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    Ben Halpern  🌱‏Verified account @bendhalpern 20 Mar 2015

    Sometimes when I'm writing Javascript I want to throw up my hands and say "this is bullshit!" but I can never remember what "this" refers to

    7:27 AM - 20 Mar 2015
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      2. Ben Halpern  🌱‏Verified account @bendhalpern 20 Mar 2015
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        @bhalp1 I thought that was pretty funny anyway.

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      3. Steve Lee‏ @SteveALee 3 Sep 2017
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        Kinda developer's dad joke :)

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      1. Skip‏ @SkipAllMighty 20 Mar 2015
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        @bhalp1 Depends on strict mode. Maybe undefined.

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      1. Jim Gay‏ @saturnflyer 20 Mar 2015
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        @bhalp1 @barrettclark LOL

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      2. Peter Baylies‏ @pbaylies 20 Mar 2015
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        @bhalp1 @sabreuse typeof this == 'bullshit'

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      3. Nisse‏ @skogsnisse 23 Mar 2015
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        @pbaylies you sure it's == and not ===? @bhalp1 @sabreuse

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      1. John-Henry Liberty‏ @JHLiberty 20 Mar 2015
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        @bhalp1 You sir win 2 internets. Thank you for the laugh!

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      1. Portable Hermit‏ @portablehermit 20 Mar 2015
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        @bhalp1 @funkatron Just make sure you have a line that says "var that = this;" first then you can say "that is bullshit!". Works every time.

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      1. Christian Passet‏ @passetc 20 Mar 2015
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        @bhalp1 @velartrill you had me at "I want to throw up" ;-)

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      1. Ryan Jones‏ @RyanBJonesy 20 Mar 2015
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        @bhalp1 @humbledaisy you'd appreciate this

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