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  • hazel 🤷🏻‍♀️🏳️‍🌈@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I apologize for the list of labels but I’m an atheist, autistic, agoraphobic, asexual, epileptic, trans, homeschooled-until-college 28-year-old cat lady.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Maerman@beehaw.org
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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.

  • thumbtack@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    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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    1 year ago

    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.

  • NoraReed@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Hi, I’m Nora! I’m a queer jeweler and I make funny bots sometimes. I am into tabletop games, leftism, colors, dragons, etc.

  • 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.

  • green_witch@beehaw.org
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    1 year 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Mbarasipo@beehaw.org
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    Hi all, I’ve also recently joined Beehaw from reddit. Im a queer AuDHD agender person originally from the Solomon Islands but now living in Australia.

    I’m a single parent to an almost 2 year old who is obsessed with dinosaurs, dogs and babies. My kid is amazing but OMG toddlers!

    I spent most of my career working in community services mostly with communities who experience significant systemic discrimination but recently moved into IT. I’m still working not for profit but now in the IT team.

    While I was studying my IT degree I did a minor in Internet Communications and got offered post grad to research, simply, community, power and politics online. I turned it down because I needed to make some money and didnt think becoming an academic would achieve that (and also i was about to have a baby) but now I’m watching the shit show that is reddit and thinking about what a great thesis it would make!

    I’m excited to participate more on the platform without the fear of harassment I often had on other platforms. The rules and values of beehaw make me a lot more comfortable to post.

  • 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

  • Azure@beehaw.org
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    Hoy~ I’m not really a refugee from anywhere in particular, I’ve been slowly squeezed out of social spaced for a few years now. I love people, but it’s hard to want to participate when you get shouted down. Hopefully I’ve found a nice place here with y’all, it definitely feels inviting!

    I have a lot of labels that can be of various levels of usefulness, but I think if those closest were to to be asked about me “kind” is the first word that would come to mind. I took the “do unto others” thing really seriously, even if I ditched the rest.

    I’m queer as the day is long and I partially communicate in memes. Most of my time not gaming, I casually work on my dream game in my head. Just a classic nerd from the 90s.

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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.