Maybe it is more than an instance. Maybe it is an idea, a world-historical vanguard, light itself. 
actual attempt to answer (cringe)
We’ve been around for three years on a lemmy fork before federation. The lack of federation for years as well as the place we splintered off from (/r/chapotraphouse) already having a unique microculture within Reddit has given this instance, in my opinion, a distinct culture compared to general-purpose and even other hobbyist instances.
Regarding specifics, Hexbear is a vehemently queer-friendly/intersectional anti-sectarian socialist instance. Check us out 
I’m on lemmy far too much. I’ve noticed that exactly zero people from this instance has ever tried to argue with me or make any dumbass “actually” comments picking apart something I’ve said for no reason.
I’ve also gotten into multiple conversations with people here that cracked me up and made my night.
Thumbs up
If you ever wish for that, make sure to leave a comment bashing China! We’ll make sure to get some feral hogs in that inbox STAT.
Come join us under the nice warm hexbear kotatsu
Fine. You convinced me.
Oh look, the emotes aren’t ten stories high over here!
Welcome comrade
You’re free from the reign of giant PPB, comrade
Oh look, the emotes aren’t ten stories high over here!
The list of emotes are.
One of us one of us
now you get to join the rest of us in never being able to find emotes amongst the uncountably infinite images.
Wouldn’t it be funny if someone had absolutely no idea how to access all those emotes? Lol. What would you even tell them so they could figure it out? That would be hilarious!
Cough
if you know the approximate name for something you want, you can start typing :name and you’ll see a dropdown with the emotes that match. if you have no clue, you can click the little emoji icon just above the post box, scroll down past the standard emoji, and browse the emotes by category.
I’ve been considering it
🥰
Damb, we’re slacking guys!
Sorry to bring the party down. But your mom’s a nice lady, and your father loves you.
unfortunately untrue but I appreciate the sentiment
Damb
…damb
damb!
I actually kind of love this thanks.
Your stinky and not funny and you use good grammar and punctuation (now, I’ll turn my head as you swing to make it look like you hit me)
Yeah well, you’re a secret vegan!
POW!
spelling? incoherent idealism. grammar?
I support anyone whose posts I can comprehend and most of those I can’t.
If hexbear has a million posters, then I am one of them. If hexbear has ten posters, then I am one of them. If hexbear has only one poster then that is me. If hexbear has no posters, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against hexbear, then I am against the world.
Post hog
Incredible posting powers are bestowed upon those who swear by the volcel pledge.
While incels are watching Andrew Tate and complaining about how women don’t like nice guys, we study the blade
While noncels are consenting to intercourse, we politely decline to dedicate the time and effort to shitpost on a fringe online forum.
So much time wasted trying & failing to get laid, or succeeding in getting laid. Meanwhile we’re having 200+ comment threads on who would win in Super Smash Bros. Melee if Enver Hoxha played against Amadeo Bordiga.
After crawling through their Wikipedias a bit, I feel confident that Amadeo is a bigger introvert and would therefore be better at smash. He seems more likely to go, “well hold on a minute, what if I press this button and hold this direction?” Enver looks much easier to frustrate with a device at which point his thinking would lock up and he’d just walk off the stage.
Bordiga easily.
Melee if Enver Hoxha played against Amadeo Bordiga.
well this is easy. she’d post so hard about redfash tankies that Bordiga would be blown off the field.
Hexbear is a billion times better than the general population about vegan and covid conscious stuff. I can’t forget this. Everyone always harps on this place being safe for queer people. But I can’t get over the number of left spaces that feel apart because the admins needed “vegan hate stirring #4 this week”.
And it’s very much appreciated from the otherkin community. When you live as a nonhuman, you become acutely aware of the fact that 95% of people are human supremacists and think your life isn’t worth protecting because you’re an “inferior species”. Cue the old “if they want to identify as animals they should be eaten like animals”. Carnists are fascists and this is the rare non fascist community.
I like hexbear because the emotes rule and it’s had at least one name change
Hexbear is great because they let me be weird and I appreciate it
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Oh no
I’m afraid you’re going to have to lead the riots in Toledo, the official city of Hexbear. It’s a shame you weigh 6 oz and aren’t a 350lb horror from the ancient world like Gritty is. Gritty has never been at risk of being accidentally stepped on.
we are fucked
Get em in ankles Dirt_Owl!
pokedex lookin ahh size comparison
Dirt_owl is a fucking hoothoot confirmed
if Dirt_Owl is our leader does that make us an owl movement 💩
I thought the official city of hexbear was Liberal Mountain, Montana?
We love you Dirt_Owl
It was great when you joined and immediately brought an extremely powerful and specific energy to the site
I think my first post was me complaining about being covered in centipedes followed by a post of a skeleton complaining that the centipedes won
Not sure what to call that energy lol
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Ohhhh so my first post was more serious then I thought.
Oh geez back when the covid toll was less then a million haha oooo nooo
You’re pretty great. Can’t imagine this place without you. But to be honest, that’s how I feel about most of us.
I like that the bear is hexagonal. And it’s good to have a friendly instance where we can safely celebrate the legacy of Hillary Clinton, the real president of the United States.
Welcome to planet hillary comrade, you are home.
I love hexbear because um and uh with ah ermm I love erm if you ah ermmm it’s great.
Hi there YSF!
Whenever Hexbears not on thread, all the other posters should be asking, “where’s Hexbear?”
(baby talking) “Where’s the Hexbear? There she is!”
:theres-my-Chippy:
Everyone is saying “Hexbear this” and “Hexbear that”. But no one is saying “Worship this” and “Jericho that”.
Youth pastor voice: Gosh, everyone is talking about Hexbear, but did you know who else stirred up a bit of trouble in his day…?
These folks at Hexbear are always saying, check out this dope ass bear, but have they taken a second to check out this dope ass Messiah?
These folks at Hexbear sure like their shit on pigs balls. Haha, but you know where else you can learn about pork being unclean? The bible
I just want to share my favourite emote combo (that’s on topic)
The best part is I think they already do
i have seen many times a .world user post something about china there is like 5 users from diferent instances talking about how “they cant wait for those hexbears to defend the cpc and spam emotes” we live rent free in their heads
They wouldn’t say CPC tho
I’m only too happy to oblige tho
Always goes through my mind and makes threads on .world less interesting.
Every time Hexbear isn’t on the Lemmy front page, other instances should be asking “I wonder where Hexbear is?”
I wonder what Ganon’s up to
that’re pretty much what they’re doing, except with their meta “we should defederate with hexbear” threads
Rent free, just as
intended.
I just stopped by to see if there were any “Where’s Poochy?” jokes in the comments and I was not disappointed.
Hexbear is the fertile soil turned by the plow, the last kiss from a lover, the dawn that is promised but never comes
It is the blood spilled by an honest man, the ringing of a bell just before it fades to silence
This is Hexbear
Whenever Hexbear isn’t on your screen, users should be asking “Where’s Hexbear?”
Check out this dope ass object impermanence
Rotating a dope as bear through five dimensions in my mind.
It’s an idea who’s time has come, it’s about… Sending a message.
