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[–] 15 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Nobody finds this to be very funny. Next time, maybe don't bring up eugenics in programmer humour?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    lol theres no eugenics in the meme. Mentioning a 'shredded aryan' is NOT eugenics and not even an affirmation of that view. Its quite clearly framed as the out of touch expectation of the nazi, therefore, actually implying that the notion of a shredded aryan coder is: unlikely. So, the opposite of what you are acusing it of.

    tldr: youre misintepreting the meme.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 hour ago*

    I did not say it was an affirmation. I did not accuse anybody of being a Nazi, it is obvious that the idea of "shredded Aryan Germans" is ridiculous from the image. I said they mentioned eugenics, not advocate it. My point is that, in my opinion, it isn't a good joke and pretty off-topic in a programming humour community bar the mention of vibe coders.

    I also don't like how people who are autistic, trans, etc. are positioned as the "opposite" to shredded "Aryan" Germans, it doesn't sit right as somebody who is autistic.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    What? Where is eugenics mentioned in the meme?

    I'm genuinely curious, I see no reference to selective breeding in here.

    Straight up I'm not even being deliberately dense, where's the eugenics?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    The association of "Aryan" Germans with being shredded and people who are trans, autistic, etc. being positioned as the opposite. Eugenics is the idea that some people are genetically "superior" to others, making "Aryan" babies was a big part of it, but that's the main idea being referenced.

    As somebody who is autistic myself, it doesn't feel right as a "joke". Yes, it paints people who believe in that sort of thing like idiots, because they are, but this is programmer humour, jokes should be about programming things! Off-topic and generally unfunny in my opinion.

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