okay no

[kaberett]

I am legit more resentful than that about today's xkcd

if people would like to have a grump-in in comments here they are very welcome to

because what the fuck

(content note, if you haven't looked at it and are wondering: person A, it is implied, offers to look at person B's code. Person B notes that they are entirely self-taught so it might not be terribly elegant. Person A goes "I'm sure it's fine" while moving to sit down, then goes off on a hilarious tirade about how bad it is stylistically. NOPE.)

Comments

[whatnothuman]

I originally read it as a harmless joke, and even posted it to my facebook to be like "haha ex-coworker remember reading my code?" (and had an enlightening discussion about use of unicode in variable names in the comments).

Like, it didn't even occur to me that it could be a shitty thing to do, perhaps because this sort of thing is so normalised in nerdy codey circles (which in addition I tend to only lurk in and only occasionally post things). Possibly also - I don't think I usually get this kind of feedback on my code, except occasionally when I'm expecting it because I've made a style no-no in the name of speedy coding or whatever (and I certainly would never give it). For me it was a kind of self-deprecating joke to point out to a coworker.

This and comments is making me reconsider. Thanks (all) for posting about it. @kaberett I can remove the facebook post if you like.

[kaberett]

idk I think it is importantly different if it's you posting it _about yourself_ than if it were your co-worker doing the thing, you know? <3 Don't need you to remove it (context is everything!), just... still twitchy about Randall.