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[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I don't get this. I know the person on the left is the trans employee from Linus tech tips, and I saw in the comments who the person on the right is but I don't get this meme at all

[–] [email protected] 104 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This is a common meme that you either end up as trans or a right winger when you use Linux for a long time.

Not sure about the history, but [email protected] is one classic example and enough public figures like Luke or Brian Lunduke incorporate the other side.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 6 days ago

Soo, I've been daily-driving Linux for 6 / 7 yrs, and occasionally using it since 2013... How much time do I have before I have to choose? Although, given my lack of self-organization, I probably should've already chosen but missed the message notifying me of an upcoming / missed deadline

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Example № 1 here.

I love how you can see his right-winginess by just his website

Based Cooking
Land Chad
podcast

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

podcast

Am I missing something? Are podcasts a partisan thing now?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Only in combination with the 2 above

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

At least I have seen countless podcasts with the only goal to shit out right wing content. And it's perfect for that. Be a nazi, get some other nazi to join you for an hour and talk pure shit about LGBTQ/Migrants etc. Nobody will stop you, and most people aren't willing to actually debunk a one hour stream of "arguments". If there even is a comment section.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

You've consumed countless right wing podcasts?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Didn't know they?/she? was trans. That's awesome for them/her! :D

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 days ago (3 children)

She came out about two years ago or so. Sadly no new videos with her moderating since then, as far as I know.

She goes by Emily now.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

It's ok, we don't do the lmgtfy anynore. In the future there won't be a Google and all the links will be broken. If we didn't change, all the questions would be answered by "just Google it" even though Google will be gone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I'm using duckduckgo so that is probably why it didn't appear for me, idk I searched "did emily young leave linus tech tips" and couldn't see the results.

I appreciate your google fu! Thank you! 👍

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Dang. Must be the reason why I stopped watching. Even just behind the scenes she was invaluable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Right? She was the best!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Damn that sucks that theyve not been moderating since then...

She's probs the most knowledgeable seeming talking head on the team.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

She was pretty much the only one who pushed for Linux content afaik. So if she’s left LTT, that really sucks…

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

Super smart. Def had the most technical knowledge from the videos she was in. Nerd levels, but that's a good thing!

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

I think she's actually left LMG, I either saw a YouTube video from her or am just imagining she uploaded one announcing she had left the company.

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

Oh shit I didn't realize they were trans

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 days ago

Well, as long as I don't have a stroke or something, I won't turn into a right-winger. So trans it is then, I guess

[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 days ago

Those are the only two ways? What about:

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

It's the dilemma of any alternative space. People seeking alternatives don't like the mainstream.

And with a bit of generalization, there's two reasons not to like the mainstream:

  1. The mainstream is too oppressive
  2. The mainstream is not oppressive enough
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

A well rounded person would listen to a variety of voices and carefully pick and choose those parts most pleasing to his character.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

Neither honestly

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Who’s the guy on the right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just checked his YouTube channel and a lot of his videos have alt-right rhetoric or dog-whistles in the title or thumbnail.

he does not strike me as a nice person :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Appreciate it! You're the hero we needed.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You missed the new yazi guy, with long orange hair.

https://youtu.be/cUwu3mkrz_k

Good content!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

So, all roads lead to Arch is what you are saying?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Turning back is always an option.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Like Smith was on my watch list when he was talking about DWM. WTF happened to the guy?

[–] fruitycoder 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I think his recommended reading list still includes "the international jew by henry ford".

I'm a fan of old 4chan memory, Linux enthusiast, into linguistics, and off grid living. Why that space has to be just filled with irl bigots that want to deny people's existences I'll never fully grasp.

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[–] dream_weasel 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Religion and roads scrambled his brains.

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

Read some random comment saying he got a "trad wife" and basically quit the internet.

Last post on his website seem to be from Feb 2023.

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

I don't think he had them all to begin with, but he lost the rest of his marbles. To be honest I think if he was a critical thinker and a bit more open-minded, he would have become an anarchist. But sadly he's a Christian conservative.

Also as I've learned more about linux, I realize he's wrong about most things there too 😂

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

He has said everything he felt he had to say. One of his last posts was "Everyone on the internet is a loser" and I figure he's just gone to practice what he preached.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

When people aren't on internet I always think to myself..

"People actually enjoying their life don't need to go on the internet to tell everyone about it."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Enter the culdesac. Welcome to the neighborhood. Feel free to script your house wherever you wish to compile it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Bitch, it's 2024! Most of us don't have houses...

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