if you haven’t introduced yourself already, please feel free to do so

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    1 year 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.

  • BobQuasit@beehaw.org
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    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.

  • toshmonaut@beehaw.org
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    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

        • 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.

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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.

  • SugarApplePie@beehaw.org
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    Heya everyone. Found this place when I was looking for Reddit alternatives after getting the shut down message in Apollo. Checked the list of alternatives on a subreddit and was immediately grossed out by transphobic sites and fucking VOAT of all places being in the list, so randomly running into this place after that was very relieving.

    Big into tabletop RPGs, started with Pathfinder 1st edition a long time ago but have mostly been playing D&D 5th edition with some sprinklings of OSR and PbtA-influenced games (well, game, singular. Blades in the Dark is super fun though!) Like most tabletop fans probably, I’m also into fantasy/sci-fi media.

    Happy weekend!

  • emptyother@beehaw.org
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    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 removed 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.

  • modifier@lemmy.ca
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    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.

  • OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org
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    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.

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    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.

  • Canadian_Bakin@beehaw.org
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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. 🍁

  • gospelofjohnny@beehaw.org
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    Hey everyone! I’m excited to be here. I’m still learning how everything works but I look forward to the future! I have a question though, if I’m interested in, say, working out, I can’t seem to find any communities. Does anyone know of where I can find a workout community, or do I need to join a different instance outside of beehaw?

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      Hi!

      If you find the community in another instance, you can subscribe to that community from here. The sidebar of the community should have some rough instructions.

  • GossipGuyXOXO@beehaw.org
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    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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    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.

  • themoleofdoom@feddit.de
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    Hey there. I’m yet another redditor that has joined lemmy today to see what the world looks like beyond the walls of the pile of crap that my former digital home has turned into. Still learning how things work around here but definitely like the general vibe of things.

  • PurrJPro@beehaw.org
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    An all pronouns using aroace agender with a deep love of tech, videogames, writing, art, and gender non conformity. I recently graduated from high school, and I am planning on going to tech/writing. I’m also planning on building my own PC soon! It’ll hopefully help me understand technology a lot more :3

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    Hi, my name is meldroc, and I’m a Reddit refugee.

    Currently, I work for a brewery doing GIS work - making maps that help sell beer. I’m in my 40s, in the LGBTQIA community, enjoy reading, gaming, retrocomputing, technology, dogs & cats…