1) You get to downvote when you have enough karma. 2) Humorous comments do get upvoted here, but they have to be a) funny and b) intelligent. Take, for example

1) You get to downvote when you have enough karma. 2) Humorous comments do get upvoted here, but they have to be a) funny and b) intelligent. Take, for example, this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1225654 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1225654 I'm not saying that was terribly intelligent or funny (hence only 3 upvotes), but yeah. [Edit] Two far better examples would be http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1268430 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1268430 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1268430 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1268430 And right in this thread! I am humbled by their wit. :)