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r/lovethissmug • u/Specific-Antelope-72 • 25d ago
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Yeah it was a very silly argument. On one side, "this is a completely accurate caption that happens to be amusing, it should stay" and on the other side "WIKIPEDIA IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS NOTHING AMUSING ALLOWED"
42 u/ExpressionWorried300 25d ago edited 25d ago Which is funny because Wikipedia has an entire category for "humorous essays" One of my favorites is "Wikipedia:Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you" with this image Edit: It's also known as WP:PBAGDSWCBY. They made an acronym for this shit 1 u/goldenalice 24d ago >"WIKIPEDIA IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS NOTHING AMUSING ALLOWED" jokes on that side because this is hilarious. A veritable mobius strip of informational levity.
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Which is funny because Wikipedia has an entire category for "humorous essays"
One of my favorites is "Wikipedia:Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you" with this image
Edit: It's also known as WP:PBAGDSWCBY. They made an acronym for this shit
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>"WIKIPEDIA IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS NOTHING AMUSING ALLOWED"
jokes on that side because this is hilarious. A veritable mobius strip of informational levity.
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u/Drow_Femboy 25d ago
Yeah it was a very silly argument. On one side, "this is a completely accurate caption that happens to be amusing, it should stay" and on the other side "WIKIPEDIA IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS NOTHING AMUSING ALLOWED"