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Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
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I think i'm a different kind of tech bro. The foss/Linux kind of tech bro. Am I fucked?
youre allowed to call yourself a hacker instead of tech bro then
What constitutes being a hacker?
Do you wear a hoodie and work in dark room?
Hoodie, no. Dark room, yes.
Sadly then you're relegated to the "simple nerd" designator...please go stand in the corner, you're blocking the line.
Oh.
Grab a hoodie buddy.
I dislike hoodies.
This has to be one of the worst takes I've ever seen on Lemmy
You could try a hooded cape and or robe. I think that might technically be allowed.
two keyboards
At the same time.
Rollerblading between server racks
running
tr -dc '01' < /dev/urandom | fold -w $(tput cols)
or any related variation of pibing /dev/urandom funny places
Nah, being a man who's into tech is a necessary but not sufficient condition to being a "tech bro". That term has a whole bunch more baggage and I think very few people on the threadiverse qualify.
What you described is the polar opposite of the work done for Palantir.
You're fine and noble. Just keep being you.
Thanks, I work for Omarchy /s
Thank u
You wish.
You might get lucky if you wear knee socks.
Will goth latinas be turned on by that?
Can't speak for general tastes, but I'm sure there's a few directly into that.
I must find them.
Good fortune and fair winds! 🫡
Thanks.
Only if you use Arch, make sure to mention you do.
Does CachyOS count?
Hmmm we might need to poll goth latinas. I use CachyOS btw, so I'd like to know.
They got goth latinas in Australia?
I'm Canadian, I just like Pylova more than local instances :)
Good point actually, made me curious. 1.6% of Canadians identify as Latina vs 0.5% of Australia. Pretty exotic if you can find one who is also goth.
I hope you find one.
Just gotta find a woman who pays for Google One and save her $ every month by hosting her files.
Bonus: she's locked into your ecosystem (don't do this)
Yep, and if you're a real techbro, you start off by making the offering great. But then, you gradually enshittify it. Popups start coming up that ask her to consent to things she doesn't really want forever, on unconscionable terms, but at first there is a 'Yes' or 'Not now' option. Behind the scenes, there are terms saying you can change the terms any time you like, and her only option is to leave within 14 days, and it is her responsibility to monitor the terms and stop using it if she doesn't agree. You start silently changing the terms to allow you to opt her in by default to consent to things she doesn't want. She opts out, so you change the terms again so she has no choice. All the while the service gets worse - but what's she going to do, she's locked in.
And that sort of thing is why working for companies known for doing the equivalent of the above but to the public is not going to get a good reaction.
It's fair game after getting legally married, though.
Nah that's the only good kind of tech bro, foss is the backbone of everything great about technology :3
If you go back to the 70/80s, computer guys were really nerdy hippies trying to hack consciousness itself and build new ways of relating...
What happened to tech kinda parallels what happened to Christianity.
We need a different term for the non-evil tech bros. That one's been tainted.
We should call them tech assholes and keep bro positive.