Geeky jokes or not
We were just discussing what constitutes “geeky jokes.” Here is my opinion, based on the following examples:
Exhibit 1: “My fingers do not have cholesterol because I type too fast”.
Exhibit 2: “The meeting lasted for almost an hour. He just got caught in a limit cycle before reaching to the central point.”
The first example uses catchphrase or jargon such as “cholesterol” to sound, well, geeky. But the question is whether it is a geeky joke. Just because you throw in some jargon will not make it a geeky joke. It has to be a clever play on the words. The counter opinion presented in favor of it being a geeky joke is that it plays on the knowledge that regular exercise helps reduce cholesterol levels… and that my fingers get enough exercise. I think I will go with the latter.
The second example is definitely geeky. A point on a limit cycle would go around in a closed trajectory without leaving the trajectory. So, a seemingly never-ending discussion is kind of like a limit cycle.