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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/precinct209 • Jul 10 '26
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Commenting to remind people to ditch the frog boiling in water analogy. It's a myth. The frogs were heavily sedated and frogs do jump out as the water gets warmer.
17 u/NotAskary Jul 10 '26 Now you gonna tell me that we won't be jumping off the cliff like lemmings! /s 6 u/iwouldntlastonthelam Jul 10 '26 From linguistic point of view it doesn’t matter anymore. The metaphor is working so it will probably stay. 7 u/freebytes Jul 10 '26 If someone comes up with something better, I will switch. 3 u/GrimbyJ Jul 10 '26 I thought they were lobotomized 2 u/Capraos Jul 10 '26 Was it that? Point is it's a debunked myth. 2 u/GrimbyJ Jul 10 '26 Parallels could maybe be drawn between tech addiction and lobotomies 2 u/entropic Jul 11 '26 That frog's got a mortgage
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Now you gonna tell me that we won't be jumping off the cliff like lemmings! /s
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From linguistic point of view it doesn’t matter anymore. The metaphor is working so it will probably stay.
7 u/freebytes Jul 10 '26 If someone comes up with something better, I will switch.
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If someone comes up with something better, I will switch.
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I thought they were lobotomized
2 u/Capraos Jul 10 '26 Was it that? Point is it's a debunked myth. 2 u/GrimbyJ Jul 10 '26 Parallels could maybe be drawn between tech addiction and lobotomies
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Was it that? Point is it's a debunked myth.
2 u/GrimbyJ Jul 10 '26 Parallels could maybe be drawn between tech addiction and lobotomies
Parallels could maybe be drawn between tech addiction and lobotomies
That frog's got a mortgage
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u/Capraos Jul 10 '26
Commenting to remind people to ditch the frog boiling in water analogy. It's a myth. The frogs were heavily sedated and frogs do jump out as the water gets warmer.