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Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by pmelendez » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 1:26 PM UTC

hkolek wrote: post #36

I don't understand. Why is this funny? Are you all 5 year olds or am I missing something?

By itself is not that funny, but when you see the video posted here in the comments then you realize the joke in the full context. :)

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by ajuc » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 1:52 PM UTC

cjg wrote: post #34

LISP version: (chicken chicken (chicken chicken chicken)) Can you come up with an implementation of chicken that allows this code to run?

I think any 2 argument function will work? At least in clojure.

    > (defn chicken [x y] 1)
    #'sandbox5403/chicken
    > (chicken chicken (chicken chicken chicken))
    1

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by SlamminAtWork » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 2:03 PM UTC

cjg wrote: post #34

LISP version: (chicken chicken (chicken chicken chicken)) Can you come up with an implementation of chicken that allows this code to run?

(define chicken list)

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by cleverjake » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 2:46 PM UTC

hkolek wrote: post #36

I don't understand. Why is this funny? Are you all 5 year olds or am I missing something?

I don't think there is a reason to be insulting. If you are legitimately asking a question - don't be rude. If you just don't like it - use the flag.

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by bradleyland » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 3:18 PM UTC

hkolek wrote: post #36

I don't understand. Why is this funny? Are you all 5 year olds or am I missing something?

It's satire. Pretty good satire, IMO. If someone had simply dumped the word chicken in to a document broken in to paragraphs, it probably wouldn't get many laughs, but this document is very well executed.

When you look at a lot of academic papers, you begin to notice patterns. It's very easy to get wrapped up in what you're doing, looking past how silly some of it can be. This document takes it to the extreme, but there are plenty of papers published on mind numbingly banal topics.

That's why it's funny. It's a means of poking fun at one's self.

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by matt__ring » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 3:32 PM UTC

hkolek wrote: post #36

I don't understand. Why is this funny? Are you all 5 year olds or am I missing something?

Yes, 43, going on 5. I laughed.

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by gruseom » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

kelvin0 wrote: post #40

Yeah, that post entry gets traction when other newsworthy stuff gets canned. HN is slowly slipping into a weird dimension where Zombies are taking over ...

HN has always had room for the occasional off beat. Since this is a clever parody of a stock computer science paper, it's not even a stretch to understand why it got upvoted. I admit that I didn't get it, though, until I watched the (much funnier) video. It's really a parody of a stock computer science talk, with associated paper.

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by Hitchhiker » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 4:50 PM UTC

hkolek wrote: post #36

I don't understand. Why is this funny? Are you all 5 year olds or am I missing something?

Yabba-Doo.. Yippity-Yabbity-Doo [1]

HECK YEAH, WE're 5 !

[1] - Scoobypedia

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by splawn » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 6:31 PM UTC

A few years ago, at work we were asked if we wanted steak or chicken for a lunch thing. I replied with this pdf as my answer.

Re: Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken [pdf]

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Post by James_Duval » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 8:59 AM UTC

riffraff wrote: post #35

James_Duval wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does have a defined meaning, doesn't it? "to chicken (out of something)".

I though it was grammatically incorrect anyway i.e. (the) (adj)chicken (name)chicken (verb)chicken misses an "s" either on the verb or the name. But it could be an imperative form perhaps? As in "coward poultry, get out of there"

Hah, that is exactly what I thought.

It doesn't lend itself well to strings of words longer than 3 though, because you can't "chicken" someone, as far as I know - and I don't intend on visiting Urban Dictionary to find out.