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And what coder at Google is not a weekend stoner. I'm sure they're having a laugh at this one.

I'm not a weekend stoner. More of a weekday type to make the drudgery more entertaining.

Back in the day, we used code words so no one would know what we were talking about.

Our favorite code word was "programmer's fuel."

In my mind, that can only be one of the four: Adderall/ Dexies, weed, alcohol, or maybe coffee. Not sure the code word is subtle enough!

I mean, there's the old joke about programmers being machines that convert coffee into code. I think it's pretty safe.

I still find myself using the old how I met your mother one - Let's go out for a sandwich!

I call it allergies

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