2019–2026 · BB memes & chat moments

The bugs were real. So were the memes.

A 3 AM career ladder, support chats waiting for a question, and the wholeUsers club that keeps finding new members.

An illustration for this story

Editorial retellings of seven jokes and chat moments from the BB archive.

Moment 01 · 19 August 2026 · Builder humour

The career ladder ends at 3 AM

Junior developer: a packet of bhujia. Then a phone, a laptop and a bike. The career-levels meme shared by BB keeps raising the stakes until it reaches the founder.

The final reward? Still fixing bugs at three in the morning. The ladder is a joke, not a prize list.

Earlier that morning, the chat had filled with thank-yous for purchases made through bot work. The BB owner recalls that exchange as the spark for this meme.

  1. Junior developerBhujia
  2. Middle developerPhone
  3. Senior developerLaptop
  4. Tech leadBike
  5. FounderStill fixing bugs at 3 AM

An illustrated retelling of a community meme.

BB channel and community chat · 19 August 2026; origin recalled by the BB owner in September 2026

Moment 02 · 18 July 2019 · Support life

Support is ready. The question is missing.

Editorial illustration

An archived support exchange begins with a greeting and a request for help. Support says hello. Another request for help arrives. Support agrees.

That is where the screenshot ends. Both sides have made contact; the actual problem has yet to make an appearance.

Moment 03 · 9 June 2021 · Support life

The question has left the chat

Another hello reaches support. By the time a reply arrives, the sender has forgotten why they started the conversation.

The response comes with laughing emojis and a practical suggestion: send the question along with the greeting. This time, there had been a question. It simply did not survive the wait.

Support exchange shared by BB · 9 June 2021

Moment 04 · February–July 2021 · The admin badge

An unusually short admin application

One request to become a chat administrator arrives with a single qualification: the applicant speaks English. A later support screenshot shows another applicant asking for the badge again and again.

BB’s July caption asks would-be admins to demonstrate their experience instead of filling the inbox. These were requests, not appointment announcements.

Follow-up example and founder’s response · 12 July 2021

Moment 05 · 9 March 2026 · Founder humour

A meme recognises another meme

A member notices that the founder has liked a meme. The founder replies with a little self-portrait: one meme has liked another.

Chat exchange with the founder · 9 March 2026

Moment 06 · 29–30 May 2026 · BB Chat

When is the next one coming?

On 29 May, a member asks whether there are more memes. The next afternoon, another message asks when that day’s meme will arrive.

Between contest updates and questions about bots, the chat had acquired another thing to wait for: the next joke.

Community chat · 29–30 May 2026

Moment 07 · 2023–2026 · A very persistent hashtag

Welcome to the wholeUsers club

Put every user in one property. Add another. And another. By November 2023, the recurring mistake had its own “wholeUsers Problem” club; in June 2024, someone replied to a warning: “But we want to use wholeUsers”.

The joke was still finding new material in September 2026. A different variable name could not make the drawer any bigger.

Community chat · 7 November 2023, 8 June and 27 July 2024, 3 September 2026