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Re:Git Diagramming "The Weave" by iamben on Sunday August 31, 2025 @07:25AM (#45082345)
When it all merges, the payoff feels great. I'm a big fan of when it's used in comedy - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callback_(comedy)
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Re:Git Diagramming "The Weave" by stavros on Sunday August 31, 2025 @08:28AM (#45082671)
Yeah but a callback is just a reference to a previous joke, not a tying together of unrelated points. Does the latter have a name? It seems so hard that I can't remember seeing it much.
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Re:Git Diagramming "The Weave" by quuxplusone on Sunday August 31, 2025 @08:57AM (#45082807)
It's the third beat (final stage) of the Harold, for what that's worth.

https://wiki.improvresourcecenter.com/index.php?title=Harold

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