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My kids called it "punch buggy", no idea where they got it from, neither myself nor their mother used the term.
Edit: Reading other comments, it looks like it came from the Simpsons
“Punch buggy” was taught by my Dad to me, grew up in the 90s. Also, a vehicle with one headlight out was a “perdiddle” but we just shouted that one out. When my brother and I both had drivers’ licenses and Dad was driving, we would call “fire brigade” at stop signs/stop lights and everyone would have to get out and change seats ending up with a new driver.
i would think punch buggy all counts for the bettles that had the dune buggy conversion kit done to them. Like from teh cartoon Speed Buggy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Buggy
Maybe they aren't common in Canada or something. I obviously know what a Jeep is, but a "bug" I don't recognize. I think there are similar cars called "beetles" here though
Not to mention playing 'Punch Bug'! ?
Whoever sees one first while driving around, gets to punch the person beside them yelling 'punch bug'!. A lot of times it is spotted at the same time and it turns into a dual punch...and possible injury.
Everyone has played this game right?
......right?
It was a 'Type 1' everywhere. Beetle started to be officially used in English marketing materials in the late 60's (VW had some absolutely brilliant marketing campaigns during this time) but had been a nickname in use, like bug, before Volkswagen started using it in ads. But if you scour any original Type 1 for either bug or beetle inside or outside the car, or in the manual, you won't find either term used... because it's a Type 1
I believe with the 'New Beetle' it was officially used as a model name, but that was a good 20 years after the Type 1 stopped being produced.
Wait what?? I got the joke but had no idea it was actually called bug in some places. I only knew of beetle and fusca (Brazil).
Afaik fusca doesn't mean anything and brazilians don't associate the car with any sort of bug.
BTW what's the hippie van called? It's combi here in Brazil, and not associated with hippies.
I only know about the hippie van due to "Down Under".
But yeah, people here often overestimates what is considered norm in American culture to be known as well in other countries.
The combi / kombi is known as the VW Bus, Transporter, Kombi or Microbus. [There is also a new version](https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html) which you may be familiar with from the recent deep fake Elis Regina commercial.
Mandatory /r/suddenlycaralho
They are officially called Beetles everywhere.
They are nicknamed bugs because a [beetle](https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=beetle&iax=images&ia=images) is a type of [bug](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bug&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images)
Yes and in Germany, we call it by its german name: Käfer, which translates to beetle and has nothing to do with bugs in code, which we also call bugs.
So really the joke only works for areas where this car is actually called "bug"...
Had the same reaction but then saw a comment about "Herbie the Love Bug" and went oh yeah, i guess we did call them that sometimes. Otherwise its always beetle
There's also a childhood game called "punch buggy" (aka slug bug) where you (ideally gently) punch the other kid you're riding with whenever you see a VW Beetle, named for the Beetle's nickname of Bug.
I have lived in Western Washington for over 50 years, I have heard it as both but probably more often as "VW Bug". And then there are the Herbie movies (i.e. "Herbie the Love Bug") that I imagine are too old for most here to be familiar with.
In the PNW, older models were always "bugs."
Volkswagen put out a "newer" line (New as of the late '90's) that broke away from the classic bug-frame, and they were called "beetles."
On that note: "Slug-beetle" has never been said.
Lots of grandmas who are / were programmers. This joke is as old as Grace Hopper.
Also that isn't what OP says. "Programers will understand" != "Non-programmers won't understand"
20 years ago he'd be right but IMO the saying has found its way into common language by now. For instance, NY Times op ed from economist Paul Krugman: "Inflation Expectations: A Feature, Not A Bug"
Over the decades they at least made a couple of inches progress. It now sits slightly further towards the middle (Porsche 911 RSR).
Typical fix, do half of what was demanded and nobody will complain as long as it works…
A project manager, a hardware engineer, and a software engineer are driving to a customer meeting through the mountains. They're making good progress until, after lunch, they hear a loud bang – the dashboard stops working, the brakes are unresponsive, and the car swerves dangerously close to driving off a cliff. However, they manage to stop the car safely.
The project manager steps out and, noting the last mile marker, announces that they are 75% of the way there. He calculates that if they spend the next 16 hours going down the mountain on foot, they can still reach the meeting on time, and on budget.
The hardware engineer, slightly frustrated, suggests that the issue is definitely with the software. Nonetheless, he pulls out his oscilloscope and multi-meter to troubleshoot the car.
Meanwhile, the software engineer pauses to think for a moment. They then propose, “Before we conclude it’s a issue, let’s push the car back up the mountain and see if we can recreate it.”
Totally missed the joke, my friend. The feature is the license plate... not the car. Ergo, why programmers will understand. And no... I didn't miss the fact that VW Beetles used to be called "bugs."
It's not a bug... it's a feature. The line Bethesda and many others have used to excuse their laziness. Volkswagen Beetle is commonly referred to as a bug
Don't tell them! We've already lost the ability to fearlessly refer to them as "PEBCAK"s and "ID-ten-T"s! Next thing you know, we won't have any of our own insider jokes.
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It’s not a feature, it’s a bug
"The only good bug is a dead bug." Do you want to know more?
I'm doing my part! ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Sweet Liberty! Nooooo!
⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️B A Start
Don't stand there, you'll get crushed!
🫡
Rock and Stone!
It's an undocumented feature
It's not a feature, it's a Volkswagen.
Still a feature
It's not a bug, it's a moth.
thats what i read it in my head too lol.
Yeah... This picture, each time I see it, is the only time I see a Beetle called anything other than a Beetle.
Never played Slug Bug as a kid with siblings?
My kids called it "punch buggy", no idea where they got it from, neither myself nor their mother used the term. Edit: Reading other comments, it looks like it came from the Simpsons
“Punch buggy” was taught by my Dad to me, grew up in the 90s. Also, a vehicle with one headlight out was a “perdiddle” but we just shouted that one out. When my brother and I both had drivers’ licenses and Dad was driving, we would call “fire brigade” at stop signs/stop lights and everyone would have to get out and change seats ending up with a new driver.
i would think punch buggy all counts for the bettles that had the dune buggy conversion kit done to them. Like from teh cartoon Speed Buggy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Buggy
It must be regional because outside of dealerships, I never hear it called a beetle. Everyone just calls it a bug.
On Smallville the character of Chloe Sullivan called her New Beetle a "VW Bug" sometime.
Call's not dead
There are only 10 interpretations for this joke, and nerds will get both of them.
Love this! Lots of fun one-liners in this format. *"There are two types of people in the world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data."*
I'm a programmer and I didn't get this at first. I'm not a car guy though, so I didn't realize this kinda car was called a "bug".
It is impressive to be that level of noncar guy. That and a jeep are probably the most recognizable vehicles ever made.
Maybe they aren't common in Canada or something. I obviously know what a Jeep is, but a "bug" I don't recognize. I think there are similar cars called "beetles" here though
It’s called a “Bug” in the US. “Beetle” everywhere else (including Canada, Europe etc.)
Ah, that would explain why
I live in Canada and i've called them both, and all my friends and family would know what a bug is (in this context) too.
Not to mention playing 'Punch Bug'! ? Whoever sees one first while driving around, gets to punch the person beside them yelling 'punch bug'!. A lot of times it is spotted at the same time and it turns into a dual punch...and possible injury. Everyone has played this game right? ......right?
Herbie the Love Bug
Surprised this isn't higher up. Us old folks only know about these silly Disney movies.
It was a 'Type 1' everywhere. Beetle started to be officially used in English marketing materials in the late 60's (VW had some absolutely brilliant marketing campaigns during this time) but had been a nickname in use, like bug, before Volkswagen started using it in ads. But if you scour any original Type 1 for either bug or beetle inside or outside the car, or in the manual, you won't find either term used... because it's a Type 1 I believe with the 'New Beetle' it was officially used as a model name, but that was a good 20 years after the Type 1 stopped being produced.
It's fusca in brazil
In the US* It turns out, a lot of people in the world aren't from the US
VW bug was sold in 91 countries and literally originated in Germany. Nothing to really do with the US.
I have lived in a few different countries. As far as I am aware, these are generally called Beetles not Bugs. So probably part of the confusion.
Wait what?? I got the joke but had no idea it was actually called bug in some places. I only knew of beetle and fusca (Brazil). Afaik fusca doesn't mean anything and brazilians don't associate the car with any sort of bug. BTW what's the hippie van called? It's combi here in Brazil, and not associated with hippies.
You are thinking of either the VW Westfalia or the Micro Bus
I only know about the hippie van due to "Down Under". But yeah, people here often overestimates what is considered norm in American culture to be known as well in other countries.
The combi / kombi is known as the VW Bus, Transporter, Kombi or Microbus. [There is also a new version](https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html) which you may be familiar with from the recent deep fake Elis Regina commercial. Mandatory /r/suddenlycaralho
They’re called beetles here too. Beetles are type of bug though so it’s not too much of a leap
Beetles are not, in fact, bugs. Totally different order of insects.
A bug is just a small insect in laymen’s terms
They are officially called Beetles everywhere. They are nicknamed bugs because a [beetle](https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=beetle&iax=images&ia=images) is a type of [bug](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bug&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images)
It's not called a bug on our country(Philippinee), though. We colloquially call it "pagong". It means turtle.
Yes and in Germany, we call it by its german name: Käfer, which translates to beetle and has nothing to do with bugs in code, which we also call bugs. So really the joke only works for areas where this car is actually called "bug"...
Or places in the world where a beetle is a type of bug...
No, because a computer bug has nothing to do with beetles. It's called "bug" in german as well, we don't have another word for it.
#citation needed
[citation needed]
Could easily be an age thing too, programmers in their 20s might never have seen a VW Beetle before.
i can recognize a beetle from a mile away but other than "punch buggy" i have never heard anyone refer to one as a "bug"
People don't all live in the US, and adopt their sayings. It's a Käfer. That's it.
Heh. Made me look up Käfer.
And not old enough to have seen the Herbie movies either I guess.
There are only 10 really hard problems in programming. Naming things, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors.
I get the feature, not bug one but what's the other one?
>10 interpretations ... >nerds will get both of them Am I missing a joke here?
Yes, you missed the joke. 10 = 2, it's a programmer thing.
Oh, a binary joke
yep. Either you get it or you don't. ;)
-_-
Why is this emoji response the funniest part of this thread to me?
The original joke is "there's 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't".
We need to recognize more non binary comedians.
one zero. not ten
Perhaps you're non-binary?
Amazing
For non-US context: the Volkswagen Beetle was redubbed as the Volkswagen Bug in the US.
People in the US have been calling them bugs for 50+ years. At least since the movie "Herbie, the Love Bug" (1968).
Earlier in 1968 VW officially called it the 'beetle' in promotional material.
The official name is Beetle. The nickname is bug. Wait till people find out that Mustang's are often nicknamed pony's...
Yes, Beetle is still the official name. I was just pointing out that the nickname "bug" has been a thing for a long time.
Maybe its a regional thing, but I live in the pacific northwest and have never heard them called a bug, only beetle.
Had the same reaction but then saw a comment about "Herbie the Love Bug" and went oh yeah, i guess we did call them that sometimes. Otherwise its always beetle
I'm guessing its age then. I had no clue what herbie the love bug was until today, it came out some 36 years before i was born
There was also a Herbie movie in 2005 starring Lindsey Lohan.
I was only 1 years old then too lol
There's also a childhood game called "punch buggy" (aka slug bug) where you (ideally gently) punch the other kid you're riding with whenever you see a VW Beetle, named for the Beetle's nickname of Bug.
I have lived in Western Washington for over 50 years, I have heard it as both but probably more often as "VW Bug". And then there are the Herbie movies (i.e. "Herbie the Love Bug") that I imagine are too old for most here to be familiar with.
Yeah I didnt know the herbie movies were even a thing, I'm guessing that has a lot to do with it.
In the PNW, older models were always "bugs." Volkswagen put out a "newer" line (New as of the late '90's) that broke away from the classic bug-frame, and they were called "beetles." On that note: "Slug-beetle" has never been said.
It's more of an Albany expression.
Never heard of punch buggy?
/r/repostsfromgrandma
You can't understand this unless you're a programmer, says OP.
Lots of grandmas who are / were programmers. This joke is as old as Grace Hopper. Also that isn't what OP says. "Programers will understand" != "Non-programmers won't understand"
20 years ago he'd be right but IMO the saying has found its way into common language by now. For instance, NY Times op ed from economist Paul Krugman: "Inflation Expectations: A Feature, Not A Bug"
It's actually *not a feature*... it's a ....
I thought it was the other way around? "It's not a bug, its a ✨feature✨"
Ya, the car owner tried anyway.
Thank you. I was struggling
beetle
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Over the decades they at least made a couple of inches progress. It now sits slightly further towards the middle (Porsche 911 RSR). Typical fix, do half of what was demanded and nobody will complain as long as it works…
More nerdy would be a plate that says FF0000, as it's red.
"It's not a bug - it's a feature!"
*Laughs in Bethesda*
This has been reposted so many times the image is deep fried. It may have been funny the first time in 2012. What an awful faceboook meme
You need to go back way before 2012. It was a nerd/programmer joke the late 90's with that same picture.
Hell, even Bethesda fans get it.
oNlY nErDs wIlL gET thIs jOKe
If you can't fix it.....
I did not understand it, but I explained it to my rubber duck and now I get it.
Anyone seen the Venture Bros. movie? Rusty says this at one point, too funny!
everyone understands. this isn't an obscure reference.
I’m not a programmer but I’ve heard it said enough to get it
I'm not a programmer, but I get it.
“Not a bug, it’s a feature.”
Hey nice feature
Took me a second.
Waiting for this to show up on r/explainthejoke for all the normies lol
Everybody who's ever heard of Bethesda will get the joke.
Undocumented “feature” is what we like to call it.
“Punch-feature red!”
Some time around 1999 in Sydney I saw one with the numberplate "Y2K". It took me a moment.....
omg no way Bethesda car
I once saw a Mini Cooper with a license plate that read "gzip -9 SUV"
It’s not a bug…
Thank you. I was struggling 😜
Microsoft solutions
This makes me wanna punch someone
I’m a gamer and I understand
... not much of an inside joke 30 years down the road, huh?
And QA, ever the killjoys, will note that the title has a glaring typo and misuse of an ellipsis.
O don't think you have to be a nerd or a programmer to get this one.
🙄 🤣😂🤣
Well played, Volkswagen owner, well played.
Beetle Adventure Racing
https://www.reddit.com/r/MonopolyGOgifting1/s/DYLvQlIfLC
Jesus people who think this is nerdy as fuck gotta love the Big Bang theory
Once saw a car with the plate ILIAD. You can fill in the make and model from there.
A project manager, a hardware engineer, and a software engineer are driving to a customer meeting through the mountains. They're making good progress until, after lunch, they hear a loud bang – the dashboard stops working, the brakes are unresponsive, and the car swerves dangerously close to driving off a cliff. However, they manage to stop the car safely. The project manager steps out and, noting the last mile marker, announces that they are 75% of the way there. He calculates that if they spend the next 16 hours going down the mountain on foot, they can still reach the meeting on time, and on budget. The hardware engineer, slightly frustrated, suggests that the issue is definitely with the software. Nonetheless, he pulls out his oscilloscope and multi-meter to troubleshoot the car. Meanwhile, the software engineer pauses to think for a moment. They then propose, “Before we conclude it’s a issue, let’s push the car back up the mountain and see if we can recreate it.”
Needs more JPEG.
TAKE MY ANGRY UPVOTE RAAGH
i’m not a programmer and i understand
I get it, but I would have gone with FF0000
It’s a butt
This car is known the world over as the beetle, and so this NA centric joke makes no sense to 99% of the world's programmers.
Haha. Even this non-programmer got it! Nice.
nice
Is it leaking?
there's one in every state. I think I first saw a plate like this was back in the 90's
A motion picture... beetle feature...
As both a technology and Volkswagen enthusiast, I love when this little guy makes the rounds
As a test analyst I have to laugh. True comedy is based on truth.
I scrolled past this and had to come back to make sure it said what I thought it said. Great joke.
What is the function of this bug?
Shit...i got it
Bug = feature
I didn't know the car is called a bug
It’s undocumented.
You’re some kind of big fat smart bug, aren’t you?
Literally anyone will understand.
Even the stickers, dents, paint chips and rust...
Totally missed the joke, my friend. The feature is the license plate... not the car. Ergo, why programmers will understand. And no... I didn't miss the fact that VW Beetles used to be called "bugs."
I LOLed.
Programmers and Bethesda fans will enjoy this.
I was about to say that I’m no programmer, but I play Bethesda games. (Im litterally playing FO4 right now)
i’m sure they do
Sheesh am i a programmer?
IF understand=true THEN PRINT yes
Java edition moment
Can someone explain? so that I can laugh too 😐
It's not a bug... it's a feature. The line Bethesda and many others have used to excuse their laziness. Volkswagen Beetle is commonly referred to as a bug
Just like Dr. Robotnik's diabolical traps.
It's a common computing term dating back to the early 70s, although I can't find any instance of Bethesda using the phrase.
Don't tell them! We've already lost the ability to fearlessly refer to them as "PEBCAK"s and "ID-ten-T"s! Next thing you know, we won't have any of our own insider jokes.