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The market has spoken, and unfortunately, a lot of people simply won’t buy new computer hardware if it doesn’t have LGBTQ+ lights.

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> LGBTQ+ lights

WTF?

The rainbow LED lights so common in basically everything from keyboards to RAM modules to computer fans for the past near-decade now.

I understood your reference to the rainbow lights. I just thought it was odd/hostile to describe them in the manner which you did. Perhaps you were attempting humor and it missed.

I suspect the ubiquitous rainbow LEDs are just there to be pretty and are unrelated to LBGTQ+ . I suspect the human eye naturally likes rainbows. I know I find them visually appealing.

But I agree, RAM chips don't need to glow.

its a meme

Thanks for the explanation. I'm not much into meme culture so the reference went over my head.

I guess his comment was innocent. It's strange how a I interpreted it as a slight against the LGBTQ+ community.

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