Chapo? Like the bear?
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
To be exhaustive, the subreddit was for the podcast Citations Needed, it was just called r/chapotraphouse for historical reasons.
The biggest most hexagonal bear is known as a Chapo. We divine our best wisdom from our glorious hexagonal overlord
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good god, this might be a genuine question!
It's a play on the french for hat, chapeau. Ask hat, its like an advice column.
All questions posted here are emailed directly to Joaquín Guzmán
Chapo is slang for short men
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.
People keep asking but I suck at answering, I'm so sorry
askchapo
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