Posting here weird things that turn out to actually be "things," as in, they exist, or people do them.
TIL that debugging your software by explaining it to a rubber duck is a thing, called rubber ducking your code.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
This is actually a thing
This is actually a thing
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Re: This is actually a thing
Alternative facts, however, are actually NOT a thing. Period.
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