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Programmer jokes compare coding to an unloved childhood

Original: what happens to a child who isn't loved properly??? (this and more in the Debugging Memes channel, get the invite link f

A joke circulating in programming communities asks what happens to a child who isn't loved properly, with the punchline pointing to programmers who spend their time debugging. The quip is being shared with hashtags aimed at developers and is framed as typical content of a channel dedicated to coding humour, tapping into self-deprecating stereotypes about the profession.

Why now: It is a self-deprecating joke playing on the stereotype that programmers' obsessive debugging stems from childhood emotional neglect, which resonates in developer communities.

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• what happens to a child who isn't loved properly??? (this and more in the Debugging Memes channel, get the invite link for that and other channels at https:// arcanechat.me/channels ) # dev # developer # programmer # programming # developerjokes # programmerhumor # jokes # js #… · adbenitez@mastodon.de · 5

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