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The Impostor Among Programming Languages
Webdev Javascript Programming php Frontend
1 day ago 71.3K views 3 shares
The Impostor Among Programming Languages
THE BETRAYAL! The programming world depicted as an Among Us game where HTML5 is DRAMATICALLY revealed as the impostor because it's not ACTUALLY a programming language! The absolute SCANDAL of it all! HTML strutting around in its markup language disguise, pretending to be part of the cool programming gang with CSS, JavaScript, PHP and others. The AUDACITY! Meanwhile, real programming languages are looking at HTML like "Honey, you're just formatting text and we all know it." The ultimate tech world gatekeeping moment that has divided friendships and started keyboard wars since the dawn of web development!

I Want To Understand The Code In 10 Seconds
Programming StackOverflow Debugging
6 days ago 56.1K views 0 shares
I Want To Understand The Code In 10 Seconds
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 Cycle Of Programmer Humor And Gatekeeping
Programming Webdev StackOverflow
12 days ago 62.2K views 0 shares
The Cycle Of Programmer Humor And Gatekeeping
The eternal cycle of programming humor in four panels: 1. Innocent brain thinks of a joke while browsing r/ProgrammerHumor 2. Posts contrived scenario about computers being annoying (because let's face it, that's 90% of our job) 3. Gets absolutely destroyed by gatekeeping veterans with comments like "HOW BAD ARE YOU, IS THIS YOUR FIRST DAY PROGRAMMING?!" 4. Vows to never post again And thus another potential contributor to open source dies before they even make their first PR. Tale as old as Stack Overflow.

Haha Guys, Fun Fact: Do You Know What Operation System I Use?
Linux Microsoft Windows Programming
26 days ago 109.0K views 0 shares
Haha Guys, Fun Fact: Do You Know What Operation System I Use?
Oh, the face of pure existential pain when someone casually mentions Windows in a room with a Linux user! That neck vein about to pop as they physically restrain themselves from launching into their rehearsed 47-minute TED talk about how they compiled their own kernel just to browse Reddit. Meanwhile, everyone else is just trying to talk about normal human things like weather and sports, but our Linux friend is sitting there, twitching, desperately waiting for someone to ask "so what OS do you use?" Nobody will ask. Nobody ever asks. But they're ready. They're always ready.