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0 pointsrobin_reala2y ago0 comments

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Not sure if you are speaking out of knowledge of this particular individual but with respect to other cultures, a biological male presenting as female does not necessarily mean trans the way western cultures think of it.

Japanese Okama culture, for instance, is an entirely different animal. I don't know this specific person just thought I'd share that misgendering isn't as black and white as even a lot of trans people think it is.

robin_realaOP2y ago

“she/her” on @lina@vt.social

Kwpolska2y ago

Asahi Lina is widely believed to be a persona of Hector Martin (aka marcan) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35251905 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35238601 .

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meindnoch2y ago

Huh? A cursory google search says it's a guy called Hector Marcan. Is this wrong?

runjake2y ago

As far as I know, this person, who goes by “Asahi Lina” is not Hector Marcan.

mustache_kimono2y ago

I think the widespread belief is Asahi Lina is an avatar for Hector.

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doctoboggan2y ago

I suspect the person you are replying to is thinking of Alyssa Rosenzwig[0] who appears from the outside to be a major contributor to the work, and who's blog posts on the project were followed by the HN crowd.

[0]: https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-7.html

kzrdude2y ago

It's Asahi Lina that's implied in this case, even if Alyssa also has worked on GPU

nickitolas2y ago

Blowing the cover on someone's online persona (And using the wrong pronouns for that persona's work) seems pretty rude to me

meindnoch2y ago

"Blowing the cover"

Lol. I just stated what's already out there. It's like "blowing the cover" on the voice actor of Spongebob Squarepants...

conradludgate2y ago

Asahi Lina is the vtuber, not Hector

meindnoch2y ago

Huh? I'm not sure I follow you.

As far as I can tell, this "Asahi Lina" is a cartoon figure, that's used for lip-syncing with a voice effect. Are you saying the real person behind the cartoon is also called "Asahi Lina"?

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Ygg22y ago

I thought they were one and the same.

2h2y ago

uhh:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LonzMviFCNs

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dboat2y ago

robin_realaOP2y ago

“she/her” on @lina@vt.social

Kwpolska2y ago

Asahi Lina is widely believed to be a persona of Hector Martin (aka marcan) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35251905 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35238601 .

2 more replies

meindnoch2y ago

Huh? A cursory google search says it's a guy called Hector Marcan. Is this wrong?

runjake2y ago

As far as I know, this person, who goes by “Asahi Lina” is not Hector Marcan.

mustache_kimono2y ago

I think the widespread belief is Asahi Lina is an avatar for Hector.

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doctoboggan2y ago

[0]: https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-7.html

kzrdude2y ago

It's Asahi Lina that's implied in this case, even if Alyssa also has worked on GPU

nickitolas2y ago

Blowing the cover on someone's online persona (And using the wrong pronouns for that persona's work) seems pretty rude to me

meindnoch2y ago

"Blowing the cover"

Lol. I just stated what's already out there. It's like "blowing the cover" on the voice actor of Spongebob Squarepants...

conradludgate2y ago

Asahi Lina is the vtuber, not Hector

meindnoch2y ago

Huh? I'm not sure I follow you.

As far as I can tell, this "Asahi Lina" is a cartoon figure, that's used for lip-syncing with a voice effect. Are you saying the real person behind the cartoon is also called "Asahi Lina"?

1 more reply

Ygg22y ago

I thought they were one and the same.

2h2y ago

uhh:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LonzMviFCNs

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse