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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 70 points 11 months ago

Or to quote from a book I own:

This page is accidentally left blank

[-] renegadespork 14 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 11 months ago

That would be

This page is intentionally left blank

Theirs is a little different...

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

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

[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

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

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago

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

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

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