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I was sitting in class and this guy was bragging to some girls claiming that he was a programmer. He said he built several sites on the web and I asked what languages he knew. He said "HTML". All I could do was lawl. He asked why I was laughing so hard and I said "You not a ******* programmer you dueschbag". He argued with me a bit about how HTML was a programming language and that he was a programmer. I think he is nothing more than a ***** dueschbag trying to brag to chicks about his HTML skills to get in their pants when he isn't a programmer at all.

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Wait, bragging about being a programmer gets you chicks? I missed out on highschool lmao

Well know technically HTML is not "programming" its more of decorating a webpage. Programming requires logic, HTML does not.

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No, but I'm not sure what I would call them. Traditionally, they are web developers but a web developer knows more (Server Side Language, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, etc).

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Javascript I think is programming. In order to be a programmer though I think you may need to know a bit more than one language thought, you need a broader knowledge than just one, but once you know one its not hard to learn another.

Either way, he claimed no knowledge of CSS/Javascript.

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HTML: hyper-text MARKUP language. It doesn't have variables, much less get close to being turing-complete.

I wouldn't call him a douchbag, but I would be less than impressed. If he irritated me, I'd ask him how he generates the HTML: PHP, CF, ASP, ASP.NET, notepad, *cough*dreamweaver*cough*.
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Notepad FTW!

I remember the days before I knew about Notepad++ or any syntax highlighting tools lol.. I even did PHP for a few years with standard Windows XP Notepad lol... obviously that can get tricky!

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I'd probably laugh pretty hard if someone bragged to chicks about being a programmer - HTML or not...
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I would call him a "web designer"? Though even that is a stretch of the imagination if he doesn't know CSS... :p

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BlaineSch said:

Wait, bragging about being a programmer gets you chicks? I missed out on highschool lmao

marwex89 said:

I'd probably laugh pretty hard if someone bragged to chicks about being a programmer - HTML or not...
ROFL!! I normally say LOL but this occassion deserves a ROFL! Why would you brag to chicks about programming hahaha?

If programming really attracted the girls, where are they all on the computer here? My girlfriend isn't interested in it at all...
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BlaineSch said:

Wait, bragging about being a programmer gets you chicks?

Hell yea it can get you chicks!

Jordan said:

Traditionally

Traditionally?

WingedPanther said:

I wouldn't call him a douchbag

He was a douchbag. Better than some of the names I thought of :). What would you call him?

marwex89 said:

I'd probably laugh pretty hard if someone bragged to chicks about being a programmer - HTML or not...

Brandon W said:

If programming really attracted the girls, where are they all on the computer here? My girlfriend isn't interested in it at all...

I swear, you can get some pretty hot ****ing chicks but they are clingy and only after money (hence, the reason bragging about programming works $$$). Money whores...

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Usually I settle for "idiot"
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