Meta: Add note to CONTRIBUTING.md about jokes

Jokes don't scale well, and if everyone adds their pet "funny" thing to the project, we'll just look unserious and goofy. To avoid that, and maintain a dignified style, let's just have a blanket ban on jokes and "funny" things in user-facing parts of the system.
Ollrogge · Jun 14, 2022 · 81cca93 · 81cca93
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 * Write in C. (Instead, take advantage of C++'s amenities, and don't limit yourself to the standard C library.)
 * Attempt large architectural changes until you are familiar with the system and have worked on it for a while.
 * Engage in excessive "feng shui programming" by moving code around without quantifiable benefit.
+* Add jokes or other "funny" things to user-facing parts of the system.
 
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