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It's hard to define what "Hexbear" is anymore, with so many of the posts coming from random Lemmy instances. Our brand and subculture are diluted and it shows. A lot more confrontation and friction in threads. So it got me thinking. How can we recapture the authentic sense of what Hexbear is and do something nice for the world as a community?

If you've been watching India's moon mission, you know how happy everyone looks in the footage. They're so proud of their work and the whole nation is congratulating them. Actually the whole world. It's a massive publicity boost and unites an otherwise polarised nation. Well what's stopping us from doing that? Think of all the cool things we could accomplish with a space programme. Designing new rockets, exploring new galaxies, maybe colonising a planet or two as a forum. We would let everyone know what Hexbear represents and could mine asteroids for orbital factories that supply our fleet of ships. One thing we might build is a Dyson Sphere, or maybe even a generation ship to raise the next ten generations of our families together on our way to another solar system. I'm a plant scientist and could probably even grow lettuce in microgravity.

We can do this. I just ask that you trust me and send me the money to do so.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I used to build bombs from fireworks and chemicals I found in the garage as a kid, I'm pretty sure I can design and build a rocket engine

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Aerospace engineer here - I'm in. Hexbear to the Moon!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

And don't forget Valentina

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

It would be much cheaper to replicate the Spanish Space Program. Hypothetically. In Minecraft. [PARODY].

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I disagree. We should host the Olympics instead.

This would get especially funny when we get to the part about deciding which countries get to use their flags and which athletes have to enter as independents because of the various atrocities their nations have performed and liberals would mald.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Hosting the Olympics would be exclusionary. I can't run or fence well enough to participate as part of the Hexbear Nation so I'm just left selling hotdogs or delegating where chairs go. With a Starfleet, everyone can participate. We can fly Badger-class fighters in a squadron, haul ore in our Badger-class freighters as a convoy chain, or branch out into the universe on our own in Badger-class generation ships. You give me $50k or whatever you've got today and within a year* you could be destroying Neptune with a Badger-class titan. Just for fun with your friends.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is this one of those GameStop things

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I may invest SOME* of the funds raised in surefire ways to 10x-1000x our budget, yes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dyson sphere? Outdated scifi. How about a Dyson hexagon?

Also, if a mod doesn't delete this you're cowards.

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

This kind of collaborative brainstorming is why it's such a good idea. NASA has one brain per engineer. We have 20k brains and a couple engineers. There are so many ideas we could feed them. I don't care what shape the Dyson enclosure is, only that we show the Fediverse that we're still a forum by enclosing the sun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fill the space balloon with all of our collective semen / whatever the ladies shoot out their pee holes. Just get it all out and be done with it.

Thank me later, Volcel Police.

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

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

volcel-police

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh, so where the FUCK were YOU last night when I was getting horny about about my Croat gf from 30 years ago??

Defund the Volcel Police.

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

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

volcel-police

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

Okay, I'm gonna give you the gears now, Volcel Police, just you wait!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

volcel-police

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

I can't believe it! I'm being brigaded by the Volcel Police!

We should defrederste from hex bear imo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

volcel-police

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

This is actually violence. See you in the marketplace of ideas court, Volcel Police!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

volcel-police

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