• _____@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    this is what I said about the Linux memes about Linux being hard to use, people were upset I said that because of the “can’t take a joke” angle

    but I seriously believe that those memes do more harm than good

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      3 days ago

      thing is im such a hypocrite because I was super sarcastic and I can totally see why folks do this stuff for fun but man I never realized how it would end up influencing little cults when the internet grew up.

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        3 days ago

        it’s more of a “know your audience” thing for me

        I can make all sorts of stupidly sarcastic jokes with my friends but when it comes to the internet there’s probably thousands of idiots who read content and take it as face value and as genuine