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    [–] [email protected] 109 points 9 months ago (15 children)

    What the fuck is this meme, honestly? What's with all the femboy stuff? There's so many ordinary people using Linux. I don't get it. And there seems to be something against Arch Linux users in particular? I use Arch and have a wife and two kids. Am I not normal? Should I become a femboy, fellas?

    [–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    First came programmer socks, then Rust was invented, and now (fe)men are taking matters into their own hands, correcting the gender gap in IT themselves. What's not to understand here?

    Seriously tho, I don't think it's against anyone. It's just a meme, probably originating from a high share of queer people in the IT domain and the rising popularity of anime and manga culture, where femboys are sometimes idealised.

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    It's just a generational difference.

    The Gen Xers get really confused because to them a stereotypical "computer nerd" is (was) a greasy 35 year old in his mom's basement which is covered in RMS posters who would unironically 741k l1k3 7h15.

    South Park WoW guy

    To us zoomers a stereotypical "computer nerd" is a proudly neuroatypical GNC queer with a body pillow of their waifu.

    Programming socks

    [–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Who said femboys cannot have wives?

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I take it that's why Linux users become femboys, because they "can't get laid/are incels". Maybe I'm misunderstanding the premise of the meme.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Nah it's more about pointing out how groups of people that are into tech like linux, programming etc, seem to have a lot of lgbtq people. Anecdotally, I have seen a lot programming communities with an oddly large number of lgbtq people in them.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

    I see. Well, I don't appreciate that it seems like you need to be one to be a part of the community. I want all to be welcome.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Just because I use Arch doesn't mean I can't get laid. I mean.. I can't get laid. But not because I use Arch.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago
    [–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

    Most real woman don't wanna marry a guy who fantasizes about being a weird little catboy.

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

    But we do exist.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

    I don't believe you.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

    All women are real

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

    But people generally don't marry "Most real women", just 1 is enough.

    [–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Yes, you're supposed to become a femboy.

    [–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago
    [–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

    so tired of this shit as well

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Agreed Lemmy is rife with this shit. So much femboi fucking manga anime or whatever they call it. Cool you do you but fuck off with involving everyone else in your kink. I'm just an old fat married dude with kids trying to learn stuff.

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    As long as we're careful here. People can be however they want to be. If you're saying people shouldn't be making memes that assume all people are like them, yes. If you're saying living how they want is "involving everyone else in your kink" we're getting into iffy territory.

    [–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    I'll be careful. Keep your kinks where they belong. No matter who the fuck you are. Stop forcing them on communities they do not belong.

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    Again, sure, but dressing with a feminine aesthetic is not a kink any more than being goth is a kink. People don't have to abide by your gender norms.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    Whatever man. They can gender all they want it has nothing to do with it. Sorry I used the wrong words to justify my distain. I could give a fuck how you or anyone else lives their life. I'm not anti anything but greed, genocide and pushing personal ideals like this onto others without warrant. If it was a "Christian" pushing it would be the same response.

    [–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago

    Sir, this is a Wendy's.

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    [–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Yes. I subscribe to Linux memes to get memes about Linux, not femboys. It's not relatable at all for me. Guess I'll rethink my subscription. Maybe I don't belong anymore.

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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

    **wearing dresses everyday 🤣

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Very weird. Started with Slackware back in 97 or so. Still not a femboy and no desire to be one.

    Maybe if I switched to arch?

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Was enough for me to move to Manjaro, an Arch derivative, to become a femboy

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

    His dick fell off.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Against?

    Yes you should become a femboy.

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    [–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Because I don't want to. And I don't want to be made like I want to, nor should.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Do you like genuinely think people are trying to turn you into a femboy? No one is doing that, it is just a joke. Be whatever you want, that's kind of the point.

    [–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

    I do not, no, I know they can't. I just don't like the attitude. If it's a joke, it's definitely weird considering the LGBTQ community is under constant pressure to conform to binary gender roles from the rest of society. But then here they're doing the same thing? Even as a joke? Especially if OP is not part of said community, but I assume they are.

    I just don't think it's funny, because I know they don't enjoy it either. It's distasteful in my opinion, because the respect needs to be both ways.

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