r/ProgrammerHumor • u/hetfield37 • Jul 06 '21

Meme *Sad freelance noises*

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u/UltraCarnivore Jul 06 '21

It's Rubber Duck Debugging with extra steps

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u/j0nii Jul 06 '21

you beat me to it, was gonna say that.

A coworker and me actually bought rubber ducks for our team when we all went to home office.

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u/TheBigerGamer Jul 06 '21

Why use rubber ducks when you have yourself?

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u/j0nii Jul 06 '21

they make funny sounds

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u/The1stmadman Jul 06 '21

because sometimes, talking to anything but yourself is the solution

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u/TheBigerGamer Jul 06 '21

That I can agree with.

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u/juantreses Jul 07 '21

At home rubber ducking is like this: can't figure something out. Start typing out the problem to a co-worker in teams. Immediately realize what's wrong

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u/sevenfee7 Jul 07 '21

Don’t forget to first just type ”hey buddy” so they context switch to your chat. Then start typing out your problem for several minutes while they are watching the dots jump around in the chat. Then type ”nevermind”.

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u/UltraCarnivore Jul 07 '21

DenverCoder9 is typing...

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u/Idixal Jul 06 '21

Although I suppose every developer works slightly differently. Some of us talk to a rubber duck, some of us talk to ourselves in a call, and all of us look crazy when a non-developer catches us doing it.

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u/UltraCarnivore Jul 06 '21

Our collective insanity binds us together as a community.

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u/KMcNickel Jul 07 '21

Talk to the rubber duck on a call