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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 70 points 1 month ago

Or to quote from a book I own:

This page is accidentally left blank

[-] renegadespork 14 points 1 month ago

I always thought that is funny, but I think they do that to ensure blank pages aren’t skipped by the printer.

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

Probably helps protect the pages before being bound too (at least historically)

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago

That would be

This page is intentionally left blank

Theirs is a little different...

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just once I want one of those to say what it really means.

Please don't return this book, it hurts our numbers. We just had an extra page ¯\(ツ)

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Maybe to avoid all the page numbering after that being shifted?

[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Maybe a play on "This page intentionally left blank" from the IBM manuals

[-] lud@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

This is in no way unique to IBM manuals.

The phrase is present in loads of books and in some cases has been for quite a few years.

https://meh.com/forum/topics/nothing-is-lacking-the-long-history-of-intentionally-blank-pages

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22this+page+intentionally+left+blank&udm=36

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

That would make sense. It's a playful book with many jokes in it

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

It's the very first page and the second one is page 2

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

So then it would affect literally all the pages in the book, if it were removed!?!:-P

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Well, it's not uncommon to leave the first page blank or with some generic stuff. Someone else already pointed out that it might be an inside joke

[-] elvith@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago

And that's why it's called "production environment" I guess

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