• CodeBlooded@programming.dev
    221·
    8 days ago

    I have never once understood these sock references and jokes. Never seen a programmer wearing thigh high socks. Never associated socks with specific programming languages.

    What’s the punch that I’m missing here?

    • gamer@lemm.ee
      37·
      8 days ago

      I think it went like this:

      • Linux is highly customizable
      • customizing or “ricing” your Linux machine became a hobby
      • weebs got into the hobby, infesting the space with anime waifus and other degenerate cartoons
      • some time during the weeb infestation, thigh high socks became a recurring theme
      • gay/trans programmers sarcastically posted themselves in thigh high socks
      • gay/trans programmers who didn’t get the sarcasm unironically adopted thigh high socks
      • Rust was invented

      So you see, it’s just another example of the kind of tragedies that can befall society when sarcasm isn’t clearly labeled on the internet.