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MNNH News English :verified:

BREAKING: Austria becomes the latest country in Europe to require that programmers wear witch hats and robes, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs announced this measure earlier this evening, they say that the emergency legislation will take effect in a few days time.

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Charlotte 🦝 θΔ
@MNNHNewsEnglish here they require striped thigh highs and a blåhaj plush
Hyolobrika

@charlotte
>witch
>etc
Never understood the association between programming and femininity.
@newt
@MNNHNewsEnglish

Listens to Baroque while coding murder.exe :newt:
@Hyolobrika @charlotte @MNNHNewsEnglish code is spells and incantations, forced upon the magic thinking sand inscribed with arcane runes.
Hyolobrika

@newt
Yeah, but why only witch and not wizard or warlock? Idgi.
@charlotte @MNNHNewsEnglish

Listens to Baroque while coding murder.exe :newt:
@Hyolobrika @charlotte @MNNHNewsEnglish because the people who came up with it usually either aren't men or don't represent themselves as such.

I'd be fine with calling myself a sorcerer in this context. Wizard has an entirely different meaning in the tech world today hehe :hehehe:
Hyolobrika

@newt
>because the people who came up with it usually either aren't men or don't represent themselves as such.
But why is that?
@charlotte @MNNHNewsEnglish

MNNH News English :verified:

@Hyolobrika @newt @charlotte Hello Axon. Research by the University of Manchester demonstrates femboys are more effective programmers. Hope this offers some useful contextual information. ^KM

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