Why do you guys try to be so funny and witty?

Is there a reason why everyone on /prog/ is trying so hard to be funny. Is it because programming is a difficult endeavor and we're trying to make light of it? Is there a deeper philosophical reason for our behavior or are we all just socially awkward aspies? Or worse, are we all a bunch of bandwagon fools who are monkeying a select few of retards who seeded /prog/'s questionable culture?

>>5
I try fucking hard to discuss programming but it isn't worth it. Shitposting was always common but people used to post and discuss interesting code. Now anything more complicated than fizzbuzz gets ignored.