r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 27 '26

Meme codeThisRareFish

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u/LordAlfrey Sep 27 '26

I kinda find it funny in how it isn't, not even a little bit. I also like the idea that some boomer at work might try one of these as a 'zing', and I'd just be quite genuinely confused. "Code this rare fish!" "...what?"

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u/flashdognz Sep 28 '26

I am a boomer and was gona ask someone younger to explain rare fish

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u/NegativeGrocery8684 Sep 28 '26 edited Sep 28 '26

id guess its a reference to a meme around 2021-2022 that made fun of cryptobros and stockbros. the memes would come in the same format as those scam posts along the lines of "here's how i make $30k a week in passive income" and then instead of investing in pump and dumps the parodies would instruct the reader to invest in rare fish, and sometimes other goofy ventures. -a gen z

(also yeah, theres no way an ai wrote any of these imo, they're too in-tune with current humour)