Bitwise operators Memes

Look, XOR technically works for inequality checks since it returns true when operands differ, but you're not writing a cryptography library here, buddy. Using a ^ b instead of a != b doesn't make you clever—it makes code reviews a nightmare and your teammates question your life choices. Sure, it's bitwise magic that works for booleans and integers, but the next developer who has to maintain this code will spend 10 minutes staring at it wondering if you're doing bit manipulation or just showing off. Readability beats cleverness every single time. Save the XOR tricks for actual bit operations where they belong.

Left shift operator ( ) really said "I'm the main character" and showed up with an ENTIRE press conference worth of microphones, while right shift ( >> ) is just sitting there in corporate silence like it got demoted to intern status. The visual representation is chef's kiss—left shift literally multiplies your number by powers of 2 and apparently also multiplies your media attention by infinity. Meanwhile, right shift is over there dividing numbers and its relevance simultaneously. The energy difference is absolutely sending me—one's out here making BOLD MOVES and the other is just... existing in the corner, quietly doing integer division like a forgotten middle child.