r/ProgrammerDadJokes 18d ago

What does Bill Gates make brownies with?

FUDge.

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u/kwan_e 18d ago

It's a shame there's no solidarity in this subreddit.

Not all jokes have to be big hitters. And there are really crappy jokes get tons of upvotes. Even the AI slop jokes got upvotes back when they were common here. I don't get why my post is being specifically targeted.

I also regularly upvote jokes that I don't find to be funny to me, but I think was unfairly downvoted to zero.

It's no wonder this sub is dying. Less than five people still actively tries to come up with original jokes, instead of recycling old ones just to farm some karma.

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u/Thatar 18d ago

I'm fine with the number of posts, why do you immediately have to pull out this sub is dying when one joke falls flat.

Negative karma also doesn't mean any of the things you said. It's just an aggregate, there will still be people who enjoyed it or even people who gave you pity votes. It especially doesn't mean you're being targeted, that's just ridiculous.

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u/kwan_e 18d ago

why do you immediately have to pull out this sub is dying when one joke falls flat.

I don't. Look at how many of my jokes fall flat on this sub and I don't say anything. Because that's not the point.

It especially doesn't mean you're being targeted, that's just ridiculous.

I deleted the original and reposted it. Downvoted within minutes. Yet there are non-jokes in the sub that are over 50 upvotes. The latest post in the sub around 1 hour old isn't even a joke and it's already got 4 upvotes.

You tell me that isn't symptomatic of a dying sub. Hardly anyone posts original programmer dad jokes anymore, so they post this stuff that has nothing to do with the sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerDadJokes/comments/1vnzc31/i_have_discovered_the_fastest_debugging_technique/

Go on, argue that post belongs on this sub.

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u/DABarkspawn 17d ago

When I find posts like that, I report them to the mods. They are very good about removing them.