Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books

vane@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This reminds me of a joke…

  A new monk arrives at the monastery and is assiged to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. When he looks closer, however, he notices that they are copying copies, not the original books. The new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points out to the head monk that should there be an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the other copies. “We have been copying from the copies for centuries,” says the head monk, “however, I must admit you make a very good point, my son.” The head monk then goes down to the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original. Hours pass and no one sees him, so one of the monks decides to go downstairs to look for him. When he arrives he hears loud sobbing coming from the back of the cellar and finds the old head monk leaning over one of the original books crying. “What’s wrong,” he asks the old monk. “The word is CELEBRATE!” sobs the old monk.

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  • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “The word is CELEBRATE!” sobs the old monk.

    I don’t get the punchline.

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    • Typhoonigator@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Monks are celibate. But if someone were to transcribe that incorrectly…

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      • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ahhhhh, now I get it. Thanks for the clarification.

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  • Gort@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Heh. Even funnier to me as I’m currently reading Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, which is set in an abbey that with monks who copy manuscripts.

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