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1. kyzh (kyzh@rage.love)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2019 02:20:27 UTC kyzh

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   I dont know about you, but IT Crowd was really forming for me.For the first time on screen, I could see something that felt like a facet of me I enjoyed.

   From the first joke, in episode one, with the boss having a picture of his face on his desk, to the magnificent 'and that thing on the floor' 'the hard drive?' 'Correct'

   Season after season, the show delivered.Quality research, from the RHEL kernel panic in the intro, to the RTFM t-shirt, to the coms room in the basement where the poor sod knows the light pattern by heart.

   This was something I could relate to, and take to my nerd colleague and chat about.I tought me a great deal of british english, most of the stuff I would watch before that were american english.

   To this day still, many part are still relevant as I still work in IT.People also do the IT Crowd jokes to me, too bad wenger is not there, because 'what a ludicrous display last night' was an evergreen one.

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   • kyzh (kyzh@rage.love)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2019 02:20:27 UTC kyzh

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     One thing that wasnt really on my radar is who made the show.

     I did follow along and watch black books, another show that was very british and taught me a lot of language.

     But when I started changing who I followed om twitter, following more people different than me, something became obvious.

     The creator of the show I knew many (most) of scene by heart was a very toxic person.

     And by that I mean someone that would go on and on, using their fame to hurt trans people.

     Again and again, sometime overtly, sometime using dog whistle, they would be attacking trans people, supporting harrasers, etc. etc.

     What a shame right. Is this a problematic fav? You tell me.One thing is for sure, is that I dont go amd tell people to watch the show when I inevitably make a reference to IT Crowd.

     Depending on the lenght of conversation, I might even say a word or two about the shitbag of a creator the show has.Alas it is not always possible to convey how militantly transphobic he is .Frankly, most people dont care to remmeber who made what.

     I also think a lot about creator VS creation.Sometime shit people do good things.Still, I find it hard to give this one a pass, provided I am a fan and also a person working in IT

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   • kyzh (kyzh@rage.love)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2019 02:20:27 UTC kyzh

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     Now you wonder why am I making a thread about IT Crowd and Graham Linehan.

     Well, they started an instance, called glindr.org.Now the only thing I could wish more than humans being able to live without the need of a state, is for people to block the crap out of this instance.

     Not going on the sliperry slope here, but if people like him start to settle down, we will have more shit neighbours further down.

     First nazi, now terfs, them what?

     In case you havent read the wikipedia for graham linehan, this is the guy that petitioned the UK national loterry to not fund mermakds UK, a trans youth support charity.

     That is also what lead Hbomberguy to raise £270,000 for said charity doing a charity livestream.

     So please repport, please block, please share amd please make this terf as unwelcomed as possible

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   • kyzh (kyzh@rage.love)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2019 02:20:27 UTC kyzh

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     (CW: transphobia)

     So, want some more proof ?Still have some doubts?Want some toot to report?

     Here you go:

     https://glindr.org/@glinnerismyhero/posts/103311489666743939

     https://glindr.org/@LargeTV/posts/103312434006781943

     https://glindr.org/@Ladycult/posts/103302229273671822

     https://glindr.org/@rtfm/posts/103314256538071730

     https://glindr.org/@Calmstresscalm/posts/103314212716764940

     https://glindr.org/@Calmstresscalm/posts/103302144643644283

     https://glindr.org/@106617881012/posts/103306817207844621

     https://glindr.org/@Hazer/posts/103302855746683792

     #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #BoostOK

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