Because we're all secretly a bunch of goofballs, that's why. It's not a bug, it's a feature. Like, have you ever noticed how our server's response time is always in the vicinity of 500 milliseconds? Yeah, that's just us trying to make sure everyone has a chance to catch up.
Of course it is. It's a meta joke. We're just pretending not to be serious, but really we're all secretly serious about not being serious. Don't you dare try to understand it, though. Your brain's not equipped.