Questions tagged [fun]
Questions that are light-hearted but hopefully of some additional use beyond mere entertainment.
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How Can We Bring More Fun to the Stack Ecosystem? Community Ideas Welcome!
I’m Tom, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager at Stack Overflow. I first joined in 2015 when Joel was running the show, spent a few years here, and then boomeranged back in 2021. I primarily support ...
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Since there is no Winter Bash, can we share uplifting and inspirational thoughts for this time of the year? [closed]
At this time of the year (December 2023) the focus of most literature and television adverts seems to be about eating, drinking, giving presents and the copious consumption of material "things&...
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Who is Dave and what is he doing in the chat?
As discovered here, there's an Easter Egg in chat, triggered when trying to set a negative timeout for a chat room. It shows a funny error message:
I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.
So, ...
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Will Stack Exchange be running something for April Fools in 2024?
Earlier this year, Philippe created a post on MSO stating that SE wouldn't be running an April Fools joke this year.
Admittedly, that post did end with
We hope to continue celebrating April Fools' ...
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Show off your hats! (2022 edition)
Winter / Summer Bash 2022 just started today, and within the first hour, nearly a million hats have been awarded across the network.
Let's show them off here! As with the 2021 edition, I'll copy the ...
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Winter Bash 2021 hats explained
For carrying on the tradition, here is a list of the 'etymology' for the Winter Bash 2021 hats. Everything about the naming (whether related to Stack Exchange mechanics, memes, or anything else that ...
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Show off your hats! (2021 edition)
Winter Bash 2021 has just started and lots of users already got a hat.
So let's show those hats off here! I'm lacking creativity, so I'll just copy the same text from a previous edition:
Post hats, ...
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The Rescue of The Winter Unicorn Of The Bash
One year had passed since their last meeting and the yellow pony was waiting near the pool for the unicorn to appear again. Long they waited, playing with the snow on-off switch. Winter, Summer, Hot, ...
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Will there be a Winter Bash 2021 this year?
Are we having a Winter Bash this year?
I really hope so.
Usually this late in November the countdown page is already up.
In 2020 it was up by November 24th.
In 2018 it was up by November 23rd.
In 2019 ...
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Could we get a version of The Key for our favorite site?
The Key looks really great and all, but I noticed that it is Stack Overflow-specific - it's logo is that of Stack Overflow rather than Stack Exchange or any of our other specific sites.
I'm working on ...
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Does The Key use regular 'ctrl' keys on the keyboard?
I just realized that there seems to be a confusion about the Key.
Get this:
Normal computers use 'ctrl + c' (or 'cmd + c') and 'ctrl + v' (or 'cmd + v') for copying and pasting respectively.
On the ...
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What is this dialog about? STOP! You have one(1) copy/paste remaining
STOP! You have one (1) free copy/paste remaining.
Get unlimited copy/pasting with The Key by Stack Overflow today.
Have you checked it?
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Questions before ordering The Key
I love The Key and would like to order it but I have some questions:
The product shown has light keys. Does it come with dark keys to match the dark mode on Stack Overflow?
Can I use the light ...
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What sort of switch does the Key have?
The description of the key is described as
Our click’s volume and tone were crafted by sampling the natural wonder of song bird chirps. We run that audio data through cutting edge deep learning ...
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When does Winter Bash really end?
I am just wondering what time exactly does the Winter Bash end.
As mentioned in the FAQ here, it says:
What is going on? Why do I see hats?
From December 16th through January 4th, you'll be able to ...
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