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[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 115 points 9 months ago

Fun fact: they're actually the same person, but he sold it and bought it back when she realized the gross mistake she made

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Damn, you assumed pronouns like 4 times. Get ready to go to trans jail (jk)

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 10 points 9 months ago

Wait, I thought I implied the gender change correctly?

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

You IMPLIED? That's even worse than assuming. Life sentence.

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 7 points 9 months ago

Dammit, I'm busted... (but they'll never know I'm also a racist)
race car flip

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 96 points 9 months ago

What's up with these trans-memes surrounding linux? Are they just a loud minority?

[-] hikikoma@ani.social 141 points 9 months ago

People that enjoy customizing their body happen to enjoy customizing their OS too.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago

Trans etc. are always a minority, obviously. They would not have to fight for their rights otherwise.

No idea why they are so highly visible here. Probably highly concentrated in Lemmy.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 67 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's IT wages and being able to take a break and think about oneself. When Twitter was called Twitter and I've been there, the core population of trans, lgbt+, kink, furry, whatever communities were those who could afford a brief moment to think about themselves, these later magnfied other folks who aren't as well-off. Being gay or trans is natural as our science says, but understanding you are gay or trans means you have enough time, resources, safety to even discover you are one, not to say about presenting as one in public. Tech persons have a natural advantage here over a doordash delivery guy, but as they show it's possible, many poorer persons show up too. And it's not a coincidence Lemmy is popular in these communities, as it's not only a tech-gated space, it's also a promising safe space where they can be whoever they want without social pressure.

ed: if not for us being that fucked by capitalism, the distribution would be more even

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[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 44 points 9 months ago

Trans etc. are always a minority, obviously. They would not have to fight for their rights otherwise.

no one should have to fight for their right, but that doesn't change the fact that non-trans people enjoy customizing their os as well. so answer to the original question is yes, it is a loud minority.

[-] dallo@lemmy.kiois.net 29 points 9 months ago

A loud but lovable minority. Keep being yourself folks. Keep posting here and everywhere.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 37 points 9 months ago

A lot of gender-floaty people work in IT, because they feel at home with the other socially-inept people like me.

And a lot of people who work in IT use Linux.

So there is a ton of overlap.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 24 points 9 months ago

And the rest are furries or both.

[-] Dashi@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

While funny to meme about not really true. IT is made up of all sorts of people. Furries, trans, lgtbq+, tired oarny old men and everything in-between.

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[-] menemen@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Isn't that only for Arch?

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 9 months ago

it's just a meme. although there is perhaps a higher percentage of trans people using linux, perhaps due to the correlation with autism or because they're attracted to less opressive alternative safe spaces in general

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[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Btw, what is it always with the stickers?

[-] rockhandle@lemm.ee 90 points 9 months ago

When youre using your laptop on the go, it has to be communicated without words that you use arch btw

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 22 points 9 months ago

Why use lot words when logo do trick?

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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago

You're in a meeting with 16 people with identical corporate laptops. Easy way to see whose is whose if they're not open.

[-] Godnroc@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago

Pfft, that's what the asset tags are for. Clearly my laptop is the one with the number 2760754 on a... sticker... son of a bitch!

[-] rwhitisissle@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

I've never been in a corporate environment where stickers on laptops that weren't branded for the company itself was considered acceptable or professional.

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago

I sticker my laptops.

I view it as theft deterrent. It stands out so it's easier to see in someone's hands, and makes an expensive laptop looks kind of shitty.

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[-] dallo@lemmy.kiois.net 31 points 9 months ago

It is advertising for money-less projects.

[-] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 6 points 9 months ago
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[-] Kiwi_Girl 25 points 9 months ago

I guess it's feelings of ownership/pride/community.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

What is always with the thigh highs?

[-] uis@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago
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[-] dallo@lemmy.kiois.net 12 points 9 months ago

Programming is easier in comfort

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I have to get up early in the morning and go to a job and pay rent and bills now and it sucks...just let me keep the stickers please.

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[-] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 48 points 9 months ago

Old Thinkpads running Arch are basically the new Blåhaj

And I'm all for it!

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Lenovo Thinkpad t480 with Arch running AwesomeWM. :)

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[-] uis@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago

Since when programming socks counts as trans rights?

[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

Congrats on exorcising that proprietary bitch out of the laptop's body!

[-] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 34 points 9 months ago

I use Arch btw

[-] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 9 months ago

What's the digital clock in your terminal?

[-] Kiwi_Girl 16 points 9 months ago
[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 18 points 9 months ago
[-] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 29 points 9 months ago

Nothing much, how about you?

[-] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Hello, Colin Robinson.

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[-] JeanLucPicard8817 12 points 9 months ago

As a transmasc demiboy I'm getting gender envy from the first guy.

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Is demiboy some kind of boss from dark souls?

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[-] ArieTheFloof 12 points 9 months ago
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[-] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 9 months ago

I'm still mourning for my t400 that died last week, and everything makes me remember my old friend :(

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