Item:

 

“How do you tell an introverted computer scientist from an extroverted computer scientist?”

“An extroverted computer scientist looks at your shoes while he talks to you”

 

 

• Oral Folklore: Joke
• English
• USA
• Collector: Jonah Deykin

 

Informant Data:

 

Brian Keare is a Computer Science major in the Dartmouth class of 2018.  He is from Menlo Park California.

 

Contextual Data:

 

Social Context:

The informant heard this joke in his AP computer science class his sophomore year of high school.  It was used to inject humor into a class that is generally rather humor free

 

Cultural Context:

The Joke plays on the commonly accepted stereotype that programmers are generally introverted and shy.

 

Item:

            Brian Keare interview

Associated File:

Informants Comments:

 

The informant noted that the joke plays on the fact that all computer science professionals are thought of as introverted and therefore unlikely to meet ones gaze when talking to you, although they may look in your general direction if they are “extroverted”

 

Collectors Comments:

 

The joke is a well-known one in the computer science field.  It has been told by many CS professors over the years.

 

Collectors Name:

Jonah Deykin