• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Or is it trans people turn their systems to Linux?

        Is it the chicken or the egg?

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          Open-minded people can get into linux. You also have to be open-minded to consider being trans. My take is that linux and being trans are not directly influencing each other, but both increase your open-mindedness separately which in turn drives you towards more open topics generally

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      Trans etc. are always a minority, obviously. They would not have to fight for their rights otherwise.

      No idea why they are so highly visible here. Probably highly concentrated in Lemmy.

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        It’s IT wages and being able to take a break and think about oneself. When Twitter was called Twitter and I’ve been there, the core population of trans, lgbt+, kink, furry, whatever communities were those who could afford a brief moment to think about themselves, these later magnfied other folks who aren’t as well-off. Being gay or trans is natural as our science says, but understanding you are gay or trans means you have enough time, resources, safety to even discover you are one, not to say about presenting as one in public. Tech persons have a natural advantage here over a doordash delivery guy, but as they show it’s possible, many poorer persons show up too. And it’s not a coincidence Lemmy is popular in these communities, as it’s not only a tech-gated space, it’s also a promising safe space where they can be whoever they want without social pressure.

        ed: if not for us being that fucked by capitalism, the distribution would be more even

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        Trans etc. are always a minority, obviously. They would not have to fight for their rights otherwise.

        no one should have to fight for their right, but that doesn’t change the fact that non-trans people enjoy customizing their os as well. so answer to the original question is yes, it is a loud minority.

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          A loud but lovable minority. Keep being yourself folks. Keep posting here and everywhere.

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      A lot of gender-floaty people work in IT, because they feel at home with the other socially-inept people like me.

      And a lot of people who work in IT use Linux.

      So there is a ton of overlap.

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          While funny to meme about not really true. IT is made up of all sorts of people. Furries, trans, lgtbq+, tired oarny old men and everything in-between.

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            There is a disproportionately large number of furries working as network admins though. Whenever you use the internet, there’s a good chance that your data is transiting via a network administered by furries.

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      it’s just a meme. although there is perhaps a higher percentage of trans people using linux, perhaps due to the correlation with autism or because they’re attracted to less opressive alternative safe spaces in general