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Comment by milemi | Hacker News Reader

Where does the author get the idea that it's ok to refer to people as "Old Fart" Programmers?

Maybe the author lives in a world where there's no reason to be offended by every little thing and people can take a joke? ;)

Granted, text can't convey irony, I know.

For something to be called a joke it should require at least some creativity. Check out Don Rickles and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog for good examples of what an insult joke is. Calling someone an old fart just isn't funny. It's a worn out insult.

For something to be called a joke it should simply be intended as a joke. My goodness, do we really need to overanalyze everything? Just relax.

This is HN. A certain segment of the community here has a tendency towards over analyzing things. They can’t help it.

I come to this site primarily because I like to analyze things. And no, an attempted joke is not necessarily a joke.

You must be really fun at parties.

The parties you go to must be really fun to be at.

Would you please stop feeding this flamewar? It's off topic regardless of how provocative the title was.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Personal attacks will get you banned here. Please don't.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It’s in the article on a different site for ducks sake. Or do you expect every submission to be reviewed and fixed according to your joke sensitivity standards?

Ok, but are you raising or lowering the signal/noise ratio by continuing to post like this here? Clearly lowering, therefore please don't.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

OP here. I am an "Old Fart" Programmer myself, no offense intended :)

I personally prefer the more respectable Greybeard :). Although I’ve been blessed to not have my grandfather’s beard genetics... I’m currently only a Salt & Pepper Engineer

Good lord, don't worry about this BS, it's clearly fine outside the world of fringe complaint-seeking Internet loonies. Or well-attuned trolls, which I'd say is more likely in this case (in which case: well done troll, I mean look at this thread! But then HN's got some of the worst troll defenses around, so, middling victory).

Anywho, unless you're punning with "brought to bare" it should be "brought to bear", as in "bearing", as in the direction of something.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bring_to_bear

Hi, the fringe complaint-seeking internet loony here. Ageism is a real thing with consequences affecting the very livelihood of millions of people. I don't know the author's age, but people in their thirties sometimes think calling themselves old farts is cute. My bet is they'll change their minds once they hit their fifties, if they don't exit the industry by then. But dismissing all that as trolling is certainly the easy way to go.

Ah, but you're mixing industry with skill here. I can be an old-fart surfer and not be a paid surfer, for example.

IMO it's not offensive since it's not targeting anyone in particular. You are free to consider yourself an old fart or not.

Because he is referring to himself as an old fart.

Probably their life experience.

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