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I think it's partially that he reminds me of a motivational speaker that end of the day just ends up saying things that are incredibly simplistic and not really

I think it's partially that he reminds me of a motivational speaker that end of the day just ends up saying things that are incredibly simplistic and not really useful. His message is basically "unit tests are good!", and it's like, cool, got anything else? Youre famous for this? I also think the "uncle" thing comes across painfully pretentious. I'm 35, if you're not actually my uncle I'm sure not calling you that.

commandlinefan 6y ago
> unit tests are good Well I sure wish more people would get the damned message - maybe if enough people listened he wouldn’t have to keep saying it.
- overgard 6y ago
  Funny paradox though: if they were that useful he probably wouldn't need to say it all the time :) (To be clear I'm not anti-unit test, they're fine, but they're a very small part of a much larger picture)
eitland 6y ago
> I also think the "uncle" thing comes across painfully pretentious. I'm 35, if you're not actually my uncle I'm sure not calling you that. It's a well known idiom: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_your_uncle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_your_uncle You might not think it's funny but it seems a lot of people so. Also: if anyone gets annoyed by it then for a lot of people that seems to make it even funnier. Just saying.
- barbarbar 6y ago
  Awesome - thank you. I had no idea. I suppose there are a lot of sayings like that in different languages. Which does not make much sense unless you know that language.
- staticassertion 6y ago
  I think it's just really dated and comes across weird.
- overgard 6y ago
  Hah fair enough I had no idea! Today I learned.
- wglb 6y ago
  I think that is a different idom. The sense of "Uncle" in Uncle Bob is someone that is older than you and may or may not know more than you do, but is authoritarian about it.

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I think it's partially that he reminds me of a motivational speaker that end of the day just ends up saying things that are incredibly simplistic and not really

by overgard 6y ago

commandlinefan 6y ago
> unit tests are good Well I sure wish more people would get the damned message - maybe if enough people listened he wouldn’t have to keep saying it.
- overgard 6y ago
  Funny paradox though: if they were that useful he probably wouldn't need to say it all the time :) (To be clear I'm not anti-unit test, they're fine, but they're a very small part of a much larger picture)
eitland 6y ago
> I also think the "uncle" thing comes across painfully pretentious. I'm 35, if you're not actually my uncle I'm sure not calling you that. It's a well known idiom: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_your_uncle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_your_uncle You might not think it's funny but it seems a lot of people so. Also: if anyone gets annoyed by it then for a lot of people that seems to make it even funnier. Just saying.
- barbarbar 6y ago
  Awesome - thank you. I had no idea. I suppose there are a lot of sayings like that in different languages. Which does not make much sense unless you know that language.
- staticassertion 6y ago
  I think it's just really dated and comes across weird.
- overgard 6y ago
  Hah fair enough I had no idea! Today I learned.
- wglb 6y ago
  I think that is a different idom. The sense of "Uncle" in Uncle Bob is someone that is older than you and may or may not know more than you do, but is authoritarian about it.