https://nyghtowl.com/tags/humor/ Recent content in Humor on Nyghtowl Hugo en-us <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:26:00 +0000 https://nyghtowl.com/posts/2013/04/in-need-of-a-neck-beard/ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:26:00 +0000 https://nyghtowl.com/posts/2013/04/in-need-of-a-neck-beard/ <p><img src="#ZgotmplZ" alt=""></p> <p>Neck Beard</p> <p>In Hackbright we talk and joke a lot about the great, mighty beards of computer scientists and software engineers. Initially, I was clueless to the jokes. Not a fan of beards, I couldn’t understand why anyone would want one.</p> <p>Apparently, there is a tendency in the computer science community (esp. from the older school) to grow beards. The beards are supposed to be a symbol of the scientist’s knowledge and prowess in the field. We would talk about the long beards and grey beards and so forth. Yes, there was Lord of the Rings references at times when discussing beards.</p>