[OC] Lemmy maintainer works on Lemmy while at prom

dullbananas@lemmy.ca to pics@lemmy.world – 188 points –

I asked the person who broke my school laptop to take this picture of me

On the screen: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4612

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and I find it actually worrysome that a maintainer has to spend their evening working on lemmy rather than having fun. (And also kinda worrysome that they're forced to go to a prom)

Screw these other people saying this is sad. This is awesome! I spent many a Friday night at home programming or gaming and told my friends my parents wouldn't let me go out. You get to go to prom with your friends and geek out, fucking perfect.

I see a successful life in your future!

mfw he's looking at the next bug or pull request straight off his phone lol

truly a richard stallman moment

That really is depressing.

That young kid should be enjoying this one special night that they'll remember for the rest of their life, not buried in their phone screen working on something.

I hope whatever they were doing didn't take long, and they were able to put the phone away and make some lifelong memories <3

Don't worry, this was the funnest thing to do before enough people showed up

Also, prom is not a freaking sacrament

Prom is really not all that special, it's a formal for high-schoolers. I could barely remember mine by the time I finished college

Prom is definitely something the media pushes to be more important that it is in reality. It's fun, I liked going, but after high school it's pretty meaningless.

You have to remember how many people peaked in highschool, married their highschool girlfriend, never went to college, had kids in their early 20s, etc. Not saying any of those things are bad, but highschool can be pretty definitive for some people.

"The Media" is at fault!

CNN is Big Prom!

“The Media” as in Disney and Warner more than news imho

Should have been obvious considering the number of movies (especially 90s and early 2000s) that revolve around some big activity that must happen before/during/after prom.

Well, some people peak in high-school so it depends.

Kid who's already maintaining production software definitely won't peak in high school.

I wasn't talking about them. I was talking about people who put so much importance in prom.

Hell, nobody in my class cared about it after a week.

I skipped mine to go to a music festival instead. I've never once regretted it lmao

I skipped mine because they would have bullied the fuck out of me.

My high school didn't have one on account of being a small alternative school. But, given the option, music festival would have been much more memorable.

Might this have something to do with alcohol and other drugs abuse in college? /j

Lifelong memories? Bruh I barely even remember prom. There are so many poignant memories that outshine that and I’m barely 31

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Point is: leave OP alone, they’ll be fine :)

I didn't even get to experience Prom cause it got canceled due to COVID

Meh prom is not that special. If I knew I would have rather spent my time programming or playing

High ranking on the cool-things-to-do-while-at-prom list. It's also an example of adulting while among mermaids.

To be fair when I was of prom age, most prom-goers hoped to get simultaneously high and laid. I'm not sure how 21st century proms compare.