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So you're a veteran in your field? What war did you fight to earn that title?! (files.catbox.moe)
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Had a laugh when I saw this post, he was constantly defending himself in the comments as if the US army owns the word "veteran"

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[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a pedantic asshole. “Veteran” is just a thing people say when they’re experienced in a given area.

I don’t think I’d be able to tolerate this guy for more than a few minutes.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of one of my favorite short programming stories. Real programmers write in FORTRAN (The story of Mel, a real programmer)