hello, im sam candles, and i made a new gender. softwaregender is a way to describe when your gender identity heavily revolves around the concept of being computer software. specifically applications that are directly interfaced with by the main user. - ThreadSky

samcandles.bsky.social • 9 days ago

hello, im sam candles, and i made a new gender.

softwaregender is a way to describe when your gender identity heavily revolves around the concept of being computer software. specifically applications that are directly interfaced with by the main user.

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gucciandmoneyz.bsky.social•9 days ago

trans transhumanism 😎

gucciandmoneyz.bsky.social•9 days ago

reposting to spread this genius idea str8 fire

deenom.bsky.social•8 days ago

Can I fly this flag backwards, because in my house we respect the CUA

hotsocket.fyi•8 days ago

Wait, F5 to refresh is IBM's fault?

deenom.bsky.social•7 days ago

Four years before the World Wide web was even a thing! 😀

evelyn.woke.cat•8 days ago

this reference is way too autistic sorry what,,,,,,,,,

deenom.bsky.social•8 days ago

I can't acknowledge the buttons on the left side of the flag because I grew up with them on the right side

And IBM (/Windows) PCs were the first to standardize that placement along with popular keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+V to paste, for example. Macs have their own rules

samcandles.bsky.social•8 days ago

im a windows user most of the time, its just easier to represent mac buttons in an extremely minimalistic way because they’re all colored. thought it would look weird on the other side

tehepicsylvia.bsky.social•8 days ago

Wait,,, this may actually be me....

evelyn.woke.cat•7 days ago

who is david

tehepicsylvia.bsky.social•7 days ago

Dear david from hit 2023 movie dear david [it's an inside joke to me]

jade.trans.army•8 days ago

Honestly I resonate with this on some level. I should really do more gender exploration

sherrycdrom.bsky.social•3 days ago

goes hard

ulyesses.bsky.social•8 days ago

what defines "main user"

samcandles.bsky.social•7 days ago

should’ve said “end user”

cheerynecromancer.bsky.social•8 days ago

Valid

shaunakitty.bsky.social•8 days ago

Samantha Candles being valid as always

crystal-f0x.bsky.social•6 days ago

you are so real for this i love making xenogenders! i love the colors you used, as much fun as i have looking through xenos they tend to be so eyestrain-y :[
(i made foxgender as i feel my identity really revolves around foxes, i love the idea of softwaregender as a very avid divine machinery fan)

samcandles.bsky.social•6 days ago

i consider myself a tiny bit of a graphic designer so it was important to me for the flag to be pretty

crystal-f0x.bsky.social•6 days ago

it worked really well!! most of my flags i've made are just simple striped ones lmao (this is the foxgender flag, i... wasn't very creative but this was before the xenogender/mogai communities were as popular as they are now) so i love the addition of the boxes at the top that you made :3

edb6.bsky.social•8 days ago

im thinking miku miku

marie-the.gay•9 days ago

this is so fucking awesome, i might have to do one for being a computer ngl

samcandles.bsky.social•9 days ago

im inside of you

clamdove.bsky.social•9 days ago

i wish sam candles was inside of me...

skye.scares.men•3 days ago

what

tehepicsylvia.bsky.social•8 days ago

🤨📸📸📸📸📸

clamdove.bsky.social•9 days ago

wait

samcandles.bsky.social•9 days ago

WOAHHH

jamieisjammed.bsky.social•8 days ago

i would have called it genderware personally but this is still fire

harleythedummy.bsky.social•8 days ago

fw this name

terastaljade.bsky.social•8 days ago

i fuck with this a lot, i didn't know you could figure out new and unique genders for yourself

meefuhh.bsky.social•9 days ago

this is raw as fuck

fen.cx•3 days ago

i fw this heavy

chelunderscore.bsky.social•7 days ago

goated

samcandles.bsky.social•9 days ago

to me it's not "i like computer programs a lot" but "i see myself, as a person, as as an application to be run on a personal computer." a large part of it is the lack of a physical form. you're not a robot, you're literally just code that presents a UI on a screen.

samcandles.bsky.social•9 days ago

the flag that i made... honestly doesn't have any particularly deep meaning. its just supposed to represent a window in a typical window manager. the buttons are colored like macos but this entire thing is platform-agnostic, its just the concept of software in general.

samcandles.bsky.social•9 days ago

anyways, i'm extremely passionate about this idea, and i'll gladly answer any questions anyone has about it. thank you for reading ^_^

bepismansoda.bsky.social•8 days ago

CLOSE ENOUGH

WELCOME BACK HATSUNE MIKU

samcandles.bsky.social•8 days ago

miku is extremely gender

bepismansoda.bsky.social•8 days ago

hey, wait, your character is also a traditionally feminine figure with atypically-colored hair, a skirt, and a tie

bepismansoda.bsky.social•8 days ago

AND YOU'VE ALSO SUNG AND COLLABED WITH YOUR PARTNER CILC???

nah, sam candles IS Hatsune Miku

bepismansoda.bsky.social•8 days ago

always has been

nallei-is-here.bsky.social•8 days ago

I have a question. Are all object/animal genders actually more philosophical or spiritual based than identity based? Because someone can't literally be a cat, but perhaps relate to the cat on a philosophical and spiritual level? Just asking to clarify things.