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Ah, the drive-by code critic! Nothing says "I'm a real developer" like barging into a Twitch stream, spending 8 seconds pretending to understand what's happening, and then dropping the classic "this code is garbage" bomb before vanishing into the night. Zero contribution, maximum judgment - it's the equivalent of walking into a restaurant kitchen, sniffing once, and declaring "Gordon Ramsay would hate this" before sprinting out the door. The confidence-to-competence ratio is truly inspirational.

The eternal struggle of every software engineer on Earth. Tell someone you code for a living and suddenly you're the designated IT support for their ancient HP inkjet that's been spitting errors since 2007. Listen, I can build distributed systems that handle millions of requests, but printer drivers exist in a special hell dimension where programming logic doesn't apply. Printers were clearly invented by demons to make us question our career choices. Next family gathering, I'm telling everyone I'm a professional dog walker.

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OH. MY. GOD. The AUDACITY of comparing artists to programmers! 😱 Artists are over there WEEPING DRAMATICALLY when someone uses their precious painting, while programmers are having a full-on SPARKLY-EYED ANIME MELTDOWN of pure joy when someone actually uses their code! We spend 97 hours debugging that monstrosity and you're ACTUALLY USING IT?! *faints dramatically* The validation we crave is so pathetic it's actually adorable. While artists are like "my artistic soul is being exploited," programmers are like "SOMEONE FOUND MY GITHUB REPO? IS THIS REAL LIFE?!" The bar is literally on the floor for our happiness. It's fine. We're fine. *twitch*