As a transmasc demiboy I’m getting gender envy from the first guy.
What’s up with these trans-memes surrounding linux? Are they just a loud minority?
Or is it trans people turn their systems to Linux?
Is it the chicken or the egg?
Open-minded people can get into linux. You also have to be open-minded to consider being trans. My take is that linux and being trans are not directly influencing each other, but both increase your open-mindedness separately which in turn drives you towards more open topics generally
People that enjoy customizing their body happen to enjoy customizing their OS too.
That would be medics and genetical engieneers
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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Congrats on exorcising that proprietary bitch out of the laptop’s body!
Since when programming socks counts as trans rights?
Btw, what is it always with the stickers?
You’re in a meeting with 16 people with identical corporate laptops. Easy way to see whose is whose if they’re not open.
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.
Yeah, god forbid anyone have a little fun in a corporate environment. Gotta stay in uniform.
I put a rainbow peel off sticker next to my camera just so I had something nice to look at during the endless Zoom meetings. No one but I could see it. Still got a bollocksing because some boomer passed too close behind my work station once in four years.
I recently happily purchased some metal Debian stickers for my work laptops. If you know, then you know. And if you want to know, I’m more than happy to explain.
The Arch metal sticker for my home gaming rig? That was for me.
Does any profit from the Debian stickers actually go towards the Debian project, or is it just someone making money off of someone else’s project?
When youre using your laptop on the go, it has to be communicated without words that you use arch btw
