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Pretty cute satire, reminiscent of The Onion. It’s funny because it’s mostly true. I think the other code monkey attribute that makes a “programmer” is the si

Pretty cute satire, reminiscent of The Onion. It’s funny because it’s mostly true. I think the other code monkey attribute that makes a “programmer” is the sick addiction/ability to track down a bug for hours or possibly days on end. This plus Googling amounts to the lions share of my coding “prowess”.

Rochus 6y ago
How can you tell from this text that it is satire? Even with your hint, I do not see it evident.
- slindsey 6y ago
  From their About page: "The Babylon Bee is the world’s best satire site."
  - Rochus 6y ago
    Ok, I see, thanks; even found a wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee. "The Babylon Bee is a conservative Christian news satire website that publishes satirical articles on religion, politics, current events, and well-known public figures." Might explain why the text is not funny.
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    - xxxxxxss1 6y ago
      > Might explain why the text is not funny. Why is open anti-Christian hatred like this allowed on a forum concerned about hate speech?
      - Rochus 6y ago
        Well, apparently the sample of my take of satire is also not recognized as such; admittedly, without context, I would also take your comment as serious.
    - jfengel 6y ago
      The Bee is terrible satire. This is a reasonably good joke, because they stole it[1]. Which they then made worse by adding some cruelty. "Admit" is their fantasy: "ha ha, you're not so great, you're not really that smart". The original gag "Computer Programming To Be Officially Renamed “Googling Stackoverflow”" is better: it's programmers being in on the joke instead of punching down. Punching down is pretty much what The Babylon Bee does. Another of their articles is "Dumb AOC Accidentally Strangles Herself Tying Her Shoes (Because She Is So Stupid)". I literally thought that was somebody's parody of the Babylon Bee, but no, that's a real thing: https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-aoc-accidentally-strangles-herself-tying-her-shoes-because-she-is-so-stupid https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-aoc-accidentally-strangles-... I think that may be them attempting to parody themselves. But it's incredibly hard to tell. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3dxkka/computer_programming_to_be_officially_renamed/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3dxkka/com...

Rochus 6y ago

How can you tell from this text that it is satire? Even with your hint, I do not see it evident.

slindsey 6y ago
From their About page: "The Babylon Bee is the world’s best satire site."
- Rochus 6y ago
  Ok, I see, thanks; even found a wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee. "The Babylon Bee is a conservative Christian news satire website that publishes satirical articles on religion, politics, current events, and well-known public figures." Might explain why the text is not funny.
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  - xxxxxxss1 6y ago
    > Might explain why the text is not funny. Why is open anti-Christian hatred like this allowed on a forum concerned about hate speech?
    - Rochus 6y ago
      Well, apparently the sample of my take of satire is also not recognized as such; admittedly, without context, I would also take your comment as serious.
  - jfengel 6y ago
    The Bee is terrible satire. This is a reasonably good joke, because they stole it[1]. Which they then made worse by adding some cruelty. "Admit" is their fantasy: "ha ha, you're not so great, you're not really that smart". The original gag "Computer Programming To Be Officially Renamed “Googling Stackoverflow”" is better: it's programmers being in on the joke instead of punching down. Punching down is pretty much what The Babylon Bee does. Another of their articles is "Dumb AOC Accidentally Strangles Herself Tying Her Shoes (Because She Is So Stupid)". I literally thought that was somebody's parody of the Babylon Bee, but no, that's a real thing: https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-aoc-accidentally-strangles-herself-tying-her-shoes-because-she-is-so-stupid https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-aoc-accidentally-strangles-... I think that may be them attempting to parody themselves. But it's incredibly hard to tell. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3dxkka/computer_programming_to_be_officially_renamed/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3dxkka/com...