• /home/pineapplelover
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    9 months ago

    Never seen so much transgender representation in the same place before I joined Lemmy and the Arch Linux community. There has to be some correlation/causation stuff with all this and I’m very confused on what it could be.

    • Hotdog Salesman
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      109 months ago

      I think one explanation I’ve heard is in more comp sci spaces, you spend a lot of time alone, which gives you a lot of time for introspection.

      • /home/pineapplelover
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        19 months ago

        If this is true, wouldn’t psychology or sociology fields have tons of transgender people too? After all, they spend a lot of time thinking about the inner workings of other people, they probably think about themselves as well.

    • JackbyDev
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      59 months ago

      When I was in college it wasn’t a meme/trend so it is new in the past decade or so which I find fascinating. My best guess is programming communities are mostly men so trans women and folks questioning (eggs, etc) might just seem more common? idk.

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          49 months ago

          Sorry, I should’ve said AMAB, not men. As in some people realize they’re trans but maybe comp sci attracts AMAB people for some reason. Honestly I’m just grasping at straws and have no idea tbh.

    • Cait
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      29 months ago

      Maybe the constant dread and pain in our head makes us seek refuge in the digital world, where we can easylly be and express ourselfs how/who we truly are