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[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 82 points 3 days ago

How OP probably felt:

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 days ago

That is 100% comedy gold.

I would have happily told your to 302 see other meeting room.

[–] squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi 62 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

More like …

429 “Too Many Requests”

[–] Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

402 payment required

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

😂 nailed it

(like your mom)

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Geeking out over “your mom” HTTP error code jokes has made me quite happy. …

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 62 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Start doing it with 418 and see if they understand that one?

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)
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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 44 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's why I prefer to hold meetings in room 200. That way everyone finds the room without even having to read the number.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] los0220@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You all are using wrong website for HTTP statuses, this is my personal goto: https://http.cat/status/409

[–] jestho@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I always get a 413 error too large /s

[–] WanakaTree@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

I run into 425 Too Early a lot

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 45 points 3 days ago (2 children)

C'mon buddy. You need to give these jokes a REST

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Seriously. They really need an endpoint.

[–] Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

These puns are making me CURL my toes

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago

These jokes have a long and storied ancestral heritage! Just ask the Apache.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 40 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] clifmo@programming.dev 15 points 3 days ago

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

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This site is glorious, thanks! XD

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Ha np homie

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days 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 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago

Lucky 10000 is a beautiful way to look at it.

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[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

We have a Highway 404 in Ontario. I've made a similar joke as OP couple of times and noone laughed once.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago

I laughed ❤️

[–] httperror418@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would have laughed my ass off.

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[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 12 points 3 days ago

Those friends were probably in room 420

[–] goodboyjojo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of the hyper teapot control protocol.

[–] 404found@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Should we tell the real story?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would have gotten the joke, but probably not laughed.

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[–] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

The joke might have landed if the hotel name was Safari or Chrome.

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

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