I knew it all along!
elephantium, 
Reach inside your computer to discover the shocking truth…
aggelalex, I’m a computer engineer. Don’t trust us guys.
victorz, At least he used “affirm” rather than “confirm”.
Thcdenton, Do the little people have pointy hats?
blahsay, John Davis is the secretary of the flat earth society*
- And has taken idiocy to previously undreampt heights
Wogi, I am a tool and die maker and I affirm that heart attacks are caused by tiny, airborne sharks that sound exactly like Steven Crowder on helium. When you breathe them in they go to your heart and literally attack it.
captainlezbian,
SuperSaiyanSwag, I’m just a medical student, but as a computer engineer can’t he just hack into the mainframe and reveal that the earth is flat?
satans_crackpipe, That would require multiple monitors and rave music.
Lemminary, You can just dig all the way down to bedrock, right? Should be easy if you kill all the creeps and spiders
ElderWendigo, I say that computers work because we tricked some rocks into thinking by carving special runes into them.
WaxedWookie, …don’t forget it wouldn’t have worked if we hadn’t tamed lightning and channelled it into the runes.
nugmeister64, funnily far more true than many might believe
Saltblue, It’s not that magic doesn’t exist, it’s just that our current spells and rituals are rudimentary.
captainlezbian, I’d say it’s that the information on how it works is out there and not secret. If I want to turn lead into gold that knowledge is available to me, I just need access to a nuclear reactor and to learn a fuck ton of stuff.
Also the fact that it’s all very math dependent doesn’t help. The “when will I use this” subject is the biggest prerequisite to magic
Zoomboingding, (edited ) 
Inside every computer there’s a little person
A very wholesome and talented person
And he loves you
spare_muppet, I was really expecting a Rick roll here, this is even better
nilclass, I expected this to be a rickroll. Got diappointed.
EatYouWell, Who wants to bet he’s just a Helpdesk tech and has no idea what an actual computer engineer is?
Mamertine, I’m a data engineer and I have no idea what a computer engineer is.
DragonTypeWyvern, You, but actually knows things.
iusearchbtw, I’m a computer engineer and I affirm you the earth is flat.
loutr, 
I know an engineer who’s into all kinds of bat-shit conspiracy theories…
TheDarksteel94, I work in 1st level support, and we don’t want anything to do with this guy. He’s too stupid, even for us lol
SuddenDownpour, Get him! Get the geologist and silence him! He’s unveiled the truth and now they’ll take our tiny people away from us!
Lemminary, Probably working for Big Geology and the mainstream media!
BeigeAgenda, 
Education and wisdom are two separate stats, this guy didn’t roll very high on Wis.
cooopsspace, Intelligence and wisdom.
Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
FlyingSquid, 
In the U.S., education is mostly about being able to regurgitate what you’ve been told. Wisdom is, as you suggested, not necessary for that.
MellowSnow, Unfortunately so. There should be more emphasis on the why and how rather than the what.
Syrc, In the U.S., education is mostly about being able to regurgitate what you’ve been told.
Wait, are there places where it’s not?
FlyingSquid, I don’t know. I’ve only been to school in the U.S.
Jorgelino, Programmer here. Can confirm. Coding is just a list of instructions we send to the tiny people inside so they know what to do.
Socsa, (edited ) Electrical Engineer here. Electrons are people too! Very tiny, quantum people, with very tiny, quantum hopes, and very tiny, quantum dreams!
Science cannot disprove this.
Got_Bent, I hear electrons are really flaky. You tell them to show up at a specific place and time, and you just never know. Always getting involved in one entanglement or another.
EatYouWell, That really isn’t a bad metaphor for how the computer processes code.
pomodoro_longbreak, 
pretty much
Mamertine, It’s frustrating because they’re so literal when following instructions. I wish they’d do what I want, not what I said.
Lemminary, The trick is to say what you mean ☝🤓
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot, They don’t always listen, though.
RizzRustbolt, That’s why I’m constantly shoving cookies into the case. So the computer gnomes are happy.
sirico, 
Bloody sand tender
Lemminary, I don’t know what that means but it sounds hilarious
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