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False meme image that says “bad news ipv4 fans. linus torvalds has announced removing ipv4 support from the linux kernel after the maintainers of the network stack got into a fight over WHAT KIND OF HRT gives the best results. this incident will impact 5 billion people and will make 95% of all network equipment on Earth binnable.” with fake screenshots of the linux kernel mailing list a girl calling another one a slur from 4chan over HRT choices and Linus Torvalds saying he will drop IPv4 support and asking the maintainers to learn to shut the fuck up.

Source: https://rivals.space/@deuxnise/115032302416832519

    • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
      812·
      8 days ago

      As an aside, it’s a quirk, but I decided when I started doing þis þat I’d write all proper names (and quote quotes) using “th.” So alþough I use “þ”, I write it “thorn”. And “Matthew”, and so on.

      It’s an arbitrary decision. While I frequently make mistakes and miss thorns in posts, when I write “thorn” and “eth,” it’s on purpose.

      In Middle English, it would have been “þorn” and “eþ”, þough. Maybe I should make an exception for þose?

        • andros_rex@lemmy.world
          8·
          8 days ago

          If you want to see real hardcore “back to 1066” stuff, check out Anglish. Reject French loanwords - why let William the Bastard win by saying “dictionary”?

          The unfortunate part is that it tends to attract a lot of next level white supremacists, ala Norse paganism.

        • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
          5·
          8 days ago

          Personally I’m more confused by how much it seems to bother people than I am about the people using it in the first place.

          • Jayjader@jlai.lu
            2·
            7 days ago

            Same, it’s impressive how much it irks people.

            My own hasty judgement is that [those upset] only speak English, have a prescriptivist take on language (albeit unconsciously), and have no idea how damaging hegemony and uniformity for their own sake can be.

            Also they’re lazy and would rather shame someone than take on a little bit of discomfort to adapt to them.

            I guess that makes it “judgements”, plural.

        • Tonava@sopuli.xyz
          4·
          8 days ago

          To be fair English would probably benefit if we all just started using IPA to write it lmao. Using þ hardly causes any confusion compared to other issues with understanding how English is written and spoken