Rust Developer Afraid of Pointers

Text on the meme

I’m a Rust developer. What does that mean? It means he’s afraid of pointers. NO IT DOES NOT! int *p; printf("%d",p); STOP IT PATRICK, YOU’RE SCARING HIM!

What it means

Patrick introduces Squidward as a Rust developer, and SpongeBob jokes that this means he is afraid of pointers. The punchline is a programming pun: Rust developers may dislike raw pointers, while the C code visibly uses one and terrifies Squidward. People send this meme as a reaction to jokes about programming languages, memory safety, or unsafe code.

Who

Patrick Star — SpongeBob SquarePants Squidward Tentacles — SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants — SpongeBob SquarePants

Objects

Patrick Star / Патрик Стар Squidward Tentacles / Сквидвард Тентаклс SpongeBob SquarePants / Губка Боб Квадратные Штаны blue stage curtain / синяя сценическая занавеска wooden stage / деревянная сцена programming code / программный код computer pointer variable / указатель в компьютерной программе brown shirt / коричневая рубашка green skin / зелёная кожа yellow sponge / жёлтая губка red tie / красный галстук raised arms / поднятые руки