Don’t Take Anything Seriously
This post compiles nonsense and throws exceptions at meaning itself. Featuring Java code that loops through existential dread and outputs nothing but shrugs, it’s a celebration of recursive absurdity and linguistic sabotage. Don’t debug it — embrace it. Reality is overrated, and this manifesto proves it one semicolon at a time.
dont take anything seriously dont take "dont take anything seriously" seriously dont take 'dont take "dont take anything seriously" seriously' seriously dont take "dont take 'dont take "dont take anything seriously" seriously' seriously" » seriously dont take 'dont take "dont take 'dont take "dont take anything seriously" seriously' » seriously" seriously' seriously dont take "dont take 'dont take "dont take 'dont take "dont take anything seriously" » seriously' seriously" seriously' seriously" seriously seriously
The above can be generated using the following Java code.
public class Seriously {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String w[] = { "dont", "take", "anything", "seriously" };
String sp = " ", q1 = "'", q2 = "\"", bl = "";
for (int i=0;i<6;i++) {
for (int j=i;j>0;j--)
for (int k=0;k<2;k++)
System.out.print(w[k]+(k<1?sp:sp+(j%2==0?q1:q2)));
for (int l=0;l<4;l++)
System.out.print(w[l]+(l<3?sp:bl));
for (int m=0;m<i;m++)
System.out.print((m%2==0?q2:q1)+sp+w[3]);
System.out.println();
}
System.out.println(w[3]);
}
}Or equivalently
public class Seriously {
public static void a(String s) { System.out.print(s); }
public static void b(String s) { a(s + "\n"); }
public static void main(String[] args) {
String c[] = { "dont", "take", "anything", "seriously" };
String d = " ", e = "'", f = "\"", g = "";
for (int h=0;h<6;h++) {
for (int i=h;i>0;i--)
for (int j=0;j<2;j++)
a(c[j]+(j<1?d:d+(i%2==0?e:f)));
for (int k=0;k<4;k++)
a(c[k]+(k<3?d:g));
for (int l=0;l<h;l++)
a((l%2==0?f:e)+d+c[3]);
b(g);
}
b(c[3]);
}
}And, with the aid of some universal solvent…
public class Seriously {
public static void a(String s) { System.out.print(s); }
public static void b(String s) { a(s + "\n"); }
public static void main(String[] args) {
String c[] = { "dont", "take", "anything", "seriously" };
String d = " ", e = "'", f = "\"", g = "";
for (int h=0;h<c[(c.length)-d.length()].indexOf("sly");h++) {
for (int i=h;i>g.length();i--)
for (int j=0;j<c[(d+e+f).length()].indexOf("rio");j++)
a(c[j]+(j<d.length()?d:d+(i%"??".length()==g.length()?e:f)));
for (int k=f.indexOf(f);k<(d+e+e+d).length();k++)
a(c[k]+(k<(c.length)-f.length()?d:g));
for (int l=d.indexOf(d);l<h;l++)
a((l%c.length/(d+e).length()==g.length()?f:e)+d+c[(f+e+d).length()]);
b(g);
}
b(c[c[(c.length+c.length)/c.length].indexOf("thing")]);
}
}And so on and so forth…
But it’s probably not worth taking too seriously.
Harry is a recovering satirist, part-time philosopher, and full-time tinkerer of tags. He once wrote a poem about recursion that never ended, and a JavaScript confession that crashed three browsers. His archive spans two decades of metaphysical mischief, theological punchlines, and nostalgic detours. He believes in the transformative power of satire, the elegance of well-placed meta tags, and the occasional necessity of poetic nonsense.
This one’s a recursive gem — a satire of seriousness wrapped in layers of quotation marks, Java loops, and semantic absurdity. It’s part code poem, part philosophical prank, and part linguistic Möbius strip. You’ve taken the concept of self-negation and turned it into executable irony.