I was enlightened to this stackoverflow thread if anyone else hasn't seen it. Epic lols ensue:

You might not get any of it if youre not a programmer mind you.

link

• Q; Do you want tea OR coffee?
A: Yes

• I now consider 256 to be a nice, round number. Occasionally I'm caught off-guard when non-programmers don't get that.

I do simple programming of experiments, and now I think "elseif" rather than "otherwise".

well there goes my morning

I sometimes think in otherwise.

That stackoverflow site is hard to use/read and to decide where to point my eyes.

There's a lot of people in that thread who must lead very sad lives.

Punctuation now infuriates me. For example:

She asked around (quietly.)

Is apparently the correct way to write a sentence that ends in a bracketed phrase. But my brain refuses to accept it.

True that, English has the worst syntax, I simply do it my way.

There's a lot of people in that thread who must lead very sad lives.

i bet they did extremely well at university though

Fairly often when typing in normal conversation I will end my sentences with semicolons;

:/

This one reminds me of Spook

also there are some fairly sad people there!

haha

haha;

fixed.

She asked around (quietly.)

Is bad grammar.

There's a lot of people in that thread who must lead very sad lives.

i bet they did extremely well at university though

I'm a programmer, I did mediocre at uni and are in two rock bands. Win!

On topic, some of mine are:

• I see file extensions in number plates.
• The numbers 1 and 0 mean something different to 2-9
• I like powers of 2, especially 256
• I don't think when calling computer text "strings" to non-programmers
• I see GUI design issues, bad UI graphics and bugs everywhere...
• I HATE wizard software.

SO:

I try to compress orders at restaurants by giving all necessary information in one packet. This frequently does not work, because the order taker's task buffer is limited to one piece of data at a time.

Fast Food Girl: Can I take your order?
Me: number 6, BBQ, diet cola, debit.
FFG: What dipping sauce would you like?
Me: BBQ, diet cola, debit.
FFG: What would you like to drink?
Me: Diet Cola, debit.
FFG: Is Pepsi OK?
Me: [ponders Abstract Base Classes and the FFG's lack of Polymorphic Behavior] Sure. I'll pay with my debit card.
FFG: And how will you be paying?
Me: [sighs] debit.

This constantly gives me grief. thermite have you ever tried to order one of those ultimate burger things from kfc?!

Theres too many bloody variables! So i always try zinger burger, wicked wings, large, pepsi?

So was that the original piece of chicken or the wicked wings?

facepalm

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Have you ever tried to order one of those ultimate burger things from kfc?!

nope

Me) Small Whopper cheese meal thanks"
HJs) Do you want to upsize that to a large?"
Me) "ugh f*** I JUST SAID SMALL" (well in my head at least)

Oh another one I have:

Getting pissed of at selection semantics in non-programming text software like Word.

Fairly often when typing in normal conversation I will end my sentences with semicolons;

sif anyone would do that

Me) Small Whopper cheese meal thanks"
HJs) Do you want to upsize that to a large?"
Me) "ugh f*** I JUST SAID SMALL" (well in my head at least)

Surly you would know that the staff are told they need to try and upsize every order ignoring the customer, sometimes people change their mind and that is why they almost always do it.

I find myself inventing a lot of words to describe things that the english language just isn't equipped to adequately. Like when you need a past tense verb for Fatality. Like what state is an enemy in once its had a fatality performed on it? That enemy has now been Fatalised. I like it because it conjures up images of a bad 80's wrestling catchphrase.

Another one fresh in my mind is collideable, I've been doing a lot of stuff with physics and collision systems recently and lots of stuff is described as collideable, and until yesterday I didn't realise, collideable isn't even a word. It seems to me like it should be though, its a very useful word.

sometimes people change their mind and that is why they almost always do it.

Still pisses me off.

It seems to me like it should be though, its a very useful word.

The .NET Framework is full of this. In fact, I'd say interfaces in general are the root cause of making "Somethingables".

ICanHazable. ha

i bet they did extremely well at university though

I doubt it. The people who do well at University are generally people who understand what their lecturers/tutors actually want from them. As such, they've got to get out and about.

You can keep justifying how s***astic you were at Uni and how irrelevant it is to your life, but we all know that:

a) You're s***astic.
b) Justifying your s***astic lifestyle
c) Irrelevant.

hehe, i like the term s***astic

Hh f*** off typo. Everytime the topic of uni comes up you have to always, and I do mean always chime in with your s***ty 2 cents. When was the last time you were at uni?

Die already you old fart.

• I see file extensions in number plates.
• The numbers 1 and 0 mean something different to 2-9
• I like powers of 2, especially 256

I am guilty of all these crimes.

I also think in if/else statements when trying to decide which bus to catch... like

if(204bus.arrive == true)

catch 204bus;

I also think in null checks or statements too sometimes... if that makes sense... like "mailbox.mail = null"

I also kinda refer to whatever I'm thinking about as "this". So if I'm thinking about a meeting earlier in the day I'll think like "this.boring" or if I try to get a thought out of my head, I'll think "this.close".

I'm a c# fan. Oh, and I giggle shamelessly if I see 1337 somewhere, like on a clock or in a phone number.

the bus one is probably more suited to an event driven style

bus.Arrive += new EventHandler(this.CatchBus);

car.drive(destination);

if (time - GetTickCount() > 300000) Launch("Twitteriffic.app");