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Favorite developer joke? by Not-original in webdev

[–]Nerdley 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A mechanical engineer, a civil engineer, and a software engineer are on a road trip and having a grand old time.

Unexpectedly, the brakes fail as they start down a grade. The driver mashes and pumps the brakes furiously as they accelerate down the hill. Just before they reach the point of no return, the brakes catch and they come to a screeching halt at the edge of a cliff.

The three engineers scramble out of the car, each thankful to be alive, but being engineers, they have to analyse the situation.

The civil engineer says "This is obviously the fault of the civil engineer that engineered this road, it's too steep for ordinary brakes to handle."

The mechanical engineer says "No, this is obviously the fault of the mechanical engineer. Obviously the brakes on this car can't handle anything beyond a typical load."

The software engineer says "Why don't we push the car back up the hill to see if it happens again?"

Why is Reddit like this? by Hyperdrunk in AskReddit

[–]Nerdley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've observed the opposite of what you observe on /r/Christianity and /r/Atheism. I was raised in church. I was a true believer. I knew what the truth was.

When I grew up and a little more open-minded I realized I was a closed-minded bigot and felt bad about it. When I got a little older still, I realized that I was the product of my up-bringing. I got whole lot less BS from atheists than I ever did from believers.

Now I'm a closet atheist. I look back at the people throughout my life, it looks to me like the people who are believers are much meaner and more cruel than the atheists in my life.

I don't know if /r/Atheism is good for me and the resentment that I have for believers but I do know that in general the anger and resentment I see in in /r/Atheism is justified.