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oh hey, I was there too! Worked at the save3rdpartyapps logo, was really nice seeing everyone collaborate but it got really stressful at points. People were greedy for canvas space. Was a bit disappointing that we could only do so much, the banner was really small after all. But at least the protest didn’t go unnoticed with the giant “FUCK SPEZ” across the whole canvas.

But what if I want a union struct to quickly interpret floats as ints and vice versa! I need my C hacks!

Maybe your answer was not needed here but it is a very important one nonetheless! Especially when people compare themselves to the internet!

the hecking pepper brush from GIMP at the end got me laughing!

you might be overthinking a bit. I don’t think there is anything wrong with having gnomes whos culture is based on some autistic traits. Like maybe it’s common for them to just leave mid-conversation or they see it as an insult if you make eye contact. That sounds like a fun idea.
Just don’t make autism their only trait or be afraid of not including an idea because it doesn’t fit the autism stick.
As others here have said it might be more about how you do it, not if it’s gnomes or any other species. The only thing I really associate with gnomes would be a low body height.

could’ve expanded GNU some more! :P