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Comment by kbelder

13 days ago

"I'm a guy using Linux" - Ok. "I'm a Linux guy" - Bad.

This is very much an imprecise abstraction, more like a rule of thumb. Just be careful how you think of yourself.

"I ride bicycles" - Fine. "I'm a cyclist" - Getting weird.

"I voted for X" - Ok. "I'm team X" - Dangerous.

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