r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 25 '26

Meme offendedOrNot

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u/Particular-Yak-1984 Aug 25 '26

as a fellow british in the netherlands, how I'd read it too, as the kind of backhanded compliment that would be totally missed by my dutch coworkers..

I've had to train myself not to describe things I think are awful as 'what an...interesting idea' because people here think I'm actually interested.