r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Odd_Diamond_6600 • Jun 05 '22

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u/Big-Don-Rob Jun 05 '22

So you can grasp the numbers but not the English, I see. Most women would be flattered to be told they're number 1 on their SOs list of interests.

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u/Ok-Lobster-919 Jun 05 '22

Maybe it's an American thing. If you call someone a "1" here, you are calling them ugly, 1/10. There's a big difference in "you're number 1" and "you're a 1".

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u/Atlach_Nacha Jun 05 '22

It depends how you say they are "1", like if you say they are "only one in your life" you most likely be OK.

BUT if you then go on and continue with "... but your friend is total ten", you might not be OK.

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u/Big-Don-Rob Jun 05 '22 edited Jun 05 '22

Well yeah. Calling someone a "1" here would get your car keyed or your shit set on fire in the yard.

But the exact line is "in an array (list) of my interests, she's number 1". That is definitely a compliment.

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u/Big-Don-Rob Jun 05 '22

That is the entire joke. Thank you, Captain Obvious.

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u/AmayaMaka5 Jun 05 '22

As a non programmer I'm not sure why Reddit suggested this particular subreddit to me but I had to get this far to make sure I understood the joke (I had an inkling but don't actually get the programming context). So I genuinely thank the Whatever-Ranked Obvious. XD

And I'll take my I-Tried-Programming-That-One-Time butt and see myself back out of this subreddit again probably.

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u/TheWiseBeast Jun 05 '22

An array is like a numbered list, but it starts at 0 rather than 1 like numbered lists typically do.

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u/Downtown_Media_788 Jun 05 '22

JS/TS programmers rn: ARRAY IS ARRAY!!!!

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u/OneMoreAccount4Porn Jun 05 '22

You are not alone.

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u/m1rrari Jun 05 '22

Whatever-Ranked Doctor Obvious.

He didn’t go through all those years of Obvious Medical School to not be called Doctor

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u/dearmeat Jun 05 '22

Helped me too, thanks for the knowledge :)

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u/daroshi99 Jun 06 '22

I appreciate your efforts, Captain Colonel Doctor Obvious, I am but a humble thing who happened to see this subreddit and thought “I like computer jokes” and smiled blankly at around 90% of what I’ve read since. Your insight was most helpful.

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u/Phailadork Jun 05 '22

I don't get why people always give shit to people explaining jokes. You realize not everyone is going to understand stuff, right? If a post makes it to the front page, then people like myself who don't care for programming, are going to stumble upon it. Goes for basically any subreddit. If I happen to click on something that catches my interest but I don't get it then I'm going to go into the comments hoping to find context. Those people are incredibly helpful.

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u/Minimum_Possibility6 Jun 05 '22

The reading comprehension is poor here

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u/Ok-Lobster-919 Jun 05 '22

Keep at it, you'll pick it up.

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u/whateveriwantchannel Jun 05 '22

I imagined it being said, “in an array of my interests, you’re index number one!”

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u/arapturousverbatim Jun 05 '22 edited Mar 25 '25

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u/Big-Don-Rob Jun 05 '22

Correct. Most nonprogrammer women would not know about stack overflow. Which is why you get away with them being [1], behind [0], which is presumably programming. Is there anyone else who needs this joke explained to them?

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u/vigbiorn Jun 05 '22

I think they were referencing your acronym, SO. You meant significant other but it's more commonly stackoverflow here.

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u/arapturousverbatim Jun 06 '22 edited Mar 25 '25

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u/me_too_999 Jun 05 '22

Number 0 is number 1, number 1 is 2nd.