"You can also help by going full r/roastme on my code: this is only my second Rust project, and I would appreciate guidance on my journey to carcinization."
This is a very clever joke, so let me dissect it:
The "carcinization" is a callout to, I presume, xkcd 2314 ( https://xkcd.com/2314/ ), about how crustaceans tend to repeatedly evolve into crabs, and xkcd 2418 ( https://xkcd.com/2418/ ), which makes the claim that any conversation with Randall evolves towards the topic of carcinization.
A cutesy nickname for Rust fans is "Rustaceans". (Rust-aceans, like crustaceans.) With some creativity, we may then see the process of becoming an experienced Rust user as another instance of carcinization, especially given the similarity between xkcd's "metacarcinization" and the way that rustaceans, as fans are wont to do, tend to find a way to make the conversation about Rust.
Correct, but I suspect most geeks who know the term know it from xkcd, and that supports the additional metajoke about changing the topic to talk about Rust.
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"You can also help by going full r/roastme on my code: this is only my second Rust project, and I would appreciate guidance on my journey to carcinization."
This is a very clever joke, so let me dissect it:
The "carcinization" is a callout to, I presume, xkcd 2314 ( https://xkcd.com/2314/ ), about how crustaceans tend to repeatedly evolve into crabs, and xkcd 2418 ( https://xkcd.com/2418/ ), which makes the claim that any conversation with Randall evolves towards the topic of carcinization.
A cutesy nickname for Rust fans is "Rustaceans". (Rust-aceans, like crustaceans.) With some creativity, we may then see the process of becoming an experienced Rust user as another instance of carcinization, especially given the similarity between xkcd's "metacarcinization" and the way that rustaceans, as fans are wont to do, tend to find a way to make the conversation about Rust.
That’s not an xkcd joke though, it’s an actual observation of evolutionary biology, first published in 1916.
Correct, but I suspect most geeks who know the term know it from xkcd, and that supports the additional metajoke about changing the topic to talk about Rust.