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Indeed so, but that would require a few months worth of work from the reader, unfortunately. (I have a t-shirt with a lambda in a circle, reminiscent of the an

by nine_k 1y ago

Indeed so, but that would require a few months worth of work from the reader, unfortunately. (I have a t-shirt with a lambda in a circle, reminiscent of the anarchist emblem, and words "no class, no state". It's definitely possible to explain to a passer-by who never studied FP what it refers to, but not in such a way that the joke remained funny. Possibly the same deal is with the bumper sticker saying "my other car is cdr".)

codebje 1y ago
"Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind." - E. B. White.
- Supermancho 1y ago
  Contemporary rephrasing: "<InsertSubject> can be dissected, like a frog. It turns out that nobody is very interested and the frog dies of it."
- tmtvl 1y ago
  Unexplained humour dies over time. Think of the classic 'a dog walks into an inn and says "I think I'll open the other one"'.
  - snackbroken 1y ago
    Some observational humor is timeless. Consider this entry from the same collection of Sumerian proverbs: "The dog understands 'Take it!', but it does not understand 'Put it down!'"[0] later repopularized as "No Take, Only Throw"[1]. [0] https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.05.html#t6105.p81 https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.05.html#t6105.p... [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-take-only-throw https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-take-only-throw
DaiPlusPlus 1y ago
> a lambda in a circle How often do people think you're a Half-Life fan instead?
- dagurp 1y ago
  or Aphex Twin
  - tialaramex 1y ago
    The CS understanding of "No class, no state" is just about at the edge of something Aphex Twin might care about. But the stylized A really isn't that similar to a Lambda
- nine_k 1y ago
  Likely never. The Half-Life has the lambda with the top crooked, neatly inscribed in a circle [1]. The anarchist version has everything straight, and with the three sticks protruding out of the circle (like the A would). The visual rhyme is obvious. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Freeman#/media/File:Gordon_Freeman.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Freeman#/media/File:Gor... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_symbolism#/media/File:Circle-A_red.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_symbolism#/media/Fil...

by nine_k 1y ago

codebje 1y ago

"Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind." - E. B. White.

Supermancho 1y ago
Contemporary rephrasing: "<InsertSubject> can be dissected, like a frog. It turns out that nobody is very interested and the frog dies of it."
tmtvl 1y ago
Unexplained humour dies over time. Think of the classic 'a dog walks into an inn and says "I think I'll open the other one"'.
- snackbroken 1y ago
  Some observational humor is timeless. Consider this entry from the same collection of Sumerian proverbs: "The dog understands 'Take it!', but it does not understand 'Put it down!'"[0] later repopularized as "No Take, Only Throw"[1]. [0] https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.05.html#t6105.p81 https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.05.html#t6105.p... [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-take-only-throw https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-take-only-throw

DaiPlusPlus 1y ago

> a lambda in a circle How often do people think you're a Half-Life fan instead?

dagurp 1y ago
or Aphex Twin
- tialaramex 1y ago
  The CS understanding of "No class, no state" is just about at the edge of something Aphex Twin might care about. But the stylized A really isn't that similar to a Lambda
nine_k 1y ago
Likely never. The Half-Life has the lambda with the top crooked, neatly inscribed in a circle [1]. The anarchist version has everything straight, and with the three sticks protruding out of the circle (like the A would). The visual rhyme is obvious. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Freeman#/media/File:Gordon_Freeman.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Freeman#/media/File:Gor... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_symbolism#/media/File:Circle-A_red.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_symbolism#/media/Fil...