Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Linux@programming.dev · 3 months ago"I installed Linux (so should you)" by PewDiePiewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down144file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldlinuxmemes@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-link"I installed Linux (so should you)" by PewDiePiewww.youtube.comKalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Linux@programming.dev · 3 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldlinuxmemes@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
References Type: Video. Title: “I installed Linux (so should you)”. Author: “PewDiePie”. Publisher: “YouTube”. Published: 2025-04-26T21:29:28Z. Accessed: 2025-04-27T05:34Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0.
minus-squarethatradomguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·2 months agoThis just reminds me of how Hitler stole and used the Buddhist symbol for his whole Nazi regime. This guy has nothing to do with Linux, but because it’s him, people are now all of the sudden willing to listen. The fuck?
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI don’t understand your comparison; how does the misappropriation of a symbol equate to one using their popularity to increase awareness of a subject?
This just reminds me of how Hitler stole and used the Buddhist symbol for his whole Nazi regime. This guy has nothing to do with Linux, but because it’s him, people are now all of the sudden willing to listen. The fuck?
I don’t understand your comparison; how does the misappropriation of a symbol equate to one using their popularity to increase awareness of a subject?