I use arch btw
I use Arch btw
i’d like to be used by arch
Arch uses me me btw
Why would someone recommend an OS that everyone already uses?
Why would someone recommend an OS that sucks
Everyone obviously uses Linux, but does everyone use arch?
Not enough. Spread the word.
I’m doing my part!
I’ve used Linux since 1996 and don’t recommend it to anyone. They might want help with something.
This is what I call wisdom right here 👆
This meme is so old I can see the crust on it
The demotivational format is one I’m thankful to be rid of. They were good for like 5 days when they would actually parody the original posters. But then it was years of it being an absurdly awkward caption format
If you think Linux users I’m general are like this, wait until you encounter Arch Linux users.
And since when recommending operating system is weird? People recommend YouTube channels, productivity apps, TV shows, tech gadgets… Recommending something that is second most popular thing is not weird.
I got a friend who was constantly downloading shit from shady “gratis” software sites injecting adware. Because of common reinstalling I had to do for him I had to create second partition for his personal files to not constantly transfer them back and forth the USB disk. But then he struggle to manage his files, because I couldn’t just put his /home directory on separate logical volume, no. Windows required him to juggle files around C: and D: drives with fixed sizes and with Desktop and Downloads being on C: anyway. People using Btrfs or LVM know what I am talking about. As he mostly used a browser, LibreOffice and games from Steam/Epic, why I shouldn’t suggest him another OS?
Another example can be my grandpa with older computer (talking 2GB of RAM) that is perfectly happy with lightweight but modern system. Or my nephew who loves playing with painting programs, webcam and Minesweeper-like games without additional popups or TikTok shortcuts being placed in app menu.
Linux users… The vegans of IT.
And just like the real world, as annoying as vegans are, they ultimately are ideologically right
as annoying as vegans are, they ultimately are ideologically right
about what?
The meat industry overall is bad for everyone, the amount of food it requires to feed the meat we eat is extremely wasteful. From an economic standpoint, meat is “bad”, let alone the lobbying done by the meat industry.
Eating meat increases the chances of heart disease. Some protein is good, but we eat way too much. From a public health standpoint, meat is “bad”
In general, it’s good to lessen harm. Factory slaughtering living things that grew up in what’s effectively a prison is not lessening harm.
But, I do like the taste of meat unfortunately. Ill splurge on lab grown meat when it becomes available, but even though I’m a hypocrite for liking the taste of meat doesn’t mean vegans are wrong because they’re annoying to deal with
Factory slaughtering living things that grew up in what’s effectively a prison is not lessening harm.
you can’t know that. consequentialist ethics run into this all the time: you can’t actually know what the future holds, and it may be that without the current agricultural system, even more harm would have been done.
I see your argument that thinking how a pig in a meat factory feels is just speculation, but there is a point where we have to think about the future and speculate what could be and how possible it is. If we have better options now, and, maybe not as a single human, but collectively can act to stop this harm with a great possibility, I think it’s worth it to speculate. I don’t no where you draw this line, but it is beyond mine, so I am willing to speculate that this is the better way.
thinking how a pig in a meat factory feels is just speculation
that’s not what i’m saying here. i’m saying that they could be experiencing an immense amount of suffering, but we can’t know if that is saving the world from an even greater suffering sometime in the future.
And I would say that I am ready to speculate, that stopping this suffering does not conclude to more.
the amount of food it requires to feed the meat we eat is extremely wasteful
a lot of what we give livestock are parts of plants that people can’t or won’t eat. that’s the opposite of wasteful.
Parts of plans that were specifically grown for livestock that we won’t eat, that is. At least a big part.
Eh… both are questionable. Morally superior, maybe, but definitely not right.
So majority keep it to themselves, and those who aren’t vegans bother them about being vegan?
windows is shit
i use windows btw
someone’s never been on slashdot back in the day
when a product is better, people recommend it
I love my purple Arch, and I will indeed recommend it to people
I butt chug Panera charged lemonade, by the way.
