Wrongulator: Why a Joke Calculator Must Return the Same Wrong Answer Every Time

Wrongulator is a deliberately incorrect calculator built around a single core rule: it must return the same wrong answer for every user, on every device, every time. The developer argues that shareable humor requires a consistent, verifiable shared fact — if two people see different wrong answers, there is nothing to laugh about together or argue over. To achieve this, the engine uses no database, no server calls, and no random number generation; instead, it converts the input expression into a seed using the FNV-1a hash function and feeds that seed into a deterministic pseudorandom number generator called mulberry32. The result is a pure function where identical inputs always produce identical outputs, making the tool infinitely scalable and fully client-side. The design choice was driven entirely by shareability rather than performance, since a non-deterministic implementation would break the viral chain the moment a second person tried to verify the joke.