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    9 months ago

    Never seen so much transgender representation in the same place before I joined Lemmy and the Arch Linux community. There has to be some correlation/causation stuff with all this and I’m very confused on what it could be.

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      I think one explanation I’ve heard is in more comp sci spaces, you spend a lot of time alone, which gives you a lot of time for introspection.

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        9 months ago

        If this is true, wouldn’t psychology or sociology fields have tons of transgender people too? After all, they spend a lot of time thinking about the inner workings of other people, they probably think about themselves as well.

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      When I was in college it wasn’t a meme/trend so it is new in the past decade or so which I find fascinating. My best guess is programming communities are mostly men so trans women and folks questioning (eggs, etc) might just seem more common? idk.

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      Maybe the constant dread and pain in our head makes us seek refuge in the digital world, where we can easylly be and express ourselfs how/who we truly are