Sometimes tradition is good and important, sometimes it's staid old wankers holding onto a past or joke that's no longer relevant.
The two traditional misspellings of friend in a particular form for WorldCon. It's cute within the community, but that the joke has to be explained every year kind of makes it pointless. It's that "I know the secret, so I belong here and you don't" attitude that helps keep people away.
Plus the general public and community are going are looking at this traditional mistake and going - They didn't even bother to spell check this! How unprofessional.
General comedy rule-of-thumb = If you have to explain the joke, it's not worth telling.
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The two traditional misspellings of friend in a particular form for WorldCon. It's cute within the community, but that the joke has to be explained every year kind of makes it pointless. It's that "I know the secret, so I belong here and you don't" attitude that helps keep people away.
Plus the general public and community are going are looking at this traditional mistake and going - They didn't even bother to spell check this! How unprofessional.
General comedy rule-of-thumb = If you have to explain the joke, it's not worth telling.