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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Nooodel@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world
 

"hey, you crocheted a Linux Pinguin?" - "what's Linux?" asked the 14 year old, whose cellphone and handheld gaming device ran out of battery a day ago... And she didn't even notice yet.

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[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It is important to indoctrinate the youth in the ways of righteousness

[–] Nooodel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought about explaining OS to her for a second. Then I decided if she's still enjoying life without digitalization so much that she doesn't need a charged cell phone, it can still wait a year or two

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Remember that crochet penguin I showed you? It is actually the emblem of a powerful society of elite computer users..."

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not every penguin is a Linux penguin. Don't you think if that's what they were going for, they would have at least made it black, or gotten the shape right?

Like a boomer calling any game console a Nintendo...

[–] Nooodel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hey, reading your comment it sounds like you are angry about the story and image shared here. It makes me sad, as you seem to believe that your comment adds anything meaningful. I wish you to gain a better intuition on when expressing your opinion actually makes a valuable contribution