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bunderbunder on Feb 3, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: If you're using Node.js, you're doing life wrong

And if you aren't good at it it's easy to come off as condescending. Thereby also causing you to be written off as a jerk.

Socrates was smart. He was also executed for being irritating.

batista on Feb 3, 2012 [–]

No, he was executed for "advocating for new gods and against the gods of the city" (that was the actual charge).

You know, much alike someone insulting Mongo, Rails or Node in certain communities... (or Java, CL etc in others).

rfrey on Feb 3, 2012 | [–]

Also for corrupting the youth.

Again, much like Mongo, Rails, and Node. :)

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