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It's crazy (especially considering anime is more popular now than ever; netflix alone is making billions a year on anime) that people see a completely innocent

It's crazy (especially considering anime is more popular now than ever; netflix alone is making billions a year on anime) that people see a completely innocent little anime picture and immediately think "pervent-dwelling imageboard".

gruez 1y ago
"Anime pfp" stereotype is alive and well.
Seattle3503 1y ago
To be fair, that's the sort of place where I spend most of my free time.
turtletontine 1y ago
Even if the images aren’t the kind of sexualized (or downright pornographic) content this implies… having cutesy anime girls pop up when a user loads your site is, at best, wildly unprofessional. (Dare I say “cringe”?) For something as serious and legit as kernel.org to have this, I do think it’s frankly shocking and unacceptable.
- deleted 1y ago
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- antiloper 1y ago
  If anime girls prevent LLM scraper sympathizers from interacting with the kernel, that's a good thing and should be encouraged more!
  - windward 1y ago
    You'd think it's the opposite, look at Joseph Redmon's resume: https://web.itu.edu.tr/yavuzid19/cv.pdf https://web.itu.edu.tr/yavuzid19/cv.pdf
- Hamuko 1y ago
  Isn't the mascot/logo for the Linux kernel a cartoon penguin?
  - consp 1y ago
    I have a plushy tux at home (about 30cm high). So now I'm in the same league as the people with anime pillows?
    - xeonmc 1y ago
      It depends. What do you do with the plushy?
      - f1refly 1y ago
        I bet he's keeping it on some shelf because he think it's cute like only a true sicko would do
    - nemomarx 1y ago
      Well, the people with anime plushies would be a better comparison. There's plenty more of those than pillows.
    - pests 1y ago
      What’s the difference?
  - qualeed 1y ago
    Right, but, that's different. Penguins are serious and professional.
    - xsmasher 1y ago
      I mean, he's wearing a tuxedo!
- ge96 1y ago
  never forget the Ponies CV of an ML guy https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/03/my-little-pony-resume-cv_n_3859818.html https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/03/my-little-pony-r...
  - voidUpdate 1y ago
    Never mind the content, that is one of the most printer-unfriendly CVs I've ever seen
    - ge96 1y ago
      HP loves it "oops you're out of ink"
- Modified3019 1y ago
  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988.1.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.11... https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988.6.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.11... “The future is now, old man”
  - staringback 1y ago
    This is the most hilarious thing I have ever read from HN, thank you.
  - delecti 1y ago
    Assuming your quote isn't a joke, I think those links prove the opposite. Not only is it unprofessional, courts have found it impermissible.
- aseipp 1y ago
  You'll live.
- voidUpdate 1y ago
  Noted, I will now add anime girls to my website, so I'm not at risk of being misconstrued as "professional"
  - deleted 1y ago
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ants_everywhere 1y ago
they've seized the moment to move the anime cat girls off the Arch Linux desktop wallpapers and onto lore.kernel.org.
mvdtnz 1y ago
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- qualeed 1y ago
  >If you don't get pedophile vibes from that picture it's on you. Wow, what an absolutely wild statement. I hate to break it to you, but I'm not the one sexualizing the cartoon picture.
  - mvdtnz 1y ago
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    - dragonwriter 1y ago
      They may have done it for themselves on those imageboards, but you're the one doing it with this one now. Why are a “generation of pervert kids” your cultural touchstone here?
      - mvdtnz 1y ago
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    - DaSHacka 1y ago
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macinjosh 1y ago
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magicalhippo 1y ago
> people see a completely innocent little anime picture and immediately think "pervent-dwelling imageboard" Think you can thank the furries for that. Every furry I've happened to come across was very pervy in some way, and so that what immediately comes to mind when I see furry-like pictures like the one shown in the article. YMMV
- voidUpdate 1y ago
  Out of interest, how many furries have you met? I've been to several fur meets, and have met approximately three furries who I would not want to know anymore for one reason or another
  - magicalhippo 1y ago
    Admittedly just a handful. But I met them in entirely non-furry settings, for example as a user of a regular open source program I was a contributor to (which wasn't Rust based[1]). None of them were very pervy at first, only after I got to know them. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/vyelva/why_are_there_so_many_furry_rustaceans/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/vyelva/why_are_there_...
account42 1y ago
It's not crazy at all that anyone who has been online for more than a day has that association.

gruez 1y ago

"Anime pfp" stereotype is alive and well.

Seattle3503 1y ago

To be fair, that's the sort of place where I spend most of my free time.

turtletontine 1y ago

Even if the images aren’t the kind of sexualized (or downright pornographic) content this implies… having cutesy anime girls pop up when a user loads your site is, at best, wildly unprofessional. (Dare I say “cringe”?) For something as serious and legit as kernel.org to have this, I do think it’s frankly shocking and unacceptable.

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antiloper 1y ago
If anime girls prevent LLM scraper sympathizers from interacting with the kernel, that's a good thing and should be encouraged more!
- windward 1y ago
  You'd think it's the opposite, look at Joseph Redmon's resume: https://web.itu.edu.tr/yavuzid19/cv.pdf https://web.itu.edu.tr/yavuzid19/cv.pdf
Hamuko 1y ago
Isn't the mascot/logo for the Linux kernel a cartoon penguin?
- consp 1y ago
  I have a plushy tux at home (about 30cm high). So now I'm in the same league as the people with anime pillows?
  - xeonmc 1y ago
    It depends. What do you do with the plushy?
    - f1refly 1y ago
      I bet he's keeping it on some shelf because he think it's cute like only a true sicko would do
  - nemomarx 1y ago
    Well, the people with anime plushies would be a better comparison. There's plenty more of those than pillows.
  - pests 1y ago
    What’s the difference?
- qualeed 1y ago
  Right, but, that's different. Penguins are serious and professional.
  - xsmasher 1y ago
    I mean, he's wearing a tuxedo!
ge96 1y ago
never forget the Ponies CV of an ML guy https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/03/my-little-pony-resume-cv_n_3859818.html https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/03/my-little-pony-r...
- voidUpdate 1y ago
  Never mind the content, that is one of the most printer-unfriendly CVs I've ever seen
  - ge96 1y ago
    HP loves it "oops you're out of ink"
Modified3019 1y ago
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988.1.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.11... https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988.6.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.11... “The future is now, old man”
- staringback 1y ago
  This is the most hilarious thing I have ever read from HN, thank you.
- delecti 1y ago
  Assuming your quote isn't a joke, I think those links prove the opposite. Not only is it unprofessional, courts have found it impermissible.
aseipp 1y ago
You'll live.
voidUpdate 1y ago
Noted, I will now add anime girls to my website, so I'm not at risk of being misconstrued as "professional"
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]

ants_everywhere 1y ago

they've seized the moment to move the anime cat girls off the Arch Linux desktop wallpapers and onto lore.kernel.org.

mvdtnz 1y ago

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qualeed 1y ago
>If you don't get pedophile vibes from that picture it's on you. Wow, what an absolutely wild statement. I hate to break it to you, but I'm not the one sexualizing the cartoon picture.
- mvdtnz 1y ago
  [flagged]
  - dragonwriter 1y ago
    They may have done it for themselves on those imageboards, but you're the one doing it with this one now. Why are a “generation of pervert kids” your cultural touchstone here?
    - mvdtnz 1y ago
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  - DaSHacka 1y ago
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macinjosh 1y ago

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magicalhippo 1y ago

> people see a completely innocent little anime picture and immediately think "pervent-dwelling imageboard" Think you can thank the furries for that. Every furry I've happened to come across was very pervy in some way, and so that what immediately comes to mind when I see furry-like pictures like the one shown in the article. YMMV

voidUpdate 1y ago
Out of interest, how many furries have you met? I've been to several fur meets, and have met approximately three furries who I would not want to know anymore for one reason or another
- magicalhippo 1y ago
  Admittedly just a handful. But I met them in entirely non-furry settings, for example as a user of a regular open source program I was a contributor to (which wasn't Rust based[1]). None of them were very pervy at first, only after I got to know them. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/vyelva/why_are_there_so_many_furry_rustaceans/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/vyelva/why_are_there_...

account42 1y ago

It's not crazy at all that anyone who has been online for more than a day has that association.