It’s all human readable abstractions for 0s and 1s, isn’t it? Unless you’re working with quantum computers.
We want to draw the line somewhere, so my mum on FB doesn’t call herself a programmer for creating a post, but it’s not very clear where to put that line. I think it has to depend on the context, you could tell your hairdresser you’re a programmer to avoid the unnecessary details, but wouldn’t describe it as such in a job interview.
Yeah, not sure why it feels the need to mimic the appearance of social media when replaying an old joke. Does it make it appear more spontaneous?