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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 109 points 9 months ago

What the fuck is this meme, honestly? What's with all the femboy stuff? There's so many ordinary people using Linux. I don't get it. And there seems to be something against Arch Linux users in particular? I use Arch and have a wife and two kids. Am I not normal? Should I become a femboy, fellas?

[-] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 62 points 9 months ago

First came programmer socks, then Rust was invented, and now (fe)men are taking matters into their own hands, correcting the gender gap in IT themselves. What's not to understand here?

Seriously tho, I don't think it's against anyone. It's just a meme, probably originating from a high share of queer people in the IT domain and the rising popularity of anime and manga culture, where femboys are sometimes idealised.

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's just a generational difference.

The Gen Xers get really confused because to them a stereotypical "computer nerd" is (was) a greasy 35 year old in his mom's basement which is covered in RMS posters who would unironically 741k l1k3 7h15.

South Park WoW guy

To us zoomers a stereotypical "computer nerd" is a proudly neuroatypical GNC queer with a body pillow of their waifu.

Programming socks

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 47 points 9 months ago

Who said femboys cannot have wives?

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I take it that's why Linux users become femboys, because they "can't get laid/are incels". Maybe I'm misunderstanding the premise of the meme.

[-] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 11 points 9 months ago

Nah it's more about pointing out how groups of people that are into tech like linux, programming etc, seem to have a lot of lgbtq people. Anecdotally, I have seen a lot programming communities with an oddly large number of lgbtq people in them.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I see. Well, I don't appreciate that it seems like you need to be one to be a part of the community. I want all to be welcome.

[-] PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Just because I use Arch doesn't mean I can't get laid. I mean.. I can't get laid. But not because I use Arch.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

๐Ÿ˜†

๐Ÿซ‚

[-] Steak@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Most real woman don't wanna marry a guy who fantasizes about being a weird little catboy.

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

But we do exist.

[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I don't believe you.

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 months ago

All women are real

[-] eskimofry@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

But people generally don't marry "Most real women", just 1 is enough.

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 23 points 9 months ago

Yes, you're supposed to become a femboy.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago
[-] ff00ff@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

so tired of this shit as well

[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 17 points 9 months ago

Agreed Lemmy is rife with this shit. So much femboi fucking manga anime or whatever they call it. Cool you do you but fuck off with involving everyone else in your kink. I'm just an old fat married dude with kids trying to learn stuff.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 21 points 9 months ago

As long as we're careful here. People can be however they want to be. If you're saying people shouldn't be making memes that assume all people are like them, yes. If you're saying living how they want is "involving everyone else in your kink" we're getting into iffy territory.

[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca -2 points 9 months ago

I'll be careful. Keep your kinks where they belong. No matter who the fuck you are. Stop forcing them on communities they do not belong.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Again, sure, but dressing with a feminine aesthetic is not a kink any more than being goth is a kink. People don't have to abide by your gender norms.

[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

Whatever man. They can gender all they want it has nothing to do with it. Sorry I used the wrong words to justify my distain. I could give a fuck how you or anyone else lives their life. I'm not anti anything but greed, genocide and pushing personal ideals like this onto others without warrant. If it was a "Christian" pushing it would be the same response.

[-] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago
[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This thread insanely funny to me. I wear a dress every day as a man. Don't even own pants. Not to be a femboi but because it's comfortable as fuck. Yet here we are. I don't give a fuck who or what you are into but pushing it and projecting it onto me is not cool from anyone.

[-] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago
[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

I could give a fuck. My dress doesn't affect your life in any way. You're as big a problem as they are.

[-] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's going to be ok, just take it easy. We are going to get your favorite summer dress and no one is going to hurt you sweetie

[-] NominatedNemesis@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago

One festiaval I got dressed up as a goth girl for a competition. From that day I truly beleive that skirts are more confortable. Its quite a breez when in the summer heat, the kind wind tickles my jewels ;) Once I left this conservative shithole I call home, I'll invest in some Kilt.

[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago

That's what I do. Kilts. They're awesome. Assholes will be assholes still but whatever. That's their problem not mine.

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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Yes. I subscribe to Linux memes to get memes about Linux, not femboys. It's not relatable at all for me. Guess I'll rethink my subscription. Maybe I don't belong anymore.

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[-] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

**wearing dresses everyday ๐Ÿคฃ

[-] CAVOK@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Very weird. Started with Slackware back in 97 or so. Still not a femboy and no desire to be one.

Maybe if I switched to arch?

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 4 points 9 months ago

Was enough for me to move to Manjaro, an Arch derivative, to become a femboy

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago
[-] kurumin@linux.community 3 points 9 months ago

His dick fell off.

[-] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Against?

Yes you should become a femboy.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
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[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago
[-] victorz@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Because I don't want to. And I don't want to be made like I want to, nor should.

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Do you like genuinely think people are trying to turn you into a femboy? No one is doing that, it is just a joke. Be whatever you want, that's kind of the point.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

I do not, no, I know they can't. I just don't like the attitude. If it's a joke, it's definitely weird considering the LGBTQ community is under constant pressure to conform to binary gender roles from the rest of society. But then here they're doing the same thing? Even as a joke? Especially if OP is not part of said community, but I assume they are.

I just don't think it's funny, because I know they don't enjoy it either. It's distasteful in my opinion, because the respect needs to be both ways.

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