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What do programmers and dentists have in common? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They both like FLOSS

[–] org@lemmy.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Brilliant.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Not following their own professional advice

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 19 points 1 month ago

Unpaid student loan debt

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago

When things look gnarly they pull out root.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 13 points 1 month ago

They both have to be careful about bites (bytes)?

[–] bricked@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They have a mouthful of problems

[–] hornywarthogfart@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

And solutions!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Questions about live and work.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

they peek and poke?

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They drill down to the root of the problem.

[–] meow@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 1 month ago

They will be homeless, no that cant be it. Dentists have at least some job future. Dentists also don't work in cubicles, or at home...

I think i got it! Is the dentist field also dominated by furries, femboys, and neckbeards??