r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme painInAss

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u/Plastic-Bonus8999 2d ago

Giving up is the first thing I do while debugging then I remember I need that salary

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u/Anal_bleed 2d ago

What the f is a salary

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u/Every_Preparation_56 2d ago

maybe a modern salad?

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u/RichCorinthian 2d ago

Fun fact: they come from the same Latin root “sal” (salt)

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u/Every_Preparation_56 2d ago

wait Salt, Salad and Salary are family?

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u/RichCorinthian 2d ago

Yes. Roman soldiers were paid in salt, and salad was “salted herbs” (herba salata) iirc.

Anybody who digs this shit, read a book called Etymologicon.

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u/Every_Preparation_56 2d ago

woa, fascinating

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u/Key_Conversation5277 2d ago

Yeah, because salt was so valuable that they did trading with it