{"id":654,"date":"2025-03-07T12:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T04:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gen-e-sis.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/06\/dont-take-anything-seriously\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:15:04","slug":"dont-take-anything-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/dont-take-anything-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Take Anything Seriously"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Surreal
Don\u2019t debug the dread\u2014just let the semicolons sing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nCode Satire & Philosophical Absurdism<\/span>\n
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\nFeaturing Java code that loops through existential dread and outputs nothing but shrugs, it\u2019s a celebration of recursive absurdity and linguistic sabotage. Don\u2019t debug it \u2014 embrace it. \n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

dont take anything seriously\ndont take \"dont take anything seriously\" seriously\ndont take 'dont take \"dont take anything seriously\" seriously' seriously\ndont take \"dont take 'dont take \"dont take anything seriously\" seriously' seriously\"\n   \u00bb seriously\ndont take 'dont take \"dont take 'dont take \"dont take anything seriously\" seriously'\n   \u00bb seriously\" seriously' seriously\ndont take \"dont take 'dont take \"dont take 'dont take \"dont take anything seriously\"\n   \u00bb seriously' seriously\" seriously' seriously\" seriously\nseriously<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
The above can be generated using the following Java code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
public class Seriously {\n  public static void main(String[] args) {\n    String w[] = { "dont", "take", "anything", "seriously" };\n    String sp = " ", q1 = "'", q2 = "\\"", bl = "";\n    for (int i=0;i<6;i++) { \n      for (int j=i;j>0;j--)\n        for (int k=0;k<2;k++)\n          System.out.print(w[k]+(k<1?sp:sp+(j%2==0?q1:q2)));\n      for (int l=0;l<4;l++)\n        System.out.print(w[l]+(l<3?sp:bl));\n      for (int m=0;m<i;m++)\n        System.out.print((m%2==0?q2:q1)+sp+w[3]);\n      System.out.println();\n    }\n    System.out.println(w[3]);\n  }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Or equivalently…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
public class Seriously {\n  public static void a(String s) { System.out.print(s); }\n  public static void b(String s) { a(s + "\\n"); }\n  public static void main(String[] args) {\n    String c[] = { "dont", "take", "anything", "seriously" };\n    String d = " ", e = "'", f = "\\"", g = "";\n    for (int h=0; h<6; h++) { \n      for (int i=h; i>0; i--)\n        for (int j=0; j<2; j++)\n          a(c[j] + (j<1 ? d : d + (i%2==0 ? e : f)));\n      for (int k=0; k<4; k++)\n        a(c[k] + (k<3 ? d : g));\n      for (int l=0; l<h; l++)\n        a((l%2==0 ? f : e) + d + c[3]);\n      b(g);\n    }\n    b(c[3]);\n  }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And, with the aid of some universal solvent\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
public class Seriously {\n  public static void a(String s) { System.out.print(s); }\n  public static void b(String s) { a(s + "\\n"); }\n  public static void main(String[] args) {\n    String c[] = { "dont", "take", "anything", "seriously" };\n    String d = " ", e = "'", f = "\\"", g = "";\n    for (int h=0;h<c[(c.length)-d.length()].indexOf("sly");h++) {\n      for (int i=h;i>g.length();i--)\n        for (int j=0;j<c[(d+e+f).length()].indexOf("rio");j++)\n          a(c[j]+(j<d.length()?d:d+(i%"??".length()==g.length()?e:f)));\n      for (int k=f.indexOf(f);k<(d+e+e+d).length();k++)\n        a(c[k]+(k<(c.length)-f.length()?d:g));\n      for (int l=d.indexOf(d);l<h;l++)\n        a((l%c.length\/(d+e).length()==g.length()?f:e)+d+c[(f+e+d).length()]);\n      b(g);\n    }\n    b(c[c[(c.length+c.length)\/c.length].indexOf("thing")]);\n  }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
But it\u2019s probably not worth taking too seriously…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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