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Spooning by bitbucket
- mmastrac 15y agoIt would be nice to have these labelled as April 1st posts.
- hemancuso 15y agoAndy Baio used to catalog embarrassingly lame April 1st pranks in a post titled "Internet Jackass Day". I've always been a bit disappointed the name didn't catch on.
- asabil 15y agoThis is seriously creepy
- LeafStorm 15y agoI'd say it's less "creepy" than "awkward." Which is exactly why it's humorous.
- guard-of-terra 15y agoEww.
- tiernano 15y agoSimple! Fork, Spoon, Knife! how did they keep a straight face?
- troymc 15y agoI wonder if they have a chopsticks version. Actually, never mind: that's pair piano-playing.
- le_isms 15y agoAnd what do you mean by that?
- troymc 15y agoIt's a two-part joke: 1) The video talks about forking code, pair-programming with spooning, and knifing (pull requests): fork, spoon, and knife. I just wondered if they have a chopsticks version, for people who prefer using chopsticks. 2) Then I realized there is already a context that involves pairing and chopsticks: Chopsticks is a common piano duet. Of course, it doesn't have to be played by two people... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q_0N79afqU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q_0N79afqU (The video begins with the version you typically hear kids playing, but then, well, you have to watch!)
- djacobs 15y agoAs someone who pairs 90% of my working time, I can't help but smile at the Bitbucket Flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/bitbucketspooning/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/bitbucketspooning/
- klausa 15y agoNarrator guy is great at being terrible actor.
- hgimenez 15y agoI really did not enjoy that.
- aeurielesn 15y agoAnyone else noticed the "distribited" typo?
- jtreminio 15y ago"bitbucket". It's intentional.
- siggi 15y agoDingle, Barry
- zoowar 15y agoApril Fools Day is becoming a 3 day holiday this year.
- _delirium 15y agoFrom early morning UTC+23 to late night UTC-23, I suppose.
- odilontalk 15y agoROFL !
- seanmcq 15y agoThis was pretty painful to watch as a gay technologist.
- SeoxyS 15y agoI don't quite get how you could see this as anything other than a harmless april's fool prank. This is not homophobia, it's just comedy. Lighten up[1]. [1]: Yes, I read that article on sexism the other week… call me insensitive, but I think lighten up is a perfectly valid answer in this case.
- georgeorwell 15y ago> This is not homophobia, it's just comedy. Stop it! You guys are killing me!
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- philwelch 15y agoPlease explain how the humor of spooning with one's coworkers represents "discrimination or marginalization in your life".
- Locke1689 15y agoWhy?
- philwelch 15y agoHomophobia doesn't just mean "bigotry against gay people", it refers more literally to a literal fear of being in a homosexual situation[1]. This fear, or discomfort if you put it more charitably, underpins a lot of attempts at humor, including the OP. As a bisexual spooning enthusiast and also a developer, I personally don't mind; I think it's totally valid, and potentially pretty funny, to feel apprehensive about that kind of thing. I understand that feeling because that's how I feel about paired programming much of the time ;) [1] The connection to bigotry comes from the notion that bigotry against gays is motivated by the psychological fear that gays will try to have sex with you; hence someone who seeks to oppress gay people is motivated by homophobia in the more literal sense. No comment on the validity of that notion.
- buremba 15y agoThey don't even press the keyboard. :/
- JohnnyContra 15y agoAs a one-armed programmer, I think I'm srsly offended by this.