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3. A bizarre dimension in which the standard dress is shirt and tie and in which a person's working hours are defined as 9 to 5 (see code grinder ).
-4. Anywhere outside a university. Poor fellow, he's left MIT and gone into the Real World. Used pejoratively by those not in residence there. In conversation, talking of someone who has entered the Real World is not unlike speaking of a deceased person. It is also noteworthy that on the campus of Cambridge University in England, there is a gaily-painted lamp-post which bears the label REALITY CHECKPOINT. It marks the boundary between university and the Real World; check your notions of reality before passing. This joke is funnier because the Cambridge campus is actually coextensive with the center of Cambridge town. See also fear and loathing , mundane , and uninteresting.
+4. Anywhere outside a university. Poor dear, she's left EPFL and gone into the Real World. Used pejoratively by those not in residence there. In conversation, talking of someone who has entered the Real World is not unlike speaking of a deceased person. It is also noteworthy that on the campus of Cambridge University in England, there is a gaily-painted lamp-post which bears the label REALITY CHECKPOINT. It marks the boundary between university and the Real World; check your notions of reality before passing. This joke is funnier because the Cambridge campus is actually coextensive with the center of Cambridge town. See also fear and loathing , mundane , and uninteresting.
Agnostic. Atheist. Non-observant Jewish. Neo-pagan. Very commonly, three or more of these are combined in the same person. Conventional faith-holding Christianity is rare though not unknown. Even hackers who identify with a religious affiliation tend to be relaxed about it, hostile to organized religion in general and all forms of religious bigotry in particular. Many enjoy parody religions such as Discordianism and the Church of the SubGenius. Also, many hackers are influenced to varying degrees by Zen Buddhism or (less commonly) Taoism, and blend them easily with their native religions. There is a definite strain of mystical, almost Gnostic sensibility that shows up even among those hackers not actively involved with neo-paganism, Discordianism, or Zen. Hacker folklore that pays homage to wizards and speaks of incantations and demons has too much psychological truthfulness about it to be entirely a joke. diff --git a/entries/Real World.txt b/entries/Real World.txt index 0399a31..2eab9f5 100644 --- a/entries/Real World.txt +++ b/entries/Real World.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ generating payroll checks and invoices. 2. The location of non-programmers and activities not related to programming. 3. A bizarre dimension in which the standard dress is shirt and tie and in which a person's working hours are defined as 9 to 5 (see code grinder ). 4. Anywhere outside a university. -Poor fellow, he's left MIT and gone into the Real World. Used pejoratively +Poor dear, she's left EPFL and gone into the Real World. Used pejoratively by those not in residence there. In conversation, talking of someone who has entered the Real World is not unlike speaking of a deceased person. It is also noteworthy that on the campus of Cambridge University in England, there @@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ marks the boundary between university and the Real World; check your notions of reality before passing. This joke is funnier because the Cambridge campus is actually coextensive with the center of Cambridge town. See also fear and loathing , mundane , and uninteresting. -