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new to this linux stuff sorry

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The vegan comparison's a bit of a tangent but most vegans I know keep their heads down because they only need to mention it once for everyone to start complaining that they did. It's not really fair to characterize them as wanting to live life on hard mode and brag about it. They genuinely want to protect and respect animals, they find it's not so hard after all, and mostly they do it discreetly.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

... but most Arch users I know keep their heads down because they only need to mention it once for everyone to start complaining that they did. It’s not really fair to characterize them as wanting to use Linux on hard mode and brag about it. They genuinely want to fully customize thier system, they find it’s not so hard after all, and mostly they do it discreetly.

Either im not funny or you missed the joke.