PPB stands for "Pig Poop Balls". It's a picture of a pig with poop on its balls. It's an old joke from reddit days and was typically posted in response to reactionaries who wandered into the subreddit to cause trouble.

Also, welcome! quokka-smile

[–] Milksteaks@midwest.social 38 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Tbh it's pretty intimidating posting in here since Ill never reach the peak levels of shitposting I've seen. Typically I'm a lurker and feel I dont have much to contribute either, but you're all so friendly

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

if you feel intimidated posting in the normal threads, feel free to post in the daily general megathread! it's usually much chiller than the rest of the site (and the news megathread) so you can post about what you eat, your cat, some sincereposting about something that happened during your day, some shit about a video game you're playing or media you're watching, or even just intoxicated one-offs and silly shit, or a really bad pun. go nuts!

edit: shit, some users literally just post the word "cum", and there's @wombat@hexbear.net who just posts "it's today's date and stalin saved the world from fascism", there is a wide range of shit to say and all of it is valuable and desired stalin-heart

[–] Milksteaks@midwest.social 22 points 2 years ago

Thanks man yall are legends. I'll check out the megathread

[–] Zoift@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hey! @wombat@hexbear.net also hosts the Saturday & Sunday movie nights in addition to our daily rememberance of Daddy Steel.

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

really?? and here i thought they were a one trick pony owl-wink

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

and don't forget the classic "the Maoist uprising against the landlords [...]"

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

edit: shit, some users literally just post "cum"

I would word this as "the word 'cum'" so they don't think we have people doing "tributes" like reddit-logo

As an aside, I just discovered gustavo-brick-chums gustavo-brick-rollin gustavo-brick-really-rollin gustavo-brick-homies

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

gooood catch

this instance is horny free volcel-judge and hentai-free protecc the streets

[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

mega nerds are best nerds

General mega for general chat, news mega for global goings-on

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? You post

The great part about shitposting is not everything has to be a banger.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

the trick is to just never stop posting. we were all new to this community once -- there's a lot of lore and inside jokes but people will explain it if there's any confusion. welcome to the dope ass bear hexbear-logo

[–] JuneFall@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Typically I'm a lurker and feel I dont have much to contribute either, but you're all so friendly

That is the magic here, you don't have to contribute in terms of utility. There is no minimum utility you have to bring, neither.

We even are somewhat chill with episodes that break site rules, as long as you chill with the 1 day ban and make your peace. I know at some point having people tell me that was also good for me.

[–] MerryChristmas@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

No such post as a bad post. Just throw some shit at the wall and hit reply.