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>Sorry that nobody else got it, but I like that joke. No, plenty of us got it. It's just not funny right now. A person is trying to find a real solution to a

>Sorry that nobody else got it, but I like that joke. No, plenty of us got it. It's just not funny right now. A person is trying to find a real solution to a real problem they have. Every comment in this thread represents a potential hope that someone knows how to fix it. When someone comes in to a serious thread that is spitballing ideas and tries to make it about them by cracking jokes and being fun and clever, it's annoying. I know this because for about 8 years I was the guy trying to crack jokes in these threads. This is not the time to make some kind of point about the state of modern software engineering - do that in a thread where people are bullshitting, not trying to work a problem. It's not ever really funny. It's noise. It doesn't help anything. It's not too subtle, it's just obnoxious.

celticmusic 7y ago
what a silly excuse for being offended by nothing. Watch as I come up with a random reason you're wrong. The OP could see it and laugh and that could possibly lighten their day and help them relax. Wait, no. That's positive, online we're only supposed to bash men, hitler, and take everything in the most negative light possible. I should have instead judged you as a hateful person who has a horrible life and no friends.
- dang 7y ago
  Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar. It helps nothing. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
martin_a 7y ago
> It's noise. Just like your reply. Besides that: OP is fucked and left with a huge pile of technical debt. While his intention to help and find a solution is noble, one should face the truth: One way or another this system will go down and nobody will be able to restart it. Just leave it where it is and start building a replacement that is well documented and has backups. Any time spent on saving this system is thrown away. So: This is totally the time to make fun. Call it gallows humor or whatever but stop whining.
murph-almighty 7y ago
That just made me realize that my personal habit of joking during prod incidents, while relieving to me, might not be to co-workers. Thanks for the perspective check.

celticmusic 7y ago

what a silly excuse for being offended by nothing. Watch as I come up with a random reason you're wrong. The OP could see it and laugh and that could possibly lighten their day and help them relax. Wait, no. That's positive, online we're only supposed to bash men, hitler, and take everything in the most negative light possible. I should have instead judged you as a hateful person who has a horrible life and no friends.

dang 7y ago
Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar. It helps nothing. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

martin_a 7y ago

> It's noise. Just like your reply. Besides that: OP is fucked and left with a huge pile of technical debt. While his intention to help and find a solution is noble, one should face the truth: One way or another this system will go down and nobody will be able to restart it. Just leave it where it is and start building a replacement that is well documented and has backups. Any time spent on saving this system is thrown away. So: This is totally the time to make fun. Call it gallows humor or whatever but stop whining.

murph-almighty 7y ago

That just made me realize that my personal habit of joking during prod incidents, while relieving to me, might not be to co-workers. Thanks for the perspective check.