ahh yes, real programmers twiddle bits on their hard drive with a nothing more than a tiny magnet:

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html

real programmers use butterflies http://xkcd.com/378/

Thank you very much! This is the nicest comment in this entire thread!

You're right. Real men don't use Assembly, too, but do use binary instead of. :)

Would the joking intent of the usage of men-centric idiom be more clear if I append "now get off my lawn" to the comment?

Wait, are you serious?

Yes. I am. The fact you weren't makes the sexism all the more odious.

Can you explain? I am genuinely curious as two the line of your thoughts now.

> Can you explain? I am genuinely curious as two the line of your thoughts now.

The worst forms of bias and discrimination are unexamined, because they can fester and influence thought and action without ever being questioned. It's difficult to argue someone out of a position they don't even realize is a position that is up for argument.

Because downvoters don't win:

> Come on, real men do not use macros.

The sexism and historical ignorance in this sentence are in a race to see which can be more breathtaking.

Regardless of which wins, meshko will look like a complete fool to anyone who knows what they're talking about.