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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 month ago (6 children)

To be fair though, thigh highs are really nice to calm down restless leg, so sometimes they actually are pretty good for programming

[–] Cris_Color 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't believe you'd suggest that's the only way thigh-highs would be good for programming, I'm insulted

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They do also hook your brain up to the girl-matrix, allowing you to tap into the shared brainpower of all other thigh-high wearers for your programming. But that's common knowledge, so I didn't feel like I had to mention it

[–] j4k3 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That explains it. I made it through the entire Eaternet, the bread board computer, 6502; all that. But pipelines and out of order instructions of the girl-matrix are just beyond my registers.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, sometimes it's more trouble than it's worth. The girls keep transpiling my perfectly fine Javascript code to Rust >:(

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

perfectly fine JavaScript code

L + Memory-Unsafe + literally JavaScript (do I need to say more)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i was forced to use java scrip the other day, i installed npm and it told me it had 8 vulnerabilities. it told me to put 'npm audit fix' to fix them. after that it said that it had 163 vulnerabilities now. again, this was a fresh install..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

girl-matrix

That implies that thigh highs are girly, which doesn't make sense since they're just long comfy socks that go up to your thighs (as the name implies), anyone can wear them, doesn't matter if they're a girl, boy, or even NonBinary

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Also anyone can be feminine regardless of gender and the way you act or dress doesn't invalidate that :3

(In addition clothes are just pieces of cloth, why the hell do we assign genders to them)

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shakespear rolling in his grave because even he used singular they...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't get it , I'm French btw

[–] BluesF 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Instead of "s/he is" you can say "they are", even though it's singular. "They" is the preferred pronoun for any situation where gender is unclear or (usually, but not always) for non binary people.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh sorry I brutaly translated this from French where we say" iel " (contraction of "Elle" and "il" our feminine and masculine pronoun). I already saw they but I didn't thought about it.

[–] mossy_ 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's all good! The fact that you want to be inclusive is great. They have a contraction for nonbinary pronouns in french? that's awesome.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, it's a neopronoun, so while it's popular enough for most people to understand what it means, in my experience "iel" sadly gets a lot of pushback ("oh but we don't do that in French" etc.) which means it's rarely used in contexts other than to refer to non-binary people who have expressed a preference for "iel".

[–] mossy_ 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah that sounds familiar

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Plot twist: They're a they/them user and you just misgendered them either way.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Very nice programming socks :3

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Agreed, they are very nice.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Why there are many transfem/femboys associated with computer stuff? I'm genuinely curious.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Lennny 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neuroconvergance since it keeps occuring.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Not so divergent now, are ya???

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Someone should do a study into this, I'm genuinely curious why there's such a huge association (me included :3)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Many get into computers when they are younger and before they realize they are girls, they continue doing it after they come out because they like it and/or it pays well.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

my theory is that trans people are drawn to the internet and therefore, by chance, technology, because it's easier to freely choose how to present and find a safe space

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because it's awesome and cool, is there really a better reason? That's the reason I'm into computer stuff, and also why I'm a femboy.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love them, they are so cute. I hope the other the people liked OOP's outfit even though it was a mistake that they posted there.

[–] kameecoding 16 points 1 month ago

Looks more functional than OOP to me

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hmm, does clothing up as a girl really feel that good?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As someone who doesn't get the gender feelies at all, dresses and sarongs are cool (as in, good for warm weather). High socks are so amazing that everyone wore them for much of the middle ages (they're warm!). Called hosen wool socks and a tunic was ordinary commoner attire. (And yes, your nethers and janglies were free to the open air underneath. Laundry without machines was too labor intensive for non-nobles to have underwear.)

Makeup is weird, but looking amazing is fun. (My experience with it was on stage, and putting on eyeliner was hard to do without flinching.)

While I can appreciate a cool tool (say tweezers with a magnifying lens attached) tactical stuff painted black doesn't make sense in contrast to stuff painted a bright color that can easily be seen (on the assumption that I'm not in combat hidden in cover), bright pink is fine except when everything else is also bright pink. (A lot of beach dayglo colors are meant to be well offset against the ocean greens and blues).

Now that's on the practical side. Some folks get a HUGE buzz from representing according to their gender identity. Trans folk know this because wearing the stuff they like is [regarded by others as] weird in contrast to the stuff that mom bought them while they were growing up, so they've had cause to actually explore this aspect of themselves.

But there are guys who like to double down on butchness and gals who like getting ready for the night out more than the going out, itself. And then there are dudes who, no matter how masculine they represent, feel inadequate and wussy, which likely informs alpha male rhetoric and the far-right man-o-sphere pundits.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I'm the same way, I don't get gender feels either 🖤🩶🤍💚🤍🩶🖤, and I would very much agree with most of this except the part about having contrasting colors. I do think that having bright colors in contrast with darker ones does look cool, even if it is less practical.

I'm also not really a big fan of makeup, it feels very weird. Maybe I'd be okay with it if I wanted/needed to look a certain way for some kind of performance or special event but otherwise I'd just rather keep my face clean.

Edit: Okay who downvoted this, someone upset that I'm unapologetically Agender? Well get used to it bitch I'm not sorry about who I am, and certainly not in LGBTQ friendly spaces.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Edit: Okay who downvoted this, someone upset that I'm unapologetically Agender?

Not the downvoter. If I had to guess, maybe they had strong feelings against

  • presenting your personals before the point (as in off-topic/look at me)
  • pushing the agender agenda
  • emoji usage on Lemmy
  • they just hate LGBTQA people, who knows

People will downvote and block nowadays rather than give feedback and discuss. Probably also an effect of information overdosing on the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Probably very likely the last one, I do know that downvoting people for being openly queer is unfortunately common. It was a big problem on Reddit. I once saw a person in r/SwitchPirates being downvoted because she was a trans girl who was openly trans.

Also I feel like the second one is the same as the last one since there really isn't an Agender, NonBinary, Gay, or Trans agenda, that's just queerphobes who want to make out Queer people to be some kind of bad guys to fight against, rather than people who just want to exist and be recognized.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Personally I think so, especially thigh highs, they are very comfy. Oversize hoodies are also very nice as well.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

You slay girl!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Yes I like them

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[–] univers3man 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Person below yours just did:
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/15095872

Also it's better to link it like [email protected] since it works for people on remote instances.

[–] k5nn 11 points 1 month ago

no wait... I'am I N T E R E S T E D

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Imagine having someone who also really enjoys computers and Linux and doesn't judge you for presenting fem and also is snuggly couldn't be me :3 anyone else in the state of utah? /hj

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