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Some parts of the programming community has always embraced counterculture/things the public sees as bizzare. Surprise surprise, it's also the part that spends

Some parts of the programming community has always embraced counterculture/things the public sees as bizzare. Surprise surprise, it's also the part that spends a lot more on the computer than even the already addicted average programmer. So they tend to be godly at the craft compared to us lesser mortals that still maintain some normal social behaviour and they can produce amazing stuff like this. Be thankful for it.

vdaea 3y ago
You can be thankful for the work done and still think marcan acts weird and is off-putting with his "asahi" vtuber persona.
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- tux3 3y ago
  We knew you could, but you might as well not. Even if you don't see the empathy angle, who benefits from alienating people who do amazing work for free?
  - RedComet 3y ago
    Even if you restrict his work to technology, it might be a wash at best. Wasn't he one of those leading the charge in getting Cloudflare to drop a site due to bullying allegations? I think I'd rather have Cloudflare be neutral than have a few Linux drivers for new MacBooks a couple of years sooner than otherwise.
    - throw10920 3y ago
      > Wasn't he one of those leading the charge in getting Cloudflare to drop a site due to bullying allegations? Yikes, is this true? That would be wild - do you have sources?
      - RedComet 3y ago
        I didn't follow the saga as closely as I should have, perhaps, given the gravity. But this* didn't take long to find, only shortly preceding the issue. * https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1409176583433179137 https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1409176583433179137
  - vdaea 3y ago
    But I don't see it as alienating. Marcan seems an intelligent person so he knows that his vtuber persona is weird. I suppose other people noticing and commenting on it is something he likes or even encourages. It's like... people who dye their hair green, or who wear thick golden chains or teeth grills. They want the attention.
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vdaea 3y ago

You can be thankful for the work done and still think marcan acts weird and is off-putting with his "asahi" vtuber persona.

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tux3 3y ago
We knew you could, but you might as well not. Even if you don't see the empathy angle, who benefits from alienating people who do amazing work for free?
- RedComet 3y ago
  Even if you restrict his work to technology, it might be a wash at best. Wasn't he one of those leading the charge in getting Cloudflare to drop a site due to bullying allegations? I think I'd rather have Cloudflare be neutral than have a few Linux drivers for new MacBooks a couple of years sooner than otherwise.
  - throw10920 3y ago
    > Wasn't he one of those leading the charge in getting Cloudflare to drop a site due to bullying allegations? Yikes, is this true? That would be wild - do you have sources?
    - RedComet 3y ago
      I didn't follow the saga as closely as I should have, perhaps, given the gravity. But this* didn't take long to find, only shortly preceding the issue. * https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1409176583433179137 https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1409176583433179137
- vdaea 3y ago
  But I don't see it as alienating. Marcan seems an intelligent person so he knows that his vtuber persona is weird. I suppose other people noticing and commenting on it is something he likes or even encourages. It's like... people who dye their hair green, or who wear thick golden chains or teeth grills. They want the attention.
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