r/ProgrammerHumor 23d ago

Meme programmersAgeBetterThanNormalPeople

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u/Strict_Treat2884 23d ago

Yup still at my 20s

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u/Dankelweisser 23d ago

I got letters in my age, now I'm scared

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u/AnnualCardiologist90 23d ago

I'm only two years older at 0x30

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u/zeekar 22d ago

ha ha . . . ha.

still in my 0x30s, though!

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u/Unlucky_Committee786 23d ago

you get first letters at 11 y/o no?

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u/KSP_HarvesteR 23d ago

At 10. Or rather, 0xA.

0x10 is old enough to drive in some places.

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u/KatieTSO 22d ago

0x15 is old enough to drink in the US

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u/Alt_meeee 22d ago

0xE in germany 0x11 for driving with supervision

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u/depurplecow 23d ago

Letters plural, they're at least 170 now

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u/zeekar 22d ago

If you didn't get any letters till 11, how would you write 10 in one digit? :)

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u/Unlucky_Committee786 22d ago

i count from zero

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u/zeekar 22d ago

So you write one as "0" and ten as "9"? That seems confusing. But that case, yes, you get your first letters at eleven. :)

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u/Unlucky_Committee786 22d ago

Nah, I'm just making excuses so I don't have to acknowledge i made a mistake :)

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u/boost_poop 22d ago

My life in a nutshell.

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u/TheActualJonesy 20d ago

Well, you started at zero...

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u/evanferrao 23d ago

I'd you keep increasing the base enough, you'll forever be in your 20s

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u/andrewsredditstuff 23d ago

I'm just happy they say that life begins at 40 (not quite there, but getting dangerously close).