Btw, I'm..

About your Crossfit addiction. The trifecta.
- I'm a keto vegan CrossFit guy who uses arch. You wouldn't get it
  
  Keto vegan?
  
  Do you drive a jeep?

One must understand that the operating system that you use does NOT come up in normal everyday conversation. Nobody cares. If you mention this you're going to be looked at as the biggest dweeb in a 100 mile radius. Every pussy will dry up in the immediate vicinity. You will be forever shunned in social circles, and will likely never live it down.
So of course you mention Arch first!
- I would have thought so. But you'd be surprised how often it can crop up. Somebody wears an old hat or shirt with a logo, or someone complains about a change at work or whatever.
  It won't be often, but I've run into OS discussions maybe three times this year, and I'm fairly antisocial.
  9/10 it's going to be someone bitching about win 11, and someone else saying "hey, south uses Linux something-or-other, go ask him." And then the conversation happens.
  That other one time is usually tangential, where I'm talking about writing and the conversation moves to the programs used, which leads to questions about why I use libreoffice, and the fact that I use it on mint as part of explaining my setup.
  Now, I don't use arch, nor do I usually bring it up outside of a few friends that have abandoned windows. But I have run into a few arch users here and there.
  
  What's that? I couldn't hear you over the sound of my wife's pussy drying up and she was just sitting next to me while I read that!
  
  Most people i talk to are also tech savvy but i haven't convinced them of linux yet so it comes up often
  
  It was just a joke :)
- Every pussy will dry up in the immediate vicinity.
  Does that include my own pussy too? That would be tragic 😔
  
  Would also like to know. I use Arch everyday and have never noticed any dryness 🤷🏻‍♀️ I talk to my spouse about Arch (he also uses Arch BTW) and can't say as I have experienced any changes at all. Almost as though my pussy has no fucks to give about what distro I use.
  
  No, for women, every man in the immediate radius will start sending you unsolicited dick pics. So I'm not sure if anything will actually change there...
- Except when you mention you use NixOS to your crush who uses gentoo (true story)
  
  You know, I've always wanted to go through the Linux-From-Scratch tutorial...
- i don't even have to mention it. I bought the pullover "i use [arch logo] btw" so people come up to me and insult me

- this is the main problem i have with fairphones. i prefer completely unethically sourced products
  
  I guess you unethically sourced this comment from your lower back.
  
  I want childrens blood all over my phone
  Thats why i only buy chinese produced phones!

Behold: I'm the archvegan!
- So Arch first?
  Got it!
  
  vegan archbishop also sounds pretty cool but then people are gonna assume you're catholic
- I want that on a t-shirt! And I'm definitely going to steal it for my slack tagline.
- And so is my wife!

I don't volunteer either piece of information, but sooner or later someone is going to overhear me ordering vegan food or see me opening my lunch and the dreaded conversation will have to happen. I wish people would just let me make my own food choices in private without making a big thing about it.
- But they feel attacked. They want to continue living in blissful ignorance of how animals are treated or how bad it is for the environment. Same as windows users who don't want to be reminded what corporate cucks they are. Some even go so far as to become utter bootlickers (see also Elon Musk fanboys)
  
  I usually ask when someone eats any exotic cereals or processed (tofu, seitan) to 1 have something to talk about (I very much enjoy tofu and all uncommon cereals) 2 know their dietary restrictions to avoid offering them meat or taking care of that whenever there's an outing. You know, small talk.
- What sucks is that you have to keep it for yourself, otherwise people will think negatively of you. Because for some reason caring about animals or the climate is cringe or something idk, like it's something to almost be embarrassed about. Which is doubly strange when animal abuse is often considered very bad by those very same people.
  But I guess for many caring about other people in general is cringe as well, as long as they are sufficiently emotionally distanced, so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ I just wish it wasn't, and that caring for others was the baseline more than anything else.
- Yeah, the stereotype drives me nuts. Like, yes, food is a big part of day-to-day life and sometimes I need to explain when asked why I'm not eating if there's nothing for me at, say, a company event. I try to avoid it as much as possible and just say I'm not hungry.

Tell them your an Archvegan. That sounds cool.
- Is that higher or lower than Level 5 veganism?
  
  Whatever the highest rank is.
  Arch- usually indicates the highest form possible without utter transcendence into a different form, or at least a, well, overarching rank of some sort. (Semantically related, but not etymologically, apparently. At least not directly. But I digress.)
  It is, after all, why the name of Arch Linux is what it is (so sayeth Wikipedia). The creator wanted it to be the best with no equal.
  An arch-vegan might be one best at not only avoiding animal-based produce but also convincing people to convert to veganism, as well as making normally well-adjusted vegans feel that they're not being a good enough vegan.

Oh no.. The Arch Vegan is here! Run!
- What kind of powers do they get?
  
  They block your bytes on FAT.

I'm currently using Gentoo. That means I should also grow my own food...

I'm Arch. Vegan btw
- Same, but I use Garuda because I'm apparently a 14-year-old at heart.

What's the arch user equivalent of getting asked if a fish is an animal?
What's the vegan equivalent of getting asked if you use PC or Mac?
Vegan Arch user btw
- Also people who use pc as a synonyme for windows. fuck those guys and guydedts.
  PS. Macs are also PCs as PC describes the hardware and the usecase unrelated to the producer and the installed os.
  
  There's a bit more subtlety to it than that. The PC architecture that dominates today is a direct descendant of the 1981 IBM Personal Computer, which was made to run DOS and later Wondows. The cultural association makes sense in that context.
  
  Language changes over time and words don't mean the same thing forever. The entire purpose of language is to communicate. So if you have a Mac and say you are a PC user, you are failing to use language well. Apple themselves helped facilitate that change. It can be less consistent with Linux on a PC, I agree. But language is an evolving meme (as per the original definition of meme, not the cat photos). And to not acknowledge that is like being a young earth creationist with language.
  Do you also argue that anyone who is happy is part of the LGBT community?
- Do you think Manjaro is Arch/an Arch derivative?
  But you still eat fish, right?
- @Floey @coja 1) isn’t that what Manjaro is? 2) do you still eat cheese and eggs?

I forsee the creation of another arch based distro that is specifically designed for vegans that will solve this problem
- Call it "starch". The cruelty-free Linux distro.
  
  I dunno. Is it gluten-free?
- “I use argan. It allows me to user arch in a non-violent way to adhere to my vegan lifestyle” probably
  
  Arch always can never not include violence.

I don't tell people. They infer both almost immediately from my physical stature and vocabulary.

Easy: I'm Vegan, and by the way I use Arch.
- But which comes first, vegan or arch?
  
  I guess the meme is “by the way, I use arch.”
  So because of that I’d say it should be second.
  
  that depends on whether you’re a vegan arch user or an arch vegan user
  
  Clearly vegan, in this case.

That I'm doing crossfit ;)

I'm arch and I use vegan.
- Absolutely based

That they should really give CrossFit a try

That I use Sync for Lemmy of course.

Start with something neutral, like crossfit

That's how you get to be an Archdruid

Nothing, someone will make this joke before they ever get a chance.

Their pronouns. Vegan/Arch
- Vegan/Arch/Atheist/Crossfit

Have you ever tried CrossFit?

My CrossFit addiction

They also bike to work.

- Indeed. I used to have a circle of friends/acquaintances that had a huge number of vegans and vegetarians. I can honestly say I have encountered literally 0 vegans or vegetarians ever mention it unless food was being served. But if food is being served,,,I mean...you really can't avoid having to tell everyone.
  On the other hand, I have witnessed a huge number of meat-eaters become insecurely defensive, aggressive, bullying, harrassing as soon as anybody mentions that they don't eat meat.
- No, thank you.
  No, thanks.
  Nah, don't want to have that.
  See the thing is I'm a vegan, so none of the things you've offered would work, and I don't want to burden you, so it's okay, I'll have something on my way back.
  Yes, these chocolate biscuits aren't vegan. Thanks for trying, but it's okay, I'll manage.

Let me tell you about Homestuck ...

I'm an omnivore and use Debian btw
- I only eat peanut butter sandwiches on white bread and I use windows 11

I lead with my devout atheism.

¿Por qué no los dos?

That you do CrossFit, obviously.

I'm a vegan btw that uses Nix btw
- hiii same, wanna be friends? 👉👈

What is this shit
- A gen X joke that should have died already.
- It’s Philosoraptor!

Vegan when eating, Arch Linuxing when computing, communist when sharing, capitalist when investing, ...
The list knows no end. Why not just say what's appropriate for each particular circumstance?
- Why not just say what's appropriate for each particular circumstance? Because its vegans and arch users.

"Actually", I just arch vegans.

Varch

What if they're a vegan arch user from Yorkshire?
- They'd pick that up fine when you say "Ah use t'arch by t'way, annumavegan". :)

And what happens if they're a pilot as well???
- Arch vegan pilot
  
  Archvegan CrossFit Pilot
- Depends on whether you installed arch on the plane yet.

So actually I went to MIT

This might be my favorite meme of the month. There is a problem though. How often do they actually talk to people to end up in this quandary?
I kid. All the love to my vegan arch users. Or arch using vegans. Whichever one you prefer.

And what is, if this vegan arch user rides a fixie?

Varchen.
- Archvegan

Vegan certified Arch.
- Well hang on, with all the furries that use and contribute to Arch I'm not sure it would pass certification as not using animal byproducts

Non-vegan Arch user here. Fun meme.
With that out of the way, I tell whichever one best suits the context at hand. Most cases it's neither.
- And the first thing you did is telling you use Arch. Well done, fellow Arch user. tips hat

my name proboably

I usually start off with some Dune lore as a litmus test to see if we can be friends.

tfw when you use android, debian, ubuntu, fedora, gentoo while (also) being a vegan

Visit the tower of the Arch Vegen and he will tell you

I mean both are great in concept, but man are some folks insufferable to talk to regarding both. Ubuntu, part time vegetarian...
- What does part time vegetarian mean? Either you go full vegan or you belong in the trash and the reason why earth is dying. Dont take veganism lightly and respect us for we are your savior and the beacon of light for humanity.
  
  Bacon of light? Seems kinda odd but if it tastes good who am I to judge

"BTW, I'm Archie."

I use Gentoo.

Tell them about Arch, obviously, thats the important bit.

Hi I'm a vegan non binary athiest who uses arch... W... Wait, please don't leave me! I haven't told you that I crossfit 3 times a week. WAIT, don't start running, I haven't fully showed you how empty and insufferable my personality... Awww, and they're gone. Oh well, I guess I'll go tell my neighbor about my vinyl collection again