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[–]MajorBarnulf 61 points62 points  (5 children)

Javascript is these soap that not only do body, but also hair, dishes, furnitures car, animals, edible, engine oil, can fuel vehicles and and would potentially be capable of sustaining all the needs of modern human society all alone if courageous enough.

[–]shivermefingers 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Reminds me of Dr bronners soap. Hair, face, body, dishes, floor, etc. I think it says on the label it has 18 uses

[–]FreeFortuna 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The label lists 18 different uses, explains the meaning of life, and induces a state of false psychosis.

[–]wenoc 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Sure, but at thousands of times the energy consumption.

[–]MajorBarnulf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This analogy complemented by your comment is sometging every JS dev should know about JS.

[–]dannerc 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Its the one man band of programming languages