Post AhbFS81o8uQLJ3TqjY by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
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(DIR) Post #AhbEsoOn8FY6I9OHVg by whitequark@mastodon.social
2024-05-06T01:42:26Z
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please tell me the most obscure joke you know(feel free to explain or not explain it, depending on what you find more amusing to think of me reading it)
(DIR) Post #AhbEspH1savz0Mlb3A by Newpa_Hasai@mastodon.social
2024-05-06T01:45:59Z
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@whitequark Mostly accessible meme aside from being domain-specific.
(DIR) Post #AhbFAFyHs5FmjHJOPw by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
2024-05-06T01:53:08.077691Z
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@Newpa_Hasai @whitequark this is delightful and I hate that I understand the humor
(DIR) Post #AhbFS81o8uQLJ3TqjY by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
2024-05-06T01:58:45.620285Z
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@Newpa_Hasai @whitequark tangentially related niche memes?
(DIR) Post #AhcuuZlys9lek4il6m by drmikepj@mastodon.social
2024-05-06T19:49:39Z
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@whitequark in Germany there are two cities called Frankfurt. The main one and the other one. (Requires knowledge of German geography and a bit of German vocabulary)
(DIR) Post #AhcuuaPgUXWijDISzg by drmikepj@mastodon.social
2024-05-06T19:52:28Z
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@whitequark The city most English speakers call Frankfurt is called Frankfurt-am-Main (Frankfurt on the [river] Main). There is another Frankfurt near the Polish border called Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (also named for a river, the Oder). [Edit: Oder means “or” in German, but sounds a bit like “other” to English speakers]. So the main Frankfurt is on the Main, and the other Frankfurt is on the Oder.
(DIR) Post #AhcuzMKyFldOWJMsk4 by stevelord@bladerunner.social
2024-05-06T07:28:53Z
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@whitequark I could tell you a joke about UDP but I don't know if you'd get it.
(DIR) Post #AhcuzMz1qpg2WY6sBE by BenderRobot@mastodontech.de
2024-05-06T19:51:28Z
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@stevelord @whitequark Due to COVID19 all TCP applications are being converted to UDP to avoid Handshakes.
(DIR) Post #Ahcv40JrXhs9gH4400 by niconiconi@mk.absturztau.be
2024-05-06T21:12:23.156Z
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@whitequark@mastodon.social Q: Why does a desktop computer eventually arc over and blow up after a few years of Web browsing?A: Too much tracking.
(DIR) Post #Ahcv41PZTy274Gk8XI by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2024-05-06T21:20:00.696938Z
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@niconiconi @whitequark That is obscure indeed.
(DIR) Post #AhcyYGDPJ3VXWzAEQy by astrid@fedi.astrid.tech
2024-05-06T21:12:32.227067Z
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@whitequark i think I posted his earlier, but I name my networking machines after demons because computer networking is hell, and I had a VM that runs in Britain that should be used as a BGP router as soon as I can resolve its connectivity issues. So, the VM is named after the well-known British demon thatcher.
(DIR) Post #Ahd3XsFEvYtuxVekMa by ljrk@todon.eu
2024-05-06T21:48:46Z
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@whitequark Q: What's an anagram of Banach-Tarsky?A: Banach-Tarsky Banach-Tarsky.
(DIR) Post #Ahd3XuHRMLqjGuhX4S by ljrk@todon.eu
2024-05-06T21:58:23Z
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@whitequark Oh and of course:Q: What's the shortest math joke?A: Let ε < 0.Being that ε, by convention, is always a very small number greater 0, and it being smaller (or equal, in some variations) is just a startling effect.
(DIR) Post #Ahd3XxR7coNP3oFo4u by ljrk@todon.eu
2024-05-06T21:51:15Z
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@whitequark The Banach-Tarsky Paradox goes roughly that if you'd divide a sphere in three dimensional space into (infinite!) pieces and then reassemble them, you've got enough for two.So, if you disassemble "Banach-Tarsky" and rearrange it again (basically what an anagram does), you get twice the words.
(DIR) Post #AhhQnQ0SlA2nafxui0 by aburka@hachyderm.io
2024-05-06T03:06:21Z
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@whitequark this labeling mistake which is funny if you know at least a few words of English, Spanish and French
(DIR) Post #AhhQnQzR6SoidmUbkO by teajaygrey@rap.social
2024-05-06T21:36:24Z
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@aburka Nice!There are lots of interlingual soy milk jokes (comic examples attached).Though, all this reminds me of DJ Statik (of Das Bunker notoriety, though in more recent years deejayin at Midnight Mess in Tokyo, Japan) going out to Indian food with me and DJ Abattoir (RIP).He held up a piece of naan bread and asked me: "これはナンですか。”「kore wa nan desu ka」Translation:"Is this naan?" Which is a homonym of これは何ですか。「kore wa nan desu ka」Translation:"What is this?"Definitely one of those kinds of jokes that required interlingual knowledge and literacy to grok.@whitequark
(DIR) Post #Ahtopp8n0l3yv33ir2 by brouhaha@mastodon.social
2024-05-06T08:37:09Z
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@whitequark Q: What's purple and commutes?A: an Abelian grape
(DIR) Post #Ahzi206SXsVTf9aW5w by jrenken@mastodon.sandwich.net
2024-05-06T04:02:16Z
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@whitequarkA linguist once thought it a farceThat memory space was so sparseOne day they increased itSaid he, as he seized it,“At last, enough core for the parse.”