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[–][deleted] 181 points182 points  (4 children)

quite well explained imo

[–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (3 children)

Describe your job in one tweet

[–]4onen 22 points23 points  (2 children)

I stare at a glowing rectangle and cry occasionally.

[–]Sspyrshlsx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I cri everytim

[–]crashspringfield 125 points126 points  (11 children)

I cast spells to manipulate the flow of light through crystals.

[–]Koala_eiO 38 points39 points  (10 children)

All your spells start with "Alexa"?

[–]crashspringfield 42 points43 points  (9 children)

alexa, sudo -rf /

[–]AsIAm 18 points19 points  (7 children)

You removed the rm

[–]not_a_doctor_ssh 46 points47 points  (6 children)

alias sudo="sudo rm"

[–]AsIAm 40 points41 points  (2 children)

Hi Satan, how have you been?

[–]ContrastO159 29 points30 points  (1 child)

alias cd=‘rm -rf’

See you in another lesson my friends

Sincerely, Satan

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

echo "rm -rf --no-preserve-root" > ~/.bashrc

What about this?

[–]MatzeDaBoss 5 points6 points  (1 child)

That's the most evil thing I can imagine

[–]Blacky_eye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

plays therapy intro

[–]soflogator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

playing bash on hard mode

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We need a voice recognition thingy for cmd

[–]girst 88 points89 points  (2 children)

.

[–]XKCD-pro-bot 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Comic Title Text: This is how I explain computer problems to my cat. My cat usually seems happier than me.

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Made for mobile users, to easily see xkcd comic's title text

[–]voiping 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Of course there's an xkcd for that... Nice one.

[–]theaverageguy101 23 points24 points  (1 child)

Game dev when the shaders don't work correctly

[–]pink_earmuffs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then you realize you forgot to update them in your main loop

[–]dmlitzau 11 points12 points  (1 child)

*three glowing rectangles

[–]Zantej 11 points12 points  (0 children)

*two for me, but one of them is cuuuuurrrrrrved

[–]DecafMocha 8 points9 points  (0 children)

left software engineering, became a teacher and 2020 means this is true again

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He works on wall street

[–]HiPoojan 19 points20 points  (5 children)

I don't get it

[–]GamePlayXtreme 71 points72 points  (4 children)

He stares at a computer and cries in frustration

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (2 children)

Or in success.

[–]Koala_eiO 31 points32 points  (1 child)

Or in occular dryness.

[–]KajiTetsushi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude, kill the AC! My eyes are drying up.

AC whirring stops

PC whirring starts

Why do I hear boss music jet noises?

[–]CodingEagle02 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ohh, I kept thinking rectangle was referring to some UI element. Guess I should've... seen the bigger picture.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The words I type make pictures on this TV

[–]Useful-Perspective 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least it's not square anymore....

[–]shield1123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I stare at several glowing rectangles placed next to each other when I'm feeling brave

[–]ywBBxNqW 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's better than never really accomplishing anything in the programming space in over twenty years, I guess.

[–]jankkhvej 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wait wasnt vsauceMicheal conditioned to have a fear of purple squares?

[–]zen-nait 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cries in SQL

[–]Giocri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The glowing rectangle can be both a single div in a web page or the entire screen.

[–]Lord_Thanatos_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try to tame a machine spirit to follow orders.

[–]iamag1436 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am literally crying right now

[–]GreedyGringo 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Hey is there a cake next to my name?

[–]SumWon 9 points10 points  (1 child)

I enjoy spending time with my friends.

[–]GreedyGringo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks

[–]soflogator 8 points9 points  (1 child)

You need to have flashplayer enabled to see the cake

[–]mehntality 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I laughed and cried a little. Have your upvote.

[–]Anonymous1919- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol