He’s respecting their privacy in a place where they HAVE to share space with him. Good guy contributor.
Unlike the camera person…
They’re having a conversation, he’s working. The caption is dumb.
Yeah, he’s not joining the conversation because he’s working on some open source code. Thats what it says.
He’s not joining the conversation because they’re strangers who just happen to be riding the same public transit as him.
Indeed, and he could join in the conversation and have a very nice conversation and make friends. But he is not doing that because he is working. It is not likely that he would join the conversation if he wasn’t working, as such the joke does not make much sense, but it is definitely something he could do, which could indeed be a nice conversation for the three of them, or it could be terrible for some of them.
I don’t see why you put it down so black and white. Is it prohibited to start a conversation with strangers on public transport? How do you meet people? I often talk to strangers, it’s generally pretty nice.
Granted, the last few years I didn’t take public transport very often: I mostly walk, but when I do I generally start a chat with someone.
he could join in the conversation and have a very nice conversation and make friends.
Let me guess… You’re not from USA?
You are correct. I have met plenty nice people in the US though, I had pretty good chats.
But I reckon buses were pretty strange: often people would start screaming stuff while not talking to anyone and keep going for the whole ride.
At least being young in USA, made friends on public transit!
As with all interactions like that (captive audience essentially), utmost care is required, but want to dissuade notion it’s not possible or not permissible, even in a country with illness & weapons.
No, it says he’s saying something to them. It’s right there.
I’m pretty sure he is debating with someone on github PR/issue thread
You’re ruining the joke
was there a joke?
Yep
If you can very easily explain a ‘joke’ with an incredibly common, mundane explanation…
You probably do not have a very good joke.
Gosh, just laugh or give it a ↓ if you don’t like it
No.
I have thoughts, and want to talk about them.
That’s the point of a discussion platform.
Who are you to tell me I just shouldn’t say anything?
Pretending things that either aren’t jokes, or are really dumb jokes… are actually good jokes… is how you get more dumb jokes, and people laughing at things that are not jokes.
Ok then
The joke is that he wouldn’t be talking to them even if he weren’t doing whatever he’s doing. So yes, the caption is dumb, on purpose, in order to be humorous. I hope the joke is better now I’ve explained it.
“I hope we can get into the club.”
“Yeah, it’s going to be packed already, and we’re still 20 minutes away.”
“Since it’s this late already, see if Chris’s after-party’s started yet.”
“Good idea… … The stream is up. Only a few people milling around so far.”
“Soon to be three more.”
“Yeah, skipping club, on to the after party.”
That reads like how a 6th grader thinks adulting works.
ok mr no fun allowed
“it’s called dark humour, librul” vibe comment
Comedy is legal now which means really bad and stupid jokes that only alcoholic bigots would laugh at are funny again.
please please please i wanna be a comedian i want people to think im funny, im so lonely and miserable please ill be happy if you laugh please laugh, goddamnit laugh or ill vote for trump again
I don’t get it
“You’re near a woman and aren’t sexually assaulting them? What are you gay?”
Guys is it gay to respect women?
Too many think it is gay to respect anything.
But they start crying when they don’t get the respect they should be giving to others.
Well considering pleasuring your girlfriend or wife is considered gay, probably yes.
imagine not knowing basic public transport etiquette.
two friends sitting next to you is not an invite for sex.
Agreed. The woman in the middle should tell the other to please stop interrupting and continue pair programming
Yeah, that’s respect right there
Public transport etiquette is not standing in front of the door while people get out. Not hitting on every girl that sits next to you is like… basic human decency.
You clearly don’t watch the same films I do!
Are you telling me he should be hitting on them in this situation?
I think that is the implication.
Iirc there are some studies saying that people in general are happier when they make small talk with strangers on the train, which i definitely would not expect because i would want to be left alone.
I can imagine a version of this where the two are talking in a way signifying it isn’t a private conversation, and the computer guy says something interesting that adds to the discussion, and then all three have an enjoyable social interaction after which he goes back to coding, or whatever.
I think the fantasy that a man could be so attractive as to chat up two women strangers on a train is the kind of idea that leads to harassment.
Weird that this connection is even being done here. Was the girls’ consent stated before revealing this meme?
In what world are two women having a conversation on their own interested in a random dude on a train anyway?
He could be using Arch! They missed out big time there!
Was going to say. This seems like the most polite kind of person you’re going to meet on the subway. Dude’s not manspreading, not gawking, not trying to get their attention, literally bumped up against a woman and not trying to cop a feel.
This is the Ideal Male Commuter. You may not like him, but this is what peak performance looks like.
yes
they already pushed their commits 😎
No worries, seems like they’re doing just fine without him.
You’re right. He should sit and stare at them instead
Sitting next to a (supposedly) random dude and visibly being comfortable and not nervous is a green flag for the programmer.
It means he’s showered in the last week.
That’s because he showers once a month but this was taken on the first week of that month
I was about to object to this stereotype…
… but then I remembered how long it had been since I had a shower.
Hey! We need to save water for starving LLMs!
Wish I was intelligent enough to contribute meaningfully. Instead I just consume and occasionally donate.
Thank you all for your kind replies. Wasn’t fishing for encouragement but I do appreciate it.
Hey now…
I really don’t mean this as an insult, but you don’t need to be ‘smart’ to contribute.
Take a picture of a bunny, post it to bun alert.
Take a picture of your balls, post it to gone wild.
(well ok maybe don’t jump straight to that)
Ask a stupid question on no stupid questions.
Have a political opinion, on the internet.
Find a niche comm for a video game and ask something about it.
Find a neat chart and post it to data is beautiful.
Probably the worst thing that can happen is … some random assholes give you the wrong color arrow thingy. Who cares! Fuck em! Its just numbers on a screen!
To add to this for those who may be reading it like it’s only technically related: “we all lift together”.
We all live in the same world and any positive contribution to anything will ultimately contribute positively to other things, the domino effect; perhaps even the thing you wish you could contribute to directly but “can’t”. People who care, who try, who persist despite the pain and hardship, who try to do their best, who learn and improve and find that kind of lifestyle fitting for them - are those who contribute to all they’re aware of as well as not.
By opening a bread factory, bread in your area gets cheaper > more supply > your area imports less > some other country with an open source contributor exports less > that country has more supply > it’s cheaper for that developer to buy bread
A silly made up example that may not exactly be right itself with the too many factors accounted for, but you get the point. Indirect contribution is contribution as well. This applies to all kinds of contribution, which is why a someone with good intentions that improves themselves in whatever way is a contributor as well.
What my point is, and of the original comment (if I’m not mistaken) is that doing your best truly and genuinely is enough. Not in a condescending “sure lil bro, ig that counts too” way, but in the way of the lyric I really love quoting with which I started my comment “we all lift together” (banger song from a banger game btw)
Youre an allstar…
That song is a legit banger and no one will ever change my mind on this lol
Ask a stupid question on no stupid questions.
Hey, it’s no stupid questions. Only smart questions allowed.
That’s enough, if there’s something you like then contributing to documentation is something that’s more available to the general populace.
Donating is a meaningful contribution
If you ever want to grow capability of technical contributions, you are welcome but not necessary.
I would much prefer someone that accepts their level of contribution than one who thinks “Claude can make me a valuable contributor even if I have no idea how to”.
100% agree. Knowing enough to know how much you don’t know is an asset in itself.
From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs.
Adding “and willingness” to the first clause of that adage nullifies the typical conservative hand-wringing about socialism.
Knowledge knows no bounds. Being smart is about always learning and reevaluating the foundations.
Smart people always are eager to learn. Self-claimed intellectuals often aren’t broad in mind, just confident.
“Who we are now is but a stepping stone to what we can become.”
No one is static.
Everyone is an ongoing process… and you do have the ability to direct where that goes, how it changes.
Not an infinite or unlimited ability… but likely more ability than you initially may think.
I think that’s called being a “sugar daddy.”
Wow a man not sexually assaulting women in the train. What a creep
Yep all is cool until he does exactly that and the script turns upside down.
yeah, I’m also highly confused about the point of the picture.
it could be a joke if the women would show some actual interest in the guy and he ignored them, but here it’s just ppl minding their own business.
They’re all weird. Everyone knows you’re supposed to stare into the abyss until it’s time to get off at your stop.
You mean the abyssal screen of one’s smartphone?
Sure, or the thousand yard stare, if you’re old school.
“Oh wow! This is the most interesting power pole i think i have ever seen. WAIT!.. This other power pole is much more interesting!”
A bit unrelated to the joke, but I am sad at how acceptable it has become taking pictures of people in public
to make fun of them.Street photography isn’t so bad, as long as it’s not a hidden cam.
I don’t generally like my picture taken, but I’d have no problem if it just some person with a real camera taking casual pictures of crowds for fun.
What makes it creepy (to me) if it’s someone trying to hide it with a smartphone, or Meta glasses.
edit: It’s also nothing new. Street photographers have been around forever, long before digital cameras. It was pretty acceptable when I was a kid with a flip phone.
This is not a street. It’s within an enclosed space
Its still nothing new though. These photos are from 1980, Bruce Davidson:
https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/bruce-davidson-subway-new-york-usa/
I get the feeling someone’s done their room up to look like a train carriage, and maybe has a very specific fantasy life.
