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Recursion: The Art Of Never Actually Arriving

5 days ago 61.5K views 0 shares

The infinite loop of "I'll be there in 5 minutes" is the perfect recursion tutorial nobody asked for. Just like that function that keeps calling itself without a proper base case, this person is stuck in an endless cycle of "almost there" promises. And when threatened with consequences? The classic solution: just restart the recursion! Forget fancy textbooks—this chat exchange teaches you everything about recursion: it never ends, solves nothing, and eventually crashes your relationships.

Recursion: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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10 days ago 74.9K views 0 shares

Recursion: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

First you learn to program. Then you make a recursive function. Then you forget the exit condition. And then... well, you get the idea. Or rather, you get the same idea over and over until your stack overflows and your computer begs for mercy. It's like telling someone "to understand recursion, you must first understand recursion" and watching them slowly spiral into madness.

Proper Base Case

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11 days ago 89.7K views 0 shares

The irony of a recursive meme about having no proper base case is just *chef's kiss*. It's literally demonstrating the infinite loop it's warning about! When you forget your base case in recursion, your function keeps calling itself until your stack overflows and your program crashes. Just like this meme that keeps shrinking into infinity. The first panel rejecting the infinite recursion is what we're taught in CS class. The second panel gleefully embracing the chaos is what we actually do at 3 AM when the deadline's in 5 hours and we're fueled by energy drinks and desperation.

The Infinite Monkey Facepalm Theorem

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21 days ago 62.2K views 0 shares

OH. MY. GOD. The absolute TRAGEDY of spending four hours debugging your code only to realize you wrote this MASTERPIECE of a function and then just... forgot to call it?! 💀 It's like baking the world's most perfect soufflé and then leaving it in the kitchen while you serve everyone empty plates! The monkey's face is literally ALL OF US having that moment of pure existential despair when we realize our problem wasn't some complex algorithmic nightmare—it was just our brain cells taking an unscheduled vacation! Fun fact: Studies show programmers spend up to 50% of their time debugging, and approximately 90% of that time is just staring dramatically at the screen while questioning every life choice that led to this moment.

Mistype Failed Successfully

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1 month ago 118.5K views 0 shares

Behold the most elegant pickup line in programming history! Someone's trying to be clever with object-oriented syntax, but mixed up the order. In proper OOP, you'd call me.kiss(you) not kiss.me . The second person attempts to correct with me.kiss(you) , only to be met with "it's a programming joke" from someone who clearly didn't get their own joke right. The irony is delicious - nothing says "senior developer energy" like confidently correcting someone else's code while introducing a new bug of your own. Dating in tech is just debugging with extra steps.

The Uncalled Function Mystery

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1 month ago 86.0K views 0 shares

Spent 45 minutes debugging a function that wasn't returning a value, only to realize I never actually called the function in the first place. That moment of realization hits like a ton of bricks—you go from frantically searching for complex bugs to discovering you're the bug. It's like building an entire spaceship and forgetting to press the launch button. The compiler's just sitting there thinking, "I can't believe this human has a CS degree."

Why Are You Hitting Yourself

C++ Algorithms Programming StackOverflow Debugging

2 months ago 118.0K views 0 shares

The beautiful art of recursive self-torture. The function why_are_you_hitting_yourself() calls itself inside its own definition, creating an infinite loop of self-abuse that would make any compiler cry. Then main() joins the party by calling it too. It's the programming equivalent of that childhood game where your older sibling grabs your hand and makes you slap your own face while asking "why are you hitting yourself?" Except in this case, the function is both the bully and the victim. Infinite recursion without a base case - because who needs stack memory anyway?

Lore Accurate Junior Dev

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2 months ago 101.6K views 0 shares

The quintessential junior developer experience captured in its purest form. Spending 4 hours in debugging purgatory, questioning your life choices and sanity, only to discover you never actually called the function you wrote. It's like building an entire rocket ship and wondering why it won't launch when you never pressed the ignition button. The instant transition from SpongeBob's rage-filled face to "Worked immediately" is the perfect representation of that unique mixture of relief and self-loathing that only programming can provide. The most authentic part? We've ALL been there... probably yesterday.

There Is Arecursion Under My Bed

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2 months ago 149.0K views 0 shares

This is what happens when you don't implement a proper base case! The kid yells about recursion under the bed, then we see the dad looking under the bed... only to find another kid yelling about recursion under that bed. It's recursion all the way down! The programmer's equivalent of the monster under your bed is just an infinite stack overflow waiting to happen. Sweet dreams, hope your call stack doesn't explode before morning!

Not Quite Sure If This Belongs But Still Hope You Like It

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2 months ago 123.0K views 0 shares

Not Quite Sure If This Belongs But Still Hope You Like It

This is peak programmer humor that only works if you_know() Python. The function literally prints "you know" and then there's a variable called youKnow set to True, so the condition is always met. It's basically the code equivalent of that friend who keeps saying "you know what I mean?" after every sentence, except this one actually executes. The recursive call at the end is just *chef's kiss* - infinite "you know" statements until your stack overflows... just like that one coworker who can't finish a thought without saying "you know" fifteen times.

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