So, honest question. Where does the association with becoming trans or cross dressing come from when it comes to Linux? I always see the memes and appreciate the pictures but I’m ootl on this.
Edit- lot of interesting takes on my question. Thanks for the info everyone 💜
As a trans woman using Linux, imo it’s using something beyond it’s original design. Similar to how we ‘hack’ our bodies to go beyond our AGAB, a lot of us run Linux (on machines that come with windows) or hack consoles such as a 3ds we take machines with inferior software and make them better.
Or a may just be reaching and it’s just that security concious and nerdy communities are also largely queer ¯_(ツ)__/¯
This sounds a lot like how one of my friends describes it. She’s a riot — she jokes that she came out as trans because as a chronic tech nerd, she reached a fork in the road where it was either “libertarian tech bro” or “anarchist cat girl”.
Unrelated to that anecdote, as a queer cis woman, certainly a lot of the joy and catharsis I get from tinkering with tech feels like the same fulfillment I derive from queer community. I think there’s a lot to be said for how a person’s perspective influences how they approach problems. Like, as a scientist, there are definitely areas where I feel like being a queer, autistic woman affects how I approach a problem.
As a Marxist cat (?) girl, the barricades will be stormed by people in thigh highs and cat ears.
E: took me a while but I finally found a photo I was thinking of lol
I think I’ve read once that niche communities tend to have notably higher rates of things like trans people. It might be that it’s because these niche communities are more welcoming, so those people like LGBT+ who feel unwelcome in more mainstream places find a home there and bring their friends.
I don’t remember the source and I’m half-remembering the point anyway, so make of it what you may. The context was actually speedrunning (like AGDQ).
There seems to be large overlap between queerness and nerdiness. Although that just replaces one question for another, and idk why it is what it is.
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I was a hairy twink before linux 🥲
… and now?
A smarter hairy twink 🫣
Used to be a hairy twink. Still are. But used to be, too.
Not to mention Ultrakill on that side monitor :3
Haha I was wondering if anyone would notice!
“There you are, installing Arch Linux on your computer, and all of the sudden, you’re a femboy. You didn’t ask for this. You didn’t choose this. Yet there it is.”
I installed Debain and now I’m Trans :3
Debian is for lesbians prick
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I’m genderfluid and genderflux so I come with female, demigirl, agender, non-binary, and a bunch of other things I can’t even comprehend.
I joke with my friend that’s non-binary that it’s basically “quantum gender” where your gender is basically in superposition lol
My gender is best described as yes, no, maybe, all of the above, none of the above, individually, and simultaneously.
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Seems to happen a lot with Linux users, I’m not sure why.
When I installed Linux I thought “I may be a Linux user but there’s no way I’m Trans”, that was a certified egg™ moment
Right now I don’t identify as trans. But uhhhhhhhh well… you see the post.
You’re silly and cute, close enough :3
Thank you :3 it actually means a lot you say that. I wanna post more stuff like this in the future, it makes me feel good.
If you don’t become a femboy from installing Linux, then you become a bear like I did.
I should introduce my friends to Linux so I can turn them all into femboys.
It’s true, installing Arch will instantly shift a man’s wardrobe and fashion sense while a woman will inevitably acquire a third leg.
If only… 😮💨
If only what? :3
If only I could become cute femboy by installing Arch for real. 🥺
You can do it! Just give it a shot. If you backup everything you don’t have anything to lose by trying it.
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It’s white actually
You are saying that installing arch will make me cute??? BTW Gabriel is sexy.
It’s so confusing. I installed Manjaro (caused the mindset) and then Endeavour (pushed me farther).
Yeaaaaahhhh… well now I’m dating a guy sooo…
