@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems
2026-09-25 01:11 UTC
"But Elizabeth, this time it's a real problem, you see, AI is a real existential threat and so THIS TIME we should harass people"
Yeah yeah you said that before and people have been bullying people for... gets cue cards out
systemd vs sysv init vs openrc vs... whatever
distribution choice... even when they're decidedly NOT run by Nazis... before anyone CARED if a distro was run by a Nazi (it's good that they do btw but HOLY SHIT don't pretend y'all suddenly grew a conscience overnight)
fucking text editor choice
desktop environment / window manager choice, BEFORE this KDE shit and everyone took stupid pills
Using Flash. Yes. USING FLASH. PEOPLE USED TO FUCKING BULLY PEOPLE FOR THAT.
codec choice (I am old enough to remember when people got flamed for using GIF... yes, GIF. Fucking GIF was CONTROVERSIAL AS FUCK once upon a time)
encryption algorithm choice
X11 vs Wayland
using NON-FREE SOFTWARE
INCLUDING NON-FREE SOFTWARE
USING A REPO WITH NON-FREE SOFTWARE
USING A DEVICE THAT REQUIRES FIRMWARE
using a permissive software license over the GPL
using a public domain dedication over the GPL
using the GPLv2 instead of GPLv3
do you want me to continue? I got a whole-ass stack of cue cards here
Replies (4)
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@geraldew@fosstodon.org 2026-09-25 02:09
@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems yikes, I'm old enough to remember all of those. And yes, the list goes on and on - e.g. programming in language x versus y. (Oh wait, I'm still guilty of indulging that one - mea culpa)
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@Kuniti_shino@pounced-on.me 2026-09-25 02:11
@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems the reason not to use v3 is because of the sass loophole v3 has But why bully someone over not having a loophole license
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@soatok@furry.engineer 2026-09-25 02:14
@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems God damn, that's not even a comprehensive list that's the sad part -_-
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@ariarhythmic@ohai.social 2026-09-25 04:21
@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems What's your line between harassment and vocally wanting people to do better?