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I think the same thing every time reading this otherwise-excellent post. I don't think we should attempt to erase history, but it is super jarring, at least for

I think the same thing every time reading this otherwise-excellent post. I don't think we should attempt to erase history, but it is super jarring, at least for me. Was it ever actually funny?

stormdennis 6y ago
Is there somewhere you can check what is or isn't funny?
- pfarrell 6y ago
  Everybody nowadays is inplementing HumorSensorFactoryFactory to define their own rules for what’s inbounds.
  - ivalm 6y ago
    No, real people use EmotionSensorFactoryFactoryFactory. Why limit yourself only to HumorSensorFactory objects?
    - ljm 6y ago
      You really need the MaybeEmotionSensorFactoryFactoryFactory to avoid getting NullPointerExceptions when applying to psychopaths. An AbstractEmotionSensorSensorFactory would be required to unwrap that.
      - goatlover 6y ago
        Java really did a number on the respectability of OOP, but at least it's good for learning and laughs.
- newsbinator 6y ago
  There is, but the spec changes every 3 ~ 12 months, so you have to keep rechecking and going back to edit.
danielscrubs 6y ago
I think it depends on how absurd you think it is. But it is in line with the absurdity of a factory factory and adds to the setting of "why would a developer ever extend the tool to that?" that is at least a common thought for me. But I recently saw "Dont Fck With Cats" on Netflix and if had been a joke about animals I'd also been jared (because in my mind it would no longer be absurd). So I guess it depends on what media makes us fearful off right now.
mrweasel 6y ago
I still think it’s funny and I’m sure that many people still do, even if they won’t admit it. You don’t have to be a bad person to have a dark sense of humor and you don’t have hate women to find the joke in the hammer factory story funny.
- epr 6y ago
  Just read this to my non-programmer girlfriend and she could barely stop laughing, especially at the ex-girlfriend jokes. I really feel sorry for all the people over-analyzing these things. Like, do you think the author ever killed his ex-girlfriend? Do you think he even knows anyone who killed their ex-girlfriend? It's a joke!

I think the same thing every time reading this otherwise-excellent post. I don't think we should attempt to erase history, but it is super jarring, at least for me. Was it ever actually funny?

stormdennis 6y ago

Is there somewhere you can check what is or isn't funny?

pfarrell 6y ago
Everybody nowadays is inplementing HumorSensorFactoryFactory to define their own rules for what’s inbounds.
- ivalm 6y ago
  No, real people use EmotionSensorFactoryFactoryFactory. Why limit yourself only to HumorSensorFactory objects?
  - ljm 6y ago
    You really need the MaybeEmotionSensorFactoryFactoryFactory to avoid getting NullPointerExceptions when applying to psychopaths. An AbstractEmotionSensorSensorFactory would be required to unwrap that.
    - goatlover 6y ago
      Java really did a number on the respectability of OOP, but at least it's good for learning and laughs.
newsbinator 6y ago
There is, but the spec changes every 3 ~ 12 months, so you have to keep rechecking and going back to edit.

danielscrubs 6y ago

I think it depends on how absurd you think it is. But it is in line with the absurdity of a factory factory and adds to the setting of "why would a developer ever extend the tool to that?" that is at least a common thought for me. But I recently saw "Dont Fck With Cats" on Netflix and if had been a joke about animals I'd also been jared (because in my mind it would no longer be absurd). So I guess it depends on what media makes us fearful off right now.

mrweasel 6y ago

I still think it’s funny and I’m sure that many people still do, even if they won’t admit it. You don’t have to be a bad person to have a dark sense of humor and you don’t have hate women to find the joke in the hammer factory story funny.

epr 6y ago
Just read this to my non-programmer girlfriend and she could barely stop laughing, especially at the ex-girlfriend jokes. I really feel sorry for all the people over-analyzing these things. Like, do you think the author ever killed his ex-girlfriend? Do you think he even knows anyone who killed their ex-girlfriend? It's a joke!