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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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[–] [email protected] 100 points 2 months ago (3 children)

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Why does everything in the FOSS sphere have to be made overtly creepy by adding anime teenage schoolgirls?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

every slightly popular thing gets their anime girls, nothing can escape

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

every major tech company has an anime mascot. Here's AMD's one: https://moeverse.xyz/wiki/Amada_Kokoro

And here's the one Microsoft made for Internet Explorer:

Clicking that image will take you to her Wikipedia article.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow! It's even got a backstory and all.
Doesn't make the product more appealing though. The only thing that does that for me is the Datasheets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Speak for yourself, I'm installing IE6 right away

[–] xenoclast 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let me introduce you to the concept of the Venn Diagram

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan 4 points 2 months ago

Why are you showing me a circle

[–] mrvictory1 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you think this is restricted to FOSS, you are gravely mistaken https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I didn't say it was...

[–] Neon 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wait, there's actual text there?

All I see in Voyager is an empty text box.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It's an image.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The image before loading is shown a blank message first in comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I do see an image on Voyager iOS

[–] aidan 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah I was really disappointed when I tried Hyprland

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

and for everybody else.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I'm adding this to my Debian wall

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The Debian logo is very similar to the progynova logo (progynova is estrogen). The above image is probably inspired by that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Nah, I think it predates trans culture memes becoming so mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yet, I don't see a direct relation between (trans) gender and sexuality. (I've seen a meme making fun of the similarity of the logos and packaging before, so I see the point).