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[-] yoink@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago

'Anger integer overflow' has the same vibes as 'Tommy needy drinky'

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago

It reminds me of those YouTube comments where someone asks a question like "How many such-and-such?" and then is answered with "Yes." — the original joke was "Would you like X or Y?" where the answer is "Yes." because the question is an OR gate with at least one true input, it's a pretty simple logic-based dad joke. But because your average 11 year old on YouTube apparently doesn't know what logic is and can't figure out the intended punchline, the joke suddenly transforms into "Oh hahah answering 'yes' where it doesn't make sense and that leads to some sort of bizarre situation, that's funny", and through a game of telephone we quickly go from "or" questions to "how many/much" questions where "yes" apparently just means "to the utmost degree, to a degree that cannot be expressed as anything other than 'keep piling on more and more ad nauseam'".

And judging from this xeet, "integer overflow" seems to be going through this same type of game-of-telephone semantic shift, where instead of "to such an extreme degree that it loops back to the lowest degree, or vice versa", that "integer overflow" simply means "to a significantly higher degree than should normally be possible; to such a degree that it breaks something or otherwise causes bizarre and unexpected behavior" — which isn't necessarily baseless, just look at the Pac-Man kill screen glitch, but it still represents a misunderstanding of what an integer overflow actually is.

As an armchair linguist I should just be saying "Wow look at the process of semantic shift occurring before our very eyes, isn't the evolution of human language a beautiful thing to behold?" but God is really testing me with these ones.

[-] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Isn't that joke older than formal logic being a common nerd thing? Like replying "yes" to an either-or question feels like an old sitcom bit about someone not paying attention and inferring from the tail end that they were asked if they wanted the second option or they stopped listening after the first, or just dismissing the question by agreeing to either in an annoying way. In fact, isn't inappropriately answering "yes" to various questions in general a pretty old bit? Like misinterpreting a question about something as an offer of it, misinterpreting an offer as a request, etc? It's just one of those "it's funny because it's wrong" sort of wordplay gags, similar to "who's on first?"

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Well, you aren't wrong...

[-] spectre@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Thanks for writing this out, been noticing that shit for years.

As an armchair linguist I should just be saying "Wow look at the process of semantic shift occurring before our very eyes, isn't the evolution of human language a beautiful thing to behold?" but God is really testing me with these ones

Happens to the best of us.

[-] invo_rt@hexbear.net 52 points 2 months ago
[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I noticed that instead of defending whatever opinion elicited this SLAMMER meme, this person doesn't address that at all and tries to hide behind the fallacious idea that having a Jewish background means you can't be a Nazi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago

What is there to address? He said "China bad because not liberal democracy"

[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 50 points 2 months ago
[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 37 points 2 months ago

Only ever admit you're mad by exclaiming "Dammit, I'm mad!". This is the only acceptable way to disclose one's anger due to the fact that it is a palindrome.

(Seriously, though, what's wrong with admitting you're mad about something?)

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago

It's the precursor to turning into a corncob

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

I thought the precursor to turning into a corncob was to refuse to admit you'd been owned?

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

I think we need to consult with the Blind Moth Priests and have them go over the El-Dril Scrolls

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

law of internet warfare

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 48 points 2 months ago

If you ever get memed by SLAMMER, just take the L and move on. You're never going to win an argument against a swarm of terminally online Maoists.

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

SLAMMER follows me and I don't know why because I never post anything. It scares me.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

SLAMMER follows me and I don't know why because I never post anything

It must be a secret Online Maoist blessing

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

I'm gonna assume SLAMMER is on hwxbear and they recognised some shibboleth I made unknowingly

[-] sawne128@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

They follow anyone who follows them.

[-] ChairmanSpongebob@hexbear.net 43 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry, "anger integer overflow"? folks we've failed. the nerds are in control

[-] LesbianLiberty@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago

This isn't a nerd, this is a fucking dork

[-] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago
[-] Lucien@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

A regular L 7

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Dorks are cute and fun, don't you bring this shamefulness on to innocent dorks

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago

Wouldn't that mean that he got so mad that he became 100% chill?

[-] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

I think it would mean he became so mad that he crashed

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

I was thinking along the lines of the nuke happy Gandhi glitch from the Civilization computer game lol

[-] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago

some-controversy

german jewish last name

is this a thing, btw? I always thought it was just that german last names got associated with jews due to the holocaust targeting jews from germany. are there actually certain names specific (or at least overrepresented) among german jews?

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wikipedia say it is It is

surname of German, Prussian, and Yiddish origin

[-] Barabas@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Because Austria-Hungary and Prussia banned patronyms in favour of family names in the 18th century, so Jews in the area adopted German surnames.

Also that Yiddish is largely based on German.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 37 points 2 months ago

Every time I hear Liberal Democracy, my mind now hears Managed Democracy

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

That’s all it would take to get me on their side, and I doubt I’m the only westerner!

Why the fuck do we need or want you on our side?

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I looked up who this nerd is and the first thing I found was some loser blog post about how Nazis dying is bad, actually. GroSS, indeed.

[-] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago
[-] CA0311@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago
[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago
[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] IMF_DOOM@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago
[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Can someome explain why Angstrom Levy is in the picture. I just finished reading the invincible comic but i still dont get it.

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Incase you're not memeing, that's Yakub not Angstrom Levy. Yakub is a mythical scientist the Nation of Islam believes invented white people.

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago
[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago
[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Xitter dipshits take note: this is the appropriate response to being FUKN SLAMMED:

"Ah fuck, I just got owned, didn't I? Fuck!"

[-] Edamamebean@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

I nearly had a stroke reading the replies to the tweet that started it all and seeing libs for whom the only requirement of "successful government" is that you're allowed to talk shit about it on twitter. Nothing matters, as long as I have my posting freedoms.

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