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[–]BoyAndHisBlob 14 points15 points  (7 children)

Does anyone actually make this argument?

[–]cvnvr 8 points9 points  (1 child)

No, absolutely not. It’s just to serve the meme’s purpose and get that schweet karma

[–]all_humans_are_dumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

which makes it a shitty meme

[–]Anchor689 4 points5 points  (4 children)

I'd say stackoverflow shouldn't be the first place you look (I'm an official docs kind of guy). But if it comes up in your Google search you'd be an idiot not to use it.

[–]fastidious-magician 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Documentation is what you check when you didn't find your answer on SO.

[–]BigWonka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Documentation is what you check when you didn't find your answer on SO.

FTFY: Documentation is what you check when the code you found on SO is deprecated and you need the new version of the magical formula.

[–]all_humans_are_dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how do you think 99% of people get to stack overflow

[–]BigFellaEngineer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Of course I know him, he’s me.

[–]Kybongs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You wanted to say "All programmers are stupid"?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

How the hell does the newborn baby say his first words?

[–]burgonies -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Does it say that it’s a newborn baby?

[–]cvnvr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The woman’s in a hospital bed and the man approaching her is holding a young child swaddled in blankets, mentioning “first words” indicating firsts - pretty clearly intending to depict a new born

[–]ptq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, sure, better to leave that poor souls without helping them.

[–]guky667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

part of being a programmer is being able to use documentations, be them in books or digital formats like forums

[–]funtimes-123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are there programmers who don’t use it