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    [–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    My path was uh, tinkering with linux, then working for MSFT as a contractor, then one of the contractors spiking my drink with LSD at an interview leading me to more or less downward spiral for a while, then getting back on my feet, working more in the tech industry knowing how garbage MSFT but being forced to use it, then trying to explain to coworkers and bosses that actually we could fairly smoothly transition to linux and other FOSS software and actually save millions of dollars in a 5 year or less period and more going forward, while also vastly improving our internal security, then losing those jobs.

    So uh. I never arrived at femboy. Being a homeless femboy in Seattle would have meant Id have been raped to death in a fentanyl fueled traphouse or homeless encampment.

    I sort of dress like Josh Homme, partly for practical reasons, partly because i had to use a lot of stereotypically masculine bravado to intimidate and negotiate with people.

    Most people on the street are extremely, literally murderously homophobic and transphobic. If they sense femininity in a male, thats a sign of weakness and theyll either immediately start shit or instantly be convinced that you will be easy to fuck with in the future.

    Uh any way hi, hello, very normal uh, linux user person here just mm... mhm.

    All that being said, leggings /do just actually feel quite nice/ and are quite practically useful to keep a bit more comfortable and a bit more warm when youre stuck outside in the winter, but youre probably gonna want to wear some kind of sturdier, scratch, cut, impact resistant pants over top of em.

    Pure denim or like 90% denim with 10% somekind of other more flexible, breathable fiber works well in my experience.

    Perhaps Johnny Silverhand would be a more apropo fashion analog than Josh Homme.

    Although he seems to use BlackArch if you go by the menus in CyberPunk 2077, and ive always found i could do all that kind of stufd comfortably in debian.

    ???

    [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Sorry to hear about the assault. And the financial struggle.

    Coupon for one good vibe coming in!

    [–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Hey man/person/bud/friend?, just you sayin that is good vibes coming into me now =)

    (though i will absolutely be keeping that coupon for a bad vibes day in the future)

    [–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Who the f*** drugs candidates before an interview? That should be reported to the police immediately.

    [–] vexikron@lemmy.zip -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Unfortunately it happened about a decade ago now, and I was so fucked up from it I was more busy trying to hold myself together and remain employed and pay off student loans than I was busy with attempting to bring a legal case I could neither afford nor possibly win in court.

    Cops wouldnt have given a shit. Theyd show up, ask the guy if this happened, he'd say nope. Case closed.

    See thats the fun part about LSD: Scrambles your brain, fucks you up.

    Is a person with a scrambled brain who is fucked up from LSD going to be able to convince /anyone/ that he got spiked with LSD, when he has no incontrovertible evidence of this beyond his own eyewitness testimony?

    No. He is going to come off as a mentally deranged lunatic.

    I dunno. Maybe it wasnt LSD. Anybody know what causes a glass of water to go from crystal clear to iridescent, opalescent, kinda like an oil slick, has no additional taste, but causes a gut wrenching terror inducing panic attack that lasts for 4 days, and then gives you sleep paralysis (locked in syndrome) nearly everyday for 9 months?

    One guy I met on the street about a year ago said it was LXD, but i have never heard of that, and he believed a lot of other absolutely bonkers shit.

    Whereas a tech industry person having access to LSD in the mid 2010's in Seattle seems to at least be plausible.