Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Manuela Malasaña @Xibanya@mastodon.xyz

12/6/2025, 9:39:20 PM

Public

i know everyone stopped thinking of the live action cowboy bebop ages ago but i finally was able to articulate what they got wrong. the big theme of the original Cowboy Bebop was the inherent dignity of caring deeply for something even if it isn't "important" and at every turn the live action series instead presented characters as pathetic for their trivial pursuits. all other complaints, the dialogue, the costumes, the pacing, are window dressing in comparison

Manuela Malasaña @Xibanya@mastodon.xyz

12/6/2025, 9:45:22 PM

Public

the original Cowboy Bebop is about a young man who for a brief period in his life was in the mob. he ran away and managed to eke out a living for a few years before his past caught up with him. He did not accomplish anything important in his short life. The series asks us, was his life then pointless? After seeing all the lives he managed to touch in the time he had, we must conclude it was not. The theme of Cowboy Bebop is a refutation of nihilism. Life doesn't have to matter for it to matter

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