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From: Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
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On Fri, 17 May 2024 04:16:50 +0000, RonB wrote:

> On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:26:39 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 14 May 2024 10:09:31 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/14/2024 9:16 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 14 May 2024 08:48:58 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> "Share your Pronouns
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pick up a pronoun sticker from registration to share your pronouns
>>>>>>> with other conference attendees. Please be respectful of
>>>>>>> attendees’
>>>>>>> pronouns."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lsfmmbpf/attend/diversity-
>> inclusion/
>>>>>> #onsite-resources
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone wearing a "pronoun sticker" needs to wear an "I'm an
>>>>>>> asshole" sticker right above it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It should be noted that the Linux Foundation doesn't represent
>>>>>> Linux and its users. It barely does anything for the operating
>>>>>> system.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I disagree.
>>>>> 
>>>>> * Torvalds is (or was) paid money by the Linux Foundation.
>>>>> 
>>>>> * It sponsors many large Linux events all over the world
>>>>> 
>>>>> * offers many Linux-related training courses
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://events.linuxfoundation.org
>>>>> https://training.linuxfoundation.org/full-catalog/
>>>>
>>>> I guess we'll have to agree to disagree in this particular case. It
>>>> seems that the Foundation takes advantage of Linux's success but
>>>> contributes very little to it.
>>>>
>>>>>> Still, this pronoun garbage is not a good look for Linux.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It's absurd for anyone and everyone to kowtow to the mental illness
>>>>> and childish entitlement of a tiny, tiny few people.  Allowing men
>>>>> to compete in women's sporting events?  It's actually evil.
>>>>
>>>> It is, and I encourage all women to refuse to compete in any event
>>>> where a deluded man is a participant. Since the courts are siding
>>>> with the homosexuals, the only thing which can potentially work is to
>>>> completetly dismantle the event itself by making it a joke without
>>>> participants. The feminists themselves are hypocrites for not
>>>> protesting about this.
>>> 
>>> I don't even think a lot of these men who pretend to be women are
>>> homosexuals. They often claim to be lesbian women. In other words
>>> they're full of crap — just gaming the moronic system.
>>
>> I'm getting the feeling that I will eventually have to play into their
>> game too, and identify as something else just so that they leave me
>> alone.
>> It pains me that my field, which is supposed to separate fiction from
>> reality and propagate truth to the young, impressionable minds, is
>> participating in this idiocy.
> 
> Maybe you should consider migrating to Peru... or Russia. Somewhere
> where they actually know the Woke stupidity is... completely irrational.
> 
> But I think the tide may be changing. People are getting tired of this
> crap and more and more are plainly saying so.

I'm not sure how well I would do as a Polish-Canadian in Russia. I would 
probably be able to pick up the language, but not enough to be useful to 
them.