• @rockSlayer
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    423 months ago

    The kid’s a natural programmer. Their mind will be blown with 0 indexes

    • @[email protected]
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      103 months ago

      As a programmer I’m struggling to see why this makes the kid a potential programmer.

      I should clarify that I’m not a good programmer but they pay me.

      • @toynbee
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        93 months ago

        Pretty much every professional programmer I’ve ever met either feels the way you describe in your latter sentence or is convinced they’re the best ever. There is rarely an in between.

        • @[email protected]
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          63 months ago

          I’ve heard this said before when I’m being particularly neurotic.

          What’s crazy is it can happen within the span of an hour.

          Like I’m not good at this and they’re just too kind to fire me, then I solve something and I’m like I AM THE CHOPIN OF PROGRAMMING NOTHING CAN TOUCH ME.

          • @toynbee
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            23 months ago

            It’s a lot less upsetting to watch from the outside than it is to experience, regardless of which way the needle is swinging.

  • modifier
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    343 months ago

    I am my own favorite person until someone comes along and provides me with a compelling reason to cede the position.

    • @Psythik
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      63 months ago

      Narcissism FTW

        • @Psythik
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          63 months ago

          Oh don’t worry I’m the textbook definition of narcissist. Hence why I said “for the win”.

        • @qarbone
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          33 months ago

          I’m capable of expecting a bunch of unreasonable things! I’m great at it!

  • @[email protected]
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    3 months ago

    On a cynic note, it would be pretty weird to be seriously sad about your toddler saying you were not their favourite person over their mother.

    • Pika
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      83 months ago

      honestly I feel bad for the parents though, if the toddler had understanding of what it meant anyway, but like must be a blow to the self esteem to not have one of the parents be position one lol

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        if the toddler had understanding

        Thats the neat part, they dont. They are lil dum dum goblins. Whoever the favorite person is, changes on a daily, hourly or minute basis.

        If they are still saying it as a teenager then maybe be a lil bit sad. But at that point its just a rude thing to say even if true.

        • @[email protected]
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          23 months ago

          My youngest doesn’t realise you’re supposed to have one favourite. Just thinks of it as meaning they really like it, so they have 50 favorite people, 5 favorite colours, 10 favourite foods.

          • @[email protected]
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            I mean thats how normal healthy people think from what i understand. You shouldnt constantly be ranking people in your head. Ofcourse you have groups of priority but going “this is No1 this is No2, …” would be a pretty weird way to live your life.

            Obsession with absolute numeric rankings is just something that gets drilled into our heads early on by school and sometimes parental expectations.

            • @[email protected]
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              23 months ago

              After asking hundreds of times, my kids are resigned to the fact that I don’t have a favourite colour. But I still get looks of disbelief when I tell nieces and nephews.

          • @[email protected]
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            13 months ago

            Must be real fun when you ask which 10 people they want at their birthday, what color they want their room painted and what they want for their special dinner!

      • @[email protected]
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        23 months ago

        Grandparents. They buy the donuts when the kids sees them at the supermarket, they put the money in the ride things at the mall, and when the kids being a little shit they leave it to the parents to tell them off.

        The only way parents take top prize is if the kid forgets they have grandparents (or if they don’t have grandparents).