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Zeeshan Mahmud comments on "The Best Humor of MathOverflow?" (17719)

Zeeshan Mahmud — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:40:25 -0800

I am pretty sure I saw a lol cat once.

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/74707/mathematical-habits-of-thought-and-action-which-would-be-of-use-to-non-mathematic

Alex Bartel comments on "The Best Humor of MathOverflow?" (17657)

Alex Bartel — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:58:30 -0800

Some more humour in comments that really cracks me up: Kevin O'Bryant's comment to this answer; Kevin Buzzard's answer and the following two comments.

I will probably remember some more and add it here.

Daniel Geisler comments on "The Best Humor of MathOverflow?" (17654)

Daniel Geisler — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:46:00 -0800

Great! Thank you for your link quid!

quid comments on "The Best Humor of MathOverflow?" (17653)

quid — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:08:04 -0800

After my modest attempt regarding your side request. I will mention the selection of highly voted comments Akhil Mathew compiled; a considerable proportion of which fall into the category your search, see http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~amathew/greatMOcomments.html

Edit: I just rechecked, perhaps 'considerable proportion' is an overstatment; some are, but more are really mathematical or otherwise insightful, still I think it is worth a look also for your purpose.

quid comments on "The Best Humor of MathOverflow?" (17651)

quid — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:56:23 -0800

Define "humor".

Daniel Geisler comments on "The Best Humor of MathOverflow?" (17649)

Daniel Geisler — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:50:40 -0800

I'm not much of a contributor to MathOverflow, but I do love to check in and read the different postings. But one thing that is awesome about MathOverflow that I have never heard talked up before is the amazing display of humor I see here. Would anyone be interested in a side project of compiling The Best Humor of MathOverflow? I will understand if others find my request impertinent. On the other hand I would understand if some of the responses to this question were somewhat humorous themselves.