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   Sally (sally@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 00:02:44 JST Sally
   As a 20 year old single male, I think it's very hard to find a girl who doesn't worship proprietary software and can understand that I only use free software and do not run proprietary software unless I'm getting paid to do so and it's on someone else's computer.
   
   I've heard girls jokingly ask to "Netflix and chill", but when I tell them I refuse to watch videos "on Netflix", even if it is not being run on my computer, as it is such a threat to freedom that I feel uncomfortable with legitimizing it in that way and ask them what movie(s) I should prepare for mpv playback in 100% freedom, they stop talking to me.
   
   What's worse, if they do stay, they see my 100% freedom computing setups and how all browsers are configured not to run proprietary JavaScript and how youtube.com redirects to an invidious instance and think I'm weird.
   
   Sometimes I get their numbers and I send them a greeting via SMS, also noting that I'm reachable over irc and email, with my gnupg key attached via MMS and instructions how to verify the key and they often mumble something about "green bubbles" and "Android", even though the message was sent via asterisk from Emacs.
   
   I clearly don't use dating sites as those require running proprietary software, plus none of them have any respect for privacy either.
   
   How come it is so hard to find a girl who is indifferent about software freedom, rather than dedicated to never achieving it?
   
   I feel like I'm going to be a wizard and then stay like that forever (but that may not be a bad thing).
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     Adachildrapist (adachi@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 15:20:04 JST Adachildrapist

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     @sally @sally
     >As a 20 year old single male, I think it's very hard to find a girl who doesn't worship proprietary software and can understand that I only use free software and do not run proprietary software unless I'm getting paid to do so and it's on someone else's computer.
     
     >I've heard girls jokingly ask to "Netflix and chill", but when I tell them I refuse to watch videos "on Netflix", even if it is not being run on my computer, as it is such a threat to freedom that I feel uncomfortable with legitimizing it in that way and ask them what movie(s) I should prepare for mpv playback in 100% freedom, they stop talking to me.
     
     >What's worse, if they do stay, they see my 100% freedom computing setups and how all browsers are configured not to run proprietary JavaScript and how youtube.com redirects to an invidious instance and think I'm weird.
     
     >Sometimes I get their numbers and I send them a greeting via SMS, also noting that I'm reachable over irc and email, with my gnupg key attached via MMS and instructions how to verify the key and they often mumble something about "green bubbles" and "Android", even though the message was sent via asterisk from Emacs.
     
     >I clearly don't use dating sites as those require running proprietary software, plus none of them have any respect for privacy either.
     
     >How come it is so hard to find a girl who is indifferent about software freedom, rather than dedicated to never achieving it?
     
     >I feel like I'm going to be a wizard and then stay like that forever (but that may not be a bad thing).
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 18:21:22 JST SuperDicq

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     @sally@shitposter.world This pasta is fake. Most girls are actually on the indifferent side.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 19:04:01 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq @sally I have personal experience seeing how many women who love running proprietary software and iphones and dislike having freedom, rather than being indifferent.
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     Sally (sally@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 22:11:57 JST Sally

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     Suiseiseki is correct, I can relate. Many of them (specially those that own iPhones) will justify running proprietary software and even be defensive when you tell them how they're getting scammed for getting a device that costs a thousand bucks that doesn't even allow to install whatever software you want in it, men are more on the indifferent side in my experience, but those that have iPhones often share a similar attitude.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 22:11:57 JST SuperDicq

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     @sally@shitposter.world @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com I feel like the obsession with tech being a personality thing like girls being turned off because "you have a green text bubble" are very American values.
     
     Most non-terminally online people I date either don't care about what computer or phone you use, or they just think it's cool that you have use something they haven't seen before.
     
     "Wow that guy knows a lot about tech he is probably very smart"