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bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:00:12 +0100 |
>>>>> On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:34:02 -0500, Stefan Kangas
>>>>> <stefankangas@gmail.com> said:
Stefan> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>> > > 3.15 Exiting Gnus has
>> > >
>> > > Note:
>> > >
>> > > Miss Lisa Cannifax, while sitting in English class, felt her
feet
>> > > go numbly heavy and herself fall into a hazy trance as the boy
>> > > sitting behind her drew repeated lines with his pencil across
the
>> > > back of her plastic chair.
>> > >
>> > > I am not sure if it is a joke. I only feel confused about what
>> > > information this note is trying to convey. Also, at least one other
user
>> > > find this section insulting.
>>
>> I can't see what in this a reader might consider insulting.
>> I can't see what in this a reader might consider funny.
>> I can't make sense of it at all.
>>
>> Would someone who understands it please explain the joke?
Stefan> Since I also couldn't make heads or tails of it, I deleted that
Stefan> paragraph. I guess if someone thinks it's hilarious, they'll
chastise
Stefan> me publicly, and then they can hopefully also explain what the joke
or
Stefan> even intended meaning of that paragraph is.
<sigh> One of the more enjoyable things in life is reading some of
Larsʼ whimsy in the Gnus manual, which I doubt is meant to be fully
understood. It saddens me that the reaction to it is to remove it.
(and to whoever it was that found that bit insulting, I can only say
"what?!")
Robert
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