Ratio Memes

Someone tried to dunk on Linux saying it "never succeeded" and got absolutely ratio'd with one of the most devastating comebacks in tech history. Linux runs everything from servers to smartphones to Mars rovers... and apparently the embedded systems in adult toys. The beauty here is that Linux's success is so overwhelming that you can't escape it even in your most private moments. Linus Torvalds really did take over the world, one microcontroller at a time. The person who made that original tweet probably sent it from an Android phone running Linux, connected to servers running Linux, through routers running Linux. The irony is thicker than kernel documentation.

The perfect illustration of tech opinions in 2024: Someone declares FFmpeg "outdated" because... *checks notes*... it uses "index.html" in URLs and is "hard to install." Meanwhile, FFmpeg quietly powers half the video processing on the internet while this person gets ratio'd into oblivion. Nothing says "I have no idea what I'm talking about" quite like judging powerful software by its URL structure. The cherry on top is the subreddit's perfect "yeah sure" response - the digital equivalent of a slow, sarcastic clap.