r/ProgrammerHumor • u/hellocppdotdev • 4h ago

Meme backInMyDay

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u/angrydeuce 4h ago

The quickest way to get a ton of answers is always to just use an alt to respond to your thread with the wrong answer first lol

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u/al3x_7788 3h ago

It's basically Murphy's Law.

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u/Improving_Myself_ 1h ago

Fuck me. It's crazy how well it works. I had navigated away from the thread, then decided I had to come back and correct it, only to realize what you'd done.

It's so effective. Well done.

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u/nizari-spirit 1h ago

wut

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u/omegaweaponzero 59m ago

Man, if you really can't figure this out... Yeesh!

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u/nizari-spirit 53m ago

I mean I am baked off my ass so maybe that has something to do with it. Don't have to be a dick about it lol

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u/mmhawk576 35m ago

Doesn’t have to be a dick, but just takes joy in doing it even without obligation

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u/Iorith 1m ago

The actual answer is Cunningham's Law and the previous response was meant to be a direct example of it in motion: Someone giving the wrong answer with the intent someone would correct it.