Ben Halpern

Posted on Jul 3, 2019

Sometimes when I'm writing Javascript I want to throw up my hands and say "this is bullshit!"....

#jokes #javascript #beginners

...but I can never remember what "this" refers to. 😭

It's an old tweet of mine 😄

Ben Halpern

@bendhalpern

Sometimes when I'm writing Javascript I want to throw up my hands and say "this is bullshit!" but I can never remember what "this" refers to

14:27 PM - 20 Mar 2015

We elevated this the jokes tag today, follow if you like more content like this.

#jokes

plz post the lols

Discussion (32)

Ben Halpern • Jul 3 '19

Me today when @aspittel proposed the jokes tag

Jamie Ferrugiaro • Jul 3 '19

Yes, please.

John Paul Ada • Jul 4 '19

The GIF is making me laugh more than the jokes LOL

Ryland G • Jul 3 '19

This joke doesn’t seem ready, you sure it’s not a prototype?

Juneau Lim • Jul 3 '19

I'm crying...🤣

Matt Graham • Jul 4 '19 • Edited

:cries in arrow functions:

Ananya Neogi • Jul 4 '19 • Edited

Why did the developer had to quit her job?
Because she didn't get arrays. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

C.S. Rhymes • Jul 3 '19

Some jokes are all about context

Florian Rand • Jul 3 '19 • Edited

A good feeling about this I have.
(edited, less annoying gif)

Marko Anastasov • Jul 3 '19

This is the first time I’ve wished to put a tag on a blacklist. 😕👨🏻‍🦳

I don’t follow any specific tags, just enjoy reading across all topics that people post.

Ben Halpern • Jul 3 '19

If you follow a tag and then give it “negative weight” in your dashboard it will help hide this. We’ll have better blacklist tooling in the future

Marko Anastasov • Jul 3 '19

Didn’t know that, thanks!

Ben Halpern • Jul 4 '19

Yeah, for anyone else that's curious: If you go to dev.to/dashboard/following and give a tag a number like -100 for weight, it will virtually never show up in your feed. The mechanic of first following and then negative is weird and we'll eventually make it more intuitive and discoverable.