# As if Software Engineers Don't have it bad enough...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 14, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-software-engineers-dont-have-it-bad-enough/585451 "2011-06-14T16:21:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![curious11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-software-engineers-dont-have-it-bad-enough/585451/1 "2011-06-14T16:21:41Z")

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[http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110613/us\_nm/us\_bombhouse\_sentencing](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110613/us_nm/us_bombhouse_sentencing)

The reporter could have stopped at unemployed. Why not describe him as “convicted felon?”

Good Grief!

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-software-engineers-dont-have-it-bad-enough/585451/2 "2011-06-14T16:54:41Z")

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He was also, arguably, an unemployed journalist, an unemployed actor, an unemployed writer, and an unemployed puppeteer.

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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-software-engineers-dont-have-it-bad-enough/585451/3 "2011-06-14T17:41:10Z")

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His house was so packed with explosives that they had to burn it down… Hmmm…

I think I’ve seen this guy’s code, actually.

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**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-software-engineers-dont-have-it-bad-enough/585451/4 "2011-06-14T18:06:21Z")

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"His house was so full of explosives that they had to blow it up just for fun. Regrettably, they neglected to warn the unemployed lawnmower instruction manual translator to evacuate the premises. Like his code, his body is no longer coherent.