Why is this community called “askchapo”, was El Chapo a socialist or something? What is the origin of the name? : askchapo

[-] CDommunist@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago

Chapo? Like the bear?

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 36 points 11 months ago

In 2020 reddit banned a donald trump subreddit. In an attempt to appear 'even-handed', they also banned the subreddit for the podcast Chapo Trap House. Hexbear started as a liferaft for that subreddit, briefly going by the name chapo.chat. Hence the name, /c/askchapo

El Chapo was not a socialist, and it took every ounce of willpower I have to not 'yes, and' that title

[-] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago

To be exhaustive, the subreddit was for the podcast Citations Needed, it was just called r/chapotraphouse for historical reasons.

[-] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago

The biggest most hexagonal bear is known as a Chapo. We divine our best wisdom from our glorious hexagonal overlord

[-] Lerios@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago

joined 6 days ago

glasses-off good god, this might be a genuine question!

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

og-hex-bear

[+] context@hexbear.net 22 points 11 months ago

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[-] SankaranSpy@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

How did this community spring from something Chapo-related? What does El Chapo have to do with socialism?

[-] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 11 months ago

There's a popular leftist podcast called "Chapo Trap House". The name is just a joke they came up with in the first episode when thinking of a name for the podcast. El Chapo himself doesn't really have anything to do with socialism.

[-] ikiru@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Did it have to do with El Chapo Guzman from the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico?

The name always kinda threw me off, honestly.

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

Kind of. It was a throwaway joke that ended up sticking, but it was supposed to sound like a trap mixtape

[-] ikiru@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Fair enough. I prefer hexbear as a name and logo anyway.

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

It was a controversial change at the time, even though the community had long since evolved past being the podcast it was named after, but it's grown on me over time

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

All we want to be is El Chapo... at least all the power posters I know.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

It's all in the podcast, this community comes from /r/chapotraphouse which was the podcast's unofficial subreddit. The subreddit outgrew the podcast, got banned, and moved here.

[-] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

It's a play on the french for hat, chapeau. Ask hat, its like an advice column.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

All questions posted here are emailed directly to Joaquín Guzmán

[-] privatized_sun@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Chapo is slang for short men

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

We were noticing a preponderance of short ("chapo" in Spanish) guys making effortposts and giving the most and promptest answers to questions, so we named it after them.

Tall folks already have enough glory; this was only fair to our short comrades.

[+] the_kid@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[-] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

Amber.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

People keep asking but I suck at answering, I'm so sorry failure

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