C++ Naming Things Whatever We Want

interviewer: what does std::move do? me: moves the object interviewer: no, it’s a cast. it doesn’t actually move anything me: right interviewer: and std::remove? me: removes elements? interviewer: it doesn’t erase them from the container me: okay interviewer: your cv says you know c++ me: yeah well apparently we’re naming things whatever we want

A black-background text meme presents a mock interview about C++ functions std::move and std::remove. The joke is that their names suggest obvious actions, but their actual behavior is more subtle, exposing the speaker’s overconfident misunderstanding of C++ terminology. It is used as a reaction to misleading names, confusing technical jargon, or APIs that do not do exactly what their names imply.

• @ithueti / 18905 2026-10-02