Gentoo ThinkPad Cure

OPINION MICHELLE COTTLE Is the Cure to Male Loneliness Living in a tent in the wood with no internet and a libre booted thinkpad with gentoo July 19, 2023

An illustrated profile-style image shows a tearful mustached man using an old ThinkPad running Gentoo Linux, alongside the headline “Is the Cure to Male Loneliness.” The joke is that extreme internet withdrawal and solitary open-source computer use are presented as a cure for loneliness, while the emotional reaction suggests the lifestyle is both absurd and painfully relatable. EN: An illustrated profile-style image shows a tearful mustached man using an old ThinkPad running Gentoo Linux, alongside the headline “Is the Cure to Male Loneliness.” The joke is that extreme internet withdrawal and solitary open-source computer use are presented as a cure for loneliness, while the emotional reaction suggests the lifestyle is both absurd and painfully relatable.

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