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[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've always thought the "buy me a cup of coffee" was a thinly veiled euphemism for "give me beer"

edit: also, I have contributed. There's this one android app that works to translate between different wargaming/miniature painting paint brands (as in color matching), the dev straight up asks for a contribution for beer. It was so brutally honest I had to.

[-] Antmz22@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've always thought the "buy me a cup of coffee" was a thinly veiled euphemism for "give me beer"

As someone who doesn't partake in drinking culture. What makes you this?

Caffeine makes sense to me because you need to get a boost. Alcohol doesn't make sense in this context (to me of course). Is there a stereotype about programmers being drunk in unaware of?

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://xkcd.com/323/ this? and the fact that most of my programming breakthroughs have come while in "two beers" territory.

edit: actually, no. MOST of my programming breakthroughs have dawned on me while sitting on the can. But second most is "two beers down".

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So, if I understand you correctly, there's a non-trivial correlation between drinking beer, shitting, and programming?

Caffeine is the socially acceptable fuel for programmers (during office hours). Beer is the unofficial one.

  • he says while drinking a beer at work
[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I always thought of it more like "give me some motivation to add more stuff" in that "I turn coffee into code" sense.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Beer, coffee, prune juice...I don't care, here's $5โ€“$10!

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

"20$ is 20$"

which said it first: kofi -funded developer or onlyfans star?

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago

I just want a free pony ride

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

don't we all? But we're here to make boring business software for MBA's

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

man, it's been ages since I last saw this movie. Sober me's todo for tomorrow: meaning of life, python. GET. ON. IT.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

You watched it. Right?

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 11 points 1 month ago

As a poor European:

Coders saying "but me a cup of coffee" for $8.

I buy a pack of coffee of 250g for โ‰ˆ $3. An average cup, according to Google, is 7.5g.

That's $0.40 for a cup.

(Or about 9 beers)

[-] slowcakes@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Making coffe at home is always cheaper, that why it's attractive to sell coffee, I'm guessing that a coffee place buys their coffe cheaper than you, but they pay rent, staff, other bills and take the risk of owning a business.

And the price of coffe has high correlation with it's availability. No one wants to walk a mile outside of the city center to buy a coffe on their way to work even if it's 80% price difference, and that is what allowed them to sell cheap coffee for higher prices. But there's more to it than that, you have different variants of coffee, some like to pay a lite premium to get a more exclusive one etc etc, there is probably a whole science about coffee pricing.

[-] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Of course, but how often would you go to a coffee place? If you work in an office, coffee is usually free anyways.

[-] slowcakes@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Not that often, but mostly to socialize with friends, 8 bucks for coffee is to much, I avoid those places and go to places where it is about 2โ‚ฌ and spend some on a piece of cake.

But yeah, some people are not that responsible with their money and are willing to buy a coffee for 8$.

[-] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

7.5g is a fairly weak cup. An espresso is typically around double that.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 0 points 1 month ago

At that point you might as well buy the smallest cup you can find and pour it in there. Maybe get it so low that it rounds off to 0,-

Aww, poor foss pwowammer amirite ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[-] gencha@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

I wasn't actively aware of this for most of my life until I recently visited a clients office. Buying someone a cup of coffee is an entire thing. There's no free coffee. You have to purchase every single cup. And you first have to walk several minutes to the place where they sell the coffee. It blew my mind. I'm used to drinking one cup after the other without even giving it any thought. Coffee machine right next to me or around the corner. There, coffee incurs friction and cost.

So when you invite someone for a cup of free coffee, this can open doors for you. I'm not kidding. People get all excited when you offer them a coffee break on your dime. And there's levels to it too. There's the regular coffee, and there's the premium one. For the premium you have to walk longer and wait in line until the barista serves you.

It's a key component in office politics when coffee access is regulated.

Why anyone would restrict access to legal stimulants in the office is unclear to me though. Put espresso machines on every desk!

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

But... That's communism!

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

I feel like I'm the only one here eloquent enough to attack this preposterous stance, so allow me to gather my wits to plead my convincing rebuttal when I say:

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! (that was hard to type on a smartphone)

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

catches it in a bottle and corks it

I'm saving this one for later!

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