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[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 111 points 1 month ago

How OP probably felt:

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 81 points 1 month 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 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 month 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 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I got a notification of this response and unfortunately it could have been multiple comments I left recently. Need to go outside. Thanks.

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[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[–] squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi 73 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

More like …

429 “Too Many Requests”

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

😂 nailed it

(like your mom)

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 59 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seriously. They really need an endpoint.

[–] Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

These puns are making me CURL my toes

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 51 points 1 month 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.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

This is like that scene in Step-Brothers, where they become best friends.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 month 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.

[–] Bonje@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Nah. Too cold in there.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month 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 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago

Lucky 10000 is a beautiful way to look at it.

[–] Feyter@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

Apparently, there is even a movie about this joke... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/404_(film)

[–] httperror418@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] jestho@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] clifmo@programming.dev 18 points 1 month 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

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month 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.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

I laughed ❤️

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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] 404found@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Should we tell the real story?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 13 points 1 month ago

Those friends were probably in room 420

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would have laughed my ass off.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 month ago

That is 100% comedy gold.

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

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

I'da told him: "I walked into here and couldn't see a thing so I opened this one."

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Depends on your friends I guess?

[–] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

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

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