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[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 212 points 1 year ago

This is pretty much my stance.

A whole lot of what the right gets uppity about is none of falls strictly in the 'none of their fucking business' category

A common dog whistle for the right is individual rights and freedoms... Yet they get hung up on things like trans rights which are checks notes individual rights and freedoms

[-] z500@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but you forget about their individual right and freedom not to feel offended.

[-] moriquende@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

More like their right and freedom to feel superior to others by invalidating them.

[-] AgriasArseid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I wish it was only invalidating. This is actively kicking them down.

[-] Khotetsu@lib.lgbt 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

*Their individual right and freedom to infringe upon other people's rights without consequences.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 1 year ago

I remember having a conversation with my conservative boss. He said something stupid about not understanding pronouns and the look on his face when I told him it didn't matter because the pronouns aren't for him. If he can't take a few minutes to understand why someone uses a specific pronoun, it's better that he just excuses himself from it. He just couldn't understand why I would exclude him in that way. Like fuck you dude, you bring it up, get upset when you can't understand and then think it's all about you. Fuck off.

[-] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Would be better if you just started calling him she, they or it. You would probably be fired, but he would get the message. mostly wouldn't you never know with them people

[-] redprog@feddit.de 45 points 1 year ago

They'd be fired, and he wouldn't have got the message. I'm 100% confident on this one

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

The boss doesn't need to get the message. How it works isn't complicated and I don't believe that anyone just can't understand it. That's not the issue and never has been.

They just hate trans people.

[-] DocCrankenstein@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bingo. The message isn't for the boss. It's for my coworkers who might be hiding their identity because of that boss to know they have someone in their corner.

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

I want to see Linus and Stallman fight

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who does that help?

Edit: Yes, I see.

Edit 2: Ah jeez.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 year ago

Stallman being punched help anyone

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

I'm out of the loop. I know he's seem as cantankerous but did he say or do something actually bad?

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 year ago
[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Ah hell. Yeah he should probably get decked.

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did he ever say or do something that wasn’t? He is the biggest of dicks, misogynistic asshole who verbally advocated pedophilia.

[-] janet_catcus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 year ago

huh... i have no idea who that other person is but linus being this based is nice

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Best Linus.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago
[-] Lemmling@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@torvalds@social.kernel.org

[-] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago

this implies torvalds is a community on social.kernel.org.

person mentions have @ not ! (also you can't follow people on lemmy yet)

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[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Torvalds isn't always right, but he's wrong much less often than not.

[-] OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 1 year ago

*in Dread Pirate Roberts voice*

You have a dizzying intellect.

[-] Lampshadiest@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago

I knew there was a reason besides Linux that made me love Linus.

[-] whodatdair@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

What a fuckin legend

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago
[-] spare_muppets@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

This is pure gold

[-] DocCrankenstein@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Bea-fucking-utifully said.

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[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

I need to be able to upvote more than once!

Hey I was one of those boosts!

[-] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Love to see it. Not shocked, though.

For an opposite example, the creator of a niche programming language that is the only one I'm interested in (it's really great, and I haven't seen anything that comes close to fitting the same place) said something at-very-least stupid which was the final straw that caused a core developer (nearly co-creator? created the package manager+installer, wrote a book) to quit. And it already had a low bus-factor.

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Can't say that without spilling the deets. What language?

[-] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't have been difficult to sleuth using my profile here, but Nim-lang. Specifically because it's basically an all-in-one, being easy and fast+capable+flexible. Maybe not enough to go by (and I didn't finish/release it), but some code that I actually wrote (+what it's loading)

For further context on the statement by the creator, it was complaining about the "grammar" of singular they. Aside from that being an obvious culture-war BS dogwhistle, the person who quit knew them closely so I don't think it was an overreaction or misunderstanding.

@Serdan

[-] Serdan@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, damn. Why do assholes gotta ruin everything?

I've seen Nim before. It looks interesting, and I like the promise of a no-nonsense, performant language. I'm comfortable over here in dotnet land though. 😄

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[-] Sqooky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago
[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

In another life, I delivered a package to Linus and he answered the door in a bathrobe at 1:30 in the afternoon, just got out of the shower. Nice guy.

[-] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Isn't this the "woke communist" that runs his company in a shitty way? Overworks employees and stuff? I'm not familiar with the drama is just weird not seeing anything about that in the comments

[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 55 points 1 year ago

Different Linus. This Linus made Linux, he's not the one who does tech tips.

[-] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Oh cool, I think I've always just assumed Torvalds was LTT's last name bc I didn't know they were different people lol

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[-] AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

I was OOT on this until you clarified it. On the phone as well so that didn't help either. I was probably going to get there but you definitely saved me about half a tank.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even though wrong Linus (Torvalds is the Linus who made Linux) I'm glad someone brought that up. Last time I saw LTT he was cozying up with nazis. Last time I heard about him he was being a PR-washing ultralib. He's been beloved among reactionaries every step of the way.

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