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[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 95 points 4 months ago (3 children)

There 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who count in binary, and those who dont

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's tertiary to you, pal.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 months ago

*crying in IPv4 subnet calculations

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 10 points 4 months ago

...and those who didn't expect this joke to be in ternary

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 66 points 4 months ago

that's six by my count

0 ✊

1 👍

2 ☝️

3 👆

4 🖕

[–] floofloof 51 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Binary on fingers really comes into its own when you need to order 1023 beers over heavy background noise. Except when there's a mix-up and you end up with -1 beer.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 months ago

This sounds like xkcd alt text

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[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 35 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender asks, "Do all of you want a beer?"

"I don't know"

"I don't know"

"Yes"

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Would you possibly want a beer out of three?"

"Yes."

"There are now only two possible beers left. Would you like to change to another beer?"

"YES!"

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

The old Monty Beerhall problem!

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

These logic problems reminds me of those Ted-ED riddles.

(anyone here watched Ted-ED videos? its not just me being weird right?)

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[–] kubica@fedia.io 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It looks like the way to ask for 2 beers would be quite offensive.

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[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

But he just ordered 6. Rookie mistake.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)
  • 👍
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  • 5
  • ✌️
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  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
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  • 🤙
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[–] tomiant@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

🖕beer please

[–] Toldry@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sir that is more beers than there are particles in the Universe.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago

Customer is always right

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

That is actually 5, in Latin.

[–] eah@programming.dev 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago

Thats what I thought at first

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar...

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A quantum mechanic walks into a bar.

He also walks out of the bar.

At the same time.

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[–] SlykeThePhoxenix@programming.dev 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Never ask for 2 beers though.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Glad he picked up another friend. Ordering only two was getting him into a lot of trouble.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Huh, why? Only four would be a Problem. Even worse, 132.

[–] belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In the image he isn’t using his thumb to count, so 2 would be the middle finger.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why would you count with only 4 fingers when the hand has 5?

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[–] wolfrasin@lemmy.today 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So binary is French? That's legit 3 in French

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[–] mikezane@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

He should be sticking out his thumb and index finger. With the index and middle finger up he's showing 6.

[–] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

This could have ended up very badly if were only two beers.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

It almost works better without the quote

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 4 points 4 months ago

Didn't realize Tommy Lee Jones was bartending these days

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Perhaps the bartender is offended since the programmer is giving them the V sign?

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

There’s a beer in Australia called XXXX.

The joke is it’s for those who can’t spell BEER, but it’s also for those who can’t count, because if they could, it’d be XL.

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