From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: rms@gnu.org, Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: yantar92@posteo.net, 61325@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:34:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkm=prWvofq-npfXH3MRQ9DpK=0auTGbs2QJF4=K1oLULyQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1pPc7d-00024K-Hr@fencepost.gnu.org>
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?
Since I also couldn't make heads or tails of it, I deleted that
paragraph. I guess if someone thinks it's hilarious, they'll chastise
me publicly, and then they can hopefully also explain what the joke or
even intended meaning of that paragraph is.
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2023-02-06 16:01 bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:20 ` dick
2023-02-12 6:11 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-06 16:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-06 16:38 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:42 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-06 17:04 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-18 13:59 ` Petteri Hintsanen
2023-02-19 10:43 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 5:18 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-06 17:23 ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-02-06 17:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 18:37 ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-02-06 18:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-02-07 11:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
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