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A "joke" in the glibc manual

A "joke" in the glibc manual

Posted Nov 10, 2018 15:27 UTC (Sat) by Yui (guest, #118557)
In reply to: A "joke" in the glibc manual by marcH
Parent article: A "joke" in the glibc manual

>it's not funny

It is funny to some.

>That could be easier to demonstrate

It is entirely subjective so that is obviously not true.


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A "joke" in the glibc manual

Posted Nov 10, 2018 17:29 UTC (Sat) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link] (2 responses)

> > It's not funny. That could be easier to demonstrate

> It is entirely subjective so that is obviously not true.

I enjoy dark humour and I know many people who do. However that's always been in private with close friends and typically late at night under some "influence". I have never, ever met anyone who would find dark humour funny completely out of blue and alone while reading software documentation. The only way to find this joke funny in such a situation is to be completely foreign and oblivious to the _psychological_ pains of abortion. That's consistent with the absurd comparison with childbirth that was made at some point.

A "joke" in the glibc manual

Posted Nov 10, 2018 22:01 UTC (Sat) by Yui (guest, #118557) [Link] (1 responses)

>I have never, ever met anyone who would find dark humour funny completely out of blue and alone while reading software documentation.

Now you have.

A "joke" in the glibc manual

Posted Nov 11, 2018 1:57 UTC (Sun) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

> > I have never, ever met anyone who would find dark humour funny completely out of blue and alone while reading software documentation.

> Now you have.

Depends how you understand "to meet", let's say I "found" a few. Clearly anything can be found in the Internet.

A "joke" in the glibc manual

Posted Nov 12, 2018 10:14 UTC (Mon) by jond (subscriber, #37669) [Link] (1 responses)

> It is entirely subjective so that is obviously not true.

Weirdly, professional comics somehow determine what of their material to cultivate, and what to cull. So there is some basis upon which jokes can be evaluated.

A "joke" in the glibc manual

Posted Nov 12, 2018 22:31 UTC (Mon) by lsl (subscriber, #86508) [Link]

And yet, even the output of those "professional" media establishements can result in a reception that is accompanied by attacks on embassy buildings, flag burning ceremonies and even the death of people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_ca...


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