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The key characteristic of a funny person is that he doesn't comparmentalize fun ("this is serious business" vs "this is fun").

A humorous person can find something to make fun about and make people feel better even at a funeral -- heck even on his deathbed. I think we all have known people like that.

OSes, compilers, interpreters, editors -- all kinds of programs have had easter eggs since way before the IBM PC. Those kind of things are inherent in hacker culture (check the Hacker's dictionary for lots of examples).



> The key characteristic of a funny person is that he doesn't comparmentalize fun ("this is serious business" vs "this is fun").

Actually, in my experience, that's the key characteristic of an unfunny person desperately trying to pass: http://www.theonion.com/articles/who-says-java-programmers-d...

In contrast, here's somebody who could compartmentalize fun: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2birwp/jeff_bridges_he...

Also: https://twitter.com/stuartpb/status/508235714287259648




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