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Dev tools · October 7, 2019

FML

A tool to see a joke on your terminal

FML launched on October 7, 2019 with 70 votes, #620 of 3,363 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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What it does

- App that tells a joke with an option to edit the name of the character - (PYPI) Install it easily by typing pip install fml - Type fml in your terminal to get a joke. - Type fml --name to change the name from Chuck Norris

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