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The only joke I see is the cosmic irony of some pompous, self-appointed gatekeeper bitterly complaining about humour whilst being factually wrong in every parti

The only joke I see is the cosmic irony of some pompous, self-appointed gatekeeper bitterly complaining about humour whilst being factually wrong in every particular of their complaint: 1. The 418 response code is not standard. It is described in RFC2324, which is an informational RFC, not a standards-track document. This rookie blunder illustrates how understanding the standards process can be as crucial as understanding the documents themselves. 2. Tea, and teapots, originate in China. Coffee, incidentally, has African and Islamic origins. 3. Doctors are very funny. I should know, I married one. We take humour seriously here on the Hacker News forum. Do try to keep up

heywhatupboys 3y ago
> 2. Tea, and teapots, originate in China. Coffee, incidentally, has African and Islamic origins. "I'm a little teapot" is a British nursery rhyme... are you being deliberately daft? Of course I am not referring to the origins of the plant
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  That's actually American.[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_a_Little_Teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_a_Little_Teapot
  - heywhatupboys 3y ago
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    - dragonwriter 3y ago
      You did not specify—or even mention the term—“anglosphere” previously in this thread, actually.
      - heywhatupboys 3y ago
        "2. reeks of anglo-centrism."
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- paulddraper 3y ago
  418 gives no details as to the size of the teapot.
- inopinatus 3y ago
  In a sensational burst of further irony, that remark is the most parochially anglo-centric to be found in the entire subthread, for implying that knowledge of colonial nursery rhymes is some kind of fundamental prerequisite to participation; even more egregiously, it depends on misconstruing the technical document: if a pedagogical verse in respect of vessel morphology was normative for the RFC, it would be a) correctly quoted, and b) referenced in section 10
llimllib 3y ago
The BMJ’s yearly Christmas issue is a great example of doctors having a bit of fun with the serious format of medical journals, very much in the spirit of the teapot RFC. (I married one too, cheers to doctor’s partners)

heywhatupboys 3y ago

> 2. Tea, and teapots, originate in China. Coffee, incidentally, has African and Islamic origins. "I'm a little teapot" is a British nursery rhyme... are you being deliberately daft? Of course I am not referring to the origins of the plant

Dalewyn 3y ago
That's actually American.[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_a_Little_Teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_a_Little_Teapot
- heywhatupboys 3y ago
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  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    You did not specify—or even mention the term—“anglosphere” previously in this thread, actually.
    - heywhatupboys 3y ago
      "2. reeks of anglo-centrism."
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paulddraper 3y ago
418 gives no details as to the size of the teapot.
inopinatus 3y ago
In a sensational burst of further irony, that remark is the most parochially anglo-centric to be found in the entire subthread, for implying that knowledge of colonial nursery rhymes is some kind of fundamental prerequisite to participation; even more egregiously, it depends on misconstruing the technical document: if a pedagogical verse in respect of vessel morphology was normative for the RFC, it would be a) correctly quoted, and b) referenced in section 10

llimllib 3y ago

The BMJ’s yearly Christmas issue is a great example of doctors having a bit of fun with the serious format of medical journals, very much in the spirit of the teapot RFC. (I married one too, cheers to doctor’s partners)