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[khalinche]

Ubuntu is analogous to bisexuality, in that it's an often-neglected third option which offers greater possibilities than either of its two more popular counterparts.

Discuss.

Comments

[friend_of_tofu]

If that's the case, shouldn't I have a natural preference for Ubuntu? I find it mystifying.

[khalinche]

If you have a positive relationship with quality x, which is analogous in terms of position withion a discursive framework to quality y, then does it naturally follow that you should have an affinity for quality y even if the set of circumstances/qualities is completely different?

In non-pretentious language, if my apple bears the same relation to my orange as your football does to your rugby ball, does it necessarily follow that I will prefer your football? Mmm. I'm not sure.

[friend_of_tofu]

My comment was not intended seriously in any way.

[j4]

I so wish you'd tweeted this, I would retweet it so my colleagues (including nice people at OSS Watch) could see it & lol. :)

BTW, I have a WinXP VM running on my Ubuntu machine. This is obviously some kind of kinky roleplay.

[simont]

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[j4]

Oh wait, you *did* tweet this! I am full of twail.

[khalinche]

Twice! (Although, in fairness, at about 3am),

[doe_witch]

As a queer person who some might more or less describe as bi, and who identified as such for a while, I think I see the analogy, but as a nitpicker about language, define "greater." XD

[khalinche]

Hee hee! Both more expansive and more awesome :-)

[lovingboth]

And people spend too much time talking about just which variant they use / are.

[khalinche]

Whisper it, but I have also found that a few people are just a teeny bit loud/smug about falling into a third category they perceive as better. Or so I've been told ;-)

[lovingboth]

Argh, you have me :)

I don't think it's quite as bad as Mac users though :)

[damerell]

[menthe_reglisse]

Utterly, utterly OT, sorry, but I wanted to make sure you saw this. I've just had to cancel my workshop on the 27th - filtered explanation up on my LJ. Thank you v much for offering though! Hope to see you on some other occasion.

[khalinche]

Woo hoo, unexpected free Saturday! Sorry not to see you and the others, though.