Reader Appreciation Day
In lieu of a traditional WTF, I want to use today's post to talk about the real WTF, or at least the source of all the WTFs we get to write about: our readers.
We've got great writers here, and every time I hit "publish" on one of their articles, I'm happy with what's about to go out to the world. They do a great job building funny, entertaining narratives that highlight some of the unique challenges of working in IT. We get great support from our sponsors, who fund the site and keep it running.
None of that would matter, though, without the raw materials: the submissions that we get from our readers. This site wouldn't be possible without you. We love reading all of the submissions we get; even if we can't turn them into a story, we read them all.
No matter how creative or inventive our writers are, we could never create a character like Paula Bean, or come up with a solution like the ITAPPMONROBOT. We love our readers, and we're happy with the years of support and each of submissions that we get.
And we want more of your submissions. There's a lovely little Submit Your WTF button on the side of the page. If you've been in this industry for more than five minutes, I know you've got a story that deserves to be told, and we here at TheDailyWTF want to hear about it. Submit early, submit often. You can submit completely anonymously, and we're always happy to change details to help keep your anonymity (there are a few stories in our archives that I submitted anonymously, not that you'd ever know). Or, slap your name on there and gain whatever degree of Internet fame- or infamy- you're looking for.
So, thank you. Without our readers, without their submissions, we wouldn't have much to do here. And don't worry, we still have a WTF for you today. This comes from Molly, who's inherited some filtering code.
week_ago = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(weeks=2)
Once upon a time, the week_ago variable held, well" one week. Now, it holds two, but changing the name of the variable was too much trouble, so there it sits.
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