How we look at the world as a superior species

You can tell how old an image is by counting the jpg artifact rings. This one is from 2005 by my estimates.
- For one, it's got Steve Jobs in it, and he's been dead since 2011.
  
  If I were to make the same meme today, I would still use him, so I'm not sure this dating method holds any water.
  
  he's been dead since 2011
  how is this new to me 💀
- And it is stil, accurate (except S. Jobs death). Fuck we do not evolve. :(
  
  I feel the Linux - Linux fanboy is very wrong these days. It does not have a monitor at 22 degrees
- LOL
- Still relatable to this day, though.
- Those square screens are gone now.

If you show me a windows fanboy I'll show you a bridge for sale.
- I disagree. They might not go out of their way to recommend windows but when any other alternative is mentioned they 100% start arguing.
  I've seen people on r/programming complain that they hated linux and open source cause it gave them a way to use a feature in vlc that wasn't there natively. The other day I saw someone complaining that linux had window rules.
  
  Your can conjure them up quite easily.
  Go to Steam Forums for a game that doesn't support Linux
  Post a new thread, politely asking about the possibility of native Linux support
  A Windows fanboy appears to tell you that you are wrong
  Warning: Since the introduction of the Steam Deck, it's a bit harder to conjure up a Windows fanboy on the Steam forums, so you might have to try on a couple of game forums to conjure up your Windows fanboy.
  
  It was a default for so long that people just got used to the feel of it and its "ecosystem" if you can call it that.
  I use Win at home and at work as my main desktop, because of familiarity, the apps I got used to and because I just don't feel comfortable with any Linux UI. I get annoyed when the Win UI gets even slightly changed between OS versions, so imagine how it would be for me just switching to Linux. I have a dual boot, but the Linux partitions always gather dust no matter the distro.
  But I wouldn't touch a Windows server. I'm apt with the Linux on work servers, my home server, RaspberryPi and routers. It feeels like having swiss army knives and I feel at home in a command line.
  This doesn't make me a fanboy, but I do get raised eyebrows from co-workers.
  
  I'm a window 7 fanboy. The rest can get bent. XP would have been good if it didn't blue screen so easily
- Who would've guessed
  
  Have one?
- There’s a lot out there if you know where to look.
  Plenty in the windows support forums. Look for the guy who’s not an MS employee still there helping people. Don’t make too much fun, they’re the only ones who’re any good and sorting out issues…
  
  Are they fanboys, though? I used to be one of those guys back when I used to help debug Windows permissions issues (it was always permissions issues) when getting .NET code to run on Windows 7. If anything, I think a lot of Windows people know that everything on Linux is far better supported and had more developer oversight, but ultimately these were the tools you had to use to use your language of choice.
  If anything, it led to such a deep imposter syndrome that I ended up moving away from C#. While I could be just as productive in Windows as I was in Linux (even today), having to use "different" tools or run "special" commands to get something as basic as Ruby running on your OS constantly made you feel that you were running against the current.
- I'll bite. Where's my bridge? It better be cheap and run windows xp embedded
  
  Sorry, it runs Winblow$ 95 🤭

That is surprisingly accurate.
- I mean it essentially boils down to "thing I don't use is bad".
  
  I don't see that message in the image. Also, having used all three platforms for over 20 years, I feel like what I see in the image pretty accurately describes what a lot of the enthusiasts I've known in each camp describe about themselves and the others.

Wait... can a Mac run multiple monitors? It must be able to, but the only pictures I see Mac people posting of their desktops only ever have a single monitor. Clean desks and a minimalist aesthetic, but never multiple monitors.
- the only pictures I see Mac people posting of their desktops only ever have a single monitor
  That's because their monitors cost $2k
- They are computers. So yes.
- The M1 macbooks only support 1 external monitor natively lmao
  
  There are issues with Macs and multiple monitors, but one thing they do great is that they can easily support multiple monitors with different dpi settings and refresh rates (including variable refresh rates), which turns into a big pain in the ass to get right in Linux.
  
  The M1/2/3 Pro, Max, & Ultra chips all support multiple displays. It’s just the base model chip that doesn’t.
  
  If you get one big monitor (extra wide) that’s all you need
- Macs are used in a lot of "creative" industries and professionals tend to benefit from multiple monitors. Every editor I've known cuts on a Mac with at least two monitors.
- It’s like the same meme about developers.
  In this format there’s usually a single column that is the core and everything else is an assumption.
  In the developers meme designers are children eating paint because the column of truth is for software devs.
- ...macintoshes have featured native multihead support since at least 1987...
- I'm using 3 on my M1, so... * shrug *
- I’m the weirdo who regularly uses all three. I think a lot of Mac people use one screen because MacOS has better desktop switching than the other two OS, especially if you’re using a trackpad. I personally use two screens but have used as many as three.
  
  MacOS has better desktop switching than the other two OS
  Can you elaborate on this? As a tiling WM user, I feel as if I can confidently challenge this assertion.
- I have three monitors in addition to my main iMac screen, coupling that with their extremely clean desktop switching has me by the balls until Wayland is fully working with Nvidia(if it’s not already, I admittedly am not paying attention until I stop getting OS updates)
- Yep.

Well, at last Microsoft is micro and soft. Still behaving inappropriately.

I'm a Windows user and have bwen for many many years. I recently started learning Linux so I can hopefully one day be competent enough to justify never having to buy Microsoft ^TM branded lube again.
My partner, and much of my friend group, are a Mac users.
I am a programmer so I know many many Linux people.
It is Shocking how accurate this meme is LOL
- And every panel is true 😂
- LOL

I too stare at htop for hours

At the risk of being unpopular, I have a home with a decently-powered Mac desktop (I used to work as a video editor), a Linux notebook for my personal use, a Windows notebook as required for my daughter's online school and even a Chromebook for my wife's use because it was all she felt she needed.
This meme is accurate in some ways, but the biggest way in which it's accurate is that people judge others for the OS they choose as if it is some sort of character flaw if they choose the 'wrong' one.
Running all of these OSes in one home, I've been able to see the advantages and disadvantages of each and I can't really say any of them would be the right one for everyone, so I'm actually glad there's a range of options. Even if those options can be overpriced or bloated or difficult.
- MacOS is really the only one I never understood unless you're really tied to the Apple ecosystem.
  I'd argue the "just use Linux" meme is more relevant for Mac users than Windows.
  I want to love Linux as well, but it does require some troubleshooting skills I'm too lazy for these days Additionally, some of my games require anti-cheats that just don't work on Linux.
  
  MacOS has in my experience the best multiple desktop system of any OS I’ve used, it’s also just a very very polished Unix system that I can always count on to work until my machine stops getting updates, and since it’s an Intel Mac as soon as it does I’ll put Linux on it.
  Edit: this obviously ain’t a deal breaker but iTerm is the best terminal program I’ve ever used by a wide margin
  
  MacOS is really the only one I never understood unless you're really tied to the Apple ecosystem.
  I'd argue the "just use Linux" meme is more relevant for Mac users than Windows.
  At this point when I’m choosing a computer I’m really just choosing a hypervisor front end.
  MacOS gives me all the familiarity and transferred knowledge that I built up with Linux, but with a much more polished desktop experience. I like the Messenger sync, it helps me actually notice texts from my partner when I’m rabbit-holing hard. I like Mail better than Outlook (or Thunderbird or whatever the modern mail client on Linux is now).
  I just prefer MacOS as the glue between all my VMs that I work in each day. I’m personally on the desktop pc with Windows for gaming, MBP for all my work/hobby work (using VMs with whatever OS is necessary that day), and headless Debian on any servers train.
- Personally, I think you've got the right approach.
- Hey I also edit video and other graphics heavy tasks, as someone with all the OS you settled on Mac for work, is that because of reliability and lack of crashes? My machine with an i9 + 3090 is starting to blue screen kind of often, CPU fan errors when the fans work fine and I have the i9 throttled to keep it at reasonable temps... Always rejected Mac and if I could my machine would be on Linux but until PS+LR works on there I don't think I can switch.
  
  That's a strange question from a video editor. I settled on it because it's been, or at least was when I got the Mac 7 years ago and the ones before it, the industry standard for decades and it facilitates with compatibility with other people you may be working on a project with.

Didn't read, not enough JPEG
- Always meme in .jxl
  
  Damn you Chrome team!

Maybe I'm a Windows fanboy.
- Windows flyboy

How'd they get a picture of my terminal

I like htop
- Yep it looks cleaner than btop imo

I have yet to meet one person that actively likes Windows, it's always that they use it because it's the only thing they know
You guys have Stockholm syndrome
- it’s always that they use it because it’s the only thing they know
  Or they are forced to use it because of X application that only supports Windows and Wine doesn't work well enough for it to run on Linux
- I like windows for it's low latency ASIO drivers.
  
  I'm a windows user but you want macos for that, man. If that's what you really care about.
- I like it. I can run linux from the command line whenever I want. I can play whatever game I want without pulling my hair out.
- If Windows is good enough for John Carmack it's good enough for me. Tried Linux as my main driver for a couple years and there were nothing but hoops, problems and endless configurations to jump through. Why do I have to learn every goddamn thing about the operating system to use it properly? It's like washing your clothes by hand. Ever tried that? Well I had to for several months once, not fun at all. So yes I actively like Windows.
  
  Alternatively you learned to jump through all of Window's hoops over the years of using it. Also, experience in the sense of configuration and hoops can vary wildly by distro. Linux has of course not always had the cleanest UI/UX but it's always getting better and simply does not have the level of investments as Windows or MacOS. When Linux does have investment and runs on corporate sponsored hardware it's usually pretty solid and easy to use e.g. ChromeOS, Android, and many server and cloud products. Also some people may appreciate the level of customizability that "washing clothes by hand" provides.
- Your right. I dont like windows, but i still like it a hell of a lot more than linux and mac.

I'm a Linux user and I usually see Linux the way that it is depicted for the Windows user. The terminal is beautiful and my favorite interface for interacting with computers.

Oh hey. I made the linux part of this - Please don't hurt me.
- Funny as hell brother

- Middle right
- Other Linux users will see you as the "Mac as seen by Linux fanboys" panel haha
  Do you run MacOS on it? Do modern Macs even allow other OSes any more?
  
  Kind of? There is one singular Linux distribution designed to work on macs, and it’s still missing a lot of features the last time I checked
- Staring at a mouse, wondering how you do things with one button.
- At between linux and macbook
  Windows

Funny enough, all of these are true in some way

I don’t see Linux as surreal, just as the default computing experience

This is accurate

The matrix is backwards
- I'd fix it, but I don't know how to find the determinant of a meme

Funny, I remember seeing this meme years ago. Still, very true.

I'm a Macuser since 2008. I have 3 Raspberry Pi and a tower PC running Arch (BTW)
As a matter of fact, I switched to Mac OS X because I first switched to Linux.
Linux is fantastic. It can run on $10 potato or a $B100 server infrastructure.
The only thing I find absolutely terrible is Windows. And Windows users.
Besides, Linux users known Steve Jobs died. 13 years ago.
Now TBH, what I do hate is so called Linux users complaining about macOS being closed source (macOS kernel, macOS programming language, macOS Web engine are open source) while having a dual boot on Windows "to play games and use Adobe". Fuck those guys.
- Its more about the community than a bid for corporations
- I think the issue most have with Apple is the amount of money they demand to be a part of their walled garden. That's where the Jobs meme comes from, and nothing has changed on that front since he cratered.
  $1500 for a phone that you don't own, forsooth.
- As someone who has used all 3, MacOS is the worst overall. It combines the closed source nature of Windows with the limited software availability of Linux, and requires expensive hardware to run (look at the RAM/storage markups), and goes out of support artificially, just like Windows, and also is the least customizable out of the 3.
  The only thing Mac is best for is if you have a lot of money, and either really hate Windows and need certain proprietary apps or are a prosumer or professional using Apple's professional software like Final Cut Pro and the like.
  But for everything else, Windows and Linux does what MacOS does but better.
  Basic computer for web browsing? Linux
  Need that specific niche app? Windows, optional dual boot with Linux if you hate Windows
  Gaming? Windows is best and Linux is close behind, but MacOS is not even in the race
  Development? Linux all the way
  I dual boot Windows and Linux (on 2 separate SSDs), and I think it's the best option for me.

I'll take one of each from the left column and all three on the bottom
- LOL

Having used all 3 and not totally hating any of them, all the Windows ones I agree with, the two Linux ones that isn't old computer I agree with, and I only agree with the money one for Mac. I don't have an issue with Mac OS more than Windows OS, but it is way overpriced. At least with Windows I haven't actually paid Microsoft much on thet front. Though if you add in other MS products then we're back to being screwed.

Nice.

Never expected this to blow up, lol!
Viva LA penguin

- Its true but your statement about fewer options is kinda wrong and making it private takes too much effort and it can never be close to Linux

I use windows because it combines the best of both worlds. If you set it up correctly you will never think about switching to linux or mac.
- For you the entire middle row

Don't think I have shitty homophobic representation in my head tho 🤷
- I didn't read it as gay bad, but rather that Microsoft fucks their users.
- I mean, it's not "haha, windows user gay" but that he's getting fucked over by Microsoft
  
  Exactly.
- It seems as though recently any joke that somehow could be construed as involving gayness became "homophobic" to a certain crowd. Nothing in this image says butt sex is bad. Is it homophobic to simply imply the obvious truth that submission in sex is a real thing?
  
  Associating the concepts of "tops" and "bottoms" to gay couples having sex is at least kind of ignorant if not homophobic.