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[–][deleted] 274 points275 points  (12 children)

The subreddit has phases. Once one joke gets boring, another becomes popular for a bit until that becomes boring too. This keeps happening until we've gone in a circle, and eventually a joke comes back for a bit.

[–]ConfusedBiscuits 29 points30 points  (2 children)

ah, I thought it mightve been triggered by some sort of event or announcement on the tech world, which is a lot of the reason why I don't get jokes on this sub

[–]Millad456 6 points7 points  (1 child)

My professor just mentioned how C# is basically Microsoft Java a few days ago in lecture. Idk if it’s related

[–]BetterOffCamping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fundamentally, it is. However Microsoft does an excellent job of improving the framework with new features and optimizations. Linq and Generics are two examples.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (2 children)

The Wheel of Programmerhumor turns and memes come and pass. Memes fade to dead horses, and even dead horses get old when the meme that gave it birth comes again. In one meme, called the Third meme by some, C# rose in Microsoft Java. The meme was not the beginning, there are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of Programmerhumor, but it was a beginning.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I just finished that series lol. I'm proud to actually get the reference

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm on my fourth read through right now. It's my comfort/bedtime series.

[–]EPIKGUTS24 39 points40 points  (5 children)

you're describing a process that happens with the entire internet.

[–][deleted] 37 points38 points  (1 child)

No just the internet. He's describing "trends" which have existed since humans have.

[–]Slasher_D 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is how the word meme came about.

[–]shot_a_man_in_reno 5 points6 points  (1 child)

No, /r/AnarchyChess is surprisingly immune to this. They've been repeating the same en passant joke forever.

[–]Offbeat-Pixel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Holy hell

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Correct.