the strange zen of bbcode

a student said to a master /prog/rider: "how can you like something that's so horribly broken?"

the master looked at a broken laptop computer sitting nearby, and stood silent.

"it's impossible for anything good to come out of it," said the student.

the master replied:

"do you see that laptop? what can you tell me about it?"

"why, it's broken, and mostly useless."

"yes. and what if all the laptops in the world were broken? would you say it's useless in comparison to the others?"

"I guess I wouldn't," said the student, "it'd be just as good as the others."

the master noted:

"in bbcode, everything is broken."

upon hearing this, the student was enlightened.

what is the sound of one hand fapping?

>>2
Depends on how much lube I'm using.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Dick/Tower

>>4
Fuck I laughed. Damn it.

i dont get it...

>>6
The point is that while ^B_BCODE is broken, every alternative to it is as well.

>>7
Except {S ^expCode}, of course.

>>7
No, he said: "<b>in bbcode</b>, everything is broken."

His point is that if one used something else, like markdown, there would be more broken and less broken parts, and the more broken would stand out and be irritating.

When every part is equally broken however, it is no different from when every part is perfect.

the bbcode in your posts,
keeps me alive
oh the bbcode in your posts,
keeps me alive, keeps-a me alive

>>9
in ^B_BCODE

You don't keep a broken laptop.  You fix it.

>>12
What if all the laptops in the world were broken?

>>12
What if you're not a laptop technician?

You can fix a laptop, but you can't fix a fish

>>13
Then fix ALL the laptops in the world.  Or at least all that can be reasonably accommodated.
Do I have to draw you people a map or something?

>>16
How do you know that your laptop is broken if all laptops in the world are broken?

>>17
If it, or something on it, is broken it doesn't work when you try it.
If it is cumbersome on the other hand then you search for or devise an alternative.

How do you define broken when you know no better?

>>19
Both of our arguments fall apart at that point.  There can be no master in that case, just a bunch of chattering students.

>>16

Or just fix yours. You'll be the only guy in the world with a working laptop.

wat

| is this how you quote in BBcode?

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[q]QUOTAN ERRYDAY[/q]

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>>23
is this how you quote in BBcode?

No that is not how you quote in ^B_BCODE.

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