MAN COMES UP TO ME ON STREET AND ASKS WHAT MY T SHIRT MEANS
IT IS A SHIRT FOR SCIKIT-RF (https://scikit-rf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
I SAY
IT IS A FREE OPEN SOURCE TOOL FOR WORKING WITH RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUITS AND SIGNALS!
HE SAYS
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RADIO TECHNOLOGY
I SAY YES I KNOW ABOUT RADIO TECHNOLOGY
AND THEN
OH DEAR
OOOOOOH DEAR
"THE CHINESE LIGHT BULBS THE DEMOCRATS FORCED US TO BUY MADE GE A TRILLION DOLLARS AND BROKE MY RADIO"
OK
SORRY YOUR RADIO BROKE
BUMMER DUDE
BUT
I HAVE TO GO TO THE BUS
BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'LL END UP ON THE ONE WITH ALL THE STUDENTS...
AND THEN GET GETS AGITATED
"THIS IS SERIOUS"
"THIS IS SERIOUS!!!! THE LIGHT BULBS! RADIATION! RADIO!!"
IT IS WHAT IT IS
I CAN'T SAY HE'S WRONG TO BE PARANOID
THE REAL POISON OF COURSE
IS THE ALGORITHMIC SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS
THE SPIRIT OF HIS PARANOIA IS NOT WRONG
HE'S JUST GOT SOME DETAILS WRONG
AND IS KIND OF A DICK
THAT IS MY STORY ABOUT OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE