the big stickied thread is getting cluttered with lots of new people and the “how was your week” thread isn’t a great fit for introductions, so it seems about time to make this a dedicated thread of its own so peoples’ posts aren’t getting lost.
tell us a little bit about yourself, folks. don’t gotta be too specific or revealing, just whatever you want to put out there. this’ll be a good way of getting to know all the people you’re now on here with
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Hi hawbeeists 😊 (like hobbyists, but Beehaw, get it?)
I came from Reddit. I like plants and animals and occasionally going hiking. I live in Atlantic Canada and am currently displaced by hurricane Fiona (still, after seven months), but the end is in sight and I should be able to go home soon! I have a BSc (major in Env. Sci.) and I like to draw digitally and play with string (crochet, knitting, etc.). I’m providing some 2D art to the upcoming free Steam game Jerma’s Big Adventure 2, which has been an absolute blast to work on. I’ve mainly been playing Sea of Thieves and Diablo III lately. I’m also a lesbian and most likely autistic. She/her.
Edit: je parle français aussi, mais il faut vous dire que mon français est rouillé 😅
How did you learn French?
In school. Started in grade 4, then did late immersion starting in grade 7 and stuck with it through junior high and high school, took the DELF and got a nice scrap of paper saying I was bilingual. I have tried to keep it up with Duolingo, but it was way too repetitive for me. I basically just read the odd article or book in French now, or occasionally eavesdrop on people from Québec or New Brunswick when I go to the mall in the city.
Damn, the anglophones are learning English to eavesdrop on us! /s
Though that’s interesting. For a lot of Quebecers, we expect classes of French taken in the rest of Canada to be kinda useless as most don’t seem to be learning much of anything. Definitely cool that you’re trying to keep it up!
I assume you’re in Nova Scotia or somewhere around that area?
I mean it takes a minute to even register, like “oh hey, they’re speaking French over there 👀”
Tl;dr for the following 1 a.m. ramble: most folks only take core French, so yeah, they don’t learn a whole lot. Those of us who go through either early or late immersion generally get a much better handle on the language, but nothing to the extent of a native speaker.
At least in my experience (in NS, you guessed correctly), French class was always pretty easy for me, since it was a lot of learning rules and patterns and I thrived on that sort of thing. Having all the other classes be in French was the really beneficial part of it, in terms of language application. There’s also the French school system in NS (conseil scolaire acadien provincial) that does French from either pre-school or grade primary. I guess I could’ve gone into that system since I’m Acadian, but the French school in my area was right in town, while my family was way the hell out between the suburbs and the sticks.
Based on what I’ve heard from some if my friends who took just core French, where there’s only one French class and you only take it up to grade 10, that’s where you often get a class full of kids who either don’t care or who just don’t quite have the knack for language acquisition. Most people take core French, so you’re right that most people come out of school with pretty well nothing. I’d wager that it’s similar in other provinces.
We all love 1AM ramble, it’s pretty coherent though.
Some of my family origins are Acadian as well in the New Brunswick region (though far enough in the genealogy that I don’t know anyone from there). Kinda interesting they use that ethnicity (I’m not really sure what to call it?) in the name of the French school system there. I kinda would’ve expected government offices to avoid using the term after the huge deportations.
It makes sense that a lot of students don’t bother with French outside of Quebec honestly. Unless they want to get into Federal politics or get a job in a federal office, they likely will never need it. It’s my understanding there’s still some small communities of French people in some provinces though so I guess that explains why there are French school systems, kinda out of obligation because of the law on the official languages of Canada?
Here’s their about page. I just kinda skimmed it. Seems to be open to any francophone in the province, as well as newcomers who either speak French or speak neither French nor English and exchange students who speak French.
I would say that it’s because of the grand dérangement that the term acadien is used in the name, so that those who are still here have the right to education in French, not that one necessarily has to be Acadian to go to a CSAP school. There’s also Mi’kmaq immersion in at least some of the schools on reservations, and I believe there’s a Gaelic immersion school somewhere in Cape Breton. Pretty neat that there’s this push for language/cultural reclamation.
Hey everyone, I’m Juniper. I’m a trans woman living in Vancouver currently. Very shy, but I love games, ttrpgs, mycology, worldbuilding, and photography. I’ve recently picked up leather working as a new hobby, and I want to start to learning Italian soon. Lovely to join this community!
HI all! Another from Reddit. In my mid 40’s, west coast US, and was really looking for a community like this.
I was a gaming geek growing up (Commodore 64 through all current gen consoles) and even worked in the industry as a game tester in the late 90’s to early 00’s. Grew up with an uncle working for IBM in the early 80’s and was exposed to REALLY early personal computers when they were not a “thing” yet and I have loved them ever since.
Other hobbies / interests are graphic design, photography, and for work I use AutoCAD and Revit as a designer. It was not what I got a degree in college (graphic design)…but I get paid to draw so I can’t complain :)
Looking forward to BeeHaw!
Helloooooooooooooooo out there!
Mid-20s queer trans lesbian here, yet another girl fleeing frantically from Reddit, but glad to have found a space that’s such a refreshing contrast from social media nowadays. (A social space? Being social? Imagine that!)
I am an extremely avid gamer (FFXIV being the game of choice for me right now), and a board gamer too, for that matter! I’m also finding myself down an anime/manga hyperfixation right now… and honestly being queer is a bit more of my personality than I might like to admit. Really, I’m hoping to find a sense of community here, and meet some cool folks, especially queer folks, in the process.
Immensely glad to be here!
Welcome!
What animes are you watching this season? I’ve been watching Hell’s paradise and Oshi no ko!
Hello! I’ve discovered Beehaw a few months ago, but then I never really used it till now, as the new Reddit update is happening. I am living near Eastern USA. I am interested in languages (more specifically constructed languages), psychology, and gaming. Can’t wait to see how this community goes!
Heya from another reddit refugee:
I’m a late 20s guy (he/him) working on getting a PhD in materials science and engineering. I’m pretty optimistic about Lemmy, and Beehaw in particular.
I think that right now the thing that I’m missing most from reddit is the plethora of niche communities for very specific interests, but I’m aware that’s something that comes with time and a big enough userbase. For now we’ve got Gaming, if we get enough people we’ll probably get MMORPGs or similar. I don’t mind waiting.
Other communities I’d love to see pop up would be for things like scuba diving, specific TTRPGs like Lancer, more specific science communities (edit: looks like there’s already one for space), biking, solarpunk aesthetic stuff, Q/A communities (like r/askscience and r/askhistorians), and so on. (I actually haven’t searched for all of those yet… Maybe some already exist!)
I just want to say I’m excited to be here! Feels like how message boards used to feel back in the day with the number of users not being crazy high like other social media platforms.
Greetins <:
I’m into digital art (esp. character design), synthesizers and audio production techniques, ambient music, programming/software eng, reading, hobbyist gardening and plant-keeping…
My pronouns are she/her and I live in the PNW. Generally just trying to vibe and meet likeminded queer people!
hey everyone! i actually discovered beehaw just today; been interested in the fediverse for a while now, the decline and recent events of reddit pushed me to take a closer look ;) i am a software developer, and interesting in all things tech, history, nature. happy to become a part of this community!
Hello all. I’ve been lurking for a couple of weeks and made the leap today as I’ve decided this is more my home than mastodon.
I’m from the Isle of Wight (small island off the south coast of England for people that don’t know) but now live in London.
I enjoy lots of nonsense and want to keep my online world candy floss and conflict free.
Hello from another reddit refugee as well.
Millennial born in the later 80s. Central US. I work in software engineering but rarely have much to do with it outside of work.
First off, I am incredibly happy to be here. It’s feels great to find somewhere that seems to be a community once again that also allows for me to also no longer feel like a “product” that exists merely for profit like all of the other social media sites for which I have ultimately left. After looking around at many of the lemmy instances, I read the side bar on this one and was immediately attracted to the prospect and ideals of this community while still being able to engage in the lemmy-verse (is that the term?).
A bit about me. I love: Ballroom dancing, tabletop RPGs (D&D), renaissance faires, gardening, being creative, playing music, current events and worldnews, ww2 history, antiques, reading, watching old movies. People tell me I’m an old soul often. I’m goofy, an introvert that can be extremely socially but only for a limited amount of time. I used to play and do regional tours in a rock band. Worked in the music industry for about 4 years but burned out quickly after the band. Favorite book is: “A demon haunted world: Science as a candle in the dark” by Carl Sagan. I’m an atheist since about the age of 18ish. Related to religion, Secular Buddhism is something I have been reading about lately that is something that I have been enjoying. “What the buddah taught” was a fantastic book that was a great foundational look at buddhism in general (not secular). I used to game a lot and still do on occasion but not like I used to. Exclusively interested in casual stuff nowadays. Played too many hours of wow… lol.
Most of all I love spending time with my family. I have an amazing SO and a young toddler that is my world.
I aspire to some day own a renaissance faire shop selling artwork my wife and I produce.
I just started reading The Demon-Haunted World! I’m currently on the titular chapter. I’m reading a few pages every night before bed. Nothing like some critical thinking to get yourself ready for sleep!
That is fantastic! I hope you enjoy it! Amusingly enough, I read it often as a vacation book. Something about actually being detached from life’s everyday bustle allows it to “hit” good for me. I just flipped through my book to look at the chapters and remember it. It’s been a bit since I’ve read it. Time for a fresh re-read. Let me know your thoughts after and enjoy!
Hello there hawbeeists (I’ll just steal that, if you don’t mind, @ashen@beehaw.org :D) So, since I am bad at introductions, here’s a quick overview of my day, since nothing too special happened: At my job as Quality Manager for a CO2 extraction company (“extracting foodstuffs like sunflower using CO2 to get sunflower extract”, not “doing something to get CO2”), I have been reading up on my country’s laws regarding processing insects.
Also, I plan to look over the bachelor’s thesis of a good friend of mine who studies aerospace engineering.
At home, I went outside with my two dogs (a 1 year old Eurasian and a ~6 year old Spitz mix) and until a couple minutes ago I played a round of Natural Selection 2 (playing Xenos, naturally).
Edit: Oh and one cool thing: I repaired my headset by cutting off the broken headset jack and soldering on a new one. So ya, new skill unlocked!
Hello everyone, I’m one of the many from Reddit. I’m in the Midwest US and work as a registered nurse. I enjoy reading, video games (e.g., BOTW, Overwatch), table top games (e.g., Dominion), camping, and got a little into running. I consider myself a fairly goofy and laid back person.
I love learning about anything I can. This whole shift with Reddit really forced some introspection on how I interact with online communities and what I am hoping to get out of those connections. I realize the Beehaw communities are smaller, but I sense more personal connections, versus mostly viewing and scrolling content already upvoted by 10k people.
I am inspired by what the admins are doing with Beehaw and other Lemmy instances, and I’m looking forward to sharing and connecting more with other hawbeeists (I like that term from @ashen@beehaw.org).
Hi Everyone
As with a lot of people here (most people?) the recent Reddit API changes (among other things) have encouraged me to go and look at what alternatives are out there. My username is new for Beehaw so not related at all to Reddit.
I live in the UK, am a parent to a 2 year old (great age, but it is knackering!) and fitting in with the stereotype I’m a bit of a techy, enjoy sci-fi, Gaming (playing Tears of the Kingdom right now) and D&D
Looking forward to taking part in the community
Edit: Just thought I’d add - I mostly used Reddit for following (and very occasionally taking part) in various Parenting, TV, Movies and Techy subreddits. I do like checking out episode discussions after watching a show to see what other people thought. Hopefully these kinds of things will be happening over here!
Hello all, and thank you for the opportunity to be a part of Beehaw. As with others, motivated to explore due to Reddit API drama, however even if that gets resolved I am excited about engaging here. Really appreciated the thoughtfulness and intention behind the information posts by the founders, and kudos to those who created this space. At 60+ I may be among the older members, but really I don’t know which is just fine with me.
I’ve been fascinated by the development, successes, and failures of the internet. It’s a long way from my first computer programming classes using punched cards. Even though I didn’t pursue that career line that curiosity keeps leading me to the emerging and less commercialized spaces in social media. Along the way I have enjoyed hearing perspectives from different generations, diverse groups, and from across the globe so thank you for sharing.
Lots of interests including literature (Jane Austen in particular), rock music, gardening, art museums, occasional travels, and NHL hockey. I live in the Southeast of the US. Prefer not to sit in political spaces for too long, but generally moderate liberal.
