I told a joke on a Zoom Meeting and no-one laughed.

It turns out I'm not remotely funny.

@TheLetterTen made the following joke comment on a teams meeting last month:

Context: i was helping install an update for my companies software and two contacts from the customer were talking about needing windows 10 installed instead of windows 11 for some old software they use.

I made a comment of "I guess sometimes turning it to 11 isn't all it's cracked up to be" and got crickets.... luckily the update finished so I quickly diverted to that instead.

@raenb0w Aw. That was actually REALLY funny! Some people just don't have a sense of humor I guess.
@TheLetterTen Ty! I thought so too and I know at least one of them should have gotten the reference but i guess it wasn't their type of humor indeed.

@raenb0w @TheLetterTen

Or they are not very sincere on meetings...

@raenb0w now I'm just worried we're gonna see an account @​TheLetterEleven pop up and try to outdo
@TheLetterTen just a little bit on every front

@sanfierro @TheLetterTen It's a reference to the mockumentary ' this is SpinalTap' .The Wikipedia article does a better job explaining the movie scene than I can. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven

My comment was based on the customer saying that they needed to go down from 11 to 10 meaning that higher is not always better .

Up to eleven - Wikipedia

@TheLetterTen

When she is a Ten, but not remotely funny...

@TheLetterTen

Sounds like you were talking to a roomful of people responsible for running Linux. 😀

@TheLetterTen

You know, cis administrators... 😀

ETA: https://tech.lgbt/@LilahTovMoon/110259452998620571

Shoshána Abigail 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ (@[email protected])

When I was younger, I didn't know any trans people running Linux servers. They were all cis admins.

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@TheLetterTen And the #dadjoke award of the month goes to .. 😆
@TheLetterTen Brilliant. Are you a dad too? 😉
@TheLetterTen You made me giggle so, yes, you can be remotely funny.
@TheLetterTen I don't know... That was virtually a joke.
@TheLetterTen thank you . I just belly laughed.
@TheLetterTen That's pretty funny. Even remotely.

@TheLetterTen I guess that joke didn't really connect.

Maybe you shouldn't have phoned it in.

@TheLetterTen I think you're going to be alright😂
@TheLetterTen How do I delete other people's posts here?
@TheLetterTen if you don't mind you can tell me about it