• recapitated@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    This is starting to get into the “only one joke” territory.

    I assume that this stereotype is based on some volume of observation, but it’s been dragged and beaten into the ground, and honestly, as someone with decades of professional and enthusiast experience with FOSS, this stereotype just doesn’t even strike a chord with me.

    In summary, this whole meme is overcooked.

    • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      I think it comes from the other direction. Like, the trans and femboy communities are small, but a high portion of them are in tech jobs and FOSS. So this is a stereotype about trans women and femboys all being into Arch, rather than all Arch users being trans women or femboys.

      Still overused, but I can see why since the 3 most active communities I see on Lemmy are Linux users, trans people, and Trekkies.