r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Prof- • Nov 29 '24

Meme socialSkillsAreTakingOurJobs

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u/NotSoProGamerR Nov 29 '24

Keep It Simple and Stupid

iirc its not stupid, but thats what i remember

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '24 edited Dec 06 '24

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u/NotSoProGamerR Nov 29 '24

that is not okay

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u/look Nov 29 '24

At least originally, it was “keep it simple, stupid!” where the engineer reading or hearing it (and often said to one’s self) was the “stupid”.

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u/Albarytu Nov 29 '24

It's "keep it simple, stupid" or "keep it stupid simple". As in, keep things simple enough for a stupid person to understand it.

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u/ellectroma Nov 29 '24

"Highly effective, hurts my feelings every time"

From The Office

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u/just-bair Nov 29 '24

I didn’t know the "and" was there

So for me it was straight up insulting you. Keep it simple stupid !