• DumbAceDragon
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      2310 months ago

      Pointers are variables that don’t hold data themselves but instead hold a reference to it. It’s really common to redirect pointers to reference something other than what they originally referenced, which is the joke in this comic. He is changing the conversation so that Star Wars actually refers to Jaws.

      • @[email protected]
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        2410 months ago

        Mhm yes that’s what I understood, but I didn’t understans whats funny about this? What does “I’m your father” mean if the movie is jaws?

        • @[email protected]
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          2910 months ago

          I think the humor is meant to be in the juxtaposition between “reference” in media contexts (e.g. “I am your father”) and “reference” in programming contexts and applying the latter context to the former one.

          What does “I’m your father” mean if the movie is jaws?

          I think the absurdity of that question is part of said humor. That being said, I didn’t find it funny either.

    • @[email protected]
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      1310 months ago

      I personally don’t find it funny because these types of jokes essentially boil down to “I used a concept outside of its context, and for that reason alone it is funny”. However, with a lot of these jokes the context is so narrow (i.e. programming) that they are almost universally not understood by wider audiences.

  • @samus12345
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    410 months ago

    Well, the first guy got a commonly-misquoted quote correct, so I assume he’ll next say “you’re going to need a bigger boat!”