This is an article about how to talk about Linux with girls. Or, to put it more popularly, “how to talk about 3C topics with girls.”
Author: Anonymous
Source: internet copypasta
Translation#
Let’s talk about free software issues in dating.
As a 20-year-old single man, I think it is very hard to find girls interested in free software. I once met girls who jokingly asked, “Want to watch Netflix together?” but I told them I do not watch Netflix because Netflix requires proprietary software DRM to stream. Then they stopped talking to me. Even worse, if they stayed, they would find out I am weird, because I used the host file to block all of Google’s IPs, so we could not even watch Youtube. I cannot even invite girls to my house, and I cannot send messages to them. Since my phone has a custom ROM installed, and because I refuse to use SMS due to security concerns, once I get girls’ numbers, I require them to install free and open source IRC messaging software. Then I share my GPG key with them to ensure communication security. None of my friends are willing to do this. And I cannot use sites like Tinder either, because they are proprietary software and greatly violate user privacy. Why is it so hard to find girls interested in free software? Looks like I am going to be a wizard for the rest of my life.
By the way, this article is released under GPLv3. You may freely modify and publish it, but remember to share your changes with me.
Taiwan-Localized Version#
Let’s talk about free software issues in dating.
As a 20-year-old guy who has been single since birth, I think it is very hard to find girls interested in free software. I once met girls who jokingly asked, “Want to Netflix and chill, song ji le?” but I told them I do not watch Netflix because Netflix requires proprietary software DRM to stream. Then they stopped talking to me. Even worse, if they stayed, they would find out I am weird, because I used the /etc/host file to block all of Google’s IPs, so we could not even watch Youtube. I cannot even invite girls to my house, and I cannot send messages to them. Since my phone has a custom ROM installed, and because I refuse to use SMS due to security concerns, once I get girls’ LINE, I require them to install free and open source IRC messaging software. Then I share my GPG Key with them to ensure communication security. None of my friends are willing to do this. And I cannot use sites like Dcard Draw Cards either, because they are proprietary software and greatly violate user privacy. Why is it so hard to find girls interested in free software? Looks like I am going to be a wizard for the rest of my life.
By the way, this article is released under GPLv3. You may freely modify and publish it, but remember to share your changes with me.
Translator’s Note#
This article is not sexist. There are many excellent women computer scientists too. It merely reflects the stereotype of this copypasta.
Although this is copypasta, the Free Software Foundation’s official website really does have two articles specifically discussing dating and free software issues, recommending that people use Linux and software that respects user freedom more during relationships.
Right now there really is not any dating software that is free and open source. Does anyone use IRC for romance?
Sigh, if only interpersonal relationships could be defined using ActivityPub, which Mastodon uses. Open relationship, right! I get it!
Original#
Let’s talk about the free software dating scene.
As a twenty year old single male I think it’s very hard to find a girl who’s actually interested in free software. I’ve had girls jokingly ask to “Netflix and chill” but when I tell her that I don’t use Netflix since Netflix requires proprietary software to stream content, they stop talking to me. And worse if they do stay they think I’m weird since I blocked google IP’s in my host file and we can’t even watch youtube. I can’t ever seem to get girls to come over to my place and I can’t text them either. Once I get their numbers since I’ve added customs roms to my phone and refuse to use sms since it’s a security concern I require all of my friends to download a free and open source messaging app and I share with them my public gpg key so that we can verify that our conversations are secure. None of my friends are willing to do this. And I can’t use sites like tinder since it’s not only proprietary software but a major privacy vulnerability. How come it is so hard to find a girl concerned about software freedom. I feel like I’m going to be a virgin forever.
Btw the this post is GPLv3. So feel free to use it however you want but please send you changes back to me.
