[ricardonunez]

This hilarious. Some people wouldn't know a good joke if it mugged them in an alley.

[jasonjmcghee]

It's hard to tell these days. Anyone can now say "what if..." And have an agent build something that either looks a lot like (or is) that thing.

[sixtyj]

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

The same can be applied to jokes. Almost no one recognizes them :)

So authors had to write it at the bottom of the page.

[lisbbb]

That's because most devs are so overwhelmed with having to keep up with XYZ that the joke isn't even funny.