frsSep 1, 2018
Logan Dice
Unix will give you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot. If you didn’t think rope would do that, you should have read the man page.
Aug 30, 2018 at 12:44pmWeb
Show threadAlexQAug 30, 2018

@LoganDice
Gnu/Linux man-pages are often unclear. Openbsd man-pages will have clear examples of first, where to place the foot, and second, how to hold the rope.

That is why it's easier to shoot yourself in the foot in openbsd, and when your foot hurts on Linux, it's easier to Google it.

#bsd #Linux #humor <- just in case

Show threadHenrik ☯️⚡Aug 30, 2018
@LoganDice 😂😂😂👍
Show threadDaveAug 30, 2018
@LoganDice Can't find a manpage for rope.
Show threadrugk OLD ACCOUNTAug 30, 2018

@anathem @LoganDice Ah, great to see I was not the only one… 😆

https://social.wiuwiu.de/web/statuses/100640696856744289

rugk (@[email protected])

@[email protected] **tries out "man rope" to be sure to not miss the joke here**

social.wiuwiu.de
Show threadMr. Matt  Aug 30, 2018
@LoganDice 🤣
Show threadrugk OLD ACCOUNTAug 30, 2018
@LoganDice **tries out "man rope" to be sure to not miss the joke here**
Show thread☠🎃spoooooky cr0👻💀Aug 30, 2018
@LoganDice Ever read a joke so good you're irrationally angry you didn't think of it?
Show threadJeffAug 30, 2018
@LoganDice This book is cathartic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unix-Haters_Handbook
The Unix-Haters Handbook - Wikipedia

Show threadVee SatayamasAug 30, 2018
@LoganDice By reading man pages, I found that I don't use Unix.
Show threadZaiakuAug 31, 2018

@LoganDice
UNIX

% ls
foot.c foot.h foot.o toe.c toe.o
% rm * .o
rm: .o: No such file or directory
% ls
%

taken from: http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/humor/shoot-self-in-foot.html

Shooting yourself in the foot in various programming languages

Show thread--> @[email protected]Aug 31, 2018
@LoganDice "rope actually refers to a gun suitable for foot-shooting. the etymology comes from an original Unix application named `rope' first implemented in 1978"
Show thread--> @[email protected]Aug 31, 2018
@LoganDice "foot-shooting is only supported by a GNU extension. BSD-based systems may not support this functionality."
Show threadtuiliqAug 31, 2018
@LoganDice Or, rather, to shoot yourself in the "root".
Show threadstalfosSep 1, 2018
@LoganDice So fucking true.