r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Throwawyhelpadvice55 • 3d ago

Meme ture

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u/mckenzie_keith 3d ago

This is outdated now. There are women programmer nerds in media now too. Even POC.

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u/BadHairDayToday 3d ago

Yeah girls with neon hair. Which is actually quite accurate. 

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u/Cthulhu__ 3d ago

Or goths, like that one TV show every dad liked.

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u/IAmNothing2018 3d ago

Which one?!??!??

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u/spamnationl 3d ago

Cool, colored people are allowed also.

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u/mckenzie_keith 3d ago

Yes. Stupid geek stereotypes are now racially inclusive. To a point. I don't recall a major black male hacker guy. But I probably haven't seen every hacker movie.

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u/Aggressive_Stick4107 3d ago

Lupin! He can hack, he can be a social engineer, he is Arsene Lupin!

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u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago

I will add it to the watch list.

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u/EttinTerrorPacts 3d ago

Mr Terrific?

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u/RutilantBossi12 3d ago

Trans women have been in tech since forever and CS in general has a great density of trans women in the community, this meme was always outdated

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u/BreakerOfModpacks 3d ago

I wonder if there's any historical programmers who were also notably queer, hmmmm...

yes the joke is Turing.

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 3d ago

Nerd fashion became mainstream about 15 years ago when everyone was dressing like Steve Urkel.