The state of modern computing has devolved into a performative farce where identity supersedes utility. People clinging to obtuse /g/ meme distros like Gentoo or the latest Arch derivative not because they solve real problems, but because they signal membership in a dying subculture that mistakes complexity for competence. The truth is, there is only one libc, one kernel, and ultimately one goal: getting work done without drowning in configuration hell. I used to fall for it too, riced terminals, custom firmware ThinkPads, neofetch screenshots in browser bootloaders, but none of that changes the fact that I'm still just watching videos, browsing imageboards, and occasionally compiling something from source out of habit rather than necessity. Even the so-called "coom tech" setups, vertical 4K, AI-upscaled archives, VR rigs, are just elaborate rituals masking the same base consumption patterns everyone else engages in, only dressed up in enough jargon to feel unique. And don't get me started on private trackers, where the Ten Curry Commandments are treated like divine law while IRC channels rot from inactivity and staff paranoia about being /marked/ reaches absurd levels. It's all theater. Meanwhile, normies quietly run Linux Mint with a 4080 Super and get actual work done, unburdened by the need to prove anything. The irony? Even tools like BleachBit or JDownloader, once ironic recommendations, are now earnestly used because the line between meme and utility has blurred beyond recognition. Samsung SSDs fail silently on Linux, AMD + AMD enables SAM for marginal gains, and RTX 50 series cards are rightly scorned as overpriced scams, yet we keep circling back to the same debates, the same circlejerks around OpenBSD or 9front, shilled by obscure internet artists with nothing better to do. At the end of the day, whether you're a self-styled /g/irl channeling Motoko Kusanagi or just someone trying to avoid Windows telemetry, the hardware doesn't care about your ideology.