The New Balance refer to the fact that I'm old and crusty. I work in engineering but am not a software developer (majority of folks here are). Running Red Hat makes you old, too,
The classic New Balance shoes have looked the same since the 1970s. That’s just a weird flex.
I think the Nike Monarch's are crustier personally.
So RHEL = old, Pop!_OS = young?
I'm not sure what Pop!_OS makes you in all honesty. I do know Arch makes you leet / insufferable, and RHEL does in fact make you old, boring, and corporate.