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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 152 points 1 month ago (27 children)

redpilled is from the matrix, not sure what the relation to estrogen is there. What's the origin of based?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 76 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The matrix is a movie made by trans people that very easily functions as a trans allegory. And in that vein, when the movie was made the most common form of estrogen pills were Premarin which are red

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

*glances at IT/comp sci field

yeah checks out

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Correlation, not causation.

Which kind of field do you think people that wish reality were more malleable would go into? Turns out that programming makes it easy to at least bend mathematics to your will, even if you cannot easily do that to your gender.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

It also makes it easy not to have to interact with people. Programming might lean a bit incel-y but these days you don't even have to meet those guys in person.

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