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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

wait we can't play tuxcart anymore??? Why even use linux then????

[-] bokherif@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago
[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 12 hours ago
[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 19 points 13 hours ago

Akshually it's called Autism Spectrum Disorder

[-] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 10 hours ago

I can't speak for all of us, but I prefer "Autism" as a blanket term (that we hopefully all understand covers a wide spectrum anyway) over "Disorder". Yes, I get that we deviate from the neurodevelopmental norm, but "Disorder" feels condescending to what I perceive as simply a different way of working.

I also understand that some with higher support needs may differ from that perception. My opinion is not universal.

On the other hand, I'm perfectly fine with calling my ADHD a Disorder. Shit's chaotic as fuck.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

this is why neurodivergence simply works in some cases. I do think ADHD is a bit of a disorder but ASD often grinds against it creating something more interesting.

[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I appreciate that. I have a partner who is on the spectrum and has ADHD as well.

I was only joking in the pedantic style often associated (rightly or wrongly) with autistic traits. ASD is the official DSM-5 term. Of course being a diagnostic manual, that focuses only on behavioral deficits. As I understand, the DSM gets plenty of criticism because like you mention, it omits all the interesting ways folks cope or even creatively use abilities like hyperfocus for positive outcomes. But on the other hand, I'm not sure successful behavior requires any psychological treatment, so that may be unnecessary to include in the first place.

Anyway, I think this is one of many situations where simple terminology doesn't capture the full nuance of reality. So apologies if that came across as crude.

[-] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I didn't take your comment as rude, personally. To me, opening with Akshually indicated that joking intent to parody pedantry and I took no offense. I just felt like expressing my opinion on the term with no particular judgement of your joke because I think that the words we use are worth talking about.

I know I have a habit of replying seriously to jokes, which often comes across as me taking issue with them. I keep forgetting to clarify the tone of my message. If only there was a medical term for that communication deficit ๐Ÿ˜‰

[-] echolalia@lemmy.ml 28 points 17 hours ago

You made this image with a green pepper? That's impressive, great work.

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 23 points 17 hours ago

LONG LIVE THE GIMP BELLPEPPER

[-] wdx@feddit.org 5 points 7 hours ago

Green Is My Pepper

[-] echolalia@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago

Ohhh... I'm a Krita enjoyer so I didn't know this about gimp. TIL, haha

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 15 hours ago

Myself using Linux and home and having to use Windows at work... Seems accurate to me....

Me using Linux on one computer, Mac OS on another, and Linux on another.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 37 points 20 hours ago

I disagree. I use Linux but have depression. I'm upset that y'all left me out of this photo

[-] Cenotaph@mander.xyz 15 points 18 hours ago

New distro coming to shelves near you: Depression Linux

[-] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 17 hours ago

With microsoft edge preinstalled

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

and an all-snap packaging system

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[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 4 points 14 hours ago

The default background is black. The colors are all muted. The cursor is slow. The computer shuts down for 12 hours a day. The sounds sound compressed and muffled. When you try to open a program/app, it prompts, "For what? What's the point?"

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 54 points 21 hours ago

I was going to ask when has it ever made sense to run Windows, but then I noticed how old those logos are. Carry on!:-)

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 17 points 21 hours ago

What are the current logos then? Did Linux's change?

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 47 points 21 hours ago

Windows: Just four blue squares

Apple: Same shape, no colour whatsoever

Linux: ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 43 points 21 hours ago

I always think it's so funny that the old stereotypical gray haired man or neckbeard linux user got replaced by the new stereotypical transfem linux user. Now that there's less need to compile our own software there's more time to compile our own genders

[-] exu@feditown.com 6 points 12 hours ago

Oh, there are still enough neckbeards in Linux. Especially in the YouTuber sphere.
The transfem is an additional route, officially merged when Linus Torvalds confirmed he was woke on Mastodon.

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 20 points 20 hours ago

My (entirely anecdotal, based on like three human beings who I'm acquainted with) impression is that the Trans-Chick linux user is the neckbeard linux user. She just started HRT in her 30s and lost a lot of weight.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago

talk about an unexpected overlap

If the stereotype is to be believed, why is this, do you think? Why would Linux and open source software attract such a disproportionately high number of transfrem individuals?

And would it be causative or is it or non-causative?

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 16 points 19 hours ago

As long as we're being arm-chair-y -- At the core of being into FOSS is the following thought: "Don't tell me what I can and can't do" -- Getting into Linux means going out and exploring, deliberately learning something, and all because you don't want your computer to decide things for you.

.... Transgender individuals are similarly breaking out of the "conventional" and making themselves "outsiders".

It's not causation, but correlation. Anyone who's into FOSS will most definitely not be one for conforming to social standards, and transpeople are not people who are conforming to social standards.

[-] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

As the meme points out, Linux attracts the autistic crowd, and there have been some studies done that have found a correlation between autism and being transgender. Namely that people who are autistic tend to care less about gendered norms, and therefore are more likely to explore their own gender

[-] nzeayn@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

yes, and. lets not forget this discussion is happening on lemmy. this place is just autistic as fuck. even those of us autist around here who are straight tend to be the ones who find most other straight people obnoxious. we've self sorted into an audiance that, as another comment hilariously points out. most of us probably know a genx neckbeard linux user who used to be really gumpy. but she's pretty chill and happy now.

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[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 17 points 21 hours ago

That one no.

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

I do miss Windows 95 sometimes...

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 10 points 18 hours ago

I mean, compared to Win 3.1, and before that, DOS...

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

BeOS, Haiku OS, Temple OS, NeXTSTEP, OS/2, DOS, AmigaOS(ok, that's just a single furry right now).

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Only one of those is still in active development.

[-] django@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 hours ago

But there are still users.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Oh, I misunderstood. It's concerning people are still using NeXSTEP and Amiga OS.

[-] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

a1200 is not a want it is a need

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 5 points 17 hours ago

There's a furry using AmigaOS?

.......... What for?

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

https://www.sabrina-online.com/

It's a pretty safe for work comic. I haven't found a citation, but supposedly it started in a Amiga magazine before moving online. It also stopped in 2016, so no one is using Amiga now I guess.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 16 hours ago

I keep wanting to buy a 500 or something a bit newer for nostalgia, but that's hard (a) from Japan where they never really got off the ground and (b) as time goes on they get fewer and more expensive. Not a furry, however.

[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 22 hours ago

Oh shit, a multi boot diagnosis.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 16 hours ago

Well, can't argue with that, my doctor agrees.

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 20 hours ago

As an autist can confirm

[-] SaintWacko@slrpnk.net 10 points 21 hours ago

Crap... I use all three

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 2 points 14 hours ago

The font is ๐Ÿ˜š๐Ÿ‘Œ

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