I had this weird syncronisticity a few years back where at least once a week I'd look at the time it it'd be 4:04. I'd often say "404: Time not found" and literally nobody ever got it so I started just saying it in my head instead.
Not to be that annoying person. But it's how our brains operate to look for patterns or repeatability. It's not that you were magically catching the clock at 4:04 all the time. You just don't remember when you looked at 3:10 on multiple days of the week because it wasn't meaningful.
It's like if you notice your friend has a new car. You suddenly start noticing other people driving that car in the exact same color. Like, suddenly everyone bought that car! It's just your brain looking for meaning.
Ok. Sorry. I got my autism comment out. I'll be gone.
A long time ago, I worked with some people planning out the layout of a server room. They said that no individual one of them had the whole plan in mind, but that they each understood their section together. They finished by saying "it's in a RAID in our heads!" (Probably paraphrased. It was a long time ago.)
I thought that was hilarious. When I got home that night, I repeated the joke to my then girlfriend and her best friend, who lived with us at the time. There was a long pause, then one of them said "your job sounds REALLY boring."
We had a costume contest at work and the room voted for the guy who wrote "404 costume not found" with sharpie on a white T-shirt. People went full out cosplay, but the gen pop rewarded the slacker. Lost some faith that day
Iâm kind of with you on this. Depends on who is in the room. If itâs a bunch of non-technical people, then of course they wonât get it. Know your audience. If itâs a bunch of tech people, they will probably just think the joke is stupid and roll their eyes.
...it's just the error message when the URL entered does not lead to a valid webpage? It's like when people "Google" something, they refer to the Google search engine. That doesn't mean they know the difference between a search engine and a web browser, saying a silly joke doesn't mean you have extensive knowledge in a certain field.
Yeah, I got that vibe too - it's not a complicated joke & ppl have either heard it way too many times or just don't know the reference. But it's something to post about online, build your brand - like taking a standard generic photo for your field of work.
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AstroLightz@lemmy.world · 110 pts · 68d
How OP probably felt:
TommySoda@lemmy.world · 80 pts · 68d
I had this weird syncronisticity a few years back where at least once a week I'd look at the time it it'd be 4:04. I'd often say "404: Time not found" and literally nobody ever got it so I started just saying it in my head instead.
pmk@piefed.ca · 43 pts · 68d
Start doing it with 418 and see if they understand that one?
squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 18 pts · 68d
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wheezy@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 68d
Not to be that annoying person. But it's how our brains operate to look for patterns or repeatability. It's not that you were magically catching the clock at 4:04 all the time. You just don't remember when you looked at 3:10 on multiple days of the week because it wasn't meaningful.
It's like if you notice your friend has a new car. You suddenly start noticing other people driving that car in the exact same color. Like, suddenly everyone bought that car! It's just your brain looking for meaning.
Ok. Sorry. I got my autism comment out. I'll be gone.
DisasterTransport@startrek.website · 12 pts · 68d
my kind of autism
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 67d
I got a notification of this response and unfortunately it could have been multiple comments I left recently. Need to go outside. Thanks.
bored_boar_onboard@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 67d
Outside?!? REEEEEE!
Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 67d
How's a person supposed to breathe with all that fresh air out there?!
DisasterTransport@startrek.website · 2 pts · 67d
not to mention the big bright thing in the ceiling. outside sucks!
zedgeist@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 68d
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squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 72 pts · 68d
That joke was 403
zedgeist@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 68d
Your mom was forbidden
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 47 pts · 68d
413 Content Too Large
billwashere@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 67d
More like âŚ
429 âToo Many Requestsâ
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 67d
đ nailed it
(like your mom)
billwashere@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 67d
Geeking out over âyour momâ HTTP error code jokes has made me quite happy. âŚ
toynbee@piefed.social · 1 pts · 67d
A long time ago, I worked with some people planning out the layout of a server room. They said that no individual one of them had the whole plan in mind, but that they each understood their section together. They finished by saying "it's in a RAID in our heads!" (Probably paraphrased. It was a long time ago.)
I thought that was hilarious. When I got home that night, I repeated the joke to my then girlfriend and her best friend, who lived with us at the time. There was a long pause, then one of them said "your job sounds REALLY boring."
Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 67d
402 payment required
zedgeist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 67d
OwO
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 67d
That means the door was locked.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 67d
Can anyone read this comment? It wonât load for me.
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip · 58 pts · 68d
C'mon buddy. You need to give these jokes a REST
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 68d
Seriously. They really need an endpoint.
Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 67d
These puns are making me CURL my toes
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 67d
These jokes have a long and storied ancestral heritage! Just ask the Apache.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 51 pts · 68d
If it helps, it's the only thing I think of wherever I encounter it, bus lines, taxi numbers, number plates, street numbers, you name it.
So, yeah, I think it's funny.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 68d
This is like that scene in Step-Brothers, where they become best friends.
pedz@lemmy.ca · 48 pts · 68d
That's why I prefer to hold meetings in room 200. That way everyone finds the room without even having to read the number.
Subscript5676@piefed.ca · 22 pts · 67d
Bonje@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 67d
Nah. Too cold in there.
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 68d
I refrained from using that joke with my wife as we walked to our hotel room 404 as I knew she wouldnât get it and would think I was pathetic. đ
xav@programming.dev · 16 pts · 68d
I would have told her : https://xkcd.com/1053/
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 68d
Lucky 10000 is a beautiful way to look at it.
Feyter@programming.dev · 5 pts · 68d
Apparently, there is even a movie about this joke... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/404_(film)
httperror418@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 68d
But I'm a teapot!
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 67d
HTTP Status Code 418
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 67d
Hopefully your gf doesn't give you status code 416
jestho@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 67d
Or 418...
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 67d
That 418 is clearly a 415
Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 67d
I always get a 413 error too large /s
WanakaTree@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 67d
I run into 425 Too Early a lot
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 67d
Or 402
los0220@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 67d
You all are using wrong website for HTTP statuses, this is my personal goto: https://http.cat/status/409
clifmo@programming.dev · 18 pts · 67d
We had a costume contest at work and the room voted for the guy who wrote "404 costume not found" with sharpie on a white T-shirt. People went full out cosplay, but the gen pop rewarded the slacker. Lost some faith that day
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 67d
We have a Highway 404 in Ontario. I've made a similar joke as OP couple of times and noone laughed once.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 67d
I laughed â¤ď¸
nyan@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 66d
It's kind of a shame that it's the 407 and not the 402 that's the toll road. Of course, even fewer people would get the joke there.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 67d
Insert HTTP Cats reference here
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 67d
This site is glorious, thanks! XD
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 67d
Ha np homie
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 13 pts · 68d
Those friends were probably in room 420
404found@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 68d
Should we tell the real story?
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 68d
With that username, you should change instances to sh.itjust.works
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 68d
@404found@lemmy.zip youâre welcome with us ;)
404found@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 67d
Haha I'd join but I don't know how. I don't fully understand Lemmy
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 2 pts · 67d
Just the same way as you joined lemmy.zip, signup to the instance at https://sh.itjust.works/signup
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 68d
BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world · 11 pts · 67d
I would have gotten the joke, but probably not laughed.
Bazoogle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 67d
404 jokes are overused. Get more creative with your HTTP response code jokes
billwashere@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 67d
I would have laughed my ass off.
Bazoogle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 67d
I would have exhaled slightly harder. Maybe. But I would make some quip in response
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 10 pts · 67d
That is 100% comedy gold.
I would have happily told your to 302 see other meeting room.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 68d
I have made this joke about atlanta area codes in phone numbers a few times, rarely lands.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 68d
Depends on your friends I guess?
Sergio@piefed.social · 6 pts · 68d
I'da told him: "I walked into here and couldn't see a thing so I opened this one."
calmblue75@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 67d
The joke might have landed if the hotel name was Safari or Chrome.
goodboyjojo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 67d
Reminds me of the hyper teapot control protocol.
plutopos@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 67d
People who make bad jokes often assume other people don't get them when in reality they're just unfunny
laz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 67d
laz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 67d
Makhno@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 68d
Or its just an old/bad joke.
Big "misunderstood genius" energy
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 68d
Iâm kind of with you on this. Depends on who is in the room. If itâs a bunch of non-technical people, then of course they wonât get it. Know your audience. If itâs a bunch of tech people, they will probably just think the joke is stupid and roll their eyes.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 68d
...it's just the error message when the URL entered does not lead to a valid webpage? It's like when people "Google" something, they refer to the Google search engine. That doesn't mean they know the difference between a search engine and a web browser, saying a silly joke doesn't mean you have extensive knowledge in a certain field.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 67d
Yeah, I got that vibe too - it's not a complicated joke & ppl have either heard it way too many times or just don't know the reference. But it's something to post about online, build your brand - like taking a standard generic photo for your field of work.
underscores@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 67d
I agree, not sure why the down votes. this joke wouldn't land even amongst the devs I work with