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To allow a meter of incongruity with the current culture would result in a mile of abuse. I would prefer a humorless HN than a 4Chan style ego trough (for the
by Freebytes 16y ago
To allow a meter of incongruity with the current culture would result in a mile of abuse. I would prefer a humorless HN than a 4Chan style ego trough (for the lulz) to satisfy people that should not be here.
- jacquesm 16y agoI think part of the problem is how serious people take themselves. HN is a reflection of all the personalities of all those that take part in it and it exhibits a tendency to pretend to be very busy making millions of dollars, whereas actually there seems to be more interest in which celebrity is using what gadget. If that's the choice, then I'll take the humorous post of Daniel any time over the Fake Steve jobs item currently on the homepage, at 131 points and 124 comments it must be really important, or the latest joelonsoftware or sethgoldin post that is going to make us all millionaires.
- ahoyhere 16y agoexhibits a tendency to pretend to be very busy making millions of dollars Haha, yeah. But, regarding Daniel's humorous post, a combination of cute girls in geeky shirts is more sad than funny, don't you think? In a meta sense: "Why is this remarkable?" It's like posing sleeping kittens and babies with 40s of Mad Dog. The humor is in the incongruity. Meaning... 1. We don't talk to cute girls 2. We wish cute girls wore these nerdy shirts so we'd feel validated 3. The girls who actually do wear these shirts, we don't like 4. Boooo.