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by storus 8 hours ago
There is probably some correlation between one's profession and fetishes. We already know some programming languages attract certain types of personalities/attitudes so why would that be different elsewhere?
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There’s also a known correlation between firefighters and arsonists
> We already know some programming languages attract certain types of personalities/attitudes

... to say nothing of the monsters that use spaces instead of tabs ;)

> In 1968, analyst Richard Brandon told the ACM that the typical programmer was "excessively independent ... often egocentric, slightly neurotic, and he borders upon a limited schizophrenia. The incidence of beards, sandals, and other symptoms of rugged individualism or nonconformity are notably greater among this demographic group."
" We already know some programming languages attract certain types of personalities/attitudes"

What evidence do you have to back that up? I think you're trying to pull facts out of your a* to rationalize something.