Software engineering is always light on case studies though, for instance test driven development, or static vs. dynamic typing, people have been debating these for quite a long time.
It absolutely does work but it’s too vague. A person in this position really needs to go outside and talk to people but doesn’t where to start.
So, join a running club, or go to pub trivia, take an in person class, or volunteer. Pick literally anything you can show up once a week and there will be people doing stuff. It will change your life.
It's ridiculous that anno domini 2025 when someone says "I have issues making social connections" the default assumption is still that the person literally hasn't put any effort. It's literally the extension of "noooo there are no bigger social changes going on, the only reason why you can't get a date is because you don't shower, I'm absolutely sure of it, stop showing me statistics that loneliness is a growing problem across the whole society I will deny that and accuse of bad hygiene or being creepy, it's your personal failure, you need to understand this".
a) people go out to spend time with already established friends, not talk to random strangers
b) people don't want to be approached by random strangers
c) I want to be friends with people who have similar lifestyle and values to me and create deeper connections
d) people have busy schedules and don't have time to meet
Source: I've tried
> but you haven't tried this particular activity that I recommend so you cannot tell that nothing works
Shut up. The ROI is just not there, and I'm happier just sitting at home smoking weed rather than keep chasing the high of a good conversation I've had five years ago. I'm not happy this way, but definitely happier.
It reminds me of how media folks always explain to us that people want celebrity gossip and reality shows rather than substantive programming. Do they really or are they just responding to what's popular/promoted?
Nah, I can watch skits from the 70s and 80s, before I was born, and find them humorous. Hell, Steve Martin and Martin Short also just starred in a wildly popular Hulu series as senior citizens. While it was funny when I was 15 too, it has been absolute garbage for 10+ years. This is just some pathetic line he’s trotted out to gloss over the fact that he’s lost his knack for producing good work.
There is plenty of great sketch comedy being made (just look at the popularity and memes from Tim Robinson’s work), just not anywhere in Lorne Michaels’ orbit.
There have been plenty of great sketches in the last 15 years, like many of Adam Driver's, and Weekend Update with Colin and Michael is really good, especially when they swap jokes.
The 15 year olds of today are going to say the same thing in 10 years though. I don't think it really was that great when we were 15, we only think it was.
It's not true, though. No 15 year olds find 2024 SNL funny, at all. Almost everybody found it funny up until 15-20 years ago. After that point every sketch was like "normal stuff, but black people doing it!" or "somebody acting gay, and everybody is uncomfortable!" Once Trump came along, it was almost a revitalization for about 30 seconds, because Trump himself is funny. Until it became Trump! fascist! Putin!, end of the world! over and over like all late night comedy.
No 15 year old is enjoying that. I'd bet the average age is approaching the same average age as the cable news audience. Retirees might even be getting sick of it. The truth might be that Lorne Michaels is the real audience of Saturday Night Live.
The 15 year olds today aren’t watching network television and you missed the part where I mentioned the lasting celebrity and comedic appeal of stars that predated my teenage years. “Actually, it’s the children who are wrong, things can’t ever decline in quality” is not the argument you, nor Lorne, think it is.
