Indeed, and he could join in the conversation and have a very nice conversation and make friends. But he is not doing that because he is working.
It is not likely that he would join the conversation if he wasn't working, as such the joke does not make much sense, but it is definitely something he could do, which could indeed be a nice conversation for the three of them, or it could be terrible for some of them.
I don't see why you put it down so black and white. Is it prohibited to start a conversation with strangers on public transport? How do you meet people? I often talk to strangers, it's generally pretty nice.
Granted, the last few years I didn't take public transport very often: I mostly walk, but when I do I generally start a chat with someone.
At least being young in USA, made friends on public transit!
As with all interactions like that (captive audience essentially), utmost care is required, but want to dissuade notion it’s not possible or not permissible, even in a country with illness & weapons.
Who are you to tell me I just shouldn't say anything?
Pretending things that either aren't jokes, or are really dumb jokes... are actually good jokes... is how you get more dumb jokes, and people laughing at things that are not jokes.
The joke is that he wouldn't be talking to them even if he weren't doing whatever he's doing. So yes, the caption is dumb, on purpose, in order to be humorous. I hope the joke is better now I've explained it.
Comedy is legal now which means really bad and stupid jokes that only alcoholic bigots would laugh at are funny again.
please please please i wanna be a comedian i want people to think im funny, im so lonely and miserable please ill be happy if you laugh please laugh, goddamnit laugh or ill vote for trump again
Public transport etiquette is not standing in front of the door while people get out. Not hitting on every girl that sits next to you is like... basic human decency.
Iirc there are some studies saying that people in general are happier when they make small talk with strangers on the train, which i definitely would not expect because i would want to be left alone.
I can imagine a version of this where the two are talking in a way signifying it isn't a private conversation, and the computer guy says something interesting that adds to the discussion, and then all three have an enjoyable social interaction after which he goes back to coding, or whatever.
I think the fantasy that a man could be so attractive as to chat up two women strangers on a train is the kind of idea that leads to harassment.
Was going to say. This seems like the most polite kind of person you're going to meet on the subway. Dude's not manspreading, not gawking, not trying to get their attention, literally bumped up against a woman and not trying to cop a feel.
This is the Ideal Male Commuter. You may not like him, but this is what peak performance looks like.
I really don't mean this as an insult, but you don't need to be 'smart' to contribute.
Take a picture of a bunny, post it to bun alert.
Take a picture of your balls, post it to gone wild.
(well ok maybe don't jump straight to that)
Ask a stupid question on no stupid questions.
Have a political opinion, on the internet.
Find a niche comm for a video game and ask something about it.
Find a neat chart and post it to data is beautiful.
Probably the worst thing that can happen is ... some random assholes give you the wrong color arrow thingy. Who cares! Fuck em! Its just numbers on a screen!
To add to this for those who may be reading it like it's only technically related: "we all lift together".
We all live in the same world and any positive contribution to anything will ultimately contribute positively to other things, the domino effect; perhaps even the thing you wish you could contribute to directly but "can't".
People who care, who try, who persist despite the pain and hardship, who try to do their best, who learn and improve and find that kind of lifestyle fitting for them - are those who contribute to all they're aware of as well as not.
By opening a bread factory, bread in your area gets cheaper > more supply > your area imports less > some other country with an open source contributor exports less > that country has more supply > it's cheaper for that developer to buy bread
A silly made up example that may not exactly be right itself with the too many factors accounted for, but you get the point. Indirect contribution is contribution as well. This applies to all kinds of contribution, which is why a someone with good intentions that improves themselves in whatever way is a contributor as well.
What my point is, and of the original comment (if I'm not mistaken) is that doing your best truly and genuinely is enough. Not in a condescending "sure lil bro, ig that counts too" way, but in the way of the lyric I really love quoting with which I started my comment "we all lift together" (banger song from a banger game btw)
If you ever want to grow capability of technical contributions, you are welcome but not necessary.
I would much prefer someone that accepts their level of contribution than one who thinks "Claude can make me a valuable contributor even if I have no idea how to".
Street photography isn’t so bad, as long as it’s not a hidden cam.
I don’t generally like my picture taken, but I’d have no problem if it just some person with a real camera taking casual pictures of crowds for fun.
What makes it creepy (to me) if it’s someone trying to hide it with a smartphone, or Meta glasses.
edit: It’s also nothing new. Street photographers have been around forever, long before digital cameras. It was pretty acceptable when I was a kid with a flip phone.
I made a pull request today! It didn't get merged but I think I can use the fork on my own. How do I switch Firefox a local PDF.js without recompiling the whole browser?
Firefox loads PDF.js using a resource URL (resource://) and those are sourced from a JAR file (omni.ja) so you would have to find that file in your local installation and patch the archive with your customized version.
The joke is the poorly constructed version of a stereotype that stopped being relevant over a decade ago.
It's poorly constructed because the joke is the nerd is oblivious/has misplaced priorities, but the joke would only work if the image showed the woman expressing obvious interest in the man, instead of having her back turned to him. As is, the image is literally just two rando's on the subway doing their own thing.
Nerdy looking guys being too oblivious to engage with hot women stopped being relevant after incel culture, startup bros, PUA, and nerdy-looking billionaires became commonplace.
men pay attention to women they get roasted; men ignore women and they get roasted.
it's almost like there's a battle of the sexes going on that's tipped one way because nobody dares speak out on the men's side because they'll get labeled an incel or 'part of the problem.'
neither of those women are worth paying attention to.
People are already shitting on OP for making this. Rightly so.
However, thinking it's part of some nefarious zeitgeist to ostracize men is giving OP too much credit and assuming something about those women is so fucking weird.
103 Comments
Enkrod@feddit.org · 248 pts · 12d
He's respecting their privacy in a place where they HAVE to share space with him. Good guy contributor.
scops@reddthat.com · 82 pts · 12d
Unlike the camera person...
db2@lemmy.world · 224 pts · 12d
They're having a conversation, he's working. The caption is dumb.
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 49 pts · 12d
Yeah, he's not joining the conversation because he's working on some open source code. Thats what it says.
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 46 pts · 12d
He’s not joining the conversation because they’re strangers who just happen to be riding the same public transit as him.
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 12d
Indeed, and he could join in the conversation and have a very nice conversation and make friends. But he is not doing that because he is working. It is not likely that he would join the conversation if he wasn't working, as such the joke does not make much sense, but it is definitely something he could do, which could indeed be a nice conversation for the three of them, or it could be terrible for some of them.
I don't see why you put it down so black and white. Is it prohibited to start a conversation with strangers on public transport? How do you meet people? I often talk to strangers, it's generally pretty nice.
Granted, the last few years I didn't take public transport very often: I mostly walk, but when I do I generally start a chat with someone.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 11d
Let me guess... You're not from USA?
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 11d
You are correct. I have met plenty nice people in the US though, I had pretty good chats.
But I reckon buses were pretty strange: often people would start screaming stuff while not talking to anyone and keep going for the whole ride.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 11d
At least being young in USA, made friends on public transit!
As with all interactions like that (captive audience essentially), utmost care is required, but want to dissuade notion it’s not possible or not permissible, even in a country with illness & weapons.
db2@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 12d
No, it says he's saying something to them. It's right there.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 12d
AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 12d
I'm pretty sure he is debating with someone on github PR/issue thread
Amdouni@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 12d
You're ruining the joke
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 12d
was there a joke?
Amdouni@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 12d
Yep
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 12d
If you can very easily explain a 'joke' with an incredibly common, mundane explanation...
You probably do not have a very good joke.
Amdouni@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 12d
Gosh, just laugh or give it a ↓ if you don't like it
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 11d
No.
I have thoughts, and want to talk about them.
That's the point of a discussion platform.
Who are you to tell me I just shouldn't say anything?
Pretending things that either aren't jokes, or are really dumb jokes... are actually good jokes... is how you get more dumb jokes, and people laughing at things that are not jokes.
Amdouni@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 11d
Ok then
FishFace@piefed.social · 3 pts · 11d
The joke is that he wouldn't be talking to them even if he weren't doing whatever he's doing. So yes, the caption is dumb, on purpose, in order to be humorous. I hope the joke is better now I've explained it.
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 11d
"I hope we can get into the club."
"Yeah, it's going to be packed already, and we're still 20 minutes away."
"Since it's this late already, see if Chris's after-party's started yet."
"Good idea... ... The stream is up. Only a few people milling around so far."
"Soon to be three more."
"Yeah, skipping club, on to the after party."
db2@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 11d
That reads like how a 6th grader thinks adulting works.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -17 pts · 12d
ok mr no fun allowed
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 12d
"it's called dark humour, librul" vibe comment
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 12d
Comedy is legal now which means really bad and stupid jokes that only alcoholic bigots would laugh at are funny again.
please please please i wanna be a comedian i want people to think im funny, im so lonely and miserable please ill be happy if you laugh please laugh, goddamnit laugh or ill vote for trump again
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 12d
I don't get it
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 212 pts · 12d
"You're near a woman and aren't sexually assaulting them? What are you gay?"
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 12d
Guys is it gay to respect women?
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 11d
Too many think it is gay to respect anything.
But they start crying when they don't get the respect they should be giving to others.
fenrasulfr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11d
Well considering pleasuring your girlfriend or wife is considered gay, probably yes.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 100 pts · 12d
imagine not knowing basic public transport etiquette.
two friends sitting next to you is not an invite for sex.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 64 pts · 12d
Agreed. The woman in the middle should tell the other to please stop interrupting and continue pair programming
Amdouni@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 12d
Yeah, that's respect right there
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 17 pts · 12d
Public transport etiquette is not standing in front of the door while people get out. Not hitting on every girl that sits next to you is like... basic human decency.
MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 11d
You clearly don't watch the same films I do!
dudeface@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 12d
Are you telling me he should be hitting on them in this situation?
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 12d
I think that is the implication.
Iirc there are some studies saying that people in general are happier when they make small talk with strangers on the train, which i definitely would not expect because i would want to be left alone.
I can imagine a version of this where the two are talking in a way signifying it isn't a private conversation, and the computer guy says something interesting that adds to the discussion, and then all three have an enjoyable social interaction after which he goes back to coding, or whatever.
I think the fantasy that a man could be so attractive as to chat up two women strangers on a train is the kind of idea that leads to harassment.
cosmos8188@leminal.space · 2 pts · 11d
Weird that this connection is even being done here. Was the girls' consent stated before revealing this meme?
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 11d
In what world are two women having a conversation on their own interested in a random dude on a train anyway?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 11d
Was going to say. This seems like the most polite kind of person you're going to meet on the subway. Dude's not manspreading, not gawking, not trying to get their attention, literally bumped up against a woman and not trying to cop a feel.
This is the Ideal Male Commuter. You may not like him, but this is what peak performance looks like.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 11d
yes
ian@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 10d
He could be using Arch! They missed out big time there!
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 51 pts · 12d
they already pushed their commits 😎
renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net · 42 pts · 12d
No worries, seems like they’re doing just fine without him.
auzy1@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 12d
You're right. He should sit and stare at them instead
Broadfern@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 12d
Sitting next to a (supposedly) random dude and visibly being comfortable and not nervous is a green flag for the programmer.
It means he’s showered in the last week.
AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 12d
That's because he showers once a month but this was taken on the first week of that month
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 11d
I was about to object to this stereotype...
... but then I remembered how long it had been since I had a shower.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 11d
Hey! We need to save water for starving LLMs!
extremeboredom@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 12d
Wish I was intelligent enough to contribute meaningfully. Instead I just consume and occasionally donate.
Thank you all for your kind replies. Wasn't fishing for encouragement but I do appreciate it.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 12d
Hey now...
I really don't mean this as an insult, but you don't need to be 'smart' to contribute.
Take a picture of a bunny, post it to bun alert.
Take a picture of your balls, post it to gone wild.
(well ok maybe don't jump straight to that)
Ask a stupid question on no stupid questions.
Have a political opinion, on the internet.
Find a niche comm for a video game and ask something about it.
Find a neat chart and post it to data is beautiful.
Probably the worst thing that can happen is ... some random assholes give you the wrong color arrow thingy. Who cares! Fuck em! Its just numbers on a screen!
MrChewy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 11d
To add to this for those who may be reading it like it's only technically related: "we all lift together".
We all live in the same world and any positive contribution to anything will ultimately contribute positively to other things, the domino effect; perhaps even the thing you wish you could contribute to directly but "can't". People who care, who try, who persist despite the pain and hardship, who try to do their best, who learn and improve and find that kind of lifestyle fitting for them - are those who contribute to all they're aware of as well as not.
By opening a bread factory, bread in your area gets cheaper > more supply > your area imports less > some other country with an open source contributor exports less > that country has more supply > it's cheaper for that developer to buy bread
A silly made up example that may not exactly be right itself with the too many factors accounted for, but you get the point. Indirect contribution is contribution as well. This applies to all kinds of contribution, which is why a someone with good intentions that improves themselves in whatever way is a contributor as well.
What my point is, and of the original comment (if I'm not mistaken) is that doing your best truly and genuinely is enough. Not in a condescending "sure lil bro, ig that counts too" way, but in the way of the lyric I really love quoting with which I started my comment "we all lift together" (banger song from a banger game btw)
far_university1990@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 12d
Youre an allstar...
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 11d
That song is a legit banger and no one will ever change my mind on this lol
jj4211@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11d
Hey, it's no stupid questions. Only smart questions allowed.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 12d
That's enough, if there's something you like then contributing to documentation is something that's more available to the general populace.
affiliate@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 11d
Donating is a meaningful contribution
jj4211@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 11d
If you ever want to grow capability of technical contributions, you are welcome but not necessary.
I would much prefer someone that accepts their level of contribution than one who thinks "Claude can make me a valuable contributor even if I have no idea how to".
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 11d
From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10d
Adding "and willingness" to the first clause of that adage nullifies the typical conservative hand-wringing about socialism.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10d
100% agree. Knowing enough to know how much you don't know is an asset in itself.
Napster153@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 12d
Knowledge knows no bounds. Being smart is about always learning and reevaluating the foundations.
Smart people always are eager to learn. Self-claimed intellectuals often aren't broad in mind, just confident.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 11d
"Who we are now is but a stepping stone to what we can become."
No one is static.
Everyone is an ongoing process... and you do have the ability to direct where that goes, how it changes.
Not an infinite or unlimited ability... but likely more ability than you initially may think.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 12d
I think that's called being a "sugar daddy."
tired_n_bored@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 11d
Wow a man not sexually assaulting women in the train. What a creep
cosmos8188@leminal.space · 5 pts · 11d
Yep all is cool until he does exactly that and the script turns upside down.
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 10d
yeah, I'm also highly confused about the point of the picture.
it could be a joke if the women would show some actual interest in the guy and he ignored them, but here it's just ppl minding their own business.
renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 11d
They’re all weird. Everyone knows you’re supposed to stare into the abyss until it’s time to get off at your stop.
0x0@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 11d
You mean the abyssal screen of one's smartphone?
renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 11d
Sure, or the thousand yard stare, if you’re old school.
MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 11d
"Oh wow! This is the most interesting power pole i think i have ever seen. WAIT!... This other power pole is much more interesting!"
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 11d
A bit unrelated to the joke, but I am sad at how acceptable it has become taking pictures of people in public
to make fun of them.brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 11d
Street photography isn’t so bad, as long as it’s not a hidden cam.
I don’t generally like my picture taken, but I’d have no problem if it just some person with a real camera taking casual pictures of crowds for fun.
What makes it creepy (to me) if it’s someone trying to hide it with a smartphone, or Meta glasses.
edit: It’s also nothing new. Street photographers have been around forever, long before digital cameras. It was pretty acceptable when I was a kid with a flip phone.
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 10d
This is not a street. It’s within an enclosed space
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10d
Its still nothing new though. These photos are from 1980, Bruce Davidson:
https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/bruce-davidson-subway-new-york-usa/
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 12d
I get the feeling someone's done their room up to look like a train carriage, and maybe has a very specific fantasy life.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 12d
... his priorities are correct.
Trace his eye vector.
... yep, that appears to be a North Korean hacker/music/ai-slop group he's currently looking into.
How often do you run into that on a metro, as opposed to... some gals going clubbing?
dunestorm@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 11d
Maybe he already has a partner or is doing something important...
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 11d
Yes, he's doing something important by contributing to open source.
DaGreenGobbo@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 11d
Clearly he should be inviting then to murder his wife in exchange for him murdering their husbands. That's what strangers on a train do, right?
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 4 pts · 11d
Tim Lambesis that you?
tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 11d
🎶🎸 Saaaailing, takes me to where I'm always.....
jobbies@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 12d
I don't know for sure, but I think he runs Arch. Btw.
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 8 pts · 11d
I imagine their conversation's about writer modes for emacs.
foo@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 11d
I knew it! He's must be using vim. Mystery solved.
TheGingerNut@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 11d
OH! When a man does it he's "based" but when I'm too busy contributing to FOSS I'm "frigid". Rude!
Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online · 6 pts · 12d
BT T35A08 spotted
Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 12d
Maybe they are a thing considering how close he is to her?
ritchie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 10d
Code before hoes.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 12d
where's the bear ?
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 11d
The hero we deserve.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 11d
I made a pull request today! It didn't get merged but I think I can use the fork on my own. How do I switch Firefox a local PDF.js without recompiling the whole browser?
softwarist@programming.dev · 4 pts · 11d
Firefox loads PDF.js using a
resourceURL (resource://) and those are sourced from a JAR file (omni.ja) so you would have to find that file in your local installation and patch the archive with your customized version.DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 12d
It looks like she's sitting close to him, but there's an entire league between them.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · -2 pts · 12d
Give it five or ten years
87Six@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 11d
Wtf is this thread, can nobody take a joke anymore?
Soleos@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 11d
The joke is the poorly constructed version of a stereotype that stopped being relevant over a decade ago.
It's poorly constructed because the joke is the nerd is oblivious/has misplaced priorities, but the joke would only work if the image showed the woman expressing obvious interest in the man, instead of having her back turned to him. As is, the image is literally just two rando's on the subway doing their own thing.
Nerdy looking guys being too oblivious to engage with hot women stopped being relevant after incel culture, startup bros, PUA, and nerdy-looking billionaires became commonplace.
hotnotdeadyet@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 11d
Literally me
0x0@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 11d
Why would he bother risking harassment allegations from strangers?
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 11d
fishnet's legs look rubber
whereitsat@lemmy.zip · -4 pts · 11d
men pay attention to women they get roasted; men ignore women and they get roasted.
it's almost like there's a battle of the sexes going on that's tipped one way because nobody dares speak out on the men's side because they'll get labeled an incel or 'part of the problem.'
neither of those women are worth paying attention to.
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 10d
People are already shitting on OP for making this. Rightly so.
However, thinking it's part of some nefarious zeitgeist to ostracize men is giving OP too much credit and assuming something about those women is so fucking weird.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · -5 pts · 12d
Not even a side eye? He's a much better man than I am...
He'll make good husband and father.