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Postgres Rejects a Hormonal Naming Mix-Up
Why is this Databases meme funny?
The meme has the PostgreSQL elephant rejecting a “progesterone” name tag. The dive unpacks the phonetic pun, Postgres versus PostgreSQL history, and what the relational database actually is.
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A sparse white-background cartoon places the blue PostgreSQL elephant logo on the right, outlined in black like a character entering a conversation. A small dark speech bubble above it says “hey guys,” while people at the lower left point toward a sign reading “PROGESTERONE.” The elephant immediately replies in another dark box, “NOT WHAT I'M CALLED.” The joke hinges on confusing PostgreSQL/Postgres, the relational database, with the similarly beginning name of the hormone progesterone.
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That typo migrated the conversation from relational algebra to endocrinology with no rollback plan.