• CodeBlooded@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      I have never once understood these sock references and jokes. Never seen a programmer wearing thigh high socks. Never associated socks with specific programming languages.

      What’s the punch that I’m missing here?

      • gamer@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        I think it went like this:

        • Linux is highly customizable
        • customizing or “ricing” your Linux machine became a hobby
        • weebs got into the hobby, infesting the space with anime waifus and other degenerate cartoons
        • some time during the weeb infestation, thigh high socks became a recurring theme
        • gay/trans programmers sarcastically posted themselves in thigh high socks
        • gay/trans programmers who didn’t get the sarcasm unironically adopted thigh high socks
        • Rust was invented

        So you see, it’s just another example of the kind of tragedies that can befall society when sarcasm isn’t clearly labeled on the internet.