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Linus' thread: (CW: bigotry and racism in the comments) https://social.kernel.org/notice/AWSXomDbvdxKgOxVAm (you need to scroll down, i can't seem to link to the comment in the screenshot)

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[–] k_o_t@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

comrade linus 🫡🫡

but also he’s finnish, which is communist, so he’s obviously a communist smh 🤷‍♀️

[–] _calm_bomb_@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know if you joke or not, but thinking finnish = communist is too far away from any truth. I lived and still live in an ex-communist country and let me tell you: nothing Linus says or does is communist in any way. Socialist? Maybe! But that's a different discussion.

[–] k_o_t@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

it’s a joke 😉

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