GlyphDec 2
Jeff Geerling, the affable and adorkable raspberry pi guy, was a misogynistic forced-birth tradcath extremist from at least 2009 to 2013, and as far as I know, still is today. Do not link to him and do not support his work. This is a matter of record on his own website: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/tags/abortion
abortion | Jeff Geerling

Show threadJohn

@glyph On the one hand, fucking milkshake duck, on the other I always feel a bit iffy around people who feel very performative "friendly geek dad", since that's the public face of 'controlling creepy dad'.

Not always! Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, so I would never _assume_ the iffy vibe has any substance without something more. But still, it was there.

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Show threadGlyphDec 2
@semanticist see this is why, as a real-life friendly geek dad, I take care to behave and speak more like a philosopher king from an alternate universe driven mad by the unraveling of the spacetime continuum
Show threadCassandrichDec 2
@glyph @semanticist If you're not the creepy one, you need to be visibly outspoken and back that up with action showing that you're not.
Show threadGlyphDec 2
@dalias @semanticist in all seriousness I do consciously try to modulate my affect to avoid being unintentionally threatening, but I do take care to never modulate it to the degree that anyone gets the sense that I am attempting to be *so* nonthreatening that I am going to convince them to get into a van
Show threadJohnDec 2
@glyph @dalias As a non-dad I just avoid interacting with people/going outside, saves so much confusion. I’m sure my neighbours think I’m a psycho, but I’m fat and walk with a sick, so at least I’m the non-threatening kind of psycho. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Show threadLaurent BercotDec 2
@semanticist @glyph I feel iffy around performative people no matter what the performance is. Oftentimes the performance is harmless and only stems from insecurity. Sometimes, unfortunately, it's more serious.
Show threadJohnDec 2
@ska @glyph I dunno, I think there's a lot of reasons to do something in a performative way that aren't negative at all. @glyph mentioned making a show of being a "safe person" to help people feel at ease. Being performatively queer can be important to show that you're safe around other queer people or in queer spaces, etc, etc. Very few people are going around out in the world without some sort of social performance.