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Wait people write JavaScript without drinking bourbon?

by abirch 3y ago

egeozcan 3y ago
I've been managing that since more than a decade. Having neither jQuery nor bourbon was a challenge at first but browser APIs evolved and I fell in love with green tea.
tipiirai 3y ago
I prefer Scotch
usrbinbash 3y ago
My goto JS drink is Absinthe.
- jcpst 3y ago
  Please create a PR for my library goto-drink.js which uses labels for each libation so you can continue or break your drink.
- mikeryan 3y ago
  You writing your front ends in Elm then?
Onewildgamer 3y ago
No thanks, I get high with Javascript alone and a hangover so bad that lasts the entire weekend.
WorldMaker 3y ago
The relationship between Bourbon (spirit), primarily distilled and aged in Kentucky, and Bourbon (vanilla plant), primarily grown in Madagascar is one of fascinating cross-convergence of "things rich French speakers loved", plus the coincident accident of Bourbon, Kentucky being a shipping port (and Oak as an aging vessel high in imparting vanillins). Both are a reminder that vanilla as a flavor was long a spice for (and named after) kings and to be enjoyed mostly by the rich. It is still hilarious to see things like "vanilla JS" meant to imply "boring" or "cheap" when historically that's very inaccurate. Also, yes, bourbon (spirit) is a good accompaniment to late nights in JavaScript.
- elgenie 3y ago
  The etymology is legit and comes from ice cream, for which vanilla is considered the default or “plain” flavoring. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_vanilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_vanilla Vanilla historically being fancy but then becoming an attainable and cheap additive is probably somewhat responsible for it becoming the default ice cream flavor, and thus flipping the idiomatic meaning.
  - WorldMaker 3y ago
    Though note it was primarily the invention of artificial vanilla substitutes that made vanilla seem cheap/attainable. (Real Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar, for instance, is still far more expensive than most people realize.) There may even be a larger useful metaphor there, too, that "plain" vanilla is most often "fake vanilla".
  - schwartzworld 3y ago
    Lots of dessert / ice cream recipes use vanilla as an ingredient regardless of what the final flavor is meant to be. This also leads to the vanilla === plain misconception, imo.

Wait people write JavaScript without drinking bourbon?

by abirch 3y ago

Wait people write JavaScript without drinking bourbon?

I've been managing that since more than a decade. Having neither jQuery nor bourbon was a challenge at first but browser APIs evolved and I fell in love with green tea.

tipiirai 3y ago

I prefer Scotch

usrbinbash 3y ago

My goto JS drink is Absinthe.

jcpst 3y ago
Please create a PR for my library goto-drink.js which uses labels for each libation so you can continue or break your drink.
mikeryan 3y ago
You writing your front ends in Elm then?

Onewildgamer 3y ago

No thanks, I get high with Javascript alone and a hangover so bad that lasts the entire weekend.

WorldMaker 3y ago

The relationship between Bourbon (spirit), primarily distilled and aged in Kentucky, and Bourbon (vanilla plant), primarily grown in Madagascar is one of fascinating cross-convergence of "things rich French speakers loved", plus the coincident accident of Bourbon, Kentucky being a shipping port (and Oak as an aging vessel high in imparting vanillins). Both are a reminder that vanilla as a flavor was long a spice for (and named after) kings and to be enjoyed mostly by the rich. It is still hilarious to see things like "vanilla JS" meant to imply "boring" or "cheap" when historically that's very inaccurate. Also, yes, bourbon (spirit) is a good accompaniment to late nights in JavaScript.

elgenie 3y ago
The etymology is legit and comes from ice cream, for which vanilla is considered the default or “plain” flavoring. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_vanilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_vanilla Vanilla historically being fancy but then becoming an attainable and cheap additive is probably somewhat responsible for it becoming the default ice cream flavor, and thus flipping the idiomatic meaning.
- WorldMaker 3y ago
  Though note it was primarily the invention of artificial vanilla substitutes that made vanilla seem cheap/attainable. (Real Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar, for instance, is still far more expensive than most people realize.) There may even be a larger useful metaphor there, too, that "plain" vanilla is most often "fake vanilla".
- schwartzworld 3y ago
  Lots of dessert / ice cream recipes use vanilla as an ingredient regardless of what the final flavor is meant to be. This also leads to the vanilla === plain misconception, imo.