Chris Trottier

10 Stereotypes of the Fediverse:

1. Anime girl
2. Legs with pink and blue thigh-high socks
3. Man wearing a bicycle helmet
4. Old guy with a long white beard looking at a monitor
5. Woman with a cat or a dog in their profile pic
6. Flowers
7. Super happy older woman experiencing bliss
8. 40-year-old guy wearing glasses and a t-shirt who says, "Well, actually..."
9. Blue haired woman wearing a beret
10. Fursona checking a server rack

Mar 1, 2023 at 1:02amWeb
Show threadChris TrottierMar 1, 2023

I can't forget the meta-stereotype: The ultra-concerned person who believes that mentioning Fediverse stereotypes is harmful to the Fediverse—even if humourous—because how can people know if I'm actually joking?

And I should have put this all behind a content warning anyway with something that says, "WARNING: Jokes".

Show threadChris TrottierMar 1, 2023
And then there's the alter of the meta-stereotype: "How dare you suggest that a content warning be made because free speech, and by the way I'm going to share this on Fediblocked servers where everyone just comments with the word 'cringe' all day long."
Show threadcalc.exeMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet how about the meta meta stereotype who makes threads about stereotypes and meta stereotypes? 🤭
Show threadChris TrottierMar 1, 2023
@thatonecalculator I'm beyond meta. I'm transcendental.
Show threadcalc.exeMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet ​​
Show threadLt.Cpl Хуёвый ПчеловодMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet Well, actually, it's spelled "AKSHUALLY"
Show threadSteve TorrenteMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet #3 it me.
Show threadLAURENMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet
lolz 😂
Show threadRob BosMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet #8 hey actually I wear a nice sweater this time of year. The tshirt is just an underlayer.
Show threadMell's BellsMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet I feel seen.
Show threadAdaMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet I'm working on number 7 😀
Show threadpathfinder02Mar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet got to start somewhere I guess
Show threadnikkianaMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet I wonder which one I am.... 😂
Show threadChris TrottierMar 1, 2023
@nikkiana "I should have been cast in the movie Hackers, but I was too busy playing with my tarot card collection."
Show threadnikkianaMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet Haaaaaa! Perfect! 😂
Show threadPerunMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet I’m a number 4, but I didn’t know I was a stereotype, rather than an old coder now retired.
Show threadJohn FrancisMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet I am NOT looking at a monitor!
Show threadMartin HamiltonMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet 🦈 #blåhaj
Show threadAndrew SingletonMar 1, 2023

@atomicpoet As a forty year old guy with glasses.

Well Actually...

:)

Show threadBleak FutureMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet I don’t wear glasses.
Show threadQueen of AnxietyMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet Number 5 here. :)
Show threadGen X-WingMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet No @retrocomputing? *sad fave*
Show threadEvan LightMar 1, 2023

@atomicpoet @liztai

Old guy with a short mostly white beard, reporting in. So there's that.

Show threadJuliaMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet  hello #5 
Show threadPhilip Mallegol-HansenMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet Well actually some of us have been saying “Well, actually…” since *well* before our 40’s!
Show threadRupert 🇪🇺🏴‍☠️😾🔭📷🍺🍪🌍🔥Mar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet more 4 without the beard with touches of 7, but you forgot the pronouns 😹 < cat smiley
Show threadXabaras Mar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet I wanna be n. 3 but looking at a monitor, in underwear (but without the beard of n.4)
Show threadHeliographMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet hahaha okay which one are you then?  🌼
Show threadPattacakekMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet Haha, yes I’m on the list.
Show threadLizardMar 1, 2023
@atomicpoet @liztai
Add 18 years and I;m number 8.
Show threadPhil RobinsonMar 2, 2023
@atomicpoet
11. Young arrogant guy who thinks he's hilarious.
Show threadLabrador GirlMar 13, 2023
@atomicpoet #5, thank you very much!