I was not technically a newbie since I had previously used ubuntu in the distant past (as if ubuntu would truly prepare someone for a more advanced distro), and probably a few others I can’t remember, but I came back with EndeavourOS and I’m having a great time. I did have a few challenges though I am fairly tech savvy and I knew what I was getting into so I was definitely not a regular novice.

After a single serious oopsie that bricked my system but I was able to fix I’ve been running a very stable system. I’ve kept with it for nearly 2 years now on my initial install with practically no issues, at least none I wasn’t willing and able to solve. I troubleshot an issue I was having with a package installation the other day without finding any help online and that made me proud of myself.

I would have considered myself a decent power user on windows, and I feel like a sub average arch user, but hey I get to learn and improve more now.

Honestly sounds like a disaster, what stops someone from controlling information by aggressively seed-boxing their chosen agenda?

😭

what do they call it, “Get stuck in impossibly tiny hole upside down and die”?

Spelunkers are crazy, out of every stupid thing you could do that has a high chance of killing you of you if you make a tiny mistake you choose spelunking?

I feel called out

It’s funny cause even if someone is transphobic, on some level they do see you as valid which they’d never intentionally admit. But they will unintentionally admit it with their misandry/misogyny.

heartbreaking… beautiful statue of danny devito is AI generated

Yeah, I can totally see that being why the trope is super prevalent.

Me too, I had a non-gendered nickname based on my dead name, and was going to just have my middle chosen name be a lovely name that fit that nickname. But then I decided I hated the nickname and got sour on the idea of “making it easy” for my parents to dead name me in their heart, while using a chosen name.

Ended up not having a middle name, which is cool because I get to “legally attest” to not having a middle name sometimes which I thought was interesting.

That’s fair, I never intended to invalidate anyone’s decision to have any sort of chosen name.

But see, that’s a really great chosen name so I totally get that.

Never would judge any real person for their chosen name, I just find it silly when it’s like this in memes and stories.

that’s true

why does every trans meme assume we change our name to just the other gendered version of our dead names lol. It’s a trope at this point, but speaking as a trans woman that would be dysphoric af.

I guess, to be fair, I actually considered making my middle name similar to my dead name as a way out for my parents from the “it’s just hard for us” but I realized I hated that idea and screw them if they think respecting me is too hard for them.

Edit: btw 2 years post come out and my dad finally used my chosen name for the first time. They can change, though my dad keeps misgendering, which shows me his heart isn’t in the right place. He’s thinking “appease” me as in his heart I’m still a guy, even though he definitely glanced at my chest… guh

99% of them are delusional, and the 1% who aren’t, deserve it.

idk wth ishtu ats?

No guesses? y’all aren’t fun

I’m highly proficient in a much more self gratifying field than I was in just ~2 years ago, so I’d probably intimidate just 2 year younger me, let alone 4 or 7 year younger me.

bleh

like mayonnaise?