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Hullo! New to Beehaw! Show Me Your Nails! (beehaw.org)
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Hi! I'm newer to the Fediverse and brand new to Beehaw. I've used Reddit for years, but I'm seeking greener shores as big tech has gotten real weird.

When I'm not reading, attempting to be a guitarist or fooling with fountain pens, I like to paint my nails! Do I color in the lines? No. Do I do a perfect job? Also no. But I pick fun colors and always, always, always add glitter. Did you color your nails? I wanna see!

(Side bar, I low-key wish the Fediverse had more places for beauty inspo. Let's see pretty nails, hair and outfits, please!)

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[–] murtaza64@programming.dev 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

my friend did these for me yesterday

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Welcome to the fediverse! I quit reddit back in July-ish 2023 during the api shenanigans and haven't looked back. I'm optimistic for the future of the fediverse!

Are fountain pens the type you dip into ink? Is there a technique to writing with them? Can you do writing things with them that you can't do with other pen types?

[–] biteychan@beehaw.org 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

There is such a thing as glass dip pens (I had one and was too rough with it, so it broke :') ), but I like using fountain pens that suck up ink via a spring or piston filled mechanism. I only fool around with fountain pens because I like playing with fun ink and being a weirdo. This is my TWSBI Eco (Fine nib) inked with Noodler's Cardinal Kestral.

Some would argue that there is a proper grip to hold fountain pens, but I found that the normal way I write is good enough. I always enjoyed writing in cursive, and I take a lot of notes (prayer journaling, getting my college degree, writing out my thoughts, etc.), so fountain pens indulge those activities.

If you like going down rabbit holes, here's a blog post to learn more: https://www.jetpens.com/blog/The-Beginner-s-Guide-to-Fountain-Pens/pt/927. #twsbieco #fountainpens (idk may this reach the fountain pen people elsewhere in the Fediverse so they can add more)

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Ah ok so that's what a fountain pen looks like. I can see how it would add to the writing experience as it's more personalized/stylish.

At some point in my life, way back in college irc, I stopped writing cursive and over the years forgot how to do it. Cursive or not, my handwriting has always been atrocious looking.

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out!

[–] gerryflap 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

purple nails

My nails are purple. They're pretty fucked tho, I was planning to remove it yesterday but I forgot. I'm AMAB and started painting my nails like 2 years ago. I expected people to be rude about it, but honestly I've mostly just gotten completes, well-meaning questions, and friendly jokes.

[–] biteychan@beehaw.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Honestly, I feel that unless nails are noticeably missing chunks, it's never that bad! Purple is rad!

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 9 hours ago

All the other nails have the same color, but this one is the only one with "nail art".

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

!WomensStuff@lazysoci.al just started yesterday, you could probably post this there too!

[–] biteychan@beehaw.org 11 points 1 day ago

Reading is fundamental! Sorry I didn't see this. I'll try to figure out how crossposting works on this site.

[–] PaddleMaster@beehaw.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Totally agree with wanting more beauty spaces.

My nails are taking a break from polish 🫣, so nothing worth showing for now.

[–] bownage@beehaw.org 4 points 12 hours ago

Same here! I've been looking at buying some new polish and glitter top coats tho cause I want to step it up 💅💅

[–] ErsatzCoalButter@beehaw.org 6 points 23 hours ago

i love that color

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Again I wish we could follow people on here ... Wait, would that work from Mastodon or Pixelfed?

Anyway, love your nails, amazing colour and so sparkly! 💖

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Edit: Wth, it works from Masto and Pixelfed! Don't see any posts yet but that's amazing! Fediverse 🤯

[–] biteychan@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One thing I noticed is that Beehaw doesn't have hashtags. I'm on Pixelfed, but the photos that appear in my feed are based on hashtags I've chosen to follow that also have a photo. So I'm unsure how this post will get picked up on Pixelfed without any tags (I didn't test that I could add #nails to the post and it'd work). But hey! You found me and that's cool enough. Also thanks, glitter is great :D

[–] moody@lemmings.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Lemmy itself doesn't use hashtags, but since other Mastodon and pixelfed use them and are compatible with Lemmy, hashtags can be used to improve searching between them.

So basically while they serve no purpose within Lemmy, you can still add hashtags to your posts/comments.

[–] biteychan@beehaw.org 2 points 23 hours ago

Learn something new every day. Thanks!

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

I'm on MBIN, and can readily follow individuals, as well as communities.