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Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

18 points by critic 18y ago

brl 18y ago
The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing. For example, they set up an awesome joke here: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays actual help. --i question Interactive version of actual help Then totally botch it with a lame juvenile punchline: --omgwtfbbq Secret Feature uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help NO HELP FOR YOU N00B.
- critic 18y ago
  I think it's art and open to interpretation. To me, "--omgwftbbq" hints at the bazaar development, leading to inconsistency and unbridled enthusiasm about some features.
- rjprins 18y ago
  it should ideally be: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays help about help.
  - brl 18y ago
    Yeah, exactly. The help command should also have a dozen useless esoteric options but no obvious way to actually get any help. Here are some suggestions :) -B Don't not use non-buffered IO for not displaying output -e Pipe help output through rot13 transformation -G Display output in psychedelic ANSI format -w Produce ASCII histogram of help task heap allocations. -Z Format output so that the number of columns is a prime number -Q Run help in daemon mode -X1 Translate help to Klingon -X2 Translate help to Esperanto -X12 Translate help to Esperanto, then to Klingon -X21 Translate help to Klingon, then to Esperanto
    - staticshock 18y ago
      that made me laugh more than the article itself
- justindz 18y ago
  It was a strange mix of humorous and clever and 4chan-ish waste. The Xorg.conf-like entry for an LCD w/ five dead pixels was a highlight for me. It sort of mocked the slightly bygone era of having to know your syncs and refresh rates and hand-enter them amidst warnings that, in theory, being very wrong could destroy your perfectly normal monitor.
mpk 18y ago
FYI, this is how you do a user-interface rant/parody : http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html
- Retric 18y ago
  Thanks that was actually funny, unlike the original link which was funny lite: Same great taste zero laughs.
  - critic 18y ago
    It's the other way around for me, but to each his own.
llimllib 18y ago
is it reasonable to flag things for being unfunny?
- felideon 18y ago
  If you think something is spam or egregiously offtopic, you can flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. Seems to fit the bill. Or at least let it die away.
almost 18y ago
Rule 1 of the Internet: If it's described as "Hilarious", it isn't.
fedecarg 18y ago
Why does the title mention Ubuntu? It's interesting to see how people now associate Linux with Ubuntu. And that's a good thing. It means that the desktop revolution is on it's way!

18 points by critic 18y ago

brl 18y ago

The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing. For example, they set up an awesome joke here: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays actual help. --i question Interactive version of actual help Then totally botch it with a lame juvenile punchline: --omgwtfbbq Secret Feature uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help NO HELP FOR YOU N00B.

critic 18y ago
I think it's art and open to interpretation. To me, "--omgwftbbq" hints at the bazaar development, leading to inconsistency and unbridled enthusiasm about some features.
rjprins 18y ago
it should ideally be: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays help about help.
- brl 18y ago
  Yeah, exactly. The help command should also have a dozen useless esoteric options but no obvious way to actually get any help. Here are some suggestions :) -B Don't not use non-buffered IO for not displaying output -e Pipe help output through rot13 transformation -G Display output in psychedelic ANSI format -w Produce ASCII histogram of help task heap allocations. -Z Format output so that the number of columns is a prime number -Q Run help in daemon mode -X1 Translate help to Klingon -X2 Translate help to Esperanto -X12 Translate help to Esperanto, then to Klingon -X21 Translate help to Klingon, then to Esperanto
  - staticshock 18y ago
    that made me laugh more than the article itself
justindz 18y ago
It was a strange mix of humorous and clever and 4chan-ish waste. The Xorg.conf-like entry for an LCD w/ five dead pixels was a highlight for me. It sort of mocked the slightly bygone era of having to know your syncs and refresh rates and hand-enter them amidst warnings that, in theory, being very wrong could destroy your perfectly normal monitor.

mpk 18y ago

FYI, this is how you do a user-interface rant/parody : http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html

Retric 18y ago
Thanks that was actually funny, unlike the original link which was funny lite: Same great taste zero laughs.
- critic 18y ago
  It's the other way around for me, but to each his own.

llimllib 18y ago

is it reasonable to flag things for being unfunny?

felideon 18y ago
If you think something is spam or egregiously offtopic, you can flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. Seems to fit the bill. Or at least let it die away.

almost 18y ago

Rule 1 of the Internet: If it's described as "Hilarious", it isn't.

fedecarg 18y ago

Why does the title mention Ubuntu? It's interesting to see how people now associate Linux with Ubuntu. And that's a good thing. It means that the desktop revolution is on it's way!