Questions tagged [fun]
Questions that are light-hearted but hopefully of some additional use beyond mere entertainment.
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The Many Memes of Meta
Catchphrases and concepts that spread from person to person are known as memes, which, courtesy the Internet, can now explode across the Earth like a highly contagious virus (hence "going viral&...
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What is "chat with an expert"? [closed]
A box just comes out of nowhere which says "chat with an expert". It happened once on Stack Overflow and once on Meta. Is this an ad? Isn't Meta supposed to have no ads?
Here's the HTML for that ...
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Jon Skeet Facts
I'm looking for Chuck Norris Facts style answers. In case anyone is curious, this question was inspired by Jon's own comment to this question.
Now with official sanction from the powers that be!
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What are Stack Overflow unicoins? [closed]
Recently I saw a widget on the Stack Overflow website which says Stack Overflow now has its own currency called "unicoins". According to this widget, a user can earn reputation, customize Stack ...
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A Moose, Some Silly Putty ... And A Desperate Plea For Help [closed]
Note: This event ended on Friday, December 22. This question is now closed to prevent submissions of new answers.
Due to a rather unfortunate series of events that can be directly attributed to a ...
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<kbd> elements are way too intrusive [closed]
<kbd> is a great way to mark up text to be entered. But when you use it on Stack Exchange sites, it's really difficult to read. For instance, say I typed this sentence by starting with a Shift+F,...
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Who cut the cheese? [closed]
UPDATE: JNat will be sending out emails to collect addresses from the lucky users getting a cheese board — be on the lookout for those! :)
We've moved quite a bit of stuff around this year, and you'...
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Time for some more swag! [closed]
UPDATE: I just sent out emails to collect addresses from the lucky users getting these watches — be on the lookout for those, and try to fill it in the next two weeks! :)
On occasion of our ...
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Anyone with a "visited: 5000 days, 5000 consecutive" in their profile?
Back in May, 27th 2009, the Stack Overflow team introduced a little counter to monitor the consecutive days you visited the site.
And 30 days later (June 26th 2009), the first "Enthusiast" ...
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Question title that doesn't describe the problem
Pre Edit 4:
Pointing out that thread's popularity is a direct result of programming community interest in said subject, and that someone likely stands to become rich and/or famous by solving the ...
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About your f***ing website
Presented for your enjoyment-slash-amusement.
Email received by [email protected] from Name
Jesus Christ Almighty, what a f***ing mess of a website. I'm trying to post a question. Just the ...
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Stack Overflow's voting system is not entertaining enough [closed]
I submit to you the following quartet of indisputable facts:
Stack Overflow is for people who are bored at work.
Having animations and video games are more exciting (and therefore less boring) than ...
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Winter Bash 2018 Knitting [closed]
NOTE: for this year, there's a new topic: Winter Bash 2019 Knitting
This year's Winter Bash got us great hat challenges, but it also gave us a very nice tool for knitting on the main Winter Bash site....
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The Stack Overflow Conspiracy - don't tell Jeff I'm on to him [closed]
Judging from the fact that there's been a lot of talk of venture capital being pumped into Stack Overflow lately, something hasn't been sitting well with me at all. Then I got to thinking.
Ever think ...
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Does not work on Netscape Navigator 3.0
FROM: tigerjieer <[email protected]>
SUBJECT: Does not work on Netscape Navigator 3.0
NEWSGROUPS: alt.stackexchange.meta
Finally, after 20 years of suffering, StackOverflow now claims
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We need to improve the quality of our spam!
Recently, I've noticed a downhill effect in the quality of spam posted on Stack Exchange websites. Take this as an example (found on Space.SE):
There are a great many things wrong with this artifact:
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Show 3 significant figures for rep over a million [closed]
With "reputation to the max" I now have 6,621,210 reputation. Unfortunately, this only shows as 6.6m:
Other reputation levels are shown with three or more significant digits - e.g. 508k as Darin's ...
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Are rumors of a film true? I hope so by golly! [closed]
I heard that there is a film being made. If so, please consider my poster:
Then people at the Tavern (Lasse V. Karlsen, Yi Jiang, Diago, Tim) had some suggestions:
Anyway, I hope people make some ...
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I made us some Trogdor graphics!
We seem to have a tradition of using the Homestar Runner character 'Trogdor the Burninator' to request tag deletion.
I thought we could use crisper images, so I made my own. >:)
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When to drink when listening to Stack Overflow?
It's the holidays, what could be more fun than kicking back with your programming relatives, a few drinks and the Stack Overflow podcast? Don't answer that, instead suggest rules for the Stack ...
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Add a "Magic 8-Ball" feature to the Ask a Question page [closed]
So many interesting questions get asked on Stack Overflow and then immediately closed (or worse yet, closed and re-opened for days on end) because they're subjective, argumentative, and fundamentally ...
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Show off your hats! (2020 Edition)
Post hats, hats, and more hats!
Share images of those hats which you're particularly proud of and/or those which you look especially fashionable wearing – all are welcome!
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Does Jon Skeet ever have to answer another question to remain the #1 user on Stack Overflow?
Looking at Jon Skeet's profile he has an enormous lead in reputation over number 2.
Given the huge amount of rep that he gets from up votes on existing answers and that he either hits or exceeds the ...
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What Easter eggs do the chat sites have?
According to balpha, the SE chat sites may have individual Easter eggs, depending on the site. If you find them, please post.
Because it's so easy to make this stuff up, a screenshot as proof would be ...
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Should employees with head injuries be allowed to post on meta?
While yodeling to myself quietly in our warehouse today, a pallet full of mugs came crashing down on my head, and gave me a concussion idea. First, it's very unlucky to go yodeling around on a skate ...
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Please Add Means of Converting Reputation to Actual Beer
When I help someone solve a programming problem, they often express their gratitude for the solution (yay!). Generally, this takes the form of one of the following:
"Think you!"
Sometimes, ...
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When something that was supposed to be fun became not fun [closed]
StackEgg! What a great invention. Probably the best thing to hit Stack Exchange since the invention of unicoins!
Very entertaining game, very fun to play. Many users have probably spent several hours ...
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Is my SO Coffee Mug defective?
I received a really nice SO mug as swag for the choose your own swag contest this year. Everything was working fine until this morning. Was there a patch or update or something?
Here's the relevant ...
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The Fancy and Amazing April Fools question [closed]
I like simplicity. I like clear designs.
I like Stack Overflow.
But today, SO was offline and returned with this brand new, ugly... definitely new logo.
So what's this logo all about? That's no real ...
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What formatting example should replace "his suicide note" in the Markdown help?
In the Markdown help page, the Code and Preformatted Text example is:
printf("goodbye world!"); /* his suicide note
was in C */
It also happens to be the ...
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Stack Overflow needs direct-to-brain interface for post-human users [closed]
As a dismembered head living eternally in an infernal jar, my Stack Overflow addiction would be easier to indulge if I didn't have to waste time moving these wretched mechanical hooks to push around a ...
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How can I make my own Stack Overflow? [closed]
For some reason, I'm having difficulty remembering. I've got a photo of the ingredients, but some advice on exactly how to combine them would be appreciated.
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Eeeeek where is my slow performance‽‽‽ [closed]
Over the past couple of days, I have noticed that Stack Overflow is faster than ever. This is severely affecting my thumb twiddling time. When am I supposed to practice my thumb twiddling if I don't ...
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What is the most rampant duplicate on Stack Exchange sites?
Strongly related: How do we deal with octuplicate questions?
This is not a question about how to deal with duplicates, it's a simple "meta" question:
What is the most rampant duplicate on Stack ...
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Would you play a Stack Overflow board game? [closed]
I've just been alerted to a company which produces board games - you design the game, artwork 'n all, and upload the assets to them. They produce the game and sell it in their store, taking half the ...
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What is.... the Chicken? 🐔 [closed]
Update:
Continue to 🐔 The Quest for the Winter Chicken of the Bash, Part 2
Clues will be updated here too
So, we just noticed a new, fowl user on the tavern
I think he called us chicken....
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Show off your hats! (2022 edition)
Winter / Summer Bash 2022 just started today, and within the first hour, nearly a million hats have been awarded across the network.
Let's show them off here! As with the 2021 edition, I'll copy the ...
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On "That Hyphenated Site"
OK, which one of you jokers (oh, and I know it was one of you) did this?
http://expert-sex-change.com
:)
Don't bother looking up the WHOIS, it's anonymized through GoDaddy.
Also, for the record, I ...
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Did you ever wish you could have a Hot Dog Stand-themed meta.stackoverflow.com? [closed]
Are you depressed by all the gr[ae]y colors plaguing meta? Do you wish you had some exuberance on your favorite website? Are you hungry? Are you still reading this?
Well, worry no longer. I'd like ...
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Show off your hats! (2021 edition)
Winter Bash 2021 has just started and lots of users already got a hat.
So let's show those hats off here! I'm lacking creativity, so I'll just copy the same text from a previous edition:
Post hats, ...
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What happens when Jon Skeet's reputation exceeds the limit for the data type holding it? [closed]
So, Jeff, what are you using to store reputation, anyway?
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What is up with the waffle fetish? [closed]
Setting aside the fact that waffles were created in the seventh circle of hell, cause suffering and apocalyptic horror wherever they are witnessed, and are instruments of pure evil, where did the ...
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Stack Exchange has been taken over by a rubber duck!
I couldn't miss this now, on all SE sites:
What are the duck powers? Was anyone able to make it do or say anything other than "Quack"?
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How many hamsters power the StackExchange sites? [closed]
According to Nick Craver, hamsters power StackOverflow and related sites. At any given time, how many run the site? What is the average turnover (how often do they need to be replaced)?
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The moderators have decided to have a little yuletide fun, join us will you?
PS: You only get so many Iceland Fridays in a year, so make it special people ...
To start things off, a little refashioned seasonal tune:
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my Stack Exchange gave to me:...
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Wanton abuse of edit privileges detected [closed]
This post was edited to add in a comment to the post. Clearly, the user has a high enough reputation that he/she should understand that this is unacceptable behavior, but did it anyway. (shudder)
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We're all Rebecca Chernoff \o/ [closed]
On this frabjous day, our community manager Rebecca Chernoff has graciously allowed all of us *1 to be her for one day, and one day only. And so, ladies and gentlemen, let me present to you:
We're ...
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Stack Overflow has too many men! [closed]
When I take a look at the Stack Overflow user list I see a certain trend.
Jon
Marc
Greg
Alex
Andrew
Jonathan
Tomalak
Brian
Ólafur
Juliet
I think you see where I'm going ...
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What are some awesome personal statements for careers?
Turns out careers really wants me to type in a personal statement. I agree with it and think its really important.... but lack inspiration at the moment.
Would you have some ideas for some cool ...
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Work is hard, let's color the walls
Picture pages! Picture pages! Time to get your picture pages!
... time to get your crayons and your pencils!
That's right, it's time to realize that you're simply not going to get anything meaningful ...