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    [–] [email protected] 149 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
    pkg_add estrogen
    

    is I believe most appropriate.

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    [–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Do I have to enable backports for that package?

    [–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    It could become glitchy. Consider enabling Frontport as well.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    You guys don't run several updates in parallel on the same system??

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

    Sounds dangerous, aren't you scared of catching the c standard library?

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    # man estrogen

    [–] [email protected] 121 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Which came first, the Linux or the egg?

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (4 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 104 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Estrogen

    AMD64

    Where's ARM estrogen

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

    Asahi Estrogen™

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

    That's meant to be injected.

    [–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer 91 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    If it wasn't obvious that the Debian box is a parody, here's what the ~~Japanese~~ Chinese text along the top reads on each box:

    Please read the instructions carefully and use it under the guidance of a physician. It is strictly prohibited to be used in food and feed processing.

    Please read the installation instructions carefully and use it under the guidance of the administrator. It is strictly prohibited to use for server installation.

    so yes, the title is correct-- this is not a coincidence, the Debian box was made explicitly for this joke

    edit: thanks for the correction folks, honestly thought it looked more like Japanese than Chinese at first glance and I am obviously not an expert in either. Appreciate the call-out, very deserved.

    [–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    How do you identify it as Japanese? I see no hiragana or katakana, which is how I usually identify text as Japanese instead of Chinese.

    [–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    You see, he knew because he is wrong and it is indeed Chinese

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    [–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer 9 points 6 months ago

    Yeah I got it completely wrong.

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    [–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Lol I can tell you just used Google Lens or some shit and then proceeded to make it sound like you knew what you were talking about by assuming it was Japanese (it's not).

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    [–] [email protected] 76 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    ... you guys install it via USB drive or ... ?

    [–] [email protected] 110 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Good news ... it's a suppository!

    [–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

    Universal Serial Butt.

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

    Oh, good.
    That's how I install Linux anyway.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

    [Zoidberg noises]

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    [–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

    Just apply the patch already.

    [–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    On the right, a drug that takes estrogen.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

    This is the funniest comment I’ve read all week.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

    Might explain the hysterics.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

    Performance enhancing drugs for tactical shooters/rhythm games.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

    A hormone in the human body that's typically present in higher concentrations in females than males. Often given as HRT to trans women and post-menopausal women.

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    [–] [email protected] 57 points 6 months ago (2 children)
    [–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago

    Indiana waiting for Texas and Florida to ban it so it can do something more extreme but without any flak.

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    [–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    I suspected Debian users were soyboys and now I have the documents to prove it.

    [–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    They used to be soyboys but then they bought an ikea plushie.

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

    A specific IKEA plushie

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    “Progynova”.. that’s a really great name. Naming things is hard so I always appreciate a good name when I see one

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Could you elaborate on what makes the name a good one?

    [–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

    I read it as pro-gyn-nova

    • Pro: as in professional/effective
    • Gyn: woman (from Proto-Indo-European *gwen), like in gynocology
    • Nova: new (in many romance languages)

    It rolls off the tongue and encapsulates three important aspects. I'm sure there are other readings of it too.

    [–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago

    I think it's more pro like the prefix meaning "for."

    So it would roughly mean "for new woman"

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

    ah yes, professional woman creation serum.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago
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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

    Ah, other commenters beat me to saying what I was going to say regarding the semantics.

    But also, it’s a unique artificially created word. Nobody is going to confuse it for anything else (granted, that might get murky with pharmaceuticals). It’s searchable with any piece of software that does simple string matching. Also, it isn’t itself a constituent of some other longer word, which helps with that kind of thing too.

    The spelling of the word is also phonetically logical. Being a new artificially created word, they could’ve spelled it however they wanted, but they chose the spelling that reads how it sounds. Very few people are going to hear it spoken and misspell it if they’re typing it into some device.

    Yeah.. that sums it up

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

    In my opinion, it ends in nova and the transition from prog to nova with the y is just 🤌

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    There is a reason a lot of trans girls use Debian.

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