So how many people actually understand the purpose of rubber duck debugging?

Squeezing the damn life out of it. Am I right?

Pre devRant, I had never heard of it before. I understand the concept, but have yet to do it myself.

You don't actually have to talk to a duck, but you *can* often figure out your problem by explaining your code to someone/something else.

@OfficerHalf I usually talk to myself (my actual self, not a rubber duck that's actually myself in reality) and it works well enough.
One just needs to understand that explaining helps you figure it out regardless of whether someone is listening.

@Bikonja yep, that's exactly it. It's the same reason I often answer my own question when writing a stack overflow question.

My sister (studying math) is doing it with me being the duck...

"brother please come to me and help me by listening to my problem and/or solution . Don't worry, you don't have to actually understand or respond (but still feel free to do so). I just need someone to talk to.

Obviously, it's to post pictures on devRant. Duh 🙄