• shwumb [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    i guess the only thing i feel attacked by is the random implication that users of other operating systems are simply vegan hating bigots?

    • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      "I see a caricature of someone going out of their way to be annoying to someone who is minding their own business. I feel attacked, because that is exactly like me!" Not exactly painting a good picture of yourself.

      • shwumb [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        :jesse-wtf:

        how did i ever imply that it was 'exactly like me', or even partially like me.

        its obvious the point of the caricature is to portray non linux users in general this way, regardless off the inaccuracy of the caricature. thats the point of caricatures, its the point of the wojak memes. i don't feel attacked because its accurate, but because its not. The only point of similarity is that i don't use linux. the main point of my post was that i have literally never had a windows user tell me to switch operating systems, i have never had a mac user proselytize at me about their software, its always linux users trying to spread the 'good word'. the OP is completely hypocritical or at least the opposite of my experiences.

        you are really grasping for an own here.

        • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          That's like a white person getting mad that the caricature is portraying all white people this way because the wojak has white skin

            • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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              3 years ago

              idk what to tell you dude, the caricature is people who go out of their way to shit on other people who are minding their own business, its absolutely not portraying "all windows users" this way, you're just looking for a reason to feel justified in lashing out at people

              • shwumb [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                LMFAO yeah the meme is just about the going out of the way, directed in no way at windows users and in no way associated with them.

      • shwumb [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        :stuff: because i do not use linux, and i do not hate vegans. this meme is implicitly saying something to the effect of 'all non-linux users are pathetic vegan hating bigots who are distracting me from my nice times using linux', which in my case, as a non-linux user who is not a pathetic vegan hating bigot, is not true, in fact it is akin to slander. additionally, in my experience in online communities, and in real life, i have never experienced a windows or mac or other OS user proselytize so intensely as a linux user, so the meme seems to have an entirely counterfactual point - the behavior it attributes to Windows users are in fact more frequent among Linux users. :stuff:

        • Dirtbag [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          as a non-linux user who is not a pathetic vegan hating bigot, is not true, in fact it is akin to slander

          Okay. Yeah, you might want to go outside or do something else for a while if a meme like this feels like personal slander. It sounds like you’re pretty stressed out.

    • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Nah I think they're just referring to MacOS users with that. Apple uses baby tortoise leather to insulate their wires and stuff.