What TypeScript Did To My JavaScript Knowledge

Ah yes, the classic "let me massively over-engineer this simple problem" approach. Nothing says "I'm a serious developer" like creating an entire utils file just to house that one sad, lonely function that converts a string to uppercase. It's like buying a mansion for your pet rock. Sure, your code structure might look impressive in the pull request, but we all know you're just trying to make those 3 lines of code feel important.

This meme is hitting JavaScript developers right where it hurts! The title "Array.reverse Have Sealed Your Fate Brendan Eich" is a direct callout to the creator of JavaScript himself. The cardinal sin being mocked here is writing methods that mutate the original array AND return the same instance - like our beloved villain Array.reverse() . It's the programming equivalent of changing someone's furniture around while they're in the bathroom and then gaslighting them about it. Pure functions? Never heard of her. These mutating methods are why senior devs wake up in cold sweats at 3 AM screaming "IMMUTABILITY!" before checking their git history. Even God himself (or at least a cartoon deity with an impressive beard) has reserved a special place in programmer hell for the perpetrators. Not just regular hell - the boiler room. Where they'll probably be forced to debug Internet Explorer compatibility issues for eternity.

Ah yes, the classic "$800,000 bootcamp" that promises to transform you into a software engineer in just 3 months by teaching you *checks notes* approximately 87 programming languages, including some that barely exist anymore. Nothing says "legitimate education" like cramming Fortran, COBOL, and Assembly alongside React and TypeScript into 90 days. The "if you can't find a job you can spit on our faces" guarantee is the cherry on top of this scam sundae. Spoiler alert: The only thing you'll master in 3 months is how to lose $800K faster than a startup with free snacks and ping pong tables.

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Ah yes, the sacred programmer ritual of typing "return" correctly on the first try. Top panel: Rejecting the boring, correct "return" keyword like it's some kind of personal insult. Bottom panel: Enthusiastically embracing every possible misspelling—retrun, reunt, reutn, reutnr, erunt—like they're long-lost friends. The true mark of a senior developer isn't knowing design patterns or algorithms—it's how creatively you can butcher simple keywords while typing at 100 WPM with the confidence of someone who definitely didn't just break the entire codebase.

Friend: "I love TypeScript!" Me: *shows them actual TypeScript code with VSCode extension development* Friend: *visible confusion* Turns out they just love the idea of type safety, not the existential crisis of configuring tsconfig.json and wrestling with extension APIs. It's like saying you love cooking but fainting at the sight of a raw chicken. The expectation vs. reality gap is wider than my monitor bezels.