In lieu of a traditional WTF, I want to use todays post to talk about the real WTF, or at least the source of all the WTFs we get to write about: our readers.

Weve got great writers here, and every time I hit publish on one of their articles, Im happy with whats 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 wouldnt be possible without you. We love reading all of the submissions we get; even if we cant 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 were happy with the years of support and each of submissions that we get.

And we want more of your submissions. Theres a lovely little Submit Your WTF button on the side of the page. If youve been in this industry for more than five minutes, I know youve 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 were always happy to change details to help keep your anonymity (there are a few stories in our archives that I submitted anonymously, not that youd ever know). Or, slap your name on there and gain whatever degree of Internet fame- or infamy- youre looking for.

So, thank you. Without our readers, without their submissions, we wouldnt have much to do here. And dont worry, we still have a WTF for you today. This comes from Molly, whos 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.

http://thedailywtf.com/articles/reader-appreciation-day