Some megathread notes:
- please do not post megas to !chicago@hexbear.net !furry@hexbear.net !strugglesession@hexbear.net or any other hidden comms
- megas are typically posted between 10pm and 4am UTC. there's no hard rule about it, but you're welcome to post during that window (you don't need to wait for midnight your local time).
- mega topics should be unironic -- there's plenty of irony to go around in the mega comments and elsewhere on the site
Megathread template (please pull from here and include in your mega):
Announcements & Information
Megathreads and spaces to hang out:
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💖 Come talk in the New weekly queer thread
🧡 Monthly Neurodiverse Megathread
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⭐️ June Movie Thread ⭐️
Reminders:
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💜 Sorting by new makes your comrades happy
🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can go here
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
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Aid:
💙 Comprehensive list of resources for those in need of an abortion -- reddit link
💙 Resources for Palestine
Theory:
❤️ Foundations of Leninism
❤️ Anarchism and Other Essays
❤️ Mega upload with theory for many tendencies
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Current Nerd-call please advise if additional names are needed. Nerd call should be a comment on the new mega, or people won't get tagged.
Currently reserved dates:
November 13th @WhyEssEff
November 21 @marxisthayaca
December 25 @WhyEssEff
November 21, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time for N64 but I want to write about the entire series.
Throwing out an idea for anyone that would like to collaborate - A Saturday/Sunday Figure Drawing in /c/art using excalidraw or some other system for collaborative art
A set of threads on a historical event encapsulated within 2 or 3 parts.
great! do you need me to post it for you, or are you fine posting it when your slot comes up?
I would like to post it myself on /c/literature but I have two kids so if I forget, just pull the trigger.
September 1st, I will make a thread about this person: Fausto Reinaga is the great Native philosopher of Bolivia and even called the Indigenous Franz Fanon. A Quechua-Aymara born in the mountains, he went from illiterate farmer to the main philosopher of Decolonization. Here are 5 reasons you should know Fausto Reinaga. https://twitter.com/AmautaNew/status/1562292482838339585?s=20
Can I reserve September 27th? I want to write about a ship that sunk that day
Sorry but November 21st needs to be a combo megathread, as it is also the 30th anniversary of Sonic 2, one of the best video games ever made.
sure thing! as you can probably tell, the challenge is finding people to do the megas, not people taking too many, haha.
great! do you want to be added to the schedule, or just do them informally?
great! when would you like to post it? also, do you mind me asking what the topic is? pretty much anything is ok, as long as it's not a shitpost/bit.
just a little non-shitpost writeup of
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyaju_Caves
available for tomorrow but this user wants to request it https://hexbear.net/post/198543/comment/2500895
also available for June 7
that user was banned yesterday and is being inappropriate about it, unfortunately. we're dealing with it.
in any case, thank you for volunteering! I'll put you down for tomorrow, June 4th (which means posting tonight if you're in the Northern Hemisphere.)
yeah. shit, it's been so long since someone asked for a mega, I haven't even updated the thing.
@thelastaxolotl tagging you since it's been a while since we've had to check whether someone has a reservation. and, of course, thank you so much for holding down the fort with the megas.
I don't see why not. I'm just glad to see people signing up for megas!
I guess on the small chance that someone wants to do a Christmas thread we can talk about doing one of the two a day early or late? but that would be months from now anyway.
oops. I blame whoever put the J months back to back. stupid Roman emperor or something...
Fair enough, no worries. To be fair, I was about to shoot my shot for June 10th too but that might be overkill on booking lmfao
I think a few emotes to make it feel more cute/friendly is a good idea, but I'd still only say include like 3 or maybe a max of 5, I personally like how succinct it looks now
what do you think about putting the news bulletin in the list of megas? (the reminder of it, I mean)
do you think maybe smaller emojis like 💜❤️ sorts of things would help it "pop" without feeling too noisy? also, obviously going to defer to broader consensus/sentiment. but I am interested in your feedback!
I think having them categorized is convenient, yes. But it doesn’t feel natural. And the shifting of text doesn’t look right. idk maybe I’m just being a prick
nah, I know what you mean. the formatting options are very limited at the moment.
lol i think my mass reply comment is stolen from two different megas, so it probably has a lot of sloppy overlap :agony-wholesome:
Realizing I might have to formalize making schedule threads now. I'll get something up on c/movies later tonight. But for now:
As far as Friday Movies go, right now the Nominations for May are still on-going. https://hexbear.net/post/190794
So we won't have a schedule until Thursday unfortunatelySaturday has OG Gundam playing in 5 episode blocks for the next 3 weeks. Next is 26-30.
Sunday Slop Nights don't have anything planned ATM that I can remember, but it's prone to last-minute changes, and anything I'm personally playing there usually isn't worth advertising.
I'm thinking keeping a permanent schedule thread at the top of c/movies. I used to post the vote results after the nomination threads, but because of the timing it usually ended up buried in the next nomination thread and it was just cluttered in retrospect. Also I feel the need to do compulsive bits, which probably isn't helping cohesiveness. :thinky-felix:
Also I'm thinking comm movie nights were clunky to handle sourcing for short-notice, but they also really helped getting new suggestions in. Mulling how to make something like that work again.
Sorry I didn't see this in time!! were you able to / do you still want to?
I agree! In the meantime, we have a link in the mega to abortion resources, and I'm going to clean up the template to feature it more prominently for now.
In general, we want to improve the template to highlight one or two things at a time, since it's too long right now and people just glance past it. I'm doing that right now, in fact.
I'd like to do a series on each independently invented writing system. The following would get their own posts:
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Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Mesopotamian cuneiform
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Mesoamerican hieroglyphics
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Chinese characters
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Harappan seals
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Korean hangul
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Incan quipu
And maybe some others, if I can justify them as sufficiently independently created.
I definitely need a few days to prep. Can I start it next Sunday?
ok then, for next sunday you mean the 19th right? just to confirm
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