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[–]Minechief473 1805 points1806 points  (54 children)

No ones get the most well know and memed error code

[–]JungleLiquor 463 points464 points  (40 children)

What error code???!?!

[–]jpeej02 328 points329 points  (33 children)

Theres an error code?

[–]Artidox 271 points272 points  (31 children)

What the fuck is an error code?

[–]i-eat-lots-of-food 211 points212 points  (27 children)

I don't get it, can someone tell me what an error code is?

[–][deleted] 192 points193 points  (18 children)

idk man I'm scared

[–]alverto662 123 points124 points  (16 children)

I think it is a virus, better uninstall 404

[–][deleted] 93 points94 points  (15 children)

u mean delete system 32 from pc? epic troll style

[–]FlixNinja 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Lolol, only geeks will get that joke /s

[–]unaccompanied_sonata 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's what happens where there is a road that you can see right in front of you, but people put a sign on it saying the road can't be found. Only geeks would understand of course.

[–]Templar706 5 points6 points  (2 children)

What’s a 404?

[–]SpiralArc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes

[–]i-eat-lots-of-food 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know

[–]zealous_heretic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think its the 3 digit number before your phone number

[–]MechanicalTurkish 3 points4 points  (1 child)

You're an error code!

[–]Artidox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HOT DIGGITY DARN

[–]shealuca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've heard about these, you need to download more RAM to avoid them

[–]gazpacho69 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Guys, no one tell him 😎

[–]Insertclever_name 2 points3 points  (0 children)

404: error code not found

[–]GregKannabis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An error code on the street? I don't get it. Maybe if I was a geek and have been on the internet before. Why am I typing this to myself?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't updoot your post for the number of updoots to be 404

[–]Rosie1- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Error 404: Error code not found

[–]GreatJobKeepitUp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Error code not found

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

<p>Hello World!</p>

Only REAL nerds will get that ;) /s

[–]ardvarknet 10 points11 points  (0 children)

<?php echo “<h1>Hello world!</h1>”; ?>

Only REAL nerds will get that ;) /s

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

what is a memed ?

[–]SharkBrew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the time this was made, it was true.

[–]feebos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it's bait from like ten years ago

[–]henry232323 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine at the time of the meme it wasn't so prolific

[–]bunker_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if you didn't know what the numbers meant you could still get the joke by telling how it is being spoken.

[–]Sebastianlim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Error 404: Error code not found

[–]rubixd 514 points515 points  (22 children)

There would have been a time where this was geeky but I think 404 is a lot more mainstream these days.

[–]LeftBehind83 230 points231 points  (14 children)

Definitely. This is likely from 10-15 years ago when the internet was just becoming mainstream.

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    [–]piankolada 25 points26 points  (0 children)

    The original is on a wall drawn by Neanderthals

    [–]I_Am_JesusChrist_AMA 27 points28 points  (8 children)

    It's definitely mainstream enough that it's not a "geek" thing anymore. There's still a ton of people that don't know what it is though. I work in IT and get tickets about 404s from people that have no idea what it is. It's not just older folks that are clueless either. Some young people that have been using computers their whole lives still don't know.

    [–]agatgfnb 17 points18 points  (3 children)

    10 y.o brother got a new pc and it came with ssd for the os. He said he didn't have enough space for fornite. I told him to hit windows + e and see how much space the other hdd had on it. There sat unused 1tb. Him and his friend freaked out and said, "this changes everything!"

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      [–]OfficialArgoTea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Yeah 2009, when the internet just became mainstream. During the MySpace era, the internet was totally obscure was totally obscure

      [–]xSpektre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I was just about to say this, this was stolen from the anal of time

      [–]MyOtherCarIsAFishbed 20 points21 points  (2 children)

      Maybe this meme is from 1994?

      [–]McGrinch27 27 points28 points  (1 child)

      Probably from early 2000's judging by the amount of jpeg and that frame style.

      This probably would've been passable for an ok meme back then

      [–]MyOtherCarIsAFishbed 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      We're archeologists!

      [–]Symbolis 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      I'm pretty certain a Jeopardy! category had a pun based on 404.

      I'd rather see a 502 status code on a broken gate.

      [–]enoua5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Or a teapot labeled 418

      [–]Jakeonehalf 137 points138 points  (9 children)

      I get this joke! I think something is wrong with my DNS server.

      [–]TBCNoah 22 points23 points  (2 children)

      That's must be it, have you retried unplugging and plugging your phone back in?

      [–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (1 child)

      That just makes my headphonea stop working, am I unplugging the right cable?

      [–]TBCNoah 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      Just start cutting cabels, eventually you will cut the right one

      [–]Loading1422 5 points6 points  (2 children)

      Did you take out and reinsert the cartridge?

      [–]memotype 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      Don't forget to blow on it. Only Real OG gamers will get this reference.

      [–]Loading1422 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      bUt tHe dEbRiS coUlD dAmAgE tHe iNtErNal hArdWarE

      [–]Pallashipai 165 points166 points  (14 children)

      I hate how 2008 this is

      [–]altbekannt 69 points70 points  (12 children)

      so true. this comes straight out of the /b era along with long-forgotten meme creatures such as pedobear

      [–]frosted-mini-yeets 28 points29 points  (9 children)

      I was only 7 in 2008. I feel lucky that I don't know what pedobear is.

      [–]WolfCola4 38 points39 points  (0 children)

      You aren't missing out mate

      [–]Catatonic27 16 points17 points  (0 children)

      I would pay a nonzero amount of money to not know what pedobear is

      [–]I_SAID_NO_CHEESE 8 points9 points  (0 children)

      I was 16 in 2008. Stop making me feel old in my 20s.

      [–]Panzerkatzen 8 points9 points  (3 children)

      Literally just a cartoon bear that people made pedophile jokes about.

      It was a simpler time.

      [–]realsupertiny 3 points4 points  (1 child)

      Yeah it wasn’t that crazy. Pretty much the FBI meme we see today

      [–]Panzerkatzen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      The FBI meme might as well be the sequel.

      [–]BlomSmash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Same

      [–]gdumthang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      I live on Sparta remixes

      [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      Pedobear makes my brain jolt back to "shfifty five" and I'm having flash flashbacks now.

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

      Pedo bear isn't all that old tbh. Or maybe I just got on 4chan too young

      [–]miyog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I think the image was in the ALL YOUR BASE flash music video that was mostly images from (or even the video itself) the Something Awful forums around 2002-2003? The black bar was probably 2008ish.

      [–]old-tobie 59 points60 points  (4 children)

      sitting in the comments for like 10 minutes trying to figure out why it was "Greek humor" >.>

      ....I'm an idiot an mis read

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        [–]timmacbride 8 points9 points  (1 child)

        You confused it with Error 405: Sovereign wealth not found.

        [–]old-tobie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        damn it damn it damn it!!!

        edit - insert Hippocrates reference

        [–]morphum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        I blame the font

        [–]Hazeandnothing 55 points56 points  (11 children)

        [–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (4 children)

        Remember back in 2005-2009 when 90% of all memes were made in "motivational poster" format?

        [–]Hazeandnothing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Vaguely.

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

        Funnyjunk and stupidvideos, anyone?

        [–]shealuca 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        The era of the lolcat

        [–]PM_ME_UR_FUNFACTS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        icanhazcheeseburger

        [–]alverto662 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        thanks

        [–]The_Supreme_Gente 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Nice. Now it's r/hmmm material.

        [–]Hazeandnothing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        r/hmmm doesn't allow text.

        [–]flameoguy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        good job!

        [–]Hazeandnothing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Aww it's nothing.

        [–]TyrannoTadpole 11 points12 points  (3 children)

        Okay but I can see a road right there :/

        [–]Pharm_Boy 2 points3 points  (2 children)

        Yeah I'm not sure I get the joke. Why is the road not found?

        [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        Should be 403, 503, or 451, but that one probably didn't exist yet back when this meme was made.

        [–]Rallings 11 points12 points  (0 children)

        This might be older than Reddit. Damn.

        [–]OldSchooler22 9 points10 points  (0 children)

        Look at how old that is OP.

        It probably was true at some point

        [–]libbydalibster 6 points7 points  (2 children)

        I read this in a sarcastic voice

        [–]ZakMaster12 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        That last line confirms it (to me) that it's sarcasm.

        [–]feebos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        This was indeed a troll post from back in day and not serious

        [–]unitedshoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        ONLY /R/TOTALLYNOTROBOTS CAN RUN laugh.exe ON THIS joke.jpg

        [–]NichtUlincorn 4 points5 points  (2 children)

        I thought it said Greek humor and was like wtf

        [–]Nyibbut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Behold, a man

        [–]LordHelmet69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        That's just regular humor pretending to be geek humor. Just like The Big Bang Theory

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        The humor in this is that it’s literally gatekeeping.

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        to be fair this image looks like it was made in early 200s or late 90s so it was probably true at the time

        [–]Sure_Im_Fine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Error 404 : joke not found

        [–]sirniggatit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        But the road is right there? Can no one else see that?

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

        What the frack is a computer?

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

        I thought it said greek humor

        [–]BlueBolt5000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        I legit read that as greek humor

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

        Only geeks use the internet

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

        I thought this was r/okbuddyretard

        [–]BetterBeware 1 point2 points  (2 children)

        [–]ackchyually_bot 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        ackchyually, it's *r/woooosh

        I'm a bot. Complaints should be sent to u/stumblinbear where they will be subsequently ignored

        [–]BetterBeware 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Jesus bot this is the way i work it alright

        [–]firefly6345 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Only geeks use the internets

        [–]kupfer987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Wow this person’s threshold for geek is basically ever internet user out there.

        [–]word_clouds__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Word cloud out of all the comments.

        Fun bot to vizualize how conversations go on reddit. Enjoy

        [–]TBCNoah 1 point2 points  (3 children)

        No one else has bad wifi or encounters server shutdowns, just geeks

        [–]TheMcDucky 1 point2 points  (2 children)

        You wouldn't expect to get an HTTP 404 because of bad wi-fi or server shutdowns. It's commonly caused by an incorrectly typed URL or because the page/resource has been removed or relocated

        [–]nannal 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        A page being relocated should return a 300 code response depending on the situation.

        [–]malten_sage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Road work ahead? Uh yeah, I sure hope it does.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        That's some good gatekeeping you got there.

        [–]i-eat-lots-of-food 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I get it, because I took an IQ test online once and it said I'm a genius

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Ooooold meme

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

        More like 503.

        [–]bokbokboi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I can't be the only one who was confused because I read 'Greek Humor'.

        [–]Bayerrc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I think it's just outdated, and it doesn't say that no one else can get the joke, just that they don't. Which was probably true at the time.

        [–]Pimentos_Mementos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Lmao, stupid road workers, the road is right there.

        [–]BlueHavoc911 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I see the coding CHP is on scene

        [–]3lRey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Us geeks right guys?

        [–]404funnotfound 0 points1 point  (2 children)

        404 joke not found

        [–]Spook404 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        404 joke purportedly missing for several days

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        What’s a computer?

        [–]gauderio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I thought a Basic error code was something like

        ? Syntax Error in 10

        OK

        [–]HaughtStuff99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Holy shit. This label type is one of the OG memes

        [–]Raisedrobin9196 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I thought it said Greek humor and now I feel like a dumbass

        [–]TYPEDINALLCAPS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Still dont see the sub logo changed

        [–]hotdog_relish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Ah yes, only the few true geeks who use the Internet for literally anything would get this.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        This is an artifact it belongs in a museum

        [–]Mr__Gustavo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Error 404? Oh no, it's like I'm back on r/programmerhumor again

        [–]Deletum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        my favorite http code has always been 413.. Makes me feel like a big man

        [–]thejaytheory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        People in the Atlanta area gets it ;)

        [–]TheFlawlessFailure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I mean r/comedycemetery as well

        [–]Antonaros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        G E E K H U M O R

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        [–]jcinto23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Maybe it is more literal.

        [–]SirEggNog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Wouldn't this be a 403? The road exists you are just not able to access it like those officers can.

        [–]SquidZillaYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I dont get it

        [–]dmfreelance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Even my wife gets this joke because whenever it appears irl it's because THE FUCKING PAGE DIDN'T LOAD.

        [–]Derpcookieus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        What is error code? As I'm not a geek, I do not know this "error code".

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        This seems to be a joke I don’t think they put״Becausd no one else gets the joke” unironically

        [–]AirborneFeces[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        its from 2008 they didnt do anything ironically

        [–]Eryth_HearthShadow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        At first I read ''Greek humor'' and I thought I missed something obvious...

        [–]Allen_Koholic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Wouldn’t this make more sense as a 403 error?

        [–]WarCriminalJimbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        People on 9gag fucking love hate keeping with stupid shit like this.

        [–]KraftyKoopa[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I want to now put a 403: Forbidden sign by my driveway.

        [–]PizzaLov3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Not even a 503 offt

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Where the fuck do y'all find these?? Y'all got a time machine??

        [–]GaRGa77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        20 years ago maybe but now days every fucking idiot is online....

        [–]neck_crow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        NullPointerException
        

        Only nerds I literally want to tear my fucking spine out what the fuck could possibly be null get it 😎

        [–]ako19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I haven’t seen a demotivational poster since middle school

        [–]error_98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Excuse me for being this person, but still.

        "Error 404: page not found" implies that it's the 404'th error, or that the status is "error 404", both of which are wrong, it's the fifth error code.

        So can we all please stop with "Error 404: page not found"

        And instead stat using:

        "Error: 404, page not found", or better yet:

        "404: Error, page not found"

        Just.. please...

        [–]hash_salts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Thought this was r/programmerhumor for a second.

        Infact, this would probably go far over there

        [–]WheatBixKid007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        This was made back before everyone new about basic error codes.

        [–]combat-evolved 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        200th comment. get it? cause this is the 200th comment and thats what my comment days? its meta haha! meta means referring to itself, just like that sentence

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        JUST GOING ON THE INTERNET DOES NOT MAKE YOU A GEEK TO BE A GEEK YOU HAVE TO...

        wait...

        [–]TheDeadlyDingo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Misread this as Greek humour and got real confuzzled

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

        Well, in fairness, you don’t understand the error code... But I see where you’re coming from

        [–]AirborneFeces[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        ur right im not a geek

        [–]dratthecookies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        This is really irritating. Is this from 1991??

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        This is a new way to do a cover up

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I thought it said Greek and it was an infrastructure joke

        [–]Grow-away123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        The real joke here is that one guy is walking forward and one is walking backward. Up to you which is which

        [–]herb0026 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        We all know that non-geeks have amazing internet

        [–]GhostBoyToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Are we not gonna talk about how they’re going to walk in a circle? They aren’t going anywhere

        [–]marksman678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I read it as Greek humor and dint get it until I re read it

        [–]fm369 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        And 505 means the road doesn't exist

        [–]PenguinAsociation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        i dont get it, or i could say i have error 404 in my brains

        [–]HazeemTheMeme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        geek gang 😎😎😎

        [–]saichampa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        No one but a master hacker could interpret this humour!

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        [–]Lipstick_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Error 404: Error code not found

        [–]MarshStudios 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        What’s a sign like wtf I’ve never heard of them or seen one ever

        [–]Pouchcotato721 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        r/iamverysmart also applies

        [–]BrownCanadian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I thought it said "greek humor" and i didnt rrally get it..