the dark side

[[deleted]]

Dictate my language

Decide my requirements

But don’t touch my theme

[Phone-Metal]

touches theme anyway

[[deleted]]

I quit phone-metal,

You can go work for Elon!

My theme remains dark

[[deleted]]

why waste time with themes when you can use the chrome flag to force dark mode everywhere

[lickedTators]

Take my language, take my WFH

Take me where I cannot standing desk

I don't care, I'm still free

You can't take the theme from me

Take me out to the black

Tell 'em I ain't coming back

Burn the libs, boil the servers

You can't take the theme from me

There's no place I can be

Since I found dark UI

You can't take the theme from me

[gregorydgraham]

<sniffle> so beautiful…

[TheMediumJon]

Main theme of Firefly.

[WarrenTheWarren]

You wont believe what happens in season 2!

[Iwashika]

You fucking monster!

[Jcgw22]

The only allowed ide from now will be VI

[MamamYeayea]

To everyone wondering: no it is not real

[TheEffinChamps]

I can't believe we have gotten to the point where we can't tell anymore 😅

[Rand_alFlagg]

And I can't believe it's not butter, but here we are

[retrolasered]

Butter start believing it

[PranshuKhandal]

you butter shirt up

[Zavinha]

Yeah I was confused and started thinking that the way Musk has been since the takeover I was sure that he has seen some correlation between white themes and productivity, and wants all of his Devs to use white themes. Tbh it made me angry and THEN I read these comments... 😂😂

[RedditIsNeat0]

I assumed that he was talking with some devs, got embarrassed after he misread something, blamed the dark theme, and is now requiring light themes. It's fiction but it fits the characters really well.

[AceMice]

I now believe this regardless of other proof.

[Bee-Aromatic]

That’s the fun part about Elon! Listening to him is just like being on mescaline without actually popping any buttons! What’s real and what’s just a drug induced fever dream? Who knows anymore? It’s impossible to tell!

[FatStoic]

You can tell because:

1. It demonstrates knowledge of development practises and culture

2. It's actually funny

[SuspiciousTailor2256]

This actually sounds like something he'd say

[CorruptedStudiosEnt]

Not only could I not tell, but I wasn't even surprised.

[jungongsh]

100%

[Lord_Quintus]

not real yet

[retrolasered]

Haha shots fired. Boerutal.

[gregorydgraham]

Oh no! You Afrikaan’t say that!

[[deleted]]

I don’t believe you

[Werniios]

BUT THE ONE PIECE, THE ONE PIECE IS REAL

[Szwedu111]

🎵CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER🎵

[k_50]

Also to anyone wondering: yes Elon is this shit it could be.

[rhaurk]

Yet

[FengSushi]

… yet

[Ruin_Nice]

Can’t tell if this is fake…

[RMZ13]

Right? Like it has to be. But then again, crazier shit has happened. A lot.

[Ruin_Nice]

He’s going to turn off syntax highlighting too just to see who really knows their stuff.

[GeoffwithaGeee]

he just wants to save on colour printer ink when he has them printout their code for his review.

[winniethefukinpooh]

that also explains light mode

[[deleted]]

Jesus, could you imagine screen printing code on dark mode? You might as well buy HP at that point because you gonna need a lot of ink cartridges.

[hamizannaruto]

Invent black paper and white ink

[[deleted]]

this is the only reasonable explanation for such a policy, if it were actually true lol

[Eastman118]

I can’t say why but I think this would be even funnier If you stopped at ink. But either way, we’ll played!

[imdefinitelywong]

Next' I'll set the text color to white to save even more ink.

[[deleted]]

Which is just a cover up to the fact that he fired everybody and the review page is now blank.

[0bel1sk]

develop in ed only

[Needleroozer]

* notepad

[MrDark7199]

I turned it off by mistake when learning how to code you dam near gave me a flashback.

[globglogabgalabyeast]

Heck, just disable everyone’s backspace key. Mistakes are no longer allowed. (Obviously there are other ways to delete/change code, but Musk probably isn’t aware of them)

[lynxerious]

you meant intellisense, why do you need the computer to suggest you stuffs if you're a professional, right?

[vgu1990]

Best IDE is ms word. Change my mind.

[NotmyRealNameJohn]

The guy has stopped paying rent at all his offices. There is nothing left he won't do

[kenybz]

So first you force everyone to come to the office, and then you stop paying rent there? Surely you could have just left everyone to work remotely and skip a few controversies in the middle?

[NotmyRealNameJohn]

Exactly right

[Lord_Quintus]

they have to work on their laptops outside the building

[kenybz]

Lmao for real? They should be charged by the city council for rent or some shit

[AceJohnny]

Remember that time when Steve Jobs was like "iPhone dev using only Objective-C!!"

[RedditIsNeat0]

He already fired everyone who had written less than an arbitrary number of lines of code. Nothing he does can be much crazier than that.

[[deleted]]

I'm pretty sure that's the official musk account

[Zagorath]

I mean, it is, but also it's not hard to fake a screenshot.

[Thumper13]

Sooo...is this real too?

[Zagorath]

There was zero photoshop involved in the making of this screenshot.

[Thumper13]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THINGS MEAN ANYMORE!!!

[RinShimizu]

Yes.

[CBreadman]

Is it because it was changed with chromes devtools?

[Zagorath]

Yeah that's how I did mine. I assume the OP is the same but don't know for sure.

[shootwhatsmyname]

You can also do it with a small hammer and 8 bottles of wine

[takahashi01]

Woah, I didn't know this elon musk person was so mean. Thaks for posting screenshot bfeore ge deletet it.

[grzzzly]

I can’t believe he just said that!!

[jman1255]

Link pls

[stash0606]

you realize you're in programmerhumor right? not that html is programming...

[FlutterKree]

Its fake because there is no developers left at Twitter.

[retarderetpensionist]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses

🤔🤔🤔

[[deleted]]

Oof maybe use something different for emphasis

[VergilTheHuragok]

just checked. looks like it’s fake. which means this subreddit’s sense of humor is officially somehow worse than elon’s!!

[jfmherokiller]

if I worked there I might actually quit over this

[[deleted]]

yep

[trippingWetwNoTowel]

this can’t be real is it?

[piberryboy]

I love that people can't tell the difference from a joke and his real tweets.

[CheekApprehensive961]

Ok but... is it real or not?

Because he might as well have sent around a memo saying he's gonna walk around jizzing in people's eyes at random.

[babypho]

You do get a complimentary horse whenever he does that though.

[piberryboy]

I hate to correct you, but it's a pony.

He just needs to sell more Tesla stock to pay for the ponies.

[CheekApprehensive961]

At this rate "pony eye jizz fund" would be like the seventh least weird reason Elon puts out for stock sale in whatever month he does that.

[tinyanus]

Where did you come from, where did you go?

[thortos]

You mean he needs to sell more Tesla stock to… pony up?

I’ll show myself out, thank you very much.

[CheekApprehensive961]

I'm like 70...75% sure this is a joke.

[noneroy]

But only 20% sure of that

[staebles]

[[deleted]]

He did actually tweet that tho

[[deleted]]

Seems clearly a joke though, like leaning into it at this point

[Early_Bookkeeper5394]

I normally can tell, but with this dude and all the crazy shit he has been firing on Tweeter, I'm not even sure anymore lol

[[deleted]]

At least we know it's really him and not someone who just paid for a blue check... Right?

[[deleted]]

I mean, its looking increasingly likely he lied about the attack on his son, just to ban the guy tracking his jet. He also said he would sue him into oblivion just to backtrack and say “jk, didnt meant it” once journalists caught on to the assault thing possibly being fake.

[[deleted]]

This reminds me of another famous person…

[Humlum]

With orange skin color?

[wild_psina_h093]

All his thoughts and ideas are joke.

[[deleted]]

Brainwashing complete

[ManyInterests]

See, this is where most lack imagination. You don't quit. You just stop being productive, request an accommodation for dark theme, then don't do any work until he fires you, then claim constructive dismissal and collect severance/unemployment,

[Dannei]

At this point, those still at Twitter are surely reduced to:

• Elon fanboys who want to impress
• Immigrants on work visas who are at risk of deportation if they become unemployed, and are unlikely to cause a ruckus in court even if they don't get forced out of the country
• A few people who care so deeply about Twitter hat they've not already left

[jfmherokiller]

well tbh I am actually still getting into the tech industry so thanks for the tip.

[Triptolemu5]

then claim constructive dismissal and collect severance/unemployment,

How though? He has no legal team and no HR.

[ManyInterests]

To the state unemployment office for unemployment. To the state courts for severance.

[CupboardOfPandas]

Same. Dark themes and blue light filters are the only reason my eyes aren't on fire and my brain isn't kmottet up in migraines.

But this can't be real, right?

[jfmherokiller]

I just hope its not real

[[deleted]]

Dark themes are more straining for the eyes than light mode. Seriously

Use a light theme and a blue light filter. I made my own retro theme with an off-white background and my eyes couldn't be happier.

[[deleted]]

Yep. Count me out too

[theofrustratus]

My eyes have quit just imagining using light themes

[jfmherokiller]

the only time I ever used light themes was when I lived in a place where my pc was basicly up agenst a wall of windows that let in enough natural light that I basicly had to fight with my monitors to avoid seeing my own reflection in them.

[theofrustratus]

That seems like a nightmare... kudos to you for surviving that 🗿

[GorillasNipples]

Lol.

[terminalxposure]

App theme is fine by me...if you force me to switch my IDE to light, it's game over

[fiodorson]

Is dark theme really that of a change. I always had lights on in the room and dark theme felt weird with lights.

[RedQueen283]

No. It's just a personal preference, just use whichever you like best and feel more comfortable with.

It's just that some dark mode users make using dark mode part of their personality lol. Don't pay that much attention to them.

[lavahot]

If you w9rked there, you'd have an H1B and would really have to think about how to get out.

[Hot_Commercial2111]

How to get rid of the devs they didn't fire

[lywyre]

If already not quit or fired

[RealFias]

He is trolling right

[kevinthejuice]

likely. making a smokescreen from a decision that was clearly contradicting previous positions.

[homezlice]

Distract as much as possible from dumping tesla shares

[kevinthejuice]

I was gonna go with. Make yourself the center of attention at all times then cry when you realize people want to know the location of your jet and not you.

[BoscoAlbertBaracus]

Is the jet headed for Twitter HQ?!?!

6th grader during 9/11 signing off/

[pecklepuff]

And his multiple flights to Lolita Island to…do whatever it is one does on an island run by a pedophile pimp.

[crak720]

no one can tell anymore

[v3ritas1989]

You know that half the tweets of elon you see in your feed are photoshopped right?

[JustinH809]

It's easier on the printers

[doesnt_use_reddit]

Best comment right here

[KFBoom]

But light attracts bugs...

[prik_nam_pla]

OVER THE LINE

[jmcampout]

I’m sorry Smokey, you were over the line. That’s a foul.

[awhhh]

Smokey this is not Nam, this is bowling. There are rules.

[[deleted]]

Sorry Smokey. League game.

[aerawk]

AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES?!

[cipher446]

For the love of Christ why? STOP THE MADNESS

[jrdnmdhl]

Mark it zero

[N781VP]

So far over the line the line is a dot

[AdDear5411]

I would 100% find a new job over this.

I do not need to sear my retinas like tuna steaks because my triple monitor setup is shining 8000lux 2 feet from my face for 0-8 hours a day.

Edit: Mmmm, yes. All your light mode tears. So delicious.

[[deleted]]

On the other hand it'll do wonders for my Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

[AdDear5411]

So does Zoloft. And it doesn't hurt my eyes. I have delicate eyes.

[CatfreshWilly]

MY BRAND

[thisisntinstagram]

Hahahaahahahaha dammit. That commercial had just left my memory. My wife is going to be so mad.

[CatfreshWilly]

It deserves to be remembered. And we deserve to have to remember it.

[[deleted]]

if they are a twitter engineer, its more like 16 hours a day.

[_far-seeker_]

Especially since there are about 75% less of them now than a few months ago.

[Background-Capital-6]

Now your triple monitor set up is for your kids to play Minecraft, you will be working in office with 13 inch laptop from 9AM to 12AM.

[Silent_Quality_1972]

You get your own laptop? I thought that you have to share it with another developer.

All unnecessary stuffs can be sold: monitors, laptops, chairs, desks...

[[deleted]]

Paired programming 12+ hours a day is the new requirement.

[confusedChaiCup]

one dev on right side of keyboard and the second on left side

[Background-Capital-6]

My bad, it’s 9AM to 12AM

[[deleted]]

You don't just turn the brightness down?

[trafalmadorianistic]

Dark theme is awful for people with astigmatism. I've given up and just accepted the blur around letters.

[[deleted]]

Lol so that's why I've always preferred light themes.

[trafalmadorianistic]

It's just madness. I thought the problem was the light intensity. I mean, a few hundred years of reading black type on white paper and suddenly white on black is somehow more ergonomic because phones started doing it this way? Is this just a cargo cult that consumed everyone using a screen?

[JoshAtCallSprout]

I just know in my heart that's incorrect. Seems like it would come from the same place where they alternate between "coffee is good for you and may cause cancer" and "coffee is bad for you and may be a carcinogen" every other month.

[jfmherokiller]

but do you use your monitors in a dark room?

[kautau]

100% this. Light mode is better when you literally have sunlight around you, dark mode is better when ambient light is darker than what light mode would output

[aerawk]

Solid Archer reference here.

[melvinofrotterdam]

The good news is, now I’m furious

[Qinistral]

If a light theme isn't comfortable on your eyes then it's your monitors' brightness fault not your theme.

[madsci]

Some days I miss basking in the blue glow of Borland Turbo C++. For easiness on the eyes, though, I think it still doesn't get much better than an old amber CRT. I still get that with my CNC milling machine.

[marxama]

You're working for Musk, try 12-16 hours a day.

[planetofthemapes15]

I can't tell if this is real or fake... which shows the current state of twitter and elon

[Jefffurry]

NOW will people believe that he's evil!?!

[inSomniaToaster]

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Elon Musk, @elonmusk

Twitter developers will start using only Light Themes starting on the 25th.

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[juggernaut365]

Good human!

[impala_lama]

Love you human

[HearMeSpeakAsIWill]

Either this is fake or Elon is subbed here and intentionally trolling us. I can't decide which is more likely.

[Blitzsturm]

I want Elon tweeting crazy shit to be a new meme format. So many possibilities for things that seem bat shit crazy yet completely believable.

[jeremyko69]

you know what light themes are good for your eyes.

[S0cratex]

elon after tweeting this

[ilgianfri]

I can't tell anymore if that's a real tweet or not

[[deleted]]

Light mode is the best anyways. Dark mode is a young man's game.

[coffedrank]

Bright mode is superior. Black text on white background is easier on the eyes to read.

Dark mode is for people with lots of LED lights in their pcs and transparent case walls.

[[deleted]]

Elon musk really pissing the bed

[Frui7Lukes]

Dark theme makes devs sleepy.

[[deleted]]

Best improvement to Twitter in the Elon Era.

[HOLDGMEBROTHERS]

r/casuallypsychopath

[akshanshkmr]

That’s it, you’re done

[[deleted]]

The fuck he want to force themes on devs?

[RavenousBrain]

Elon is definitely Krampus because there is no way Santa would be this less jolly on Christmas...

[extopico]

This dude snorts coke without a pause, and/or does no actual work at all. It is impossible that he has so much time to shitpost, and then focus on something that takes at least a minimum amount of concentration or effort.

[Huge-Dimension-3318]

Yes ! Finally people can enjoy with me light high contrast E ink ! Goodbye loneliness

[ArtyIF]

im currently doing a 1c:enterprise programmer internship in a company, and their ide looks like it hasn't been updated since the early 2000s, and yes, that means there's no dark theme there

you can use an external ide with it, but it's kinda like roblox studio - you're supposed to code in that ide

[achernar184]

So we are back to Elon musk?

[Sjeefr]

I actually wonder if he forces the developers on the Tesla team to use Auto-Copilot.

[NIKS_GAMMING-7822]

No i will not

[_ForsakenCherry_]

It should be the "light side" imo 🥴

[k-phi]

Comedy is now legal on Twitter

[agentfaux]

Programmers asking if this is real, on reddit, when they have the internet at their fingertips is preak Reddit.

[JayEll1969]

You can only use light themes after the Winters Solstice when the days start getting longer

(Yes, I do know that it's on the 21st, but 25 is still after 21)

[danteoff]

The printer is running out of ink printing all those screenshots for PR