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

  • hazel 🤷🏻‍♀️🏳️‍🌈@beehaw.org
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    I apologize for the list of labels but I’m an atheist, autistic, agoraphobic, asexual, epileptic, trans, homeschooled-until-college 28-year-old.

    If you met me you’d think I’m a relatively normal person though!

    I’m a theatre kid working as a data analyst in local government healthcare.

    I’m trying to learn Unreal Engine 5 but I’m struggling to keep going even though it’s a lifelong dream. Though I’ve made good and rewarding progress and I took all next week off to let myself hyperfocus without getting fired.

    The Wall by Pink Floyd is my favorite album ever, and the first piece of art to make me sob. Every. Damn. Time.

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    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.

  • TMoney@beehaw.org
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    I’m a redneck from Appalachia that has been beaten down by the negativity in the world and from the hostility in anonymous online communities. It’s crazy how hostile people can get when they don’t think they’ll get in trouble. Really loving how friendly everyone seems to be on here and I hope the good environment helps me become less antagonistic personally. Remember the human!

    What’s keeping me busy right now is working on my land cruiser and getting it into offroading shape. I love the gym and squats specifically. I made it to 435lbs before I got old and decided to take a chill pill. Playing Days Gone the game on my PS5.

  • thumbtack@beehaw.org
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    hey all! i’m thumbtack, been here a couple of weeks and believe id like to stay after being a redditor for ~6 years. i’m interested in spirituality, creative works (sewing, drawing, etc.), world building, and alternative rock music. looking forward to being part of the community!

  • Foidi | she/her @beehaw.org
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    Hi, my name is Alicja or Layla. I am trans girl. I am really interested in almost anything technology related, and I am also interested in science, mathematics, foss and bunch more. I am currently studying to get mechatronics degree.

  • 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

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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.

  • Thrillhouse@lemmy.world
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    I’m a Reddit refugee who met my future husband on Reddit 13 years ago. It feels weird to be leaving.

  • while1malloc0@beehaw.org
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    Hey all, I heard about Lemmy from Mastodon and thought I’d give it a shot. I was never much of a reddit user besides occasional lurking, mostly because the quality of discussions seemed pretty hit or miss. BeeHaw seems a lot nicer though, so I thought I’d give it a shot.

    I use he/him/his pronouns. If privilege was a game of bingo, my particular demographics would likely be the free space. I try to acknowledge that and use it for good.

    By day I’m a staff software engineer at a relatively large tech company (which means I write more docs than code most of the time), and by night I’m a cooking enthusiast, musician, sci fi novel fan, and exhausted parent of a toddler.

  • khalic@beehaw.org
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    Ooooh this takes me back to the forum era, with elaborate intro posts, trying to impress every one. Good times…

    So I’m Khalic, reddit immigrant and very happy to be part a nice community where respect and tolerance is valued. I’m a cis guy, gay, around 40, living in europe, big video game enthusiast, software developer in biotech, I love to learn, dogs, walks, music, reading and many other things.

    See you around here

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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. 🍁

  • Faye_Pixie@beehaw.org
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    Came here from Reddit! Just hoping to talk to other people about my interests, idk how much I’ll post though lol.

  • green_witch@beehaw.org
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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.

  • RadioRat (he/they)@beehaw.org
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    As a neurodivergent person of trans experience, online socializing is critical for safely recharging my social needs. This seems like a good refuge from the plague of corporate interests at the moment. I’m excited to explore and enthuse with everyone :)

    Some biographical descriptors:

    • friend of critters, plants, and computers
    • enthusiastic spouse and coparent to 3 hounds
    • radical egalitarian
    • queer guy of trans experience
    • inhabitant of a spicy CNS
    • former biomedical researcher
    • current software engineer
    • aspiring physician
    • cPTSD survivor
    • AR/VR enthusiast
    • armchair philosopher
    • anticapitalist

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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.

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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.