This article is unrelated to programming and technology in general. I enjoy seeing these articles make it to the front page but I also wonder why they do. What

This article is unrelated to programming and technology in general. I enjoy seeing these articles make it to the front page but I also wonder why they do. What is the relation between this seemingly unrelated topic and technology in general? Did this article make it to the front page because engineers are unhappy or did it make it to the front page because people in general are unhappy?