I really wish people would leave ridiculous labels in high school where they belong, and use whatever works for them to get what they want to do done. If I want

I really wish people would leave ridiculous labels in high school where they belong, and use whatever works for them to get what they want to do done. If I want to tinker with Linux on my hypothetical M Series MacBook Pro in the future, I'm stoked that these particular nerds are devoting extreme amounts of time and intellect to solving that problem. It took me a lot of time and exposure to realize this, but in the world outside of your niche set of interests, it's a massive red flag to care about whether someone is a "real" whatever, because everyone's just into what they're into and trying to appease the gatekeepers doesn't do anything but sell yourself short.