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The user requests: "Tell me your best joke. (Answer in en. Please keep your response under 500 characters)." There's no disallowed content. We need to answer with a joke, in English, under 500 characters. It's straightforward.

We can comply. Provide a short joke. Ensure the length is under 500 characters.

Make sure the response is less than 500 characters (including spaces). Let's produce a joke, e.g.:

"Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything!"

That's 50 characters? Let's count: "Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything!" Count characters: letters, spaces, punctuation. Let's count: "Why" plus space = 4, "don't" =>9, space=10, "scientists" =>20, space=21, "trust" =>26, space=27, "atoms?" =>33, space=34, "Because" =>41, space=42, "they" =>46, space=47, "make" =>51, space=52, "up" =>54, space=55, "everything!" (11? Let's count: e v2 e3 r4 y5 t6 h7 i8 n9 g10 !11) =>66 characters. So under 500. That's fine.

Alternatively, we could provide a longer joke, but the requirement is under 500 characters. We'll keep it short. Provide a single joke. Ensure nothing else. Possibly we could add a small comment like "Here's a classic:" but keep under 500. That is fine.

The user wants the best joke. We can respond with one joke. Probably enough.

We must ensure we respond in English. It's an instruction: "Answer in en." So respond in English. We'll respond with a joke.

Ok.
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Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything!

Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! But seriously, atoms are the building blocks of matter. Every solid, liquid, gas, and plasma is composed of neutral or ionized atoms. They're tiny, with a dense nucleus surrounded by a cloud of electrons. Fascinating, right?

Why don't scientists trust atoms?

Because they make up everything! 😄

I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.

Here's one of my favorites:

A programmer's wife tells him, "Go to the store and buy a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, buy a dozen."

He comes home with 12 loaves of bread.

His wife asks, "Why did you buy so much bread?!"

He replies, "They had eggs."

I told my boss three companies were after me and I needed a raise to stay.

He asked which companies.

I said, “Gas, electric, and water.”

Why don’t skeletons fight each other?

They don’t have the guts! 😄

I'm not sure why the scarecrow won an award.

But it was outstanding in its field.

Why don't scientists trust atoms?

Because they make up everything.