@thephd looks back at old answers ugh
there's a very specific flavour of cringe comedy i also hate associated with SO
e.g. "I cannot guarantee your personal safety if you use this kind of thing in code other people have to maintain"
i didn't add that because i actually thought it was funny, even at the time
i added it because the social contract of SO required the presence of a joke to make the "direct" answer acceptable enough to tick, it gives it a Fool's Shield it shouldn't need
and in words like those because programmer humour is fucking horrible :( and cannot allow for subtlety