Shared today on Twitter

Sad you can’t attend #yowdata next week? There’s going to be a #yownight on Wednesday with founder @daveathomas himself! Thanks to @ExpediaEng for hosting… https://t.co/3pjAOiuxin https://t.co/X6LOIAIGSe


@emma_n_robbins @starkcoffee @yow_conf @codelikeagirlau Oh fantastic – really pleased you’ll submit! Best of luck with it. 🙂


RT @cathjones0: Super excited to be attending @yow_conf next week thanks to there great work in #Diversity #yowdata @web_goddess


@shipra_ships @canva @themaninblue @MelanieCanva Of course! There are just so many folks now whose names I don’t know. 😂


RT @heyjenbartel: If you’re worried about whether you’re good or qualified enough to apply for an opportunity, you’ve already put more thou…


Cold change coming through… On the upside, I get to wear my pretty new red coat! 💨 https://t.co/oyEkrsuiDT https://t.co/bAg5mjxJ9n


@randommandelbot Oh. I found it. @gilmae


OH DEAR GOD. I have somehow only just learned – after 17 years in this country – about the concept of a “shoey”. 👟🍺🤮 https://t.co/Yo3wNMilyC


RT @iamdevloper: Most of my development career is spent in fear that I’ll need to say the word “idempotency” in front of people.


@nomiddlename 🤮🤮🤮


@matthewfellows Of course! So how did I miss *this*?!


So the shoey thing came from listening to @rejectedjokes’s wine podcast, where a couple comedians claimed to have done it, and I thought they were JOKING, because it is TOO GROSS.


Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine https://t.co/0j2m6JlWPb – Great read. Love that the first program they ran on it was Conway’s Game of Life!


@pwcc Contempt culture! Agree.


@pkr2 I know that. It’s more the fact that it has a name and wikipedia entry specifically for Australia, as if it’s a common occurrence here. My replies indicate that I am not the only Australia that comes as a surprise to!


I have reviewed the responses to the “shoey” tweet. About 50% of replies are from grossed out Aussies who’ve never heard of it until now; 34% who think everybody knows of it; 2 who’ve actually DONE IT (@stibbons @darthted 🤢); and a couple foreigners.



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