406in604 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 How did this become offensive, abusive or triggering? I learned to code when I was 15. Never thought I would see journalists being 'triggered' by the term. They are banning people on Twitter for saying those three words. Quite a time we live in. Any other coders in here? Context: https://www.theringer.com/tech/2019/1/29/18201695/learn-to-code-twitter-abuse-buzzfeed-journalists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 My Twitter account was suspended permanently because I told someone to "Learn to code". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPA Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, 48MPHSlapShot said: My Twitter account was suspended permanently because I told someone to "Learn to code". LtC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 It's more to do with telling the journalists to find a new career more than anything. It really shows how abusive the internet can get unfortunately. It doesn't matter if the journalist was fairly or unfairly laid off at that point. Abusive campaigns like this just eliminate the context and show how anonymity turn people into full on bullies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Coders are planetists and bigoted. Why is the first program they ever code always "Hello World." Why not "Hello Jupiter" or "Hello Uranus?" Is it because Jupiter in comparison to Earth is fat, and Uranus compared to Earth is dark? Shameful behavior we're teaching our children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 There was a guy in 2017 who was teaching out-of-work coal miners how to use code for web development. A bunch of articles were written about it. It really wasn't all that big of a deal. Then somebody said it to one of the women who were fired from BuzzFeed and she had a total mental collapse. Now people are using it as a weapon and the feeble-minded weak-willed twitter warriors (blue check mark army) are crying bloody murder over a simple phrase. Quote: The hashtag began trending after the announcements that thousands of journalists had been laid off from various "news" organizations including Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post. Some Twitter users seized the moment to give journos the same advice that was given to coal miners who were laid off during the Obama era thanks to overregulation: “Learn to code.” So basically "they" (the left) are having a full blown temper tantrum on twitter over a phrase they coined. It's ironically hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Geeks version of "Do you even lift, bro" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Scary and messed up what the SJW movement has caused. Basically a sly way to remove freedom of speech in the western world. All part of the master plan I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldoescobar Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Welcome to the age where everyone is offended by everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Jesus. 1 hour ago, Shift-4 said: Geeks version of "Do you even lift, bro" "Do you even code, bro?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckistani Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 As a coder, i am concerned and also going 'BAHAHAHAHAHA' to the triggered idiots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitecarnage Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 social justice warriors should take their "offended by everything" agenda and shove it up their offended a**es. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Tortorella's Rant said: Coders are planetists and bigoted. Why is the first program they ever code always "Hello World." Why not "Hello Jupiter" or "Hello Uranus?" Is it because Jupiter in comparison to Earth is fat, and Uranus compared to Earth is dark? Shameful behavior we're teaching our children. PET computer @ Eatons circa 1980 - I would break out of the display, and code "Hello World" in BASIC lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckistani Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 minute ago, Heretic said: PET computer @ Eatons circa 1980 - I would break out of the display, and code "Hello World" in BASIC lol qbasic ? *oldies high-five* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 of course if you read the article you would know its actually nothing to do with the concept of learning to program. Its just people harassing people who got laid off. Learn to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 22 minutes ago, canuckistani said: qbasic ? *oldies high-five* Geez, even I dabbled in Qbasic back in the day. I got A+ in computer science for a game I programmed. It was basic af but I did all the music and it was pretty epic lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckistani Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 12 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: Geez, even I dabbled in Qbasic back in the day. I got A+ in computer science for a game I programmed. It was basic af but I did all the music and it was pretty epic lol. haha i made an airline ticket booking system in q-basic once as a school project. about 10,000 lines of sheer hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
406in604 Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, butters said: of course if you read the article you would know its actually nothing to do with the concept of learning to program. Its just people harassing people who got laid off. Learn to read. Its telling them to get a different job. Why is that offensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Loved program back at UBC in the days we used Fortran and had to use card punches.. / pay cards etc..... Friday nights at UBC CompSci . - good times....... LOL . >...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Wait a minute. I thought the media ( ex media in this case) was an evil group of minions, hell bent on pushing the Lefts brain washing agendas... and something about a dude named Soros? Wouldn't they be far more dangerous if they all knew how to code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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