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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by imcritic on Thursday April 17, 2025 @05:27AM (#43714599)
They were probably joking when they asked that question.

Your reply doesn't seem sarcastic, so I take it you genuinely r/whoosh'ed (that's a reference to a subreddit about situations where someone is acting clueless).

Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by stwrzn on Thursday April 17, 2025 @06:42AM (#43715026)
I know ;) Some people still value an explanation though.
Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by 0_gravitas on Thursday April 17, 2025 @11:07AM (#43718011)
Realistically, I don't think HN is the place for those kinds of jokes, which are best kept for reddit/twitter.
Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by kitchi on Thursday April 17, 2025 @12:41PM (#43719268)
Yeah I'm increasingly seeing these reddit-style low effort jokes on here, hopefully it's transient as folks acclimatize to the culture and customs here.