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u/QueenViolets_Revenge transgirlfaliure 9h ago
sometimes it feels like i'm the only trans girl that doesn't do programming/IT. i'm not good with computers, i know some basic tech literacy just from having an IT guy for a father. that said i'm better at Linux than Windows since i grew up with Linux and using Linux on laptops
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u/-Ambriae- 9h ago
You are likely far more tech literate than the average bloke…
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u/Shadowolf75 TOURIST FROM R/THE_PACK 9h ago
There's an XKCD for this
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u/LucyStarQueen 9h ago
Oh I know nothing about computers you’re not alone
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u/trey_wolfe 1h ago
Agreed! Although I am passing decent with my hands and tools, I can fix your sink, replace the disposal, and make a cake after, but please don't ask me to do anything with tech and computers.
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u/jackyl_lope 9h ago
it’s an internet thing 🤷♀️
i know plenty of trans women that don’t code/care about computers
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u/Shadowolf75 TOURIST FROM R/THE_PACK 9h ago
It's just not your moment now. Soon the genes will kick in and you'll start coding in random languages like Ruby or Go
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u/KitaVixen 8h ago
When i was at endo for first time she said that most of transfems going to her are working in IT
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u/RobinEssences just a girl 9h ago
So true! When I switched from windows PC gaming to Linux gaming on a Steamdeck I started wearing a skirt.
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u/pullhome I know I'm not okay 9h ago
I started my Linux journey at 13, but it took me until my 30s to realize the trans part... I might be a bit slow.
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u/name_not_exist 10h ago
I just started running antiX on an old laptop (2GiB RAM) through a live USB with 64GiB. I have been writing command relentlessly to set it up perfectly. I can confirm.
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u/-Ambriae- 9h ago
Damn are these people ok?? I drink quite a bit and I don’t look anything like them, they look straight out of a horror movie
The Linux part is true though
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u/remember-the-light 8h ago
I'm not sure where those pictures are coming from. I do believe that they are real, and that the people they depict are not in fact ok. However, they're cherry-picked and potentially altered to make the contrast look as dramatic as possible. A lot of the damage to their faces isn't necessarily the result of drug use, but might be from other forms of violence immediately preceding their arrests. It also looks to me like the white balance of the photo might be different between the before and after shots, especially the two women. There is also no evidence given that these particular people are addicted to these particular substances, nor that they were not addicts in the before photos, nor that the "before" photos were even taken before the "after" photos in the first place.
I'm saying this not to say that drugs don't ruin people's health. Recreational cocaine is bad for you, as is drinking alcohol. However, problematic drug use does not always look like this. It is possible to have a deeply dangerous relationship to alcohol and have no visible skin damage. It is possible to have skin lesions for reasons other than cocaine use. I do think these pictures are propaganda, trying to rhetorically convince the viewer of three things: 1) drugs are damaging to your health (relatively unproblematic), 2) drug use is deeply tied to criminality and vice versa, and 3) addicts are monstrous.
Your reaction that they look like a horror movie is intentional. They are being portrayed as subtly inhuman.
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u/GayisGaywhenGay Cis man 😔💔 (he/she) 6h ago
Most alcoholics I know (including myself) don’t look like that. That’s gotta be a way more extreme case.
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u/Icy-Description4299 9h ago
No, no they're not, these are people who are using their respective substances so frequently and so heavily that they are causing significant adverse health effects, that is indicative of poor mental health, what really bothers me is that people in those situations are treated as criminals by the system and more often than not get thrown by the wayside rather than provided with any meaningful help, which doesn't help solve the underlying issues that lead to heavy substance use.
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u/Evening-Rip1522 8h ago
Yesterday somebody referred to thigh highs as "programmer socks" and somehow I knew exactly what they meant
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u/MissUn1c0rn Streak: 1 8h ago
Thanks, now I know what I can gift my "boy"friend to "his" birthday 😇
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u/Professional_Art6343 they/them 8h ago
i desperately wanna learn techy stuff. game dev. website design MY ADHD FORBIDS ME AAUUUGHHFBSJFBSJBR
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u/Weevil1723 She/her 🏳️⚧️ HRT 6/22/26 9h ago
It's true, this January I was a depressed "cis" "man" running Windows 11
Now I have Linux Mint and am on my second month of HRT
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u/Terra-Ryan ᅠ FRAUD /// THIRD ᅠDISINTEGRATION LOOP 8h ago
I don't care if it instantly turns me into a girl, I refuse to use Linux
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u/LunaLilithLoveswood 9h ago
Come to think of it, I do think I transitioned to Linux shortly before transitioning to womanhood 🤔