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So this is the second mention of a rubber duck. I'm trying to fiercely convince myself that talking to a toy on your desk was absolutely not a real thing for adults and that this is some satire I'm missing.
If it's true, that's beyond shameful for an adult. I would quit if I were next to that person's office/cubicle so that they didn't infect me.
In fact, if this was a real thing, don't even tell me. I don't want to live with that kinda shame for my species.
I feel as though you are missing a key part. Some people are verbal debuggers, we speak what we wrote to understand it better. Now in an office environment what is more acceptable, talking to yourself or talking to a toy on the desk?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
I have done this where you read the problem in your internal monologue but nothing new sparks, yet when you speak what is going on it activates different parts of your brain for the debugging process.