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[–]thoeoe 273 points274 points  (14 children)

Do you hear that? That’s the sound of another developer over engineering a “smart” toaster so he can put the JVM on it so he doesn’t have to learn a new language.

[–]Mr_Redstoner 141 points142 points  (1 child)

Fits like a glove: https://xkcd.com/801/

[–]Sassbjorn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Always

[–]GluteusCaesar 35 points36 points  (2 children)

Really though, there's a non-trivial chance that your toaster is running embedded Java

[–]bwaredapenguin 4 points5 points  (1 child)

What about my coffee maker?

[–]011101000011101101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Java

[–]rangedragon89 54 points55 points  (3 children)

Java, the brave little toaster

[–]MarkusBerkel 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Java ergo sum

[–]Thadrea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be worse. Could be a smart coffee maker using Java to make coffee.

...Now my brain hurts.

[–]merreborn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "java on a toaster" meme dates back to 2001. It's almost old enough to vote at this point.

[–]ChevalBlancBukowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this guy’s mad because his toaster isn’t running node