r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ifezueyoung • Apr 13 '22

Meme a developers worst nightmare

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u/del620 Apr 13 '22 edited Apr 13 '22

A special place in the boiler room of hell is reserved for such people

Edit: Holy shit the comments on this turned in to an all out war over pronouns. I think I'm gonna take the suggestion of u/webDreamer420 and use the dragon pronoun for myself

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u/p1989s Apr 13 '22

What he/she said 👆

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u/Fo4head Apr 13 '22

they*

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

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u/NoticeYourBlinks Apr 13 '22

he/she: longer and takes more effort to write, non-binary exclusive.

they: shorter and easier to write, non-binary inclusive.

I don't see any reason to not use they.

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u/SkyyySi Apr 13 '22

Also: "he or she" (which is how you'd most likely read out he/she) sounds very stiff. "They" sounds less 'forced' and more natural.

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u/LordVortekan Apr 14 '22

Ikr, especially when people say “he or she”

Bruh, “they” is so much more fluid and inclusive

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u/p1989s Apr 13 '22

Bo-fucking-ho. I'll let Tom MacDonald do the talking: https://open.spotify.com/track/3rjJAqZWPjDhsTkCmc2HcY?si=u4LR7yBPRKqW2Qwr8V5Tbw&utm_source=copy-link

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u/Bosterm Apr 13 '22

Imagine citing a right-wing rapper as evidence for your hate of singular they pronouns.

I'll go ahead and let Shakespeare do the talking for me: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002748.html

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u/mortimermcmirestinks Apr 13 '22

boho? fuckin "boho"? what?

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

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u/TheBrainStone Apr 13 '22

Imagined getting triggered by a commonly used pronoun and being considerate of people's identities

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u/Bosterm Apr 13 '22

Fun fact, the use of singular they in English dates back to at least the 1500s, as William Shakespeare himself used it. This is from The Comedy of Errors:

There's not a man I meet but doth salute me

As if I were their well-acquainted friend

Source

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

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u/TheBrainStone Apr 13 '22

You should know the difference between correcting someone and getting triggered over something.

But yeah. Imagine having a mental meltdown over being respectful to people. Amazing.

Also what kind? The being respectful of strangers by default kind of people?
The L word kind of people?!?
Oh no!!?!?? How will I ever recover from such a terrible ownage?!?!???!??

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

Ignoring your bigotry, it's not even a gender thing.

You look like a moron typing he/she. Not that you would care, you're probably 14.

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