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reactordev 7 days ago

While I agree with you - The whole grug brain thing is offensive. Because we have all been grug at some point.

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lioeters 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Grug is the wise fool in the spirit of Lao Tzu, St. Francis, and Diogenes. If you find it offensive, that's the intellectual pride it's meant to make fun of.

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reactordev 6 days ago | parent [-]

The principles are sound but I dislike the cave-man-esque nature of it. Even a wise fool is smarter than that. Language is foundational. Even a wise fool chooses words wisely.

”Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something” -Plato

	▲	sarchertech 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		That’s the bit. It’s a joke.

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recursive 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How does that make it offensive? To me, that makes it relatable.

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meindnoch 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Midwit take.

Grug is both the high and low end of the Bell curve.

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WhyOhWhyQ 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

This seems to miss the point. Being Grug is the endgame.

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lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 6 days ago | parent [-]

> big brained developers are many, and some not expected to like this, make sour face

> THINK they are big brained developers many, many more, and more even definitely probably maybe not like this, many sour face (such is internet)

> (note: grug once think big brained but learn hard way)

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reactordev 6 days ago | parent [-]

It just reads like they had a stroke and can no longer function.

	▲	recursive 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		I guess it's not for everyone. It makes sense to me. shrug