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404: Room Not Found (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by zedgeist@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I refrained from using that joke with my wife as we walked to our hotel room 404 as I knew she wouldn’t get it and would think I was pathetic. 😄

[–] xav@programming.dev 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would have told her : https://xkcd.com/1053/

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago

Lucky 10000 is a beautiful way to look at it.

[–] Feyter@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

Apparently, there is even a movie about this joke... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/404_(film)

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 13 points 1 day ago

Those friends were probably in room 420

[–] 404found@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Should we tell the real story?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With that username, you should change instances to sh.itjust.works

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

@404found@lemmy.zip you’re welcome with us ;)

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[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have made this joke about atlanta area codes in phone numbers a few times, rarely lands.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

I'da told him: "I walked into here and couldn't see a thing so I opened this one."

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Depends on your friends I guess?

[+] Makhno@lemmy.world -9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Or its just an old/bad joke.

Big "misunderstood genius" energy

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

I’m kind of with you on this. Depends on who is in the room. If it’s a bunch of non-technical people, then of course they won’t get it. Know your audience. If it’s a bunch of tech people, they will probably just think the joke is stupid and roll their eyes.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

...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.

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