others), Lord of the Rings(recently watched Two Towers for the first time, gonna watch Return of the King soon), Into/Across The Spiderverse, all Star Wars movies except sequels and most of the Disney Rennaisance stuff. I used to like Marvel movies but I got burnt out.
    • Favorite videogames of all time include: Titanfall 2, Portal 2, Kirby Superstar Ultra, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, Sonic Mania, Earthbound, Mother 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Celeste, and some others I may have forgotten.
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    Hi all! Another one of those pesky "reddit-fugees” as it were. It was my only sort of “social media” which I mostly used to post pictures of things I baked and try to have positive interactions with other online community members. So needless to say I’m glad I found this server/instance and I’m looking forward to participating in the community.

    Beeeeeeeeeeeehawwwwwwwww!!! 🍁

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      I look forward to seeing things you bake. I am the worlds worst baker but joined all the baking related subreddits to live vicariously through others!

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        If you were on all the baking subreddits you might’ve already seen a bake of mine. I’m not exactly the best with deco (working on it though), but I’m pretty good with flavor and texture—not that those things translate well in a digital medium lol. Either way, hopefully I don’t disappoint. 🍁