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"Whoa there nellie. Complexity ahoy." Mixing metaphors? Is it a horse or a ship you are riding? It's really hard to read the rest of your technical reasoning
by ryanisinallofus 14y ago
"Whoa there nellie. Complexity ahoy."
Mixing metaphors? Is it a horse or a ship you are riding?
It's really hard to read the rest of your technical reasoning (which makes sense) with opening statements like that.
- jcromartie 14y agoSee: "rocket surgeon", or "enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot". Also: jashkenas wrote Backbone.
- jashkenas 14y agoAw, I'm just horsing around. You're quite right that it's dangerous to mix metaphors while showing someone the ropes.
- dchuk 14y agoI see what you did there
- ryanisinallofus 14y agoLol. This is the kind of shit I'm talking about. In my head jashkenas looks just like this guy when he writes like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Lulz_Security.svg/200px-Lulz_Security.svg.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Lulz_Sec...
- moron 14y agoSeriously?! My fellow nerds drive me insane sometimes with their ridiculous focus on details that mean absolutely nothing. Arrrrrgh.
- mark_story 14y agoI always assume people nitpicking pointless details have nothing better to say, but still want to say something. Plus, look how smart he/she looked.