"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.
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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It is important to indoctrinate the youth in the ways of righteousness
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
"Remember that crochet penguin I showed you? It is actually the emblem of a powerful society of elite computer users..."